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April-June, 2011

What Are You and What Do You Want Now?

by Rev. Gary W. Ledson

These questions never go away, do they? You were always asked, “What do you want to be?” We wrapped who you were and what you wanted to be into a job title. We did this because we saw ourselves as an extension of our ego — what we did, our jobs, families, roles, our bodies, our possessions, our traditions, even our culture.

We identified with our egos. We still do. But Jesus told the rich man who wanted to enter Heaven to let go of all of it. Was it the money he had to let go of? Was it just the attachment to money he had to let go? Or, was it to let go of all attachments, all things not of God… All thoughts not of Love? Was it to let go of all the personal ideas we use to identify with, to make ourselves special and different, to separate ourselves from the rest of the world, and peoplekind? Was it to let go of our self-made separation from God? Or, ultimately, was it to let go of our attempts to separate from our one, true Self?

But who and what am I if I don’t identify with my ego/personal self?

I was blessed to be able to attend the recent ACIM Conference. Thank you Spirit for the generosity that came through several people to make it so. There I received useful insights to address the above questions that I’d like to share with you.

Lessons 25 (I do not know what anything is for) and 50 (I am sustained by the Love of God) were referred to a lot. Mary Lenihan relayed how allowing yourself to be vulnerable to the Holy Spirit would change your life. How could that happen if I know what everything is for?

Nouk Sanchez spoke of how she suffered trying to understand Tomas’ transformation. She suffered until Spirit showed her she could be happy if she was willing to let go of her “personal” interests, her personal “right” understanding.

Mary Stoelting expressed how Spirit guided her to change her “bummer” of a flight experience to a beautiful one and a funny story to boot. Mary was willing to let go of what was happening, of what it meant and was for, to let Spirit inside.

Regina Dawn Akers told of when she let go of her “fear of being afraid” she allowed room for God to take care of her in so unexpected ways. And Marriane Williamson emphasized the importance of our daily practice and that in our desire to abide with God we can experience our identity in the Truth, in God.

Through my daily practice of being in the Holy Spirit, I no longer believe I am who I once believed I was. By asking what I want to do, not from a place of fear or gain for a separate self but from a place in which I am carried by the Love of God, I can experience the surrender of my ego/personal self. By coming from my True identity I am now in my “right” mind to choose what I truly desire to demonstrate in this world. 

At the Conference, I got to be around others who are willing to replace their personal/ego identity with their True Selves. That is what I want to do now. With and through each of you. Thank you for each of you.

Rev. Gary Winslow Ledson is a Pathways of Light minister living in Kenwood, CA.

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April-June, 2011

Love Heals

by Rev. Larry Glenz

I do not believe that time heals all wounds. But I do believe that Love does. There are practical applications of ACIM for which I am grateful. Above all others, I am drawn to the concept that only the Love is real in any situation.

In this world, losing a child is considered one of the worst human experiences some must endure. It has been just over a year since I lost my son, Kevin. Some told me that one does not ever recover from such an experience. I could be expected to have great difficulty just being able to get out of bed in the morning. Some people believe in their role of being the victim of such a tragedy. It defines the rest of their lives. They don’t believe they can recover to live happily — and so they don’t.

“I am not a victim of the world I see.” (W-31) “There is another way of looking at this.” (W-33) These ACIM Workbook lessons are affirmations that tell me to change my mind about the world. I understand that losing my son, Kevin, to the insidious grip of heroin after many years of recovery and relapse is a terrible nightmare within this “dream” of living in separate bodies. But this is where the principles of ACIM take on practical application while I am having this human experience.

None of the nightmare with Kevin was real. All of the love that we shared during his 27 years was. There is no death. Kevin’s Spirit is eternal — part of the Oneness. The Spirit was never born nor can it ever die. Only the Love we share is truly real in the human experience. All the rest is illusion.

Believing in the concepts and principles of ACIM has given me great strength in dealing with such a senseless loss. We all need that strength to live in this world happily. We need to accept that each of us is the sinless, guiltless Child of God. We are dreaming the ego’s dream but we have a path to awaken. “I could see peace instead of this.” (W-34)

I am willing to turn my ego thoughts over to Spirit and allow Him to be in charge. With trust in Him, I can learn to live in gratitude for all the love that continues to come my way. Without this trust, I would not be able to experience and enjoy the love. I would not be able to recognize it because I had chosen to listen to the wrong teacher.

