Archive for the ‘Challenges’ Category
A Year Of A Course in Miracles
December 30, 2022 |
I just published a new episode of my podcast My topic is A Year of A Course in Miracles. So, if you like this topic, you might take a listen. We’re just 2 days away from starting a new year. This means...
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Saving Time and Energy
December 29, 2022 |
Here’s something that’s been a very interesting discovery for me. Many of us spiritual students, in our desire to give up attachments, craving, wanting, and needing things of this world, we don’t use our Spiritual (Super) Power to focus our...
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Forgiveness Is More Than A Pardon
July 25, 2022 |
I don’t like the word forgiveness. It’s not that I dislike it either, but the word just doesn’t sound like what it is. Forgiveness is the total release of the judgments we have about a situation. It’s the release of...
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It wasn’t a waste
July 24, 2022 |
About 20 years ago, when I was in ministerial school, I was invited to teach a workshop at a church a few hours from where I lived in Los Angeles. At the time I was very involved in leading nonviolent...
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I Am Determined to Love
July 23, 2022 |
A Course in Miracles teaches us that the way to rise above pain and suffering and experience ALL the good that life has to offer is to take responsibility for how we see things. This is the promise offered to us...
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Living In A Harmoniously
July 22, 2022 |
Year’s ago I set the intention to become unbotherable. I felt ready. It was such a great decision. My life has truly shifted because of it. We live in an ever-changing world. The impermanent nature of everything on planet earth is part...
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It’s All Helpful
July 21, 2022 |
In the Manual for Teachers for A Course in Miracles, in Section A, Development of Trust in Chapter 4, Jesus tells us something that’s extremely helpful, if we’re willing to accept it as true and not make any exceptions. He says, "It takes great learning to...
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A Blessing In The Challenge
July 20, 2022 |
Back in 2009, in the very first year I offered my year-long Masterful Living Course, someone shared that their goal was to have their knee-jerk reaction be love and compassion. We all loved the feeling of that and we began to...
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Spirit In Charge
July 19, 2022 |
As an A Course in Miracles student, I know that “pain is a wrong perspective,” as it says in lesson 190 which is “I choose the joy of God instead of pain.” Many people believe that it’s not possible to have a...
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Avoiding Awakening
July 18, 2022 |
One of the common fears spiritual students have is a fear that if they follow their heart, and answer the calling they have to dive deep into their spiritual nature, they’ll leave their loved ones behind. I used to have...
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Why I’m a Love crusader
July 17, 2022 |
When our thinking goes off the rails, and becomes obsessive - compulsive, a lot of us turn to distractions. It can be healthy or unhealthy depending on whether or not denial or Love is motivating us. Most people fall...
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Learning Through Contrast
July 15, 2022 |
This is the world where duality seems so real. Separation seems to exist. And in this human experience, one of the things we’re consistently coming up against is a truly wonderful choice: We can remember the truth, also known...
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Finding the Blessings
July 14, 2022 |
Well, Sattva was neutered yesterday, as I wrote in yesterday’s blog. It all went very well. I picked him up at the end of the day and he was awake and could have really used some cuddling, but we both...
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Sattva’s Getting Neutered
July 13, 2022 |
Today I’m dropping off my little critter, my kitty, Sattva to be neutered. I found a clinic outside of Burlington, VT that does a whole bunch of cats at once. He’ll be there all day and then we’ll pick him...
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We Cannot Attack A Little
July 12, 2022 |
One of the things I love about A Course in Miracles is it’s clarity. I also love it's simplicity. It says the same things over and over again, a thousand different ways in order to help us hear it just once. ...
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We Blame Them
July 11, 2022 |
Forgiveness brings relationships back to wholeness. Learning how to practice forgiveness in relationships is one of the best investments of time and energy I can think of. It can improve the quality of every minute of every day. Relationship...
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Holding A Higher Vibration
July 10, 2022 |
One of the most difficult and painful patterns I had in my life was a vicious circle. I couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. It was sticky like a spider web. It started when I was a...
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I was thorny
May 11, 2022 |
Yes, I was thorny. Like a rose bush without a rose. I would prick you and make you bleed if you got too close. I’m a fan of the parables of Jesus. They’re beautiful teaching tools and have held up...
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Rising Above Temptations
May 10, 2022 |
A Course in Miracles tells us that all temptation is related to the body. All temptation is for the sole purpose of keeping us identified with our body. In other words, when we feel a temptation to do something we know...
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Fear Is A Motivator
May 9, 2022 |
Fear is an intense motivator for change. I used to use fear to get me to make the changes I was resistant to. The fear would build and build until I couldn’t take the pressure of it anymore. I can...
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I refuse to join the fight
May 8, 2022 |
My mother was an activist for social and political change and she raised me to be inspired to do the same. She took me on political outings and protests from the time I was an infant. I can remember protesting...
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Stopping the Struggle
May 7, 2022 |
I really appreciate and enjoy technology. Running a global online ministry, I’ve come to recognize that some people have issues with technology. It’s as though they have a phobia about it and then their mind is mentally blocked to understanding...
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When It Feels Impossible to Let Go!
December 1, 2021 |
This week my A Course in Miracles podcast episode is about how to transform obsessive compulsive thinking. I remember all too well when my mind would get stuck on something and chew on it endlessly, obsessively - confirming my belief...
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The Healing Power of Being Truly Helpful
October 19, 2021 |
I’ve never met anyone who didn’t have an extraordinary life purpose. Admittedly, not everyone has been present with themselves enough to know what their purpose is. Some have a clear understanding of their purpose and reject it flatly over and over again. Others...
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