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Lesson 149: Review of Lessons 137 and 138

AI Reframe: My awareness retains only what aligns with truth: shared healing and chosen peace.

Suggested Practice:
Two five-minute sessions: morning and evening. Start each session by opening your mind and clearing it of all thoughts that would deceive, and let this thought alone engage your mind fully, and remove the rest:

My mind holds only what I think with God*.

Then read each of today’s review ideas:

137: When I am healed I am not alone.
138: Heaven is the decision I must make.

Close your eyes and say them slowly to yourself. Let each idea give you the gift that He* has laid in it for you. Then close the practice with the first idea.

Throughout the day, each hour, bring to mind today’s main idea and two review ideas. Spend a quiet moment with them without adding any other thoughts. 

*God: an impersonal, formless, and infinite principle of pure Love. Substitute whatever term that resonates best and allows you to receive the message. The Will of God is our happiness.

Message

I feel the need to continue exploring my fear from Lesson 147: mainly my fear of putting myself fully out there with my art and readings. The specific fears: criticism, rejection, and that what I offer isn’t good enough.

Right now my postings and website act like a portfolio or art exhibit with nothing available for sale. You can look but you can’t buy. This is how my ego mind protects me from what I fear.

Applying Lesson 137—when I am healed I am not alone—I recognize that when I heal myself (release myself) of this fear, I will gladly and without second thought present my offerings confidently. In doing so, others who have been waiting for what I have to offer are healed because they will experience the effects of my offerings.

How do I heal myself? This feels like the next step: I consciously choose heaven—Lesson 138.

Hell has been living with all the anxiety, guilt, and fears over should I or shouldn’t I with my art. Here’s a typical ego-based conversation from my head:

”Should I make my art available for sale?”
”Yes. But what if no one buys any of it?”
”It would be embarrassing. It would mean that my art isn’t any good.”
”Should I try to create something that I think people would like?”
”Maybe I could post something on Instagram where I ask people what they would like to see.”
”Or maybe I could post a video of what I currently have available.”
”Yeah, but you don’t have decent lighting equipment. It will come off looking amateurish.”
”Then people will start judging the how the videos look and not look at the art.”
”What if I did some videos showing people how to color mandalas?”
”That would probably be helpful although they’re not likely to buy art or get a reading based on a how-to video?”
”And chances are other professional artists will probably comment about how I’m doing it wrong.”
”Gah! I don’t know what to do. It’s so much easier not to have to think about selling or promoting.”
”Maybe I could just play with my art supplies. But you need to be thinking about making money.”
”I know! It’s so frustrating.”
”I’ll go get something to eat instead of dealing with all of this.”

That’s hell. Heaven would be knowing exactly what to do, without judgment, doubt, or second-guessing. I would enthusiastically create, play, promote, and share.

Writing this makes me wonder: why would I continue living in my self-created hell when heaven is one simple decision away? Excellent question.

This reminds me of something from 40 years ago. I was a secretary who hated my job. I complained so much people avoided me. One day a coworker said, “If you’re so miserable, get another job.” I panicked: “Oh no, I can’t do that.” She then said something life-changing:

“Then change your mindset. Instead of feeling like a victim, choose to be empowered. Each morning ask yourself: am I going to look for a new job or choose to go to my current one? And if you choose to go to your current one, know that you chose to be here. You’re not a victim, you’re a decider.”

From then on, I showed up with a new perspective. No complaining. Within a month, a better-paying job came along.

With that in mind, here’s the heaven version:

“Instead of feeling like a victim of my art and art business, I choose to be empowered. Each morning I’ll ask myself: am I going to roam aimlessly about my day or am I going to be an artist? And if I choose to be an artist, I’ll know—and remind myself—that today I choose to be an artist…so be an artist. I am not a victim. I am a decider.”

Essentially: do I want to continue in hell or radiate in heaven? If I want to be healed, I must choose heaven.

Getting a second chance to review these two lessons shows me how easily they can be applied to any fear I have.

“I believe I can sit here in my Kansas home and, with my powerful, radio-transmitting thoughts, create joy, peace, and insane happiness.”
— “The Course in Miracles Experiment” by Pam Grout

Blessings & Peace,

Maureen,
The Mandala Lady

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into mandalas & channeled messages
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