The Way of Mastery - Lesson 22 ~ Self-Honesty the Greatest Act of Love

[Jan Waldhoff]

Hi all,

Wow has the color lasted forever or are we more aware of it, as it is always beautiful? I could make my own thoughts about it depending on my emotions or thoughts at that moment? 

I could be so busy (hmmm... sounds a little like me) that I miss what is the good, the holy and the beautiful. Aren't you loving that phrase? I am, I am reading it more and more and I am finding it quite beautiful and it is a mantra for me inside.

This lesson Jon Marc Hammer is bringing up vulnerability toward the end of the chapter after he points out allot of great information about how to move into the direction of self-honesty. Vulnerability is those who have turned to their own innocence. I added that into our preview into the lesson.

 

I also want to bring up that this Wednesday night after the class at 8:30 we want discuss with you the members how we might bring in the third (last) section of the book; another 11 weeks forward in light of the holidays. Maybe you might already have your schedule planned and have some thoughts how you want to continue with us. We will discuss it after the class at 8:30.

Enjoy!!! It is another Awesome lesson!!! It is quiet lengthy I couldn't help it. I have attached it as a document as well

Lesson 22 ~ Self-Honesty the Greatest Act of Love

• No perception, no appearance can change the Truth that is true always. (pg 261) 

• Even in this moment as you read these words, can you feel and accept the truth of them? The only reason you can understand them, the only reason you can sense that the truth that comes through them is because you are that Truth. (pg 261) 

• …Light is truth and truth is knowledge, and knowledge is Love. (pg 261)

• …The only difference between knowledge and belief, which is the same as the difference between Love and fear, is that in a state of knowledge or enlighten, the resistance to the Truth vanishes. (pg 261-262) 

• …Transformation from a state of fear to Love, or from ignorance (the ignoring of truth) to enlightenment (the embracing and acknowledging of truth) occurs for each mind within the dream in a very specific way. (pg 262) 

• …it might occur according to what is required to release the patterns that have settled into that particular mind. (pg 262)

• …the timing of your enlightenment, the timing of your healing, the way in which it occurs, and the contexts that are necessary for you to be challenged by your own self will be uniquely your own. Why? So that the belief you have been holding, born out of fear, can be brought to the attention and then released. (pg 262)

• This is why in The Way of Transformation; it is absolutely essential that you never compare your journey to another’s. By all means, pay attention to the journeys of your brothers and sisters. Be open at all times to learn, to grow, to assimilate, to apply, to integrate, to consider and to ponder, without comparing. (pg 262)

• … the ego compares and contrasts, and then draws a conclusion about its own worthiness, its own progress, its own state of illumination. (pg 262)

• …in reality, you are as you created to be. And where ever you are at any given moment, enlightenment is but a decision away….That decision rests on your willingness to cultivate silence. (pg 262) 

• Silence can be cultivates in a number of ways. Initially, it will look like something you do through the body – breathe deeply and rhythmically, to sit next to an ocean, to sit beneath a tree and become absorbed in the wind. Or merely practice the ancient art of remaining silent without speaking as you go through your daily events. (pg 263) 

• …genuine silence…is… the threshold to wisdom (and wisdom is nothing more than enlightenment) requires the cultivation of deep self-honesty. Honesty is that act in which the mind is no longer committed to hiding from its own darkness. (pg 263)

• …it is necessary to enter into the blackness of the ego in order to discover what you want no longer. (pg 263)

• …the ego is the attempt to replace honesty  with dishonesty. It is dishonesty itself. In fact, one could go so far as to say that those that would seek for the devil need to look only at the ego, in which case the ego becomes egocentric. Your sense of identity is all wrapped up in defending and protecting as false image of yourself. (pg 263) 

•  An exercise in Self-Honesty: (pg 264)

• Have I ever had a murderous thought?
• Have I ever manipulated another mind in order to try to gain what I believe I needed?
• Have I ever withdrawn love for the subtle reason of causing hurt to another?
• Have I ever had disrespectful fantasies?
• Have I ever hated the world?
• Have I ever despised myself?
• Have I ever hated God?

