December 27, 2019 – MINDFULNESS

I AM DETERMINED BEYOND THE APPEARANCES OF THINGS: December 27, 2019

The celebration of Kwanzaa includes an acknowledgment and honoring of its seven principles, known as Nguzu Saba. Each day of Kwanzaa emphasizes a new principle, and the evening candle-lighting ceremony provides an opportunity to discuss the principle and its meaning. The first night the black candle in the center is lit and the principle of Umoja…

The Course teaches us that we have lied to ourselves and unwittingly served as co-conspirators with a culture curated by haters to keep us from the best parts of who we are, but we have the freedom to step outside of our chains of inferiority and seize the greatness that is our birthright. We are […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 26 – “Tell a New Story”

Suppose we closed the chapters that we have written on always trying to make ends meet – trying to make a way out of no way — and dared to tell a new story – never told before — a story of boldness rather than fear, freedom rather than jealousy, victory rather than victimhood, power […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 25 – “The Light We Bring”

Sometimes our lights shine so brightly they make others afraid, and so we dim them by not doing what is in our hearts to do. We intentionally play small because we believe that will make others accept us. But we are not here to be less than. Experiencing the true salvation of Spirit allows us […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 23-24 – “Being Enough”

“What is your best discovery?” asked the Mole.“That I am enough,” said the Boy. Kindness is our birthright. Anything other than kindness is an illusion.We have forgotten the God, the Bible says, who gave us birth.God is love and anything other than love is an illusion.The Course in Miracles says: “Truth does not fight against […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 22 – “The Holy Relationship”

Beyond the body that you interposed between you and others, and shining in the golden light that reaches it from the bright, endless circle that extends forever, is your holy relationship true. Every illusion brought to its forgiveness is gently overlooked and disappears. For at its center, Christ has been reborn with vision that overlooks […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 21 – “Rise”

“The crucifixion cannot be shared because it is the symbol of projection, but the resurrection is the symbol of sharing because the reawakening of every Son of God is necessary to enable the Sonship to know its Wholeness. Only this is knowledge. The message of the crucifixion is perfectly clear: Teach only love, for that […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 20 – “Here is Everything”

“Easter is not the celebration of the cost of sin, but of its end. If you see glimpses of the face of Christ behind the veil . . . you will behold your brother’s face and recognize it.” In Matthew 25:35, Jesus said, “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 19 – “Forgiving Ourselves”

In Life is for Loving, Eric Butterworth explains self-forgiveness in a way that is in accordance with A Course in Miracles. He says: “We talk of forgiveness as if it were something we can easily do by an act of will. [But] forgiveness is not achieved by simply saying, ‘All right, I am going to […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 16-18 – “The Holy Instant”

A Course in Miracles teaches us that the Holy Spirit joins with you to make the “Holy Instant” far greater than you can understand. You need to do so little that enables Spirit to to give so much. Let not time worry you, for all the fear you experience is really past. Time has been […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 15 – “From Gratitude to Rebirth”

A Course in Miracles says “Fear is not of the present, but only of the past and future, which do not exist. There is no fear in the present when each instant stands clear and separated from the past, without its shadow reaching out into the future. Each instant is a clean, untarnished birth, in […]