Here’s a wonderful Thanksgiving message: Quickening our awakening has nothing to do with the body.
I know that might seem surprising. So many spiritual teachings focus on what we do with our bodies—what we eat, how we move, what we abstain from. But A Course in Miracles is very clear: “I need do nothing” and “To do anything involves the body.”
It’s All About the Mind
If we are willing to know that we don’t need to DO anything, then there’s nothing related to the body that we need to do in order to quicken our awakening.
And that means we’re also, simultaneously, taking that body from a celebrity status, an important status, to a nothing status.
It’s not about eating vegetarian or vegan. It’s not about abstinence of any kind. It has nothing to do with anything related to the body. It’s all about the mind. It’s all about the MIND!
Which means, what does your mind say about an extra slice of pecan pie? If the mind knows the body is full, and the mind thinks it craves another piece, the mind can release the attachment, the craving, and be content. The body really does produce the craving, the mind does – and, in my experience, it’s often about convincing us we are a body, and we’re a shameful one at that. Which means, we can have the pie, but not the awakening.
What Made a Difference for Me
Here’s what made a difference for me: recognizing that all my focus on fixing the body, improving the body, purifying the body—that was just another form of making the body real. And making the body real is what keeps us stuck in the cycles of cravings, aversions, addictive and compulsive thinking and behavior.
This is especially relevant during the holidays when there’s so much focus on food, appearance, and physical gatherings. What if we let all that be what it is and focused instead on the mind?
The Ego’s Game
The ego thought system directs us to be busy with body things. “If I just get my diet right, then I’ll be spiritual.” “If I just do enough yoga, then I’ll be enlightened.” But that’s the ego’s game—keeping us focused on form instead of content.
In my Masterful Living Program, we’re looking at best practices all the time—how can we quicken our awakening? We’re really focused on the active practice of quickening our awakening, not just talking about it, but truly living A Course in Miracles. We’re giving up the attachment to self-attack, shame and the habits that keep those thoughts in the front of our awareness.
Where the Real Transformation Happens
Training our mind to see what’s true and to stop seeing what’s false.
This holiday season, instead of worrying about what we’re eating or how we look, and instead we focus on what we’re thinking. That’s where the real transformation happens.
Your body isn’t the problem. Your thoughts are the opportunity.
I make a REALLY good pecan pie. I love to make pies – apple and pumpkin are two other favorites. I’m having Thanksgiving in San Antonio TX with family, and won’t be making a pie this year. And when dessert comes today, I can tell you what I’ll be thinking: It’s not the pie, it’s what the pie represents, which, to me, is yummy goodness
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NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: The Night Gratitude Saved My Life, In this Thanksgiving week episode, I dive deep into Lesson 195, “Love is the way I walk in gratitude,” sharing how gratitude became my game-changer long before I found A Course in Miracles. I tell the story of how I learned there’s no way to wish punishment on another without experiencing it myself because we’re in “instant karma time.” True gratitude makes no comparisons and no exceptions—we’re grateful for ALL because we’re separate from no living thing, and when our forgiveness is complete, we’ll have total gratitude, seeing that everything has earned the right to love by being loving.
