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January-March, 2022

Miracles News, January-March, 2022

 

 

Our heart
lives in
God’s Heart
of Love 

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January-March, 2022

Evolution

by Rev. Joyce Peebles, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Recently I heard someone say that those who don’t know, feel the need to speak! This contrasts with those who do know, and merely observe. A Course in Miracles teaches us to choose between two voices. The Holy Spirit’s voice is soft, gentle, even still. The ego’s voice is loud, urgent, wanting attention. Speaking from the ego’s influence, we feel we want to be heard, for we are “right” and surely, we can “help” others. The Holy Spirit’s Voice plainly lets me know it is not my place to correct or fix anyone else.

Under the guise of helping another, I have tried to control outcomes. This is not my function. It has been made clear that my function is recognizing my own faulty thinking and giving that back to the Holy Spirit. What I thought needed to change “out there” was but a reflection of what needed to be corrected in my Mind. True learning is realizing there is no “out there” to change.

Pathway’s has a course on cause and effect. The ego’s voice tells us the world we see is the cause of our emotions we experience. Holy Spirit tells us the world we see is what we want to see. We have beliefs in our Mind that are proven right by the body’s eyes. So, I am seeing what I have made real in my Mind.

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January-March, 2022

I Need Do Nothing

by Rev. Michael Dagenais, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

The ambulance sped down the road with siren blaring and lights flashing. It was a hot June day in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was my first ride ever in an emergency vehicle. I felt it rock back and forth as the driver drove over a median to bypass traffic. The medic attending to me in the back called out to the driver and instructed him to notify the hospital that they were transporting a “code white.” I was to learn later that a “code white” indicated a patient having a stroke.

Less than an hour ago, I had been calmly getting ready for work when I started to feel odd. I sat down at my dining table to relax for a few minutes. But the strange sensations increased. I began feeling disoriented. The right side of my body seemed to be growing numb and I noticed that my speaking was slurred. I realized that whatever was happening, it was getting progressively worse. I asked my son, who had the day off from work, to call for an ambulance.

As we approached the hospital, my mind was a jumble of thoughts. I was supposed to be at work in an hour. I had meetings to attend, projects to complete, deadlines to meet. Yet, I wasn’t in any shape to make a phone call or text a message to a coworker or my boss. I felt suddenly cut off from my world of responsibilities and to do lists. What do I do now? I felt helpless.

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January-March, 2022

What Can Stillness Give Me?

by Rev. Maria Kingsley, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

The other morning, I was sitting outside in the fresh air while it was still dark outside, contemplating what is happening within and without.

I asked myself: Am I joining with this world, am I hiding from this world, where am I at?

What came to me was that I wanted to be still and just be. When I did this, I realized that I was just being, being as the plants and other beings (rabbits, bugs, birds etc.) were just being. They were being … quietly, not happy, not sad, not low, not high, just being. They were bringing to this world what they came to bring, without needing to worry, needing to hurry, needing to despair or reject who they are, what they are. They were just that: a rabbit, a bird, a bee, or a tree. 

I noticed how wonderful it was to just be. Tears came to my eyes because I realized that I had been longing for this Beingness for a long time. Plants and flowers had always brought that feeling of being centered and just being to me. It is where we live.

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January-March, 2022

By the Grace of God the Pain Was Gone — When I Forgave

by Rev. Tarra Bennett, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

June 21st 2021. It’s midday and suddenly I am struck with an intense toothache, excruciatingly painful. It lasted all that day and into the next day and the next day. Going to a dentist is not something I like to do. However by now I have come to realize this intense ache is not going away. Since moving east ten years ago I had not put in place a dentist for myself.

I contacted a local friend for a recommendation on the best dentist in the province. The dentist they suggested was a six hour drive from where I live. However I am willing to drive that distance for a dentist I trust.

I finally got up the courage to call the dentist’s office. The earliest date they could book me an appointment was for August 6th, almost six weeks before I would get relief from the pain.

Daily I continued to endure the discomfort and the pain.

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January-March, 2022

A Miracle in Church

by Rev. Dan Strodl, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Recently, I was asked to give a tribute in a church to my friend David, as part of a celebration of his life. He died last year, at the height of the pandemic, and only his family were able to attend his funeral. I worked with David over 40 years ago, long before he met his wife and had a family. His wife wanted me to share my personal experiences of David, so the congregation could get a full picture of him. I told her I’d think about it and get back to her.

