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SearchIs it wrong to pray for specifics; i.e. praying to win an art contest?
Question:
Unfortunately, I have not read “A Course of Miracles.” I am too young. But I have been told a great deal. My mind can't quite grasp the idea, but a part of me believes. I do have a burning question for you. I find each day I believe the idea more and more, but also I fear I am pushing myself away. I found myself wanting to win an art contest. The winner would receive a great sum of money to purchase their products. Is asking Christ to fulfill these ideas wrong, and by doing this will I never wake up from what you may call the dream? Am I too young to believe?
Answer:
No one is ever too old or too young for the miracles that Christ inspires and performs through those that are willing to behold them. God sees our Eternal Beauty and Innocence, and our Holy Spirit Guides the Awakening mind gently and surely. While the belief in lack persists, the prayers of the heart will include asking for specifics, such as asking to win an art contest. This is surely acceptable, for until the belief in need has been completely undone it is impossible to pray without asking for specifics. Just remember to include after the request "...if it be Thy Will." Then remember that under the Holy Spirit's Purpose, any outcome will include "gain" for everyone and "loss" for no one. By believing in miracles and allowing them to come through you, the belief in lack is dissolved, and thus the perfection and completion and wholeness God Gives Eternally returns to awareness.
As miracles become more and more natural, you will expect to see their witnesses everywhere. You will see that you have become a miracle worker, and recognize this by the calmness and tranquility you feel within. Christ performs miracles through you as you are willing to trust, and this readiness has nothing to do with worldly maturity or education or training. Miracles can only come through in the absence of fear, and as you become confident in the Holy Spirit's gentle Guidance you will be ready and willing to accept our true function of healing the mind. It is really a matter of trusting the Holy Spirit as to the "how," and offering only a little willingness to let the miracles come through. Your sincerity is all-important, and the fear of pushing yourself away from miracles is the ego's fear of being undone. By following the Holy Spirit's inner prompts you will see that miracles are your natural function, and the fear of Awakening will fade and disappear.
Your state of mind will be increasingly peaceful as the attempts at judgment are seen as impossible. Trust in God and non-judgment go together and cannot be found apart. Miracles bring a sense of detachment from worldly outcomes and goals and expectations. Miracles thus offer a sense of contentment and ease, for they reflect our Creative State of Mind in God. Miracles always involve the recognition of acceptance and the release of the belief in rejection. Miracles include everyone and everything and bring healing to the mind that perceived broken pieces. I rejoice with you, for miracles are a natural way of looking upon the world through a peaceful gaze!
Christ will fill our hearts by first offering happy dreams of non-judgment in which everyone and everything are included. The art of allowing, accepting, and beholding is the art of the heart. These are natural for you, for they come from the Christ within. Whatever is helpful in our function of miracle-working is Given effortlessly by the One Who inspires miracles. Isn't that wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to write and share what is on your mind. You are a Child of Destiny and are truly Loved.
In Peace,
David
Grace vs Control video: Undoing the "doer": the sense of personal responsibility.
Description of video:
The ego seeks to demonstrate that it is the author of itself by working, planning, and controlling as many "personal" aspects of life as possible. But doing each "must" and "have to" is highly stressful. The alternative to attempting to control things is to relax into Divine Grace. When you let go of control and listen instead to guidance and prompts from the Holy Spirit, everything is done for you or easily through you.
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYc_A9H22cg
How does one discern between communication from Spirit and my own thoughts? Also, what is a good method for transmuting suffering into Awakening?
Question:
You talk about constant prayer and thought watching. The way I've come to see it is that our thoughts are our prayers. Is this right? How does one discern between communication from the Spirit and just a thought? Often it seems hard to tell the difference. Also, what is a good method to transmute suffering, such as sadness or physical pain and illness, into awakening?
Answer:
Prayer is desire, and desire is continuous or constant. You might call prayer the power of the mind and you might call streams of thought the currents of energy that flow from the use of the mind's power. Love and fear are currents that represent two thought systems that have no meeting point. Communication from the Spirit is always loving, while ego attempts at "communication" always involve some form of fear. Discernment is being able to recognize fear, no matter what form it seems to take, while being aware of its falsity. As you align your mind with Love's thoughts you are remembering the Power and Glory of the Divine Mind that is in and One with the Mind of God. This is natural, for all Power is in and of our Creator, and cannot be found in an "identity" that has no existence. Fear, then, is an unreal emotion that comes from the attempt to have multiple desires. Complete forgiveness or Atonement is unified desire and is an expression of the Bible statement "Let Thine Eye be single." Single desire is another way of saying desirelessness, and this is creation. Creation is Abstract Perfection, Pure Light, Whole & Complete within ItSelf. In creation prayer is formless, a Song of Gratitude of God and Christ, of Love Eternal.
