Whose Will?

Let me not make another will, for it is senseless and will cause me pain.
-ACIM-W-307:1:3

We often cling to this idea of free will and are convinced  that choosing our own will, which must be the opposite of God's will, will free of us from the chains of unhappiness.  So we set out on our independent treks to make our own choices, to determine our own paths and create our own destiny.

We have the power.    We do not need God's Will to live in ego's world.  In fact, it is contraband. We got this!!!  Do we really?

 As soon as we stub a toe, however, what do we do?  Do we not automatically call out to God or  curse and swear at the Universe/Source/God/ Divinity  for putting that boulder in our way? Do we not look up to the heavens when things get tough and ask  "Why are you doing this?"  We expect and demand that things be the way we will them to be. If they are not Life is at fault, God is at fault. We are so quick to blame God, aren't we?  Is that taking accountability for our choice of  will?

So far...looking back at the history of man kind, what has man's will over God's Will, gotten the human race?  A lot of war,  a lot of resistance, a lot of greed, a lot of planetary destruction and a lot of suffering?  Has man achieved collective 'happiness' and peace by making a conscious stand against God? Hmmm...do you think it is working for us?

There is only one Will and that is  "God's will' (or whatever you call that Divine Essence of Everything that exists beyond the mess we have made in our minds as ego followers) .  It isn't God that is making things challenging for us...it is our resistance to letting go and letting God that does that.  God brings happiness to  us.  God brings  peace because that is basically all there is. Your Will alone can bring me happiness, and only Your Will exists. ACIM-W-307:1:4

When we follow our own will, or ego's will, we are simply putting a deep dense fog over that truth.  It's delusional.  It's insane. It does not bring happiness.  It takes us farther away from it.

Free will then is this: you have a choice to accept God's Will for you or ego's will.  What's it going to be?

All is well