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Love Consciousness

Rev. Colleen Mc Nally

I know what I want
I know how I want to be
I know that
I want thoughts of Love
Surrounding me.

In this Love
I want to live
In this Love
I want to give

Spirit is
My guiding Light
Spirit’s Love
Shines very bright
Spirit’s glow
Reflects
My soul

In this consciousness
I Love.

Rev. Colleen McNally is a Pathways of Light minister living in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

© 2006, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Learning to Hear Holy Spirit’s Voice

by Rev. Linda Ledbeter

When I ask for wisdom, guidance and clarity, Holy Spirit comes to me in different forms. Sometimes it is through another’s words or actions; often it is many people carrying the same message. Then at those unhurried, uncluttered thinking and ‘doing’ moments, I hear a quiet Voice penetrating my thoughts with wisdom. A sense of peace fills my heart center, spilling over into my entire body like a fountain of cascading warm water. While in prayer I have also felt the arms of Jesus fold around me. The “light bulb” moments are the most exhilarating and may occur at any given moment. The clarity is so brilliant with wisdom, followed with a Voice implanting a “knowing” of His words deep in the core of my heart. At these moments I laugh to myself, for the answer was so simple.

The most treasured of all moments happened the fall of 2003. I called out to God for help while walking through the valley of the shadow of death. My granddaughter had been given a few short months to live in this world. Her fight with leukemia was coming to a close. My heart broke in two; I kicked and screamed, “No, no, no, not this precious gifted child! She is only 6!” After my temper tantrum, I quieted down. In prayer I asked for direction from the core of my soul, my heart was bleeding from the pain. “Please,” I begged, “Don’t take this child!” The words I heard were loud, yet soft and tender in my head. “All will be well my child. She is in good hands.”

The following months as I continued to lift her up to God, I believed she would live. During the holidays she was a vibrant, laughing 6-year old who only needed to rest more often. A few short days after Christmas she began to fade and passed away on January 4th, 2004. The Voice of the Holy Spirit was solid and strong, gentle and comforting, guiding me through her passing.

Holy Spirit’s Voice comes in many forms, depending on how you need it and in the manner you will hear. It takes sitting in quiet, bringing in words of sincere thanks for all you have, and then be still in your heart. Holy Spirit comes when you are ready to listen.

As you learn to recognize this beautiful Voice, ask, “Is this my ego talking or Holy Spirit?” For me I know by the deepening of the warmth in my heart center. Ego could never simulate the warmth of God’s Love.

Rev. Linda Ledbeter is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

© 2005, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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Trial and Correction

by Rev. Marie Hanson

Do you know anyone that does not make mistakes? I sure don’t. In fact, Russell Baker, a multiple Pulitzer Prize winner and author of the nationally syndicated “Observer” column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998, admitted to making the average number of mistakes, “...maybe 150 or so on a busy day.”  What a relief to know I am not the only one!

When I reflect on the world around me, I can see mistakes happening all the time. In business, science, sports, military, law, convictions, identity — well, the list seems endless. There are even philosophies to help me cope with my own, and others, mistakes. Murphy’s Law and Freudian slips can help me laugh out loud or look for hidden meanings. What does it all mean? 

Well, it depends now doesn’t it? Is the mistake little or HUGE. Sometimes it may appear to us as if some mistakes are bigger than others. I can choose to judge my mistakes as bad, or the person that is responsible as guilty. Often it is myself — but if I can project it onto someone else — this is one of the ego’s favorite games. The seriousness can grab a hold of the Good in my awareness and squash it. As a result, I feel guilty and fearful in response to my thoughts about the mistake. I punish myself. Does it have to be this way?

No, no, no. Absolutely it does not. It is my choice. Heaven or hell? Happy or right? Like miracles, there is no degree of right or wrong in making mistakes. One is not bigger than another. The Course tells us any error can be corrected. I invite you to conduct your own “Divine Experiment.” I call it trial and correction. 

Next time you are aware of a mistake, yours or someone else’s, try this. Bring it before Holy Spirit’s court. In His court the only verdict is innocence. Give the error in perception to Holy Spirit. Let Him show you peace instead of torment and how to forgive all concerned.  Accept the miracle and let it be undone.  Now you know it never happened. 

Are you still with me? If at first you don’t succeed… that’s right — try, try and forgive it again. Offer your gratitude for the error, for it served a purpose. You may not know what it is or where it is. You don’t have to. Faith and trust help — but truth is truth. Even if you can’t see it, truth is always there. 
Can’t quite bring yourself to forgive?  Then start with willingness to forgive. It is a great first step to forgiveness.

