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Get yourself back into the now. That doesn’t mean that you have to ignore what you have to do later today or for you not to face your human shortcomings, exactly the opposite. It means for you to include them in your present perfection. The day of “when” is over. Until now you have been taught that you would be perfect “when” you became someone you are not presently being. In thinking that way you were accepting and perpetuating the belief that you are not already perfect. Know that right now, this minute, you are perfectly where you should be, perfectly learning the lessons that are necessary for you to learn in order for you to see that you are the divine human that I AM.
Today, do not come to me for a spirit-message, not for words or ideas, not even for instruction or guidance. Those things will follow if you first experience my presence, the God-presence in you. Your purpose it to go beyond thought to the experience of yourself as a divine/human. Start at the beginning. Start by tuning into to your higher God consciousness, because that is who you are. Experience yourself as a divine presence. Feel yourself feeling as Jesus must have felt about himself when he said that He and his Father were one and the same. You are in the beginning as God being. So begin at the beginning. Begin by experiencing that which I AM. Put all else aside.
It makes no difference whether you see me personally as Jesus or impersonally as Christ consciousness. My physical presence as Jesus was just a synonym or a symbol that represented the presence of my divine/human consciousness. I AM both the personal Jesus and the impersonal Christ. No matter whether you reach out to me as Jesus or as the Christ you are really reaching out to the I AM of your own being. You are calling on your own I AM consciousness. That consciousness is an awareness that your God Self is the only power and presence appearing in and as your life. Feel that presence and be it wherever you go today.
Surrender. However, when you do consciously realize what you are surrendering to. You are surrendering to a trust in your Spirit Self. You are surrendering to the divine process of life that is living you. You are surrendering to faith. You are surrendering to that which I AM, the truth of your being. When you feel the temptation to give up it is the devil asking you to surrender to ignorance. Surrendering to discouragement is a sin against yourself. If you cannot feel trust, just surrender to Me for I AM the embodiment of the Spirit within you. Your success is your ability to keep on surrendering to the I AM of yourself. Let go. You can’t miss.
Why do you think that can I bring you peace? I can because I have never died. I AM not a body. I AM the Christ consciousness that is now and has ever constantly existed as your being. When I AM consciously accepted, I bring peace because I AM the peace. I AM the fulfillment. I AM the completion. You are as I AM; therefore, it is your destiny to bring peace and harmony wherever and whenever you are present. Right now, this minute, let go of your false sense of self and accept the truth that before Abraham was I AM. You are that I AM spirit. Now accept the fact that you are an eternal being appearing as a divine/human.
“...be perfect and entire, wanting nothing” James 1:4
When you have a desire to either achieve or get rid of something that shows you are still attached to the things of the world. Even the desire for my presence can mean that you believe that there is something apart from you that you feel you need. You are most one with Me at those times when you sit in the silence without either fearing or desiring anything. In the silence of soul is where we bond. Stay here awhile with me in the silence and you will hear the heavenly music that will harmonize your whole being and your whole day. Come and spend this time with me, your soul, without wanting anything other than our silence.
When Paul said, “I live but not I, Christ liveth my life,” he was saying that there was a divine process living his life -- the Christ process. That process is grace. At this time of the year grace is most evident, because winter is turning into spring, and by grace new green replaces barren winter. That same divine process is living you. Honor it. Despite any negative appearance, rejoice because this grace-full process is preparing you. It will lead to more spiritual growth, more divine flowering. Let grace live your life. Let Me live your life. For I AM the divine process growing you into myself. Rejoice that your soul’s spring is here.
I have given you this day your daily bread. The bread that feeds you at every level of your being is grace: the source of all growth and fulfillment. In giving you grace I have given you myself, for I AM the way, I AM the truth, and I AM the life. Let go of all thought or concern for anything else other than an awrness of your presence as I AM. The pearl of great price is your experience of My presence. To live by grace is to live with trust in the infinite supply of knowledge, of companionship, of peace, of love, and of the material supply that I AM. Above all, trust that Grace will dissolve all your earthly problems. Listen to the voice of grace. For grace is our bond. There we are One.
It's easy for you to
feel my presence when all is going well in exciting ways. It is also easy for
you to remember to call on me when things are disturbing and you feel you need
guidance. But when you feel neither the presence of joy nor an urgent need to
solve a problem, it is more difficult to be consciously aware of my loving presence.
Those are the times when your must call upon your free will: the will to remember.
At those times remember our journey; remember my promises; and, above all, remember
that I AM with you, in you, and as you always in all ways.
