Good morning, Evan. As Saint Exupery wrote the author of The Prinipito: The essential is invisible to the eyes. “A hello with a smile, a warm greeting, a hug, kindness, helps someone in the street etc.
All small-great gestures. I love the photo
What a beautiful union of two great friends. Blessings.
I so appreciate all the good ideas. I continue with the small things but how does one really feel the great love(or see the beautiful union in the photo) when one seems overwhelmed.. despite consistent declarations about God and man.
Grateful for your honesty
At times declarations seem to
fall short
At times the feeling of being
alone without the unseen
hand of God anywhere
near enough to hold.
Feeling God’s presence
and love is very powerful,
To do this I sit in a comfortable
Chair or lay down reclined in pillows
I quiet my mind while breathing
slowly and deeply…
I then begin prayers of gratitude
for God hearing my outpouring
heart
A quiet peaceful feeling suddenly
and surely becomes present
A feeling of being heard and
an inner response that you
are loved and cared for
by God and his loving angels
comes as a deep sense of knowingness
Tears of joy and relief follow
Peace follows the rest of my day
having experienced the
Presence of God
This peace will dispel any worry or anxiety
when these thoughts try to
appear
You will find circumstance change
in the most wondrous ways
Practicing the Presence of God
with prayers of gratitude
can alter any appearance
of inharmony or lack or discord
or illness
Father, I know
I Am as thou
hast created me
There can be
none other than
a perfect creation
In thought,
In word
and in deed,
a perfect reflection
You are blessed beyond
imagination
This very moment
Where you are sitting
God is with you
Dear Grateful One,
We feel the great love when we consistently and constantly refuse to honor the “overwhelm”. Acknowledging good is step one, step two is adamately refusing to consider the error, overwhelm as being true or real. ITS A LIE! A lie about you and a lie about God.
It takes a consecrated effort. Sometimes we have to fight for it- but the payday is so worth the effort!!
God bless.
Thank you, Evan, for this good reminder to stay humble and not strive for “greatness.” (Mortal mind, is after all, insatiable in its ego-demands, as we all know.)
And, to Grateful Follower, (I honor your anonymity, as I prefer mine, too.): So many of us
seem to be on Overwhelm, so hang in there, as Patty encourages. I am workin’ on this, too.
For some reason, I think of the “flat earth.” (I have a SV friend who tells me that this analogy is so totally worn out! But I still use it…a lot!) Just think, if we stared and stared at an image of a flat earth (yes all analogies break down, at some point)…say, a part of the round earth, we could feel overwhelmed at the demand to see, honor, accept only the round one, the truth of it! Even so, we are perfect spiritual ideas, now, always have been, always will be, period. No becoming spiritual. We are not Gonna Be-s. We ARE who God made us to be, NOW! We can’t really KNOW the error about us, or the earth! We are wiser than this.
Gosh, I do go on. Sorry!
I know you all are Staying in the Light. No choice!
Thank you, Evan, for those words, and the sweet picture. Our pets give us such unconditional love in small ways that fill our hearts with great love. I, too, have had my times of feeling tremendously overwhelmed, and have found that I have to literally shout “No!” at the erroneous thoughts, and then affirm the truth of the situation. The truths that have come to me calm my thought, and inevitably bring results. Hang in there. Christ, Truth, will resolve all issues and bring harmony into your experience. I know that without a doubt. Much love—
Thanks Evan for this great reminder of the difference between the powerlessness of the imaginary or mortal “mind” and the greatness of our true Christ mind. One of the most amazing and liberating moments I have experienced was recalling a christian science teacher explaining that every person, place and event in the Bible is that of “everyman” growing into the fullness of Christ. The Christ who has shown me exactly how to meet and overcome every possible challenge, has already done it. I am Jesus Christ – and I have already done it – so I have no longer any fear that I have to “figure out how” from a separate mindedness. When I think from my Christ mind of who and what I am, and the allness of Good outpictured in my world, there is nothing to overwhelm me. Not always easy, but a lot more comforting to know that the greater part of me already has!
…and persistent small things with great love can really add up!
Thank you for this great reminder… especially helpful when feeling overwhelmed!
You took the words out of my mouth, Chris!
Good morning, Evan. As Saint Exupery wrote the author of The Prinipito: The essential is invisible to the eyes. “A hello with a smile, a warm greeting, a hug, kindness, helps someone in the street etc.
All small-great gestures. I love the photo
What a beautiful union of two great friends. Blessings.
