Welcome to 2012
Well another year has come and gone. How was 2011 for you? How will 2012 be? We trust it was and will be the same, as in “make this year different by making it the same.”
Of course if 2011 was not a happy year we do hope you will be able to improve in your willingness to refer to your inner teacher and be able to see things differently more readily.
I use the term readily rather than easily as it is important to recognize that ease has nothing to do with your ability, or not, of being able to apply the Course in your life. Yes it can at times seem very hard to “do the little it asks” but this seeming difficulty is not because the task is hard or difficult but because it is not always desired. Our resistance to do what the Course asks is just that, resistance. We do not want to do what it asks, we do not want what if offers. Rubbish you say! Is it? How many times have you recognized you could step back and turn over what seems to be troubling you yet refused to do so? Be honest with your self here. Unless you see your resistance to what the Course is asking you to do, your rejection of what it is offering you, your refusal to actually believe what it says of you, you will continue to have difficulty in doing it and applying it to your life. The recognition that “I am doing this only to myself” is damning to the ego but liberating to the Son of God. Perhaps the question then becomes, who would I rather be?
This year we will continue with our Saturday afternoon workshops with the first one being next Saturday and looking at the idea (actually a statement of truth) that love makes no comparisons (see entry below). The monthly Sunday MEETUPs for those in Melbourne should also begin next week and look like continuing the success of last year.
Finally for those wishing to attend a study group our Wednesday night meetings have begun again and will continue until well into December. Both Linda and I are also, as always, available to discuss with you any issues or thoughts you have regarding your practice and application of the Course in your life. Feel free to call, drop us a line or visit.
From Linda and James, welcome once again to 2012.