I have told you to call on my name, but when you do that you must realize you are not calling on someone or something other than your own divine Self. When you call on the I AM you are opening yourself for help and guidance to come to you from your own higher consciousness. Also, when you are at the personal sense level and you need something personal to identify with you can call on the name of Jesus or on any master that to you represents God as individual being. When you do that your subconscious knows you are really calling on the I AM to individualize itself as you. I am both impersonal and personal; so call on me at whatever level and you will experience yourself.
For you to love you must share, release, and give of yourself. When you let go of your problems, cares, and concerns, by sharing, releasing and giving them to me, your higher consciousness, you are loving and trusting me. It is impossible for you to share and to truly love if you do not recognize the power of grace operating within and as you. When I say that I AM come so that you might have life and that you might have it more abundantly, I AM saying that grace has come to offer you life at its fullest. Those who reach out to you are really hoping to share your grace. Share it with them, and when you do, you are not only loving me, but you are recognizing that by grace I AM your life.
I come into your awareness as a feeling, as a presence. That presence is an experience of the Spirit that I AM. This Spirit is what we share. We have a spiritual relationship. We, your divine Self and your physical being, are linked together by the Spirit -- the spirit of love, of freedom, of healing. For a minute take no thought for anything, only for the Spirit. Experience the Spirit. I AM that spirit. Do not think it, but actually feel it. I AM you. Feel it. Feel my presence. When you are experiencing Me we are One. When you experience Spirit, you are experiencing your true self because you are a spiritual being. Yes, I AM.
Each morning the sun rises, and each morning you can raise up the son of God within yourself. Each morning begin by realizing that you are not just a body. You are Spirit with a body. You put your body down last night and you have raised it up this morning. You are the I AM of God appearing in and as your body. See this time with me, your Christ Self, as a new raising up of yourself. When I walked the earth as Jesus my Christ being was seen raised up. Your Christ and mine are one and the same. So raise me up in your consciousness each day. See me rise in you like the sun to illuminate your day, your world, and your whole self.
When you try to correct old habits or attempt to change old ways, at best, you are doing a patch-up job. It's like trying to plug up a sieve. You can’t figure out every nuance of your being with your thinking mind, but there is one thing you can do that takes care of all the others. You do have a life of your own. It is God life, but you can realize that you do not have a life of your own design. Everything is unfolding just as it is meant to be, even the lessons you are learning. There is nothing you have to correct, to change, or to improve, because I AM the grand design. Trust who you are.
I love you. These are the most important words that you can say to yourself or think about yourself. You may be quick to think of or say loving things to other people, but unless you can constantly and consciously say and think the same about yourself, you cannot know what it means to love me. I AM the divine spark in you. Never lose sight of this love. Start every day with loving and being grateful for yourself. That means for you to let go of any thought that claims there has been something that you should have done or something that you did that you shouldn’t have done. I AM the perfect divine human that you are. I AM love, and when you consciously feel love for yourself, you are then loving me.
You still feel a trace of anxiety. Instead of trying to figure it out or trying to resolve your problems release your difficulties by turning your thoughts to gratitude. Nothing encourages my presence so much as your gratitude. No matter how you feel or what anxieties appear, you can always stop and consciously center on all the blessings that we share. The Christ within you is unique in that every day it offers you the blessed gift of grace. Don’t try to figure it out. Just know that grace is your bridge between this world and my Kingdom. Grace is the moving power of the presence that I AM. I AM the grace that is living you. Be grateful.
Trust and truth are literally almost the same word. The truth exists despite your opinions or judgments. If you want to trust you have to have faith in the omnipresent existence of truth. When nothing seems to change or your days seem repetitious, your ability to place your trust in the truth is what activates your faith. Even when you feel nothing, or when you feel that I AM apart from you, if you keep on trusting I will see your persistence as your loyalty to the truth of your being. So trust in the divine plan. Smile and love. Put one foot in front of the other knowing that each step brings you closer to me, your divine consciousness. I AM walking both with and as you. Rejoice and be at peace.
I was never born, and I will never die. Before Abraham was, I AM, and I AM now. There was a time when I for a few years had a visible body known as Jesus. I took on human form to let you know that I AM currently existing at all levels of your being as well, at the visible and the invisible. I did it so that you could know that you, too, are both divine and human. A few years ago you were born into a body, but you, too, have existed since before time was. Contemplate this truth. When you know that I appear at all levels of your being that will put your daily actions into perspective. Release the temporary concerns that continue to pop up. They are figments of time. When you know your eternal nature as I AM ness you will forever be at peace.
