One afternoon in September I felt a prompt to make a video. I told Tom to go into the other room so that I could do it. I turned the camera on, asked for guidance and opened to this section in A Course in Miracles "The Total Commitment". I knew more than anything that what I wanted was to be totally committed to the goal of peace. What better way to affirm ones own commitment/goal then to GIVE it! So I did just that, I gave the message and peace that was on my heart, during a time that for most, would be very difficult and fearful. I was grateful to share and also grateful to all the people around the world who have reached out to me in gratitude because of it. I had to share this on my blog, as its worth a listen again. Peace to us all.
I wanted to share this video here, as I recorded it while Tom and I were still living/travelling in California in 2014 and staying with a friend also named Tom in LA. The reason I felt so called to share this was because during that time we were pregnant, with nearly no money and no idea where we were going to live after our stay with our friend. The conversations Tom and I would have were those of gentle reminders to trust God and His plan and that fear is unnecessary here. All we continued to feel was gratitude, enjoyed our time with our friend, and looked forward to the unveiling of what God had in store for us. One afternoon in September I felt a prompt to make a video. I told Tom to go into the other room so that I could do it. I turned the camera on, asked for guidance and opened to this section in A Course in Miracles "The Total Commitment". I knew more than anything that what I wanted was to be totally committed to the goal of peace. What better way to affirm ones own commitment/goal then to GIVE it! So I did just that, I gave the message and peace that was on my heart, during a time that for most, would be very difficult and fearful. I was grateful to share and also grateful to all the people around the world who have reached out to me in gratitude because of it. I had to share this on my blog, as its worth a listen again. Peace to us all.
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The one thing of true importance when it comes to being a Teacher of A Course in Miracles, is to have had the experience ACIM points too. This transformation from the conceptual to the experiential, will allow us to realize that we are NOT Teachers of ACIM, but rather Teachers of God, and we have a specific curriculum to follow and people to encounter. The best way we can Teach A Course in Miracles is through our actions and our demonstrations in living what it teaches. Insights into the new role of motherI have officially been a mom for 8 months and 3 weeks. Ella has proven to be an incredible baby and becoming more fun and playful as time goes on. I have already learned alot about being a mother, and figured it was time to share a few key things thus far. So here are some of the parenting epiphanies we have encountered thus far :) 1) Babies definitely have a schedule of sleeping, of eating and of play. It took us a few weeks, if not months, to learn Ella's schedule. At first, I thought "She is a baby and will pass out in my arms". Sometimes, obviously, yes she did. But when it came to night time, there was a strict schedule that needed to be adhered to. At the beginning I would try the whole she will fall asleep in my arms thing and tried to watch a movie or relax in the family area... but then what seemed out of nowhere, she would begin whaling and crying like crazy! For a while we thought she was allergic to lentils, as they were a regular in our evening meals and this seemed to only happen in the evenings. But it just so happened, that it was not an allergic reaction, but an overshooting of bed time! We learned that quick and had to readjust a few times until we found our groove. So now...Ella will wake up around 8am and feeds upon waking then play until about 1:30. She will nap any where between 20 minutes to 2 1/2 hours and then eat and play some more. Come 5:30 we are getting ready for bed, will eat again and then sleep by 6-6:30ish. I have to breastfeed about 2 times by the time I come to bed around midnight, and then generally once more before morning time. Its become quite consistent and working out brilliantly for us as a family unit. Thus, be willing to be patient in order to find what works for you, your child and the family as a whole. 