Dear Friends, This week's quote is from spiritual awareness class that was given on November 15, 1974, which will be published in Volume 18 of The Living Light Dialogue.
"For example, man may choose to direct his energy through a level of consciousness that is not beneficial for him. For example, he may be angry at another person. Now if we choose to be angry at another individual because they did not do something that was pleasing to us, what we have done in truth is given the individual power over us, for each time we think of the individual we become angry. Therefore, we have lost control of our own emotions; we have lost control of our self. Our teaching is the personal Law of Responsibility. If you do not like what someone else has done, is doing, or about to do, remember that that is their divine right to express. Now if it is not pleasing to you, it simply means that you have got into a level of consciousness and have attracted that experience to you; but you have the divine right to change your thought pattern and, therefore, regain this divine peace, which is your own power." It is not our soul that gets angry. When we make judgments about how others should or should not behave, and they, exercising their divine right of choice, act in a way that is contrary to our judgments, our judgments become angry and upset. And we believe that that anger is our own for we believe our judgment is us. And the more we are attached to the person, often the more upset we become. The more judgments we have, the more often we become upset, and soon life is a burden. As we grow in acceptance, we lessen our judgments and give less power to people, places and things, and we experience more of the joy and the goodness of life. If you have any topics you would like addressed in these weekly emails, please feel free to email your request. To ensure that you consistently receive Serenity's weekly emails, be sure to add Serenity's email address to your contacts and your white list. This will help ensure that the emails are not treated as spam. Additional information on these teachings is available on Serenity's website: http://www.livinglight.org Sincerely yours, Russell Fitzgerald Vice President |
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