I continue to be grateful for the other Hawkins in “I”…telling me, “The growing soul consistently learns to surrender poor choices and choose wiser ones. The choices are made repeatedly and the working out of our fate is through these decisions and options…until our more mature spirit reaches for the certainty that it is going in the direction of purification.
“The evolving spirit then moves closer and closer to God.
Spiritual purification may seem difficult, but eventually, it becomes natural.”
In ACIM, principle #7 is: “Miracles are everyone’s right but purification is necessary first.”
And both of us Hawkinses will continue to avow that to consistently choose love, peace, or forgiveness leads one out of the house of mirrors. The joy of God is so exquisite that giving up any of our “owned crap” to Holy Spirit to undo the consequences is well worth the effort and seeming pain! (I don’t like admitting my dislikes for Hank?) But it does become joyous!
I am grateful for Hawkins for letting me see these statements in writing…{{{the inner ‘high’ of (‘denied’ my word) righteous indignation of hating enemies, turns out to be disappointing in hollow illusory victory. The more mature spiritual aspirant is one who has explored the ego’s options and false promises of happiness.}}}
I am grateful for all the finalized healed relationships as I look back over both shoulders. If “onlyIda” meaning if only I had done this sooner, how much more peace would I have found? I have sought peace, but I needed to get more honester. Is that a word?
Me? I am grateful for the course and Hawkins, as it was where I ran into the possibility for peace to abound in my life. Continuing right along with mending more relationships that are still in progress. Just like me, I’m a humanbeing still in progress…or one of my paintings, a work of art in progress…but endearingly, this cyberfamily is meaningful to me as a family in progress...and I remain vertical...rell
Posted on Dec 4, 2003, 3:33 PM from IP address 209.74.139.128