"The question is frequently asked, "Why, if God is perfect and man is His likeness and image, should there be imperfection in man?" The answer is that there is no imperfection in man. He is perfect potentiality proving itself. In the course of bringing forth this perfection, there are processes he must go through. Life and intelligence are factors entering into this process... and they seem to fall short... in certain stages of the work. This, the limited consciousness, looks on and pronounces it failure."                             Charles Fillmore, Keep a True Lent

Fillmore goes on to explain that if a child makes an arithmetic error, it does not mean that she is a failure. It is simply part of the process of learning, the correction is made, and the child now understands more than she did before making the error. When we see a toddler learning to walk, they fall down frequently. We do not term them "failures" at walking: we know that falling down is part of the process of learning to walk, and we celebrate each and every attempt. So - why do we term it failure when we (or one of our fellow explorers) acts in a less-than-Christlike manner?

Of course we will falter on our way to fully expressing our Christhood. Of course we will react from our human personalities as we are learning to respond with the Love that is Truth. Of course we will act in ways that are "less than". We are spiritual beings, AND we are having the very human experience of forgetting that Truth. We are having the human experiences that allow us to learn and grow and exercise our free will in ways that may seem counter-productive, yet add great value to our learning process.

Of course we will disappoint ourselves and others. Of course we will react in anger and frustration. Of course we will have moments of darkness and forgetting. It is part of the process that allows us to learn and to choose. Emilie Cady (Lessons in Truth) reminds us that we are not automatons. Robots and computers may (or may not...) do things perfectly. As we learn to look at our imperfect actions as the absolutely perfect opportunities for learning how to express our full and amazing Divine potential, we will truly learn to love ourselves. And, of course, it is only as we learn to love ourselves that we can learn to truly love our neighbors.

Each time you forgive yourself, you increase the capacity for forgiveness that will ultimately bring about the "Peace on Earth, Good Will to All" that is the promise of the birth of the awareness of the Christ within each of us. Our work is to allow the apparent imperfection of the human journey to be fully acknowledged, experienced, forgiven and released. As we do that work, we are following our Elder Brother and Way-shower, Jesus, in the way of demonstrating our full, Divine potential.

SEE (Spiritual Enrichment Education) Class Schedule

Creative Journey Resumes! 

Anton Mizerak returns with Laura Berryhill Friday, April 15th at 7:00pm

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