December 9, 2020 – MINDFULNESS

FORGIVENESS IS THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN GIVE OURSELVES: December 9, 2020

One aspect of self-carethat is seldom discussed as an important tool of self-compassionis letting go of past grudges, concerns, misdeeds, misconduct,hurt, suffering, struggle,or experiences through forgiveness. Forgiveness is so fundamental to a compassionate heartthat the ancient text instructs usto not even pray for ourselvesuntil we have first forgiven others. How many times do we forgive?As…

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 […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 14 – Section 2 – “The Light of Truth”

A Course in Miracles says the “quiet light in which the Holy Spirit dwells within you is perfect openness, where nothing is hidden, and nothing is fearful. Attack will always yield to love if it is brought to love, not hidden from it. There is no darkness that the light of love will not dispel.” […]

The Grace of Miracles – Part 14 – “Welcome to the Circle of At-One-Ment”

A Course in Miracles says we have taught ourselves the most un-natural habit of not communicating with Spirit, with Love. Everything that is in love is within us. “Love leads us and knows the way we cannot see.” A Course in Miracles “You cannot understand how much Spirit loves you because there is no parallel […]