The fourth principle of the 50
principles of miracles reads “All miracles mean life, and God is the Giver of
life. His Voice will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you
need to know.”
As Neale Donald Walsch points out
to us in his Conversations With God books God not only talks to us but He talks
to us all the time. Unfortunately, most of the time we don’t listen.
I remember a church sidewalk
bulletin board at Christmas time which read, “You too can hear the angel’s song
if you tune into the right frequency.”
Miracles are that shift of
perception onto the spiritual dimension of life instead of the world of the
ego. This shift of perception to the spiritual dimension not only gives us
life, but as Jesus said, it gives us life abundantly. If we substitute our English
word “life” for God, then indeed, we being to understand how life speaks to us
constantly, and speaks to us very specifically, and if we listen carefully, it
tells us all we need to know.
The problem arises when we no
longer listen to Life but instead get caught up in the drama of the world of
the ego. For many people, this is all they think life is and it takes much
suffering and sometimes tragedy before they realize that there must be more and
there is a better way to live what Life we are given. Our Unitarian
Universalist principles point us in some good directions in living life, and
taken seriously and deeply, might be considered God’s voice or Life’s voice
speaking to us.
The first UU principle states that
UUs convenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every
person. It we do this consistently and shift our perception to this level there
would be no more racism, no more discrimination, no more war, no more violent
crime, no more rape, exploitation of any kind and we would live in a world
where there is dignity, respect, and love for everyone. If we lived in a world
of love and respect where the inherent worth and dignity of every person was
affirmed and promoted, is there anything else that you would need to know? And
if we were to suddenly begin to live this way, it would indeed be a miracle.
What does it take to live this
miracle where God’s voice directs us very specifically and we are told all we
need to know? It takes the awareness that comes from a shift in perception to the
spiritual dimension and it takes forgiveness. We forgive not so much for the
sake of the perceived offender but for our own sakes who mistakenly believe
that a person could really harm us at a spiritual level. We only harm ourselves
in our mistaken belief that our spirit can be attacked without our collusion.
Jesus demonstrated this idea when He was being tortured and executed and He
said, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do.” We all feel
tortured and that people are trying to “execute” us psychologically, and
emotionally, if not physically, many times in our lives. We become defensive,
reciprocate the attack, and engage in recrimination leading to developing and
holding onto resentments and grievances which can last sometimes for years. Follow
Jesus’ example, and say “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.”
Rise above the attacks and move on to peace and joy.
If Walsch is right that God, Life,
speaks to us all the time, we would be happier and at more peace if we learned
to listen. When we hear the angel’s song, we feel as if we are blessed by a
miracle.
This is article # 35 in a series on A Course In Miracles. An article based on the study of A Course In Miracles is posted every Wednesday on UUAWOL.
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