August 2, 2011

To what do we give power to in our life? What ideas and thoughts do we decide to believe are true? We very often give power and belief to that which is the loudest. that which seems most urgent, that which prompts the most feeling of fear. Or perhaps, sometimes, we give power and belief to that which is pleasurable enough to drown out the pain and fear we feel. In this way, both pain and pleasure serve the same purpose. The common purpose is to drown out, or at least keep us distracted from, the Voice for God.

What ideas we place our trust and beliefs in are the witnesses to who we think we are. Do we trust and believe in Truth or illusion? What ideas attest to our awareness of who we are? Illusion takes many forms and will invent any form that it thinks will distract us from the awareness of who we really are. And yet, for every witness that we make that says we are separate, that we are not One with God, Spirit shows us a new witness that attests to our holiness, to the Truth of who we really are. It’s our choice whenever we are wiling to make that choice.

This shift in perception is the miracle, it is the holy instant. It comes upon us at the moment we allow ourselves to see just a little differently. In that moment comes a peace and joy that runs deep within our being. The din of all the other witnesses fades away and the stillness of Spirit comes over us. We recognize the One we really are in this moment. We remember who we really are and realize the mistaken ideas we have given power to and believed in are simple mistaken and are gone.

In this moment is peace, joy, and love in our awareness. Love becomes the witness to our identity. In this miracle are we healed of our mistaken thoughts and ideas. We simply know who we really are without doubt. As we ourselves are healed in this manner, the whole world is also heeled, for in this miracle we share our healing with the world. Healing’s nature is to extend for it cannot be contained or limited. Amid the din of our false witnesses, listen for the Call of Spirit. Be just a little willing to let that Voice come and speak to you. Healing, the miracle must come. It bubbles up from deep with and fills your being with the Love of Spirit within. Let it be so.

July 26, 2011

Our own healing is all that is required that the world may be healed. And it is even simpler that that; for our consent to be healed is all that is needed. Once we consent, once we are willing to accept healing, we are healed. In this healing, the healing of our mind, our thoughts, all our problems are solved. We may not recognize it at first. But Spirit, knowing there is only one problem needing solving, works at the root of our healing. In the holy instant our one lesson is learned and that healing is extended to another and thus all the world in that instant. It is truly a miracle.

And when we forget that lesson, forget that healing, the whole world will remind us gently of what we already know and have experienced. We are gently lifted up in the limitless love of God, reminding us of the peace within each and all of us. It reminds us that we are One, never separate, never divided. We are reminded of our true identity and our healing as we see the face of Christ shining back at us from within another and recognize that reflection of our Self.

As we experience our healing, we may see it in specific circumstances. For we perceive each circumstance as unique and individual, separate. But the One who grants us healing knows that it reaches far beyond the specific circumstances. The healing reaches to the root problem of our misperception, the way we think. And so the healing is of the mind, where the need for healing lies. As our mind accepts healing, all our perceived individual problems are brought to this healing, and all are solved as one. We still may not see all our problems as one problem, but we have experienced the healing of our mind in this instant and remember it forever. Each one we encounter in this world reminds us of our healing. As we remind each one of their own healing.

Imagine a world where we see the face of Christ shining from each one and seeing our own holiness reflected back to us. We need not imagine it! We need only to allow ourselves, our mind to accept the healing Spirit offers us and in that instant know we are healed and whole and thus all the world is healed and whole. Say yes to Spirit, say yes to healing. And you will be healed and whole and transcended into the awareness of the peace already within you.

July 19, 2011

Healing begins in us. It begins in each of us. Healing occurs when we allow ourselves to be in a state of mind that allows the miracle of healing to occur. The shift is instantaneous and complete. It is the holy instant. In that instant of our own healing, healing is extended to all creation. We need do nothing for healing to extend, for it is its nature to extend. The healing is of the mind, for a healed mind has only thoughts of love and no thoughts of anything that is not love. The healed mind has no attack thoughts, no hate thoughts, no fear thoughts, and no thoughts of lack or limitation.

