If you’ve studied A Course in Miracles, you probably have come upon the phrase, “I need do nothing.” This is quite profound.
There’s a presupposition that the ego makes that, being separate, there’s a lot of work to do to get yourself back to the garden. And, since it was probably your fault that you separated from God, there’s much that you need to do.
You need to improve. You need to be better. You need to be good. You need to repent. You need to be industrious. You need to succeed. You need to perform. You need to measure up.
It’s the essence of perfectionism, as if that could be achieved somehow through constant and diligent self-improvement. This completely contradicts the truth.
The truth is – “You need do nothing.”
The ego’s response to that is always in the extreme. “Oh, then I guess I should just sit around and watch TV all day or stare out the window and drool into my shoe.” That makes it absurd.
What I want to talk to you about is “need” itself. Everything you think you need, everything you think you know, comes into question.
If you watch little children, they’re pretty aware that they need do nothing. Their needs are met. And yet, they don’t do ‘nothing’. They explore, they express themselves, they react, they feel. None of this comes out of their need.
If all your needs are met, then you’re free to do as you please, and the only objective is to find what pleases you and pursue it.
So, when you need do nothing, the keyword is need– not “do nothing.”
Not needing to do anything, you can do everything. You can have everything– because you are everything. The gift of your presence is everything.
Sometimes it’s valuable to change the word “should” to “could.” “I could do this, or I could do that, or I could do the other, or I could stop doing this.”
Be assured that you ‘need do’ nothing. Once the need is out of the equation, what opens up is a kind of freedom to discover what you’re curious about and what interests you. What do you love? What attracts you?
You’ll find that you’ll be making what feels like effortless effort. There will be support for whatever undertaking you are involved in. I want you to know that your efforts will be supported, but not because you need them. You choose them, if you wish.
This frees you up to be like a child– interested, fascinated, exploring, wondering, but not needing to prove anything and not needing to earn support, love, care, or forgiveness. None of that is necessary.
You Need Do Nothing.
Have fun with this.
I love you very much, and I’ll speak with you again soon.
-Yeshua
A reminder: “Did you look into your mirror this morning, and look into your eyes, and say to yourself: “I AM ENOUGH” and then get on with your day. Do the same at the end of the day. I desire that you ingrain in your consciousness the awareness that “I AM ENOUGH!” and you need do ‘no thing’, ‘nothing’, ‘nada’ except love who you are because you are enough!”
Sandra