You are the light of the world. Mistakes are an opportunity to be a miracle worker. They are a gift. What a great way to extend the Love of God and recognize the truth about ourselves and our brothers. Shakespeare had it right. “To err is human, forgive divine.”

Rev. Marie Hanson is a Pathways of Light minister living in Carson City, Nevada.

© 2005, Pathways of Light. https://www.pathwaysoflight.org
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I No Longer Just “Get It”

by Rev. Robert B. Mills

Accepting the Reality as put forth by “J” and his plan for a gentle awakening has become very refreshing and inspiring. I am not just talking about getting my own mind opened by accepting guidance from the Divine Spark in my mind. That in itself is beyond what I ever dreamed. I am taking about extending and accepting the Divine Spark from the rest of my true Self — my Brother. It is through this experience I find the full richness of bliss and Love.

I prayed for Guidance and I found it true that all prayer is answered. It is possible also that the answer will not be heard, as,  “...no response given by Him will ever be one that would increase fear. It is possible that His answer will not be heard. It is impossible, however, that it will be lost. There are many answers you have already received but have not yet heard. I assure you that they are waiting for you.” (T-9.II.3:3-7)

In my prayer I asked for a different way to look at my acceptance of abundance. This prayer includes: The ease of inspiration and joining with others, willingness to turn over the stones in the garden where I deny love or trade peace for fear, right down to the trust I have in my bank account.

Knowing that I am sincere in healing my mind from years of consorting with a twisted mind in thoughts of specialness and separation, I allow Holy Spirit to guide me. I awoke in the morning, refreshed and ready for the day. I looked at the clock and it was 4:00 a.m. I am no longer bound by a schedule of what’s supposed to be in relationship to my peace or physical condition. I got up and opened the ACIM Text on the table randomly, with Holy Spirit’s direction. I turned to page 163, “The Answer to Prayer.”

I found that the answer to my prayer or the answer I had not yet heard is awaiting in my brother. I discovered I was lacking faith in my brother. I questioned him discovering that faith in the truth about him, which is really my faith in the truth about myself. I had been questioning my own faith. I found that my doubts about my brother were really the doubts I was harboring about myself. I was claiming nothing to be something and this was the barrier to Oneness, the barrier to my awakening to the truth.

I was not fully aware that the message my brother gives me is up to me. What does he say to me? What would I have him say? My decision to see him as he truly is and not just his behavior determines the message I receive. I asked to remember the Holy Spirit in him, and His Voice speaks to me through him. What can so holy a brother tell me except the truth? But am I listening to it? My brother may not know who he is, but there is a Light in his mind that does. This Light can shine into mine, giving truth to his words and if I allow myself to hear them, all is One. His words are Holy Spirit’s answer to me. “Is my faith in him strong enough to let me hear?”  (T-9.II.3:5:11) 

I have for a tiny moment deceived myself and glossed over it. “J” was not deceived and I was not doubted. My true Inheritance, the Kingdom of Heaven remains in eternity right now. It is not for me alone, for I am never alone. The Truth is true and nothing else. I hear the answer to my prayer through my brother and hearing only the Truth in my brother. All is included in the Truth and the Sonship, for they are one. I see and hear the Truth in my brother with my True Self.

No longer do I just “get it.” As part of my miracles practice, I am in awareness of miracle-readiness. Am I listening for His Voice? Have I made the decision to see my brother as a holy Son of God? Am I learning to unlearn the perceived error I see or hear In the story I made up from my perception of my brother? Am I applying true forgiveness of the story I made up, and is that now nothing in reality to my True Self? Am I doing my part in letting Holy Spirit apply the correction to my error? I am not here to fix my brother. “Of the “Listen, learn, do” only the last is involuntary, because it is the application of miracles which must be Christ controlled. The other two are voluntary aspects of miracle-mindedness, are up to you.” (JCIM principle #47, page 5)

My prayer being stated, I remember “J’s” restatement of the inclusion being all and having all is my original condition of Creation by God. I lack nothing.

All that is Real is given. My brother and I remain in eternity as we were created as one.

I must have gotten the question wrong. I ask that you join me in the reality of “listen, learn and do” and rediscover the limitless Love that is the truth in us all. In Reality that has no opposition. No longer do I argue with Reality and let a story of doubt seem possible. No longer do I desire love, appreciation or approval. I truly have been given Love and am approved and appreciated by Creation. Am I listening and learning? Peace and blessing are done for All.

Rev. Robert B. Mills is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Burt, Iowa.

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