Forgiveness is a means of transmuting suffering into Awakening by seeing the impossibility of suffering. Looking at the false with the Holy Spirit is peaceful, for error is simply exposed as error in this looking. You might think of this as a vantage Point above the seeming battleground of error. Recognize any form of suffering as a Call for Love, extend the Love as Guided, and the perception of suffering is gone—replaced by a miracle. One asks, One Answers, and suffering is undone. The simplicity of Salvation was expressed this way today in my inbox and I offer it now: "Never again allow yourself to ever believe that anything other than God could ever possibly exist anywhere, at any time, in any way, shape or form."
You are in My Heart Beloved One! I rejoice in the freedom that Love brings and the happiness that continues on and on. To be free in prayer is to recognize that You are Everything and lack nothing. The mind that grasps Divine Stillness has no wandering thoughts. Christ is a Wholly Perfect Thought in the Mind of God, and there is no need to take thought for "anything else,” for there literally is only Love to behold.
I Love You forever and ever,
David
David, being so connected to that Unified Mind, have you had the experience of opening up to other abilities, like psychic abilities?
Description:
This question is asked at 24 minutes and 10 seconds into the following audio, which is part of an interview of David by DavidPaul & Candace Doyle.
Listen to the audio here: http://www.livingmiraclescenter.org/MP3/QandA_audios/DC11.mp3
Would the Holy Spirit ever Guide me to invest in real estate?
Question:
Four years ago my father gave me some money to buy some property. I have the feeling that buying property is not very “Course in Miracles” of me, so I'm in conflict about the whole thing. Can I invest my money and still do ACIM properly? Am I being a fraud if I participate in these things (insurance, investment etc.)? I would be very grateful for some enlightened words.
Answer:
Thanks for writing and sharing what's on your mind. Where your treasure is there will your heart be also. It is helpful to think of the word "investment" as meaning "what you value." The belief that this world holds anything of value is the "source" of all fear, guilt, and anxiety. Valuing is wanting, and it is helpful to hold all things you think you want up to the Light of the Holy Spirit. In Lesson 133 in ACIM "I will not value what is valueless" Christ gives 3 "tests" of choice "...by which you can distinguish everything from nothing."
1. "If you choose a thing that will not last forever, what you chose is valueless. A temporary value is without all value."
2. "If you choose to take a thing away from someone else, you will have nothing left. This is because, when you deny his right to everything, you have denied your own. You therefore will not recognize the things you really have, denying they are there."
3. "Why is the choice you make of value to you? What attracts your mind to it? What purpose does it serve?"
"If you feel any guilt about your choice, you have allowed the ego's goals to come between the real alternatives.... All things are valuable or valueless, worthy or not of being sought at all, entirely desirable or not worth the slightest effort to obtain."
Beneath the complexities of the ego belief system and its projected time-space cosmos, the Truth of Spirit is extremely simple. In approaching the Truth within, in moving in the direction of Awakening, let the Holy Spirit Guide you every step of the way. The Holy Spirit will Guide you in what would be most helpful to invest in during the "process" of undoing/unlearning. In the parable of David, first came the Guidance to use "time" to meditate and read spiritual texts and contemplate and question the underlying beliefs. Guidance received on the surface of consciousness led from job to job, relationship to relationship, and place to place as I uncovered and exposed the ego belief system within the mind. Debts were handled, mortgages and credit cards assumed and paid off, arrangements were made to handle obligations and duties that had been made. The "teaching" and "missionary" work of the last decade was completed under the backdrop of various nonprofit variations using the name "Messengers of Peace" and later "Foundation for the Awakening Mind." Then came the Guidance to release all remnants of attempting to value something of the world. This has sometimes been called renunciation or sacred vows to God, and I express it as singleness of Purpose. In this Purpose there is Joy and Peace—there are no possessions, no striving, no effort, no reciprocity, and definitely no lack. Divine Providence is free of cares and worries, for the Holy Spirit is the Provider and nothing is personal.
