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January-March, 2025

Reality and Duality

by Rev. Gina Lucia, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

In this seeming world of chaos and uncertainty, we always seem to reach out to the Father, our Guides, the Angels, each other, seeking connection and support, especially when duality shadows our perceptions. Let us be reminded of the simple fact that God is with us wherever we go. “There is no time, no place, no state where God is absent. There is nothing to be feared.” (T-29.I.1:1-2)

Ego is always chattering, pulling us back. Illusions reign in such a shadowy landscape. How do we find our truth? Is there truth in some illusions? Dreams are dreams. But does it mean some dreams are kept, and others, wakened from? “The choice is not between which dreams to keep, but only if you want to live in dreams, or to awaken from them.” (T-29. IV.1:5)

Every day, every hour, every moment we are continually choosing. We rise each morning and think about our day, what it may look like. Our decisions are continuous. We don’t always know when we are making them. Being mindful of our thoughts and setting preoccupation aside with every step we take can help to put us in alignment with being instrumental in God’s plan, which brings joy, peace and harmony. Attributes we all strive for. However, I do remind myself, “I will make no decisions by myself.”

“And if you find resistance strong and dedication weak, you are not ready. Do not fight yourself.” (T-30.I.1:6-7)

As we lean in, let us hear the still small Voice of the Holy Spirit. As we set our own interpretation aside, we can take the opportunity to realize that it is in fact the ego’s chatter that is always changing. When we align with Holy Spirit, we see the only one meaning, “Reality is changeless. It is this that makes it real, and keeps it separate from all appearances. It must transcend all form to be itself. It cannot change.” (T-30.VIII.1:6-9)

Only Love is real. It never changes form. So in this world of appearances have we not continued taking steps towards a world best suited for ourselves? What lessons will we learn? “The lessons to be learned are only two. Each has its outcome in a different world.” (T-31.I.7:1-2)

We either are in a world of Love or a world of fear. We cannot be in both at the same time, so we are either in one or the other at any given moment. The world of terror and despair are but learnings, as are these lessons that can give us a better understanding of our blocks and barriers to the awareness of the Love of God and His presence in our own minds.

As we listen to the appeal for peace and joy, we take significant strides towards proof of what we learned and continue baring witness to, and its outcome. “Let us be still an instant, and forget all things we ever learned, all thoughts we had, and every preconception we hold of what things mean and what their purpose is. Let us remember not our own ideas of what the world is for. We do not know. Let every image held of everyone be loosened from our minds and be swept away.” (T-31.I.12:1-4)

Whatever road we choose to walk along, be assured we can go beyond what has been learned, and move towards what is yet to learn. How many more lessons do we need? We do know the way to Truth, we do know Reality, our paths well learned have confirmed our blocks and barriers to this truth. “The search for different pathways in the world is but the search for different forms of truth. And this would keep the truth from being reached.” (T-31.IV.6:4-5)

Happiness is never found by following a path away from truth, delayed, probably. So let’s be reminded we can collapse time seen in the miracle of changed perception. We remember His Love and embrace His Grace, as we know, there is no path that does not lead to Him. “When I said, ‘I am with you always,’ I meant it literally. I am not absent to anyone in any situation. Because I am always with you, you are the way, the truth and the life.” (T-7.III.1:7-9)  All power is ours when we align with the Kingdom of God. It was created to be shared.

As we focus full attention on the Kingdom, we remain in Reality. May we allow God to continue our minds to be lit by His Light and be beacons of Light for our Brothers, for we are all The Light of the World. We are Love. As we release judgment and know we are all doing the best we can, we hold our Light up high and choose the highest path, allowing our Highest Source to guide our way. Let us remain gentle and kind with our self and others…one step at a time, knowing everything is in perfect continued growth.

We are Love, We are Joy, We are Peace.

And now we say “Amen.”

