The Illusion of Punishment
16 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Discussion Tags: choice, life, self-talk, spirituality
I am being punished.
You punish yourself.
How can this be? Did I not have others attack me?
You believe what you want to believe – it serves your ego to do so – but you are not being attacked now, are you?
No.
Then you were never attacked. ”Now” is all there is, all there ever was, and all there ever will be!
Then what are these memories?
Just that. Dreams of a bygone era, an expired illusion, a movie you saw in a theatre…that you left a long time ago.
But I still remember them…they still affect how I function in the world now.
…because you let it. You hold on to it like a precious, poisonous gem. It pollutes your mind and the mind of others, like a plague, destroying and devouring everything in its path, leaving only destruction and despair. What use have you of these germs, these mind viruses? They serve you not.
So it’s simply a matter of letting them go?
Forgive yourself, forgive “the other”, and release it all unto God — free yourself to serve Him.
Why can’t I just keep living in ignorance?
Is where you are so great? Is where your-ego-wants-to-keep-you so desirable?
How wouldst thou rather spend thy eternity?
Hmm…You’ve got a point there.
You Are Love
You are love.
Feel this in your heart and know it to be true.
You are the love that flows in this world.
You are the love upon which all love springs forth.
Without you there could be no love.
You are love’s love for itself.
Know that you are loved.
Know that you ARE love.
Love and the whole world loves with you.
