Internal Dialogue

I first heard about ACIM over 30 years ago. Every once in awhile I ask myself, "Am I going to make it this lifetime?" By this, I mean, am I going to finally wake up smell God's coffee?

I have a friend who does ACIM who is always talking about enlightenment. She reads lots of books by folks who claim to be 'enlightened'. Sure that sounds great, but I always liked the saying, "Those who tell... don't know, and those who know... don't tell".

Personally, I sometimes imagine God's Love as this sort of a Heavenly Light, kind of like a beautiful sunrise, just about to break through the clouds. I imagine these glimmers of God's Love, as if they were stray rays from this incredibly bright bright Sun. And here I am, slinking around near some kind of a doorway, that opens out into this incredible brightness, too timid to open the door, like some kind of a vampire, believing that somehow the radiance of God's Love will be the 'end of me'. Not yet realizing that it will in truth be 'the beginning of me'.

Well, my friends, if I open the door first, I promise to reach back and try to help at least one other friend to wake up too. If you get there first, could you please promise to reach back for me too?

Scott