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Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
Having lived more than a few years of life now, I have come to know that most people in the world are genuinely kind and loving at heart. But I have also noticed that there seems to be something that stops some of us from fearlessly expressing love and kindness to others we meet in life. Especially if they are considered to be strangers or someone we don’t “know.”
Students of A Course in Miracles are more aware than most that there is no such thing as a stranger, only a brother, and that every encounter is a Holy encounter. Yet, many of us still struggle to be more open and fearless with others.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
I walked into my manager’s office, tension running through my body. I sat down, looked into her eyes, told her I was giving my two weeks, and promptly burst into tears.
I was not happy at my current job, and I’d gotten a new one that paid more and was closer to my home. It was a victory, really. It just didn’t feel that way.
Ever since I was young, I believed that my job should make me happy. I grew up with people telling me to “follow my passion.” I read books that said doing what you love to do is the meaning of life. And, conversely, I watched adults in my life suffer and curse their jobs as the source of their unhappiness.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
This world we live in is full of changes and distractions. I can be peacefully sitting in my home and the phone could ring and a voice inform me of some bad news I was not prepared to hear. My world can go from very peaceful to the living hell of trying to comprehend the impossible.
A break up, a divorce, a diagnosis, a death, an accident, it doesn’t matter, they’re all the same. This kind of event intrudes into our somehow seemingly ordered lives and smashes us. It scatters each and every part of how we knew ourselves just moments ago.
How do we bring ourselves from the state of disbelief, disappointment, delusion and complete confusion? It all starts with remembering.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
Lately, people are sharing their concerns about money with me. Some are expressing future concerns — feeling they have enough money to take care of themselves now, but worrying whether they will have enough down the road. Others are feeling tired because earning the money they do have is hard work, so hard that their bodies ache. Then there are those feeling they do not have enough money right now — not enough to pay for the offices they rent to earn their livelihood.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
“When my check comes, I’ll finally get my affairs straightened out — then I’ll be happy.
“If she forgives me, and gives me another chance — then for sure I’ll be happy.
“All I need is for it not to rain next Tuesday, then the event will go well — and I’ll be happy.
“Is this day of hell ever going to end? At least after work I’ll be able to go home and relax — then I’ll be happy.”
Waiting, waiting, waiting! Does the ego have a better trick? Practically every conversation between Course students will reinforce the concept that, “the only time that exists is right now.” Then, while this concept is being discussed, the students will leave reality and start talking about “waiting,” waiting for something to happen. Waiting to finish the ACIM lessons, waiting for the next workshop to begin, waiting for a future occurrence when at long last they’ll be happy. Waiting for the impossible to become possible.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
As a container — the physical ecosystem fully supports all life within it, oxygen and water all regenerative and perfectly supportive to our lives.
The ecosystem of God’s mind works the same. We exist within this beautifully pure mind — an ecosystem of Love.
Miracles News,
April-June, 2016
We say, “I love you,” all the time. I love my children, I love my spouse, I love my friends. We feel like we have lots of love to go around. And for the most part, I think we are sincere about that, but are we? What is love really?
There are different kinds of love, at least on the earth plane. The love we have for our siblings is different than the love we have for our friends. The love we have for our spouses or lover is completely different than the love we have for our children or our parents etc. We compare our love. We feel people have to prove love. We sometimes feel a shortage of love. Well is this really love?
Below are example references to specific sentences using the notation of the Second & Third Editions of A Course in Miracles published by the Foundation for Inner Peace:
T-26.IV.4:7 = Text, Chapt. 26, Section IV, paragraph 4, sentence 7.
W-169.5:2 = Workbook, Lesson 169, paragraph 5, sentence 2.
W-pII.1.1:1 = Workbook, Part II, Question 1, paragraph 1, sentence 1.
M-13.3:2 = Manual for Teachers, Question 13, paragraph 3, sentence 2.
C-6.4:6 = Clarification of Terms, Term 6, paragraph 4, sentence 6
The above numbering system of the Second & Third Editions published by The Foundation for A Course in Miracles
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