Good Morning All.
Today's lecture is "Control Your Inner Conversations" Neville Goddard, April 26, 1971. It reiterates the need to think good thoughts. It builds on the premise that what we think is what is manifested in the world around us - our reality. If I think that "those homeless vagrants" are detrimental to me - then they will be. If I am afraid that I will end up alone and lonely - then I will. I have to turn from being that being that everyone else is - that "natural man" - to the person who first turns to the spiritual side of me. I need to make God first. I need to believe that God is within, and speaks to me through my desires and my inspired imagination. Some days I feel like I am getting closer to that person. It's a continuous process.
I notice, in my study that some of my comments may seem to be hateful - they are not meant to be. They do show a conflict inside of me about what I understand now and how I feel about the religion I was raised in. Sometimes what I read and study with Neville brings confirmation that what I was taught as a child makes sense, but other times the teachings conflict. It seems to me that I am willing to learn new things but the past wants to stick with me as well. I don't know how to reconcile these conflicts, because I believe that every religion has truth. The bigger problem, I think, is that my childhood religion teaches that it is "more true" than all the other religions. So, what do I do? I do the best I can - and I let my soul pick and choose the teachings that resonate. I can only hope that I am choosing correctly.
Thanks for reading my thoughts - GlendaA (page, PDF with comments)