2) How to properly pick up a baby. Tom and I had to learn this lesson through soar backs and wrists. Its amazing how many times a day you have to pick up a baby. And to most new parents, thats something that goes from 0-50 times a day, almost instantaneously. At the beginning, Ella was sleeping with us in our bed. This lasted until about 6 1/2 months when we got her her own crib because she was becoming mobile and no longer safe there. When I would put her to sleep and feed, she was really close to the wall... so when she would cry to wake up... I/we would lean all the way over and pick her up into our arms, and then into our chest. This strained the back and the wrist continually. Plus all the holding and lifting through the day adds to the mix. As a result I even got De Quervain Syndrome and have been rehabilitating ever since I realized this is what was happening. If I can save any new parent time and pain... then I would suggest a new technique, one we learned and adopted. We referenced this website for lifting a baby correctly. Ya, it sounds silly to have to learn how to properly lift a baby, but you do! lol and I also began strengthening wrists and back exercises to not only help correct the injury, but to also prevent any pain or injury in the future. Apply these techniques and be mindful in all your actions. In mindfulness, we can only promote a present state of mind, which can only be helpful and thus preventative. Work with yourself, not against it. Check! I typed into my computer, "Book of Love" trying to find the beginnings of a book I was writing over 6 years ago. What popped up first was this poem I have shared below. I remember writing it to God because I needed an answer, I was in pain and I needed his help. I remember Him answering me through this poem and the peace that washed over me once it was written. I am now sharing what I received that evening, with all of you. I love you. Dear Father, I am your Child. I hear your voice inside my mind directing me very specifically reminding me that I am fine. I forget sometimes, that we are of One Mind and so I fight myself and attack things outside. The attack seems small, and seldom and few. Yet if there is any attack in my mind can I really be aware of you? Our worth is not established by what we teach or learn, what we do or do not do here... our worth is established by God. If our perfect inestimable worth is fleeting or seemingly non-existent in our minds or experience, it is because we have yet to KNOW ourselves. This is our only goal here... to know and accept what WE are in Truth. In doing so, not only will we know our Self, but we will know our brothers. In knowing our brothers we will know God.... in Knowing God we will come know His peace... and in this peace, is our life's purpose easily known and fulfilled. Our worth is infinite, we are worth all the attention and love and kindness there is. We are all perfectly worthy of everything that is great. Let not the false physical identity that we each made for ourselves and each other, stand in the way through its endless chirping about the false idea that you are worthless and should fear. Believe it not, and you will be set free to be what you are eternally created to be and will be happy. "4. Healing is holy. Nothing in the world is holier than helping one who asks for help. And two come very close to God in this attempt, however limited, however lacking in sincerity. Where two have joined for healing, God is there. And He has guaranteed that He will hear and answer them in truth. They can be sure that healing is a process He directs, because it is according to His Will. We have His Word to guide us, as we try to help our brothers. Let us not forget that we are helpless of ourselves, and lean upon a strength beyond our little scope for what to teach as well as what to learn. 5. A brother seeking aid can bring us gifts beyond the heights perceived in any dream. He offers us salvation, for he comes to us as Christ and Savior. What he asks is asked by God through him. And what we do for him becomes the gift we give to God. The sacred calling of God's holy Son for help in his perceived distress can be but answered by his Father. Yet He needs a voice through which to speak His holy Word; a hand to reach His Son and touch his heart. In such a process, who could not be healed? This holy interaction is the plan of God Himself, by which His Son is saved." ~ The Psychotherapy Pamphlet: Purpose, Process, Practice The goal of ACIM is to HEAL ones-self. When this goal is reached, our minds and our purpose are re-aligned with Gods. What this means is that: 1) We CAN heal any and all ailments and problems 2) When we DO heal, then all the power of earth and of heaven are restored to us. We have Forgiveness as a tool to use in this world to facilitate this healing. Each time we call upon forgiveness, it translates the false into the true, denial into acceptance, sickness into healing and fear into love. How we feel, our life circumstances and relationships, all are the mirrors for us to look at in order to see what we are choosing, so we can "choose once again". Every time we choose the healing over the dis-ease, we are bringing that time of perfect peace and whole/healed perception closer to us. We have to become brutally honest with ourselves as to where we are still investing in the world and in the body, so that we can welcome a miracle into our minds in its place. A miracle abides by the laws of eternity not time, it is for the mind to remember its Reality as a Soul not a body. This is the shift that does the healing. The miracle is the literal change of Mind that occurs once forgiveness is seen as justified. Stand not in the way of this healing, by thinking you know how to heal. If you are sick, in pain, frustrated, depressed, confused, doubtful, unhappy or feel lacking in form or purpose in any way, then you DO NOT KNOW. The most helpful thing