Soul in the Driver's Seat

A Course in Miracles for Today


Soul Installment 13

Wednesday 31 July 2024

 


Volume One
Chapter Seven — Steps to Authenticity

August: Your Relationship with the Unknown

1. All humans are limited to receiving information from their five senses. Occasionally you will come across one or two who are highly intuitive or have a sixth way of obtaining information. Those who use touch, smell, sight, taste, and hearing to gather information may wonder if there is intelligent life in other universes or dimensions. They may wonder what happens to someone who dies. They may wonder about the purpose of life itself and whether or not there is a creator, a devil, heaven, and hell. They may wonder about information contained in religious textbooks and they may wonder about me. Where did I go when I died and where do I live now? What is my purpose in life and do I have a life if I am dead? Where do those who have experienced physical death go and how long do they stay there? What do they do exactly?

2. First of all, I didn't die. No one ever does. It is only the body and the character who are taken out of the play. The souls live on in the formless world, where they live rich, fulfilling lives in service to the God collective. Yes, you will be reunited with your grandparents and your best friend from third grade. You will also be reunited with those who created a great deal of unnecessary stress for you. Everything will be seen clearly for exactly what it was because your blinders will be off. To be human is to be aware of only some things and unaware of most things, so I can compare it to being blind. Humans only see bits and pieces and not the whole picture. They don't get the opportunity to see how everything connects. This is a symptom of the illusionary cause of being a human.

3. Have you been interested in ghosts or UFOs? Many are afraid of things that are outside of their familiarity and comfort zone, but do they have to be? Many have wrongly been taught that believing in these things or investigating them by reading books or conducting research is evil and is from a devil of some type. What if I told you that there are spirit beings roaming the earth? What if I told you that there could be several sharing the same space you are in now? You are in a dimension of time and space, and you believe that there is space between where you are sitting and the big screen TV. But what if I told you that the space you think is there is actually a dimension that is occupied by other types of beings, ones who aren't aliens but who are very much a part of us and of God? This is the reality of the situation.

4. Guidelines:
Pick a time of day that suits you best and read the step that corresponds to the appropriate month and date. This is your starting point. Simply reflect on what the step means to you and ways to put it into practice. Accept whatever feelings come to the surface as you work your way through the steps. These steps are the beginning of a transformation where love replaces fear, which is no easy feat. Be patient with yourself. You are doing what few have ever been able to do. Now you have the means. Just add a little willingness and you will be a more soulful and less ego-driven being in just a year's time. Godspeed.

5. August 1
Think back to a time when you equated the unseen with monsters who wanted to harm you. Did it keep this subject in the dark for you as you grew into adulthood?

6. August 2
There is nothing in the unseen world that can harm you.

7. August 3
Harmful things are in the world you currently reside in; they are not in the spirit realm.

8. August 4
The ego has made sure to keep the spirit realm as a taboo subject. It doesn't want you to know that the spirit realm is your true home.

9. August 5
It is the fear of death that keeps the unseen world as a taboo subject.

10. August 6
Just as a coin has two sides, so does life.

11. August 7
Have you ever felt the presence of a loved one who has passed over to the other side?

12. August 8
Have you ever wanted to say something specific to someone who has died?

13. August 9
Your words are heard by those you direct them to, whether they have a body or not.

14. August 10
Untethered souls communicate through telepathy. When you say something to yourself and direct it towards one of these souls they hear you, as this is the way they communicate also.

15. August 11
Traveling through space and time to study other worlds of form has been popular for millennia. It isn't anything to fear.

16. August 12
Humans have not yet achieved the level of technology that other civilizations have achieved.

17. August 13
The souls you have been closest to in this lifetime are souls you have incarnated with in past lifetimes.

18. August 14
Soul companions support and challenge each other.

19. August 15
Think of someone you don't like. They are one of your soul companions.

20. August 16
Just because a relationship has been difficult or even bad doesn't mean that the involved souls aren't conspiring to bring out the best in their characters.

21. August 17
The next time you are physically alone, without any devices or media of any type, know that you aren't really alone.

22. August 18
The spirit world is as varied and interesting as any physical world.

23. August 19
The job of all in the spirit world is to support all in the spirit world and those in the physical worlds who will let them.

24. August 20
The job of everyone in the physical worlds is to remember their spiritual calling and be of service.

25. August 21
The only law pertaining to both the formless and those animating form is this: do no harm and be helpful.

26. August 22
The law written for August 21 is only broken by those who forget their true identity.

27. August 23
Safety in an unsafe world of form is assured to all of those who act from a place of authenticity.

28. August 24
Knowing you are part of God is what keeps you safe.

29. August 25
My role is not to return in form and rule over anyone. My role is to facilitate your awakening and your eventual Christhood.

30. August 26
Christ means God in man, God in woman, God in child. Everyone will be Christ when the time is right.

31. August 27
A fully dominant and mature soul who has assumed most of the duties of the ego is Christ.

32. August 28
Soul-emergent beings are part of God too, but their functionality and power are not at the consistently high level of Christ.

33. August 29
All of creation will help you question your ego's beliefs, so that you can listen to and express from your soul more often.

34. August 30
Your spirit helpers cannot help you unless you explicitly ask for their help and grant them permission.

35. August 31
I live in the spirit world and in the physical world. I never really left my true home.