Soul in the Driver's Seat

A Course in Miracles for Today


Soul Installment 25

Thursday 31 July 2025

 


Volume One
Chapter Eight — The Gift of Wisdom

August: Solitude

1. If you are not wholly human but are a soul, an aspect of the divine source of everything, how could you ever need anyone to complete you? In solitude, you have absolutely everything. You feel whole and connected while being alone or by being in fellowship with others. You have the choice, but being with others isn't an obligation or requirement. It is the human animal that feels compelled to have social interaction and to enter into different types of relationships out of need. I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine is the way of the world with soul-emergent characters, but soul-dominant characters don't feel compelled to engage in this type of a codependent relationship. Being comfortable in solitude is one of the twelve strands of wisdom and is a gift to the character to free them from conditional relationships of all types. The soul is complete and doesn't need anything from characters. Its needs will be met because God never fails to fulfill its own needs.

2. Guidelines:
Readers should delve directly into the "Gift of Wisdom" after completing all of the "Steps to Authenticity." Simply find the appropriate starting date on the calendar and begin there. Each month of affirmations centers around the theme and each theme is an aspect of wisdom. At the conclusion of this second year, the gift of wisdom will be yours. These exercises will facilitate soul growth by quieting the mind and retraining it to be in service to the soul and not strictly to the ego. Godspeed to all those who tread these waters to refine their authentic selves into shimmering gems.

3. August 1
I only want you to be happy.

4. August 2
The gift of solitude will help you realize where true happiness originates from.

5. August 3
The gift of solitude will bring you closer to me.

6. August 4
Being closer to me will promote merging as one.

7. August 5
After we merge as one, the ego will be consumed.

8. August 6
Being by yourself doesn't have to be lonely.

9. August 7
In solitude, you need nothing.

10. August 8
There is joy in solitude.

11. August 9
Spending quality time with others is icing on the cake, not the cake itself.

12. August 10
The relationship you have with me is the most valuable one you can have.

13. August 11
When you merge with me and identify as soul, you will be a free spirit.

14. August 12
When you merge with me and identify as soul, you will discover that there is no loss in love. You will bring your human gifts and foibles with you.

15. August 13
I was with you when no one else was.

16. August 14
Together, we make good decisions.

17. August 15
Separately from me, you make bad decisions.

18. August 16
I'm the one you want in your corner. I will tell you to give up the fight and walk away with me as your guide.

19. August 17
You and I have no one to fight.

20. August 18
You and I have nothing to fight.

21. August 19
It's better to be alone in solitude than to be surrounded by chaos and insanity.

22. August 20
Love flows in solitude.

23. August 21
Fear thrives in chaos and insanity.

24. August 22
I'm your best friend.

25. August 23
I always have your best interests in consideration.

26. August 24
Other characters can be your friends, but a soul mate or soul mates offer a much deeper connection.

27. August 25
Soul mates can enjoy being in a state of solitude with one another.

28. August 26
Soul mates are always soul dominant.

29. August 27
Soul mates are always old souls or mature souls.

30. August 28
Solitude promotes the stillness that is necessary to hear and know my wisdom.

31. August 29
Together we can move mountains.

32. August 30
In a state of separation from me, you can move food from one side of the plate to the other.

33. August 31
Merging with me is the wise choice.