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I remember when I was in High School, I had such a hard time with all the special relationship “stuff.”  I didn’t like all the cliques of the jocks, and the cool kids, and the cheerleaders, and the heads, and the greasers.  All the separation bothered me.  I felt like the system taught us to hate each other and that wasn’t for me.  I was exhausted from feeling angry and bitter a lot of the time.

One day my english teacher, Mrs. Gross (her real name) gave us a test about Huckleberry Finn and there was a question at the end about our opinion.  Mrs. Gross told me I got it wrong.

I asked, “how can my opinion be wrong?”
She said, “it just is.”

And that enraged me.  Gasoline on the fire already burning in my mind.  I had to get out of that school.

Fortunately, my parents really helped me and they got me into an Alternative High School called School One in Providence, RI.  It was a really big deal, letting me go to the big city for school five days a week.  My parents were teachers and they didn’t have money for fancy schools and bus tickets and things like that.  They were already paying high property taxes to send me to a good public school, but they scrimped and sent me and it made all the difference for me.

Good learning environments mean SO MUCH.  
You can have the best program in the world, but some teachers don’t really understand HOW to teach because they don’t understand HOW learning happens.

At School One I really began to LEARN.  

At the Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles I began to learn even more in my studies to be come a Science of Mind Prayer Practitioner and Minister.  In that time I met and studied with Paul Scheele, who taught me how to learn how to learn.  Yes, that’s right:  

Learning HOW to learn HOW to learn.

I was blessed to study for several years with my hero, Rev. James Lawson, the Methodist Minister and Harvard Professor who mentored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who trained many of the nonviolent demonstrators.  

I’ve learned the power of being able to focus my mind on the loving objective and keep it there.  I’ve been able to use that ability in prayer, as a Prayer Practitioner and Spiritual Counselor, as well as generally in life and relationships.  

This has been able to shift my perception of life a way that has been profoundly healing for me and for others.  The ability to focus on Love and block out all the ego insanity has helped me to be able to bring forth the vision for my life and this ministry.  

It wasn’t easy to learn this, but I had such a desire to change my life and to live at a higher vibration – and most important to me, to be of service.

When I was in High School, I remember saying to one of my teachers that I felt greatly conflicted because at that time I was interested in becoming a manager of rock and roll bands and working in the music business.  I felt guilty, because I felt I should be more like my parents who were social and political activists helping to make the world a better place.  My teacher said that people need the arts too.  Which they do.

Now, I can see that while each step in my life led me to the perfect next step of my learning how to learn, I was absolutely led back to this place in my heart for being of service.  That is where the Joy comes through so strongly.  

Part of my Science of Mind Practitioner training, from the teachings of Ernest Holmes included being able to focus my mind on the highest and best and to pray with absolute clarity.  I learned to call it:  “Holding the High Watch.”   Others call it “holding space.”

I think of it as standing on the mountaintop consciousness of those who went before me, like Dr. King, Rev. Lawson, Ernest Holmes, Jesus, Mary Baker Eddy, the Fillmores, and so many more.

If you knew, I mean REALLY KNEW that holding the high watch, holding that pure pristine view of the situation that’s bothering you, would absolutely turn what looks like a big fat mess into a beautiful experience of great benefit, would you cultivate the patience to do it?  

Would you learn to work with your mind like someone getting in shape for a marathon?

Would you be willing to see the good in everything?

That’s what it takes.  

Spiritual practice is the means of lasting healing.
Spiritual practice saves time and money.
Spiritual practice is liberating.

I love A Course in Miracles because it is a mind training program and because it is a self-study course with the best teachers ever:  Jesus and the Holy Spirit.

I prayed and prayed for more than a decade that my life would be useful, and that my journey would be helpful.  

And you know what?  I also had a desire to live a JOYOUS life.  So many religious teachings have taught us that happiness is sinful and suffering is redemptive, but it’s NOT TRUE.  I had a great desire to prove that Joy was possible even for “a wretch like me.” 

Studying ACIM was not what I was into.
I had already proven with nine years of study to become a Prayer Practitioner and a Minister that information collecting and intellect are ego distractions for a true spiritual student.

By the time I came to ACIM as a Practitioner and Minister, I was done with study and collecting information.  

I had a burning desire to fully LIVE the teachings beyond anything I could even comprehend.

I came to understand that being a living demonstration was the most helpful thing I could offer to my brothers and sisters and I yearned for that communion and community.

Little by little, I began to be led and guided to my goal.   Through a practical application of ACIM that was being given to me intuitively, I began to unwind the ego attachments that had run my life.

I never thought I would be able to be where I am now, and that’s precisely why it’s so great to be able to support others in going there.  That’s what my Masterful Living Program in 2023 is all about.  

We have a powerful and supportive group of folks from all over the world in our Masterful Living Community.  Many have been participating for many years because the spiritual liberation continues for all of us.

Inspiration for spiritual liberation – that’s what we’re focused on.
Real and lasting shifts in consciousness that improve the quality of every minute of every day of our lives.

This week, I’ve been offering my Forgive & Be Free 4 part class.  When we hold onto resentments, we block our ability to access trust and faith, and all the benefits that come from trust and faith.  As we’re coming to the holidays, all of our old unforgiveness, resentments and regrets, come up for healing – particularly related to our relationships.

Liberating from the resentments and regrets of the past is the foundation of what I share in my year-long Masterful Living Program, it’s the baseline upon which we build, which is why people have such extraordinary results.  

Real people.
Real miracles.
Real relief from the pain of playing small.

Masterful Living 2023 – I’m offering many bonuses, and there are some that are happening now, this week!  If you’d like to break up the painful thought in your own mind – this is my most successful program.  Don’t miss out!  I’d like you to get all my LIVE Bonuses THIS YEAR! That’s right, LIVE classes with me this week, this month, and in December too – for those who register now.  It’s really true:  Act Now and you can have it all ~ all the bonuses that is! Click here now to learn more and register!

P.S If you’re interested in my Masterful Living Program, but you’re not sure if it’s right for you, you can book a FREE Exploratory Call with one of the spiritual counselors who can answer all of your questions!  Book now, so you can get your bonuses!

MY LATEST ACIM PODCAST EPISODE:  We’re still challenged to get it uploaded.  I hope that will happen today.  My topic is Success is Guaranteed. Looking at one of the most basic teachings of A Course in Miracles to help us rise above the battlefield of fear and hopelessness.