Miracles News

January-March, 2023

God’s Orchids

By Rev. Vicki Rostant, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

The reading for the Pathways of Light International Weekly ACIM Interactive Discussion Sunday group meeting on September 25th was: “The Branching of The Road.” (T-22.IV)

This weekly teleconference call gathering is one of the highlights of my week. After we read a selection of the Course together, we go back and reread each paragraph and then Rev. Colleen Fee encourages the participants to discuss what stands out to them and share examples of how their practice of the Course’s teaching is helping them heal their minds.

For most of the hour I just listened and bathed in the wisdom of the reading and ensuing discussions by the group. Then, towards the end, a line stood out: “To all who share the Love of God the grace is given to be the givers of what they have received.” (T-22.IV.6:1), and an image arose in my mind, which Holy Spirit prompted me to share.

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January-March, 2023

Choice Is Our Super Power

by Rev. Myron, Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

“And so again we make the only choice that ever can be made; we choose between illusions and the truth, or pain and joy, or hell and Heaven. Let our gratitude unto our Teacher fill our hearts, as we are free to choose our joy instead of pain, our holiness in place of sin, the peace of God instead of conflict, and the light of Heaven for the darkness of the world.” (W-190.11:1-2)

Our purpose is to learn to make the choice for Heaven rather than for hell. You would think this would be the simplest choice of all, and you might be wrong. I have to say that I didn’t find it to be easy. At least not at first. But I discovered some basic truths from A Course in Miracles that helped me to become consistent in choosing Love rather than fear.

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January-March, 2023

House of Truth

by Rev. Nicole Witt, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I dwell in the House of Truth

Where the Light of God
shines for all Eternity

There are no curtains or shutters
to keep the Light out

Every wall is
decorated with Love

And my feet sink into a carpet
of compassion as I walk

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January-March, 2023

Trust in Yourself — Everyone Else is Already Taken

by Rev. Vicki Evans, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I remember the first time I ordered a positive affirmation bracelet on-line and it said, “Be Yourself; Everyone Else is Already Taken” and I really wanted to live that mantra! As I continue my learning journey with Pathways of Light, I embrace that I am learning to trust myself by going to Holy Spirit for a miracle or change in perception. I want to live with the thought of trusting in myself as everyone else is already taken in that each person has their own Innate Wisdom to trust in themselves!

At times in the past, I felt that I needed to ask others for their advice or opinions, almost like I was conducting a life survey for my decisions. This scavenger hunt for validation seemed endless as I would ruminate over the advice given or follow a path of given advice, only to discover that the answer did not work in my situation as the words came from the toolbox of another person’s journey. Trust and confidence at times seemed like an elusive concept. It seemed to me like a butterfly, that was flying in my arena, but I could never latch on to it and enjoy its benefits.

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January-March, 2023

The Little Pebble

by Rev. James Ferris, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Forgiveness seems like a difficult thing to do at times. We have anger, resentment, lots of little hurts and some immense pain that we carry around on our shoulders with us wherever we go. If we are truly honest with ourselves, this is hurting others but also damaging ourselves. This fearful perspective prevents us from experiencing our true nature of Love and Joy. We tend to react to the fearful images the ego shows us instead, which blinds us to the truth. Yet this is our choice. We are always free to choose again. It is in our control, and no one else’s!

I have found recently with studying the Course, working with Rev. Mike Atkins and putting this into practice, that forgiveness and love are the answer, and this returns us to joy.

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January-March, 2023

Healing

by Rev. Gina Lucia, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

The ego teaches us that we are not what we are. The ego perceives itself at war, and is constantly looking for allies. Always projecting, enticing us to “believe” its endless chatter, for outside the Kingdom this is its learning form. “In the kingdom there is no teaching or learning, because there is no belief.” (T-7.II:3:4)

Our Father has given us gifts. When we do not use these gifts we forget we have them. In the ego’s delusion its own “will” is always being offered as a gift. “Seek ye first the kingdom of Heaven, because this is where the laws of God operate truly, and they can operate only truly because they are the laws of truth. But seek this only, because you can find nothing else. There is nothing else. God is All in all in a very literal sense.” (T-7.IV:7:1-4)

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January-March, 2023

Moving with Spirit

by Rev. Paula Richards, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

I could sense her angst before she even spoke. “This is such a hard call to make,” my landlady said. “I’m so sorry to tell you, but my son has decided to sell the house.”

What? My mind was reeling. Just ten months earlier, I had moved across the country to Arizona and began renting a lovely townhome in a fifty-five-plus community. Moving out here on my own at age seventy, leaving behind everyone and everything I knew, was a big deal! Having a wonderful landlady and a very affordable rent had made it easier. I settled in quickly and had everything in place in my new home. It was exactly the way I wanted it, and I would often dance around my place in gratitude because I loved it so much.

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January-March, 2023

Flexing My Faith Muscle

by Rev. Ashley Rose Legrand, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

Got me a case of the winter blues. Way ahead of winter time. Makes sense. I always do things in my own time. And I’m always painfully early.