we can do is come back to this place of not knowing. Only in stillness and deep meditation, can we learn to listen and to welcome the forgiveness/miracles/Truth from within. Truth must be taught to us and given us from within; there is no intellectual or conceptual way of healing. All healing must be had through an experience and a change of mind. It is not complete healing until this change/transformation has occurred. The good news is, we have been given an inner teacher to guide us and to heal our minds for us. We also have Jesus who has walked the way before us, showing us that healing and miracles are possible. Now all we need do is lock down into the recognition that I can heal, in truth I am healed, and so I welcome all that is rightfully mine into my mind and heart today. We can ONLY benefit from doing this. This Truth will come to heal us of all our ailments and problems. There is nothing that this divine healing cannot fix or change. We will see our self, our life and our world in a completely and entirely new way than we did before. This transformation will enable us to help to heal others because of our own personal experience and demonstration of how minds, and effects can change. We must then give the gifts we have so joyously and gratefully received, and this is when boundless joy and inspiration to create is activated and consistent. These gifts will extend as healed perception, miracles, and literal tools & creations to bring into this world to help all of the world to change. We made the world, so when we change our minds about it, we can indeed change the world as well. As Jesus reminds us often through out A Course in Miracles, we ARE "saviors of the world" here to "Bless the world, because we have blessed our Self!!" Quotes from A Course in Miracles on this topic: "Miracles are merely the translation of denial into truth. If to love oneself is to HEAL oneself, those who are sick do NOT love themselves. Therefore, they are asking for the love that would heal them, but which they are denying to themselves. If they knew the truth about themselves they could not BE sick. The task of the miracle-worker thus becomes TO DENY THE DENIAL OF TRUTH. The sick must heal THEMSELVES, for the truth is in them. Yet, having OBSCURED it, the light in ANOTHER mind must shine into theirs because that light IS theirs." 11.2 "When you are weary, remember you have hurt yourself. Your Comforter will rest you, but YOU cannot. You do not know HOW, for if you did you could never have grown weary. Unless you have hurt yourselves you could never suffer in ANY way, for that is not God’s Will for His Son." 10.3 "To think like God is to share His CERTAINTY of what you are, and to CREATE like Him is to share the perfect Love He shares with YOU. To this the Holy Spirit leads you, that your joy may be complete because the Kingdom of God is whole." 7.1 "When the light comes and you have said,“God’s Will is mine,” you will see such beauty that you will KNOW it is not of you. Out of your joy you will create beauty in His name, for YOUR joy could no more be contained than His." 10.3 "You DO communicate fully with God, as He does with you. This is an ongoing process in which you share, and BECAUSE you share it, you are inspired to create LIKE God." 7.0 "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." Albert Einstein Lately THE man, Albert Einstein, has come into my experience in many ways; One way being that I am reading his biography. I am seeing how his scientific mind and his world transforming algorithms, come from having a foundation in a spiritual understanding of God and His unity with Him. E=Mc2 is his most well known algorithm. It explains this world of time/space. E is the energy and it is equal to Matter times the speed of light squared. So energy is equal to ALL matter in the universe!! Energy is the Spirit, indivisible force of LOVE that rules ALL things. It exists inside all life of this world. And anything of this world has an equal counter part in energy/spirit. It makes perfect sense to me. The algorithm is very simple, as it comes from a mind that is open and reasonable. Einstein is an example of using the power of our holy true minds, which are clear, uncluttered and genius. When we allow this world to be explained TO us from within, it is. All we have to do is ask, listen, focus, contemplate and receive. It is a process of learning how to use our mind in the most precise and effective way in order to serve the masses, with whatever our part is to play. Not everyone can be the wacky genius physics nerd like Einstein. :) Albert Einstein received a gift from God (the theory of relativity), gave it to this world, and still to this day, he is the most well known scientist. His story is worthy of being told time and time again. Here is an article that breaks down his life experience and how he came to be the scientist he was. Spiritual Wisdom of Albert Einstein And a letter on the universal power of Love, that was recently released to the public that he sent to his daughter to share "only when the world is ready for it." A letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter Along with todays most recent confirmations of his scientific theories that he made nearly 100 years ago! Einstein's Gravitational waves discovered Thank you Einstein!!
