It
seems that relationship in this world involves
partnership. And the concept of partnership is a
mirror of the unconscious belief in incompletion or
lack. Reciprocity always involves "giving to get,"
and this ego belief is dissolved in the Light of
giving as God Gives, unconditionally and
everlastingly.
Learning to give in the fullest sense will draw
one out of a sense of having a separate will apart
from God's Will. As long as one holds on to a
self-concept or image, one must want to get
something outside of One Self, and must believe it
is possible to do so. The opportunity with a
"partner," indeed with anybody you meet or even
think about each day, is to learn how to give
totally, completely, without distinctions or
conditions of any kind.
Think of it like this. A partner and anybody
that comes to mind are calling on the Sacred.
Listen carefully to the Spirit, for what your
partner or brother or sister is asking for is what
you are asking for. And what you give to your
partner, you give to yourself.
This is what is meant by the path of devotion.
In devoting yourself to one goal, forgiveness, you
lose all sense of separate interests and separate
selves. No request is too large or small in this
Perspective. You can only join in this Perspective,
the Perspective of the dreamer--never in the dream.
Love does not oppose. There is nothing to fight,
defend against, or be right about. And devotion
requires trust, for trust in the Spirit dissolves
all doubt.
By learning to give without distinctions, you
will learn to experience your Self as beyond
"situations," as Everywhere and Everything! All
that you need do is trust, step back, and do not
interfere with an Experience that will come
directly from God. True Giving will reveal Itself
as You.
You will discover that relationship is not
personal. The only Real Relationship is Creation
and Creator. Relationship is not between persons,
for thought-form associations deny the only Real
Relationship of Spirit. You cannot experience what
True Relationship is until you have first realized
the impossibility of the attempt to make past
associations take the place of Reality. Reality and
God are always in eternal relationship and direct
communication or "Communion."
All concepts of relationship must give way to
forgiveness, seeing the false as false, and
understanding that thought-forms cannot be
meaningfully associated, ordered, or arranged. A
hierarchy of relationships is meaningless, for Love
is One and of Divine origin. Time is simultaneous,
not linear and sequential. Forgiveness does not
attempt to change the past to compensate for a
feeling of lack or guilt or inadequacy or
incompletion. It sees the past as over and gone. By
seeing that the picture of the world is just a
picture, the mind is freed from attempting the
impossible and can recognize Itself as Changeless
Mind!!! The awareness that illusions are one opens
the way for the Recognition that Mind is One! This
is the realization that Love is All there Is!
Thank You God for Divine Relationship which
inspires forever and ever!!! Many blessings cascade
upon You Holy One, Our Relationship is intimate and
eternal and Divinely Content.
David Hoffmeister shares inspirational
gatherings & talks with spiritual seekers
around the world upon strong invitation. He has
visited 22 countries shining the Light of Christ.
www.awakening-mind.org and/or
www.miracleshome.org.