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May this find you well and happy. ********************************* This is Part 1 of your 12 segment weekly email course which you requested on "MIRACLES OF LOVE AND WISDOM based on a Course in Miracles" We are presenting you an number of chapters of this book. If you like the material you are receiving, you will want to get the whole book by Robert Elias Najemy which can be found as a pdf ebook at http://HolisticHarmony.com/ebooks/index.asp May you enjoy and benefit from it. ********************************** CHAPTER XI THERE ARE NO NEUTRAL THOUGHTS Every thought that we allow to exist in our minds either intensifies our ignorance or leads to our enlightenment. There are no neutral thoughts. Thoughts are either based on ignorance or on truth. As we have already discussed in the previous chapters, our thoughts, feelings and perceptions of reality are based on our beliefs, programmings and expectations, which are an outcome of our past experiences and messages which we have received from others in our lives. Our thoughts, feelings and perceptions are thus actually distorted by our past experiences, which create our present expectations and ideas of the reality that exists around us. Life is a process in which we incarnate into these bodies in order to proceed towards self-improvement, self-knowledge and enlightenment, towards the expansion of love and wisdom within us, and towards unity and harmony with the people and world around us. If we continue to allow our minds to be controlled by those events and messages of the past, we are like robots that have no control over their actions. We are controlled by our past. We are not free to move forward. These mistaken beliefs, about the nature of our being and the nature of reality, are the major obstacles towards evolution, happiness and harmony. It is important for us to realize that there are no neutral thoughts. Each thought has a basic premise upon which it stands and which it eventually supports. For example; someone who has the belief that he is unacceptable, and will be rejected, will act in an unnatural way, because of his fear of rejection. This unnatural behavior will prevent him from being his natural self, and this will create disharmony in his attitude and actions, which will cause others to reject him. In this way, his belief about his unacceptability will be confirmed. We can see that a belief creates a reality that in turn confirms the belief. These thoughts of fear and rejection are based on the basic premise of our separateness, vulnerability and unworthiness. The basic premise is that we are this body which is weak and vulnerable in this world. That leads to the belief that we need approval and acceptance in order to feel secure. Every time we allow our minds to be dominated by such thoughts of fear, rejection, vulnerability or unworthiness, we strengthen the mistaken core belief, or principal premise, that we are these bodies and personalities. Yet the great spiritual minds which have gone before us and have reached enlightenment tell us that this is not true. They tell us that we are immortal souls, with unlimited powers, who have temporarily taken these physical bodies and personalities in order to express ourselves here on earth, by continuing with the process of trying to express our innate and perfect divinity here in the material world. The problem is that the soul, which enters the body, forgets that it is really a soul, and identifies with the body and personality. We then begin to fear and act according to that mistaken identity. We forget the reality of our immortality and that we are not the body or the personality. Thus the goal of life is to remember our true nature. When we allow thoughts of weakness, fear, rejection, bitterness, hurt, jealousy, anger, resentment, hate, etc. to pass through our minds, we verify the mistaken premise that we are these weak, vulnerable, separate beings. These thoughts are not neutral. Each thought either strengthens the belief that we are these bodies, or deepens the belief that we are immortal souls in the process of evolution. We are confronted each moment with a choice between thoughts of separateness or unity, vulnerability or safety, imprisonment or freedom, powerlessness or power, rejection or love, fear or faith, darkness or light, discontentment or contentment, bitterness or forgiveness, anxiety or peace, ignorance or enlightenment, illness or health, war or peace, evolution or stagnation. The list is endless. Each moment we are asked to choose, but our mind is not aware, not conscious of its contents and of how much damage simple thoughts, about this physical world of separateness, can do to our attempt to create happiness and love in our lives. When we give so much attention to this world of material objects, to superficial temporary pleasures, how can we expect then to liberate our minds from the illusion of the material world. THOUGHTS WHICH DESTROY OUR PEACE Let us take a look at some categories of thoughts that are especially harmful to our growth process. 