Beyond fluctuating feelings The Holy Instant remains a timeless present moment portal, a Heavenly state of mind!
T h i s M y s t i c L i f e Q & A
QUESTION
Hi Sarah,
I listened to the Miracle Voices Podcast * [Ep 127] several times and am currently visiting with my son. You shared a story of being in the shop with your mother, witnessing or stepping back, doing something different than what you’ve always done and just let her speak, didn’t try to fix it, cheer her up, anything. You asked what does the course say and sat there… You just beheld her in the Truth of who she is. And she transformed.
Will you share more about this?
What is it like to behold another in the Truth of who they are?
Is this the Holy Instant? *
Did you have a release of any kind?
Thank you!
ANSWER
Dear Friend,
Thank you for reaching out. I can tell from what you wrote you could feel what I experienced when you heard me share on the podcast.** In explaining further I am apt to bury the lead with self-conscious reflection, yet I feel the Call.
You are correct—release is the point, and the involuntary nature of the Miracle leads to such an experience of Grace that the power of the ever present Holy Instant can be appreciated.
Your part is only to remember this;
you do not want anything you value
to come of a relationship.
—A Course in Miracles (T-16.I.3:1)
We rarely think of the desire to see someone “happy” as possession but it is—because it is a substitute for the Peace of God as my one goal.
When we can meet our brother or sister without the past: their seeming past and our past expectations hopes and dreams for the relationship. And instead behold them exactly as they are in this moment—perfect whole and complete as a Child of God—then we meet anew in Christ (a unified experience).
You asked if I experienced release?
Yes, for what I perceived in Fiona was truly only a reflection of that inner shift.
When we can allow ourselves to be released from the role we play—or want to play in “their” lives or our own, and simply listen with present awareness beyond what’s being shared, without involving ourselves then freedom is Accepted for All. The moment I described was a glimmer of the power of the Holy Instant (which is beyond time). I completely yielded all sense of self and went inward handing over all seeming control and false responsibility for the moment.
It was effortless.
I did not try to “hold space.”
I simply got out of the way.
I would call it a Miracle because it was involuntary.
The pure singular prayer of my heart in that moment was to embrace the Course’s teachings.
I had the Course about a month and had started reading the text and only recently begun the workbook. I had a beginners mind. No interfering thought of what I “should” do.
In fact I am certain I did not personally “do” anything!
That is why I love your question, because the focus is on the key element of inner release rather than outcomes in form. Acceptance of this release is all that Forgiveness offers. “I loose the world from all I thought it was.” (W-132)
Practically in “time” it looks like we slowly open up to being done through. We appear to learn to sit with Jesus, and watch with the Holy Spirit, noticing how we feel and what we desire to happen with all our opinions on how to control the flow of conflict resolution, and then relax back from that preference again and again in a development of trust.
When we talk about it intentionally like this it seems to be a process before it is an instant.
The Holy Instant is an eternally available time collapse. It offers complete unconditional release. It is the Acceptance of Forgiveness. The term surrender is not used in A Course in Miracles to describe this relinquishment of false identity. The word “yield” is. We Yield Right Of Way as the road signs say in Ireland. We yield personae to Present Peace.
The “True Empathy” section of A Course in Miracles is very helpful in this regard:
I am not alone, and I would not intrude the past upon my Guest.
I have invited Him, and He is here.
I need do nothing except not to interfere.
True empathy is of Him Who knows what it is. You will learn His interpretation of it if you let Him use your capacity for strength, and not for weakness.
–ACIM (T-16.I.3:10–4:2)
I feel it’s helpful to remember there is role and there is relationship. Misunderstanding these can confuse even our well intentioned interactions.
The relationship title of “parent” often comes with the role of “guardian” of a young child. For others it’s simply “provider” or perhaps they play no role in the persons life.
Even in a traditional worldly relationship we can allow the role to shift naturally and become one that is then voluntarily chosen rather than obligated. Sticking to the relationship title alone is literally “entitlement.”
Giving relationships over to the Holy Spirit is all about opening up to, “What feels inspiring now? ” When I realized I was in fact my Dad’s big Sister we were in right relationship. When I expected him to uphold the role of guardian, or caretaker there was pain, suffering and disappointment.
Perhaps you remain as a mentor to an offspring, become more of a friend, or a touchstone of clarity when invited. Sometimes you discover even with all the gratitude in the world there is no current Call to connect because there is currently no shared interest.
Without a common purpose there can be no joining between “people” except for surface level patter.
In contrast when we behold our Brother in Christ we Accept our Connectedness Is!
That is a huge difference. There’s no reaching out or grabbing to get or give: love, respect, affection, significance, or even attention. We Give as God gives—only as Guided.
Often if that nurturing ache still remains we will be given another relationship similar to the role we need to release. One in which we are not habitually, biologically or socially invested and therefore more easily able to recognize the false responsibility and heavy expectation that we bring to bare through our seeming interactions.
Ultimately we simply bask in our shared Inheritance while watching the flickering forms. They are not “other” and as a result not a responsibility. He ain’t heavy He’s my Brother! Once we have identified this false responsibility for form we can instead focus
When we allow our “self” to be released we can “let all things be exactly as they are” Forgiven!
Instead of responding from perceptions of: happy, sad, raging, or revolting we can watch with the Spirit and simply BE Who We Are, which is Truly Helpful.
In the Holy Instant there is no “holding space” because there is no effort and no automatic reaction that needs to be repressed. Judgement has fallen away. It is a Profound realization that inherently “nothing is wrong.” A total restoration of Awareness that all things work together for good.
For in the holy instant you will recognize
the only need the Sons of God share equally,
and by this recognition you will join with me
in offering what is needed.
–A Course in Miracles (T-15.VI.6:10)
Beyond fluctuating feelings The Holy Instant remains a timeless present moment portal, an eternal Heavenly state of mind!
The Peace of God contains everything I want.
This is the end of lateral relating.
An Acceptance that our Identity as Christ is One.
Blessings on your adventures of Forgiveness!
Love,
Sarah
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[NOTES]
* In “A Course in Miracles,” a “miracle” is considered an outward expression of the “holy instant,” which is a state of pure love and oneness with God; essentially, a miracle is an action or experience that allows you to access and share the holy instant with others, while the holy instant itself is a timeless, internal state of perfect Unity and Forgiveness that is always present, but may not always be consciously experienced.
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** Here I have the podcast set to start at the referenced story: 13 mins 23 sec
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