{"id":88954,"date":"2022-01-25T16:16:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T00:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/88954-forgiving-yourself-a-key-to-forgiveness-copy"},"modified":"2022-01-25T18:11:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T02:11:03","slug":"this-too-is-good-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msia.org\/newdayherald\/archives\/88954-this-too-is-good-2","title":{"rendered":"This Too Is Good"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this world, we\u2019re looking for the good, only the good, only for the divine, in people and things. That means there\u2019s no exception. If we don\u2019t find the good, the divine, in people and things, then we need to leave the rest to God.<\/em> -John Morton<\/p>\n

This article was first published in the New Day Herald in 2011 and seems as timely now as it did ten plus years ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The secret of Soul Transcendence, from John-Roger, is to look only for the good and divine in people and things and all the rest leave to God. So, in this world, we\u2019re looking for the good, only the good, only for the divine, in people and things. That means there\u2019s no exception. If we don\u2019t find the good, the divine, in people and things, then we need to leave the rest to God.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeave the rest to God,\u201d what does that mean? It means letting go. I\u2019m sure most, if not all, of us have heard about letting go and letting God. John-Roger gave us some clear, simple ways of knowing how to do that. The letting go is to relax. How relaxed are you generally speaking? And letting God is being patient. So, letting go and letting God is to relax and be patient.<\/p>\n

It can be a challenge to relax when something we really want is not quite present in our experience. It can be challenging to be patient when we\u2019re anticipating something, to be relaxed in a situation where what we want or what we\u2019re expecting isn\u2019t present. The more intensely we want it, the more challenging it is to be relaxed. When what we want is not here, especially when we have expectations that it should be here, it can be difficult to be patient. When we feel we\u2019re supposed to be somewhere else than where we are and we\u2019ve thought, \u201cI\u2019m not supposed to be here. I\u2019m supposed to be there,\u201d it can be very challenging to relax and be patient.<\/p>\n

Consider that God\u2019s plan includes where you are, what you are, and anything and everything else. God\u2019s plan is a perfect plan, and we have a perfect relationship with God. The state of perfection is always present. It doesn\u2019t have any quality of \u201cno perfection.\u201d There is no time that is not the time for perfection. God\u2019s plan, our relationship with God, is something that is in perfection always in all ways.<\/p>\n

One of the ways we know we are functioning practically in perfect relationship is that we are relaxed, and we are patient. Even if you\u2019re hearing a siren which tends to communicate, \u201cHey, there\u2019s an emergency!\u201d you can ask, \u201cWhat does the siren mean?\u201d It means there\u2019s someone or something in need.<\/p>\n

What if the need shows up in some form that\u2019s invisible, silent, or mysterious and you don\u2019t know what it is?\u201d You may then ask, \u201cHow do I love that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Love the mystery. Love the invisible. Love the silence and the unknown. Love what it is such as you know it. That\u2019s the way to get through a challenging experience or one that you don\u2019t like. You might say, \u201cRight now, even though I don\u2019t like what\u2019s going on, or it is not what I thought it should be or would be, my place is to find the good, to relax, to be patient.\u201d You may then have a rather humbling experience.<\/p>\n

There are forms of judgment in which you might say, \u201cThat\u2019s not perfect. That\u2019s wrong. That\u2019s bad. That\u2019s evil!\u201d Such judgment and denial lead to resistance and opposition. We move into a sense of opposition when we are against what\u2019s going on. You can love something and look for the good, even when you don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

In your life experiences, things are going to test you and show you where you\u2019re weak in your relationship to the perfect divine love. Do you want to be strong in your relationship to God? Do you want to be more aligned in God\u2019s love and perfection? I see that as a choice for each one of us. Would you be willing to make an adjustment if you\u2019re out of line? What would you be willing to change so you are in greater alignment with God?<\/p>\n

Have you ever experienced a perfect love or a perfect relationship? I have. I know that perfect love. It can take just one moment, even less than a second. It can be in an instant, where your experience is that everything appears to you as perfect such that you don\u2019t want to change a thing. You are in complete acceptance. Maybe you\u2019re in elation for this beautiful, blissful, ecstatic moment. Then again, maybe it is the most silent, still moment because that can also be a way to experience perfection.<\/p>\n

I look at faith as a quality of the divine knowing. So, when we\u2019re in divine knowing, we have a faith which translates perfectly to trust. My trust is in a presence inside that tells me, \u201cThis too is perfect. This too is love. This too is good.\u201d The way it tells me that is in complete experience.<\/p>\n

