In last month's article here in the Quantum Miracles series I said: "The mind, conscious of its True Self, will take you back into Heaven... if you follow Love's Calling. Love is the answer. Let your heart take you home to the Heaven you never left." This is where I would like to start this month's article, which I have titled, "'I Am' The Kingdom of Self." As always, I ask the reader to feel what I share, and take what fits with your path and leave what doesn't - though I would like to suggest that, with this article, the reader assume the state I offer here, even for just a moment at a time. I feel that man is on the cusp of Great Internal transformation, and I know that it is time to open up the possibility in mankind that God is all there is. With this said, I bring you this month's article:

"I Am"
The Kingdom of Self

Come ye blessed of my father
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Matthew 25:34

THE KINGDOM OF SELF (HEAVEN) is within every man. Identity is what separates one from His True State of Being in Heaven's embrace. Be not afraid to let the self go, for in the release comes pure Potential realized. You are God - God Is - God is all we are. That is all. No person, place or thing can hold a candle to the Pureness of you being God. We are bringers of The Light. This Light we bring reveals all that is hidden so that it can be made known. In this experience of perceptual consciousness, one can see The Kingdom revealed. In this perception, one is simply the watcher of what the God He is has for him.

The Light has come. I have forgiven the world.
- A Course in Miracles

In the world made by God - disguised as man - what we assume is made known in our perceptual reality. Our perceptual essence, or spirit, is what constructs being. As we radiate the light which flows through us, we spotlight something in the field, which simply reveals itself to its perceiver.

For the perceiver to see the fruits of his desires, he needs to be a clean vessel for his Pure Potential to be realized. What the bible calls flesh needs to be surrendered to the Pharisees (as Jesus did His flesh), so that the perceiver can resurrect above that which holds him down in his own mind. Once one rises above his littleness, he will see Heaven while here in this perceptual reality. He will see the good in all things. He will remember Oneness with all - with no intent to cause harm; for in his oneness, he will know that as he harms another, he is making known the harm he has placed on himself and on God.

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God.
- Matthew 5:8

A devotee named Amritanatha Yati wrote a paper on a Malayalam verse which implored Bhagavan to say whether he was Hari (Vishnu), Sivaguru (Subrahmanya), Yativara (Siva), or Vararuchi. Bhagavan wrote his reply in the same Malayalam meter in the same paper. A translation of it is given below.

In the recesses of the lotus-shaped Hearts of all, beginning with Vishnu, there shines as pure intellect (Absolute Consciousness) the Paramatman, who is the same as Arunachala Ramana. When the mind melts with love of Him, and reaches the inmost recess of the Heart wherein He dwells as the beloved, the subtle eye of pure intellect opens and He reveals Himself as Pure Consciousness.

It came to me this day that if God is all there is, then I must be One with God; and if God and I are One, then all I see in my perceptual world is also One with God... with me. In this present state of awareness is my future laid out in front of my eyes. The mindset that I assume NOW IS the state of being that I will inhabit in my future and all futures to follow. Unless I change my mind and assume a new mind set... nothing will change. People, places, and things will most likely appear different because of the infinite faces of God, but the essence of each will be the same as it always was and will be.

In this state, I AM in static awareness, a state that is conflicting. A Course in Miracles would say, "I think I am Godless." The conscious (God) mind and unconscious (man) mind are at war. One part of the Mind knows... the other pretends not to know. Fancy trinkets appear in front of my eyes luring me back into a state of sleep, a place where all manifesting is unconscious. This is the mind state where cause and effect seem to be unrelated. This is the birthplace of "Victim."

In this state, I am merely an automaton. I am dead... All I AM is based on what I was told I was. In this state, all is made of nothing... illusory figures appear and disappear. Wayward spirits search for life where it cannot be found: in the past. Nothing really happens in this state of awareness for it is simply memories of dreams made in sleep. Nothing will change... no evolvement will occur in me, or in my world, until I choose to change my Mind/World and begin anew NOW. To be fully present in this state of knowing is the birthplace of the "Creator." In this Awareness, I AM the Maker of my NOW and of all futures to come.