1. All thoughts which have to do with the past. When an individual tends to let his mind wonder in the past, thinking over and over again about various events, he lives in an illusion that no longer exists. The only reality is the present. The past and future are illusions. Thus thoughts about the past are a waste of mental energy and an obstacle to experiencing the truth of the present moment. It is true that one may learn from the past, but in such cases one takes a look at one or two events of the past and learns a lesson from them, without letting the mind dwell continuously on the same events. 2. When we concentrate on the differences between people, or between ourselves and others, we increase the illusion of separateness and ignore the reality of our inherent spiritual unity. We would do better to concentrate on what we have in common with others, such as fear of rejection, the need for security, pleasure, affirmation, love and evolution. Realizing that needs and feelings are quite common, we will be able to understand them much more deeply. This will lead us to the eventual perception of the truth of our unity. 3. All criticism is based on the illusion of our separateness and on the basic premise that the other is a body and a personality. This negates the truth that the other is an immortal soul in the process of evolution. He is obviously not perfect, otherwise he would not be in a process of evolution. This same truth holds for us. There is no gain in criticizing ourselves since we too are in a process of evolution. It would be healthier to admit that we are not perfect, and that we have many faults, which we are in the process of correcting, otherwise we would not be here on earth where souls come to continue perfecting themselves. Thus I can admit that I, or someone else, is not perfect, but that we deserve love and acceptance just as we are. Our ability to accept the faults in others will depend on our ability to accept and love ourselves, even though we are not perfect. Understanding, forgiveness, love and compassion are based on the belief that we are all one family, that we have some common factor that binds us. These emotions eventually lead to the experience of spiritual unity which Christ and all the saints realized and taught. 4. All negative emotions are based on the identification with the body and personality and the resulting feeling of separateness, vulnerability, fear and unworthiness, which come from that identification. When we allow our minds to be dominated by anger, bitterness, worry, anxiety, weakness, jealousy, rejection or hatred, we are simply strengthening this illusion within ourselves. Focusing on the opposite emotions of love, peace, courage, strength, forgiveness, acceptance, compassion and understanding, recreates the feeling of unity which eventually makes us ready for the experience of blissful unity with God, nature and the people around us. We would do well to guard our minds more carefully. When we observe that the mind is entertaining negative thoughts, we can then imagine what the opposite of that thought would be, bring it to our minds and concentrate on it, imagining ourselves to feel differently. Thus, when we are overcome with fear, we can imagine ourselves full of courage, strength and faith. When we are angry we can imagine ourselves strong, peaceful and understanding. This exercise in conditioning the mind positively, gradually prepares the mind for the higher levels of consciousness of love, peace and inner happiness. 5. Attachments, aversions and desires cause the mind to get stuck in a vicious circle of attachment, disappointment, weakness and further dependency. Every time we believe that we must have something in order to be happy, secure or to accept ourselves, then we deepen the belief that we are not inwardly complete. We allow ourselves to be controlled by the mistaken belief that something outside ourselves can give us any lasting, secure pleasure or affirmation. By believing that, and allowing ourselves to get attached to persons, objects, places and situations, we continue to undermine our sense of power and self-dignity and our ability to face and enjoy life, depending on the immortal power of our soul. Every attachment weakens our belief in ourselves. When we believe that we cannot relax without a cigarette, or wake up without a coffee, or sleep without a tranquilizer, or feel secure without a spouse, or a certain amount of money, we are simply strengthening our mistaken belief in our weakness. We are ignoring the spiritual truth of our inner fulfillment, our immortality, our invulnerability, our unique worth as specific expressions of the one divine spiritual being; our spiritual unity with all beings, our inner bliss and strength and ability to face and overcome every situation, which ever may come in our lives. We ignore the truth that there is a universal divine consciousness, which is the center of our being, our real self, which is constantly watching over our lives and guiding us. We forget that we are part of a divine wisdom, which is channeling all souls towards eventual enlightenment and unity with all. We ignore the truth that whatever is outside of us is temporary, and will soon perish, and so is not a suitable foundation upon which to base our happiness, security or self-worth. Our security can be had through the realization of our immortal invulnerable nature. Happiness can be experienced through the realization of our loving unity with all beings and objects in this world. We are attached to, and desire whatever is separate from us, whatever we do not have. When we have eaten, we do not desire food. When we realize our unity with