The Holy Spirit is simple and the ego is very complex
and when we think we have a very complex life
it just means that we've been listening to two voices
One that knows our good
and one that is a death wish
that only wants us to feel fear and guilt and pain.
And these voices teach very different messages
And they have no point of agreement
And therefore, the only way to have consistent peace of mind
Is to let go of the ego entirely.
And listen only to the Voice of the Holy Spirit and Jesus
and this is what I mean by living a very guided life.
We are not asked to sit for 18 hours a day in meditation
We are just asked to let the Holy Spirit guide us in our daily life.
So if we are truly ready to do that
and every day we come as a little child with willingness
to practice what we are learning,
with everything in our lives,
without exception, and we are guaranteed a
peaceful state of mind
The ego is the belief in sacrifice
That we will have to give up something real for peace of mind
But this is not true. We only have to see the illusions of the ego
for what they are,
and let them go.
We don't really need to learn anything new.
We just need to unlearn the beliefs that we hold about this world and ourself.
So, the most important theme in this life
will be to know who am I, who am I truly,
to come back to that identity that God created perfect and innocent.
Out in my 30 years of work with A Course in Miracles,
I was very blessed to understand that it was asking me to unlearn everything that I had learned.
I was able to understand that this world was backwards and upside down.
So the things that are valuable in this world
blocked us from the Kingdom of Heaven,
because this world and cosmos was made by the ego
to distract us from knowing who we really are.
It's a very complicated device
that is meant to take your attention and put it
into things, and into
stuff,
to get so caught up into drama,
so busy and concerned
so filled with stress and anxiety
that you completely forget your purpose of forgiveness.