Pathways of Light Miracles News, 10/99 p. 1

Miracles News Fall 1999

My Miracle "Buddy" • It's an Inside Job • There Are No Small Miracles • Healing My Mind with Spirit • More Fall '99 Articles
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My Miracle "Buddy" -- by Rev. Christine Anderson

It was Sunday morning and I was in my room, feeling lonely. Then an old familiar pain started to revisit my body in the area of my stomach. Other times when this pain appeared, another person was present to lovingly help me through it with the help of Inner Guidance. This time was different. There was no other person to hold my hand. No outer soft voice to soothe my fears. I thought back to those other times and remembered that crying was part of my experience which helped to loosen the tightness in my stomach. So I reasoned that this was the thing to do.

It didn't work. I started to think how horrible this pain can become and I really started to cry. I was running out of solutions. I sat on the edge of my bed and repeated over and over again, "My Father and I are one. My Father and I are one." I started to experience a lifting, away from the pain and the body that seemed so real.

I became aware of a loving Presence as I sat with my eyes closed. I said, "Who are you?" He said his name was Emanuel -- another name for Jesus. He said that He was here to help me if I would let Him. I said I was willing to receive help. My experience then was that He put His hand on my diaphragm, that was tight as a drum. Every place that was in pain that He touched, the pain melted away. I was seeing and feeling this very clearly. It was a very real experience. I thanked Him and I asked about concerns about my physical health. He held my heart in His hands and said, "Your heart is strong and well. Everything is all right." I asked Him when my confusion and conflict would be over. He said, "It's over now." And what about all my problems? He said, "What problems?"

I felt very blessed to have experienced this healing miracle as I faced the lie that I was ever alone. My Friend Emanual appeared very quickly and easily in a time of great willingness and sincere need to know that I am complete and healed and whole. I am not alone. I am joined with God and all that is real is Love.

I am open to knowing the Love that I am without having pain be the impetus for me to receive It. I don't have to be in pain first to receive Love. In the healing room of my mind where I was visited by the loving Being called Emanuel, I received all the help that I needed in just the right way. This will always be the case as I willingly come to this place of peace and healing in my own right mind.

Sometimes there will be an outer hand extended from a friend or a soft, peaceful voice to help me. And His holy messengers in a body also appear because of my willingness to be helped by Holy Spirit.

As I consistently open to this relationship with Spirit in my mind, I experience the Light of God extending out to all I meet. I see that they are the same Friend. That Friend will appear in whatever form I need at the time. This helps me let go of specialness and depending on an outer person to bring me happiness or a sense of safety that I really have within. Instead of wanting to be joined at the hip with another person in form, I'm joined at the heart with the whole Kingdom of God. This experience has helped me see that the "buddy" that I have been looking for my whole life has been within me all the time -- eternally. Jesus (Emanuel) is my Buddy, and can be yours too, if you choose.

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It's an Inside Job -- by Rev. Bob Slawson

I met my son for brunch on a beautiful Sunday morning in Milwaukee. We then spent the afternoon at County Stadium watching the Brewers lose a baseball game. Bob and I had been estranged for many years. Quite recently at a family birthday party he approached me and asked if I would go to a Brewers game with him. I was delighted. At long last we might heal our relationship. My prayers were being answered. As the date of our outing grew closer, my excitement mounted. My hopes and expectations were soaring. Our meal was great and we had a wonderful time at the game reminiscing about the past and really enjoying each other's company. My expectations were more than realized. It was a perfect day. We parted with a hug and both saying, "I love you."

I got into my car and started my seventy mile trip back to the Pathways of Light Center in Kiel, WI. On the northern outskirts of Milwaukee, my car stalled on the freeway. What had been a dream come true turned into a nightmare. I suddenly changed from feeling blessed and full of Love to feeling cursed and full of fear. My anxiety grew. My mind was crammed with fear-filled questions. "How would I get home to Pathways? How could I afford to get my car fixed? How could I get help? What was I to do?" My fear intensified. I was close to panic.

A thought came into my mind to go to Spirit. Much to my surprise, I didn't ask Spirit to fix my car. I asked that fear be replaced with peace. Slowly I began to relax. My tension slowly melted away. I softened and began to feel at peace. I was able to get off the freeway and phone for help.

The meaning of the experience is just now becoming clear to me. The form (the car) and its behavior (not running) is no different than the form of a person and their behavior. I give everything all the meaning it has for me. Any time I am upset, anxious, hurt, angry or fearful in any way, it is because I am out of touch with my Higher Self and the sure way back is to ask Holy Spirit to remove the blocks to love and peace. I do have a choice. It's an inside job.

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There Are No Small Miracles -- by Rev. Kevin L. Fields

"What do I do?" the young man asked me, rather sheepishly. "Just lay on your back up here on the table, take three deep breaths and relax," I told him. "If you want to, you can close your eyes and just go wherever your mind takes you."

As I placed my hands in the first Reiki position, I silently asked Spirit to work through me to end the illusion in my mind that there was any separation between us, and that this Soul laying before me would find some comfort, and realize the unconditional Love that was all around him. Closing my eyes, I began to feel the Energy move through me, leaving my hands and entering my brother. As the intensity grew, my mind took me to the series of miracles which had brought me here to this retreat for HIV/AIDS patients.

