Early on in my quest for truth, I was told that I am one with God, that I am God, that there is no difference between my Self and God.
Somehow that wondrous news did not come as a great surprise.
Deep in my heart I knew it had to be so.
And yet the disparity between my experience and my idea of what it must be to truly be God seemed overwhelming.
A willingness to take personal responsibility for everything that happens to me and a determination to align my every thought, word and deed with what God must think, thoughts of love, kindness and charity for all, have narrowed the gap considerably.
But what helped most in bridging the gap was getting in touch with feelings of guilt associated with past actions for which I was punishing myself.
I recognized this to be at the root of all my suffering, whether in the form of sickness, emotional distress or pain of any kind.
Now, whenever I start to feel symptoms of coming down with an illness or find myself in a tight spot, I acknowledge that these experiences are impossible because of who I am and ask for help in being restored to wholeness.
Invariably a Divine power of healing enfolds me and the symptoms vanish or the trauma lifts.
It is as though some unseen force hears my every plea.
That is a miracle and I know God exists.
I do not ask in my behalf alone, however, when I heal myself I participate in the healing of the whole world.
In changing my mind about who I am, the world must change, for the world is but a projection of my mind.
At the same time, in yearning for the healing of the whole world, I heal my mind.
The two are inseparable, thus affect each other simultaneously.
As a holy, precious child of God you have limitless capacity.
Tap your capacity now by daring to stretch your dreams to infinity.
Dare to look deep within.
You will discover that which is so vast it cannot ever be conveyed through mere words.
When you step away from your self-made prison of guilt into the glorious sunlight of your Godliness, you will reconnect with your very Self.
We were created to enhance each other's innocence, purity and joy.
What beauty, what glory, what majesty we all are and what a sacred destiny we share.
Are you willing to let yourself be Divine and perfect if that is indeed who you are? I believe you are that.
I believe you as both judge and jury have sentenced yourself to littleness, when you are nothing short of grandeur.
You have judged yourself wrongly, based on inconclusive evidence, because your self-appointed lawyer convinced you to plead guilty to crimes you never committed.
You have been completely unfair in your verdict.
If your every experience is only by your choice and if you are not experiencing yourself as ever fuller, richer love, joy, peace, holiness and power, then you must have convinced yourself you deserve less than the very best.
You must have judged yourself unworthy, slated to endure life's hardships only to end in death.
It is not true.
All the evidence against you was fabricated.
You are not guilty.
We have all been on trial for a very long time, in fact since the beginning of time.
Perhaps you have grown so accustomed to your particular set of circumstances that you are not even aware that this is so.
Ironically, it was you who brought your own case against yourself.
It was you who accused yourself and condemned yourself for crimes you never committed.
You thought you were guilty and to punish yourself you suffered pain, loss, deprivation, lack, loneliness and grief.
You convinced yourself that you were limited, powerless, unworthy...
born but to die.
You punished yourself needlessly.
You are so holy, so pure, so innocent, so breathtakingly beautiful.
You are equal with God in glory, splendor and majesty.
There is no one more powerful, more worthy or more holy than you.
You were created by God to walk the earth with your head held high, your spirits soaring.
Self-imposed guilt alone has caused you to become frightened and so forget who you really are.
You, who are your own judge, jury and prosecutor, in a kangaroo court of your own devising, have judged and convicted yourself of trumped-up charges having nothing at all to do with the truth.
And the tragedy is you agreed with the verdict.
But now is the time to proclaim your innocence.
Every charge leveled against you...
by you...
is false.
God has not changed His mind about you.
Your holiness has never been diminished or tarnished.
You are still as God created you...
innocent, perfect and pure.