Yesterday we saw that our belief in guilt (wrong) supports our habit of judgment, and our habit of judgment keeps us locked in the idea that we are a person. Through judgment, we see ourselves as a person in a world. We do not see everything as consciousness. This is why judgment is called the “building block of illusion.”
Today’s reading refers to “God’s judgment.” In this context, “God’s judgment” is seeing consciousness as consciousness. It is seeing as God (as consciousness). That’s why today’s reading says:
The hour of God’s judgment is the hour of your release.
Near the end of St. Francis’ life, he went to the La Verna hermitage in Tuscany, north of Assisi. According to one biographer, he climbed Mt. Verna:
“as though he were pulled along by an inner voice that kept calling out to him. He knew that something out of the ordinary was beginning to take shape within him among these mountain boulders. …
“Francis felt the need to be alone, not in order to avoid people, but in order to see and touch his God in an experience that he already knew from his premonition would be new and exceptional. …
“Francis once again wanted to come in contact with the ‘judgment of God.’” ~ Gianmaria Polidoro
Was the event at La Verna, which is traditionally referred to as the physical stigmata, actually the final end of the ego? One can only wonder, although the possibility of it is inspirational.
Remember what we learned on Day 273:
All of consciousness is one and the same, so if Jesus (or Siddhartha or Francis) or any other being can realize absolute truth, you can too. You are fully worthy and fully capable. All that is needed is an absolute decision and commitment-living-practice to back up that decision.
Today’s reading continues to interpret Revelation with the right-mind, and so you will read a little from Revelation in the Bible today. As you read from Revelation and from NTI today, keep in mind that you are being taught how to live your everyday life in a way that lets go of ego. By living your everyday life in the way NTI Revelation recommends, you can transcend the ego completely and come to see through the eyes of God.
Today’s reading says:
“When you fear death, realize the judge has been allowed to be resurrected.”
That means you are thinking like a person again; you see yourself as a body-mind-personality, and so you think body-mind-personality is primary and life is secondary. To reverse this error, shift into awareness-watching-awareness. Through awareness-watching-awareness, you see for yourself that life-awareness is primary and body-mind-personality is secondary. You see that body-mind-personality is observed. Body, mind and personality are objects. You are beyond them.
Before reading from NTI, read Revelation 14:8-12 from the Bible. Note: Today’s reading refers to the lessons that are represented by the 144,000. You can review those lessons in NTI Revelation, Chapter 7.
Thoughts of Awakening # 283
Peace is allowed.
It is not made.
Do not try to make it.
Allow it.
Whatever you do,
allow peace as you do it.
If you are upset,
be at peace with that.
Practice always to the best of your ability.
When you forget,
be at peace with your forgetfulness,
and then return gently to remembering.
~From our Holy Spirit