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April-June, 2006

Special Relationships

by Rev. Myron Jones

Most of our relationships are based on the belief that we are not whole, that we are missing some vital piece of ourselves, and that we can get that missing part if we just hook up with the right person. We seldom are aware, on a conscious level, just what it is that we are missing. So here we are with this fuzzy idea that something is missing and that someone else can complete us. I don’t know how we expect to find that missing piece when we don’t even know what it looks like.

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April-June, 2006

New On the Web — A Course in Miracles Text Q & A

by Revs. Robert & Mary Stoelting

The past two years we have been working on providing additional perspectives for each section of the Text of A Course in Miracleson the Pathways of Light web site. Recently we have put these perspectives in a new question and answer format. Below are questions and answers for Chapter 17, Section III: Shadows of the Past from Text pgs 354-357.

How do we hear the Holy Spirit?

Paragraphs one and two explain why it is so important for us to step back from our usual way of thinking and invite the Holy Spirit into our mind. We remember to do this when it fully sinks in that what we think we know about ‘reality’ is not true. Being a ‘know it all’ just keeps us a prisoner to the ego thought system of separation. To consistently hear Holy Spirit, who does know reality, we need to make it a regular habit of remembering, “Nothing I see… means anything.” (WB Lesson 1) and, “My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.” (WB Lesson 11)

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April-June, 2006

Forgiveness Is My Function

by Rev. Deb Phelps

In Chapter 17, in the first section, “Bringing Fantasy to Truth” we are reminded that “When you try to bring truth to illusions, you are trying to make the illusions real, and keep them by justifying your belief in them. But to give illusions to truth is to enable truth to teach that the illusions are unreal, and thus enable you to escape from them.” (T-17.I.5:4-5)

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April-June, 2006

What Is Salvation?

by Rev. Mary Manke

As I listened during today’s lesson, which is “Holding grievances is an attack on God’s plan for salvation,” I asked, “What is salvation, Father? Tell me, that I may understand.” This is what came to me from Spirit:

Salvation is to be freed from illusions, from insane plans for survival, from investment in false dreams. Salvation is Love. When you accept the Presence of Love, the false falls away. In Love’s Presence, there is no cause (for guilt/fear) and no need for illusion or lies.

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April-June, 2006

A Journey onto Pages

by Rev. Susan Hanshaw

I did not consciously decide to write Unleashing Your Soul.  It chose me. I say that because as much as I had the burning desire to write a book, when I first committed myself to writing one, the words simply did not flow. I often sat at my computer all day just barely producing a page or two. It seemed that I was trying to force something that was not yet ready to happen.

Part of my problem was that I felt like I didn’t have a clue about what I was doing. I wanted to be a writer, so I just wrote. Shortly after I began to write, the universe helped me to stumble across some spiritual writing workshops that helped me to improve my craft as well as connect me with a good writing coach. After I was about 60% done with my initial manuscript, I sent it to the coach and waited eagerly for his evaluation.

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April-June, 2006

Can You Give Yourself Permission to Be Happy?

by Rev. Cheryl Ford

  I had the most wonderful experience this morning with ACIM workbook lesson 71 that I wanted to share it with you. The lesson is Only God’s Plan for Salvation will Work.

The lesson focuses on the fact that there are two ways that we can perceive salvation. One belongs to the ego, the other to God.
The ego’s plan for salvation is based on the idea of “seek but do not find.” This concept causes us to always look for salvation in people, situations and circumstances outside of ourselves. Of course this plan does not work because it is in direct opposition to God’s plan which is by following His direction, we seek for salvation where it is: Within.

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April-June, 2006

I Know Just What to Do

by Revs. Bob and Kathy Thompson

Last November, David Fishman requested that a song be written for A Course in Miracles Gather. After a month of jotting down ideas for the song, Bob was guided to ignore all of the accumulated ideas, and start a clean page. Then, the words just tumbled out, and the song was written by itself. When Bob sang it for the first time, he just opened his mouth, and the melody plopped out. All of which just goes to show, that if you have a little willingness, Holy Spirit will do the rest.

