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Talking to Angels

by Rev. Larry Glenz, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

The practice of talking to angels is one that I normally keep to myself. It is a personal belief that those loved ones who have passed on can give me guidance. I think I believed this before I even admitted that I believe in God.

Believing in God did not come easily to me. I professed to be an agnostic from my teenage years through my 20’s, 30’s, and into my 40’s. As a high school social studies teacher, I was aware of the history of violence and corruption that accompanied the political and military strength of organized religion for centuries.

Without the personal experience of feeling God within me, organized religion seemed to me to be a scam. I believed religion was a method of social control over the masses that allowed its leaders to gain enormous wealth and power. This seemed particularly evident in history with the rise of the Christian nations of Europe and the Islamic empires of the Middle East and North Africa.

I was brought up as a Protestant and attended the Presbyterian Church until my confirmation at age 13. Shortly after that my parents no longer strongly encouraged me to attend and I was allowed to think about God in any way I chose.

I remember learning in school that the leaders of the Communist Revolution in Russia proclaimed that religion was the “opiate of the people.” But we Americans were strongly discouraged from believing anything that was labeled Communist philosophy.

I seldom felt inspired by the Bible although stories about Jesus and his teachings struck me as deeply humanitarian. As a young adult with a good education, I was free to make up my own mind about how God operated or even if He existed at all.

But a powerful spiritual experience came with the death of my father, Marshall. I could feel him speaking to me. This was a new experience. I was usually looking in a mirror when we conversed. I remember saying, “Is that you, Dad?” when I felt his guiding presence. I told others that I could talk to my father and I turned to him in what I believed were crucial moments. He was my first angel.

Talking to Dad’s spirit opened me up to much greater spiritual possibilities. A few years later my marriage fell apart. My family split in two with my younger son, Kevin (12), moving in with me. My older son, Matthew (17), remained with my wife in the family house. I remember feeling weak and insecure about it. I didn’t see this breakup coming.

It was then that A Course in Miracles came into my life. A friend of mine introduced me to it by giving me an audiotape of Marianne Williamson’s A Return to Love. In a short time I bought the 3 books of the Course and started devoting myself to the lessons of the Workbook. And, of course, my life began to change.

When my mom passed, she became my second angel. Her presence was even greater. I had been practicing turning to Holy Spirit for guidance for years and turning to the spirits of my mom and dad gave me an even greater connection.When my son, Kevin, passed tragically I was able to feel and hear advice from him. I’ve never doubted this connection. It came as unconditional love. My third angel has a lot to say to me.

As the years passed, I lost three close friends in the world. One by one they became angels who could talk to me. These angels are always there when called upon. They are a source of strength in me as each connects me with Holy Spirit when I feel their presence.

No matter what is happening to my body as I age, I feel stronger and happier with all the love that is being sent to me. I feel it from many people who still share with me this dream of living in the world. And I have help from these angels that work as Holy Spirit’s messengers.

This is how love works. There is no death. We change form but the love never leaves. It gets stronger. It intensifies. And I can count on it.

Thank You, God, and thanks to all your wonderful messengers. These angels truly warm my heart.

Rev. Larry Glenz, O.M.C., is a Pathways of Light minister living in Long Beach, New York. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)\

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Shame

by Rev. Joyce Peebles, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Where I live in rural Arkansas, we do not have many fancy restaurants. On my anniversary we went to a nice hotel and ate dinner with another couple. When the bill came it included a $36.00 “service charge.” I had never heard of this before and wondered if that was a built-in tip for the meal. The other three at the table tried to explain it was not a tip but an additional fee added on to the bill.

I felt very unsophisticated and stupid that they all knew what it was, and I did not. The others at the table were used to fancy restaurants and expense accounts. I experienced a feeling of shame because somehow, I should have known and was therefore not “good enough.” I had been found wanting.

Recognizing my shameful feelings was uncomfortable. The feeling of wanting to place blame on someone else for my feelings of inferiority was strong and seemed initially justified. After quieting myself, I remembered I’d made this situation up and there was a lesson to learn here.

The question came to me, Do I believe what Jesus says? “Not for one instant is the body real.” Therefore, these thoughts must be coming from my Mind. This image I have projected was painful.

A Course in Miracles appeals to me because I seek a way of escape from the pain of “life.” It tells me forgiveness is seeing everyone including myself as innocent. I am able to escape from the world I see by giving up my attack thoughts. I had wanted to attack and place guilt on someone else because my feelings of shame were painful.

I like what Joseph Miller said, “This is not a frivolous release. It means overcoming the attraction of guilt, which requires careful and long-term excavation. We are not being tortured by an outside authority who keeps points. We are only liquidating the investments our own minds have made.”

Lesson 48 came to mind, “There is nothing to fear.” According to the ego, there is always plenty to fear. According to the Holy Spirit, there is nothing to fear because I am always safe with God and this shameful situation was an illusion whose only purpose was a healing opportunity.

My ego tells me there is a very good reason to believe my illusions. If the illusion is not real, then neither is this body. Gently the Holy Spirit asks me what do I want to identify with: God or the ego? What do I want to be real? I get what I ask for. When I remember who I really Am, there is no fear, guilt or feelings of shame, somehow not being good enough.

