God Goes with Me Wherever I Go

Healing Inner Child Experience

I just finished facilitating an 8-week healing inner child group.  Wow!  To see the changes that have occurred in the participants is simply amazing.  Spirit does His work so well!  When we are willing to experience the healing, sometimes by simply showing up, truly wonderful things occur.  I feel so blessed to have been a part of this experience. I learned both as both student and facilitator that Spirit leads the class.  All I have to do is show up and be open.  It is phenomenal to witness!

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Just Do It!

When the sun is shining on a gorgeous spring day, you’ve received a windfall (or just a raise!) and you are feeling great… when you are newly in love, or received a nice compliment, how do you act towards another? Don’t you look at the world through rose colored glasses letting those feelings continue until “reality” pulls you down? Why would you act any differently when things are not rosy? Why do we have to be a victim of what is happening “to” us? This is an inside job. Let’s let go of victim consciousness! It is all in how we perceive things. How do we continue to capture the good feelings that prevail during those “glorious” times? It is by choice. We have to make a conscious decision to not make a big deal about anything and continually return to Peace. It’s all a dream anyway! Why not make it a happy one! I am currently facilitating a Healing the Inner Child Group and we are working on Week 5: Stop, look and listen! Stop, Look, and Listen to what is going on inside and make a conscious decision to return to Christ consciousness. Or if you’re not sure what that means…give it to Holy Spirit to decide for you.  It doesn’t matter how many times we do this, as Nike says, Just Do It!

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Abundance and Being Present

I am currently working on the Miracle Principles Abundance Awareness (# 908) with fellow colleagues.  In doing this work I have become enlightened as to what abundance truly is and how it is received (and given).  I used to think that abundance was material; things, money and my pursuit of it. I thought of something I wanted and went for it to the best of my ability. At times I succeeded; at times I became greatly frustrated by wanting and not getting. Much like a young child, I would throw an inner tantrum. I now realize that true abundance is only through Holy Spirit and is realized when you acquiesce to the guidance of Holy Spirit, letting it lead you to abundance;  whether it be money, things, peace, joy, health, etc., in the most harmonious of ways. Wash everything through the waters of Holy Spirit. If it comes out the other side, it was meant to be and will be for the good of all concerned. If not, it may not be what you ultimately thought (be careful what you wish for!).
The desire to be of service to God allows for true abundance. When you create for the greatest good, miraculous things occur.

Another thing I’ve learned is that an important part of abundance is being present. When we are present, we are not living in the past or fearful about the future, we are available to hear Holy Spirit’s soft clear voice.  When we hear His direction, we are directed towards true abundance. I believe that meditation is a wonderful way to practice being present.  I use a simple daily meditation of no more than 10-20 minutes a day of counting to 10 on the out breathe. So, breathe in, and breath out, count 1, breathe in, breath out, 2, etc…up to 10, then begin again at 1. If your mind begins to wander, just bring it gently back to the counting, starting at 1 again. You get the picture.

Lesson 322 in the ACIM workbook states, “I sacrifice illusions; nothing more. And as illusions go I find the gifts illusions tried to hide, awaiting me in shining welcome, and in readiness to give God’s ancient messages to me.  His memory abides in every gift that I receive of Him.  And every dream serves only to conceal the Self which is God’s only Son, the likeness of Himself, the Holy One Who still abides in Him forever, as He still abides in me. (Lesson 322:1-4)

If you ever have questions or comments about anything I write, please feel free to contact me. I would love to hear from you.  Blessings in Light…

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The Rush

I used to work in restaurants.  The rush was the time when all the customers would come at once, such as lunchtime. Before then, we leisurely set up and prepared for the rush.  Then suddenly every table would be filled up and we were running around like chickens without heads, while looking calm and in control.

This is similar to life. There are lulls and there are the rush times.  It is during the slower times in life, we have the opportunity to consciously work on our “plan of peace” so when the busy times come, it is so ingrained in our mind, that we are able to remember to choose peace and move through the period relatively unscathed by ego.  I would have to say that the thing that I consciously practice at those quiet times is to step back and allow Holy Spirit to take the lead. Because when Holy Spirit is in control, I know that peace is the outcome. In the past, I always thought that I knew how to practice, what to think, where to go, what to say.  But I know that I do not know what will bring me true peace, so it is Gods will that I now desire in my life.  I know one thing for sure, God knows more than me…and I am tired of trying to figure it all out!

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Row, Row, Row…

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream…
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream…

It’s an ancient nursery rhyme that was thought to be created by traveling minstrels that I apply to my life each and every day.

So simple, its words re-establish peace, keeping me calm and serene when ego is rearing its nasty head.  I put myself in the boat, rhythmically rowing my oars. I envision the bow cutting through the flow as I dreamily paddle down the clear stream.  I hear the gentle ripple of the water…I love to hear the sound as the oar lifts the water and lazily drops it back in…I inhale the intoxicating aroma of flowers and trees and earth in the air…and watch the sunlight as it sparkles and glistens off the wet surfaces.  It is truly a wonderful place to be!

