On our Journey, we should not dwell on the guilt emerging because of dropping back to Ego-dominated state; instead, we should celebrate that we are in the state of the Presence!!
The mind would rather fret about the future or pine over the past _ so the mind can cling to its own illusion of control. But the current moment? It cannot be controlled. And what a mind can__ control, it tends to discount. Brush past ... over. It__ the battle plan of the enemy of the soul _ to keep us blind to this current moment, the one we can__ control, to keep us blind to Him, the One who controls everything.
One Thousand Gifts Devotional: Reflections on Finding Everyday Grace
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The mind would rather fret about the future or pine over the past _ so the mind can cling to its own illusion of control. But the current moment? It cannot be controlled. And what a mind can__ control, it tends to discount. Brush past ... over. It__ the battle plan of the enemy of the soul _ to keep us blind to this current moment, the one we can__ control, to keep us blind to Him, the One who controls everything.
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