Sean until I accepted the atonement I couldn't understand,guilt shame fear and pain led to sleepless nights and tortured days. Unlike you Sean i have no education and I believed I would never understand what the course was teaching,I read it and read it over and over but to no avail. Then one day just gave up and peace welled up inside me. And I understand that without accepting the atonement there will never be understanding.
Thank you, Sean. This is perfect and beautiful. Fidelity leads to surrender, to letting go, and surrender IS acceptance of the atonement for our own self. Yes. Thank you. This is the answer, always.
How beautiful that you shared your experience of "peace that passes all understanding"! The prelude was giving up! A friend once pointed out to me that "giving up" can literally mean giving up to what's above us! I googled this famous phrase and found:
What is the peace that passes all understanding?
In Philippians 4:7 we have a wonderful promise: "The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.". It is important to note the context of this promise, because that's where we find the condition: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and ...
The measure of our willingness is our happiness and peace, and that is measured in relationship with our brothers and sisters. Are we making others happy? Are we bringing peace to their minds and stillness to their hearts? Nor is this something we decide on our own. The other - be it a co-worker, a maple tree or a beam of moonlight - can only reflect back to us our self.
In other words, it is not a question of how "Sean" feels or thinks but rather how "Sean" perceives his brothers and sisters, the living others with whom we share a cosmos. And my perception is shaped by willingness to serve them - to be nonviolent unto them, humble unto them, and to seek only to help them. I will fail in this, of course, but that doesn’t mean the way itself is misguided.
…my exact experience in my customer-facing, fast-paced, high pressured job.
Before each shift, my chat with the Holy Spirit consists of my request to be kind, patient and nonjudgmental in my interactions with each of my brothers, some of whom challenge my willingness to just allow them their “moods.”☺️
When I “fail” to live up to my request, I do not like me and feel defeated.
On the other hand, it never ceases to amaze me when I am told that I am very kind and helpful and “beautiful.”
I know that when I am experiencing the holy instant…that is to say, when I “pay attention” and “stay aware and become present in each of my interactions, is when I get this feedback. I know, then, that my brother is the “mirror”, in those moments.
Thank you for this very meaningful post, Sean. I feel excited to go to work, today, to meet Christ in all of my “customers.”
Thank you, Jennifer, for reading and sharing. I'm glad there was resonance, and also not surprised 🙏
The gift of the other's existence can be overwhelming sometimes . . . and yet it is always there, to the precise degree that I am willing to see it. Even just knowing it's there when I don't see it - when I'm wrapped up in ego drama, whatever - can be comforting.
Sean until I accepted the atonement I couldn't understand,guilt shame fear and pain led to sleepless nights and tortured days. Unlike you Sean i have no education and I believed I would never understand what the course was teaching,I read it and read it over and over but to no avail. Then one day just gave up and peace welled up inside me. And I understand that without accepting the atonement there will never be understanding.
Thank you, Sean. This is perfect and beautiful. Fidelity leads to surrender, to letting go, and surrender IS acceptance of the atonement for our own self. Yes. Thank you. This is the answer, always.
Love,
Sean
How beautiful that you shared your experience of "peace that passes all understanding"! The prelude was giving up! A friend once pointed out to me that "giving up" can literally mean giving up to what's above us! I googled this famous phrase and found:
What is the peace that passes all understanding?
In Philippians 4:7 we have a wonderful promise: "The peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.". It is important to note the context of this promise, because that's where we find the condition: "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and ...
Thank you for your commitment to writing and sharing. I love to get your email on Mondays
You're welcome, Theresa! Thank you for reading & sharing 🙏
~ Sean
The measure of our willingness is our happiness and peace, and that is measured in relationship with our brothers and sisters. Are we making others happy? Are we bringing peace to their minds and stillness to their hearts? Nor is this something we decide on our own. The other - be it a co-worker, a maple tree or a beam of moonlight - can only reflect back to us our self.
In other words, it is not a question of how "Sean" feels or thinks but rather how "Sean" perceives his brothers and sisters, the living others with whom we share a cosmos. And my perception is shaped by willingness to serve them - to be nonviolent unto them, humble unto them, and to seek only to help them. I will fail in this, of course, but that doesn’t mean the way itself is misguided.
…my exact experience in my customer-facing, fast-paced, high pressured job.
Before each shift, my chat with the Holy Spirit consists of my request to be kind, patient and nonjudgmental in my interactions with each of my brothers, some of whom challenge my willingness to just allow them their “moods.”☺️
When I “fail” to live up to my request, I do not like me and feel defeated.
On the other hand, it never ceases to amaze me when I am told that I am very kind and helpful and “beautiful.”
I know that when I am experiencing the holy instant…that is to say, when I “pay attention” and “stay aware and become present in each of my interactions, is when I get this feedback. I know, then, that my brother is the “mirror”, in those moments.
Thank you for this very meaningful post, Sean. I feel excited to go to work, today, to meet Christ in all of my “customers.”
💖
Thank you, Jennifer, for reading and sharing. I'm glad there was resonance, and also not surprised 🙏
The gift of the other's existence can be overwhelming sometimes . . . and yet it is always there, to the precise degree that I am willing to see it. Even just knowing it's there when I don't see it - when I'm wrapped up in ego drama, whatever - can be comforting.
Love,
Sean