My first thought was “No”. I couldn’t remember what we did together or what he was like so many years ago. But, then, memories came flooding back into my mind. We had so many fun and wacky times together, working in the creative department of a major advertising agency. I wrote down everything I could remember, which filled two pages. I got back to David’s wife and said “Yes.”

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January-March, 2022

Handing It Over: It’s the Key

by Rev. Colleen Fee, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Truck problems: Friday night my truck would not start. I was stranded at my niece’s horse ranch, 30 miles from home. No mechanic was open. Fear came up about how to get home.

Hand it over to Holy Spirit.

Allison (an Angel), who works for my niece, shows up and asks if we need help. Yes, the truck won’t start and we need a ride home, but we live in Greeley. No problem, she was going that way anyway. The ride with Allison was an opportunity to have a nice conversation about working at the ranch.

I left the spare key in the truck for tow. It is safe to leave the truck unlocked on my niece’s property. We will meet the tow truck on Monday morning.

Saturday we pick up a rental car. Monday morning we call a mechanic and tow truck. As we go to meet the tow truck, fear comes up about how much all of this is going to cost.

Hand it over to Holy Spirit. (I do not know what anything means.)

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January-March, 2022

Just Say “Yes!”

by Rev. Deb Fee, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As a facilitator of the Pathways of Light Spiritual and Ministerial Training Courses, I am so blessed to be aware of Holy Spirit teaching me through my interactions with students as we go through the material. I always hand over our sessions to Inner Guidance and am truly delighted with whatever unfolds in our discussion.

Recently a student was expressing some difficulty with close family relationships and a reluctance to engage in communication as there was always an expectation of criticism and obligation. This student even said that they believed Holy Spirit did not want them to interact with these family members as (the student) was “not ready.” In other words, the “spiritual muscles” were not yet developed enough for them to be “safe” in that environment. Even though this student was a delightful person and a very loving and bright Light in their experience with almost anyone else, certain family members made them withdraw and feel the need to isolate from them.

As I listened to the student say, “No!” (literally) to communication, I distinctly heard in my mind, “Just say yes.” I knew I was receiving Guidance and asked in my own mind, “How do I do that?” Then the idea came to me to offer an experiment of sorts to the student. I suggested that for just one day the student would say, “Yes” to whatever choice was offered in their experience. When I sensed a little stiffening to the experiment, I said that the day should be set up the night before by asking Holy Spirit to bring only those situations that Holy Spirit WANTS them to choose to say, “Yes.” That way the student could be assured that Holy Spirit “has their back,” and would never bring an experience or choice that was not in their best interest, even if it didn’t appear that way at first.

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January-March, 2022

Need a Boost? I Do. So, Here’s a Boost!

by Rev. Mary Lenihan, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As I work here today at our Pause studio, I am feeling incredibly blessed to be doing the work I am doing — that Infinite Love is creating — and that is being shared through so many of us in our willingness to get out of our own way and let LOVE, love us so we can love others in the daily operations of life.

REMEMBER?

Yesterday, as I stepped out of our Pause studio door and stood in the parking lot, I heard a thought from My True Self, “It doesn’t get better than this.” I REMEMBERED that I have been gifted, as you have as well, with living the life I always hoped to live — a life chosen not by me, but by the ONE LOVE who gave me LIFE — in the most wondrous sense of the word. And infuses LIFE into my everyday life of being of service, knowing my True Self, knowing GOD, following LOVE’s call to love, working for a nonprofit with a team of people as devoted and dedicated as I am — each willing to be and do our part — to be a light in the darkness. Not perfect, simply willing. Not willing 100% of the time, but that is an ego accusation to be noticed and dismissed. Poof!

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January-March, 2022

In Gratitude I Heal Every Relationship

by Rev. Cathy Silva, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

A prayer for healing relationships inspired by POL Course 903: Gratitude for God’s Gifts:

In gratitude I am whole.

I become aware I am one with God and am One here and now in holy relationship with all my brothers and sisters.

I let gratitude lead me Home…

In gratitude I accept and appreciate all as it is now. All circumstances, all conditions, all beings as they appear. I remember that by myself I don’t know what any of it means so I surrender its meaning and purpose to the Holy Spirit.

I now appreciate, accept and give thanks for all that I have inherited as a Child of God…

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January-March, 2022

Being Carried

by Rev. Larry Glenz, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

During all the years that Pathways of Light has been in my life, I have listened to Robert and Mary Stoelting express often that they feel like they are “being carried.” I always loved hearing them say that. They have put Holy Spirit in charge and have been led on many adventures. Their latest journey, the move from Florida to Huntley, IL, is just the most recent example of their trust in being carried by Holy Spirit.

