Often in life we think about what we are DOING.

If you thought about your life right now, you most likely would think about all that you are DOING.

It probably would include your work, children, partner, parents, friends, activities, traveling.

Doing.

But how often do you you think about how you are BEING.

How are you BEING while you do what you are doing? 

Many people ask others “How are you?”

Now, “How are you?” seems like a harmless question at first glance. It seems caring, like you are interested, right? But when you ask the question to someone, first consider: FROM WHAT PLACE AM I ASKING THIS QUESTION? Are you knowing yourself as the Christ, and seeing the Christ in this other?

If so, most likely you would not ask “How are you?” because you would BE relating to them as the Christ you are and the Christ they are or you at least would notice straight away they are not aligned/connected with the Christ they are. You would SEE it. 

You wouldn’t have to ask “How are you?” because you would be asking the ego how it is doing. You already know the answer to that one!

The starting point and practice for everything then is STILLNESS AND REMEMBERING: To pause and take a moment to be quiet and still (it only takes an instant) before you do or say anything so that you can identify completely with the Christ you are, therefore remembering your brother. 

This gets very basic. Who is the “you” (In the question “How are you?”) that you are asking how it is? Typically, it’s the ego who speaks and the ego who answers.

So when someone answers the question “How are you?” they can only answer from the “I” point of view from which they are hanging out – usually, from fear. 

Really take a moment to think about this. The question “How are you?” does nothing more than locate where a person thinks they are, at that time!

The answers range from ‘I’m okay. I’m tired. I’m sick. I’m good. I’m fine.”

Therefore, I mostly don’t ask the “How are you?” question anymore. Out of old habit, it slips out occasionally. 

It’s like asking someone “Are you a boy or a girl?” – it’s a meaningless question because all I have to do is look at you and I can tell immediately how you are.

Your state of being (what you are being) is something that you are in control of.

All that is required is readiness and willingness to shift your perception and know the truth. 

Often Ralph Waldo Emerson is quoted as saying: “Who you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.”

I am not sure that Emerson actually wrote that specifically (even though it’s a good one!)

Here is what he did write:

“Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel for discourse, if speaking be more grateful than silence. When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. A lady of my acquaintance said, “I don’t care so much for what they say as I do for what makes them say it.”. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his essay “Letters and Social Aims” 1875

Also from Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Character teaches over our head.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his essay “The Over-Soul”, 1841

I love that. We teach involuntarily, by our character of being.

A Course in Miracles puts it this way: YOU ARE TEACHING ALL THE TIME!

You are always “teaching” (by your demonstration and without words) by HOW YOU ARE BEING.

“To teach is to demonstrate. There are only two thought systems, and you demonstrate that you believe one or the other is true all the time. From your demonstration others learn, and so do you. The question is not whether you will teach, for in that there is no choice. The purpose of the course might be said to provide you with a means of choosing what you want to teach on the basis of what you want to learn. You cannot give to someone else, but only to yourself, and this you learn through teaching. Teaching is but a call to witnesses to attest to what you believe. It is a method of conversion. This is not done by words alone. Any situation must be to you a chance to teach others what you are, and what they are to you. No more than that, but also never less.” -A Course in Miracles 

So, take some time today to think on this:

WHO ARE YOU BEING?

HOW ARE YOU BEING?

For years, I doubted myself. This was my way of being. Back then, I didn’t realize I could choose differently. I was habitually judging myself, criticizing myself and wishing life would change.

It didn’t occur to me that I could change! I thought life needed to change. I thought other people needed to change. I thought I needed a higher-paying job. I thought “if only people would start recognizing my God-given talents, then someone would give me an opportunity and THEN I could shine and be brilliant and be happy.”

Did you notice the words I just used: BE

I could be brilliant and I could be happy.

I could teach and demonstrate the Love of God.

I could BE the light in the darkness.

I could BE joy in the middle of a world of sorrow and despair.

But instead, I just didn’t know any better. I thought I was a victim. This was who I was being. I felt alone, alienated and disappointed. I was tired a lot. I was associating and being the darkness. I thought this was normal, because everyone around me was also being the darkness.

I didn’t know it then, but I know it now – I was only seeing in others a reflection of my own state of mind.

Once I realized what was occurring – that I was literally causing my world of my lack and limitation and sickness with my thoughts – I snapped out of it very quickly!

It’s a good wake-up call – to see you’re causing all your confusion and problems – and to make a decision to teach love.

MAKE A DECISION TO IDENTIFY WITH THE SELF THAT YOU ARE – THE SELF THAT GOD CREATED.

It’s that simple.

You are the Presence of God. You are the Power of God. You are the Love of God. You are the Joy of God. You are the Peace of God. You are the Light of God.

You are not weak and small and powerless.

You can make this shift in an instant now.

In the 40-Day Program for Transformation, I offer an exercise which I offer here:

On a sheet of paper or index card, write your current way of being. If you do not know your current way of being now, then watch yourself for a day or a week. Watch your thoughts. Watch how you feel. Watch your emotions. Watch what you say to others. Notice how you are BEING. Pay attention to your “I am” – listen to yourself intently today and catch what you say when you say “I am …” Write it all down. Be ready to be shocked, because mostly we sleep-walk through life never taking time to pay attention to what we have been doing all along.

On second sheet of paper or index, write down your True Way of Being – the Self that God created. This is your true I AM. I am Love. I am Christ. I am a child of God. I am Spirit. It’s the way you are being in a state of joy and peace, when you know all is well and you know you are protected and loved and safe. It’s the Light you are.

Make a commitment to BE the Self you are. It’s the most natural thing in the world because how difficult can it be to BE what you Are in truth.