Rev. Gina Lucia is a Pathways of Light minister living in Bradenton, FL. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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January-March, 2025

Everything I Need Resides Within Me Now

by Melissa Arterberry, Pathways of Light Spiritual Counselor student

I am grateful for ACIM teachings and to be actively applying the lessons in my life. The Truth, that everything I need resides within me, which is offered in ACIM, continues to transform my life as my Christ Consciousness continues to expand. I have experienced more happiness and peace than I could ever have imagined as I continue to turn within to experience my spiritual birthright versus look to the outside world for peace and happiness.

Lesson 101 states, “God’s Will for me is perfect happiness.” Lesson 102 states, “I share God’s Will for happiness for me.”

This lesson is crucial because it requires me to accept my birthright. Just because something is given, offered to us, doesn’t mean we always accept it. Lesson 104 states, “I seek but what belongs to me in truth.” It goes on to state, “His are the gifts that are within us now, for they are timeless. And we need not wait to have them. They belong to us today.” (W-104.2.4-6)  How freeing and refreshing this Truth is for me!

Seeking outside of myself for happiness and peace creates suffering for me. It is an awesome freedom to know that nothing outside of me needs to be a certain way for me to be happy and at peace. Knowing I have a choice to choose freedom, that I hold the key to the psychological prison that I sometimes put myself in has been life changing. Not only does this knowledge to choose freedom free me from suffering, it frees all Beloveds.

When I choose my freedom, I am releasing all Beloveds from any blame my ego would have me cast upon them. No one else is responsible for my feelings but me. Today I understand that feelings flow from the perspective, the thoughts and beliefs that I am holding consciously and subconsciously. From an empowered perspective that I am a powerful creator choosing to align with the Christ Consciousness/God that resides within me, “I seek but what belongs to me in truth, And joy and peace are my inheritance.” >(W-104.3.3)

There was a period of my life when I lived with a level of anxiety and worry that I thought was normal, that there was no way to escape it. I saw other people that I respected living with this same anxiety and worry, which continued to normalize living in this state of stress.

Yes, I felt good, happy and excited a lot but there always seemed to be “something” to be stressed about, worrying whether the proverbial “it” would happen or not happen.

Obsessing over the thought will it rain today or not, as we have an outdoor activity planned, could cause so much stress. This baffles me today. Will we get there on time or not? So great was my fear/worry of being late that I would leave excessively early for events. If I happened to be late, which was hardly ever in my life, I felt ashamed. While it is my intention to be on time for events, I no longer fear or fret about being late.

Today I trust in divine timing. I know that all is in divine right order even if I am late or someone else is late. This perspective has allowed me to release the habit of judgment towards myself and others. No more suffering!

As I write this article now, our country is in the process of choosing a new president. The election is at hand. While I am trusting and knowing only the highest and best is unfolding for our country, I am very aware a lot of people are in fear of the policies that will or will not be enacted depending on the president chosen.

Again, I find myself grateful for ACIM teachings as I can apply them to all experiences, such as this election. With wisdom and discernment, turning within for guidance, I will cast my vote. I will then let go of the outcome. I choose to keep my peace and not worry, regardless of who wins the election, for I know that my energy matters.

When I am peaceful and happy, I show up as the best version of myself. I am called to be the Light of the world, no matter who is president. Today I understand that I am to see all Beloveds as God would see them; seeing them through the lens of Spirit, I see them, as myself, knowing we are all innocent.

We are all doing the best we can with the consciousness we have at this very moment.  We are all part of the Oneness. Paraphrasing a favorite Ram Dass quote, “We are truly here to walk one another home.”