It is most important to understand that Awakening is the same in Content for everyone, yet the form varies enormously, and in this sense the Curriculum is "highly individualized." At every step of the way the Holy Spirit offers Gentle Guidance as to what to think, say, and do. There is a feeling of calmness and ease that comes from making decisions with the Holy Spirit and releasing ego goals and expectations. It is a big turnaround from pursuing ego "future goals" to accepting the Spirit's Purpose of Present Peace. Yet in the Holy Spirit the seeming "task" is already accomplished. Accepting Atonement (the Correction Which is already accomplished) is the aim of everything, the aim of all apparent effort and dedication. It is the aim of your work with “A Course In Miracles.”
The guilt and fear you feel with regards to money and property is a direct result of the investment in the ego belief system. While the ego seems valuable to the mind, guilt and fear will seem to be valuable and attractive. Ego, guilt, and fear go together, yet the Holy Spirit's Purpose offers an Alternative which has nothing to do with the ego. Money and property are entirely neutral to the Holy Spirit, for the cosmos is nothing more than symbols that the Holy Spirit uses to Awaken the sleeping mind. Things and concepts do not defile. It is the ego's use of things and concepts that maintains a false sense of self, and guilt arises from the attempt to deny the Reality of Christ and God. The Holy Spirit uses the symbols of the world to release the belief in the reality of the world:
"As Mediator between the two worlds, He knows what you have need of and what will not hurt you. Ownership is a dangerous concept if it is left to you. The ego wants to have things for salvation, for possession is its law. Possession for its own sake is the ego's fundamental creed, a basic cornerstone in the churches it builds to itself. And at its altar it demands you lay all of the things it bids you get, leaving you no joy in them.... Therefore ask not of yourself what you need, for you do not know, and your advice to yourself will hurt you. For what you think you need will merely serve to tighten up your world against the light, and render you unwilling to question the value that this world can really hold for you.
Only the Holy Spirit knows what you need. For He will give you all things that do not block the way to light. And what else could you need? In time, He gives you all the things that you need have, and will renew them as long as you have need of them. He will take nothing from you as long as you have any need of it. And yet He knows that everything you need is temporary, and will but last until you step aside from all your needs and realize that all of them have been fulfilled. Therefore He has no investment in the things that He supplies, except to make certain that you will not use them on behalf of lingering in time. He knows that you are not at home there, and He wills no delay to wait upon your joyous homecoming.
Leave, then, your needs to Him. He will supply them with no emphasis at all upon them. What comes to you of Him comes safely, for He will ensure it never can become a dark spot, hidden in your mind and kept to hurt you. Under His guidance you will travel light and journey lightly, for His sight is ever on the journey's end, which is His goal." (T-13.VII.10-13)
Be still a moment, and catch a glimpse of the State of Mind to Which the Holy Spirit leads. You are being Guided to an experience of carefree Joy and Peace and Happiness. Such is Divine Providence. While the mind believes it has needs and projects them onto the body and world, the Holy Spirit offers miracles of perception in which those needs are met in highly unconventional and nontraditional ways. The parable of the life of David is sprinkled with these miracle stories, yet they but witness to the experience that in following the Holy Spirit, all seeming needs are met without effort.
The recent tour of gatherings was representative of Divine Providence in action, so to speak. Resta and Kathy and I were taken in, housed, fed, and cared for by many angels (Holy Spirit) along the way who blessed us at every turn. Donations and love offerings (Holy Spirit) covered the expenses of the travels, and it would take a book to hold all the miracle stories and synchronistic happenings of this 2-week trip. It would take volumes to share all the miracle stories of the parable of David for the last 15 years. I share them freely with those I meet, for they but witness to another way of looking upon this world that is not of this world.
My message is simple: I am Calling you out of the thinking of the world. I Ask everyone to join the Purpose the Holy Spirit has Given the Awakening mind. It is a Purpose that Gives everything away freely—It Gives All to All. No one is turned away from this Purpose. Everyone is Called, and now is the time to listen to the Spirit and accept our Inheritance as the Child of the Living God. The mind that Answers the Call to return Home will not be disappointed. In devotion to one Purpose, everything is Handled by the Holy Spirit. Fears dissolve away in the Light. Worries of the future vanish. Guilt about the past is forgotten as the remembrance of the Christ dawns in awareness.
