“I AM SO. STRESSED. OUT.” While my husband was at work and listened to me complain on the phone, I sat in my parked car in front of my house, too cold to be out in my yard, unable to work with no internet and feeling displaced as workers filled my house with the smell of mold remediation chemicals. UGH!
The ego LOVES mold, haha!
But a wonderful miracle was about to occur.
For every event the ego brings forth to keep us fixated on the level of form, Spirit can use it to help us wake up.
And stressors are no exception!
Thank goodness A Course in Miracles has a much different view of stress than the way we tend to think of it. Stress provided a grand opportunity for healing and remembering the Truth (instead of me remaining a stressed out mess!). In this episode, I’ll share an awesome ACIM teaching on stress. You can immediately apply these principles and repurpose your stress for healing.
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The quote from A Course in Miracles:
“Self-esteem,” in ego terms, means nothing more than that the ego has deluded itself into accepting its reality and is therefore temporarily less predatory. This “self-esteem” is always vulnerable to “stress,” a term which really means that a condition has arisen in which the delusion of the ego’s reality is threatened (p. 162 in the CE edition; also see T-4.II.6:8 in the FIP edition)
Here are the steps for you to play with when repurposing your stressors:
- Notice ANY stress or lack of peace that you feel.
- Feel your feelings!
- Set the goal to repurpose the stress. The goal is NOT to avoid stress by avoiding your life! See it as a RED FLAG telling you it’s time to straighten out your perception. Say “I am willing to repurpose this stress.”
- FEEL that the stressful feeling is just your ego is being threatened. FEEL that this stress means you’re simply identified with your small “s” self.
- Bring your identification with your small “s” self to Spirit.
- Ask for help in remembering who you REALLY are.
- Bring your mind back to the Truth. Your mind is not a separate mind. Your mind is part of One Eternal Loving Mind of our Source.
One final takeaway:
The small “s” self, the ego, is ALWAYS vulnerable to STRESS because the small self is not true! You are not a small self. You are the holy Son of God himself (as are all of us), and it’s time to claim the truth about yourself.
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We absolutely LOVE and APPRECIATE your quotes, steps and take aways from your Podcasts! Thank-you for doing this and really anchoring in the lesson for your listeners. It is a wonderful addition and I am so grateful you do this!
Linda! Your words mean so much to me. Thank you so much for taking the time to express this… I truly appreciate it. There’s more to come! 🙂
Corrine this was one of the most helpful podcasts. I love how you said to REPURPOSE the stressor. What a positive way to look at stress. Love how you give steps to process this. Perfect timing for something I’m currently experiencing.. Your shares are always gentle without the beat up and that’s important bec guilt seeks punishment and “repurposing” replaces guilt with compassion..
Hi Laurie!
I’m so glad this was helpful. I LOVE how you phrased this: “repurposing” replaces guilt with compassion. YES!!
Appreciate how honest you are about sharing what we all go through at times. Anytime a contractor shows up can be crazy making. You handled it well. Love that you put takeaways. I always find them so beneficial. Thank you for all you share.
Thank you for sharing Maryanne! Haha, yes about contractors! I’m so glad the takeaways are beneficial. Much love to you!
Yes I’m applying this to a recent relationship breakup. I was feeling stress and allowed it to come up but also asking HS for a healing and to look at it from the truth of who we are. It’s not an instant fix but certainly over a very short period the stress subsides and the truth prevails.
Thanks. Perfect timing.