I have learned that all the things that stand in the way of achieving our goals, is believing in a false self concept... Fear of failure (which was my biggie), self hatred, self doubt(this too), insecurity, unworthiness etc, all come from identifying with this body and its traits. This body/personality likes to set goals that only have to do with IT. Slimmer/hotter bod, great partner to make me feel better or not alone, more money, traveling to feel free etc..... all of these goals are to keep this body identification in tact. They are really meant to deter you from what you REALLY want, and have you focused on false goals, which you ultimately never reach and often actively destroy. I have learned that my TRUE goal is one that brings me joy. Its creative, its helpful to others and myself, I am passionate about it and it allows me to serve the world. Everything that makes me happy is tied up in the One Goal. I learned what this goal is, through letting go of everything that is not this goal!!! With trust, forgiveness and willingness I slowly learned that my goal extends from Knowing my True Self. Once I accepted that I am a SOUL, I let go of all physical maintenance goals; and my true function, my true purpose was given me within. Now my goal is happiness for me and for all the world and it has been made practical through creative endeavors that I can give to others. Now that I have happiness, I can give it. From this one goal, I have lost all the weight I formerly had, have the perfect husband and family and my life is a joyful incredible ride....with out even trying. It became natural when I re-aligned my mind with what is TRUE IN ME. I know this is possible for us all... because in Truth, we are all the same. We are not these bodies and its petty goals... we extend from the very Source of Life itself and are capable of limitless creative things! Let your goal be set for you, and let go of everything that stands in its way of emerging within you. We are all powerful beyond measure, and we can embrace it... when all goals become One. I love Yogananda. I have been reading his Autobiography entitled "Autobiography of a Yogi" and following the inspiration he offers for years.
Since Tom, Ella and I moved into our new home in November 2015 I began opening and going through many boxes that I had left at my mothers. Inside one of the boxes was my Autobiography of a Yogi book! I was excited to open it again after many years. I have left it out on the coffee table ever since, and have been sitting with it just about every evening. It's been incredibly influential for me and even more so now because Yogananda not only was a saint/healer/miracle worker in India.... but he also was called to the West to be a business man. So he talks alot about running a business in this world but as an extension of all that he IS and all the he LOVES...its really beautiful and reflects so much of what I am experiencing. His autobiography is one of those books that I have to pause after every sentence and sit with its potency. I relate very much to Yogananda...and have been given much of the same guidance along my life path, and so when I saw this article with Him also being Steve Jobs favorite, it stuck another cord in my heart :) As Steve Jobs, being one of the co-founders of Apple, made me realize that perhaps Apple has become so universally known and used because of his foundation in the laws of Spirit through Yogananda. There were even more correlations with this "Yogananda and business/computers" for me! I JUST finished reading Steve Wozniak, the other co-founder of Apple's, autobiography called "IWoz: How I invented the personal computer"and I am currently listening to "IJustine: An analog Memoir". I received an inside scoop through mostly Woz, but Justine too, about the up and coming computer/tech industry back in the day; and some of the first steps that happened in creating the apple computes and then progress and steps taken to bring Apple & IPhone to the global market.... so incredible. So reflective of where I am at in life with our business MakeShyft R.D.A which is first and foremost a technology company, and then successively with the recent launch of our first product, an app for conflict resolution called the Universal Mediation Program. The tools we are creating are to help change the world like Yogananda's Schools and Wozniaks/Jobs Apple Computer/IPhone. It all comes from the same purpose, to help and unite the world. I feel everything is unfolding in my life to help me learn and see the correlation and cooperation among all things. I am learning how to remain calm and peaceful as my natural and consistent state of being, no matter what takes place in my life or business; as well as how to use the time in my days efficiently and effectively, even though we have a wee-little 6 month old along for the ride. :) I am leaving it all up to Inspiration to lead the way; and I am taking one step after the next in the direction of completing the goal we have set together. I am so grateful, so empowered, so at peace. Here is the Article I found... A Course in Miracles is a self study course of universally applicable psychological, spiritual and metaphysical themes. It points us inward to experience the limitless peace of the indwelling God of Love. It includes 365 Workbook Lessons for daily practical application in undoing our mind of fear and accepting Gods peace and laws instead. 