Tapestry

Good Morning DearHearts,

I want to share with you the written version of the presentation I gave at Jennifer Hadley’s weekly gathering called “Sundays with Spirit”

This was the second time I had the pleasure to be the guest speaker. I wanted to share an expansion of an idea I use with my daily explanations of the Workbook Lessons.  If you have listened to my YouTube videos you will recognize this term I often use- Spiritual Tapestry. In case you want to watch my videos, my channel is Janet Weissman here’s the channel link.

https://youtube.com/channel/UC0qPwjDgh5SXm-inuBlFwZA

Here’s my talk.

Today I want to share my thoughts on a creation we all have a part in while we work on remembering.  I call it a Spiritual Tapestry.

A couple of years ago this image popped into my thoughts while I was recording the daily lesson for my YouTube channel.  It occurred to me as we practice each lesson we are also weaving a healing cloth we will eventually wrap around ourselves as a blanket of truth.  There are several times in both the Text and the Lessons where we are told we will be enveloped by the truth which will provide a deep peace. Since I began the course-(decades ago) those words always gave me the image of a comforter, a warm and soft comforter being wrapped around me to let me know – I am home, I am safe. The Comforter is also one of the Holy Spirit’s functions.

To create this comforting Spiritual Tapestry we will need a framework to use – a loom.  Looms have four sides or at least our loom does.

I imagine the four sides of this frame are the Heart, Mind, Truth and Joy.  All of these are found in our relationship with God.  We are an extension from the Mind of God. The Heart of God is within our heart. Truth is what we seek to find so we will remember our heritage and Eternal Joy is what we experience with the recognition we are Home. 

 Tapestries have been used for centuries as a representation of a great accomplishment or the journey of a family or an individual hero.  The tapestry we weave is indeed symbolizing a journey.  It’s our journey of awakening and remembering, even though ultimately it is a journey without distance

Any weaving is made up of woof and warp threads. Each thread crosses over and under the next to form a cohesive and complete illustration of the journey. Each lesson weaves intricately around the next one and builds upon it and strengthens it. Often we don’t notice how we are being pulled into the awareness the next lesson will bring to us. Each lesson we practice each day becomes another luminescent thread in our tapestry.

For a long time we have held the belief we are apart from the Mind that created us into life. Only what is created by God has life, we cannot be apart from that Mind.  As we weave this tapestry we are bringing back the Truth of creation into awareness.

The threads we use are both silver and golden to represent the purity of the thoughts that complete our holy comforter.

The silver reflects the luminescence of the Healed Mind. The silver is like the mirror where we can see the purity of ourSelf  (BigS) self and our brother’s true image.  

Golden threads but reflect the simplicity and truth of The Golden Rule. My brother/sister will teach me to love as I offer love to them. We have a “glimpse of Heaven”[1] in each golden thread that is added to our tapestry.

Remember the four sides of the loom? Heart, Mind, Truth and Joy?

So each golden or silver thread pulls together our heart and mind.  There’s no separation between them now, not that there ever really was.  Our heart holds in it the loving thoughts of our Holy Mind.

 Every truth we realize is closing the believed in separation between our Source and the Sonship- Us.  This will undoubtedly bring the Joy of God into our full awareness.

Our tapestry is beginning to take shape as we choose Vision over seeing with body eyes.

There will be no holes or left open spaces or gaps when our tapestry is complete. If there were empty or missing parts it would not be representative of the wholeness and completeness of the curriculum we are remembering.

These golden and silver threads that are bringing this Spiritual Tapestry into being and our awareness- what do they represent?  We know they are linking together Heart, Mind, Truth and Joy but what besides their heavenly filament has imbued them with power to create this comforter and storyboard and to reconnect us with Truth and to create this holy comforter?

Each thread has God’s Message to us written or embroidered upon it.

We have been told every lesson is one lesson.  The whole is in every part. But our minds still like variety, so we have 365 lessons to satisfy our desire for diversity. We also realize the repetition in these messages and the brilliance to be able to offer ONE Truth in so many different ways. 

I sometimes envision the child sitting on the father’s lap saying “Tell me again who I am but this time make it different”. Being the benevolent and loving Father – He does exactly that.

Some of the threads only have a singular word imbedded in them

Love

Peace

Stillness

Holiness

Gratitude

Happiness

Light

Truth

Vision

Unity

Identity

Miracles

Forgiveness

Grace

Salvation

Other strands have written upon them some of the most familiar and impactful lessons we encounter in our study. Some are identified as Giant Strides and give our celestial blanket structure.  Others simply resonate deeply when we encounter them each year.

Yes! Each year!  When I started the workbook the first time I thought okay, I’ll do this and then I’ll really know my spiritual Self. Imagine my surprise when after the first go round with the lessons I not only wanted more but had more questions than when I started. So YES- I go through the lessons each year and each time I find a new depth in them and sometimes I’m sure extra “lines” were added because I do not remember reading them the previous year.  Has that happened to anyone else?

These lessons are meant to be practiced each year and each year our beautifully brilliant tapestry will increase within our mind. Ultimately our magnificent tapestry will drape over the world and transform it with the Love and Light we have woven into it.

Besides the whole and holy words I envision in this tapestry, I am certain I will find   phrases and lessons such as

I am Spirit

I am the Light of the World

I am as God created me.

I want the Peace of God

I am love and I am loved

I am Free

I am hOMe

There is only God’s Perfect Love

My future belongs to God

God wants me to be happy

I receive so I may give

Only God’s Love is Real

We are One

I choose the Joy of God

I rest in God

God’s will is mine

I am healed

Forget this world

The hush of Heaven holds my heart today

And truly so many more I will undoubtedly add next year.

I hope you can envision this holy comforter and take some time to wrap yourself in its wisdom each day.

In Love, Light and Peace,

Janet Weissman

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[1] ACIM Text 13 VIII 4:6

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