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Conversations Regina had with Spirit on: May 22, 2005
The Laws of Chaos
Question: What would you have me realize from the first law of chaos? (The
truth is different for everyone.)
Answer: You are afraid to speak the truth to some because you have
judged that they will not value what you have to say and they will think of
you as unworthy. Do not judge for yourself to whom to speak of truth and to
whom not to. Let me decide that for you and do as I ask. Your faith and joy
will be extended through sharing in faith.
Be willing to let go of your own values and do not feel guilty for the values
you have not yet let go of. Be willing to let go. That is all I ask. I
will lead you to let go through your willingness.
Question: What would you have me realize from the second law of chaos?
(Each one must sin, and therefore deserves attack and death.)
Answer: This tells you that the Son of God is not God Himself, that the
Son is separate from the Father. If you believe this of your brothers, you
will also believe it of yourself. If you believe it of yourself, you will see
your separation as permanent and hopeless, and you will not believe in what is
true, and so you will not experience it.
To experience oneness with God for yourself, be willing to see it in your
brothers. Do not struggle to see it there, for if you do, you are asking the
ego to show it to you and you will not see it. Simply give me your willingness
to see it and rest patiently in peace and faith. If you can wait in faith
without abiding to the temptation to struggle, you will see God in your
brother and find Him in your Self.
Question: What would you have me realize from the third law of chaos? (God
must accept His Son’s belief in what he is, and hate him for it.)
Answer: This is the law that makes your Self your enemy and makes it
impossible to trust your Self. For here, you fear your own power, afraid that
you will use it to punish and destroy yourself. And so you believe it is safer
to deny your power, which is to deny your Self and make yourself little and
without hope. In this, you become a victim of the world outside of you, one
who has good days and bad days, but who cannot influence those days himself.
Do not doubt what I say: You are the only influence over your experience.
There is no other. But you deny this influence because you fear yourself.
Question: What would you have me realize from the fourth law of chaos?
(You have what you have taken. By this, another’s loss becomes your gain.)
Answer: You believe the way to have peace and love is to take it from
your brother, for you see yourself as an object and him as an object, and you
believe that if one object has peace and love, the other object cannot. Since
you are the Son of God, you still have awareness that you are sustained by
peace and love, although you are not fully conscious of this awareness. Since
you know that it sustains you and you believe that if your brother has it you
do not, you find that you must attack your brother to take back that which you
need. But you have failed to recognize that your brother is the same as you,
and if he feels his peace and love has been taken, he will seek to take it
back for himself. And so a battle ensues, and it is a battle that will not
cease until the Son of God realizes that he is One and that peace and love are
within Him.
Question: What would you have me realize from the fifth law of chaos? (There
is a substitute for love, born of your enmity to your brother, and it is
salvation.)
Answer: This is the law that makes your madness complete, for this is
the law that teaches you are sustained by separating yourself from your
brothers, taking from them what you want and keeping it for yourself. With
this law, everyone else is securely locked outside. You may seem to have
relationships that are loving and you may seem to do good works, but you are
always protective of that which you believe you must keep to yourself. And
this, you consider sane and sensible.
May 26, 2005 June 9, 2005 June 25, 2005
January 16, 2005
Question: Why does the Course say that we only need a little
willingness?
Answer: You already have a little willingness. You only need to
recognize it as yours and give your power to it. Your little willingness is a
shining sliver of your remembrance of God. As you give your power to your
willingness, it will grow. As it grows, your remembrance of God and who You
Are will grow. Focus on your willingness. Nurture your willingness. Love your
Willingness. It is You.
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May 5, 2005
My workbook lesson today is #343, I am not asked to make a sacrifice to
find the mercy and the peace of God. I have been so filled with happiness
lately that a lesson about sacrifice did not resonate with me. I asked the
Holy Spirit what it would like to share with me about this lesson. That
conversation with the Holy Spirit follows:
Spirit: Everyone fears sacrifice as they near the gate to Heaven, but
that is merely the ego calling them back. It is the call of fear, and it calls
you back to nothing. You will hear this call, and you must decide if you will
listen or let the call pass you by.
Regina: Can you share any tips that will help me to resist the
temptation?
Spirit: When the call comes, remember that you are the Son of God. If
you forget who you are, you will be tempted to answer the call of fear,
because you will believe that your safety lies there. If you remain firm in
your belief in your Self, you will only want to join with your Self by
stepping through the gate of Heaven. No weak and sickly call can call you away
from your desire to be your Self.
Regina: And how do I cultivate that firm desire to be my Self?
Spirit: Cultivate your desire to be your Self by being with your Self
now, in every moment, with every thought. Be grateful for the joy you feel
when you are with your Self. Share that joy with your brothers. Become your
Self in every moment through your willingness to have only peace, and your
experience of your Self . . . your peace . . . your joy . . the Love you feel
for your brothers, . . . will call to you louder than the call to nothing, so
you will answer the call to Heaven . . . the call to your Self.
Regina: Thank you for the reminder to practice all of the time. I will
focus on that.
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May 13, 2005
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