31 Chapters of Text to further understand the content of the lessons and our Mind / Relationships. And a Manual for Teachers so that we can learn to teach as we have learned, and give as we have received. ACIM is a tool for mind training. If we are not willing, we will not learn. But if we are willing, we will learn everything and be at peace. The goal of A Course in Miracles is peace. I am grateful to be participating in the second annual Virtual-Miracle Share! The intent of this event is to share awakening through the workbook. There are 29 teachers and we will all be sharing on the A Course in Miracles lessons and how they are helpful for the purpose of awakening. You as the participant will have an opportunity to hear ALL of us speak and ask any questions after each of our discussions. I will be giving a 30 minute lecture on "I am under no laws but Gods", lesson 76 from the workbook.
Here is my recording from the Miracle Share EventBringing forward New Software for Conflict Resolution Everywhere "One agreement at a time" I have been talking about the (U)niversal (M)ediation (P)rogram that Tom Glod and I have been creating in many of my videos and blogs. It has been the focus of our lives for many years now, as it is part of our Life's Purpose here to fulfill. We have recently progressed out of the "talking about it phase", as it has been launched into its the first phase of technology releases, Alpha. We are currently working on the completion of the Help Manuals, Tutorials and giving the final touches to the U.M.P, so that it is as User Friendly as possible before we launch into Beta Version 0.99. This felt like the perfect time to share a bit more of what U.M.P is and how it came to be :) Story of the U.M.P's CreationTrue Prayer is meant to elicit experience and transformation in ones mind and heart through communication between Created and Creator. True prayer is a quiet time of listening and loving. True prayer is not for you alone. It comes from the selfless recognition that we are all Gods Creations/Children and all wholly worthy of receiving answers to our prayers. It is not an individual asking, but a universal remembering. In fear & pain, we are blinded by what we think we want and need. We pray for the little things and the big things but in the back of our minds think we might not be answered. All this really is, is an inability (as of yet) to recognize the true need in the situation. Without knowing the true need and what we are asking for, we will not recognize the answer when it comes. There is one true prayer and that is always for forgiveness. It is a simultaneous forgiveness of your mistakes along with the other(s). True forgiveness is the answer to true prayer, and true prayers are ALWAYS answered when we ask to forgive. I have always had a strong passion to re-define education. The inspiration that began our many projects was through the recognition that the educational system needed to shift from that of inundating children with "information" that the schools believe we should know; onto focusing on each child's individual learning ability and genius, enabling them to learn what their heart and soul is calling to learn- and support THAT. We need children who are passionate about what they are learning, and find their purpose here in this world to fulfill... instead of a bunch of children who rebel against the system only to be forced into a business-like-job to make money. There is a big shift that must take place, and this shift begins with each of us individually. And we can teach that and help foster that in our children through education. There is a mother whose name is Kristine Barnett who raised an autistic son, and she says: "Instead of following conventional ways of therapy/education, focus on what that individual child needs. Listen to them, listen to your heart." Kristine and her family, are currently living in Ontario Canada with her family, and decided many years ago now that she was going to teach her autistic son and encourage her son to learn what he is GOOD at instead of what he struggles with. This approach is opposite from what the system and professionals were doing themselves with her son, and encouraging her to do. WHEN WE SHIFT FROM BODY-IDENTIFICATION TO MIND IDENTIFICATION. "First we need to turn our gaze in the right direction, the direction of Spirit-based thinking and not matter-based thinking if we are going to move beyond the realm of the conventional. A man I knew a number of years ago was new to his exploration of the Science of spiritual healing. Being of advanced years, he was having some trouble with his teeth, and one day one of them shattered. He pondered what he was going to do with the fragment that still was in his gum. He decided that he would put to the test these new ideas