Inspiration for Healing Through Changing Your Mind --The articles in this newsletter are written by people from around the world who are taking their perceived problems to the Holy Spirit, and sharing their miracles stories of how their thoughts are being healed.

Resistance --by Rev. Cheril Goodrich

Of all of the ideas in our thought system, resistance is one of the hardest to deal with. Just becoming aware of all the ways that we use resistance on the physical plane helps us to begin to understand why we resist and hang on when it is no longer in our best interest. The very thing we need to keep our body from floating into space is also one of its ultimate destruction. After years of being exposed to gravity, the force that we must have while we exist in physical form defeats us. We resist the idea of growing older in time. Despite our resistance to this invasive force we are, in the end, consumed by the 'ravages of time.'

We resist the idea of having to do unpleasant tasks, and still we have to do what we would prefer not to. When we hear or see things that appear repulsive, we try to resist the idea of what we have just beheld. If we want to form muscle mass on the body and get in shape, we use some kind of resistant training. If someone says something that we are not in agreement with, we resist by arguing or getting angry.

War begins with resistance: One faction resists the intentions of another faction, and some kind of fighting breaks out. Forces in nature are under a resistance code. One animal resists being eaten by another. Using resistance discovered fire. We resist getting sick, and believe that resistance will somehow heal us. When we swim, we are resisting the water. When a plane flies, it must use resistance to get into the air and then stay there. Life is constant resistance. We learn how to resist at the time of birth. When our body can no longer be sustained in a comfortable womb, we are forced into the arena of time. This is our first lesson and continues until our life ends and usually there is resistance to this also.

The very idea of a body is resistance. Why is there so much resistance in physical existence? What is the lesson? A Course in Miracles teaches that reality resists nothing. Physical existence and reality teach two opposing views. Even the Bible says that Jesus taught us not to resist the evil. Is it possible to learn in a physical body that resistance is unnecessary? What would happen if we just stopped resisting?

At the time of the separation, resistance began as a resistance to the idea of Love. Fear resists the idea of Love because it is afraid of it. Once the very idea of resistance began, space had to be made in mind for that new idea. This idea could not be contained in reality because the laws in reality were already perfect. Resistance and fear took up residence in time, and because of the minds inherent creative nature, this idea became a major factor in physical law. The mind took what would not and could not be used in reality and used it to help establish physical law.

We are not being asked to change physical law, we are being asked to change our mind. Resistance began in the mind as an idea. It is still there. Any time that we use resistance, we make an idea real in our mind. If we can become aware of when we are using resistance, we can ask ourselves why or what we are resisting. (Resistance means that we believe we are going to have to do what we don’t want to.) We cannot make a choice until we look at what we are resisting. By understanding what it is that we are resisting, we learn that we don’t have to resist, but instead just choose. Once the resistance factor has lost its power over us, our mind is aligned with our higher Mind. This puts us in a position of using spiritual law instead of physical law, and what is spiritual will bring us our choice.

We can not totally give up the idea of resistance, because our physical life needs laws of resistance to sustain our physical body. We can begin, however, to understand what it is that our mind is resisting. By doing this we begin to regain control of our life and move in the direction of what we want, instead of what we don’t want.

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Learning to May Wise Investments --by Rev. Mary Manke

By following Spirit or Jesus, I will learn to keep investing in the correct things. I have invested in form, in illusions, and this has not given me what I want. Investment in dream forms does not bring me peace, happiness or love.

I had thought that gaining acceptance or approval from others gave me peace. That is not where peace comes from. I had decided that being 'different'from others would give me happiness, but the fact is, in the real world, joining is happiness and there are no differences between myself and my brothers and sisters. I had thought that when I 'found'the person that would accept me and my faults, that this would be love. My dreaming mind had made a replacement for true Love, and finding another form (body) in my dream does not bring Love to me.

I am learning that all my past investments have been wrong, being based on false thoughts. I am learning that I do have help. I have an investment Counselor that knows where my best investments lie. This Counselor is my true Friend, and will not lead me astray. He will not lead me away from peace. He will in fact, lead me towards the truth. He will remove all fear I harbor about peace, happiness or love. He knows everything for me, and shares it with me when I need to know it. He asks only one thing from me, to let go. Simply let go, because my past thoughts, my past beliefs are hurting me. He teaches me that it is not sacrifice to be removed from pain.