I have been keeping a journal for many years. Occasionally I look back at my journal for inspiration and for clarity on my past.

My current journal begins almost one year ago. Christmas had just passed, and I was preparing to take my annual drive to my winter home in south Florida in the new year 2021. I am a snowbird, spending my winters in Florida and the rest of the year on Long Island.

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January-March, 2022

The Healing Power of Love

by Rev. Kelly Lewis, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As I opened my mind to be shown what to write for this quarter’s edition of Miracle News, I knew immediately that I would share my recent practice using Holy Spirit’s Love to bring healing to myself. We are told in ACIM that by bringing illusions to truth, our minds are healed. The illusions are ANY fear-based thinking and the Truth is the Loving essence that we ARE.

I found out at the beginning of October that my ex-husband of 11 years took his life. After we had divorced in 2010, we made amends to each other and both found much forgiveness and healing at that time. We were aware that while there were struggles in our marriage, that it was not awful like some marriages, but we were simply not a good match. Beyond that however, we both had our own baggage/issues that we struggled with through the marriage and that ultimately ended it. Just prior to separating I had gotten out of a four-month treatment facility. Having returned from treatment and witnessing the disparity between the lives that we both wanted, I knew that while I still felt a love for him, that I could not stay with him if I wanted to remain in recovery from multiple addictions.

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January-March, 2022

Cause or Effect

by Rev. Paula Richards, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

.Years ago, someone told me that I wouldn’t be truly happy until I moved to Arizona. A more correct statement would have been that I wouldn’t get to Arizona until I allowed myself to be truly happy.

After five years living with my elderly mom in Massachusetts, I felt really stuck in the caregiver role. I had gladly chosen to live with mom and help her out, and the first four years, although challenging, were rewarding for both of us. But, now, I was angry — a lot. After having yet another full-blown temper tantrum, through my tears, I begged Holy Spirit for help. I was guided that, instead of trying to get rid of my anger, I might ask it what it was trying to tell me. Journaling revealed I was clinging to this caregiving role out of fear of moving forward with my life, of stepping into the unknown. Staying stuck wasn’t showing love for myself or my mom. I already knew what my heart wanted. Fear was the only thing holding me back.

When I asked for help letting go of my fear, I was guided to sit quietly, put my hand on my heart, and focus on something or someone I love. I was told to stop thinking and just feel the love flowing out from my heart. Once I connected with the loving part (the only REAL part) of me, Holy Spirit prompted me to ask the love what it wanted to do — not what I thought I needed to do to become happy, but what I wanted to do because I already was happy.

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January-March, 2022

Homecoming

Rev. Maureen Yarbrough, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

“A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing you from your false sense of isolation, deprivation and lack.” (T-1.I.42)

A life perceived full of abandonment with feelings of unworthiness and being unlovable corroding my mind… well, I was always on a search to fill this hole in my soul. Alcohol, drugs, sex, relationships… moving on to the next demon when one did not work, as of course, none of them would work. Setting myself up for failure in almost every area of my life, my ego clung to my professional life. It was there I wore a mask of confidence and surety, but I almost sunk that ship, too, on my long and arduous journey of self-destruction.

Darkness, demons, hopelessness… I was so blinded in a fear-taught thought system which I clung to because I trusted and believed in all of those that told me it was true. There is no blame, they all had faith in it, too. It took me to the floor — brought me to my knees and then I found myself in the fetal position, pathways of tears streaming down my face. Oh, the pain and the quiet and messy hope of desperation.

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January-March, 2022

Forgiveness *Does* Offer You Everything You Want

by Rev. Jennifer McSween, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I’m writing this article at the end of November. Soon the Christmas season will be in full swing, and we’ll be hearing Christmas Carols and other seasonal songs repeatedly, on every radio station and television channel.

I already find myself humming what has become one of my favourite Christmas songs. It’s the “Xmas Song” — written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The opening lines are: “So, this is Christmas and what have you done — Another year over a new one just begun.”

I’m sure you’ve heard it yourself. Hearing these lines bring me a deep feeling of peace, joy, fulfillment, and happiness. But it wasn’t always this way. It only became this way from 2017 — the year I wrote and published my book — TRUE FORGIVENESS: The Proven Path From Pain to Power In Five Simple Steps.

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