If I\u2019m having difficulty or a very painful condition, that quality of divine knowing has a way of transcending all of that, so I have the awareness that there\u2019s no condition that is not in the perfection. That transcendence is regardless of the outer condition or whatever disturbance may occur in the world. That transcendence is also regardless of the inner condition which is how I think or feel about the situation.<\/p>\n

I find that when I am willing to seek the good regardless, that\u2019s an experience of the inner worship, the place of devotion within. It\u2019s also a state in which I see all is good. All is love.<\/p>\n

You may say, \u201cOkay, God. On a personal level this is as disturbing as it\u2019s ever been. I think this experience sets a record for the most disturbing moment in my existence.\u201d If you choose not to love the disturbance, you may find yourself continuing to have disturbances. God loves all of Its creation, including the disturbance. So, love the disturbance. Forgive whatever is disturbing to you, and trust that the disturbance somehow and in some way is part of the divine order.<\/p>\n

What do we do when those amongst us are at their greatest disturbance? We\u2019re called upon to be compassionate and loving. One of the commandments that Jesus spoke of was, \u201cLove one another\u201d and \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself.\u201d We do need to love one another, and that\u2019s a perfect relationship \u2014 when we choose to love each and every one.<\/p>\n

Love whoever is next to you. Whoever and whatever is in your field is the one to love. Come to a place where you can say, \u201cHey, Lord, I\u2019m ready. I\u2019m willing to love anyone and anything you send to me.\u201d Have that willingness to love all the time, every time, regardless.<\/p>\n

When there is a sudden disturbance of great magnitude and you don\u2019t know what to do, you may say, \u201cI\u2019m shut down. I\u2019m disturbed. I\u2019m shaking. I\u2019m quaking.\u201d See if you can come into a neutral place about the disturbance, a place where you trust that it is from the divine. It is God\u2019s creation. So, if you don\u2019t understand, then don\u2019t curse it. Just love it as God loves all of Its creation.<\/p>\n

If we really have true understanding, perfect understanding, that\u2019s the understanding that surpasses all understanding. It just understands no matter what because it\u2019s always understanding. That understanding sees the good \u2014 not partial good but complete good. If you want to awaken that understanding inside of you, then claim it. Affirm your understanding and say, \u201cI understand this.\u201d Your mind may be saying, \u201cI don\u2019t understand this. Are you kidding?\u201d But you can find the place inside of you by a trust and a faith that knows there is good in each and every experience.<\/p>\n

I know there is goodness in every experience, even if I don\u2019t see it at first. My call is to look for it. So, I\u2019m looking for the good in all people and things and leaving the rest to God.<\/p>\n

You may ask, \u201cWell, how do I look for the good?\u201d Faith without works is dead. So, act in accordance as if you were already seeing the good. How would you act if you saw the good in the disturbance? If you knew it was all good, perfect and from the divine? You\u2019d be calm, peaceful, and joyful. You\u2019d be going about your business by loving, caring, and sharing. You\u2019d be giving thanks and serving from your overflow and gratitude.<\/p>\n

Claim the good now even if it feels like a fool is talking. That\u2019s the voice of a blessed one who knows this too is good.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/p>\n

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A Blessing of the Beloved of God<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I\u2019m invoking the assistance that comes through Father, Mother, God in the highest.
\nWe call out to You in the innocence and the purity as the children we are,
\nthat You have sent us to this wonderful world,
\nhowever long ago that was in time space dimension.<\/p>\n

We come here today open entirely to the greatest blessings.
\nWe know that even if we don\u2019t know how to open entirely,
\nYou know how to open us entirely.
\nSo we let go. We release any restrictions.<\/p>\n

We come into a complete trust as we know You are our friend.
\nEach one of us is receiving this blessing in the full power that is the highest good of all concerned.
\nThis assistance is coming through the consciousness we know as the Traveler,
\nthat we know as the Christ.
\nSo it\u2019s anointing of the pure white light and all the color rays that bring in this blessing<\/p>\n

In this attunement with the light, we\u2019re full of love.
\nWe\u2019re full of forgiveness — that understanding
\nthat would allow us to see the good in whatever we have judged.
\n<\/span>We even see the good in the judgment,
\n<\/span>as that angel now stands for us at that place
\nwhere it\u2019s no longer necessary to enter into judgment.
\nMay we have a host of angels around us
\n<\/span>so that only blessing enters into in this beautiful protection placed upon us.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a blessing that is the mantle of loving support.
\nIt enfolds us.\u00a0 We are not alone.
\nWe can behold, with each breath that remains in this world
\nand the worlds to come, this consciousness that is the true self.
\n<\/span>The beloved of God walks with us in the full power of this blessing.<\/p>\n

Lord, we give thanks and fully receive.
\nWe now go forward in the innocence of the children that we are.<\/p>\n

Baruch Bashan<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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