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Healing the Heartbreak: ACIM Principles in Today’s World

by Rev. Maureen Yarbrough, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

In a world rife with division and turmoil, many of us feel a profound heartbreak as the very foundations of our belief systems begin to crumble. Labels, ideologies, and the identities we once clung to are dissolving, revealing an opportunity for healing and transformation. As A Course in Miracles teaches, “Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.” (T-IN.2:2-3) This profound insight invites us to look beyond surface chaos and embrace a deeper truth.

The current political climate reflects stark divisions among individuals, communities, and nations. Ideological battles rage as people cling to their beliefs, often forgetting the thread of shared humanity that binds us all. In these tumultuous times, ACIM’s teachings remind us of the power of forgiveness and unity, asserting that forgiveness offers everything I see a purpose; I can choose to look upon the world with love instead of fear. This call to forgiveness invites us to step away from the judgment and condemnation that fuels conflict. Instead of viewing those who oppose us as enemies, we are encouraged to recognize them as fellow travelers on the journey of life — children of the same Source, deserving of love and understanding.

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The Gratitude the Ego Cannot Fake

by Rev. Kirsty Randle, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

On Receiving Everything — Not Just the Things We Like

I did not arrive at gratitude through sunsets or morning practices or lists written beside a cup of tea. I arrived at it through resentment. Through shame. Through the ordinary moments in which life refused to arrange itself in ways that made me feel secure, seen, or successful — and through the uncomfortable discovery that every form of gratitude I knew vanished the moment circumstances stopped cooperating.

There is a version of gratitude most of us recognize. It appears when things go well: When the health report comes back clear, when the relationship feels stable, when the coffee tastes right, and the future seems manageable. This gratitude is sincere, but it is also selective. It is approval disguised as spirituality — the ego quietly sorting experiences and placing a tick beside what it prefers.

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Healing My Apprehensions

by Rev. Tarra Bennett, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

With the current wars and the release of the Epstein files I was feeling very sad.

There was a constant aching in my heart for the innocent children and all the people caught in the middle. I was holding grudges and casting blame. I prayed for guidance.

I was guided to look on the Pathways of Light website and read a post I had sent a number of years ago. These are the words that really stood out to me in the post I read referencing lesson 193:

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Windows and Mirrors

by Rev. Vicki Evans, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Today I woke up with a vision of a globe and realized, with the help of Holy Spirit, that I am viewing my perceived worries and problems like a planetary globe — vast, spacious, and all encompassing. Then on the globe I saw a huge crater of hurt and anxiety. I realized that I am viewing my issues as large by creating a crater instead of a small pinhole.

I took a step back and reminded myself that, if something is causing me fear, anxiety, or worry, or I am dreading a difficult situation, I can picture the problem on a globe. Then ask myself how often does that situation really effect my life? Or is it just a pin dot problem that I have expanded by letting in worry instead of Light and Love? Is the issue a lifetime problem, here for a season, or only for a moment?

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Taking the Time to Receive God’s Peace and Happiness

by Revs. Robert and Mary Stoelting, Founders of Pathways of Light

Our soul is nourished as we become more and more willing to journey inward to the Holy Spirit within our mind. As we do this, the ego mind is quieted. The Holy Spirit can then guide us to our inner Light of God’s peace and happiness.

Fear falls away as we are gently brought to the truth of our innate innocence and the fact that we, along with all our brothers, are still as God created us. We feel safe as we let the Holy Spirit nourish our soul by reminding us that God has given everyone in this world all of His eternal Love.

In our experience, we have found that our souls are nourished as we read through the titles of the first 50 lessons of the Workbook. (See Workbook pages iii to iv.) Reading each lesson title reminds us, again and again, that we know nothing on our own. When we get lost in the stories of being separate from God, we need the nourishment that the Holy Spirit brings us.

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Thank You Beloved Guide Holy Spirit

by Mary Michele, Pathways of Light Member and Student of ACIM

The present is indeed a gift. God is the Life within which we live in the eternal now. Your guidance leads only to peace — the stillness that encompasses us all.  Nowhere in the world can this be found.  We remember it easily as it is never not our true experience.

By way of spirit’s fullness, we do nothing but our one function — extend His Being.  Thus is the Kingdom increased and all love and joy shared equally by all the Sons of God infinitely. God’s gifts are received and given by all brothers constantly. There has never been a reality different than love.  No obstacles exist.

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Standing on Holy Ground

by Rev. Myron Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I love the section in Chapter 14 of the Course that discusses the Circle of Atonement. Each time I go back to it, I have a deeper understanding, and so my experience of it is more profound. This year, my focus has been on healing grievances. Here is a sentence in this section that has been especially helpful to my practice.

“Your only calling here is to devote yourself, with active willingness, to the denial of guilt in all its forms.” (T-14.V.3:5)

And there we have it. I suppose that if I could have accepted this and practiced it from the first time I read it, my experience of the world would be entirely different now. I can’t complain that Jesus was being cryptic or that I didn’t understand. Apparently, I just didn’t want to do this. Now I do, and I will be vigilant for those times when I don’t. I will notice the guilt thoughts because, finally, I want to. Awakening is now more important to me than being right and maintaining this separate self. To that end, I have written this in my calendar, where I see it many times a day.

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