I’ve always been uncomfortable during these transition times (or the times in general, when for whatever reason, my mood seems to take a nose dive and I feel a little stuck, regardless of the season or time of year). I use the word uncomfortable loosely because it’s more of a soul-shattering, spirit-crushing, demolition of my mental health and the construct of my life that I’ve built in my mind. It’s ugly. It’s voracious. Its strength is unmatched.

I try to pry its fingers off my neck, off my heart, one by one, but to no avail. It’s relentless. I’m the perfect target. This sadness reveals my imperfections. The dark side of my mind. And I’ve succumbed,  yet again.

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January-March, 2023

Wakey, Wakey, Rise and Shine

by Rev. Robin Singler, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

In a moment of deep asking for help from the Spirit, I was given this little song; a nursery rhyme for a scared little child. I share it here as a poem.

Wakey wakey, rise and shine,
Clear the cobwebs from the mind.
Let go of space, let go of time
Fearful dreams, they are not mine.

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January-March, 2023

The Stars Are Brightly Shining

by Rev. Laurie Nevin, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

One of my favorite teachings in A Course in Miracles is about the “star” ...

“The sign of Christmas is a star, a light in darkness. See it not outside yourself, but shining in the Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come.” (T-15.XI.2:1-2)

For years I’ve added this beautiful passage to Christmas cards and letters with a feeling of intellectual understanding. Now it holds a much deeper meaning.

A period of darkness involving self-blame and condemnation fostered a phase of depression. Every day literally passed by like “Groundhog Day” as I went through the motions.

I realized I had lost sight of being the Light even though it was my aware Self witnessing the mind becoming consumed by thoughts of separation, fear, guilt, and loneliness.

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October–December, 2022

Miracles News, October–December, 2022

 

My holiness
shines bright
and clear today.

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October-December, 2022

There Is No Peace Except the Peace of God

by Rev. Myron, Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

For several years now, I have asked Jesus to clarify the daily Workbook Lessons and from that clarity, I write whatever comes to me. This year, I stepped way out of my comfort zone and started sharing this contemplation on YouTube.

So now each lesson so far is available there. I discovered that I enjoy sharing in this way and the feedback I receive is a bonus. If you would like to join with me in this way, here is the link to my channel. https://www.youtube.com/c/MyronJonesOMC. For those who prefer reading over watching a video, the lessons are available on my website. https://forgivenessisthewayhome.org/

The following is from Lesson 220. I am sharing this one because I had a lot of positive feedback on it and because it was helpful to me.

“I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.”

“1. There is no peace except the peace of God.

Let me not wander from the way of peace, for I am lost on other roads than this. But let me follow Him Who leads me home, and peace is certain as the Love of God.

I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.”

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October-December, 2022

A Strong Spiritual Relationship

by Rev. Larry Glenz, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

A Course in Miracles have had such a positive effect on the way I look at my life. Like the great majority of us, I have experienced challenges that required a heavy dependence on Holy Spirit.

“Above all else, I want to see things differently.” (W.28)

I was introduced to ACIM in 1994 through Marianne Williamson’s book, “A Return to Love.” At the time I was 44 years old and going through a divorce from a 19-year marriage with two teenage boys. I had been a self-proclaimed agnostic through my adult life to that point. With no belief in Inner Guidance, my confidence in the direction of my life was at an all-time low.

“I trust my brothers who are one with me.” (W-181)

My close friend, Kevin Murphy, and I were both in a similar situation in our marriages and we were living together paying alimony and child-support. With his encouragement, we went to see Marianne Williamson in Manhattan and we bought the three books of A Course of Miracles. We started the Workbook together and we have shared our spiritual studies together ever since.

In fact, our lives have paralleled now for almost 50 years.

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October-December, 2022

Forgiveness Brings Happiness

by Robert and Mary Stoelting, founders of Pathways of Light

In all our years of working with A Course in Miracles, we have found that forgiveness and happiness go together. As we are willing to let go of our false ideas of being separate and alone following the guidance of the Holy Spirit, we experience a sense of freedom and joy that comes with fulfilling our true function.

Forgiveness guides us to look past this world of separation to see our oneness with our Creator and every brother. We willingly shed our judgments in favor of healing and blessing our brothers. With Holy Spirit, we are safely led out of the dream of separation to find the eternal Love that has always been ours.

In the preface of ACIM, we are told, “Forgiveness is the Holy Spirit’s great learning aid in bringing this thought reversal about. …As we learn to recognize our perceptual errors, we also learn to look past them or “forgive.” At the same time we are forgiving ourselves, looking past our distorted self concepts to the Self That God created in us and as us.” (ACIM Preface, xi)

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October-December, 2022

Under the Radar

by Rev. Dan Strodl, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

When I first started studying A Course in Miracles many years ago, I understood forgiveness is the key to undoing the ego thought system and healing our minds. I identified six people I had grievances with and needed to forgive, and over time I was able to let go of my grievances with the Holy Spirit’s help. I felt such a wonderful freedom from the ego’s chains and I thought I was done.

Haha… no way.

As I became more vigilant of my thoughts, I discovered that I had many small grievances and fears that got under the radar, and were taking away my peace. As I became more conscious of these little blocks to love and giving them to the Holy Spirit for healing, my practice expanded. I would catch 20 or 30 every day. And as the little blocks were healed, I was lifted further up out of the ego darkness in my mind, and my peace and happiness were growing.

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