Want to know the absolute deadliest thought to the ego?

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A healed mind does not plan.

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This can be so easily misunderstood so I want to chew on it for a few minutes with you.

So, when your mind is functioning correctly, it does not plan.

A fearless, defenseless, faith-filled, God centered mind does not make plans.

Before you can accept this, you first have to admit that there’s a whole lot going on here that you and I couldn’t possibly understand. Actually, our trying to understand just gets in the way. We only see part of what’s going on in the world. Knowing this, what business do we have to plan anything?
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We don’t even know what’s actually going on!

Hahahaaa! That cat is us!

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A Course in Miracles says:

A healed mind does not plan. A healed mind carries out the plans that it receives through listening to wisdom that is not its own. A healed mind waits until it has been taught what should be done, and then proceeds to do it. A healed mind is secure in certainty that obstacles can not impede its progress to accomplishment of any goal that serves the greater plan established for the good of everyone.

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Now, just for fun, let’s reverse that paragraph:

“An unhealed mind does plan. An unhealed mind does not carry out the plans it receives through listening to wisdom that is not its own. An unhealed mind doesn’t wait until it has been taught what should be done.”

That sinks in a little deeper, doesn’t it?

Left to our own devices, we often make decisions out of fear, guilt, lack, anger, depression and separation. It NEVER goes well. Those are clear signs of an unhealed mind.

A Course in Miracles clearly says that “all attack is self attack”… We are constantly attacking ourselves but we never see it that way. We think the attack is coming from someone else but it’s really coming from our own thoughts of fear and guilt. In Lesson 135 the Course implies that PLANNING is a form of self attack. It points out that “all defenses are a form of self attack because they make the illusion of threat real and then attempt to handle them as if they were real.” It simply asks us to look closely at what we think we’re defending, how we defend it and against what.

Planning the future is a form of defense. It foresees some threat and then tries to produce a defense against it.

“Defenses are the plans you undertake to make against the Truth.” The Truth is that we are totally safe, eternal, innocent and beloved children of an All Knowing God. The Course also says that “In our defenselessness our safety lies.” Pretty clear isn’t it?

Think about it. Is there fear or guilt lurking below your planning? Is there a threat underneath the plans that you are not aware of and a thought that you should do something about it?

It’s not about what you do but what you are THINKING while you do it.

Operating from a healed mind isn’t difficult to do. Please don’t tell yourself that this shift will be hard. It actually flows easily and brings such a sense of relief. Depending on yourself for nothing is quite lovely!! It’s the epitome of “no pressure”!

Remembering to pause and ask.

THAT is where we need practice.

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That’s why we study. We are retraining ourselves away from knee-jerk, autopilot, fear-based doing and planning. That’s why I have sticky notes all around my house (like the one at the top of this blog post)! Truth.

We won’t really believe this until we experience it. We won’t experience it unless we try it, experiment with it and practice getting out of the way. (Insert miracles here.)

I used to be a “serial planner”. I remember when I was in labor with my daughter Victoria; I literally grabbed my mother by the shirt and said, “WE NEED A PLAN! GO FIND THE DOCTOR AND GET ME A PLAN!” Yea, there’s a soul birthing itself, through me, into time and space and I wanted details so I could be fully prepared and in charge. Good one Linda.

When I was first married to my husband John, I’d ask him on a Monday how we should best plan for the week ahead. He’d say, “Babe! Can we just play it by ear?” My response was, “Who does that? “That’s so dumb and irresponsible.”

Oh the irony.

Now, I don’t plan. I love knowing God is running my life. There is never anything to worry about. Everything always turns out perfectly. Every time.

Now, when a self planning thought creeps in from fear, I simply respond:

“I am on to you! Sorry… you don’t run this show anymore, my God Self does.”

Here is what A Course in Miracles says about how planning affects the body:

“Enslavement of the body to the plans the unhealed mind sets up to save itself must make the body sick. It is not free to be the means of helping in a plan which far exceeds its own protection and which needs its service for a little while. In this capacity is health assured. For everything the mind employs for this will function flawlessly, and with the strength that has been given it and cannot fail.”

Translation:

When I’m sick, in pain or in conflict, it’s because I’m using the body for my own plan which fearfully involves my own interests. I’m feeling lousy because I am not using my instrument for Truth. I’m not serving my purpose here which is for the good of every brother. A healed mind knows it’s only here to carry out God’s plan which involves joy and peace for everyone.

When I’m listening to the Holy Spirit and carrying out His plan, all obstacles are removed from my path. I am in a constant state of joy and peace and my body is healthy. I function “flawlessly” and can not fail. I CAN NOT FAIL!
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My plan: I feel anxious and unsatisfied.

God’s plan: I feel like I’m on fire for life. I have energy. I feel healthy, awake and joyful.

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Can you see how uncompromising this is?

So, when I’m doing all the planning, I must not believe that I will be provided for.

I’m planning based on my past and my fears and not allowing for God to come in.

I’m choosing against the Truth because I’m frightened.

It’s an old and worn out habit that I now see never worked.

Instead, you know that you don’t have to depend on yourself for anything except the adequacy to carry out the plan you are given, if only you’ll zip it and listen. Set your crazy schemes aside and listen. God is always, always, always speaking to you.

Drop the “me plan”, join with God and let His Love in with total confidence.

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Jesus says we never make a plan alone. We only choose “with what you make them” meaning which friend do you plan with? Ego or the Holy Spirit? You decide. Idols or God?

Which one will you join with? (It’s one or the other and can never be both.)

Do you want your life in the hands of an insane ego or with God?

That is why we get up every morning and say:

“I will make no decisions by myself.”

And now, each moment of your life can become a meaningful encounter with the Truth.

This is the only purpose of this world.

This is the only “plan” that matters.

xoxoxo

I give thanks for you and I love you.

Linda Leland

Teachers of God Foundation

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