If this doesn’t work for you, you can get a copy of A Course in Miracles and begin it. Give yourself the gift of going through the transformation from fear to love. This is accomplished easily by making a commitment to do the workbook lessons which take one year (one lesson a day for 365 days), and reading the Text and Manual for Teachers.

Many people hope and pray for transformation and years go by and nothing much happens. But all you need to do is get a copy of A Course in Miracles and begin it. It contains everything you need to dismantle the thought system of fear so that you become aware of the light you are.

There is no need to suffer.

You are the light of the world.

I would love to hear from you! What’s your True I AM. Please leave a comment below!

Love,

Lisa

When you feel lousy or have problems, addictions, fear or guilt show up in your life, do you think,

“I’m not there yet. Things are a mess. I should be better off than this.  So and So is having profound shifts and I’m not!  What’s wrong with me? Shouldn’t I be doing better by now?  I try so hard but my problems are still here and I’m still feeling crappy!”

You convince yourself that you’d be better off in a state which is somehow different from the one you are in.

Listen and listen well, your PROBLEMS are not the PROBLEM.  Your “seeming” PROBLEMS are not a sign of failure.

Your PROBLEMS are the ANSWER.

But as long as you see your PROBLEMS as PROBLEMS, they’re going to keep looping back around at a deeper and deeper level. The very thought, “I’m not there yet” is the only thing keeping you from “there”!

Let me explain.

You are on our mailing list because you’ve asked, at some point, to have the blocks removed to the Love and Perfection that you already Are.  You asked to be shown exactly what thoughts and beliefs are keeping you from accessing the Truth that is True always.

Once you ask, He immediately provides you with the answer.  The underlying error belief rises up and plays itself out for your awareness.  Yes, it is that simple.  So why do we react by thinking something has gone wrong?  Why do we think,

“It shouldn’t look this way!”

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS, MY FRIEND.

Yes, I agree, it would be really cool if these answers came delivered by the UPS guy or if they were whispered into our ear by fluffy kittens.

It just doesn’t work that way.  Besides, that would certainly NOT get our attention in a powerful enough way to be effective.

The answers are sent to us immediately.

We are clearly…vividly shown.

The discomfort is revealing where healing is needed.

You are welcome!

All of your “stuff” will appear at the perfect time. The situations and people you need to help you REALize this are sent to you. When they show up, you’re simply asking the wrong questions!  Here’s the kicker.  This is the game changer.

Do not ask,

“What has gone wrong?”

Instead, ask,

“Where is the healing in this?  Where is my gift hiding?”

You see, Jesus clearly states that behind every problem and every discomfort there is a miracle.  They reside side by side-without exception.  The miracle, the way out for good, is nestled inside that seeming problem!  Your problem is given to you as the perfect tool for your awakening.  They are literally God tools.  How awesome is that?  Every disturbance is a gift.

You are living a charmed life.

But only if you DECIDE to see it that way.  If you, instead, DECIDE to see your problems as a result of not being good enough, victimized or guilty in some way, now, they become a means to maintain your investment in the world and keep you constantly occupied as you try to address one problem after another.  This is where all your sickness and unhappiness is. And the problem will continue to reoccur in another form until you recognize the source.

So, you see, there are 2 choices here.

One is loveless and the other is miraculous.

One choice will keep you in suffering and the other choice, Jesus says, will substitute for a thousand years of learning.

One choice is complete forgiveness and the other is for those who don’t want Peace just yet.

So, when you find yourself with a “problem” don’t resist it.  Stop analyzing it, attempting to fix it or exerting more effort.  Don’t disassociate and try to rise above it and certainly don’t blame anyone or anything.  This is ego trickery and will get you nowhere. NOT EVER.  Let everyone off the hook.  Stop yourself in your tracks and ask to be shown the miracle.

Jesus says that every problem you have is some sort of grievance of yours.  Once the grievance is released, the problem is GONE.  Do you see? Your problems are your whole way out!  They’re treasure maps!

Be grateful every time you’re shown a thought that needs forgiveness.  People and situations in your life don’t need forgiveness.  It’s your own thoughts about the people and situations in your life that you need to forgive.  They’re here to show you what grievances are still lurking in you and acting as blocks to the Heaven that is right here for you NOW.

Stop wondering what went wrong and look for the healing instead.  You have a guide ready to jump on this if only you’ll ask the right question.  This guide is way better at this than you so hand it over and get out of the way.  Then, don’t you worry about a thing.

And please, don’t worry about what anyone else is doing.  Its utter silliness to compare yourself to them.  They’re receiving exactly what they need for their healing and you’re receiving yours.  You’re merely wasting the time that you’ve been given for your own renewal.

Your job is to remember the Truth for everyone, not to measure and compare.

Can you imagine how different it will be when you see your problems as your answers?  When you give thanks for every discomfort?  This is what A Course In Miracles means when Jesus says he needs “Happy Learners”.  It’s all good.  What’s not to be happy about?

OH, one more important thing.  Now you can clearly see that you have 2 choices when reacting to a seeming problem.  But you can’t choose both.  It’s one or the other.  It’s like voting for both candidates.  A split vote doesn’t represent any real allegiance.  You simply cancel yourself out and nothing much changes.

Bottom line:  Nothing has gone wrong.  

Stop thinking anything needs to change and that you’re “not there yet”.  It is NOT more efforting that is required of you, but a simple shift in your perception that will LITERALLY TRANSFORM EVERYTHING!  But this is a choice YOU have to make. You must DECIDE to see that behind all of your difficulties is a grievance and the real solution is in addressing that first. Then, the answer is given immediately.

Your happiness is based on this choice.

All is well,

Linda Leland

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