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October-December, 2016

Miracles News, October-December, 2016

 

We find freedom…
as we accept the
truth that we are still
as God created us.

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October-December, 2016

One Face

by Rev. Mary Gerard Lenihan, O.M.C.

I notice a nagging unworthiness, a not good enough, not getting enough done, not “waking up” fast enough. I sense an “internal rut.” Is there anyway out of this I ask my Self. Must I be plagued with this again? It is a gnawing deep within which surfaces now and again, telling me that something is “radically wrong.” I name the problem which I always find very helpful > “internal rut.” I pause and hear the solution > Internal Guidance.

In the pause, Inspiration names the internal rut specifically: “I don’t truly believe in my True Self. That is, I am not certain about who I am. If I am not certain about who I am, it follows that I am not certain about who and what Love is because who I am is an extension of Love.”

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October-December, 2016

Playing Golf

by Rev. Larry Glenz, O.M.C.

The sport of golf had little attraction for me until recently. I haven’t played much in my life. But I feel now like I have been guided to start playing as I enter these senior years of life. I borrowed a friend’s old set of clubs, took a few lessons from a pro, and started hitting golf balls six days a week. This has been going on for over 2 months now.

Today, for my 66th birthday, I received a new set of Callaway clubs from my wife. I feel like the 8-year old Larry who got a brand new baseball glove for his birthday after first playing with his big brother’s old cast off. I can feel that same sense of little kid excitement today.

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October-December, 2016

My Prayer for Thanking God and Receiving His Thanks

by Bryan Rice

Divine Source of Love, Divinity of
All That Is, thank you for creating
me and giving me the gift to create.

Day by day, in every way,
help me to be more and more
aware of Your Presence,
calling to mind the gifts
you have given me.

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October-December, 2016

Do I Have an Ego — Am I MY Ego?

by Rev. Linda Wisniewski, O.M.C.

On one of the Sunday Pathways of Light ACIM teleconference calls, we were working on Text, Chapter 8, “The Journey Back” and we were focused on Section 1 and 2: The Direction of the Curriculum and the difference between Imprisonment and Freedom. We especially focused on paragraph 2 on p. 138, which I think is very important because I find myself and others talking about their ego or my ego as if it is who we are. I even at one time thought of it as a person sitting on my shoulder telling me how to think.

Holy Spirit gave me an image of the ego thought system based on some of the main points in this second paragraph. The following are some of the points that stood out to me and then I will follow it with the imagery Holy Spirit gave me.

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October-December, 2016

Simply Do This

by Rev. Maura Williams, O.M.C.

At a recent study group a fellow study buddy made the comment that “to go from using the ego thought process to the Holy Spirit’s thought process was much like ending an abusive relationship. It makes you wonder why you stayed so long and put up with the abuse.” I’ve been thinking about this ever since.

The most abusive relationship I ever had is the one I have with myself. It doesn’t matter what happens or has happened. It’s never about the people or circumstances outside of me. It’s all about how I perceive and process the things I experience.

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October-December, 2016

Living in the Ocean of Love

by Rev. Andrea Sassa Archuleta, O.M.C.

When I am in nature, especially trail-running with my dog Bella, I often reflectively commune with Inner Wisdom — my God-Source within. During a recent trail-run, I invited Inner Wisdom to help me understand a pattern I was noticing in my mind. A pattern of evaluating and assigning judgments to everything — assessing whether something was a good thing or a bad thing or whether I was making a right decision or a wrong decision. I noticed the energy drain I felt from this and how it kept me from the present moment.

I said to Inner Wisdom, somewhat exasperated, “Here, really, just take this. I am giving this to you.” And then I let go. I didn’t try to figure out what to replace evaluating and judging with, or when to replace it, or any of that. I have learned to simply hand anything over that is not supporting me being at peace. Handing over is the beginning of the miracle for me, A Course in Miracles type miracle.

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October-December, 2016

Sometimes the Miracle Is “Who Cares?”

by Rev. Carly D. Glasmyre, O.M.C.

