Meet the Conditions, Meet the Creator – God is the First Cause; there is no other. He creates like Himself; Love extends forever. To give and to receive are one in truth. W-108 We always give to ourselves. Decide that you cannot decide anything; simply show up for Christ. Let Him show you how to meet the conditions of the Kingdom. In love, joy, and peace, we meet the Creator.
The mind’s only need is to know its natural state of peace, joy, and grace. Still, the Holy Spirit will always meet you right where you believe yourself to be. Thus, Divine Providence becomes a stepping-stone designed to convince you there is no sacrifice. Immerse yourself in the full experience of our “Awakening from the Dream” online retreat and find out how to live in divine providence with David Hoffmeister! “A healed mind is relieved of the belief that it must plan, although it cannot know the outcome which is best, the means by which it is achieved, nor how to recognize the problem that the plan is made to solve.” W-135.12:1
The Spirit’s purpose for this life is for freedom, to wake up from the dream of the world, not to attain and achieve. The ego’s use of the body, of family and education, is for reinforcing a personal separate identity. But you are Spirit and must unlearn everything the ego has taught you. Your only responsibility is accepting the correction. It is not about dropping worldly responsibilities, but having them all handed to Spirit who would address them through a path of miracles. David says the Course can be summed up in the Serenity Prayer, recognizing what you can and cannot control and the wisdom to know the difference. What you can control is your state of mind. What you cannot control is the world, and everything associated with the world. Have gratitude and appreciation for everybody, because they are helping you to forgive.
The more you give yourself over to the joy of the Spirit, the more you see that your Plan Bs avail you nothing. The world’s mantra that we need to plan for the future and be prepared for all situations is not our real concern. Our real fear is present joining. As we give up our little plans and align our mind with the Spirit’s plan, we experience life as a joyful, spectacular unfolding.
Our happiness is the greatest demonstration of God’s Love we can offer. The more we open ourselves up to our true Calling and are willing to offer miracles, we become the witnesses the world needs that there is a very different way of looking at everything. There is a way to live that has nothing to do with the traditional, structured way based on just “getting by” and surviving. Be a miracle worker. Step into this new way with the instructions provided by Jesus in “A Course in Miracles”!