Thank you Sean, loved this piece. It is so very helpful to decode the riddle of awakening process 😊 to slow down my mind, to stay alert in front of all subtle ego tricks, to bring the process at the level of moment to moment presence where it actually is. Thank you also for reminding us our temptation to keep believing over and over again that we can actually clear up ourselves the ‘mess’ that we made up, instead of giving it over to Holy Spirit. I wanted to share something, I believe it is from the Course that I find helpful in the moments of fear and trying to overcome the fear and to solve my ‘problems’:
‘I cannot master the fear I can only master the Love, I cannot master the darkness, I can only master the Light.’ That is only through surrendering and asking Help. Much gratitude 🙏❤️🙏
Your post today was very helpful. I was feeling anxious and beating myself up over an incident that occurred recently and questioned WHY I was feeling that way. I knew it was ego and felt I should be beyond that by now. You're timing with this piece came just when I needed it. Thanks, Sean.
As I finished reading your article I felt LOVE and connected to everything with a deep gratitude for Life, just as it IS. Your ability to inquire into "everything" with such tenderness and curiosity ignites my willingness to do the same. Thank you for this brilliant gift Sean.
Love what you wrote Sean. Thank you for mentioning David Carse, who does an excellent job of "pointing", as do you. I surrender to the love of God and do the next right thing. Whatever else I need to know or do, His grace will lead me there.
Thank you Sean. Like all the other comments, I am grateful and in awe of timing of your content.
I woke this morning with a sense of deep sadness, acceptance, curiosity and a dash of anticipatory fear. I can feel my long time mentor and friend pulling back from me, as only a loving friend and wise mentor does, because the fledgling understands it was never a fledgling in the first place. Years of seeking the teachers approval and thirsty to be like him caused the illusion of separation and inferiority. Then I started to be present doing tasks I didn’t enjoy and found myself enjoying them. Then feelings I didn’t like, and staying with them. Then this! And what is still here? Everything!!! All of it. And it’s ok.
Thank you Liz - I appreciate your being here and sharing.
I hear all this. It is a lesson I am learning and relearning over and over - that I do not need to fear change, uncertainty, et cetera. And it's always okay! Even when it's not okay, it's okay. There is always something to learn or someone to help. Giving attention to the day-to-day - just showing up - is such a gift. It's strange sometimes, how easy it is to be happy and how hard we make it :)
Yes! I often don’t trust that I can be happy in the mundaneness of everyday life and even in my sadness! How can anyone be happy in sadness?? Sounds crazy. When my much loved Ragdoll cat died recently our household was empty and so very sad and yet…..Didn’t make sense to me until I understood the grief was flowing freely but did not become me. It just was, in that moment. Such a novel experience for one who has drowned in drama and trauma response for decades.
I’m happy to share this space with you and all others echoing together.
So grateful for your being here! I’ve been walking the daily Lessons with your commentaries and so very grateful for them. Light on the Lessons, revealing a bit more that is always here.
I only just read your post. It's one of my favorite of yours. I'm looking forward to reading Carse.
As I read your post and your wonderful descriptions, I felt my body relax and melt into my chair and into the wind, into the present moment. I'm sitting outside in my little place in Mesa. The wind is gentle, the sounds are too. I feel the gentle kindness in which you spoke. I've not heard connection described that way before, but yes! That's what I feel right now, gentle, kind, at One.
I appreciate you and the fact that you take time to extend your inner thoughts. Thank you!💞
Thank you for reading and sharing Jeannie - I'm very grateful - those moments of peace, of just sort of melting into the world, are beautiful experiences and pointers at the depths of God-as-Love . . . true gifts to accept and extend . . . thank you again for sharing the path 🙏🙏
Thank you so much, Sean, for your deeply thoughtful and grace-filled post. Your willingness to share your observation of the ego’s strategies, even when seemingly ‘harmless’, is super-helpful. As others have written, once I remember that it really is as simple (and joyous) as observing my discomfort in the moment and bringing to the Holy Spirit for healing, I also remember that the only choice I can make here is between fear and love. And, then, I remember that, as you have written, choice is an illusion. I don’t have to worry about why I thought what I thought (and, I, too, notice those moments of wishing for affirmation by others), because ‘choice is an illusion’. I am already Home and I am united always with my brothers and sisters as Love in the Oneness of God. We are walking here together and I am so happy to be with all of you.
Thank you Joanne - and you're welcome. We are absolutely walking this path together, lifting and sustaining one another as we figure it all out. I'm very grateful 🙏🙏
Thank you Sean, loved this piece. It is so very helpful to decode the riddle of awakening process 😊 to slow down my mind, to stay alert in front of all subtle ego tricks, to bring the process at the level of moment to moment presence where it actually is. Thank you also for reminding us our temptation to keep believing over and over again that we can actually clear up ourselves the ‘mess’ that we made up, instead of giving it over to Holy Spirit. I wanted to share something, I believe it is from the Course that I find helpful in the moments of fear and trying to overcome the fear and to solve my ‘problems’:
‘I cannot master the fear I can only master the Love, I cannot master the darkness, I can only master the Light.’ That is only through surrendering and asking Help. Much gratitude 🙏❤️🙏
You're welcome, Aysin. Thank you for reading and sharing - we are in this together 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Love this! We try to make things so complicated but it is in fact quite simple, if we get out of our own way and live in the holy instant. Thanks
You're welcome - thank you for being here Aleta 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Your post today was very helpful. I was feeling anxious and beating myself up over an incident that occurred recently and questioned WHY I was feeling that way. I knew it was ego and felt I should be beyond that by now. You're timing with this piece came just when I needed it. Thanks, Sean.
