David's teachings are also available at http://teacherofteachers.org/david_shares.htm. Carl"Here is an excerpt from an article on Divine Providence I am working on:
"Money is nothing: yet if a mind perceives and believes in a belief in
a lack of it, or in a need to reciprocate ("as in what goes around comes around;" or "income is outflow"") , money is attributed with false value.
"The belief in lack or reciprocity is the belief in substituting the ego for Source, or God.
"The reason money seems valuable is because it seems to be valued in exchange for many "things" that meet illusory needs, whether they seem emotional, physical, or spiritual.
"Like medicine, money is like a magic spell of the world that seems to make illusory problems disappear for awhile.
"Yet until the ego has been released entirely, the mind perceives needs
and external means (false sources) to meet the perceived needs.
"It all comes down to this: one must accept One Self as Changeless
Divine Mind.
"The only step to this is realizing that the world cannot change, for it is an unreal effect of an unreal cause.
"The world CANNOT change.
"Asking for things to be different than they are is an impossible request.
"Let's return to the example of money.
"Money, like all effects (images of the ego), is never a source. The meaningful request is a request to see the world differently (as an unreal effect of an unreal cause) and to thus accept the Fact that there is only One Source.
"God is the ONLY Source.
"The only question/problem/ confusion is one of identity
and has absolutely nothing to do with money or the perceived form
outcomes and issues of the world.
"Trust would settle every problem now, for to trust is to be God dependent.
"The reversal of thought necessary to realize God dependence is a full 360 degree turn around, so to speak, and this means the realization that there are no
cause/effect relationships in this world that are true.
"If all the images (including money) are effects, there is no cause or
source to be found in this world.
"God is True Source and Christ the True Effect. Therefore the secret to true prayer is to forget the things you think you think and think you need by withdrawing faith in the temporal and that which is transitory.
"What is Eternal is valuable, just as what is of time is valueless by definition.
"With regard to this world, Purpose is the only "value" that can be given
faith if you would be God dependent.
"Giving and receiving are one. One always receives EXACTLY what one
asks for.
"The problem or confusion one may seem to experience in
perception comes about from the belief in "manifesting, " which IS the
belief in "time."
"Eternity does not manifest, Being One forever.
"Manifesting is the belief that the Eternal can take form, that Infinity can become finite, that Spirit can enter matter.
"Awakening is the experience of forgiving the illusion of "manifesting, " for What
is Identity but Spirit.
"Christ comes not into form, but Calls the sleeping mind "out of the world" to recognize our Self as Eternal Spirit.
"Is there a willingness to release the idea of manifesting forever and
experience Peace of Mind?
"This is the same as asking, 'Are you willing to accept your Self as God created You instead of trying to make yourself?'
"The belief in manifesting can be released for it is not true.
"Spirit can and inevitably must be accepted, for It is true.
"The belief in linear time is a defense against the Holy Instant, for time
is but a denial of Eternity.
"Beloved Child of God, You have been released of the grievance of time
and there is no delay in what Your thoughts create instantly and
forever.
"The belief in time and manifesting is an unwillingness to
accept the Instant Answer Now, and one can only receive what one is
willing to hear and see.
"When one asks for a sign or for an outcome or for accountability and responsibility in form, one asks amiss, for one is asking out of lack.
"When one has voluntarily released the beliefs in manifesting and time, one can then honestly ask: 'God, what is Your Will for me?'
"Prayer is always answered according to what the mind is willing to receive.
"And in the deepest prayer of the heart you shall realize what is meant by the statement "My thoughts create eternally."
"There is a difference between create and make, and a difference
between extension and projection.
"Love creates, the ego makes. Love extends, the ego projects.
"In Love being and having are the same.
"To the ego, possession and having are the same, and in a world of lack
what you get is what you have.
"How utterly impossible is manifesting/ getting and how absolutely true is Creation/Giving.
"Reciprocity is a question of identity.
"Trust is the way out of the false belief in a worldly identity.
"It takes trust to change your mind so completely that you forget the concepts of time and manifesting forever.
"And happily it requires only willingness and not really any time at all."
Love,
David
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