THY WILL BE DONE
by
Dr. Lawrence Wilson
©January
2018, L.D. Wilson
Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational
purposes only. It is not for the
diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
A very
powerful affirmation is to say Thy Will
be done. This article explains
why this is so, and how to use the phrase properly. It is an important phrase today. Many people fear it for the wrong reasons, and many need to
use it to move on in their lives fearlessly. It is also necessary, or at least helpful, to move the world
forward at this time in history.
WHAT
IS MEANT BY THY WILL BE DONE?
Basically,
the phrase represents a type of mental surrender to a higher power than the ego
mind. This is its essence. Many do not realize it, but the ego
mind, sometimes also called the lower mind, the reactive mind or the monkey
mind, runs most people.
Even if one claims to be religious or spiritual, the ego mind still
rules in most instances.
This ego
mind is always a conditioned, limited mind. It is influenced by its upbringing, its emotional traumas,
its moods and whims, and much more, in fact. Most people have subconscious or unconscious blocks, ideas,
beliefs and more that all influence the ego mind at all times and in all
situations. Saying Thy will be done is one way to unblock a
person from the rule of this mind.
FEAR
OF LETTING GO OF THE EGO MIND
The main
reason many people do not like the phrase Thy
Will be done is because they are turning control over to a seemingly
unknown force. This is frightening
for the ego mind, which does not ever want to give up its power and control
over a person. Indeed, the ego
mind was set up early in life to manage oneÕs life and oneÕs everyday decisions
and conflicts. Giving it up seems
like suicide or death to many people, so they do not like this phrase.
For example,
what if ÒThy WillÓ is that one should be poor, sick, lonely, injured, or even
killed? This is the fear that
always comes up when one says Thy Will be
done.
This fear is
very real and anyone who wishes to use the phrase Thy Will be done must face it and think about it, or the ego mind
will block the use of the phrase, at least in its most potent form.
The most basic answer to this fear is a
realization that ÒThy WillÓ is going to be better than anything the ego mind
can imagine or create.
This is the ultimate answer.
To get to this answer, however, many people must fail on their own,
often almost destroying their lives with drugs, alcohol, illness, sexual
mistakes, caving in to tyrants, or something else. Only then are most people willing to really embrace the idea
of Thy Will be done.
Some people
also say that to be safe with Thy Will, one must take a moral inventory of
oneself and one must make amends to anyone one has hurt, at least in prayer and
if possible, openly and in person.
RELIGION
AND THY WILL BE DONE
Most
religions realize that to progress, most people need to let go of or loosen the
hold of the ego mind, which is almost always a reactive mind that is not
particularly creative, is quite fear-based, and is often vicious, arrogant and
full of hatred for what it does not understand or what it does not like. Therefore, most spiritual systems and
religions employ various means to counteract, go around, destroy or weaken the
ego mind.
In fact, the
use of the phrase Thy Will be done is
one of the main reasons for resistance against the Jewish and Christian
religions, in particular. Other
religions use the phrase to some extent, such as the Hindu and Muslim
religions. However, none employ it
to the same degree as does the Christianity, in particular.
HOW
TO USE THE PHRASE THY WILL BE DONE
One
way is to repeat the LordÕs Prayer a number of times per day. This contains the phrase Thy will be done.
Other
options are to use affirmations such as:
ÒNot my will, but Thine be done in this
situationÓ.
ÒTake me, use me this day to do Thy WillÓ.
ÒFather, what would you have me do this
day, or in this situation?Ó
These
can be repeated as often as one wishes.
I would suggest using them at least three times each day, or more often. For those with severe health issues, or
any serious situation, more is better.
ARE
YOU SERIOUS ABOUT THY WILL?
Many people
repeat the phrase Thy Will be done,
but they are not totally serious about it. They say the words because they read about them or the words
sound good. However, taking the
phrase seriously is another story, and is still frightening to the ego mind.
However,
we maintain that saying the words as an affirmation is still very beneficial
because conditioning the mind to use the phrase makes it a little easier to
finally accept the idea into your life fully.
Another
pitfall is to accept ÒThy WillÓ in some areas of life, but not in others. In other words, it is not a total
surrender of the ego mind, but rather a partial one.
For example,
it may be fine to ask for ÒThy WillÓ in your studies, for example, or with your
friends, but not in your marriage or with your children, perhaps. This is another common fear of the ego
mind. It will allow Thy Will to be
done in some situations, but not in others that are more threatening to it.
ANOTHER
INTERPRETATION OF THY WILL BE DONE
Some readers
may prefer another interpretation of the phrase, Thy Will be done. We
read this in an unusual translation of the Bible, supposedly from the original
Aramaic, which is different than the Greek translation of the New
Testament.
In this
translation, the phrase Thy Will be done
was translated as:
Let Your HeartÕs desire unite heaven and
earth through our sacred union.
In
plain English, this means:
ÒPlease God or Creation, merge with me in order to bring
forth the true desire of God in and through me.Ó
This understanding
of Thy Will be done may not imply the
extreme degree of surrender implied by the usual understanding of the phrase, and
this may be helpful for some people.
It reminds us
of another Bible phrase spoken by the master Jesus: ÒI and the Father are
OneÓ. This statement does not
imply surrender as much as it implies uniting
or blending with the Father energy.
RELATED
PHRASES TO KEEP IN MIND
Here are
several phrases from different authors that are related to ÒThy Will be
doneÓ. These may be helpful to
remember:
-
ÒIf you take one step toward God, God takes 10 steps toward you.Ó (attributed
to Satya Sai Baba.)
-
ÒGod will respond to your initiative.Ó (attributed to Buckminster
Fuller.)
-
ÒI want more and more of God.Ó (from the Jeshua material distributed
by Shanti Christo Foundation.)
-
ÒAs you sow, so shall you reap.Ó (from the Old and New Testaments of the
Bible.)
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