Miracles News

October - December, 2008

Colleen Celebrates Life

by Revs. Annie Arbona & Colleen McNally

One of our dear ministers, Rev. Colleen Mc Nally, passed away recently. We wish to honor and celebrate all the many blessings she has given us during her time with us.

Rev. Annie Arbona — Just as Colleen celebrated Life and Spirit in all her writings and poems, we celebrate her as she moves on in her story line to a greater body-free awareness of her True Self. It is so easy for me to picture Colleen celebrating all that she became aware of. And that she was so obviously aware of Truth, and had such ability to express it.

We were in the some ordination group of September, 2007, and it was a joy to share with her free, wise and loving Spirit. Love to you, Colleen. You are in our hearts, in the Heart of all hearts. Below are some of Colleen’s beautiful messages and poetry:

Holy Spirit Is My Answer

After sitting around for a couple of days absorbed in worry about my future, I re-immersed my self in my Pathways studies. The process itself brought me to a new found sense of peace within myself. The words that comforted me as I immersed were, “The Holy Spirit is the answer to all your problems. He not only has the answer but is the Answer.” (921: Miracles Practitioner, Part I, p. 20) This awareness and this thinking began to put me in my right mind. In the Course we are told, “Right-mindedness listens to the Holy Spirit, forgives the world and through Christ’s vision see the real world in its place.” The words “the Holy Spirit is the Answer” are the words that seemed to capture me first and speak to me in a profound way. I centered by self in love and along with this centering came the change in perception, the miracle.

I was working with, Joining Holy Spirit’s Pathway of Light (922 Meditation). As I meditated, I connected with Holy Spirit’s pathway of Light in my mind and I began to feel the Light and the presence of Spirit within me. As I took in the words, “You know that if you ever feel any hesitancy or doubt, you can hand every concern over to the Holy Spirit, Who welcomes all that you hand over to Him. He takes every concern and gladly shines a Light on it” (922 Meditation).

I became aware that all of my concerns can be handed over to the Holy Spirit. “You let go of excluding some problem areas from Holy Spirit’s healing light…” (922 Meditation) He gently and gladly receives them all and offers guidance. I said, “Holy Spirit, help me. I give all of these concerns to you.” “As you hand every idea in your mind over… you feel more peaceful…” (922 Meditation) And as I listened Holy Spirit told me to relax in life. He said, “I will help you. I will show you the way. Return to Love.” “You are returning to your eternal, real Identity… You are returning to the awareness of Love’s presence.” (922 Meditation)

The awareness that Holy Spirit has the answer to all my problems and concerns hit me in a way that I knew I could give all of my life concerns to Spirit knowing that He will gently guide me to take the steps that I need to take each day. I could feel the miracle, the shift in perception. And as I proceeded with my day, I was so grateful for the return to Love and for the sense of peace as I knew Spirit was guiding me.

My daily dedication and re-dedication is to let Spirit help me and guide me with the profound knowing that Spirit not only has the answer but is the Answer to all my problems. “The Holy Spirit is your bridge to remembering the truth.” (922 Meditation) The Holy Spirit in my mind is the bridge to truth. Love is the bridge to truth.

Be still
Let Love in
Let Love fill all the spaces of Who you are
Let Love be

Spirit Through Me Today

I just love the words “Spirit Through Me.” “Here creation is proclaimed and honored as it is.” (W-pI.162.2:2) These words from Lesson 162 seem to capture the meaning and feeling of Spirit through me. It is an efflortless flow.

Be very still
Bring Love forward
Do everything you do today from the
highest Source of Love Within.
Act with Love.

The ego would react over and over again,
judging everyone and everything,
knowing what is right.
This is non-sense.
This is insanity.

Bring awareness of Love
into your consciousness.

Feel Love now in all your being.
Let it guide you and
Act with Love.

Being as God created me seems like being Love and being creative as Spirit’s Light shines. “You are as God created you. These words dispel the night and darkness is no more. The light is come today to bless the world.” (W-pI.162.6:3-5)

Love Is All I Need

“My holiness shines bright and clear today.” These are words that introduce me to Lesson 285 (ACIM). I opened to this lesson seeking guidance after feeling short of breath. This lesson immediately gave me the perspective that I needed to hold me. I felt such a miraculous gift in these words. I even shifted to a more open, relaxed way of being. These words offered me a perceptual framework that was holding my being. Any sense of worry or fear had left my consciousness and I was filled with perceptions of holiness, filled with perceptions of Love. Peace was mine again. “Father, my holiness is yours.” (W-pII.285.2:1) One with God; one with all. I was experiencing this beautiful connection to truth. “And what can alter Holiness Itself?” (W-pII.285.2:5)

Nothing can change this sense of peace. Nothing can take away this Love. I am one with God, one with Love, one with All. I have this beautiful image of the sun shining. And in the sunshine of Love, all hearts connect. My physical concerns melted away. I have long had this image that fits my experience that Love just melts away my fear.

These words spoke to that shift: “For what would be the use of pain to me, what purpose would my suffering fulfill, and how would grief and loss avail me if insanity departs from me today and I accept my holiness instead?” (W-p-II.285.1:4)

Moving

As one
We are the Light

We journey with Spirit leading the way
We walk to God
We move to inner spaces
Where we awaken
To the Light
And
Love shines

Spirit guides me to trust and to Love.
With every step, I walk to God.

Amen Colleen. Thank you so much for enriching our lives and joining with us on our journey of awakening. — Robert & Mary

Rev. Colleen McNally was a Pathways of Light minister who lived in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

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