I am grateful for Saturday and Sunday’s being such lazy days. I don’t have to do anything…but laze, and then laze some more. But today after my laze, I went down to an “Autume de fete”…where there is the re-education of the old “ways” of doing things in olden “times.” There was corn roasted in the shucks, kettle corn, pig skins—cracklins, ice cream cones, and those stringy cake batter deep fried cakes…All good!
Jordan was here and brought “Hanibal” to watch with me, as he knows I really have a hard time separating illusion out of that scary cruel stuff. I can only watch a few minutes, I have to work with me that it is only a movie, and illusory, then I can see some more, but not much.
I put “Joshua” in to watch, and we both saw it all the way through, and I do not know how many times I’ve seen it. Even though “Joshua” is too, and illusion on screen, it does not eat at my senses like Lord of the Lambs and Hannibal with Anthony Hopkins’ blood and cruelty.. Jordan seems to think I will learn something from watching Hannibal…I can not see what it is…
Still from ACIM chap 21: The mad illusion will remain awhile in evidence, for those to look upon who chose to come, and have not yet rejoiced to find they were mistaken in their choice. They cannot learn directly from the truth, because they have denied that it is so. And so they need a Teacher Who perceives their madness, but Who still can look beyond illusion to the simple truth in them.
If truth demanded they give up the (ego)world, it would appear to them as if it asked the sacrifice of something that is real. Many have chosen to renounce the world while still believing its reality. And they have suffered from a sense of loss, and have not been released accordingly. Others have chosen nothing but the (ego)world, and they have suffered from a sense of loss still deeper, which they did not understand.
Between these paths there is another road that leads away from loss of every kind, for sacrifice and deprivation both are quickly left behind. This is the way appointed for you now.
Me? my thoughts wants the road that leads away from loss of every kind…seems it is the way appointed for me now. I really am happy to post here where there is no fear of loss, where love prevails, where truth is recognized with no demands as I aim for vertical alignment this day…rell
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