I seem to have difficulty in letting go. This is only my stubborn belief that what I taught myself (what I chose) is still 'right.'I want to decide on my own. Yet, this only brings me pain, despair and finally guilt. If I keep choosing for myself, I will continue to feel guilt and try to project guilt out of my mind. Do I want to be right? Or do I want to be happy?

As I learn to heed my inner Counselor, the false beliefs will fall away. This is not to be feared. False thoughts will be replaced with truth, with loving thoughts that are naturally in my mind. Loving thoughts are all that is really going on in my mind, yet I have obscured my beautiful thoughts. A dark glass, a foggy film, clouds of grey, have obscured the loving thoughts in my mind.

My Counselor helps me look past the obstructions, to the Light, the Love that lies hidden in my mind. I must be with my Counselor as I look at the fearful thoughts of hate, the poisonous thoughts. As I look with my Counselor, He shows me that these thoughts are not true at all.

I’m learning there is no loss in letting go of hatred, fear and guilt. I’m learning that there is no loss in giving love, kindness or peaceful words. I’m learning: To have peace, give peace; to have love, give love. I’m learning there is a different way of looking at the world.

My poor investments (choices) show me a world bleak with despair, insane with anger. My true investments, made under the Guidance of my inner Counselor, reflect a world of corrected interpretation. If I look out and see a guiltless, sinless world, it is because I have looked within and have accepted the truth in place of a false image. Jesus also reminds me to see the world as innocent, things as neutral, so that I learn the innocence that I thought I lacked is there, within me.

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Our Bridge --by Rev. Phil Manke

Since early in my life, I’ve often had visions of myself at a bridge. Perhaps that is why I was drawn to harbor my body at a home that has a bridge out in front on the road and the Grand River running through it.

I like that the river can symbolize the flow of thoughts that a mind experiences. Some in the ego file, some in the Love file, and many sub files for each. As the size of these files change, the flow changes its course, just like a river. It always flows, sometimes fast, sometimes very slowly and nearly still.

It receives from everything unless it is blocked, like fear blocks awareness of truth. If it is blocked long enough, it pools to become larger and much evaporates to come again from elsewhere, where it will rain and flow. All the while, the flow smooths, bit by bit, and in time, becomes less turbulent.

Discovering how I can consciously modify the flow increases the rate of smoothing, and all the while, widening and taking in more. It is on its way to the one ocean of thought and it will circle to rain down to everyone who prepares to receive it.

The bridge I see in my mind doesn’t just cross a river though, as the one on the road does, for I only see one entrance to it. Early bridges in my memory visualize a foot path with steps leading upward on a curved arc. Recently, I have imagined a level path, smooth and requiring little effort to enter.

It later became a wide and gentle slope down to the entrance. Then I’ve seen the bridge as not for bodies at all, but a bridge of neural fibers, gathering thoughts from everywhere and all experiences and connecting them across a soft glowing path to the peace of All That Is, a soothing oneness of love and forgiveness that lets fear thoughts fall away and welcomes all like itself.

I long to be on that bridge, as ethereal as it may seem to the practical thinker in me, or those straining to see with their bodies eyes, and yet it is more graceful and stronger in thought than the most powerful structure in the world. We could all join the many, many paths of the world to the one path that honors every being, and then we’ll see that the other connection of the bridge will become clear as the promise of faith and reason of a Father who loves His children far beyond the world says it will.

The parable of the bridge brings me great joy. The reasoning in my mind says I will be there. I will join with you as we clear our minds of foolish thoughts and accept the gift the bridge leads us to. I am ready now. I am training my mind to accept you where you are. I invite you to join me on the bridge when you are ready. Perhaps today? Why not? I request your being on the bridge. Does the only pathway that offers truth require any preparation in illusions of the world? If you knew who you really were, could you feel unworthy of your rightful place, knowing it is yours?

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Upon Awakening --by Rev. Therese Anne Ward

Arise! Awaken!
Greet the dawn with resounding joy!

My jewel that was 'lost'is found.
My Child that was 'dead'
is come alive.

My Son shines radiant gold,
a spectacle to behold.

Never before had One such as this
been seen, known or dreamed of.

To know Its splendor and glory,
is to know God
and see God face to face.

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Is It Time for the Next Step? --by Rev. Linda Grosscup

Do you remember the old song, about the toes being connected to the foot, the foot being connected to the leg, the leg being connected to the hip, etc.? How we take this body movement for granted, until one day, it no longer responds like it did the day before.