The security you seek will only be found and experienced through following the Spirit within. Invest your mind's energy in the Present Moment, and let the Spirit tell you what it is that you are to do or not to do. Everything we believed about this world gets undone, and the question facing the sleeping mind is always: To Be or not to Be. Christ Is. All struggle is the attempt to deny One's True Identity as Christ. To Be only seems to require a relinquishment or letting go to the ego. In Truth, there is nothing real to let go of. For God creates Christ Whole and Complete in Spirit, and the illusion of Waking gives way to Mind Awake. Mind Awake is Constant and Certain and Eternal.
The Holy Spirit will use the concepts in which you believe to strengthen your commitment to Purpose your function offers. Then as this commitment grows, you will aim it at the true Purpose of commitment: accepting the Atonement. All earthly commitments are redirected to Waking by the Holy Spirit. Your task is simply to be still and accept the Guidance and instructions offered you in prayer. Holy Spirit meets the mind wherever and whatever it believes it is. It is really this simple.
I am with you all the way, for our Self is One in God.
Love and Encouragement always,
David
Does God NOT know about my separated self? And if not, why pray?
Question:
There is a teaching in ACIM that I would like clarification on. It mentions several times that the concept of this world is alien to God. He did not create this world. He is not aware of our illusory dreams. That's disturbing to me. Because the script is written, we will all awaken. But who wrote the script? Our Real Self is already awake and whole. Our purpose is to come to this recognition and leave our ego's dream world. That's all great news, but why won't God recognize "mini me's" creation?
Why isn't there a definition of God included in the Clarification of Terms section of the Course? That may help me. "Mini me" likes to think that God is hearing my prayers. Why pray? What is the point of asking God to help the police find an abducted girl? To help my suffering friend to find peace within the midst of his pain? To help world leaders soften their hearts? To express gratitude for something or some event that I consider to be beautiful? Or just to help me awaken from the dream?
God is my creator. For some reason that I don't understand, I (?) have chosen to experiment with being separate from him. Why shouldn't God take an interest in what I (?) have created as part of this experiment? I thought that the "Jesus Story" dream would have been of particular interest to God since Jesus successfully awakened. What was the point of Jesus' prayer to God in Gethsemane? Please expound on what God is, why this world is alien to God, and why we pray?
Answer:
Thanks for writing and for all the sincere questions. God is Spirit. Spirit is not a concept or a belief. Spirit, being eternal, cannot be defined, explained, or described—only experienced. God simply Is. Christ simply Is. Forgiveness itself is an illusion, for in Heaven there is nothing to forgive. The experience of Spirit transcends the "highest" belief, which is forgiveness. Yet forgiveness is the gateway (or portal within) to the remembrance of God. Forgiveness is therefore the focus of all unlearning—a peeling away of the layers of false concept or belief. All the questions you have asked, reinterpreted by the Holy Spirit, point to acceptance of the Atonement or complete forgiveness of time.
The time-space world is a world made by the belief in separation from God. The world and the belief that made it, the ego, are one illusion. Illusion by definition means unreal or false. Illusion is make-believe, fantasy, or hallucination. Time is illusion. Space is illusion. Change is illusion. You asked why this world is alien to God. God knows not form. Truth knows not error or falsity. Reality knows not illusion. Eternity knows not time. Infinity knows not of the finite. Life knows not death. Limitlessness knows not of rules and conditions. Love knows no opposite. Joy knows not sorrow. Abstraction knows not specifics. God is One, and Oneness knows not of division or opposition or multiplicity.
"A Course In Miracles" is summarized as follows: "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." The Holy Spirit represents the Knowledge that destruction is impossible, for God creates only Spirit, Love creates only Love, and Eternity creates only the Eternal. Therefore the Holy Spirit, an eternal creation in Heaven and (seemingly) a symbol or representative of God's Love, corrected the ego and its make-believe cosmos the instant it seemed to arise. The Holy Spirit is the Memory of God, and functions as a gentle reminder that everything is Now perfect As Is. To fully accept the Holy Spirit is to fully release the belief in time. For time and Eternity do not co-exist. Eternity is real.