“God’s answer is some form of peace. All pain is healed; all misery replaced with joy. All prison doors are opened. And all sin is understood as merely a mistake.” (W-359) I have great gratitude for the lessons I have learned from ACIM. Since only the Love is real, it is where I choose to keep my focus. This is a practical application of living ACIM. It is Love, not time, that heals.

Rev. Larry Glenz is a Pathways of Light minister living in Long Beach, New York.

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April-June, 2011

The Place of Light

by Rev. Michael Ciavarella

This was given to me in a very powerful dream early this morning. If He says it to me, He’s saying it to you. Let’s all find this place. I have been there today. There is no place in the illusion that compares.

I take you to the place of Light. I bring you here because this place has been abandoned and neglected for a very long time.

I give this place to you. Come here often and sit in the stillness. Absorb the Eternal Light that comes down upon you. Listen to the silence as it enfolds you and caresses your soul.

Let your world fade away into the background. Do not allow anxiety or worry to get in your way while you are here.

This place is sacred. This place is holy. You make this place holy, because you are holy. You are the Light of the world. You hold the Light for the world. Lift high the Light that all who dwell in darkness may see.

Forgiveness is your function as the Light of the world. Hold this place of Light and silence and stillness for the world you think you see. Learn the true meaning of forgiveness and simply forgive yourself and your brother.

Cleanse your soul of the body’s restraint. Shower away the form and the structure of your illusion. Strip yourself of all that you think is dear to you. You will find that you have lost nothing. A world of wonder and enlightenment awaits you.

Each time you enter this place, know that you are being transported to your true Home. Know that you are no longer of this world, nor are you in it. Come here often and be transported away from your illusion. I will be there with you. I will hold your hand. I will carry you that you do not have to toil and tire yourself to be worthy of this Place you have been given.

You are worthy of this Place because I have said so. Let no one tell you differently.

I will be looking for you. I trust I will see you here often. I look forward to spending eternal moments together with you.

Sit and stay as long as you like. Think on the things that I have been telling you. When you walk from this Place, you can keep It with you deep in your heart. Never lose sight of what you have been given today.

Rev. Michael L. Ciavarella is a Pathways of Light minister living in Oak Lawn, Illinois.
Read more of his inspiring Healing Journal articles on the Pathways of Light web site.

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April-June, 2011

Letting Go of Guilt

by Rev. Mary Manke

I had been asking Holy Spirit to heal my mind during my night dreaming. On two consecutive mornings, I had dreams with my ex-husband. They showed me the guilt I had buried, carefully hidden in my mind. I noticed on waking how I could play a role in the dream and still be a detached observer, without judgment.

Spirit told me:

The ‘ego’ keeps you in chains; guilt is its mainstay and its cause. Yet you made it and the dream that you are guilty. This was done to support the first erroneous idea that you could leave your Creator. You are not a separate identity (ego) and you actually need no defense, no protection from outside attacks. You are mistaken and have made a choice to identify with a thought you made yet will/can never be “you.”

In this dream you got to see that you still love (extend love to) your brother and this will never change. It is not the special love that you both once searched for. Yet if you recognize that you do love your brother and this has not changed, you then can not be guilty as charged. When you realize (real-eyes) his innocence you then can know your own.

What you made in the waking dream never really happened and the former husband only played the role you assigned him. This scenario appeared in your mind by the belief that you were guilty of leaving God, and the ego’s function is to make certain that you remain chained in guilt. Giving up all false beliefs to Love (Holy Spirit) for correction, frees you of the insane ideas that you are guilty, condemned and merit eternal punishment. Give up the false ideas of separation and you accept the truth of your Creator and your Self. You did not make a separate self, you remain as God created you. There is nothing in you that is not of God.

Remember this day, that you never ceased loving your brother. Any story made by the little mind has not changed the eternal truth of Love. You did not “kill” your brother, you did not maim him in reality. The dream of guilt is over, for you love your brother, you are forever innocent as he. Remember this only and not the shadows in a dream made in madness and fear.
Epilogue

I experienced such a sense of calm and peace when I woke, allowing this understanding to take deep root. However gruesome the appearance in the dream, it never really happened the way I thought it did. It was fabricated from a sick mind, it was a call for help from me to Spirit. And Love always answers, no matter how I may resist. I am grateful for Love’s patience and answers.

Rev. Mary Manke is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Wautoma, Wisconsin. Read more of her inspiring Healing Journal articles on the Pathways of Light web site.

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