PRACTICING THE HOLY INSTANT... As you begin to more consistently practice the holy instant, choosing to join with the Father and no longer maintain your divorce from Him, no longer maintain your independence, you are going to find yourselves experiencing the fact that in the holy instant—in that joined state of Mind—God’s laws prevail. God’s laws disallow for anything unlike God. And the disallowing of anything unlike God is therefore at the Hand of God, at the Hand of the way things work, and not because of any power you personally have. As you engage in the holy instant, irregularly, but nevertheless you engage in it frequently, you’re going to have experiences of the correction of problems because of the fact that you have allowed yourself to be in the place where God’s laws prevail. And this is going to cause you to find reason or justification for engaging in the holy instant, in joining with the Father. Now, you are going to prefer not to do your own thinking. You are going to prefer not to engage your imagination as you go through your daily affairs. And as a result, you will abandon the arena in which sin, sickness and death occur. You will also abandon the arena in which you as an authorizer seem to exist—you as a source of control. You’re going to find that by comparison with your movements in and out of the holy instant, that to be alone with your own thoughts really isn’t satisfying. It’s going to cause them to be something you don’t choose to indulge in anymore. Now, this is not going to turn you into a monk, or a weird one of any sort. I mean by that, someone behaving considerably at odds with everyone else. But the fact that you will be more and more consistently joining and saying, “Father what is the truth here? Holy Spirit, what is the truth here?” you’re going to find that the state of being in the holy instant is a state of being in prayer . . . constant prayer . . . “Father what is the truth here?” and you listen and you grasp the Meaning and you naturally say, “Yes.” And as I’ve said many times, prayer is saying “Yes” to God. So, you’re not going to be engaging in denying the world. You’re not going to be engaged in trying to get rid of or control anything “in the world.” That’s what you’ve been doing forever, relatively speaking. And you are going to find yourself turning to the Father and staying in connection. Waking up is best described as moving into a constant state of prayer. There’s another aspect to prayer. And that is, that you’re deferring authority away from yourself. Prayer is a state of humility. A state in which there is no arrogance and therefore no fear, no guilt. I want you to keep this in mind. Prayer is the state of Being when you move out of the driver’s seat. Isn’t that wonderful? ~excerpt from ACIM Study Group with Raj/Jesus 2/12/12 Conducted by the Northwest Foundation for ACIM nwffacim.wordpress FaceBook: https://facebook/groups/183859725130360/ All of the activities of the Northwest Foundation for A Course In Miracles are provided without charge or obligation. This is possible because of thoughtfulness, love extended without conditions. Such is the nature of Gift. As a result these materials are available to you, because someone like you has already gifted you with them. And, at Rajs instruction, these materials will never be sold. If you would like to add your thoughtfulness and love, to gift others with the availability of these materials, please contact nwffacim.org
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