August 2022 Week 4

“I, the Creator of the Universe, am with you and for you. What more could you need? When you feel some lack, it is because you are not connecting with Me at a deep level. I offer abundant Life, your part is to trust Me, refusing to worry about anything. It is not so much adverse events that make you anxious as it is your thoughts about those events. Your mind engages in efforts to take control of a situation, to bring about the result you desire. Your thoughts close in on the problem like ravenous wolves. Determined to make things go your way, you forget that I am in charge of your life. The only remedy is to switch your focus from the problem to my Presence. Stop all your striving, and watch to see what I will do.” From Jesus Calling

This perfectly explains Avidya, spiritual ignorance! Have you had a time in your life when your mind is consumed by thoughts of something outside of you that must work out a certain way in order for you to be content? OMG, unfortunately I have lots of reference for this!! The good news is that with my awareness and diligent studies I feel like I have made a break through the past year with this way of living. I deeply regret the times in the past I was narrowly focused on one outcome and put so much wasted energy trying to achieve that one outcome. This way of living is exhausting and it makes our lives smaller as we don’t allow for the bigger picture, the “Good Orderly Direction” of life to unfold. Our intention this month - I am committed to connecting to my real self - continues to inspire me to pause and trust - simple right??? Haha, nope but worth striving towards!!!!!!