Prayer is a way of remembering Christ and God. In Heaven, prayer is formless and changeless, a Song of Eternal gratitude. In time, prayer seems to take the form in which it can be most helpful. Time and lack are the same belief—so in time, prayer takes the form of requests and answers for the sleeping mind, which is unaware of Heaven. Prayer is desire. The prayer of the heart is what is wanted or wished for. It does not matter what words or symbols are used in prayer, for the picture or perception the mind witnesses is exactly what was asked for or desired. “As you sow, so shall you reap” is a declaration of the power of mind and prayer. "Let thine eye be single" is a way of saying "let thy desire be single" or "let your prayer be one." A unified prayer is one, never split or splintered. "God, what is your will for me?" asks for Absolute, Eternal Happiness instead of fleeting and temporary illusions. For God's Will is for perfect Happiness. Any other use of prayer is a temporary ego "misuse" of prayer. Unified prayer is synonymous with creation, and creation, being everything, asks for nothing. The key to true prayer is to forget the things you think you need and empty the heart of false desires.
God Gives Christ Eternal Spirit and Life in Heaven. The time-space cosmos was the ego's attempt to "add to" Heavenly Perfection by being separate and different. Yet Christ remains as God created Christ, and Heaven exists forever as eternal Oneness. An ego idol is "more” of something, yet in Eternity there is no "more than" or "less than." True prayer, therefore,”asks" only that truth be true and accepts that Christ is still as God created Christ. This is true humility, for it is but ego arrogance to assume that time and lack are real and then ask that the script be "better" than it already is. To the Holy Spirit, everything is already in divine order right now in the Perspective of the forgiven world. Yet the Holy Spirit always Answers the sleeping mind in a way that is meaningful and helpful, no matter what the mind seems to believe. This is an expression of the mercy and kindness and compassion of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit does not destroy what the ego made. The Holy Spirit simply reinterprets what was made to the forgiving Perspective of wholeness.
In Answer to prayer, here are the answers to some of the questions you have asked:
"Who wrote the script?"
The ego. The Holy Spirit's Perspective, however, sees the script as whole, as one illusion, and this is the miracle of Atonement. What is the same cannot be different, and what is one cannot have separate parts. This is why there is no order of difficulty in miracles and no hierarchy of illusions.
"Why won't God recognize ‘mini me's’ creation?"
God creates Christ as Spirit. The ego was make-believe and cannot create. God recognizes Spirit, so God recognizes Christ. What was termed "mini me" and "mini me's creation" are not recognizable because only Spirit exists. "Mini me" has been reinterpreted into a forgiven world by the Holy Spirit. To accept the Holy Spirit's Perspective is the only goal worthy of attention and effort now.
"Why isn't there included in the Clarification of Terms section of the Course a definition of God?"
God is beyond definition. Love is beyond what can be taught or learned. What Is simply Is. The Course is a path in unlearning or undoing the ego—a path of removing the obstacles to the awareness of Love's Presence. Definitions are temporary unlearning aids, and in acceptance of Atonement the need for unlearning is done. Let the Holy Spirit direct your use of concepts and definitions, and lead you to the "leaping off point” of Atonement. The Holy Spirit's purpose is the only valuable use for temporary symbols.
"'Mini me' likes to 'think' that God is hearing my prayers. Why pray? What is the point of asking God to help the police find an abducted girl? To help my suffering friend to find peace within the midst of his pain? To help world leaders soften their hearts? To express gratitude for something or some event that I consider to be beautiful? Or just to help me awaken from the dream?"
Pray for help to Awaken from the dream. Pray for a shift in perspective and a change of perception—to look upon the world with the Holy Spirit and understand that the past is gone. Listen, learn, and do as the Holy Spirit directs. The Holy Spirit will Guide you very specifically as long as you believe in specifics. Open your heart and let your prayer be single.
"God is my creator. For some reason that I don't understand, I (?) have chosen to experiment with being separate from him. Why shouldn't God take an interest in what I (?) have created as part of this experiment?"
Peace and understanding go together and cannot be found apart. Identity cannot be "found" or "understood" except in the Mind of God. The Holy Spirit is our only valuable interest or Purpose for what the ego seemed to make. The forgiven world is the symbol of God's Love for a mind that sleeps and has not yet Awakened unto the Eternal Oneness of Heaven.
"I thought that the 'Jesus Story' dream would have been of particular interest to God since Jesus successfully awakened. What was the point of Jesus' prayer to God in Gethsemane?"
The "Jesus Story" and many of its seeming scenarios of time are very helpful learning aids in releasing the belief in time. The Holy Spirit uses the symbols of time to teach that there is no time (e.g.,”The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Before Abraham was, I am. Take no thought for the morrow.") Jesus is a great symbol of Awakening. To be identified as Christ is to Know ThySelf as Spirit. Yet a person does not awaken and an enlightened person is but a symbol or learning aid as well. The mind that believes in history and persons, places, and things is asleep. The Holy Spirit's Perspective is the Point of time (including Jesus' prayer to God in Gethsemane), so to speak. The Holy Spirit's Perspective reveals that history (the timeline) is the illusion and the Vision of Christ (Abstract Light) is revealed completely beyond the veil of images.
