From the book a course in miracles
Be not content with
littleness.
But be sure you understand what littleness is, and why
you could never be content with it.
Littleness is the offering
you give yourself. You offer this in place of magnitude, and you accept
it. Everything in this world is little because it is a world made out of
littleness, in the strange belief that littleness can content you.
When you strive for anything in this world in the belief that it will bring you peace, you are belittling yourself and blinding yourself to glory. Littleness and glory are the choices open to your striving and your vigilance. You will always choose one at the expense of the other.
Yet what you do not realize, each time you choose, is that your choice is your evaluation of yourself. Choose littleness and you will not have peace, for you will have judged yourself unworthy of it. And whatever you offer as a substitute is much too poor a gift to satisfy you.
It is essential that you accept the fact, and accept it gladly, that there is no form of littleness that can ever content you. You are free to try as many as you wish, but all you will be doing is to delay your homecoming. For you will be content only in magnitude, which is your home.
There is a deep responsibility you owe yourself, and one you must learn to
remember all the time. The lesson may seem hard at first, but you will learn to
love it when you realize that it is true and is but a tribute to your power. You
who have sought and found littleness, remember this: Every decision you
make stems from what you think you are, and represents the value that you put
upon yourself. Believe the little can content you, and by limiting
yourself you will not be satisfied. For your function is not little, and
it is only by finding your function and fulfilling it that you can escape from
littleness.
This writing comes from the most beautiful book by Helen
Schucman and William Thetford who created "A Course in
Miracles" . (Page 306)
- Mike Murdock -
(c) Theo
Pistorius
