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Allowing In the Voice of Love --by Rev. Mary De May

Many times I find the doubts of the false mind seem to take predominance in my thoughts. When I am willing to allow in the Voice of Love, when I am willing to let go of what has appeared as 'fact' to me, I receive the help of my Inner Guide. I recently was given the following thoughts to heal the worry and fear in my mind.

My loving daughter, everything you have, you give. Everything that you are aware of, you give. When you are aware you are immersed in Love, then you naturally give Love. You become aware of the realness of Love. You feel calm, confident and happy.

You ask endless questions but there is nothing you need 'do' to receive what is given you, now. The array of questions is just a screen for not letting go of false ideas and idols that do not protect you.

You are safe this very instant. You are always loved in each moment. You are free in every instant. The Love that created you has not changed, nor has the Thought about you dimmed. You are loved beyond this crazy world. You are loved and cherished and sustained without measure of any kind. What is without distance or measure, cannot conceive of the devices or thoughts of this world. You are whole, complete and flawless because you have not changed what Love created perfect.

Lay down your defense against the Truth. Lay down the endless excuses of what you can or cannot be. You did not make yourself, yet you exist, and so you can and will remember the truth beyond this dream of shadows. Your shadow dream is not life, yet has become the means to set you free and find your way Home. It is the means for you to wake because, in this dream, you let go and overlook the illusions that seem to separate.

You are never, never alone. Your Companion, your Guide, always walks with you. Rest in this certainty. You can have perfect rest in this thought: You cannot be alone. You cannot fail to hear His words. His attendance to you is undiminished, unswayed and in perfect timing and cadence to your position.

Trust in His Presence. Trust in His Voice for you. Trust in His direction. How perfect is your path; how bright the visitation; how joyous is the journey! It is a daily adventure into Heaven and you go not alone. Your path is lit, and you cannot fail to move ahead. Simply remember you are not alone. You can never be alone.

These thoughts helped me remember I am so very loved. How can I ever doubt this Love? How can I ever not feel this Love? We are constantly transformed by this Love, constantly renewed. How simple and how profound. It is arrogant to believe that I could not be loved, or not be as Love created me. It is arrogant to think I stand alone, apart from Love.

That is the simple foolishness of ego belief, ego identity. I am not a body, therefore not an ego. The ego is a childish belief, a whim to want something other than what Love has given me. Let me now accept all that I am, a creation of Love, and let me be as Love created me to be.

Rev. Mary De May is a Pathways of Light minister living in Kiel, Wisconsin.
Email: RevMDM@pathwaysoflight.org

The Trust Walk --by Rev. Marcia Tribolini

I have recently moved to a new location. After weeks of sorting and sifting and the actual physical move, I began to settle into my new home. As I settled in, I watched the ego aspect of my mind play its usual game of fear and separation.

One evening as I was feeling particularly lonely and vulnerable, my ego began to provide a steady stream of reasons why I should undo the move I had just completed and return to my previous location. By the end of the night, I was thoroughly convinced of how much more peace and happiness I would have if I followed this voice. However, these thoughts also brought a lot of confusion and uncertainty, as I had not been happy for a long time prior to the move. (Isn't it amazing how much chaos the ego voice can produce?)

I finally went to bed, filled with feelings of pain and confusion. As I fell asleep, I prayed to Spirit for release from my confused state, and for clear direction. I did sleep. And as soon as I awoke and became conscious in the morning, I heard Spirit speak to me. The Voice said these exact words, "Do not go running back to the past just because you cannot see the future." In that moment, I understood clearly.

The only thing the ego knows is anxiety and fear regarding the future, or pain and regret regarding the past. Even if the past was painful, that is a much more comfortable place to be, according to my ego, than in this present moment, facing an unknown future.

If I place my trust in the ego voice, I can only worry about the future or have regret about the past. On the other hand, if I place my trust in Spirit, I can relax into this present moment, knowing I did the best I possibly could in the past, I place my future in the hands of God, and I am perfectly safe if I do so.

I understood that Spirit was telling me to sit still, trust, and be open, even if I did not yet know the next step my path would take. I only need give my life and my future to God, and trust that all I need for my spiritual growth and my return to the remembrance of my Oneness with God will be provided.

I need do nothing but listen and follow, as guided by Spirit. I always receive help whenever I ask. For now, it is a trust walk with Spirit to only know about this present moment. For now, that is enough.

Rev. Marcia Tribolini is a Pathways of Light minister living in Kiel, Wisconsin.
Email: mtribolini@iglide.net

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Love Affair --by Rachel Tredinnick

Oooh this wild love affair!
My sweet, divine lover.
There is no time in your presence.
Each breath like golden droplets
upon my tongue.
The passion unruly,
the understanding divine.
I make love to you for hours,
in the sweet stillness of peace.

We have been apart for so long.
Your hand gently on my shoulder
as I wept for my return.
To be apart, hell.

Oh, Beloved I wish to join. I have been swept off of my feet, to know darkness no more.
I shall commit every waking hour to Your Presence. You are my true Love,
I wish never to forget again…

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God's Gift --by Rev. Georgeann Medved

Our neighbors, Jerry and Marilyn, had an old brown Labrador Retriever that went blind in February as a complication of diabetes. I was scheduled to go to Detroit for 3 months at the time but cancelled my plans to be with Cody. The dog had been visiting our house almost every day since he was a pup and I needed to pay him back for all of the hours of amusement he had provided for us.

After his sight went I would go to his house and get him every day for a visit. One of his favorite people, Deanna, another neighbors daughter, would come over every day when she saw him with me and play with him. At 23 she was wise enough to make the most of the time they had left together.

