Imagine you could see a map of all the people you have ever met, and on that map you could see the person plus the person you were when you interacted with them.
You would very quickly notice that you were...
When I'm projecting my own stuff onto someone else, I can't possibly see them as innocent. I'm putting my guilt onto them and I'm seeing it in them.
While the guilt is 'out there', there is simply no way my perception...
In ACIM the definition of forgiveness is not well understood. I did not understand it for many years.
I especially got caught up in this seemingly 'better than just theoretical' wave of 'you need to APPLY the course', which typically then...
If I react differently to each person, or in each situation, I am not being unconditional. I think that one response is appropriate for one situation, another in a different situation. And in this way, my ego becomes locked into...
When I think about how I used to practice forgiveness, it all seemed so mechanical. I didn't really understand what forgiveness was, even if some version of it was spelled out in various books. I didn't understand what part Holy...
When you believe something is true which is not of God, you give an open invitation for others to compound your belief and thereby to abuse you.
Whenever you believe something of the ego, it gives permission to the entire ego...
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...
The mind, under the control of the ego, is always trying to interfere, make, plan, imagine, fantasize, predict, remember, re-use, figure out, think about, analyze etc.
All of these 'actions' of the mind/intellect are really the same tool being used with...
I hear the term "I don't know what anything means" thrown around quite a bit. It leads to this idea that we're meant to 'not know anything' in order to wake up.
I was just reading in the Text last night,...
I found myself in a conversation with Jesus last night about whether or not it's okay to pray for someone if they have not 'given permission'. I wanted to pray for someone to attempt to help them and heal them,...
They say the ego is the first to speak, and usually people interpret this to mean that it speaks in an actual voice or thought, before Holy Spirit gets a word in. But clearly this isn't true because it's entirely...
It's important to become able to distinguish clearly between 'love' and a 'call for love'. However, know that to do this correctly requires Holy Spirit-level awareness. As Jesus says:
"You cannot safely make this division (between love and a call for...
This means, you need to get into a really unconditionally loving place within yourself, and feel that love in your heart. It is NATURAL for miracles to occur when you do so, like they are practically effortless.
But when the Course...
A relationship with Jesus is pretty much required if you are to be into A Course in Miracles. He has stated in his own words that He:
a) has been appointed in charge of the atonement (of everyone) b) is your...
A slight omission from the Course...
From the urtext beginning:
"It is crucial to say first that A Course In Miracles is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean that you establish the...
"You may wonder how you, who are still bound to judgment, can be asked to do that which requires no judgement of your own. The answer is very simple. The power of God, and NOT of you, engenders miracles. The...
A simple, easy technique I recently learned helps with healing emotions.
Most of your emotions are felt and stored in your belly. Your 'heart', emotionally, extends from your chest down into your belly.
When you cry, you will notice that most of...
Jesus revealead to me last night a whole new perspective on the whole idea of sin/guilt/fear/death.
I was doing a forgiveness process and Jesus had revealed that I was afraid because I believed I'd sinned. But when I inquired, tentatively, what...
Here are some steps and keys to performing REAL miracles. This is for real! I've already experienced success healing pain and leg cramps and emotional upsets with this approach in the past few days and I'm just getting started. Try...
A simple meditation technique I tried last night with unexpected results - it basically revolves around intense listening.
1) Know/imagine that there is going to be an extremely quiet sound that you are going to hear in your mind. It's so...