You never said, “I will go forth and struggle my way to success.” Success is measured only in terms of joy. And so, use joy as your meter. “Does this thought make me feel joyful? No, it does not. How about this one?” The word “success” and the word “struggle” are not vibrationally equivalent. G-12/11&12/99 You are big. You are expansive. You are everlasting. You are eternal. You are never-ending. You are focused in this moment, but you are only as powerful — here is the key for you: You are only as powerful as you are joyful in the moment. G-12/11&12/99
As long as you’re unhappy about not being over there, or feeling unworthy or incomplete or dissatisfied about not being over there, you cannot get over there, because over there is a different vibration than the predominant vibration you’re offering. Until you are joyful in your not being over there, you can’t get over there. G-1/18/00
There is such a tendency to say, “Well, I would do it this way, and therefore you should do it this way. And if you don’t do it the way I do it, then there’s something wrong with one or the other of us.” And that isn’t true at all. You are just approaching things in different ways, all working. Whether it seems like it or not — you are all working toward the same ultimate goal of joy. G-12/11&12/99
Contrast — that which is wanted and lack of it — exists in all things. There is consciousness, or perception, or awareness in every vibrating particle of the Universe. And every particle, no matter how grand or how insignificant by your standards you deem it to be, is having its relational perceptual experience within contrast. So it knows the difference between this and this. G-1/22/00
In the same way that you can feel fed or hungry, or all-is-well or thirsty, or that you prefer that to that — every particle of the Universe is discerning, similar to that. And every time contrast causes any consciousness to conclude anything, that conclusion is then answered by that Stream. The evolution of the species is exactly about this: In the way the Universe is established, as each consciousness is selfishly reaching for that which feels best — the whole benefits from that. G-1/22/00
Even when we are encouraging you to selfishly seek your own joy, we are actually saying to you: Your joy is the greatest gift that you can give to anyone. Because unless you are in your joy, you have nothing to give, anyway. G-12/11&12/99