Objective for this week:

The Quest is a year-long discovery of the inner self, our Christ nature. “Discovering” our inner Christ nature can be difficult, sometimes taking a whole lifetime.

This is the third of a three-part series where we explore a 3-step process for spiritual unfolding. This week's topic is Letting God Establish Divine Order

Week Sixteen – Let God – Allow Divine Order
Review of Three-Part Spiritual Unfolding Prayer

• Let's review last week's discussion. God's will is always perfection and good for all creation. Divine order is the slow but sure process of unfolding into our perfection. Divine guidance is the wisdom that lights our way.
• Why might we call these three “our source?”
• What does it feel like to be isolated? And what happens when try to isolate ourselves from God, our source?
• Have there been any challenges in the past which you solved by putting God first?

Discusion

• The title of Chapter 16 is “Surrender.” How do you feel about the word surrender?
• Chapter 16 of the Quest is subtitled “Letting God solve the problem.” What does this mean to you?
• How would it be different if we used the phrase “Let God, Let Go”?
• We've practiced the Three-Part Spiritual Unfolding Prayer for the past three weeks. What advice would you give to anyone starting out with this prayer process?

Prayer: Become one with source, let go, let God


Assignment: Three-part Spiritual Unfolding Prayer

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Metaphysical Lesson (Weeks 14 – 16):

• Becoming one with our source is the awareness of God's will, divine order and divine guidance operating in our life.
• Letting Go is being non-resistant to that which life is sending into our life. We stop judging things and stop fighting life. While Chapter 15 of The Quest calls this Personal Powerlessness, it is really an emptying process in anticipation of the spiritual power that will come in the next lesson.
• Letting God is being open to the transformative power of God's love to change any and all conditions for our greater good.

Process for “Three-part Spiritual Unfolding Prayer”:

Continue to practice the five-step prayer process, but structure step #3, Meditation, to include the three-step unfolding process*:

1. Relaxation—releasing physical and mental tension
2. Concentration—gentle focusing of the mind
3. Meditation—puts us in contact with the Silence

• Affirm: “my mind and the Mind of God are one.” Then focus a few minutes on your oneness with Source.
• Affirm: “I send forth only thoughts of good and good returns to me in overwhelming measure.” Then focus a few minutes on accepting your life with non-resistance (let go).
• Affirm: “With Godlike thoughts, I think into being a Godlike world.” Then visualize for a few minutes on God's love transforming all conditions of your life (let God).

Realization—deep inner knowing of the Truth and that our prayers are answered

Thanksgiving—being grateful before the answer appears in the manifest realm

* Affirmations are from Handbook of Positive Prayer, Hypatia Hasbrouck. (Memorize them!)