• Decide for silence. Decide for peace. For healing occurs to the depth and degree that the mind is willing to embrace what occurs within. (pg 264)

• Enlightenment is a state in which the world – and the world is not outside of you, the world is the context, the thoughts, images and perceptions that you have attracted to yourself – can no longer hold power over you. (pg 265) 

• …belief is not knowledge. Knowledge, alone, allows the mind to observe what arises within it without judgment, without fear, without identifying with it. (pg 265)

• The mind that is free and at peace is no longer conflicted within itself. The mind is conflicted abides in perfect vulnerability. It has learned to embrace and accept the truth about the phenomena of the mind itself in this dream world. It is willing to begin to be honest and to cultivate deeper honesty with everyone around them. (pg 265) 

• It will wear the sheep’s clothing of the ego, of the persona, the mask, the self-image, the projected image into the social world. And it will cling to that like a robe around the body, held against the cold winter wind; and it will cling to it no matter what. (pg 266)

• Such a mind is an insane mind, and an insane mind is hurtful. An insane mind limits the flow of Love through it that could heal this world. (pg 266) 

• …as you find a friend or two willing to tell the truth about their own minds with you, the more the mind becomes transparent, the less and less you have need to hide. (pg 267)

• A mind no longer committed it hiding becomes transparent to itself, and through it the power of Christ can begin to move – with certainty, with knowledge, with grace and with compassion. (pg 267) 

• …you who want, the truth, to come to know Christ, look not outside yourself. For the Kingdom is within. The mind is your domain and the mind is your self. (pg 267)

 

• …You begin…again, to remember that you were created to create. And creation is extension, not projection. Extension is that which floods, or extends outward the good the holy and the beautiful. (pg 268) 

• …For you know that through you, God can do anything – if only you will direct your attention, open up the floodgates, and allow it to happen. (pg 268)

• Self-honesty …the return to perfect peace – requires, in the end the cultivation of vulnerability for:

In my perfect vulnerability, I find my perfect safety.

• The vulnerable are meek, those who have returned to their own innocence and know that the opinions and judgments of others cannot hurt them. They live merely honest with themselves – without pretense, without image, no longer concerned with that world, the insane world. 

• You are birthing Christ. Nothing can prevent it from occurring now. Merely trust each moment. Surrender to each moment. Embrace your commitment to Reality.

I and my Father are one! I am Christ eternal!

 

The Way of Mastery

The Way of Mastery changes lives through spiritual and emotional transformation. Join facilitators:

Jan Waldhoff - 303.817.4243 - jan...@gmail.com  & Doug Kerry - 720.256.8456 - do...@dkerry.com 

We are doing the second series covering the middle 12 chapters, 13-24. Newcomers are welcome.

We have summaries of the first 12 chapters available—please ask via email.

Dates:  Wednesday’s Aug 22 thru Nov 7, we will start the third section again 

Time:  7 – 8:30 PM ~ Drop in class

Place: Columbine Unity - 8900 Arapahoe Road Boulder, CO 80303

Cost: $10/class Suggested Love offering + $36.68 for the text (if you need it)

 

Up and Coming Chapters:

Lesson 13 ~ You are Unlimited Spirit

Lesson 14 ~ The Wise Use Of Time

Lesson 15 ~ Love or Fear – The Choice Is Yours

Lesson 16 ~ The Birth of the Egoic Consciousness

Lesson 17 ~ The Journey of the Soul

Lesson 18 ~ The Highest Work Is Embracing And Forgiving Your Past

Lesson 19 ~ Surrender the Dream of the Dreamer

Lesson 20 ~ Vigilance For the Kingdom

Lesson 21 ~ Allowance Is the Doorway to the Kingdom

Lesson 22 ~ Self Honesty -- The Greatest Act of Love

Lesson 23 ~ The Voice for Love

Lesson 24 ~ It Is Now Up to You

Blessings to you all!!!

Jan