Earlier in the day, I had been working on an exercise in one of my Pathways lessons in which I was to experience receiving unconditional Love. Quite frankly, it was a hard lesson, but one which was having immediate results. I became aware that this individual who was on the table before me had prepared Christmas dinner for me, and my significant other, three years ago. He had offered me unconditional Love at a time in my life when all seemed bleak and empty. Spirit had brought us full circle, and the gift that he had given me had been returned... "filled to good measure and running over."

When I began my journey consciously back into the arms of Spirit, I had no idea where I would be taken. But somehow I knew that this adventure would surely be better than could ever be imagined. I simply had to let go of everything I thought I believed and allow Love to guide me into Its ways. First, Love had shown me that I was a Divine Child of God, no more nor less than anyone else on the planet and that there was no separation between any of us.

With understanding at the core of my new life, new experiences began to come to me. My first course in Pathways found me and began to allow the healing of my mind and relations with myself and others around me. Recovery from the dis-ease of addiction took on new meaning, and the message that I had heard over and over again moved from the intellect into my heart. Miracles began to manifest, and while at the time I considered them small, I began to understand that no miracle is small. The very breath that I take in each moment is a miracle, the miracle of life and of Love made manifest.

Most important of all, was the understanding that with new life comes new responsibility. That being the willingness to pass on the Love that Spirit gives me in gentle and quiet ways, whenever and wherever I am guided to do so. Well, that "whenever and wherever" is in every waking moment and in every situation in which I find myself.

I have come to believe that we who choose to follow Love's ways, can become smug and comfortable in the world if we are not consciously aware of the gift, the miracle, which we have been given. This gift is to be given to those who seek what we have found. At times, this may take us into those places and situations which at one time we would not have dared to venture into, no matter what. We have to become willing to be held up to ridicule and misunderstanding, yet ever knowing that Love is lighting the way, with gentleness, kindness and patience. That is a miracle in itself, the knowing that as Love creates new peace within us, It becomes manifested in the world outside of us. As a result of this continued co-creation and willingness, more and more people and situations are drawn to the Light and Love within each of us. And, in turn, that Light and Love grows ever brighter, ever stronger.

I had no idea that my friend would be here at this retreat when I agreed to participate. And I had no idea of what else I would experience there. The wonder of this is that I didn't need to have any idea. I simply knew that whatever Spirit led me into would be safe and healing for all involved. A knowing of my heart, not my head. As I finished the treatment, I asked that my friend sit up slowly, drink the glass of water that I offered him, and be still and quiet for a moment. As he sat there, I felt a tear roll down my cheek, and Love welling up inside of me like a giant balloon filling inside my chest.

This feeling was to repeat itself well over 25 times in the next 48 hours and the tears of Love and gratitude did not ever seem to stop. When he finished his water, I asked him if I could embrace him. Silently nodding his head yes, we reached out to each other, physically and spiritually. Our arms held each other tightly and I felt a current of Love pass between our hearts. As his head nestled onto my shoulder, I could feel a slight sob escape his breath. In that moment I whispered, "You are as loved and valued as the stars in the heavens. Don't ever doubt that I love you."

I knew in that instant, without doubt, what the Master meant when he told us, "This new commandment I leave with you. Love one another as I have loved you." There are no... small... miracles.

Healing My Mind with Spirit -- by Rev. Wenona Thomas

In our daily 2-hour sessions with A Course in Miracles, we have been practicing taking all our perceived problems to the Holy Spirit for healing. It has recently come to my awareness that I can apply what I am learning to my experience of having headaches. I have had dull headaches that come and go for about two years. I usually take magic pills and the "problem" disappears. This past month the magic pills became a daily habit and I realized I was ready to heal the source of the problem in my mind instead of resorting to the magic pills.

So I asked a Accessing Inner Wisdom Counselor to guide me through a spiritual counseling. I was guided into a relaxed state where I was led to let the Holy Spirit bring me a new perception. The following is what I received from Spirit to help me heal my mind:

I see a little house in the woods with a golden path. I knock on the door. An old woman's voice calls from within, inviting me into the cottage. I walk in. The house is completely empty. Everything is black inside. There is a hole in the floor. I go into the hole. It is a slide. I slide down till I come to another door. I knock politely. There is no answer. I knock louder. Still no answer. I try to open the door, but it appears locked. I bang on the door, kick the door, scream and yell for someone to let me in. But still no answer. I decide to give up trying (efforting). I sit down and wait. I become calmer as I sit.

Suddenly a golden Spirit of Light appears. He says, "My child, you really didn't want to get in the door. If you had, it would have opened." He flicks the door with his finger and the door flies open easily. "My child, simplicity is the key to everything. Simplicity. Simplicity. Simplicity. It's all very simple. Your headaches are there because you want them. They distract you from everything. They turn your attention to nothing. Your headaches are what you want because they take you away from experiencing the truth. You seem to think experiencing the truth is a hard job, one which takes a lot of effort. But all your efforts are put toward your fight against the truth. You say you want the experience of truth. You can just let go of your fight against it. This is the cause of your weariness. Whenever you get a headache, stop. Ask yourself if this is what you really want. Then take time to talk to Me. Simplicity and relaxation lead the way."

He gives me a big hug and kiss and tells me He loves me. He tells me to remember that He is always here.

And guess what! My headache went away. This has been a wonderful demonstration to me that I can change my life experience by healing my mind through Holy Spirit.

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My Miracle "Buddy" • It's an Inside Job • There Are No Small Miracles
Healing My Mind with Spirit • More Fall '99 Articles