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Mind Games and the Miracle I Need Do Nothing

by Rev. Bill Poppa, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

In the song “Mind Games” John Lennon sings “Love is a flower. You gotta’ let it… You gotta’ let it grow.” This simple lyric seems nice, and it works well in the message of the song itself. However, the simplistic truth in the lyric is more powerful than just a first impression of it.

Often times I experience conflict and confusion on the small things I encounter in everyday life. From a practical standpoint, I deal with them in quick fashion and there is no perceptual loss in my peace as I navigate the solution. In fact, any perceived problem always resolves itself, because my mind does not bother to judge the situation in need of a rational solution. For example, a parking spot is inevitably available in a crowded lot; or the slow-moving checkout line does not move to my liking, yet I’m out of the store with time to spare. There are many incidences like this in any given day and my thinking mind does not labor to resolve these minor inconveniences, they simply resolve themselves in the unfolding.

But what about the apparent larger and seeming more consequential problem that arises unexpectedly, one that serves a greater inconvenience with a demonstrable consequence?

Just this kind of unexpected problem presented itself last night. I co-facilitate Pathways of Light’s “Listen and Receive” program. We meet once a week at 6:30 pm local time on a conference call. We have many people who take part regularly, and often, there are first timers at any given time. The call is set up ahead of time and those who wish to take part dial in to attend and share in the lesson and fellowship.

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Driving Home

by Rev. Joyce Peebles, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Have you ever been driving while thinking about something else and missed an exit or arrived somewhere on autopilot because your mind was elsewhere? As bodies we can live our life like that too. Going through all the motions but not fully present. Unknowingly we choose blindness.

When you realized you have missed the exit you immediately seek to get back on track to your destination. The same occurs with our spiritual development. The Holy Spirit speaks, and we recognize where we are and decide to take another path. There are certain intersections we come to in life and we must make a choice. One of the most important intersections we come to is the recognition that love, compassion and empathy are essential. We can decide not to take this road but avoiding it does not get us where we want to go.

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Learning to Welcome Love

by Robert and Mary Stoelting, founders of Pathways of Light

The world we see is a mirror that shows us what we believe is real. The perception of a world outside is a projection of our beliefs. This is an important key that the Holy Spirit uses to show us where our mind needs healing.

If the world we see seems to make us feel unhappy, fearful or unloved, we are being shown a belief that needs healing. If we practice bringing these perceptions to the Holy Spirit for His loving correction, we step forward on our journey of awakening to Love. Love is ever present. It is What we are.

We have induced a dream of lovelessness by identifying with the ego thought system of separation from God’s Love. But the Holy Spirit will gently help us awaken from this dream. He shows us the Love beyond the appearances if we are willing to accept His help. He helps us respond to calls for Love which we may see in others. These calls represent our own calls based on our belief in lack of Love.

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Release Judgments and Be Free

by Rev. Dan Strodl, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Judgments are the ego’s favorite tool for keeping us locked in hell. Not neutral judgments like “what should I wear today, what shall I eat for dinner, who shall I call” but condemnation judgments like “You’re fat. I’m stupid. You’re mad.” These judgments fill our minds with fear, hate, anger and separation. They pop into our minds and thrive in unconsciousness.

But we can escape these judgments, first by being aware of them, and then asking the Holy Spirit to help us see them with our right minds.  The Holy Spirit is always there to lift us up out of the insanity of judgments to love and peace.

“You have no idea of the tremendous release and deep peace that comes from meeting yourself and your brothers totally without judgment.”  (T-3.VI.3:1) 

My mind used to be full of judgments about myself and others, but as I noticed them and gave them to the Holy Spirit for healing, they weakened and disappeared. I still get triggered by the ego’s judgments, but not as often.

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The Three Bullet Points

by Rev. Larry Glenz, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

About twelve years ago or so, I took a trip from Long Island down to Ormond Beach, FL to see Robert and Mary at the new Florida home of Pathways of Light. I was leasing a new 2014 Mustang convertible and I was looking forward to taking it on a long trip. I had something on my mind, and I wanted to talk to Robert and Mary and see the new headquarters in Florida.

I was retired from teaching social studies at Lynbrook High School and my son, Kevin had passed a few years earlier at the age of 27. I was being guided to speak to high school kids about Kevin’s struggle as an opioid addict. I wanted to refine my words to meet with what I had learned from my years as a student of A Course in Miracles.

I wanted a final uplifting message after telling the chilling story of the All-American boy who fell into the depths of addiction and died after 7 years of rehabs, recovery, and relapses. I needed to believe that I was inspiring the audience instead of scaring them with the horror of drug addiction.

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Remembering Who We Truly Are

by Rev. Derek Dube, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I’ve been struggling over the past four months about my father’s passing away. Truth be told, he took his own life. For the first couple of weeks, I was in shock and then spent the next several weeks going through the “normal” emotions per the counselors and experts on suicide, (anger, sadness, guilt, happy memories, etc.).

At this time, and all the time since, I kept asking myself “WHY” and I concluded that a person takes their own life when the physical, emotional, mental, and/or spiritual pain becomes too difficult to bear. The question for me is not “WHY” anymore, but why did he/she/they have to get to the point where they decided this was their only option. I had heard many years ago that suicide was the cowards way out, but I DID NOT believe it then and I certainly DO NOT believe that now.

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What Do I Really Want?

by Rev. Christine Anderson, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Last year I was living at my son’s house and my granddaughter stayed at my son’s on occasion. I have a good rapport with my granddaughter and love her very much. However, with her being a high school student and having friends, we weren’t able to spend much time together.

At that time I was in the process of letting go of material possessions. I had gathered a lot of things to fill the emptiness that was in me that came from not being aware of Love’s presence that was always within me, but I didn’t know it. So I collected a lot of things that I thought would fill the emptiness and it was time to start letting go of some of those things. By the way folks, the emptiness I spoke of is not real. It is an illusion. I made it up, so I can give it up. I am only Love. That is the only way God sees me. And that’s the way I want to see myself.

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