We are whole in this moment. We are One in this moment. No thing and no one is separate in this moment. We recognize our true Self in this moment of healing. And the knowing of this reality remains in our mind even when we go back to our usual way of thinking, the world, a moment later. The healing that occurs in the holy instant is complete. The Course says, “When I am healed, I am not healed alone, and I would share my healing with the world.”

Do not be afraid of healing. The fear of healing is just the thought that keeps us from experiencing the blessing of all that comes in the holy instant. The Voice for God, the voice of the Spirit, speaks to us when we let go of our fears. The blessing of peace, love, and joy come washing over us when we let go of our fear. In that holy instant, we experience the transcending awareness of the Oneness of creation. For just that moment we are transcending our perception of the world and are aware of the completeness we truly are. The world will never be the same for our experience of the miracle of our healing in this instant. The world has been changed by our willingness. It’s that simple.

We see the light of Spirit shining from each face. We feel the unconditional love of God, and so of all of us, radiating from every one. Come to the holy instant and be healed. Let Spirit light your eyes and see the world differently, with love, compassion, and joy. See the peace that dwells within all of us. What we see with healed eyes, the world also sees because we have allowed ourselves to see.

July 12, 2011

The answer we are looking for is already there for us. It has always been there for us. But we have been too busy and distracted with our own version of the “answer” to notice it. We have kept our mind so busy with the things and problems of the world that we just don’t notice the real answer waiting for us to take notice of it. The answer is true, strong and powerful. It has no doubts and knows exactly who we really are and exactly what we need.

Stillness is the real place of quiet. It is a state of mind. We experience it in many ways, and at many times. It comes to us suddenly when we allow ourselves to be open to it. It comes when we let go of the chattering of our minds. The quiet of Spirit and God is always within us, but we maintain a level of distraction by paying constant attention to the chatter of our thoughts. The chatter of our thoughts has really very little to say, but it’s loud enough to keep us distracted.

Deep within us are the thoughts we share with God and Spirit. They are always there within our mind speaking quietly to us. Nothing distracts them. Nothing can change their meaning from Truth. As we turn away from the chatter in our minds toward the stillness within, the chatter fades into the background and then is gone. What comes to us in this moment is the Voice for God. Spirit is sharing with us the answer to any problem we may think we have. We recognize it at once and know we are One with our Creator and each other. This is the holy instant.

Let this moment fill you with peace, love, and joy. It speaks of who you really are. It speaks of each one you encounter and who they really are. This is the moment of light shining from deep within all of us, for we are all the Creation of God and we can be nothing less that the One Creation of God that we are. We are still living in this world of illusion, but the remembrance of that holy instant will allow us to again become still and hear the answer again we are looking for. God placed the answer in each of us. And God reminds us of that answer every moment of every day. It is our choice whether we choose to be still and hear the quiet answer within us. Let it be so.

July 5, 2011

As we go along in life we make each one we encounter a symbol of some idea. That symbol reflects what the condition of our relationship is with each of them. Most often that symbol is some idea that doesn’t make any sense. The symbols we make can only stand for nothingness for they are not based in reality. They are not based in the reality of who we really are, so they are meaningless and therefore nothing.

Because these symbols are nothing, they also cause no interference in the changing of our mind, in the opening of our awareness of Truth. The thoughts and perceptions we have made up and defined each other as is therefore easily changed if we are willing to let go of our attachment to these mistaken ideas and thoughts. We have given these thoughts and ideas power that is not real by believing in them and therefore renders them powerless. This is “powerless power”. How’s that for an insane idea? But at any moment we always have the choice of what we believe whether true or illusion.

Spirit asks us to take a moment and let our mind entertain the idea that what we have thought to be true and real just might not be so. If we allow Spirit to shine its light on all our thoughts and ideas what is true and real will remain. And what is not will quickly fade away into nothingness. What is real, what is true about each other will fill the void left by the emptiness of our mistaken thoughts and symbols. There is no trick to this. There are no hoops to jump through. All we need is just a simple willingness to let Spirit show us the truth about each other. We simply surrender our need for everything to be as we alone think it should be.

The joy of our awareness of our Oneness with each other is a blessed gift that asks us simply and only to be who we really are. A simple shift in our thinking is the key to the opening of the realm of God within us and the awareness that we all are the One Child of God, forever One with each other and all of Creation. In this state of awareness and being will we find the everlasting peace, love and joy of Heaven. Let it be so.