all, we will desire much less, and feel much more happy and fulfilled. We can experience affirmation through the realization that we are rays flowing out from the one divine source, which we call God, that we are expressions of the one divine being, and thus are always worthy of love and acceptance, just as all others are always worthy of our love and acceptance, because they are our brothers in the universal family and are travelling on the same road with us towards unity, whether they know it or not. 6. All thoughts of limitation deny our inherent divinity and the God-power, which can flow through us into the material world, as we continue to unblock ourselves and increase our levels of consciousness. There is no obstacle placed in our lives that we do not have the inner resources to overcome (sometimes overcoming means accepting). Our lesson in life is to learn to pump up from within that power, intelligence and creative thinking, which we need, in order to overcome the obstacles which life presents to us. It would do us well to realize that these obstacles exist purposely, so as to offer us the opportunity to develop, strengthen, and bring forth these inner abilities and powers. 7. Even simple thoughts about this temporary, dualistic world, or its material objects, can cause our mind to associate endlessly with a wide variety of useless details, which entangle the mind in vicious circles of increasing identification and attachment, without there being any real reason to do so. We gain nothing from most thoughts that we allow to pass through our minds. We would do much better to mentally repeat a phrase or word which reminds us of the spiritual truths, or brings us inner peace. We can repeat in our minds various words such as love, peace, harmony, truth, I am an immortal soul, I am a part of God, I am an instrument of God, I am love, Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me, or any other phrases which may bring light, peace or harmony into our minds. Such words or phrases can be repeated while we are walking, driving, waiting, washing, cleaning or during any other activity which does not require our conscious attention. It is especially beneficial to concentrate on such thoughts while we are falling asleep or waking up. PROTECTING OUR MINDS We can protect our minds and our personal reality by paying attention to the following factors: l. What we think (as we have already mentioned in detail). 2. What we say and speak about. This includes criticism, gossip and in general, the meaningless small talk, with which we fill the Œunbearable¹ silence. This apparently `harmless¹ small talk fills our minds with useless facts about an illusory, temporary world that we are going to leave sooner or later. These facts, in most cases, not only do not offer us help in our evolution, but fill the mind with junk, which must then be emptied later as we try to purify and relax our minds. Whatever is put into the mind must eventually be removed, in order for it to become a pure instrument for the flow of spirit into matter. Many of us are creating much work for ourselves by too much talking about meaningless things. Let us pass our words through the three "filters" of Socrates: that what we say is necessary to say; that it can be said with love and that it is the truth. 3. We must also carefully watch the feelings that we allow to occupy our minds and heart. We can continually bring positive thoughts and feelings into our minds cultivating an optimistic view of life. 4. We must also be selective about the kind of words and vibrations we allow ourselves to accept from others. Some of us may have to begin to consider creating a new group of friends who are more positive, more open and more interested in spiritual growth. Of course, we cannot leave our families, they are our opportunities of growth in this life, but we can choose carefully our circles of contact outside the family. 5. We can also carefully select the inputs that we have from TV, magazines, movies, newspapers and books. These represent a great amount of mental programming about the nature of out being and life itself. They usually concentrate on the negative and the violent and what appeals to the senses. They are not a good source of truth for one who wants self-knowledge. They stimulate the lower centers of consciousness which focus on security, pleasure and affirmation. Such impressions are an obstacle to our eventual liberation from these centers, so that our energy might eventually rise up into the higher centers of universal love and unity. In conclusion, there are no neutral thoughts. Every thought brings us a little further along the road towards ignorance or towards enlightenment. It is in our hands to be the guardians of our minds and not allow our minds to house negative, separating thoughts, which are based on ignorance. We can observe when this is happening, and patiently teach the mind to think positively. We can also be more careful about what we allow into our minds from the various sources around us, such as people and the various electronic media. At the same time, we can regularly concentrate in and out of meditation, on the various words, symbols and phrases that put us in touch with the truth of our divinity and unity with all. May you always live in light, happiness and love. You deserve it. 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