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| If we see the Christ
or God within other persons who seem to be a
threat, our consciousness provides us safety from
and with them. If we recognize that the divine is
in every situation we face, something within us
walks us through it. It is as though we are
taking risks until we know that deep inside
something honors our authority, and then nothing
is risky - even when logic would tell us it is.
However, we must be able to feel very deeply
within ourselves that we are guarded, guided, and
empowered to do the thing we desire to
experience. This idea of feeling very deeply that
a risk will work out for the best is a great
tool, but if we fool ourselves the risk will
become a disappointment. One more thing must happen with us. We must know that what we seek to do will not harm anyone including ourselves. Unless we feel this deeply, fear is running our consciousness. Fear is the result of not knowing there is a power greater than what we can see, a presence that lives deep within us and that is always for us. Ordinary faith is not always enough to reverse insecurity, guilt, and anxiety from our dispositions. Even to have faith in God is not enough! We must have the faith of God. The faith of God occurs with us, as we believe that God is everywhere, and that nothing can hurt us except if we fail to share the faith God has about us. Believing that God is never against us and is always for us, coupled with the confidence that the idea God has about us carried forth from our births on earth and before, is enough to know the faith of God. If one believes that the world is a place of struggle between good and evil, faith cannot sufficiently replace fear. We must be convinced that the Supreme Intelligence knows what He or She (or It) is doing, having allowed us to learn how to live by experiencing many mistakes. We have been given enough freedom to think for ourselves: this results in experimentation with our behavior. All of the time, deep within us a voice is giving us direction for happiness, safety, well-being, and success. The big question is when are we going to trust that It will see us through all of our experiences gradually developing wonderful lives because we learn to trust. This trust is not naive: it is simply knowing there is no place in our lives that God is not with us. Back to Previous Page | Back to Royal Lessons
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