We tend to think of fantasy as pleasant. Daydreams. Wishful thinking. But we can have negative fantasies just as easily.
Isn’t that exactly what worry is?
Worry is the negative use of our imagination. It’s the same creative power, aimed at disaster.
A Course in Miracles has a section called Bringing Fantasy to Truth, and it’s worth sitting with. It tells us our wish to change reality that’s fearful, because by our wish, we think we’ve accomplished what we wished.
That strange position actually acknowledges our power. It just distorts it. Then comes the line that settles the question: “You cannot be faithful to two masters who ask conflicting things of you.”
We can’t rehearse the catastrophe and rest in Spirit at the same time. One of them is getting our faith. What we use in fantasy, we deny to truth. What we give to truth to use for us is safe. Here’s what I’ve found helpful. When something looks alarming, rather than trying to analyze it or figure it out, I can simply say this:
I don’t know what anything is for, because I can’t see through all directions of time and space. So I’m not going to judge what this looks like. But I’d like to know. Boy, would I like to know.
That’s not resignation. That’s honesty.
Our vision is genuinely partial. The Holy Spirit’s isn’t. This is our divine opportunity in every moment. When we feel disturbed in any way, we’re no longer placing our trust and faith in the Holy Spirit.
The disturbance itself is the signal. It’s not a failure. It’s information. And fortunately, all that’s required for us to have this faith is our willingness.
A little willingness is the key that opens the lock.
That’s it. Not certainty. Not understanding. Willingness.
In my Masterful Living program, this is the practice we build all year long. Catching the negative fantasy while it’s small, and handing our imagination back to the One who knows what everything is for.
Our imagination has a much better job available than worry, fear and doubt.
Worry isn’t natural. It’s a habit, and habits can be dissolved when we’re truly willing. That’s what we’re doing together September 10 through 13 in my free series, Living A Course in Miracles: Release the Worry, Rest in Trust. Five teachers, eight classes, four days, and every one of us has walked through the worry ourselves and come out the other side. We’ll look at what worry actually is in the mind, why willpower has never once dissolved it, and how to hand the future over so we can rest even while life is still unresolved. Not denial. Not pretending we’re fine. A real change of mind. It’s free, and I’d love to have you with us. Register now at powerofloveministry.net/Release
FREE FORGIVENESS WORKSHOP If you’d like to practice this kind of honest looking in community, my FREE Forgiveness Workshop on August 29 is a beautiful place to begin. Click here now to learn more and register.
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