Years ago, I decided to stop investing in shame. I decided to live my life in such a way that if everyone, everywhere could see and know my thoughts, feelings and motivations I’d be fine – no shame, no embarrassment. I found an easy way to make choices – If my niece and nephews, my goddaughter could see and know what I was doing and thinking and I’d feel ashamed then I wouldn’t do it. I am so glad I decided to set that standard for myself.
Over the years, there have been some choices I didn’t make because I wouldn’t wish for my niece to see me make them. Now, I don’t have to think about it at all.
I’m not a vibrational match for shameful choices anymore.
A Course in Miracles teaches us, “There are no private thoughts.” This is the same as many other mystical teachings. This is exactly what I learned as a student of Ernest Holmes teachings in The Science of Mind.
There is but One Mind, and all of our minds are joined in that One Mind. We can’t possibly have a private thought when all of our minds are joined in the One Mind and yet, we still often find ourselves operating as though we can keep our thoughts hidden or secret. We can’t.
Why would we wish to have private thoughts anyway? Why keep our thoughts hidden? When our thoughts are conniving, manipulative, ashamed or guilty then we prefer people don’t know what we’re thinking. I’m certain there are many other similar reasons people would like to hide their thoughts. All of those kinds of thoughts belie a lack of Love, and most likely there’s a deep sense of unworthiness.
Love doesn’t need to manipulate. When we’re controlling and manipulative it can be because we don’t feel people will honor our requests and wishes and so we need to find another way to get what we want.
The incredibly good news is that we can CHANGE all of that thinking and all of the resulting behavior. We can change our mind and hold only loving and compassionate thoughts. When our mind is attuned to the loving thoughts and focused on that, then we will see the clear and direct results in our life. I call it “working in the invisible.” It’s so much easier to work in the mind than to labor in the world.
I call laboring in the world “pushing density” because it feels exhausting, whereas working in the mind, when we’re focused on Love, is exhilarating! It’s energizing! There’s absolutely no need for private thoughts when we’re focused on inspiration and sharing our life in a loving way.
We can always tell who’s operating from Love and who isn’t. It’s obvious. Words aren’t necessary. We don’t need private thoughts. People’s sense of shame and unworthiness is easy to discern no matter how well they try to hide it.
The more I choose the loving thought, the more I don’t care if everyone knows everything I’m thinking. And I’m not afraid of what other people think, because my thoughts are of Love. Isn’t that wonderful? It’s very simple too. I appreciate the simplicity of it – no need to engage the ego/intellect.
When our thoughts are unloving, that’s when we fear that other people will know what we’re thinking. The end of fear comes when we focus on being loving. When we’re fully committed to being loving, then there simply is nothing to fear.
It’s wonderful to realize that allowing the good to flow in our lives is incredibly simple, and we complicate it and obscure it by choosing to believe the meaning we’ve made of things when we don’t have to. Thank God we can always choose again.
ACIM calls our heart the altar. Let’s clear off all the false idols that we’ve laid upon the altar of our heart and open to true Love now.
What are false idols?
Anything that we’ve made more important than our connection with Spirit.
It could be any one of your relationships or even your body.
It could be your job, your dog or your house.
It can also be a thought that we’re believing that’s not true such as, “I’m not good enough.”
If you’re feeling fearful at all and you really wish to be free of worry, fear, and anxiety, the answer is simple. It’s not easy, but it’s simple. Give away the attack thoughts to the Higher Holy Spirit Self and open your heart to appreciating the good in your life. Count your blessings and it will shift your thinking.
When we harbor attack thoughts we’re being unloving and then we don’t feel worthy of Love and that’s when we value our private and unloving thoughts. When we give them away to Spirit to clear from our consciousness, we’re being loving to ourselves. We’re loving ourselves free of all fear and limitation and bringing benefit to all humanity.
Feeling worthy of every good thing is a way to feel continuously blessed by life. It’s a wonderful feeling and the only way there is to be loving.
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE! The new episode of my podcast’s topic is Don’t Let Ego Fool You. It can feel like the ego is SO tricky and that we get foolded time and again. The ego has no power, only Love has the power. It helps when we know what the ego’s tricks are and then it’s easier to see around them.
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