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April-June, 2022

Staying with God 24/7

by Rev. Daniel Cratcha, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

When I first discovered ACIM, I remember being fascinated by the idea of staying with God 24/7. I thought it was the most bizarre concept I’d ever heard. Now, it is one of my main mantras and I walk with Joshua joyfully. I have changed more in the past couple of years than I had in the previous 20. I am grateful beyond words.

About two years ago, Spirit directed me to start channeling music and the songs came, songs I could never have written on my own. So I know one of the main parts of my ministry is going to be creation of love through music. My first CD is going to be called “Love Songs to ACIM” and I dream of a web site named the same, a place for bringing the music of otherss inspired by ACIM to a tangible medium. I know Spirit will deliver my music to those who need to hear it.

I also know this is not all God would have me do. I’ve been in the mental health field for many years, much of this time as a mental health therapist.

ACIM has shown me that my counseling methods were often upside down, me as the expert and the patient as limited and weak. I was the expert and had all the answers for my patients. I would diagnose the problem from my ego’s view and then direct the client to view the world in the way I wanted him or her to. As much as I’ve learned from ACIM, I’ve also had to unlearn many distorted ego beliefs about “helping others.” I thought I was really good at what I did. Not so much. Now that I’ve learned to follow Spirit and be guided by Him, I believe I’m ready to help others on a whole new level.

At this point, I believe I would be most helpful in working with terminal illness. I’m not sure how I would do this, but I believe Spirit will guide me to where I would be most helpful. I’m sure there are other areas as well and I again believe Spirit will guide me to serve where He would have me serve. Of this I am sure.

Rev. Daniel Cratcha, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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April-June, 2022

Finding My True Purpose with Holy Spirit’s Help

by Rev. Derek Marmon, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I’ve been studying spirituality for over a decade and A Course in Miracles since 2017 and in December of 2019 I had a startling dream that led me to seek out Pathways of Light.

In the dream I sat uncomfortably squished between two men wearing dark suits in the back of a limousine. I remember feeling anxious and stuck between these two individuals as if I had to make some kind of choice.

In a moment of rage I screamed out “I was never supposed to be salesman! I was supposed to be a minister!”

I awoke with a hot sweat and tears running down my face.

I knew in that moment that my current life as a salesman needed to begin to transition into a life of ministry, however, God may have that look.
Some people don’t know what they’re supposed to do with their life. I am not one of them.

I spent the next few months looking for the right pathway to ministry. I knew I wanted something based on A Course in Miracles and also something that allowed flexibility and freedom of expression.

I kept coming back to the Pathways of Light website and as soon as the country shut down due to COVID-19 I knew it was time to begin this journey and heal my mind and ready my soul.

My Time with POL has been a true blessing, the material, my facilitator Rev. Maria Felipe and now my current teachers and classmates during this last step have made for a joyous learning experience, a deepening of my understanding of ACIM and has created a deep healing for myself.

Rev. Derek Marmon, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Scottsdale, Arizona. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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January-March, 2022

Miracles News, January-March, 2022

 

 

Our heart
lives in
God’s Heart
of Love 

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January-March, 2022

Evolution

by Rev. Joyce Peebles, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Recently I heard someone say that those who don’t know, feel the need to speak! This contrasts with those who do know, and merely observe. A Course in Miracles teaches us to choose between two voices. The Holy Spirit’s voice is soft, gentle, even still. The ego’s voice is loud, urgent, wanting attention. Speaking from the ego’s influence, we feel we want to be heard, for we are “right” and surely, we can “help” others. The Holy Spirit’s Voice plainly lets me know it is not my place to correct or fix anyone else.

Under the guise of helping another, I have tried to control outcomes. This is not my function. It has been made clear that my function is recognizing my own faulty thinking and giving that back to the Holy Spirit. What I thought needed to change “out there” was but a reflection of what needed to be corrected in my Mind. True learning is realizing there is no “out there” to change.

Pathway’s has a course on cause and effect. The ego’s voice tells us the world we see is the cause of our emotions we experience. Holy Spirit tells us the world we see is what we want to see. We have beliefs in our Mind that are proven right by the body’s eyes. So, I am seeing what I have made real in my Mind.

Holy Spirit tells me I only have one problem, which is the belief in separation. There is a part of my mind that cherishes this belief in separation. I know this because I continue to find value in judging others and using comparisons. Television and other media make it easy to support these false ideas of separation.

The ego’s voice tells me to focus on the chaos the world’s bodies are showing me. The Holy Spirit tells me to literally look beyond the body and truly see the Light that is there. No matter how much fog or clouds obscure my vision, the fact remains that beyond the “body” is the brilliant Light that is the Love of God.

What I actually see is up to me and what I really value. Taking responsibility, I alone decide what I will see and how I will feel. The choice is separation or Oneness. There is no other choice. Since we cause our own unhappiness, we can also eliminate it. This is accomplished by the process of forgiveness and looking at our perceptions differently.

Perception is a mirror, not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward. (W-pII.304.1:3-4)

Forgiveness is the undoing of our false beliefs in sin, guilt and fear, all of which stem from the idea of separation. Since what I see is the result of beliefs I hold in my mind, the forgiveness is always of myself. There is nobody in a world that does not exist. The thoughts in your mind is where healing takes place. This is why the Course tells us, “You never hate your brother for his sins, but only for your own. Whatever form his sins appear to take, it but obscures the fact that you believe them to be yours and there meriting a just attack.” (T-31.III.1:5-6)

The acceptance that everything was happening at the mind level was a major turning point for me. No longer can I blame someone or something else for my lack of peace. If there is nothing but my thoughts that can hurt me or make me feel joy, this changes my “specialness needs.” They become nothing! They do not need to be indulged.

There comes a point where we accept that our illusions, idols, and dreams are not going to make us happy. At this time, we are finally willing to give up all thoughts that are obstacles to our real Identity.

I have learned to appreciate and welcome the “I do not know mind.” This puts me in the position of being a student, listening, rather than attempting to speak and tell others how much “I know.” I do not wish to lead but to follow my inner Guidance. It is always there. I feel gratitude. Real poverty is not having anything to be grateful for; vision shows me that I am rich, lacking nothing.

Rev. Joyce Peebles is a Pathways of Light minister living in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Phone: 501-701-8399.

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