If I didn't go fetch Cody for one day, the following day he would run away from his people and walk a half mile along a path through the woods to our house. Jerry or Marilyn would alert me by phone so that I would locate him by calling his name and clapping my hands until he barked and then came directly to me.

During his last three weeks, Cody would wake Jerry to go outside in the night and then slip off into the darkness to our house, bark, come in and expect to party. I got used to feeding him, playing with him and then letting him take a nap. Later, donning coat and boots, I would take him home in my car and quietly let him inside so we didn't wake anyone.

Starting April 15, we had some unusual 90 degree days and on April 16, Cody was very, very ill. He was not moving, eating or drinking. We knew it would be just hours before he left us. I visited him three times that day so that he wouldn't get lonesome.

At 9:15 p.m., Marilyn called. The dog was gone. In just a few minutes, Jerry found Cody in the woods, half way to our house, walking very slowly, but deliberately down the wooded path. Jerry lovingly carried him home and put him to bed where he died early the next morning.

I will always remember Cody with deep love and affection. His love was pure and unconditional. His faithfulness was earth shattering. I didn't know that I would ever be given the opportunity to bond with an animal in such a deep and loving way. Cody taught me lots of lessons about love, faithfulness, living and dying. I am grateful to him and to God for sending him to us. Cody was truly a gift from God.

Rev.Georgeann Medved is a Pathways of Light minister living in Columbiaville, Michigan.
Email: revgeorgeann@juno.com.

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Finding True Happiness --by Rev. Mary Stoelting

Ultimately, we all have one lesson to learn -- and that is the lesson of finding where our true happiness lies. If we think we are a separate body, we have believed we could find true happiness by setting ourselves apart from God and our brothers. We have thought we could find true happiness through acquiring special and beautiful things, or experiencing special events. We have looked for happiness in specialness and have thought that if we made our body special enough, we would get that attention we so desired.

We may have found brief moments of receiving the specialness we desired, but it was always fleeting. One moment it is there and the next moment it is gone. We get discouraged but we try, and try again.

In our search for happiness, we often feel alone and isolated. It is not a happy feeling. In this state of mind, we feel no one really cares about us the way we want to be cared for. We feel an emptiness inside that nothing in the world we see outside us can fill in a lasting way.

We keep our minds busy by going new places, meeting new people, or buying new things. This makes the emptiness go away for awhile, but in quiet times, that feeling of emptiness creeps back, reminding us that we haven't found true and lasting happiness yet. We take solace in food, television, and myriad forms of outer activities such as boating, skiing, swimming, running or entertaining ourselves by reading, listening to music or watching movies.

We avoid being really quiet. We avoid stilling our active minds. If we stopped searching for happiness 'out in the world,' it would be like admitting that we have been wrong all along. We would have to admit that we have made the wrong choices. We would have to admit that we have been looking for happiness in all the wrong places. We might have to admit that we don't really know how to find true and lasting happiness. We might be tempted to give up trying to find yet another form of getting pleasure from something in this world.

I spent the first half of my life looking for happiness through attaining degrees, buying clothes, cars and a beautiful home. I kept myself busy with working, swimming, cooking, gardening, reading and being with friends and family. On the outside it looked just rosy. It looked like the American dream come true. But inside I was still searching. I still felt an emptiness, a sense that I was still lacking in some way. There had to be something more to life that would make it more fulfilling. I was at an important turning point. I called out for the help of a Power beyond myself.

This led to a series of inner and then outer changes in my life. I started to read books on a new kind of inner spirituality. I attended classes and workshops. I met people that had this same drive to find inner peace rather than one outer excitement after another.

I found that I was being led on an inner journey that was the answer to my prayers. I grew in awareness of my connection with a Power greater than my own. I practiced going to this inner Presence of peace and gentleness as often as I could. I relished this quiet time where I could connect with this Source of inner Guidance I had found. I had the practice of journalling about my concerns, my fears and doubts and then asking this Source within for greater insight. It was very helpful. I had found my inner Teacher and Its guidance really helped me make better choices and be more kind and loving. I experienced an inner gentleness that I was not aware of before. I now knew I was not alone on this journey.

In 1984 my inner Teacher led me to A Course in Miracles® and it has profoundly affected my life. I find it to be a powerful tool in helping me reverse my thinking and orient my mind toward the Truth. As I continue to reinforce daily the important practice of looking at all my barriers to Love and following the guidance of my inner Teacher, I am led to greater happiness.

I still have times when fear crops up and I forget about my inner Teacher. In this state of mind I make poor choices and find myself in an unhappy place again.

But now I know enough to become quiet and relax if I want my experience to change. I am gradually learning to hand over every apprehension, every care and every form of suffering to my inner Teacher. I am learning to open my mind again and again to God's peace.

I know that if I really want peace, I will experience it. If I let my mind keep chattering away, I am not yet ready to accept the peace and wisdom of my inner Teacher. In time I come again to the turning point of being fed up with the way I feel. I am finally willing to be led to a state of inner peace and receive a change of mind.

I now know it is my willingness to lay down the barriers to peace that gives me the experience of inner peace and inner happiness. I no longer feel like a tiny boat being tossed around in the storms of life. I no longer feel like a victim. It is always my choice to keep the ego going or to lay it down. I am learning to be quiet more and be led by my inner Companion Who knows how to choose wisely. I am learning to be quiet and listen so I can make choices that bring me true happiness. I am learning to give what I have received. I am learning that I give only to my Self, because there is only one Self.

Rev. Mary Stoelting is co-founder of Pathways of Light, living in Kiel, Wisconsin. Email: office@pathwaysoflight.org

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