Forgiveness heals that part of my Mind that wants to believe in separateness and vulnerability. I am learning that I need to let go of condemnation and judgment, both of others and myself, for they are the same.

We all need to wake up to the unity of one Mind. Only when I distort the Truth about myself do I feel shame, guilt or humiliation. It is always my choice alone to see things differently.

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

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Awakening Kindness

by Rev. Dan Strodl, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

A Course in Miracles is a mind training program designed to take us from fear to love. When we work through the Course with willingness and vigilance, the ego thought system weakens and is gently replaced with right minded thinking. Where we once saw only our self interest, we now awaken our true Self. The walls of self-centeredness come down and love fills the gap.

As judgments are noticed and released (forgiven), we see our brothers in a new way. We see beyond their bodies to their innocence, their beauty, their light. One important aspect of Love is kindness. As a new world awakens in us, we begin to care about others and want to extend kindness to them. This isn’t the ego’s version of kindness i.e: kindness to get. This is true kindness, an extension of love.

“Kindness created me kind” (W-pI.67.2:4)

I grew up in a self-centered world, everyone out for themselves, and I saw everything from the vantage point of, “what’s in it for me?” The idea of kindness was foreign.

I felt alone, unloved, and judgemental of others and myself. And with that ego program running my life, I was fearful and unhappy. Although I would occasionally be kind, it was with the purpose of getting something back.

One day I reached a rock bottom and my whole world fell apart. Looking back now I realize it was a gift that opened up a pathway back to my true Self. I discovered psychotherapy, Healing Circles, Inner Child workshops, 12 step recovery, men’s groups, Buddhism, and then I found what truly spoke to me — A Course in Miracles.

Although I didn’t understand the Course at first, I knew this was what I needed. Everyday I did the lessons, meditated, joined a study group, and I was blessed with an angel in the form of a man who’d been studying the course for years, who helped me understand the Course.

I became aware of the fear, judgments, and anxiety that were running through my mind unconsciously. And when I noticed I wasn’t at peace, I would pause, quiet my mind, and take the thoughts and feelings to the Holy Spirit for healing. Slowly the fear, anxiety and judgments weakened and peace returned.

“Before the glorious radiance of the Kingdom guilt melts away, and transformed into kindness will never more be what it was.” (T-13.X.14)

When I looked on people without judgment kindness grew…  I found myself smiling more, sharing with strangers, helping people who are having difficulties, and my happiness grew exponentially. Kindness expands the Light within and reaches out to touch the Light in others as well.

“Each little gift you offer to your brother lights up the world.” (T-22:9.9)

I still get caught up in fear, anxiety, stress and judgments, but I can recognize it quickly and I know what to do with it. I rarely stay stuck in the ego’s insanity for too long.

Leading a self-centered life was painful, lonely and so fearful. Being in my right mind, and extending kindness brought me all the gifts of the Kingdom… a peace, Love, and joy that I had never experienced before. I am so grateful for the Course.

Rev. Dan Strodl is Manager of Miracle Network in the UK, Pathways of Light Spiritual Counsellor, and Accessing Inner Wisdom Counsellor. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Website: http://www.danstrodl.com

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Letting Your Mind be Healed by Holy Spirit

by Gina Lucia, Ministerial Candidate

Every moment of every day is an opportunity for us to heal our perceptions of the world around us, the one in which we see with the body’s eyes. This can only be done with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. This is why it is necessary to have some sort of “spiritual” practice every day. To align ourselves vertically with our higher Holy Spirit selves before we begin the day’s journey can save us from the illusions our inventive minds love to participate in. Lesson 137 teaches us, “When I am healed I am not healed alone.”

“And as you let yourself be healed, you see all those around you, or who cross your mind, or whom you touch or those who seem to have no contact with you, healed along with you. Perhaps you will not recognize all that your healing touches, nor realize how great your offering of healing is to all the world, when you let healing come to you. But you are never healed alone. And legions upon legions will receive the gift of healing that you receive when you are healed.” (W-137.10)

Healing or sickness are your own mind’s decision. Sickness supports the illusion of separation and the limitations that come with the body. Just like with forgiveness, when illusions are brought before the Holy Spirit, the illusion of sickness disappears from the mind of the dreamer. This can only be achieved with the help of the Holy Spirit.

We must ask, “Holy Spirit, how do you see this?” As we quiet our minds, we open to the healing perception. We have opportunity every day to practice receiving miracles from the Holy Spirit. As we receive these miracles let us not forget to extend the miracles that we receive.

Let us give thanks with A Song of Prayer!

“So now return your holy voice to Me. The song of prayer is silent without you. The universe is waiting your release because it is its own. Be kind to it and to yourself, and then be kind to Me. I ask but this; that you be comforted and live no more in terror and in pain. Do not abandon Love. Remember this; whatever you may think about yourself, whatever you may think about the world, your Father needs you and will call to you until you come to Him in peace at last.” (S-3.IV.10)

Be still an instant with me! Let’s go to our Father with empty hands and open hearts, let us accept this, that we do not know what anything in the world means, only our open hearts can bring us home to a world that lay beyond what our body’s eyes perceive. Heaven is here, and Heaven is our home.

Gina Lucia is a Pathways of Light ministerial candidate living in W. Sacramento, California. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

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