I so appreciate all the good ideas. I continue with the small things but how does one really feel the great love(or see the beautiful union in the photo) when one seems overwhelmed.. despite consistent declarations about God and man.
Grateful for your honesty
At times declarations seem to
fall short
At times the feeling of being
alone without the unseen
hand of God anywhere
near enough to hold.
Feeling God’s presence
and love is very powerful,
To do this I sit in a comfortable
Chair or lay down reclined in pillows
I quiet my mind while breathing
slowly and deeply…
I then begin prayers of gratitude
for God hearing my outpouring
heart
A quiet peaceful feeling suddenly
and surely becomes present
A feeling of being heard and
an inner response that you
are loved and cared for
by God and his loving angels
comes as a deep sense of knowingness
Tears of joy and relief follow
Peace follows the rest of my day
having experienced the
Presence of God
This peace will dispel any worry or anxiety
when these thoughts try to
appear
You will find circumstance change
in the most wondrous ways
Practicing the Presence of God
with prayers of gratitude
can alter any appearance
of inharmony or lack or discord
or illness
Father, I know
I Am as thou
hast created me
There can be
none other than
a perfect creation
In thought,
In word
and in deed,
a perfect reflection
You are blessed beyond
imagination
This very moment
Where you are sitting
God is with you
Maximo, this is wonderful. I’m going to copy it and carry it around with me. So appreciate your thoughts. Thank you so much.
Susan
Dear Grateful One,
We feel the great love when we consistently and constantly refuse to honor the “overwhelm”. Acknowledging good is step one, step two is adamately refusing to consider the error, overwhelm as being true or real. ITS A LIE! A lie about you and a lie about God.
It takes a consecrated effort. Sometimes we have to fight for it- but the payday is so worth the effort!!
God bless.
Hi dear ones on SpiritView!
Thank you, Evan, for this good reminder to stay humble and not strive for “greatness.” (Mortal mind, is after all, insatiable in its ego-demands, as we all know.)
And, to Grateful Follower, (I honor your anonymity, as I prefer mine, too.): So many of us
seem to be on Overwhelm, so hang in there, as Patty encourages. I am workin’ on this, too.
For some reason, I think of the “flat earth.” (I have a SV friend who tells me that this analogy is so totally worn out! But I still use it…a lot!) Just think, if we stared and stared at an image of a flat earth (yes all analogies break down, at some point)…say, a part of the round earth, we could feel overwhelmed at the demand to see, honor, accept only the round one, the truth of it! Even so, we are perfect spiritual ideas, now, always have been, always will be, period. No becoming spiritual. We are not Gonna Be-s. We ARE who God made us to be, NOW! We can’t really KNOW the error about us, or the earth! We are wiser than this.
Gosh, I do go on. Sorry!
I know you all are Staying in the Light. No choice!
:<)))
Dear Grateful One, these promises in the Bible are always a big help to me when I’m feeling overwhelmed:
“I can of mine own self do nothing.” John 5:30
“He performeth the thing that is appointed for me.” Job 23:14
“God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work.” II Cor 9:8
When we see that God is doing all the doing, it lifts the burden off our shoulders.
Mrs. Eddy tells us to be vehement when we declare the truth. I’ve found this to be very helpful too. (=
Thank you, Evan, for those words, and the sweet picture. Our pets give us such unconditional love in small ways that fill our hearts with great love. I, too, have had my times of feeling tremendously overwhelmed, and have found that I have to literally shout “No!” at the erroneous thoughts, and then affirm the truth of the situation. The truths that have come to me calm my thought, and inevitably bring results. Hang in there. Christ, Truth, will resolve all issues and bring harmony into your experience. I know that without a doubt. Much love—
Thank you Daphne for your comment – so true and comforting.
Also your words about the pets are like I feel, too.
Thank you all commenters for your so inspiring comments! 🙂
And thank you so much for today`s SV, dear Evan – such a good and important insight!
Love to all !
Thanks Evan for this great reminder of the difference between the powerlessness of the imaginary or mortal “mind” and the greatness of our true Christ mind. One of the most amazing and liberating moments I have experienced was recalling a christian science teacher explaining that every person, place and event in the Bible is that of “everyman” growing into the fullness of Christ. The Christ who has shown me exactly how to meet and overcome every possible challenge, has already done it. I am Jesus Christ – and I have already done it – so I have no longer any fear that I have to “figure out how” from a separate mindedness. When I think from my Christ mind of who and what I am, and the allness of Good outpictured in my world, there is nothing to overwhelm me. Not always easy, but a lot more comforting to know that the greater part of me already has!
I like that Biblical insight about “everyman!”