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The Truth Will Correct All Errors in My Mind

by Rev. Ana Maria Peñate

One day I touched my external ear and I felt that in the lower part of it there was a tiny little lump the size of a lentil. After a couple of years it had grown to be the size of a chick-pea.

My dentist advised me to have a biopsy done and the surgeon I visited suggested I have the lump removed. My son-in-law, who works in that hospital, told me that the result of the test showed the presence of some cancerous cells and for that I would be called by the oncology department.

A few days later, I was called by the oncology department of Dr. Negrin Hospital to set an appointment.

Once there, I was informed that malignant cells had been in my parotid gland and that it could be removed completely. I was told it was a simple operation that did not require chemotherapy or any other aggressive treatment afterwards.

I had to go through a neck and a digestive ultrasound scan and a lung x-ray. With all that, I asked for an appointment with the maxilla facial surgeon.

The day I was due to go I repeated Lesson 107 titled, “Truth will correct all errors in my mind.” The previous day this had comforted me so much and I repeated these words all the way to see the doctor, telling myself, “No matter what the doctor says, it is not true. I’m not a body and everything is all right.”

I went alone and I was feeling such a peace that not even for a moment was I worried or afraid. I looked at all the people around me and mentally told them, “Don’t believe you are sick. It is not possible. It is all a dream. You have the ability to wake up.”

When I was called I went in and the doctor, after studying all the information, said, “Well, what you have is a benign parotid tumor. You may have it removed or not, at your will.” And I said, “In that case, why have I been called to oncology?” The answer was, “I’m asking the same question myself.”

When I asked him for advice, he said he wouldn’t operate but encouraged me to simply keep having check ups. He also said that only in the case of growing would he remove it. He also said that it was a process that could take years and years to happen.

As I left the doctor’s office I thanked Holy Spirit for letting me see the miracle He accomplished with healing my mind by correcting my erroneous perception.

Rev. Ana Maria Peñate is a Pathways of Light minister living in Canary Islands,

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My Most Important Awareness

by Rev. Bob Thompson

Dear reader: Charlie is my inner Friend and Companion, Who brings me helpful answers, when I am willing to ask. Charlie is the same as the Holy Spirit to me.

Hi “Charlie,” Thanks for the questions, you clever little Thought Promoter for God. And thanks for your gentle toss of my eternal Light Ball back to me from your Pitcher’s Mound of Eternity.

And now, one of your questions: What do I, little Bobby Thompson, take back with me into my life on earth?

Well, Charlie, one thing for sure, after walking into the candle’s flame and then expanding into and becoming the Light of the entire known and unknown universe, all attachments immediately became non-existent.

Or, said in an affirming and positive way, I experienced the peace of God.

Once I experienced this, Charlie, I knew that I never would forget it. How could I forget the greatest experience of my life? The indescribable feeling of an eternal serenity inherent in me, always available right now, in this every moment, just by thinking about it, is an awesome awareness.
What a gift! No one can ever take it from me! It is always mine. Mine, mine, mine!

Only I can give it up. And the only way that I can give up this Divine Serenity? By thinking un-peaceful thoughts. Any unpeaceful thought is an unholy thought.

All unpeaceful thoughts, tiny or great, are unholy thoughts. They blur my mirrors and keep me from seeing Who I really am. A teacher of God is a teacher of the peace of God.

So, Charlie, what I will take back with me into this world, is the awareness of the peace of God. I know now that the peace of God exists. Eternaly. In me. Always there, awaiting only my loving, gentle thought to emerge and transform my now into a miracle of peace!

Good questions, Charlie. I’m still mulling them over. More to come. Thanks buddy. Your friend, Bobby Thompson.

Rev. Bob Thompson is a Pathways of Light minister living in Portage, Wisconsin.

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Unnecessary Thoughts

by Rev. Mary Manke

After reading the Introduction to part II of ACIM Workbook, I had these thoughts come to me. “We have found the way He chose for us, and made the choice to follow it as He would Have us go. His Hand has held us up. His thoughts have lit the darkness of our minds. His Love has called to us unceasingly since time began.” (W-pII.Intro.8:2-5)

—His Love heals all unnecessary thoughts.—I have many unnecessary thoughts. Their only “purpose” is to keep the ego “alive.” Unnecessary thoughts are meaningless; they bring delusion and deceit. Yet part of my mind declares that it is this I want. Why choose to let this part rule my world when it only brings me conflict, confusion and pain? Why choose pain when I can have peace and joy? Only the belief that “I” deserve punishment and nothing else, brings the illusion of punishment.

