July-September, 2013
This is my favorite and oft-used prayer from ACIM:
Take this from me and look upon it, judging it for me. Let me not see it as a sign of sin and death, nor use it for destruction. Teach me how not to make of it an obstacle to peace. But let You use it for me, to facilitate its coming. (T-19.IV.C.11:8-10)
July-September, 2013
What is the starting point? My understanding is that what we really are is what we have always been and never changes. It is indestructible, unchangeable and will always be. Because it is so profound, it is difficult to put a label on it, but some that work for me are Basic Goodness, Infinite Awareness, Unlimited Consciousness, Boundless Joy and, of course, just plain old perfect… Simple Love.
July-September, 2013
Have you ever said
That you feel bad because…?
Have you ever felt
That you were happy because…?
Well, then you are not alone
Because this is the norm.
July-September, 2013
“I am in the likeness of my Creator. I cannot suffer, I cannot experience loss and I cannot die.”
This is a hard concept to really grasp. As a Pathways minister, I counsel people all of the time and it becomes more and more clear that each situation, each circumstance is caused by our forgetfulness.
July-September, 2013
There is only one Power — God’s all-encompassing Love. Anytime we see or feel anything other than this, we are believing in illusions. God’s Love is eternally changeless, just like our holy Self. Jesus’ message is uncompromising. In order to bring about consistent miracles, we must cultivate a single-minded conviction in only ‘one’ Power — God’s Love. While we still retain our belief in a hierarchy of illusions, we will reject knowing and demonstrating that there is no order of difficulty in miracles.
July-September, 2013
In the dream of separation, Linda, the dreamer has been hypnotized by messages constantly bombarding her and filled with fearful stories of sickness, sin, and death. Until becoming ACIM student, she wasn’t taught to even question the messages and asking whether they were true. She didn’t know she had within her an Inner Teacher that was the Voice of Truth and Wisdom, the Voice for God. She didn’t know she could go within at any time and ask her Inner Teacher, the Holy Spirit, to help her sort out what was real from what was a made up story. Until she learned to trust this Voice, she was lost in a dream of terror and guilt, and in stories of pain, sickness and suffering.
July-September, 2013
Sometimes I feel guilt around the fact that, even though in my heart I want to be healed, and I do put some effort into remembering I am free, I don’t make as much effort as I should; I don’t remember the truth as often as “I would like” and I despair that I’m getting nowhere closer to any healing. Then something happens that shows that Holy Spirit knows that there is willingness in my heart and that no effort is ever wasted.
July-September, 2013
One day as I was praying I said to God, “Father I hope I am really learning all the lessons I came here to learn because I really don’t want to ever have to come back to the earth. It is too painful here.” Almost immediately I heard the reply, “You will know you have learned the lessons when that is no longer true for you, Heaven is not a place out there somewhere that you will be transported to after your earthly existence is over. It is in your mind now. So whether you are in a body on the earth or not you will feel only Love, Joy and peace.”
July-September, 2013
I see the Christ
In you, brother.
I see the face of Christ
In you, sister.
July-September, 2013
We know the perils of earth yet we step into the dream like an old coat, not thinking about the consequences. It is only in the briefest of moments when we see the play being played out before our eyes that we stir with awakening.
It is in this moment where Eternity and Love reside: A space so illuminated, so filled with grace that our memory is restored — our memory of what we had forgotten; a true essence of innocence, beauty, sinlessness, perfection, unconditional, everlasting Love — exquisiteness, a place without limits just for our awakening.
July-September, 2013
It was two weeks after being ordained as a Ministerial Counselor. I was looking forward to a couple of days in the hills of Derbyshire with an old childhood friend. We had planned this months ago and I was excited about walking in the hills again. I had been experiencing some pain but I had no intention of cancelling my trip. Even so I was a little anxious. I wouldn’t be telling anyone about my difficulty because I know that whatever may appear as a bodily difficulty needs a correction of my thought, so discussing this with someone would serve no purpose other than alarm others.
July-September, 2013
I opened the Course the other day and was drawn to the conditions necessary for anger to manifest; “Anger cannot occur unless you believe that you have been attacked, that your attack is justified in return, and that you are in no way responsible for it.” (T-6.Intro.1:3)
With curiosity, I contemplated how those words might be helpful to me. Lately my life seems to be pretty much anger free. (Hey, sometimes it happens — don’t be so surprised!) Because I really believed there was a message for me, I felt much opened to receive.
July-September, 2013
I have attended several ACIM conferences over the past 5 years since my retirement from teaching high school history classes. This recent conference in Chicago, however, was a particularly special treat for me. I felt honored to be a presenter with Myron Jones representing Pathways of Light.
July-September, 2013
Recently I experienced a betrayal. Someone I love did something so hurtful that it changed our relationship forever. My heart was broken. For days, in fact, I thought the relationship would be ended. When I first discovered what had happened, I shook violently for hours. I cried from a deep well in my chest. In the midst of this, though, I found that I could not name the emotion. It was not anger. Looking back, I think it was a great sadness. I felt lost. I reached for Holy Spirit, not really knowing what to ask for, only knowing the answer lay with Him.
July-September, 2013
A Course in Miracles teaches us that we can read and apply the Text and Workbook lesson exercises in complete silence and still make a HUGE impact on the world. However, we discover and learn about ourselves in relationship to each other. As we interact with each other, we become aware of the areas in our mind where we need healing and ask for assistance from Holy Spirit to show us the way home to His truth.
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