I'm glad Kim - and I'm glad it brought you some relief from egoic criticism. Thanks for being here 🙏🙏
~ Sean
As I finished reading your article I felt LOVE and connected to everything with a deep gratitude for Life, just as it IS. Your ability to inquire into "everything" with such tenderness and curiosity ignites my willingness to do the same. Thank you for this brilliant gift Sean.
You're welcome, Glenda - thank you for being here and sharing 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Love what you wrote Sean. Thank you for mentioning David Carse, who does an excellent job of "pointing", as do you. I surrender to the love of God and do the next right thing. Whatever else I need to know or do, His grace will lead me there.
Thanks, Susan - I'm glad you're here. Yeah, Carse is wonderful - so grateful I ran into his work 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Appreciate this insight of fear regarding the compliments at the conference. Thank You for sharing.
You're welcome, Cathy Ray - thanks for reading and sharing 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Thank you Sean. Like all the other comments, I am grateful and in awe of timing of your content.
I woke this morning with a sense of deep sadness, acceptance, curiosity and a dash of anticipatory fear. I can feel my long time mentor and friend pulling back from me, as only a loving friend and wise mentor does, because the fledgling understands it was never a fledgling in the first place. Years of seeking the teachers approval and thirsty to be like him caused the illusion of separation and inferiority. Then I started to be present doing tasks I didn’t enjoy and found myself enjoying them. Then feelings I didn’t like, and staying with them. Then this! And what is still here? Everything!!! All of it. And it’s ok.
Thank you Liz - I appreciate your being here and sharing.
I hear all this. It is a lesson I am learning and relearning over and over - that I do not need to fear change, uncertainty, et cetera. And it's always okay! Even when it's not okay, it's okay. There is always something to learn or someone to help. Giving attention to the day-to-day - just showing up - is such a gift. It's strange sometimes, how easy it is to be happy and how hard we make it :)
Thanks again for being here 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Yes! I often don’t trust that I can be happy in the mundaneness of everyday life and even in my sadness! How can anyone be happy in sadness?? Sounds crazy. When my much loved Ragdoll cat died recently our household was empty and so very sad and yet…..Didn’t make sense to me until I understood the grief was flowing freely but did not become me. It just was, in that moment. Such a novel experience for one who has drowned in drama and trauma response for decades.
I’m happy to share this space with you and all others echoing together.
Thanks, Liz . . . and holding kind thoughts for your beautiful cat - those are big spaces that open up when we lose beloved pets 🙏🙏
~ Sean
So grateful for your being here! I’ve been walking the daily Lessons with your commentaries and so very grateful for them. Light on the Lessons, revealing a bit more that is always here.
Thanks for sharing and being here, Denise - we are in this together! I'm grateful we share this path 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Hi Sean,
I only just read your post. It's one of my favorite of yours. I'm looking forward to reading Carse.
As I read your post and your wonderful descriptions, I felt my body relax and melt into my chair and into the wind, into the present moment. I'm sitting outside in my little place in Mesa. The wind is gentle, the sounds are too. I feel the gentle kindness in which you spoke. I've not heard connection described that way before, but yes! That's what I feel right now, gentle, kind, at One.
I appreciate you and the fact that you take time to extend your inner thoughts. Thank you!💞
Blessings to you and everyone else!
Thank you for reading and sharing Jeannie - I'm very grateful - those moments of peace, of just sort of melting into the world, are beautiful experiences and pointers at the depths of God-as-Love . . . true gifts to accept and extend . . . thank you again for sharing the path 🙏🙏
~ Sean
Thank you so much, Sean, for your deeply thoughtful and grace-filled post. Your willingness to share your observation of the ego’s strategies, even when seemingly ‘harmless’, is super-helpful. As others have written, once I remember that it really is as simple (and joyous) as observing my discomfort in the moment and bringing to the Holy Spirit for healing, I also remember that the only choice I can make here is between fear and love. And, then, I remember that, as you have written, choice is an illusion. I don’t have to worry about why I thought what I thought (and, I, too, notice those moments of wishing for affirmation by others), because ‘choice is an illusion’. I am already Home and I am united always with my brothers and sisters as Love in the Oneness of God. We are walking here together and I am so happy to be with all of you.
Thank you Joanne - and you're welcome. We are absolutely walking this path together, lifting and sustaining one another as we figure it all out. I'm very grateful 🙏🙏
~ Sean