Hello to everyone,
My confession is that I am only on lesson five. But i a having such a wonderful time reading it. When I got to the words of the song 50 ways to loose your lover I starting singing and then laughed and then felt love and a desire to connect to all of you. I have been having such self doubt about the work I do. Feeling scared that I am not really able to help people. So I will apply lesson 5 to this and see how it goes. love Annie
Dear Annie, yes, the song is a good way to replace an unhealthy habit. So just start singing it whenever those mean old thoughts try to take over! YOU get to be the Queen of your own castle in this fairytale.
ReplyDeleteAs for "helping" people - perhaps you could replace the word "help" with “serve." Your goal is to serve. And you are absolutely right - "you" cannot "help" anyone at all. Fortunately, "you" don't have to! All you must do is open to divine guidance. It is not any of us who really helps another - it is God acting through us.
Take the case of a person who suddenly has supernatural powers and lifts a car off another person.
Those "supernatural" powers exist for all us, when we tune with faith into God's song for us.
You are going through a very natural process in the helping profession: one that universities likely do not teach about. As you tune more and more into the "supernatural" or divine force of God, the ego becomes more and more frightened. The ego recognizes its own powerlessness.
When I first began to give "angel readings" many moons ago, I would sit with the person and the first thought that always came into my mind was, "I can't do this!" A cold wave of shock would go over me. And then another part of me would say, "Of course, you can't, honey. Fortunately, you don't have to. The angels will do it." I would brighten up and think, "Oh, cool!" Then I would begin talking.
I went through this process many times until one day it disappeared; I knew without a doubt that a higher energy was working through me. And I knew that whatever happened was out of my control. The person would get exactly what they needed, even if I did not understand it.
Letting go of control, Annie, is a big part of being able to serve. You will learn more about this in the lessons. For now, I better stop before I write another whole lesson, since you are already "behind". (Which is perfect for you by the way!) I prefer to give more, rather than less, these first months because this helps confound the ego. It's good for the ego to feel it is losing control here in the school. Because it is.
Dear Indira, I'm Queen Annie in my fairytale. Thank you. This makes so much sense to me. I just finished lesson 7 and so this really makes sense to me. I can see what I have to work on. love Annie
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