Nourishing the Thought

2000-8-12 22:49:00

Keith,

Interesting quote from Santana. Maybe I ought to send him some of my writings. I wonder if anyone on this list can run down an address for him.

Interesting quote Helen. What makes you think these are the words of Christ?

If a person's greatest pleasure in life comes from suffering then suffering would become the object of his personal desire.

In my experience with the Christ consciousness I have found no pain or suffering there, but only indescribable joy.

The seed thought under consideration:

"I am the light of the world."

We haven't received a lot of comment on this showing that many are having some difficulty getting fruit from the seed. Let me encourage you to continue applying your attention to these seeds for I assure you the process will eventually yield light.

In fact after we finish discussing this principle we will have an ongoing monthly seed thought before the group. So practice starts now and continues indefinitely.

The few comments on the current seed thought have illustrated the value of the principle for they have indeed revealed light on the words.

Benjamin made an interesting comment:

"What a wonderful "seed thought" this is. Thank you! It bears further reflection, I think...it feels as if there's more..."

The key statement that shows he's doing this right is: "it feels as if there's more..."

When you get into seed thoughts you will generally have the sense that you have not yet uncovered all there is to be revealed. You can have a seed thought in the back of your mind for 20 years and then one day you will be driving down the road thinking of nothing in particular when a flash of inspiration will come to you about the thought. Sometimes when this happens you will feel like slapping yourself on the side of the head and say" "why didn't I see this earlier?"

So, if it seems as if you've tried contemplating a seed thought and nothing much has happened do not give up. Continue with the process and soon impressions will come.

Remember that when you plant a seed and nourish it, nothing much happens at first. For a period of time it just sits there in silent darkness with no apparent results. But as long as the nutrition is sustained the time shortly comes that life springs forth and the seed sprouts forth its leafs through the barriers of dark and earth into the light of day.

Seed Thought #3

"I am the dominating good in the hands of God."

"When somebody you greatly admire and respect appears to be thinking deep thoughts, he or she is probably thinking about lunch."