Sometimes I think the miracle has to be a big, momentous thing. But sometimes it’s as simple as Holy Spirit saying, “Who cares?”

Recently in the weekly study group call I run, I was sharing about some struggles I’ve been having with my job. One of the participants began to coach me around my job and ask questions to help me take action. She did this out of love and out of the desire to support me, but all I felt was embarrassed.

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October-December, 2016

The Prince of Love

by Cindy Lyn Bartholome

I was experiencing the Pathways of Light meditation titled, “Letting Love Return You to Peace.” I was deep into the meditation, not even hearing the guiding words, when half way through the meditation my cat, Prince, jumped on the chair and laid his body right next to my leg. He was there the rest of the meditation. I knew Spirit was telling me something by having Prince lay next to me during this specific meditation. What was the message? By exploring who Prince is I’d have an answer to this question.

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October-December, 2016

Valuing Content Over Form

by Rev. Michael Graves, O.M.C.

When I became a Pathways of Light Ordained Ministerial Counselor a few years ago, I dedicated my life and ministry to doing what Holy Spirit wanted me to do. Actually, I think that most people who study ACIM eventually do the same thing as they grow in their understanding of what the Course teaches.

The problem with this approach for me, has been to avoid looking at what I am doing and making judgments about it.

As POL ministerial students we were counseled to avoid the temptation to create our own (ego) vision of what our ministries would look like and let the Holy Spirit guide us. And, to the best of my ability, I think I did that. We were further counseled that what actually comes to pass will most likely be quite different from we had envisioned.

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October-December, 2016

Learning to Forgive Promotes Healing for Us All

by Rev. Peggy Rivera, O.M.C.

Relationships are a very good place for opportunities for us to see where we need to heal our minds.

How often do we hear ourselves or our brothers complain about something someone else said or did to make us unhappy? It is our thoughts that get out of control and when we believe our unhappiness is caused by some outside force, we fall deeper and deeper into the perception we are alone and afraid and separate from our Source.

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October-December, 2016

New Book — The Adventures of the Course Kids: Through Faith and Grace

by Rev. Barbara Adams, O.M.C.

Sharing the Teachings of the Course with Children at an Age-Appropriate Level

Sharing and modeling the teachings of A Course in Miracles with children is no different than any other life-lessons we wish to impart to our impressionable youngsters. As a retired educator, I accrued over 32 years of experience in both the classroom and as an administrator. Now as an Ordained Ministerial Counselor through Pathways of Light Spiritual College, my goal in this article is to compare teaching age-appropriate lessons at school with teaching age-appropriate lessons to our children from the Course.

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October-December, 2016

The Toilet Paper Transgression

by Rev. Robin Singler, O.M.C.

At the beginning of this year, I re-affirmed my commitment to healing my mind through the teachings of the Course, and the journey has been a continual, if not painstaking, process of digging deeper into ego beliefs and releasing them. Redoubling my efforts to heal my mind with the Holy Spirit has been a wonderful blessing filled with ups, downs, revelations and setbacks, similar, I am sure, to what others experience as awareness of the ego thought system increases in our minds.

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October-December, 2016

The Greatest Gift

by Rev. Robert Joseph Thompson, O.M.C.

The greatest gift… that I give to me,
is listening to Guidance, from Eternity.

To be quietly still… is my sacred choice,
while awaiting Eternity’s “Still Small Voice.”

This is also The Gift… you may give to yourself,
no matter the matter… Heaven will help.

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October-December, 2016

What Does Being a Teacher of God Mean?

by Rev. Linda Wisniewski, O.M.C.

Ever since I got ordained as a Pathways of Light minister in 2005, I thought of myself as a teacher of God. But I was focusing on the form and not on the true content.

I thought being a teacher of God meant having students and teaching them about the Course or ACIM Practitioner courses. I thought it meant preparing others to become ministers.

I thought being a teacher of God meant having my own ministry or giving workshops about Course related topics. I love facilitating these programs but does this give me the title teacher of God?

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