2014 - A New Start!

It’s time.  I am ready.

Let’s dedicate 2014 to remembering who we really are by reminding ourselves daily of who our brothers and sisters really are.  When I first read The Disappearance of the Universe many years ago, the chapter on the ego’s plan for salvation didn’t resonate with me.  The promise given in the book was that after reading that chapter you would be able to see the ego at work every day.  Frankly, I didn’t get it.

But over the last six months, it has become clearer. Put simply, any time I believe, “Things would be better if only the other person would _____,” this is a definite sign that my ego is at work and forgiveness is needed.

Here’s the workbook lesson from A Course in Miracles that helped put this into perspective for me.

ACIM WB#71

The ego's plan for salvation centers around holding grievances. It maintains that, if someone else spoke or acted differently, if some external circumstance or event were changed, you would be saved. Thus, the source of salvation is constantly perceived as outside yourself. Each grievance you hold is a declaration, and an assertion in which you believe, that says, "If this were different, I would be saved." The change of mind necessary for salvation is thus demanded of everyone and everything except yourself. The role assigned to your own mind in this plan, then, is simply to determine what, other than itself, must change if you are to be saved.

Who would I want to be different?  Unfortunately, the list is endless, which tells me I have a lot of forgiving to do! But I will start with those I contact today, as the universe offers me plenty of opportunities…right now.