{"id":1406,"date":"2016-01-26T03:25:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T03:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2016-01-26T03:25:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T03:25:07","slug":"jan-24-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2016\/01\/26\/jan-24-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 1-24-16 Truth, Forgiveness, Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLove coming out of you is the only way to be happy.\u00a0 Unconditional love for yourself\u2026 You just accept who you are, and accept everyone else the way he or she is.\u00a0 You have the right to love, to smile, to be happy, to share your love, and to not be afraid to receive it also.\u201d ~ Don Miguel Ruiz<\/em>
\nThis week I finished reading Don Miguel Ruiz\u2019s book \u2018The Mastery of Love, A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship\u2019.\u00a0 One of the last chapters left me with a lasting impression.
\nThe chapter was called \u2018Healing the Emotional Body\u2019.\u00a0 Don Miguel said to imagine that all our past hurts are like a skin desease \u2013 the wounds need to be opened, treated, and allowed to heal. He said that to heal our emotional wounds we need Truth to open the wounds, forgiveness to clean the wounds of poison, and Love to heal the wounds.
\nDon Miguel credited Jesus as the teacher of these great lessons. (He also said the other masters who\u2019ve come to guide the other cultures of the world also taught these same lessons).
\nWhen the three step process was summarized at the end of the chapter I had a big \u2018A-ha!\u2019 as my spiritual journey passed across my mind.\u00a0 These are the stages that I went through on my journey.
\nI have wondered why I went through the stages of interest in ancient aliens, channels, Atlantis, and cultures and religions that differ from my own.\u00a0 I had to learn the Truth that what I was raised to believe, or had chosen as my own beliefs, was not truth. All that I had grown comfortable with, my set of beliefs in only what could be seen and accepted by sensible people could be truth, this I had to let go of.\u00a0 I learned real Truth: that everything is possible, I am an eternal being, and all is well. I learned my life belongs to God.
\nI recalled my first big revelation, the power and healing that reflection and communication with God gave me.\u00a0 I learned to forgive myself.\u00a0 I learned shame was something I no longer had to hold onto, that I had the power to work through the pain and see things differently.\u00a0 I learned to accept that I, and others, do the best we can.
\nAnd, through these processes that were offered to me as I moved along my path, I was brought to a place of self-Love.\u00a0 God granted my plea to learn to Love well with learning to Love me!
\n\u201cThat is healing. Three simple points: the truth, forgiveness, and self-love. With these three points, the whole world will heal and will no longer be a mental hospital.\u201d ~ Don Miguel Ruiz<\/em>
\nHeaven on Earth!
\nSalvation.
\nI feel so blessed for the gifts of wisdom and healing God has given to me and also for this new awareness that I have been granted the lessons that Jesus offered to us all.\u00a0 I am grateful.
\nI feel special \u2026 but this is silly.\u00a0 Simplicity always brings the most magnificent realizations. Of course my journey reflects the teachings of Jesus Christ. What else could be the outcome of the journey I sought to find God?
\nAgain he shows me how he is the way.
\nTruth. Forgiveness. Love.
\nAnd so it is.
\n\"cloudheartiam\"<\/a>
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