June 28, 2011

A healed mind recognizes the truth about who we really are. It recognizes that we are all One, that there is no separation between the Children of God. It recognizes there is no sin, and no possibility that we can really hurt each other. It recognizes that there is no death and no punishment. It recognizes there is no need for suffering and that we are limitless and powerful. But we cling to our mistaken idea that we are the opposite from all the previously mentioned characteristics.

Every relationship we encounter in this world is an opportunity to heal and be healed. Each one is a chance to recognize the Oneness of all in the one we are engaging at the moment. It doesn’t matter haw fleeting, how brief, how challenging, are how easy the encounter or relationship is. Each moment is an opportunity to recognize the Divine in that one, see that one in the light of Spirit, and see the light of God shining from that one. It that moment we realize the joining of all of creation in that encounter. Be grateful each encounter and bless it. It is a holy relationship and all we need do is recognize it as it really is. Spirit will do the rest.

We are so afraid of losing the identity we have made for ourselves. We have made it in isolation. We have made it to look like it is independent from others. We have made it look like something it isn’t and can never be. We are all One. We are all joined, never to be separated. The reality of our Oneness is blessed, joyful, full of love, and radiating light. Recognize our reality as One and soar on the wings of eagles. The salvation of the world is soaring with us. Let it be so.

June 21, 2011

We all fear healing. And we fear healing because we believe a mistaken idea that we must be different from each other in some way. In some way we believe we are better or worse than another, more right or wrong than another, more or less spiritual than another. We believe in sacrifice and suffering. One might believe that they must suffer so another may be elevated. Another might believe that another must suffer or pay penance for how they have treated them. All of these ideas which we place our belief in color our perception of each other and the world and hide reality from our awareness at the present moment.

Only when we are willing to begin to let the Holy Spirit correct our perception are we able to see with the Mind of Spirit and see each other and the world clearly. Forgiveness is our function here, not correction. We cannot correct by ourselves, for we will attempt to accomplish correction from a mind of ego. The ego mind seeks to reinforce our ideas of separation and individual identities independent from the whole identity of Self and Oneness. The function of forgiveness opens us to the idea that we are all One and that there is no way we could have caused any harm to any Creation of God. Created as an extension of God, we are as indestructible as God, and as loving as God.

Believe that we all are who we really are, that we all are extension(s) of God. Allowing this thought allows Spirit to correct our perception and let the light of Spirit shine brightly in our mind. We see a new Truth about each other and ourselves, as we see the light of God shining within each and every one we encounter. Every one we meet, and every one who comes across our path is a new opportunity to heal and to be healed. We need make no effort to heal. We need only to allow healing to enter our mind. There is nothing to fear. There is nothing to lose. But there is everything to gain. We are not healed alone. We are healed with each other, together. Let Spirit open our minds and hearts and see the reality of our Oneness. The love and peace of God extends to all, and there is joy!

June 14, 2011

The miracle of healing proves that separation can have no real effect. And the power of the miracle comes in our belief in it. Power is in the belief that healing is possible. We always act form our belief. Everything we say or do or think testifies to what we actually believe. And so healing comes simply in what we believe. Our belief in each other’s innocence speaks with a power far greater than a thousand tongues. This is another’s forgiveness proven to them.

The miracle of healing offers nothing less to another than it gives us. Healing happens with another. The workbook says, “When I am healed, I am not healed alone. And I would share my healing with the world. That sickness may be banished from the mind, of God’s one Child, who is my only self.” In our healing, forgiveness is given for what that one did not do, and so that one is convinced their innocence was never lost, and they are healed with us. In this healing are all things undone that we thought could not be undone. We see the world with new eyes, fresh vision and understanding given by Spirit and seen through Spirit’s eyes and mind. How beautiful it is to finally see each other as we really are.

There is noting to fear in the miracle of healing. What could we possibly lose but misery, lack, and weakness? The freedom of stepping into the Truth of who we really are washes away all that is not real, all that we have mistakenly believed in. The belief in our own innocence and that of each other opens the door to Heaven for all of us. We are suddenly free, and unfettered, free to soar in the love of the God we know within us. We are blessed with the radiance of our own Being, that which has always been within us, waiting for us to change our mind and just believe in the Truth about ourselves.

