Archive for the ‘Growth’ Category
Path of More Freedom
May 2, 2023 |
Let’s just be honest. Let’s stop telling ourselves that we tried our best, when we really didn’t. I remember once a friend of mine said, “I love my brother unconditionally, but if he doesn’t stop … (whatever it was), I...
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We Asked For Healing
May 1, 2023 |
We asked for it. We asked for healing. We asked to be relieved of our pain and suffering. I certainly have, thousands of times. And the way this world works, we can have all the healing we desire if we’re willing...
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It’s A Game-Changer
April 30, 2023 |
I’ve had the good fortune to be spending the weekend with Lisa Natoli and Bill Free. We’ve become very good friends over the years, thanks to our love of A Course in Miracles. We spend our time together talking about spiritual...
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Abundant Willingness
April 29, 2023 |
I’m spending the weekend with my friends Lisa Natoli and Bill Free, both A Course in Miracles / non-dual teachers. We have great fun talking about God, Presence, Spirituality, Mysticism, coffee and food. I’m so blessed that they love to welcome Bodhi...
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Eternal and Infinite
April 28, 2023 |
Spring is starting to spring in Vermont. I’m getting ready to leave here to travel to my family’s home in Maine and I’m thinking about how all of life is in a co-creative relationship with Spirit, as Spirit, in Spirit...
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A Recipe for Unhappiness?
April 27, 2023 |
The beautiful thing about prayer is it gets the mind to focus on what it is we’d like rather than what we don’t want and can’t stand. That shift of focus is so helpful to us. For instance, we may...
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Words As Weapons
April 26, 2023 |
This week it’s been in the news that two well known news anchors both got fired from their jobs, and the appearance is that it’s because of their opinions and judgments. It’s a big deal. We seem to have...
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It’s The Law!
April 25, 2023 |
It’s been raining here in Vermont 2 days in a row. That wouldn’t normally be a big deal, but I have a dog now. And a cat. And both of them LOVE to go outside, a lot! When it rains...
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Ken Wapnick
April 24, 2023 |
When I first started my A Course in Miracles Podcast, I interviewed author Ken Wapnick. What a great experience that was! He’s an inspiration to so many and I felt blessed to have him as a guest on one of the very first...
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What a Relief
April 23, 2023 |
I remember sitting in Michael Beckwith’s office about 8 years ago and saying that I thought Agape could benefit from having a Marketing Department. He said, “look how well we’re doing without one!” To which I said, “right! And imagine...
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Patience Means Peace
April 22, 2023 |
I’ve come to see that one of the most helpful virtues is patience. My mother taught me that it was St. Augustine who said, “the reward of patience is patience.” In fact, patience is its own reward. Patience means Peace....
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Being Compassionate
April 21, 2023 |
I used to have such mixed feelings about visiting with other people - going to their house or having them come to mine. I had completely convinced myself that it was because other people’s energy would bring me down. ...
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Aligned and Available for Spiritual Success
April 20, 2023 |
If we’re willing to be attentive, we can always tell when we’re stepping off the path of highest intention and following an ego fear. That fear is usually about some belief based in lack and limitation thinking. I’ve learned that...
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Making A Shift
April 19, 2023 |
In order to facilitate our own spiritual growth with ease and grace it helps to be aware, really aware, of when we’re resisting moving to the next level of our growth, and then having intention about making that shift. What...
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We Asked For Healing
April 18, 2023 |
We asked for it. We asked for healing. We asked to be relieved of our pain and suffering. I certainly have, thousands of times. And the way this world works, we can have all the healing we will accept...
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I Value Peace
April 17, 2023 |
As I write this I’m on a layover near Dulles airport in Washington DC. I was traveling back from Los Angeles to Vermont, and just like last month, I got stuck having to stay in an airport hotel in DC....
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Prayer That Asks for Nothing
April 16, 2023 |
I remember when I first started taking the pre-Practitioner Training classes at Agape back in January of 1997. These were Science of Mind classes and we were learning the Prayer “Treatments" that Ernest Holmes taught that are so very powerful. ...
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Healing Happens
April 15, 2023 |
A Course in Miracles tells us that the healer is the mind itself and no other. If we allow ourselves to accept this, it can open the door to tremendous healing. However, it can also bring with it fear. Healing isn’t...
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Cooking Up Spiritual Success
April 14, 2023 |
I used to have a fear of failure and I see that many are stopped in living their deep heart’s desires because they fear their own failure. There's a surefire recipe to avoid failure and it works every time. We...
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Truly Receptive
April 13, 2023 |
I used to have issues with Prosperity. I had accumulated too much debt. My ability to handle it and keep up with it was being seriously challenged. I did the thing that made the most sense to me: I went...
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Our Holiness Blesses the World
April 12, 2023 |
I used to need to frequently remind myself that I don’t have to work to be holy, because I’m already as holy as holy can be, but now, I’m able to hold onto it. The only thing that blocks...
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The Power of Allow
April 11, 2023 |
I’ve been studying and teaching about prayer for decades and it’s been one of the most fulfilling thing in my life. It’s the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving some more. In all these years of...
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The Answered Prayer
April 10, 2023 |
I’m in California spending easter week with my friend Renee Stahl and family including my goddaughter. I recall one time I was visiting five years ago. At that time, Renee had been having intense headaches every morning for a couple...
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Trust Walk
April 9, 2023 |
Happy Easter! When I think of Easter, I think of Jesus, who was on a mission from God: He came to bring us the message of eternal life.“I have come that you might have life and have it more abundantly.”...
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Are You Done With Crucifixion?
April 8, 2023 |
Easter is tomorrow and it’s time for resurrection and ascension. Let’s move past the crucifixion. Haven’t we all felt crucified? Of course we have. Haven’t we all participated in our own experiences in crucifixion and martyrdom? I know...
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