Dear Family
No I am not writing a Diary, but thia time dates are important
March19.
A completely unexpected testimony. On Tuesday, March 18th, I thought I was ready to send you a new blog, when in the final moments of trying to modify the presentation of an important reference, I pressed the “undo” key (on my computer, control Z) and, oh miracle! The reference was deleted, but so was absolutely EVERYTHING I had written, the entire blog. My efforts to recover it were in vain, and I finally came to the information, new for me, that the platform I use doesn’t “save” drafts. And that what happened is precisely its greatest weakness.
There’s no other option but to write it again. But before doing so, and now that I’m used to thinking before acting, I see the coincidence of what happened with the instigator of my third epiphany, the book Undo It, whose title is precisely due to the existence of that blessed key.
Thinking about my little tragedy, I reread this pair of paragraphs that ‘appeared’ in the Fifth Blog:
And it is precisely here that Jesus, the messenger of God (according to RA, originating from an advanced stage of the 4th dimension, that of Love), appears and preaches that we must remember and recognize God as our Common Father during his earthly apostolate two thousand years ago and in his Student Manual in The Course in Miracles. And my second epiphany. I am very close to completing my first 365 days of practicing the Manual, and I can attest to its effectiveness and my willingness not only to repeat the practice but to try to “live” it. I will assimilate it to “My Road to Compostela.”
And here comes what I have identified as my third epiphany , although it is too recent to have it fully digested, I can already assure you that it has reinforced my evolution of “changing my thinking”, of replacing fear with love, death with eternal life.
“Not only my blog, which is nothing but ‘thoughts,’ can be removed from my physical computer, but also my previous way of thinking, from when I began the ‘path’ 365 days ago, can disappear from my real computer, my mind, my real Being. I just have to find the right key.”
And the key is confirmed by my suggested daily thoughts:
Lessons 361 to 365
This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your direction gives me peace.
1. And if I need a word to help me, He will give it to me. ²If I need a thought, that will He also give. ³And if I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are the gifts I will receive of Him. ⁴He is in charge by my request. ⁵And He will hear and answer me, because He speaks for God my Father and His holy Son
And He is the Holy Spirit.
Epilogue
1. This course is a beginning, not an end. ²Your Friend goes with you. ³You are not alone. ⁴No one who calls on Him can call in vain. ⁵Whatever troubles you, be certain that He has the answer, and will gladly give it to you, if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him. ⁶He will not withhold all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. ⁷He knows the way to solve all problems, and resolve all doubts. ⁸His certainty is yours. ⁹You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given you.
2. You are as certain of arriving home as is the pathway of the sun laid down before it rises, after it has set, and in the half-lit hours in between. ²Indeed, your pathway is more certain still. ³For it can not be possible to change the course of those whom God has called to Him. ⁴Therefore obey your will, and follow Him Whom you accepted as your voice, to speak of what you really want and really need. ⁵His is the Voice for God and also yours. ⁶And thus He speaks of freedom and of truth.
3. No more specific lessons are assigned, for there is no more need of them. ²Henceforth, hear but the Voice for God and for your Self when you retire from the world, to seek reality instead. ³He will direct your efforts, telling you exactly what to do, how to direct your mind, and when to come to Him in silence, asking for His sure direction and His certain Word. ⁴His is the Word that God has given you. ⁵His is the Word you chose to be your own.
4. And now I place you in His hands, to be His faithful follower, with Him as Guide through every difficulty and all pain that you may think is real. ²Nor will He give you pleasures that will pass away, for He gives only the eternal and the good. ³Let Him prepare you further. ⁴He has earned your trust by speaking daily to you of your Father and your brother and your Self. ⁵He will continue. ⁶Now you walk with Him, as certain as is He of where you go; as sure as He of how you should proceed; as confident as He is of the goal, and of your safe arrival in the end.
5. The end is certain, and the means as well. ²To this we say “Amen.” ³You will be told exactly what God wills for you each time there is a choice to make. ⁴And He will speak for God and for your Self, thus making sure that hell will claim you not, and that each choice you make brings Heaven nearer to your reach. ⁵And so we walk with Him from this time on, and turn to Him for guidance and for peace and sure direction. ⁶Joy attends our way. ⁷For we go homeward to an open door which God has held unclosed to welcome us.
6. We trust our ways to Him and say “Amen.” ²In peace we will continue in His way, and trust all things to Him. ³In confidence we wait His answers, as we ask His Will in everything we do. ⁴He loves God’s Son as we would love him. ⁵And He teaches us how to behold him through His eyes, and love him as He does. ⁶You do not walk alone. ⁷God’s angels hover near and all about. ⁸His Love surrounds you, and of this be sure; that I will never leave you comfortless.
So First is God and the rest originates in HIS thought.Later, we’ll be able to understand the reason for free will and the paths of love, and how it relates to light, and light to matter. And how and when the ego appeared. And how the Law and the Course complement each other. As you can see, a complete plan for the future of the New Blog. So when the hand led me to mention a “living book” (in the Preamble), I knew what I was doing (I didn’t).