Our mistaken ideas and beliefs fall away. In the light of our Truth we see the radiance of all of Heaven shining from each face. We recognize the face of Christ shining from every one we encounter. Don’t be afraid anymore. Let the Spirit of Holy Being shine from you on another and feel it reflected from them beck to you. It takes two to heal!

June 7, 2011

True healing is very frightening to many of us. It asks us to change how we view the world and each other and even ourselves. It asks us to give up the way we have thought all our lives. It asks us to let go of our attachment to the way we have always thought things should be. It asks us to question the rationale and sanity of all we have ever thought rational and sane. All we have been taught, all we have believed, all we have trusted is up for review. No wonder we are afraid of healing. It may upset our applecart!

Understanding true healing is dependant on our understanding of true forgiveness. True forgiveness lets go of the notion that one can ever wrong another. “Forgiving” one who has wronged us and retaining the idea that they have hurt us is not true forgiveness. In this way we still retain our attachment to the idea that we can be hurt. We are still hanging on to the identity of ourselves we made up, still not ready to believe the truth about who we really are. And so we still cannot see who another really is. In this way we “put on” and air of “forgiveness” while still believing we have been wronged.

If we say we are as we were created by God, whole and innocent and unattaclable, no one can wrong us. In Truth, one can never really wrong another. In reality it is impossible for me to wrong you and for you to wrong me. Understanding this idea is foreign to most of us and certainly doesn’t agree with what we have learned in this world. For we have immersed ourselves in a world of separation and illusion, trying to understand the world from the idea of separate identities rather than Oneness. We must begin to see and to believe that however it appears that we’ve been wronged in this world of separateness is not as it appears to our mind.

The Course provides us with a method of learning that we can change our mind. It gives us lessons that when done will help us, step by step, to change the way we think just a little at a time until a huge hole bursts open in what we thought was true and we begin to see the Mind of God in ourselves and each other. We begin to make sense of the idea that we are whole and innocent and that our true self cannot be wronged or hurt by anything unreal or of the world of form, no matter what it may look like to us at the moment. The love and peace of God is there within us. And as we change our way of thinking and believing, we experience that love and we understand true forgiveness and we see who the one with us and ourselves are truly One, the One holy creation of God. Be healed and know who you really are.

May 31, 2011

Our function in this world is to show each other that sin is impossible, that sin has no cause. This is our base function. It takes many forms in this world, as many as there are ideas and thoughts. But it is our one underlying function in this world. To understand this function is important to understanding who we really are and what our purpose is.

The image we hold of ourselves, the picture we hold up for another to see is reflective of our understanding of our function. It is reflective of where our mind is at any given moment. The Holy Spirit’s picture of ourselves which we allow to be placed in our hands doesn’t change us in any way to something we are not. It merely removes all the mistaken ideas and purposes we have taken on over time. It removes us from our thoughts about past experiences and presents us with a new openness. Free of our attachment to the past, our mind is now free to choose again our purpose in this world.

In this place of openness are we free to allow Heaven to be remembered. Its peace comes and perfect healing can take the place of all our mistaken thoughts. We begin to reflect the idea of who we really are. There no longer is any pain and suffering, no sacrifice in our image of ourselves. Instead, innocence, love, and forgiveness radiate from our presence. The face of Christ shines from deep within us, revealing a new image to each one that they are whole and innocent, that they are no longer limited by their limited view of their own purpose. The picture we hold up shows them the same openness in them waiting for their mind to choose a new purpose in this world. A purpose that spawns healing in each and every mind.

This is simple. Let the body have no purpose from the past. Let it be free to receive a new purpose revealed by Spirit. As our function is revealed to us by Spirit and we release our idea of our body’s purpose, our true function and our body’s purpose become one. They are united in the awakening of our true Self and the awareness of who we really are. Allow Heaven to fill your being. Let the peace and love and joy of Heaven fill your mind. The radiance that shines from our faces will be the reflection of who we really are and the reflection of who each one we encounter really is. We celebrate each others’ wholeness and foster the healing of the world in this moment.