Awakening is the complete release of error (or ego). God Answers the prayer of the heart and you will find within in the Divine Silence what you are looking for. There comes a time when appearances and images are seen as false, and your identity is no longer sought in images. The dreamer of a world of dreams is quiet in the Still Perspective of the Holy Spirit. Dream softly of a world that is over and gone, for the past can cast no shadow on the present moment. Forgiveness sees the past as gone, and only a blessing remains.
I love You forever and ever Holy One!
Love,
David
How Can I Tell if I'm Intellectualizing video.
Description of video:
Intellectualizing? Empty the mind and drop all concepts. The Holy Spirit is like a vacuum cleaner, sweeping out the mind of all its concepts. Education of the world is useless here. Soften into what the Buddha called, emptiness. Are you being defensive? Then you are identifying with illusion. A woman took my book and tossed it in the garbage can; she thought I'd be very upset. I was unmoved. When you are not intellectualizing, you will feel mentally passive, no longer identified with the "do-er"; the doing mind. This is not good or bad; There's just a heaviness that way. Being "done through", there is, instead, a sense of peace. . .
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW5Izcv9WME
How is it possible to maintain contact with Holy Spirit amidst all the busyness, chaos, and ego-chatter of the world?
Description:
This question is asked at the beginning of the following audio, which is part of an interview of David by DavidPaul & Candace Doyle.
Listen to the audio here: http://www.livingmiraclescenter.org/MP3/QandA_audios/DC10.mp3
Thoughts and Actions video: What we do follows from what we think.
General description: What we do follows from what we think. We must become consistent and clear in our thought processes in order for our actions to flow clearly from them. When we think of them as not connected there is not a sense of harmony. This whole world is the Pinocchio syndrome. Human beings believe that they are autonomous people. We have to start to acknowledge the invisible strings and conditions. There is a very direct connection between action and thought. It seems invisible because the ego belief is that we have minds, thoughts and bodies of our own which all support the belief that we are autonomous individuals. Nothing could be further from the truth. To the ego pure Oneness is boring. We want to let the Holy Spirit guide our thoughts and let the actions flow from this clarity in mind.
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHypm_cZ0Oo
Should I plan in the business world, save for retirement, etc?
Question:
I have a business meeting coming up with the head of a company. Together we are going to plan a sales training that I will be presenting to her reps. My instincts tell me that I do not go into a sales training that is unplanned or unprepared, and I don't think that this is what ACIM is teaching.
I picture it happening more like this: I find out what she wants to accomplish with her reps in the sales training. Then, I prepare materials that will help elicit that outcome but allow myself to be guided in the moment and let things unfold accordingly.
I would think that in a way, this would be my same approach to life. I live according to the maxim, plan as if you had a 100 years but live as if there is no tomorrow. In other words, put money aside to save for retirement years, but live in the moment and be guided in that moment to carry out the plans that I receive through listening to wisdom that is not my own. Be open in the moment to hearing what should be done, and then proceed to do it.
Would you agree? With much gratitude.
Answer:
Thanks for writing and sharing your thoughts. Yes, the last thoughts you shared in your email reflect the path of Awakening via listening and following: "...be guided in that moment to carry out the plans that I receive through listening to wisdom that is not my own. Be open in the moment to hearing what should be done, and then proceed to do it."
“Listen, learn, do” is a means of eliminating fear and increasing trust in the Holy Spirit. By allowing your mind to have miracles performed through it you will become more and more aware that Now is the only time there is.
The best preparation for any situation is the willingness to witness and share miracles. As one flows with the Holy Spirit it becomes apparent that everything is provided and nothing is lacking. If there are arrangements or preparations to be made, based on the current belief system, you will be told of them through inner listening. The prompts come in many ways, including words and thoughts and feelings, and these prompts always carry a feeling of deep peace.
As a miracle worker fulfills the function of sharing Joy, perceived needs begin to dissolve away. This opens the way for the readiness to experience Divine Silence, a Pure State of Being. I rejoice with you every seeming step of the way inward. In Quietness are all problems resolved forever in God's Grace.
I love You forever,
David