about Spirit-based living and thinking, and found this passage in Science and Health (pg. 486 ): “Substance is that which is eternal and incapable of discord and decay.” He reasoned that if his real substance is eternal, nothing of substance could ever be lost, suffer discord or decay. He reasoned that therefore the real substance of his Being had never been affected by this experience of shattering his tooth, that whatever made up the substance of his life was still untouched, despite the picture that was facing him. Soon the fragment loosened and fell out, and despite his age, a new tooth began to grow in its place. In addition over the next weeks all the cavities that he had filled, some decades old, began to push out and were filled with new enamel. Eventually he had no discernable dental problems. This was not a result frankly that he even imagined, but his willingness to at least turn his gaze to the realm of Spirit opened up totally new possibilities." Source: http://ronballardassociation.com/new-views-for-new-times/ "Let me know this brother as myself" ~ACIM T5. Healing & Wholeness I am constantly reminded in deep waves of gratitude, that my brothers happiness is my own. That I am One with ALL living things. That to Love another, is to Love myself and to forgive another is to forgive myself. This IS the law of God. Whatever we GIVE to others, we will receive- in thought, word and action. Thus if we hate others we will also feel hate, if we judge others we also feel judged, if we disregard our brothers we will not know them OR ourselves. Its not until we are honest and allow our minds to be stripped of what stories we are telling ourselves about the other and our self, that we can truly change our MINDS about what we WANT to give them and how we WANT to see them. When we change our minds about how we see another that IS how we change what we give them. Giving first happens in mind, in vision and then in form. What I give to another I WILL be giving to myself. There is no way to get around this universal law; for in Truth we are ONE and there is no way to succeed and thrive in this world to the exclusion of another. This is a powerful documentary about the life of men behind bars and the recognition by a single woman, that they need compassion, rehabilitation and healing versus bondage, segregation and abuse. She saw her need, and her fellow brothers in jail's need, as being the SAME. She knew that she was one mistaken thought/action away, from being where these men were. She set out on a mission to find an answer to help these men, to help themselves. And she succeeded.
This is the perfect example of what can happen when we refuse to see the error of another as being "Who they are", and instead recognize that that error is a CALL to help. No matter what we think our brothers have done, they are wholly worthy of forgiveness and when we offer that help/forgiveness, we too are forgiven and blessed. For those who seem to be bound, so can they be free. For those who make a mistake, so can they be pardoned. For those who are sick, so can they be healed. And so it is our function to be the giver of the gifts that make this possible for ALL the beings of the world. "A healed mind does not plan. It carries out the plans that it receives through listening to wisdom that is not its own. It waits until it has been taught what should be done, and then proceeds to do it. It does not depend upon itself for anything except its adequacy to fulfill the plans assigned to it. It is secure in certainty that obstacles can not impede its progress to accomplishment of any goal that serves the greater plan established for the good of everyone. " Tom and I are currently 8 months pregnant! Can you believe it? Baby Ella is brewing within and we are so happy. Since we have been back to Canada, we have had an ultra sound to confirm that it is a girl!! I remember 3 years ago, prior to our travels outside Canada, Tom and I thought that we were pregnant. At that time, I was not in the state of mind to welcome a child. I was unsure I even wanted children. I really had to open my heart to having a baby, and that if God Wills it, it must be perfect. I had to release my own ideas of what I thought I wanted and when I thought the "right" time was. As soon as I forgave myself for making my own plan in regards to children, I felt free and open and ready to receive anything God Wills for us, including kids. I found my self settling into meditation and opened myself to listen. I was quiet and felt illuminated within. I was grateful that I can trust God and he will never give me more that I can handle. I began to hear this soft whisper "Ella, Ella, Ella, Ella" it got so loud, that I got up from my seated posture and said what does Ella mean? I googled it, and realized the name means "A gift from Heaven". I immediately knew this was her name, and from that moment forward she was part of our life as a relationship that we will learn from and with. We found out shortly after this experience that we were not pregnant, but now I was open to have a baby at any time and Ella was in both our minds as being part of our family already. Forgiveness is the means