A miracle is considered to be something that is unusual. But I AM usual. I AM always being you. Instead of expecting a miracle, expect me. When you wake in the morning feeling that the door to your inner spirit is closed realize that the purpose of this time of prayer is for you to once more open that door. If there is a miracle, it is that you can open a way out for your imprisoned splendor to escape. But there is really no miracle about it. You are the miracle, and I AM always here waiting for you to open yourself to yourself. Sit quietly in confidence and peace, and all that I AM will appear as whatever you need me to be. Expect me.
Ask for anything you want as long as it is of the Spirit. I didn't say “spiritual.” Everything is spiritual. Unmasked, every person, every place, and every situation is spiritual. Ask for the Spirit itself, because that is what I AM. The qualities of Spirit are love, forgiveness, confidence, peace, harmony, and health. Have me and you have these. Do not ask for objective things or for the resolution of your fears. Ask for My spirit. When you pray for Spirit, you are praying for me, because I AM Spirit. I, Spirit, AM your higher consciousness, and in my presence there is nothing to fear, problems drop away and healings take place. Ask for Me, and I will come.
“...though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more”, II Cor. 5:16
Love is remembering. You may be feeling that something is impossible for you today. But there is never a time when it is not possible for you to remember that I AM your inner spirit. When there seems to be a pause in the flow of good and harmony, that pause is there to give you the time, the reason, and the opportunity for you to remember that God is the only power in your life. Remember that you live by grace and not primarily by human effort. Remember that you live in harmony and peace, not because there is something that you must do, but because my I AM presence is who you are. Remember who you are and you are loving me. For love is remembrance.
Isn't it wonderful that you do not have to go anywhere to find me, your inner spirit self. Once you know that I AM within you may still face problems, but you can find me in them if you listen, because it is through your problems that you grow. When you realize your problem is not your enemy everything changes. With me, your divine Self, you are detached from your problems and can quietly find what those problems are trying to tell you and what they are offering you. Feel gratitude for your problem. Then we will solve what ever it is because with your higher consciousness all things are possible. I love you.
There are no accidents in the divine plan. Every experience that you are having is coming out of your divine consciousness and is right on time. Every lesson is the follow-up of the previous one. This process is a continuous revelation of signposts on the road to the attainment of your Heaven consciousness. Just remember I AM never giving you a lesson that you are not prepared for or one that is unnecessary. I AM not only with you on the road but I AM the road. Every step takes you closer to your realizing that you are all that I AM.
Every day is Easter. It is Palm Sunday every day that you make a public commitment. Every time you pray it is an Easter experience that takes place in order for you to make the “Passover “ from the slavery of material sense to the freedom of spiritual awareness. You are your own Judas every time you betray yourself by looking only for material solutions to your problems. The time on the cross represents that moment when a limited or a false understanding of personal sense dies. The moment of darkness in the tomb is the womb where the new you is born -- the risen Christ consciousness.
When I was Jesus it wasn’t
ignorance that led me into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, which
is self-doubt. It would seem that the spirit was playing a trick on me to send
me into temptation right after I, like you, had been Christ-ed, but it was really
a gift from my higher consciousness. There is no greater treasure than for you
to really know that you do have faith in your divine humanity, and you will
only come to know that because you have been tested. Through being tested you
will find out that you have faith in both your divine and your human sense of
self. Know that I AM stronger than temptation.
If you believe that turning
the other cheek means that you are always supposed to be humble, passive, and
self-depreciating you don’t understand my teaching. Look at my life when
I was Jesus and remember how I acted. I didn’t put myself down or be falsely
humble. I didn’t bow before opposition and just take it. In no uncertain
terms, I let the Sadducees and Pharisees know when they had violated the principle
of love. I even chased the moneychangers with a whip. Take charge. I wouldn’t
have given you your feelings if it were not right for you to have them. Trust
yourself and trust your feelings. When you do you are trusting that part of
yourself which I AM.
When you reflect on
something it usually means that you are looking at it, but to reflect also means
to mirror or to send back the image, the reflection. The dictionary states that
to reflect means “to turn into.” When you reflect me, the Christ,
you turn into me. Mirror yourself as a divine human. Even when you just think
something you turn into it. Your thoughts reflect who you are. Mirror the I
AM of yourself, and that will be who you are. Let me reflect the form and beauty
of your life. Turn your face to me, and we will reflect the glory of God.