Be grateful for that. Vernon Linwood Howard
When we speak about
form, we are speaking about behavior, the body and the world (what we see),
anything that we perceive to be external to the mind. When we talk about content, we are talking about the mind; the mind has only two
contents. The wrong mind [wRONGmIND] of the ego content of
sin/guilt/fear/suffering/death, and the right
mind [RightMind] of the Holy Spirit content of forgiveness/
the miracle/healing/peace.
"Teach not that I {Jesus} died in vain. Teach rather that I {Jesus}
did not die by demonstrating that I {Jesus} live
in you" (T-11.VI.7:3-4). The way we demonstrate that his love lives in us, which is the
content, is by reflecting that love in our everyday life. That is the
integration of form and content.
The
perfect right-minded integration of form and content is where my form becomes
defenseless.
Lesson 155 says, "I smile more frequently and my forehead is serene."
That is the perfect integration of form and content, where everything I do,
say, believe, feel, and think is done with that gentle smile, with a peaceful
forehead that says nothing in this world can make me happy, nothing in this
world can bring me salvation, nothing in this world can hurt me, nothing in
this world can damn me. Nothing! This frees me to be perfectly present to every
single person and to every single situation.
If I am not in a state of perfect
peace that embraces everyone in that peace, I have chosen the ego. That is all I ever have to
know. It is very simple.
“From a mind filled
with infinite love comes the power to create infinite possibilities. We have
the power to think in ways that reflect and attract all the love in the world.
Such thinking is called enlightenment. Enlightenment is not a process we work
toward, but a choice available to us in any instant.”
― Marianne
Williamson, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles
The Law of Divine Compensation is concerned with the kinds of thoughts that both
attract and deflect miraculous breakthroughs in our financial and work lives.
In a self-organizing and self-correcting universe, healing is natural; correction is natural; miracles are natural. We’re so
convinced that everything that goes up must go down; what we need is a
realization that everything that goes down will eventually go back up!
How do we go about realigning our thoughts and opening our minds to the
possibility of a miracle?
By prayer, forgiveness,
compassion, self-awareness. By practicing the discipline of a more loving way
of thinking and being in the world.
Love produces miracles
automatically. When we’re not forgiving someone, it’s like we’re putting a
barrier in front of our hearts. And wherever there’s a barrier to love, there’s
a barrier to miracles. Forgiveness is when we stand on faith in what lies
beyond. Beyond what people did lies the reality of whom they are. New York Press-Divine
Compensation: Recovery and Abundance
“Love makes us wake
up in the morning with a sense of purpose and a flow of creative ideas. Love
floods our nervous system with positive energy, making us far more attractive
to prospective employers, clients, and creative partners. Love fills us with
powerful charisma, enabling us to produce new ideas and new projects, even
within circumstances that seem to be limited. Love leads us to atone for our
errors and clean up the mess when we've made mistakes. Love leads us to act
with impeccability, integrity, and excellence. Love leads us to serve, to
forgive, and to hope. Those things are the opposite of a poverty consciousness;
they're the stuff of spiritual wealth creation.”
― Marianne
Williamson, The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money, and Miracles
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