Within seconds of hearing this song for the first time, Linda Card and David Fishman, enthusiastically adopted I Know Just What to Do as the theme song for A Course in Miracles Gather.

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April-June, 2006

The Miracle of Balance

by Rev. Marie Hanson

This is my second winter in Nevada.  Last year was very cold and brought plenty of snow.  I was like a little kid.  I loved to shovel the walk and driveway. I loved watching it fall.  This winter is called a “pineapple express.”  It was mild most of the time, followed by brief periods of cold and snow.  These two extremes illustrate how nature miraculously balances itself.

The four seasons offer an outward reminder of the cyclic nature of life.  Another way is the observation of Lent, preparing for the celebration of Easter. I enjoy celebrating rituals and believe them to be an important part of my spiritual life.  Ritual can add purpose, expression and color to everyday experience.

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April-June, 2006

The One Vicious Ego

by Rev. Lee Catalano

The ego would have me believe that it is me. Sometimes while practicing forgiveness I get confused and think that is it difficult to remember who it is that I truly am. The ego is just thought. False thought, it isn’t and never will be, Who I am.

There is only one ego. It makes no sense to judge it, it is one as is the Son of God One. To see the ego at work in another and to say “his ego” or “her ego” is to personalize and to further teach myself, that egos are many and real.

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April-June, 2006

The Process of Forgiveness

by Rev. Lee Catalano

Forgiveness empties the mind of false beliefs by our willingness to let them go. False beliefs are the driving force behind ego thought. A thought cannot linger and take hold without there being an underlying belief.

Jesus refers to the “little willingness” to see things differently in the Course. The willingness is little in the beginning, because that is all he (Jesus) needs in order to get his foot in the door of our minds, metaphorically speaking. With the little willingness to see things differently we begin to have little episodes of peace. As we begin to identify peace with letting go, our willingness to let go increases to “great willingness.” That is why it is so vital to have the experience that he is pointing to in the Workbook lessons and the experience is peace.

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April-June, 2006

Waking Up/Awakening

Rev. Colleen Mc Nally

I sit this morning taking some deep breaths. As I begin this day, I am aware of a deep need to nurture my soul. “We will practice laying aside our false personas so we can focus on the perception and awareness of our soul.” (Pathways course 802: Soul Awareness)

As I go about my morning rituals and settle into this more focused time of reflection and prayer, two words are jumping around in my mind. They are ‘waking up’ and ‘awakening.’ As I let meanings and understanding come to me, I realize a kind of playfulness. This play on/with these two words brings a smile to my face as I think to myself, “They really mean the same thing; they are inter-changeable. I can wake up or awaken in the morning and I can wake up and awaken to the Love within me.

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April-June, 2006

Preferring Holy Spirit’s Plan

by Rev. Barbara Kraetsch

I am struck by how similar the first principle and foundation of St. Ignatius is to ACIM. Another confirmation that the truth is the truth. It may come to us in slightly different words, merely symbols in form, but the truth always remains the truth. Visionaries and mystics throughout time always come to the idea of oneness, with all else being illusion.

It is in coming to the idea of oneness that we can come to recognize our soul. We cannot find ourselves except to look at the One Self. We cannot find ourselves anywhere else because we don’t exist anywhere else. Everything in the illusion made by the mind can be a help to the end of rejoicing in our oneness with God. We can make use of what is in the illusion to help us to this end, and also learn to let go of what is any hindrance to us. A hindrance for us is attachment to form, letting expectations, preferences, or obsessions rule our lives.

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April-June, 2006

The Sacred Light of Winter

by Rev. Margaret Huckabay

The stillness of winter can be a
sacred gift allowing time for
mediation, prayer and silent heart
communion with the Most High.

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April-June, 2006

My Desire to Be Right Causes Me Pain

by Rev. Joan Haber

I was given an opportunity to choose between being right and being happy yesterday and I discovered that I act out of habit. When the situation arose, I instinctively turned on my defenses and made a decision out of wanting to be “right” with this other person.

Right after I did so, I stopped and actually thought about what I did and why. I believe it is this type of vigilant awareness that will eventually save me from this type of situation that only brings me pain.

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