With her two lectures, Preparation for Relationships and Depression, Marianne Williamson challenges listeners to examine how they think about each area of their lives and relationships.
Our relationships are not separate from our work, and our health is not separate from our money or our spiritual lives. When we experience trouble in any area of our lives, Williamson tells us, it's a sign that our minds have shifted from their natural alignment with God. And we experience this separation from God as "problems."
How we perceive our problems is central to achieving peace in our lives. If we see the cause of our problems as being outside ourselves, we will put our energy toward changing the outward appearances of our problems. But this does not remove the problem. We will experience cycles and variations on our problems until we look within ourselves for the cause -- and the solution.
Thought is the power we have to create change in our lives. Through conscious right thinking, we can achieve peace by turning our focus from ourselves, and to God. It is then, Williamson assures us, that we will realize that we are never alone and our depressions will lift as we see the brilliant light within each of us.
Our relationships are not separate from our work, and our health is not separate from our money or our spiritual lives. When we experience trouble in any area of our lives, Williamson tells us, it's a sign that our minds have shifted from their natural alignment with God. And we experience this separation from God as "problems."
How we perceive our problems is central to achieving peace in our lives. If we see the cause of our problems as being outside ourselves, we will put our energy toward changing the outward appearances of our problems. But this does not remove the problem. We will experience cycles and variations on our problems until we look within ourselves for the cause -- and the solution.
Thought is the power we have to create change in our lives. Through conscious right thinking, we can achieve peace by turning our focus from ourselves, and to God. It is then, Williamson assures us, that we will realize that we are never alone and our depressions will lift as we see the brilliant light within each of us.
A continuation of her lectures based on A Course in Miracles.