In conclusion, regardless of who becomes our next president, no matter the weather, what time I arrive at an event, it matters not the circumstance, I will apply Lesson 124, “Let me remember I am one with God.” This lesson goes on to state, “Today we will again give thanks for our Identity in God. Our home is safe, protection guaranteed in all we do, power and strength available to us in all our undertakings. We can fail in nothing.” (W-124.1.1-3) 

“Today we will not doubt His Love for us, not question His protection and His care. No meaningless anxieties can come between our faith and our awareness of His Presence. We are one with Him today in recognition and remembrance. We feel Him in our hearts. Our minds contain His Thoughts; our eyes behold His loveliness in all we look upon. Today we see only the loving and the lovable.” (W-124.4.1-6)

Rev. Melissa Arterberry, MSW, RScP is a Pathways of Light Spiritual Counselor student living in Cape Coral, FL. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  Phone: 317-600-7283

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January-March, 2025

My Experience with Hurricane Milton

by Sabrina Rollins, Pathways of Light Spiritual Counselor student

“Everything is for your own best interests.” (W-pI.25.1:5)

The above quote probably rings a bell for most Course students. A comforting sentiment right? And most of the time, a sentiment that is easy to swallow when our daily lives are going well. But how easy is it to swallow when the proverbial rubber meets the road? When an experience comes along that can truly test out the beliefs we say we have when things are going well in our lives?

Recently, I had such an experience. I live in Florida and we had a monster of a storm visit us. His name was Milton.

The warnings of a storm were given early. Hurricane Milton was slated to slam into the western shores of Florida within a week. Immediately, uneasiness arose in the state, as we had just had hurricane Helene hit a couple of weeks prior, causing damage and a loss of lives in several states.

Tensions mounted as many different predictions continuously came to us, never knowing for certain if Milton would hit Ft. Myers, where my family and I live, or further up the coast in the Tampa area. The storm kept “wobbling” as the meteorologists called it, from Tampa to southwest Florida.

The rains began pouring down days ahead, soaking the ground, encouraging everyone to speculate that there would be flooding because the ground was already soaked and the swales were filling up quickly. The winds began increasing in intensity even though hurricane Milton was still hundreds of miles out to sea.

I could feel the “excitement” rise as the day Milton was to make landfall, approached. My body had perpetual butterflies in its stomach. I could “feel” the swirling energy in the air. The animals could feel it, too, as even the lizards were disappearing into their hideaways.

“We ask for peace and stillness, in the midst of all the turmoil…We ask for safety and for happiness, although we seem to look on danger and on sorrow.” (W-pI.109.I:2-3)

This was building up to be an excellent opportunity to practice peace in the midst of chaos. Would I, could I, still those butterflies and find the peace of God in the middle of a hurricane?

I felt inspired to begin praying the Ho’oponopono, a simple Hawaiian prayer.

“I Love You… I Am Sorry… 
Please Forgive Me…  Thank you!…”

As I prayed, I felt a stirring in my heart. I began to feel a calmness surround me. I repeated the prayer hundreds of times over and over throughout the days leading up to the hurricane. The calmness increased daily and expanded into my body, quieting those butterflies. I felt at peace.

“The truth is that you are responsible for what you think…” (T-2.IX.3:5)

Ho’oponopono means to correct or amend, and is meant to cleanse or clear away the past errors in judgment and behavior. This is consistent with ACIM’s teachings about the ego’s use of the past to keep us locked into judging the present from the past. The Ho’oponopono prayer releases the energy of these painful thoughts, or errors, which cause problems, such as disease and disorder in our current lives. The Ho’oponopono prayer also teaches that I am responsible for everything that comes into my awareness; therefore, since this hurricane was within my awareness, then I was responsible for it.

The thoughts behind my Ho’oponopono prayer went something like this:

“I take full responsibility for this Hurricane.
I am sorry; please forgive me for whatever is going on inside of me that is a part of this hurricane.
Thank you for forgiving me. I Love You!”

Even though some may view this as extreme to take responsibility for a hurricane,  the more I prayed, the more I began to feel differently about Milton. I actually was feeling warmly about it! And then, I had a shocking discovery! I realized I was feeling love for the hurricane! A hurricane that was barreling toward me and millions of others to do us harm! A “natural disaster” that could very well leave me without a home, power or water, and worst of all, I could “lose” my body or “lose” a loved one! Yet, I was feeling a strange closeness, a real love for this churning, convoluted wind!

