I am the light of the world. . . . This is merely a statement of the truth about yourself. It is the opposite of a statement of pride, of arrogance, or self-deception. It does not describe the self-concept you have made. It does not refer to any of the characteristics with which you have endowed your idols. It refers to you as you were created by God. It simply states the truth.
To the ego, today's idea is the epitome of self-glorification. But the ego does not understand humility, mistaking it for self-debasement. Humility consists of accepting your role in salvation and in taking no other. It is not humility to insist that you cannot be the light of the world if that is the function God assigned to you. It is only arrogance that would assert this function cannot be for you, and arrogance is always of the ego.
True humility requires that you accept today's idea because it is God's Voice which tells you it is true. This is a beginning step in accepting your real function on earth. It is a giant stride toward taking your rightful place in salvation. It is a positive assertion of your right to be saved and an acknowledgement of the power that is given you to save others.
. . . Today's idea goes far beyond the ego's petty views of what you are and what your purpose is. As a bringer [of the light of true understanding and thus] of salvation, this is obviously necessary. . . . You are the light of the world.
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Shining On
• Like the Sun
• Aligning With the Living Light
• A Light That Will Always Shine
• The Light Within
• Your True Source
• The Most Sacred and Simple Mystery of All
• The Source Is Within You
• I Need Do Nothing . . . I Am Open to the Living Light
• Chadwick Boseman and That “Heavenly Light”
Images: Syrian-born dancer Ahmad Joudeh, whose autobiography is entitled Dance or Die. Ahmad dedicates his memoir “to the spirit that guides every single one of us, in the memory of the soul, where the flame is, our spirits glow.”
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