Inspirational Quotes & Stories: Godself
The Godself is the essence of God within you. You are the essence of God
physically expressing itself on Earth. The essence of God is love. Love
is all you are, it is your true state, your real self. Love is your
base, your foundation. People are taught and have the perception that
they must build on their foundation. How you choose to build on your
foundation is up to you. However, if you simply extend what you are, you
will create more beauty than anything that has ever been built. My
brother and sister, your base - your Godself - is perfect and you need
not add or subtract anything from perfection. Regardless of what
perception you have of yourself and others, it does not change your
foundation or your brother or sister's foundation. But you have been
offered free will, and with that you may choose to see yourself and your
brothers and sisters as you wish.
There is nothing that any great teacher or guru has obtained that is not
obtainable to you. In fact, the Godself is not something that is
obtained, the Godself is simply something that is realized and
remembered. Nothing that is given to one is withheld from another. God
does not play favorites. God's love for you is in no way diminished by
your belief that you are less than what you truly are. God loves all,
equally, and always.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 50
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My friend, the Godself is within you now. It is that whisper within your
heart that is asking to be remembered and expressed. It is the voice
that calls for forgiveness when you have judged a brother or sister. It
is the memory that recalls the possibility of healing when you feel
hurt. It is the opportunity to choose calmness when you are stressed and
unity when you have separated yourself from a brother or sister. The
Godself demonstrates that light is available even when you perceive it
to be too dark to see. It is that invitation to love those others
perceive as unlovable, to pray for those you once perceived as not worth
your time. My friend, the Godself is the recollection that all you ever
wish to be, you already are.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 75
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"Listen, and try to think if you remember what we will speak of now.
Listen-perhaps you
catch a hint of an ancient state not quite forgotten; dim, perhaps, and
yet not all together unfamiliar, like a song whose name is long
forgotten, and the circumstances in which you heard completely
unremembered. Not the whole song has stayed with you, but just a little
wisp of melody, attached not to a person or a place or anything
particular. But you remember, from just this little part, how lovely was
the song, how wonderful the setting where you heard it, and how you
loved those who were there and listened with you.
The notes are
nothing. Yet you have kept them with you, not for themselves, but as a
soft reminder of what would make you weep if you remembered how dear it
was to you. You could remember, yet you are afraid, believing you would
lose the world you learned since then. And yet you know that nothing in
the world you learned is half so dear as this. Listen, and see if you
remember an ancient song you knew so long ago and held more dear than
any melody you taught yourself to cherish since."
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A Course in Miracles
Cited in You Have Chosen to Remember,
p.75-76
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Once you recognize your Godself, you will begin to recognize it in all
others. You will see in others what they themselves cannot yet see. You
will begin to have great respect and love for all your brothers and
sisters. For you will recognize the beauty and perfection they have yet
to recognize in themselves. You will see in every person's eyes the
perfect manifestation of God on Earth, and you will be thankful for
their presence. Every encounter with a brother or sister will become
holy, and every word and action you will experience as a gift. You will
create heaven on earth and an absolutely fulfilling life through your
simple recognition of your Godself.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 79
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Instead of reacting to negative emotions or feelings with judgment as
the ego has taught us, how would the Godself invite us to react? The
Godself would invite us to take the following three steps:
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Bring your
negative emotions or feelings to the surface.
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Release any
remorse or guilt that you once chose to believe in these illusions.
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Release your
negative emotions or feeling. Thank them for what they have taught
you and let them go.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 171-172
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The following quote
comes from Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl." I use it to end this
chapter on forgiveness simply to show the power of the Godself. This
young child, living in the most difficult of circumstances, held onto
her belief that people are really good at heart. There is also a place
within your heart that when asked, acknowledges this. It is this place
that is your foundation. It is this place that whispers throughout
eternity that all will be all right. It is this place where you'll
rediscover the freedom forgiveness has to offer.
"It's really a
wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd
and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of
everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I
simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion,
misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a
wilderness; I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us
too. I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into
the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too
will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the
meantime, I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I
shall be able to carry them out."
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Anne Frank,
Diary of a Young Girl
Cited in You Have Chosen to Remember, p. 180-181
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If you will, open
your mind and entertain the possibility that it is your mind and not the
outside world that needs changing. If the ego accepts this, it would
want you to begin this process with the idea that you must improve
yourself or become something better in order to have an improved or
better life. For a moment, put the ego's demands aside and simply
recognize that this change will not come about by becoming something
more or better, but by simply bringing yourself into a closer
realignment with who you have always been, your Godself. My friend, you
will some day realize that there is nothing easier than being who in
truth you are. On the deepest level, it is an effortless accomplishment.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 231
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If you truly saw
yourself as whole, you would have no opposite. You call your brother or
sister an opposite because you perceive him or her as having something
you don't. You believe that you will find in someone else what is
lacking in you. You believe that such an individual will make you
complete. You desire completeness, but no one can give you what you
already have. Completion is not acquired but realized. If you bring
someone into a relationship because you believe he or she will offer you
something that you lack then you will find the relationship lacking. You
will find it lacking because no one can fill the empty holes you believe
yourself to have. If you see yourself as incomplete, as lacking, then
you will keep creating areas of lack in your life that this individual
sooner or later will be unable to fill. As he or she becomes unable to
fill these areas, you begin to look for someone else who might be more
able to fill these new needs. This becomes a downward spiral that can
only end when you realize that no one can make you happy and whole other
than yourself.
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James Blanchard Cisneros, You Have Chosen to Remember: A Journey From
Perception to Knowledge, Peace of Mind and Joy, p. 249
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Footnotes / Acknowledgments
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Anne Frank, Diary of a
Young Girl, Copyright 1993 (Prentice Hall).
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