“Yet every mistake must be a call for love.” (T-19.III.4:6)

And then it hit me! Spirit showed me that this swirling, angry wind called Milton, was simply made up of millions of Calls For Love. It was made up of my calls for love, your calls for love. It symbolized our collective negative energies and thought patterns, along with our attacks on ourselves and others. The energies of all these calls for love had simply built to the point where the earth had to release them. I realized that perhaps other so-called “natural disasters” are just nature’s way of dealing with the energies surrounding our thoughts.
 
I take full responsibility…

ACIM states that “The Truth is that there are no “idle thoughts.” All thinking produces form at some level.” (T-2.X.7:1-2) Our thoughts, our calls for love, are not meaningless or harmless. Our attacks on ourselves and others, even if not acted upon outwardly, still have effects!

I am sorry

Upon realizing this, I began to pray the Ho’oponopono for all the calls for love that made up Hurricane Milton. I saw myself and others behind each swirl of wind. I felt our cries, our heartaches, our judgmental attacks against ourselves and others.

Please forgive me

Over and over I prayed for these cries for love, and little by little, my love grew for the hurricane and for my loved ones behind the hurricane.

I Love You

And so I came to love hurricane Milton itself. But I still didn’t know what the outcome of the hurricane would be. I prayed for each one of us to live out our individual scripts as gently as possible and to open our hearts and minds to the miracle of forgiveness.

Thank You

As hurricane day approached, it became clearer that the Ft. Myers area would probably not be a direct hit, although there was still the danger of storm surge and flooding, as well as the danger of tornadoes occurring. I continued to pray for those who were in the line of a direct hit, and continued to feel connected to Milton with no fear attached.

I am Sorry

On that Wednesday, my family and I gathered at my son’s home to wait on whatever our fate would be. We had just made it to his house when the tornado warnings began. Each of our cell phones began ringing out the alerts. The excitement and energy was palpable, although I still didn’t feel any fear. We huddled in two hallways and waited. The winds grew louder. A whistling was heard. The wind could be felt flowing in from under the doors. Prayers were said. Panic struck some.

Please forgive me

And then there was silence. The tornado was gone as quickly as it came. We cautiously left our hiding spots and looked out the door windows. Neighbors were gathering. Trees were down. Debris was everywhere.

Thank you

We were all safe! The house was undamaged. We later discovered that there were multiple tornadoes in our neighborhood, but miraculously, there were only downed trees.

I Love You

We celebrated our safety and returned inside. The main event was yet to occur. I thanked God and continued the Ho’oponopono prayer for hurricane Milton’s landfall. No matter the outcome, no matter if we were flooded or if Hurricane Milton would make one final “wobble’ and hit southwest Florida, I knew all was well. I surrendered.

I am sorry; Please Forgive Me

In the end, the hurricane did indeed stay north of us, and because I had been in hurricane Ian only two years before, which pounded Ft. Myers for hours and hours and caused major damage, storm surge and many lives lost, I knew firsthand what my brothers and sisters were experiencing just a couple of hours away from us.

Thank You

It’s now been over a week since my friend, hurricane Milton, dropped by, and I am still realizing all the effects he brought with him. I am remaining open to his many lessons to take root in me and bring me a step closer to my full awakening.

I am also very mindful that my experience and perspective of Milton may not be the same as others who did lose their homes or even a loved one. I continue to pray for them as their scripts play out. My experience is neither “better” or “worse” than theirs. My healing is theirs and their healing is mine. I remember we are all One!

And that includes a Hurricane named Milton, as well!
I Love You.

Sabrina Rollins is a Pathways of Light Spiritual Counselor student living in Ft. Myers, Florida.
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