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Insights on Defenselessness

So much is going on in the world right now that I have many opportunities to see where I might think I need to defend myself. I was watching the protest in my hometown. I watched on Facebook. It was lovely and the people remarking on it said really nice things. Then I read about and hear about protests that turned violent or I read remarks from people who are taking sides and speaking from their fear and I feel myself tense. Even that small reaction is a red flag. Let me go look at what is going on in my own mind that I wanted to cringe away from my brother. I really don’t want to defend this illusory world anymore. I don’t want to go down the rabbit hole of another story. Catching these things before they can become fixed in my mind helps me avoid that.

I remind myself that this feeling of being separate and having different agendas is just an illusion. In reality, there is no separation. There is just God. I am God and each of these other seemingly different individuals are just God and the seeming space between us is God. With that reminder, I can now look at the situation differently. I can see it as a reflection in the confused and split mind, thoughts being projected outward as if there was some place they could be except in the mind of God.

I ask, what is this for? The ego says it is for being right, for drama, for fear and guilt, for projecting blame. I ask the Holy Spirit, and the answer is exactly the opposite. It is for me to experience the effects of seeing differences where there is only sameness. If I do this, I can see decide if I want to continue to hold onto the beliefs that caused the upset, or if I am willing to see their lack of value and let them go.

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