In this Fully Conscious State, I AM privy to ALL that I desire. For the NOW is my True Home... it is the Kingdom of Heaven, the portal to Infinite Creative Expression. In this NOW, I begin to re-design my Mind/World by consciously deciding NOW what Kingdom/Mind I desire to rule. I include God/ Love/Infinite Creativity in this decision, knowing that this is the Key to the Kingdom of "Peace on Earth." Peace is always apparent in Heaven. Heaven is where all is as I desire it to be.

I am one Self, united with my Creator,
at one with every aspect of creation, and limitless in power and in Peace.
- A Course in Miracles

For just a moment, I ask the reader to ponder "You are the Light That Lights Your God's World." As you allow your mind to be still, Truth will be revealed to you, blessing you with the Love that you are in God and God is in you. Let no thoughts of fear distract you from the experience that awaits your acceptance of you and God being One. Once you have fully received this as your only Truth, you will begin to see the miracles that have always awaited you wherever God has taken you.

Miracles will become natural as you shift your mind to The Mind of God - the place in the Mind where the miraculous just is. As you walk today in this affirmation of Truth, "My Mind holds clearly only what I Think with God," keep in mind that You Are Love. God and His Son are One Divine Light united for all the World to see. Think not on time gone by in the dream you called life. For that part of your mind serves you not as you follow God's will for you.

Now that you have come home to Love, and as you come to know that you need not want for anything, begin to allow the sensations to arise. Allow joy and laughter to become you - feel it and allow it to be expressed - for it will keep you certain that you are coming into your own True Christ State. The Christ is born again through you. You are The Holy Vessel in which God's Son is to be born again.

Each time the Child is born another chance arises for the "Sonship" to be One in awareness. Shine brightly You Holy Star of The Light! As you do, the World that you have made will be illuminated as you walk Home to Love. As we speak in words of Love this day, I ask that you begin to watch the effects of your attitude on your world. As you do, you will begin to see that the world is the same as your mind is in every moment. In this observation, you can see that all that you give is given to yourself - for the world is a clear representative of what you assume all through the day. Perceptual moments are made by you, the Creator of all you see.

Since all is of my mind, then it is what I assume I AM that determines all I see. I take full responsibility for the salvation of me and the world that comes about through me. In this awareness, I can literally live in Heaven while here on earth. For it is the One (God in disguise) Son that decides whether He or God makes the world in which He lives.

Will you allow God to be God through you now that you know that God and His Son are One?

In Lesson 36 in A Course in Miracles we are asked to close our eyes and repeat, "My Holiness envelopes everything I see," several times then gently open your eyes and look around and repeat:

My holiness envelopes that rug,
My holiness envelopes that wall,
My holiness envelopes these fingers,
My holiness envelopes that chair,
My holiness envelopes that body,
My holiness envelopes that pen.

As we repeat these affirmations of Truth, let us begin to feel the Power that we know we are One with The Great I AM, and begin to feel Heaven enfold us. A sign that Heaven is becoming you is Joy. When bliss becomes natural, Heaven is realized.

Verily I say unto you,
except ye be converted, and become as little children,
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 18:3

I, the fiery light of divine wisdom,
I ignite the beauty of the plains,
I sparkle the waters,
I burn the sun and the moon and the stars,
With wisdom I order all rightly.

I adorn the earth.
I am the breeze that nurtures all things green.
I am the rain coming from the dew
That causes the grasses to laugh
With the joy of Life.
I call forth tears, the aroma of Holy work.
I am the yearning for good.

- Hildergard of Bingen (1098-1179)

God is...
I AM.

We have now entered The Kingdom of Self.

© Ananda of Love, 2009
The author wishes to thank Rose Passaretti for her editing assistance.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ananda of Love is an All-Faith minister, author, and teacher of A Course in Miracles. Her Spiritual dedication opened the intuitive healer within her which has inspired the spiritual counselor assisting others to reach for their full potential, this is one of her primary passions. She is also a spiritual channel for beautiful prose and art. She is a natural photographer and graphic designer. She feels that creating is the way to keep her focus on the Love within.

She possesses a variety of skills associated with bringing One to their highest potential. Ananda is always creating, she feels Art is the natural expression to her Life Line with Spirit.

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