This morning Jesus told me to "listen". So I just lay there and focused on listening. My thoughts stopped. It was at times difficult to maintain extreme focus on listening intently, particularly without anything to listen "to". My mind kept...
Our mind in its natural state is joined with our Soul and with God. In this state, it receives the causal expression and extends it. In a sense, the mind does not have its own content, it just extends what...
Separation seems to have disconnected our mind from Spirit. Jesus describes the separation process thus:
"7 First, the assumption is implicit that what God created can be changed by the mind of man.
8 Second, the concept that what is perfect can...
MY SICKNESS IS MY RESPONSIBILITY
OTHER PEOPLE'S SICKNESS IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY
YOU CAN’T WAKE PEOPLE UP FOR THEM
Jesus has the power to undo all sickness in a brother right now, BUT WILL NOT if they do not want it. Love cannot enter...
The mind of Holy Spirit is bi-directional, in that it both gives and receives equally. It isn't just a mind that gives, or just a mind that receives.
In the ego's mind, giving and receiving are separate, creating the illusion that...
Believing is receiving.
Believe in God, you will receive eternal life.
Believe in ego, you will receive suffering and death.
You receive because you believe in it. You believe it is your truth. Your reality. And what you deserve. You receive it because...
Miracles and supernatural interventions occur more readily when there is physical relaxation and a willingness to surrender and receive.
The act of not 'acting', of not transmitting, of not even giving, but simply a willingness to let go and be open...
Whatever you see in something, if you think it is inherently offensive, it is not. The offensiveness is in your own mind, and you put it there.
That can be hard to accept because it means that you've been used to...
I had an 'aha' moment today about being a teacher, i.e. being helpful in this world, which probably applies to everyone.
ACIM says that "those who temporarily have more" give to "those who temporarily have less". This is the relationship of...
Once again, last evening, I asked God what he wanted me to 'do', thinking that there were actions or things to 'do', and His reply to me was:
"Receive."
I realize that my ego mind is SO used to 'seeking', which is...
It's not that God isn't sending, giving or sharing. God is automatically doing that all the time.
But are you receiving it?
In order to receive it you need to get yourself to where you deeply BELIEVE that you HAVE RECEIVED. Right...
I went to God and opened myself up on the topic of unconditional love. I wanted to find out how to be unconditionally loving, and I started to inquire whether God loved me unconditionally.
Then I started to regurgitate all of...
God just wants to love us.
But we fight it. We fight by trying to be in control of our lives. By trying to manage our own minds. By thinking. By directing things. By figuring out. By wanting to be in...
An exercise in receiving...
1) Just be where you are (sit, stand, lay, levitate)
2) Close eyes
3) Be aware of any effort whatsoever to make anything happen, and stop it. This is not your time to DO anything. Its time to receive...
A few quotes about working miracles for others...
"In time, you have been told to offer miracles as I direct, and let the Holy Spirit bring to you those who are seeking you. (T-15.V.10:7)
And you will offer miracles because you are...
Here are some of the miracle principles with particularly speak to the idea that a miracle is something that you receive from God, and GIVE TO another person. Remember giving and receiving are ONE.
3 - Miracles occur naturally as EXPRESSIONS...
Sometimes when I am upset and I am asking God to help, I am in a state of begging, and that's because I believe there is such a tremendous distance (separation) between where I am and where the solution seems...
Part of miracle principle 31: "You should thank God for what you really are."
Try this....
Just say to God (optionally out loud) over and over again many times...
"thank you God"
"thank you God"
"thank you God"
"thank you God"
"thank you God"
etc...
As many times as...
Over the weekend I came down with what seems to be 'a cold'. Actually it is more likely just a strong 'release', and I find that pretty much every time I have a 'cold' it is accompanied by strong emotional...
It is possible to be grateful for what you do not have, in order to manifest it.
When you get stuff, you become grateful after the fact. You usually reserve all of your gratitude for receiving. This is the ego's version...