by which to recognize, I am free. If we open up our eyes and look around, we will find examples of forgiveness everywhere.... we just have to be willing to look. If we are unable to find them, perhaps there is an oppportunity, person or experience with which you can forgive, and thus send the ripple effect of forgiveness in your own life to be a demonstration for so many others. This woman/mother is the perfect demonstration of asking for, receiving and giving forgiveness. Her daughter at 22 years old was killed by a drunk driver. This man was 24 years old, and sentenced to 22 years in prison for her death. The mother felt the calling to spread the word of drunk driving to schools around the world. After a few years of doing so, something was missing. God then has put the message on her heart that she had not yet forgiven this man for killing her daughter. When she finally asks for and welcomes forgiveness, the ripple effect from it is truly... miraculous. This is the perfect demonstration of how forgiveness can heal the hearts of many, not just one. May we all follow in this woman's footsteps and forgive today. Bless us all. Suffering definition: the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. We are here on earth temporarily and while we are here, we have a function to heal all suffering and forgive all errors in our minds. We are to admit when we ARE suffering, so we can transcend it and join our brothers and God in perfect peace. Its in this true, holy relationship, where we naturally accept our part as miracle workers and co-creators here. What else would this world be for, if not to transform our man-made suffering into a life filled with Joy and perfect health? This transition can only happen however, when we learn to train our minds, heal the cause of our suffering and look PAST it and ONTO the Reality that God created. God created the Kingdom of Heaven, and the Kingdom IS Joy. We have not left Gods Kingdom, for we are eternally and for always His Children and at home in Him. Yet while being on earth, we identify with this earth as our home, our body as what we are and thus fall subject to its laws and its rules that always lead to pain. The only way to transcend this pain, is by realizing that God does NOT Will suffering in ANY capacity. In fact he Wills us perfect happiness. And if this is so, then we must take responsibility for our suffering and choose to change it. The first step in accepting responsibility for our suffering is realizing that responsibility is my POWER, its not blame. Neither you or any one else can be blamed for suffering, but you can be responsible for it, and thus have the POWER to change it. Suffering does not happen TO us. We learn it through the conditioning of this world and from our upbringing. It is easy to accept the collective consciousness that tells us suffering is "normal" or struggle is "just the way that it is". But it is most definitely NOT normal! Again, God does NOT Will us suffering. Suffering is learned and becomes a mental conditioned pattern/ state of mind. Since it comes from the mind, ALL suffering can be UNLEARNED and we can embrace a CHANGE of mind. With this change of mind comes healing and the remembrance of what True normalcy is. But the first step is surely, to take responsibility for ALL our suffering and to admit that we fell for the collective conscious that believes that pain and conflict is natural here. It doesn't matter if the suffering manifests itself as small frustration or extreme physical pain or intense mental confusion- we are still responsible for it and can pray for a miracle to it to take its place; for "there is no order of difficulty in miracles!!" Since God has given us miracles to replace all suffering, this proves He does not will us to suffer. Therefore, if we are suffering in any capacity, we must remember that "I have done this unto myself". This is a powerful statement that will RELEASE us from suffering and fear once accepted as true for us. This thought is not meant to cause guilt, but the freedom FROM guilt. If we have done this (suffering of any kind) to ourselves, then we can change it!! This is a happy thought! Now there is HOPE and a way out of suffering entirely, for you and for all the world. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, His spirit poured out and He was visibly overcome. Jesus wept. (John 11:33,35) Pope Francis exemplifies a powerful demonstration of the difference between being "truly helpful" versus spewing off lines, ideas or quotes from the bible (or A Course in Miracles). Its powerful to notice what can happen when we let go of extending what is "scripted" and open to settle into an experience with our brothers, to feel with them, in order to help to heal them. Its a glorious blessing to know that souls of Christ Nature, are here, on this day, serving the masses through Love and Light and joining in Reality as God has created it to be. Pope Francis leaves us with these healing words: "Reality is Superior to Ideas". Amen. This was an old talk that I did on ACIM gather Radio in 2013, yet it is still, I feel, helpful and potent today. I speak in this talk on the difference between Maya (or illusion) and Miracles.The intent is to receive a clear understanding of what both Maya and Miracles are, so that we can actively choose between the two in our minds. Choosing Maya leads us to pain, suffering and misunderstanding of what we are and what the world is. Choosing Miracles leads us to joy, peace, communication and communion with God and all our brothers. May we all choose miracles in every moment and let their natural ability be extended through us, to heal us, and set us free. This section from ACIM is truly an incredible and helpful section: "How is Healing Accomplished?" Each and every time that we forget that sickness and suffering is a DECISION of the mind, we will suffer. Suffering and sickness does not happen TO us, we choose it. Suffering and sickness always has a payoff. Whether we are "getting" more attention, seemingly more love, to be proven right, to make another wrong, or the vast array of other forms of getting.... all is a payoff to the sick mind. Until we see that we chose this sickness because we value the payoff MORE than the healing, we will not heal. This type of awareness is putting the CAUSE (mind) and the EFFECT (body) in proper sequence. The body cannot heal the mind, but the mind CAN heal the body. So as we let the MIND heal, our body will heal along with it. When we begin to introspect into our own minds, and see where this suffering/ payoff is coming from... it often extends from a time when when we were young. Our young self can easily conclude that we deserve suffering, that we want another to suffer, that suffering gives us something or that suffering is "normal" in some way. This often happens from observation of and relationships with those around us. Once this conclusion is made it is pushed deep down into our subconscious mind where we forget that we made this choice to suffer to begin with. This conclusion can express itself in many different forms, but the cause is always the same. We MUST bring forward the awareness of this choice/conclusion that we made and bring it TO consciousness/Light, so that we can make a NEW choice FOR healing instead of suffering. We are doing this, its not happening TO us is the one of the most powerful statements we can learn to be true. For when we are doing it to ourselves, we have the power to change it and heal it. If we are not doing it, we are at the whim of the world and subject only to the ways the world can heal; and those are painful in and of themselves and often temporary. If the cause, in the mind is not healed, the effect of the sickness in the body will return again in the same way or in a different way, so that we can ultimately turn within and heal the CAUSE so the sickness no longer returns in ANY form. In accepting FULL responsibility for our suffering, is when we can see WHY we chose it. Once we see the why, we can also see how silly it was to believe that we are want to suffer or want others to suffer and render it USELESS to us any longer. Jesus reminds us in the section "How is Healing Accomplished?": "The patient could merely rise up without their aid and say, “I have no use for this.” There is no form of sickness that would not be cured at once." We literally can proclaim we have NO USE for our sickness any longer and it is GONE. But this is why the PAYOFF must be recognized first, and seen AS useless... for it is this payoff that gives use/purpose to the sickness in our minds. Seeing the suffering and the payoff for suffering as useless to us is how the cause of suffering is UNDONE forever from our holy minds. NOTHING survives its purpose in this world. Either our purpose is sickness (which if we are sick/suffering it is) or our purpose is healing. When we change our minds about what our purpose IS, our entire experience changes. ACIM/Jesus is helping us to train our minds to see this very thing and make this choice/change within. In the recognition of suffering/guilt/anger/fear's uselessness, the beauty of Gods Love and Healing Grace can fill our hearts and minds instead. This experience will remind us of our perfection and innocence that we have never lost and that is innate in us all. Our perfect, healed and whole self has been here all along..... we have just been choosing to identify with something else for far to long (body). Its time we change our minds about who we are and what we want and accept this healing instead. This will enable us to GIVE the ANSWER of healing to all our brothers and sisters around the world. As we truly heal, we can help others to heal. You are wholly worthy of healing NOW! Over the years I have been asked some questions that are often repeated. I felt the calling to answer these questions in a blog format, so that anyone who was curious can reference them at any time. The intent of these questions and answers is to allow the mind to stop questioning, and become open to receiving instead. I hope the answers that have been given me here are helpful to you and they inspire stillness within your own mind. Through stillness we receive all that A Course in Miracles offers us and we begin to understand these questions experientially. 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