Everyman's Journal 2012, #2 © 2012 Rev. David Seacord January 11 "This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one…" George Bernard Shaw 'In other words, Wayshower, the way to show the way is to be the way…' ____________________________ About the most accurate analogy I can think of describing what 2012 is feeling like to me so far is to say: It feels like all my life up to and through 2011 was 'practice and training', but that in 2012 it is 'game time', and now, ready or not is no longer the relevant question, because here I am on the court, playing full out with all of my life forAll of Life because All of Life is what is at stake, and that truly matters to me…that is worth my life. Does this make sense to you? From this sense of being 'for real' on the court my missions are suddenly many magnitudes clearer and confusions are correspondingly diminished, and from that clarity I am impelled into many new actions, as if the waiting is completely finished and it would be a great wrongness to delay. Also, quite rapidly, other new-to-me lightworkers are entering the court… the game… and I notice I know them immediately as my help-mates. They are all bringing necessary, needed gifts. Some bring clarifying messages, some have arrived clearly to be my 'full-court-press' partners, others seem to be here to catch themselves on fire and then move on into their own destinies. And some are here to be my adversaries…. my graduation challenges, my tempering tests. I see that all this is 'lawful', all this is 'allowed', and all this is 'in the curriculum'. And exactly what is the curriculum now? Simply put, it is: to become fully connected…. fully connected as in 'to everything'. To see that what actually IS (and always WAS) is 'the Unity'. And as ACIM says… to see it is so 'without exceptions'…. That is the Way of the True Way. The untrue way is any exception to this (which is of course, what we are all habituated to as 'reality'). Clearly, this is the true mission in manifestation then… that I/you walk among all the 'other-ourselves' still sleeping & believing in the worlds of separation-comparison-judgement-competition-right/wrong/win/lose/good/bad… and embody/personify/be the difference, the unwaveringness that quickens a new dream inside those sleeping… the dream of authentic universal wholeness (as distinct from the current widely shared dreams of hell and separation). In simpler words, we are to use Love to call our brothers & sisters to step forward in the direction of Heaven. That one step that we do allows the Godness to enter the heart of man. The awakened heart will then 'do the rest'. Since the time has come where we (the Godness, I, and all the other increasingly healed and unseparated ones) are no longer 'practicing', my particular assignments are becoming likewise unlimited and expanded. I can see now that they don't really ever end… that they are like life-long marriage vows. Yet individually they are specific, measurable, immediate, and in the now (and sometimes boringly normal)… like a series of small seemingly minor chess moves that when viewed from a chessmasters perspective clearly displays a very far-sighted and very trustable intelligence. And I see that it is very important to stay clear and be in trust and acceptance to this intelligence….and be willing to do all the little steps, the little moves… fully and with great love and attention… for it is like in 'Chaos Theory' (which isn't a theory, really) where how I execute small tasks directly impacts the Great Vision, even if I do cannot personally see the connection in the moment. Because from that trust arises all our inspiration… the knowing that our(my) lives have purpose… and it is in knowing my own purpose that I find my own joy. ___________________________________________ FYI, here are some of the game rules I've been getting super clear about (I'm sure that there are more… these are just being underlined for me personally) : I am to always trust this Infinite Intelligence. I. E., if I am uncertain, I am to stop, breathe, quiet my mind and wait, knowing the answer will come… When the truth answer comes, I will know I know it. Therefore I am not doubt it and I am to act immediately. I am to be the space for others to become space for others. (This is compassionate action.) I am to actually pay attention to everything that I give attention to. (This is learning to be fully present.) I am to consciously stay in the crosshairs of Now. (This is being present.) I am to not ever be dishonest, especially to myself. (This is personal integrity.) In the area of specialness, no personal specialness is allowed. (This is for the perfecting of selfless service, and correspondingly, it is ego death.) In the area of failure, I am always to begin again. (This is the practice of self-forgiveness, and returning to being the truth of who I am.) ______________________________________________ As I send them to you, I pray these words are useful. Namaste, David *********************************** My partnership request.... Please consider yourself an important gateway this message is passing through on its way to others. Please do 'send it on'. Thank you. ************************************ Rev. 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