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A Quick Course in Health

This morning I was reading my workbook lesson, “My body is a wholly neutral thing” (L#294).  I started thinking, we go through so much trouble taking care of our bodies, what we put on it, how we feed it, tend to it when it is sick. What if we had such a deep belief in our oneness with God that we never had to do any of those things? Now, I am not a proponent of walking around naked (although it would be nice if it was a society norm!), but can you imagine how much more time we would have if we didn’t have to do all this stuff?  Think of how much more time we would have soaking in the love of God, experiencing the joy that is our right, reveling in the pursuit of happiness… just relaxing (we all seem to be so tired all the time!). 

Our health would be exemplary and health insurance would be a thing of the past.  With God as our insurance company we are guaranteed perfect health.  Think of all the money we would save! 

There are ways out of this.  Firstly, using our mind in a constructive way…as hard as this sounds, what we believe is what we attract.  Sometimes these beliefs are tucked away deep in our unconscious mind, causing havoc, like a virus that infects a computer.  We don’t know where it came from, but we definitely know it is there.  To begin the healing, we must recognize this and make a choice to change our beliefs. Question what you believe, be open to seeing things differently! Take micro-steps. This won’t happen overnight and celebrate the small successes.  Stop beating yourself up when you slip up a bit!  In truth, we are perfect in every way.  We have to make the overall decision to believe in this truth. When you are looking dis-ease or the flu in the face, choose to see perfect health, remembering that is what you are.  You are not a body, you are free, (paraphrasing Lesson 199). Your body is to be used as a means for awakening, it is wholly neutral.  See it that way. Instead of identifying with yourself as the body, see yourself as an eternal spirit.  Begin to separate from the body; don’t take it’s issues and this life so seriously. 

Another thing is forgiveness.  Lack of forgiveness is like closing the door on God.  I look at it this way.  If I am not forgiving my brother, than I am only hurting myself.  Forgiveness does not mean that you have to stay in the bad relationship or keep yourself in a negative environment; it just means that you choose to see the truth of that person/s; the shining light that is the truth of who they are, no matter how deeply it may be buried inside of them and recognize that they are a mirror for ourselves. Be willing to see what is buried within us, by looking at the people who disturb our peace as our teachers who reveal the healing that we need. They are helping us to solve our internal puzzle, to clear our mental cobwebs. Ultimately nothing outside of us really means anything; it is our mind that decides how we perceive everything.  Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?  Choose happiness, it’s a lot more fun! 

I had struggled with body image and mental health for much of my life having climbed out of the dark hole of depression and bulimia and now as a customer service rep for an insurance company, I speak with people every day facing all kinds of health issues and the fear that surrounds dis-ease.  I have great compassion for them and send them a silent blessing. I recognize myself in them.  I know in my heart that they are perfect health and hold that for them until the day when they are able to believe that for themselves. 

I have also found that letting go and letting God, as trite as it may sound, has been a tremendous help to me.  We don’t have to do this ourselves.  We have been given the Holy Spirit to walk with us.  Use the Holy Spirit! We have been given this holy helper as our individual counselor, friend and healer.  Think of him/her as your best friend, who has only your unending happiness in mind. Find and listen for the small soft voice within.  It is there.  Get quiet and listen.  And surrender… that can be the biggest one!  Surrendering all that we think we have to “someone”(Holy Spirit) that we are not sure will get it right for us, understand us, know what we ‘want’ is difficult.  Though, as I learn to do this more and more, my life becomes more peaceful… more aligned with God (or Good).  Sometimes you need to get through the storm of doubt before that allowing can come in, but it is there and it is worth the effort to find. Being open to change will ironically lead to the changeless Truth and ultimately, great health.   

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The “Sun” of God

As a student of A Course in Miracles, there have been times when the word “Son” has irritated me.  I believed that I had moved past this, but recently I was thinking about it and how it can hold a student(obviously me!) back from really getting into the deeper meaning because of this simple (and actually meaningless) three letter word.  Now, I can get into all the implications of what Son could be perceived as, but I don’t feel it necessary.  As I said, I was thinking about the word and Spirit said to me, “Think of it as the “Sun” of God instead.  I thought how perfect this is!  In truth, we are the light, the magnificent shining Sun of God!  This made me feel great and every time I think of it, reinforces the Truth of our Light.  For those of you struggling with the word, I would encourage you to also think of it this way.  See how it feels. We are the brilliant Sun of God!  May your light shine brightly upon the world and each other until we are blinded by its brilliance and magnitude to the point where we can no longer vision this dream of separation any longer and see only Truth.  Blessings.

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