03.23.25 "Do Not Engage / Change the Channel"

A friend of mine contacted me this week. They wanted to tell me that they had been unable to accomplish a certain task they had promised and revealed they had, "Not been in a good place." Further questions caused them to explain, "Having a real difficult time emotionally." My love and good energy goes out to my friend. I worked to cheer them up and comfort them. "But choose the Spirit, and all Heaven bends to touch your eyes and bless your holy sight, that you may see the world of flesh no more except to heal and comfort and to bless." (Tx.31.62) I think I was successful. My friend revealed to me that the previous week's news was disturbing. I replied, "The news? They rescued the astronauts. Terrific!! We're closer to peace with Ukraine and Russia than we've been in three years. Wonderful! The price of eggs is down. The price of gas is down. Inflation is slowing down. The 'news' is terrific! Perhaps you need to change the channels you watch."

I have also been aware how some friends and relatives I follow on social media seem to be mirroring my friend's crisis. Many have also "not been in a good place" and seem to be "having a real difficult time emotionally." Again my love and healing energy goes out to them. This was all predicted as something that could possibly happen after the US Presidential election. Unfortunately that prediction has come true. What I do know from over 40 years of study and practice of ACIM, this is all a matter of choice. How I perceive the world is my choice. If a channel of news information is fear mongering then I change the channel, and choose a different one.

I find it quite disturbing that US citizens are firebombing and vandalizing Teslas and Tesla dealerships as a form of protest to the current administration and Tesla owner Elon Musk. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel implied that he liked that Teslas and Tesla dealerships were getting firebombed. Was promoting violence and vandalism on national television supposed to be funny? For whom? Former Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz, who is the governor of Minnesota, said that it made him happy to see Tesla stock price going down and knowing the company is in trouble. This is an American car company that employs over 140,000 Americans. Is this truly winning rhetoric for an American politician?

Let us be clear what it means to be fear mongering: "the action of deliberately arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue." "Yes" many channel of media do just that. Also some people on social media choose to fear monger as well. Facebook, "X", TickTok, Instagram, ... give these people a powerful and available media channel and they have decided to use it to spread intense fear. Their post are filled with the fear loaded words: "fascist, dictator, and Hitler." Many ACIM students do the same thing. So much for healing, comforting, and blessing. I was tempted to engage in spiritual conversation with some of these people, but something happened to change that for me. An ACIM student I know and respect shared the statement below. This person did not claim to be the author of this statement, and they didn't know who the author was when I asked them. This teaching has kept me more peaceful this past week because it stopped me from engaging.

"The universe is showing us a divide right now. Do not in engage in lower dimensional behavior. Acknowledge it for what is it, projection, ego, and unhealed wounds. Stay on your path, keep moving forward. Do not invite the past back in. This is a divine message to stay on track."

The Holy Spirit told me to remember that the fear mongers are actually severely fearful themselves. The fire bombers and the vandals are also very fearful, and their viciousness comes from their fear. "This is particularly unfortunate because frightened people are apt to be vicious." (Tx.3.21) My job is to forgive these people, not judge and attack them in return. I will be a fountain of love and peace, and not fear.

I choose to remember not to engage in lower dimensional behavior. I will stay on track. I choose to change that channel.

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