His Love heals all unnecessary thoughts. The thoughts of fear are unnecessary to the real Self. Unnecessary thoughts are fear thoughts.  They come only from the belief in ego and from following ego. I can learn that such thoughts are really nothing.

In Reality there is no conflict, I have only one goal. There is no confusion, I have one desire; there is no pain for all is Love. If I choose the opposite of Love, I delude myself and I am mistaken. My mistakes will be undone as I give them up and turn them over to Holy Spirit.

I Choose peace first. There I hear the Voice for Love. “The peace of God is my one goal; the aim of all my living here, the end I seek, my purpose and my function and my life, while I abide where I am not at home.” (W-pII.205.1:3)

Rev. Mary Manke is a Pathways of Light minister who lives in Markesan, Wisconsin.

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Receiving Holy Spirit’s Psychotherapy

by Rev. Colleen Mc Nally

Holy Spirit is gently reminding me to do this work. “Notice that as you continue to practice stepping back and observing your thoughts with Holy Spirit, you are receiving psychotherapy or mind healing.” (923: Miracles Practitioner, Part III, p. 19)

In early morning hours, Spirit was telling me and guiding me to find the right place to begin my work. For me, now, stepping back is requiring me to create space for myself, space where the conditions are right for me to quiet myself and do my inner work. I am receiving many lessons on a continual basis and it seems to begin on waking and getting up in the morning. My ego would immediately begin to get caught up in the unreal story of my living environment. When I came upon the following passage from the process of psychotherapy, it helped me to understand my experience in a new way.

“In order to help us awaken to the truth of our identity, the Holy Spirit needs our undivided attention. We may not be in the habit of giving the Holy Spirit our attention, but this is what He needs from us in order for us to receive the help that He directs. We give Him our attention by opening to the peace and calm that He will bring us if we let Him. We give Him our attention by asking for His healing perspective and making room for Him by quieting our mind of the ego’s constant chatter.” (923: Miracles Practitioner Part III p. 17)

I am aware that this is what Spirit is telling me and calling me to do. By creating a space for myself, I am able to give Holy Spirit my attention. The awareness comes to me that I may not be in the habit of giving the Holy Spirit my undivided attention. Therefore, my practice is requiring this. It seems that there is an action step that I am requiring right now. To give my undivided attention to the Holy Spirit, I need to actually not only step back and give Him my attention, I need to follow through in creating that space that is right for me. For right now, i need to find a quiet space where I will not be interrupted. I am finding that when I take this action step, I open to the peace and calm that He brings me. This process makes me so aware of that edge where I allow ego to take over very quickly.

“Psychotherapy is a process that changes the view of the self.” (P-1.2.Intro.1:1) In the 923 Miracles Practitioner course we are asked to think about this. As we open to our inner psychotherapist, the Holy Spirit, we are brought through a process that changes how we view ourselves. I am now thinking about this and realizing that I am in a process that is changing how I view myself.

Something very vital happens in this process. Spirit brings me peace. “We now know that what we learned and think we know is a barrier to the awareness of Love’s Presence.” (923: Miracles Practitioner, Part III, p. 17) Doing this helps me to understand the undoing. I am brought to realize that what I have learned is most certainly a barrier to Love. This undoing takes constant vigilance and practice as evidenced by this one tiny segment of my day, beginning by finding a way to give my attention to Spirit. I begin to get one small glimpse of my world of illusion. “Notice that these ego thoughts always lead away from peace…” (923: Miracles Practitioner, Part III, p. 17) It amazes me that I am so easily led away from peace. In this awareness I rejoice; I feel the joy of Holy Spirit’s psychotherapy. “The Holy Spirit is only interested in shining a light on our illusions so that we will see that they are untrue.” (923: Miracles Practitioner, Part III, p. 18)

Thank you Holy Spirit. You have touched my grateful heart.

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

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