This Week's Quotation:
What the world is, is but a fact. You cannot choose what this should be. But you can choose how you would see it. Indeed, you must choose this.
A Course in Miracles, M-11.1
Adventures in Consciousness
Terri McCartney, Soul Care Facilitator
Do you feel it too? Life is offering us a perceptual upgrade. I find endless opportunities to overcome the human habit of thinking in either/or and right/wrong terms. It’s lovely to experience what a precious resource the mind is when it transcends duality and perceives holistically.
All humans have the same needs. We all want peace. We want understanding and compassion. We desire to love and be loved, to be seen and accepted, to feel connected, and to belong. The recognition that we all share the same needs has the power to draw us together. It supports our remembering to give what we most desire to receive.
The great Aha! is that we don’t have to alter the world. All we need to do is tweak our perceptions. Then we are given true vision that unlocks our ability to see the divinity in all of life.
Our human mind is conditioned to believe that profound change is impossible. The butterfly reminds us otherwise. And no matter how much time goes by before we experience our personal metamorphosis, what is of real value is eternal.
No time like now and no better day than today to blaze new perceptual frontiers that make holistic seeing our new normal. What better way to celebrate this grand opportunity to have adventures in consciousness?
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We, the authors of this blog, dedicate it to the transparent exploration of the world's sacred scripture and enlightened spiritual thought. We believe that the original inspiration of all faiths comes from a common source, named and revered in a myriad of ways. With that understanding, the innumerable symbols, beliefs, and practices of faith cease to divide. They become open windows to a common reality that inspires and unifies us. We find deeper insight and nourishment in our own faith and from the expression of faith from others.
We hope these weekly quotations and meditations speak to your heart and soul.
Thanks, Terri, for the “adventure in consciousness” that you have invited us to experience, and the opportunity to “make holistic seeing our new normal.” As I consistently plant a world in my consciousness where human beings are living together in peace and harmony and Nature is thriving, that world actually begins to materialize in the mass consciousness of humanity and begins to become the real state on earth. Surely this is our essential spiritual work.