In September, my leg gave a message of non-participation. It clearly was not interested in holding my weight or supporting any idea of movement. Being a longtime metaphysical practitioner, I knew that I needed to use this 'time out'to look at what was really going on beyond the physical appearances of the situation.

After doing my own personal Reiki treatment and asking for support, I settled down to mediate and journal for the root cause over the next few days.

I had been at a place in my 'day job'where I felt the environment was not healthy for the employees (myself included). Expectations of job functions had become more than unrealistic, with upper management totally out of touch with what really goes on day to day. I had decided to leave my current position. Doing my daily spiritual process of Reiki, meditation, asking for guidance, and journaling led me to take steps to look for other opportunities.

I had several interviews and was feeling things were moving along quite well towards a change. During this time, subtle changes were starting to develop at my current position. Although I was aware of them and had expressed some gratitude, my steps were still leading toward departure.

Interestingly enough, the Universe had another plan. One night, several years ago, I clearly received a message during meditation that I would be going to my current place of employment. At the time I was emotional about this revelation, as I felt the challenge would be great. Sure enough within a couple of weeks the call came for me to interview for the position, which resulted in my being accepted.

It was now becoming clear that the force that put me in this location was not ready for me to leave. I was able to sort out messages that came during my time out. A house divided cannot stand (consciousness). What is my next step? What do I stand for I on (Principle)? Why do I want to leave?

Although I have believed for some time that God gave me the job assignment, part of me was in resistance. I needed to surrender the entire job experience to my Higher Power. I needed to stop seeing my life as two different segments, one of 'day job'and one of healer, minister. If I chose to leave, it had to be to go toward what I wanted, not away from what I did not want. I also realized that there were incongruities in some of my thoughts, words and actions. To demonstrate at the level I choose to be, it is necessary to be congruent on all levels and be authentic in every interaction. Once I got these insights, the leg was amazingly willing to support my activities.

There has been a huge energy shift in my daily working experience. At this point I believe my role is to be there to help balance the energy. Maintaining daily use of Reiki, prayer and meditation, I continue to 'go with the flow.'I continue to go within and listen to Guidance. One day it will be time for me to leave and I will clearly know when to take the step.

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Recently a young friend, Tom, called and asked if he could come out and talk with me. I knew by the tone of his voice and his halting speech that he was upset. So before he arrived, I went to my quiet place and performed a ritual to help me ground and center myself. I lit a candle and asked for God’s help to be a patient and loving instrument so that I could assist Tom by listening to his many concerns without absorbing his negative emotions.

After he talked for while and began to look and talk more calmly, I decided it was time for action. I asked him if he would like to go for a walk through our woods with me. I explained that many of my friends have found this to be a very calming and spiritual experience. He was delighted. So we went out and had a lovely walk along the many woodsy trails, watching the birds and squirrels at play. We also sat on a bench for awhile to watch the sun slowly sink beneath a horizon of pine trees.

When we returned to the house, Tom was much calmer and less worried than when he arrived at my home. I then suggested that we do a communion service, hoping to use a spiritual ceremony as a stepping stone to reconnect Tom to the peace and strength of the Christ within him.

By the time we had our altar arranged, two other friends unexpectedly dropped by for a visit and joined us in our beautiful and uplifting ceremony. After the ceremony, the peace and love that everyone felt stayed in the room and each person went home feeling more connected to the Christ within them and better able to handle the stress of the week to come. Tom left looking and feeling much better than he did when he arrived.

I am happy that Tom called on me when he felt lost and needed someone to talk to because, in extending myself to help him, I received so much spiritual grace and peace myself.

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I received this message when I was depressed and felt like giving up. It turned my mind around and now I want to share its blessings with you, remembering that I strengthen the ideas I share with others in myself.

'Child of Light, you have a rightful place in Heaven. Don’t give it up for something that is not real! Do not content yourself with less.

'In today’s lesson you have been promised full release from the world you made. You are entitled to remember and experience Who you are. It is easy to remember, you needn’t strain... ease into remembering.

'Take my hand. I will hold it out to you... trust me. I will lead you... It’s all OK!

'Together we shall walk into the one eternal day... all crossing the finish line together. It is finished. It is a done deal. Your salvation is assured.

'Have a wonderful time today my friend. I am with you all the way to All that Is!'

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