Chocolate Ganache

Good Morning DearHearts,

While I was driving to meet a friend today I started thinking about baking.  This is not all that unusual for me to do.  I’m planning what to make for my next women’s group and my thoughts were on dessert. I’m planning a French menu, so I was thinking about French pastry, should I make profiteroles or perhaps éclairs?  Then it happened! My mind went blank and the harder I tried to think about the “frosting” for the éclairs the less I could remember the name. I called on the rolodex of recipes I have in my head looking for the word I wanted but it was not locatable. I could visually see the recipe ingredients but not the “title”.  I tried to relax my thought process, let my word search end.  I actually thought this would make the missing word magically appear in my mind- it didn’t.  Finally my attention shifted to the rainy driving weather and I momentarily forgot about my quest.  I parked my car.  As I got out of the car the word “ganache” popped into my awareness.  That was exactly what I was trying to remember.

As I have conveyed so many times, I believe ALL happenings offer a lesson.  It just so happens ACIM offers the same teaching.

“All things are lessons God would have me learn.”

My struggle to remember was intensified by my “knowing” that I knew the answer.  I was astounded by my inability in the moment to be able to bring forth the name of a recipe I had made numerous times.  Of course the more I tried to force my mind to remember the more elusive the prize.  This scenario can play out in anyone’s day to day activity and I assure you it is not a sign of dementia.  I believe it is merely what I call the strain of thought.

The world  perceived is full of high intensity and demands.  So much of what we watch, experience or speak about is filled with goals to be reached within a certain amount of “time”. Accomplishments are often evaluated not only on the results but on how long it took for them to be completed.  This is a very detrimental use of time, because it justifies multiple judgments against ourself.  The end result is the perpetuation of belief in littleness.

The alternative to all of this judgment is to relax and allow everything to unfold as it is meant to be.  As soon as I relaxed my mind and stopped trying to FIND the word, it appeared.  This relaxation technique can be experienced through meditation, breathing or any other way the constant chatter ceases.

ACIM teaches there are many teachers who will lead us to the same place.  There is not only ONE teacher, but there is ONE destination. Some of teachers may seem unconventional or even absurd, none of that is of consequence.  The only criterion for a teaching method is that it works. One way that works for many, even though they may not realize, is song lyrics.

A song that came to my mind after the ganache experience comes from the spiritual teachers, McCartney and Lennon. The song lyrics predate ACIM but not the message.

Just as I knew the name of the recipe I was seeking, we know how to accomplish our greatest desire and find our inner peace.  We simply need to “turn off your mind, relax and float….”

While you are relaxing, do remember

There IS Boundless LOVE Here and NOW!!!

In Love, Light and Peace,

Janet Weissman

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