Posted by: spiritteacher | September 22, 2009

GOD’S LAWS RULE

We appear to have so many choices in this world. What to do? What to eat? What to see? What to think?  What to say? Who to love? Who to hate? When? Where? How? And levels and degrees of each. We live with the rules we’ve decided should govern our lives:

Must look a certain way. 
Must attend a certain church. 
Must be successful in something. 
Must say certain things. 
Must give gifts in certain ways at certain times to certain people.
Must eat certain foods. 
Must exercise. 
Must own certain possessions. 
Must raise our children a certain way. 
Must attend certain schools.
Must obey certain rules of etiquette.
Must perform a certain service.
Must salute a certain flag.
Must believe in war.
Must hate war.
Must be a certain political party.
Must be no political party.
Must do our own thing.
Must never vary from society’s dictates.
Must care what other people think.
Must be really angry at people who don’t think the way we do.

And even though we may obey or disobey the rules according to how we view the world, we are still concerned with our own beliefs, thinking that others should do and think as we do. The biggest mistake we ever make is we never question the laws we made. We just scramble to obey them – and as quickly as possible. We never ask where is God in all this? The rules are neither good or bad, but if they are performed or not performed without God’s love in our hearts, they are simply pointless. Guilt and judgment and separation come from the rules we made and strive to obey without God’s guidance.

Today let’s let go of all the things that busy our minds and all the human made rules we live by so religiously and simply grow still and allow God in. When a thought enters our head, let’s give it to God. When a rule comes to mind, let’s give it to God. There is no need to fear that all we believe in and all that we stand for will suddenly disappear and leave us bereft. We will  lose nothing, not even a moment’s time. We will simply be allowing a transformation in our thinking so that all of our rules will be governed and guided by Love. The only thing that will disappear is the guilt and the judgment surrounding our rules. Now, no matter what we think or do or say, it will come from a place of Love and we will find peace because we are doing everything God’s way.  Our new motto is now, “God’s Laws Rule.”

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | September 16, 2009

MAY YOU WALK IN PEACE TODAY

When we are afraid we are aligned with what does not exist.  When we are at peace we are living gloriously in the heart of God.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | September 15, 2009

THE AWAKENING (A Parable)

Something is stirring deep inside your sleeping self, awaking you slowly and yet surely.  Your eyes blink open, then snap shut because the light is bright. Sounds and scents flow softly round you and even though your eyes are closed your curiosity is piqued. The feel of your surroundings is somehow different than what you felt while you were sleeping. Your eyes are open now. You have a sense of rising and of moving forward – or is it upward, step by step?  The direction is uncertain. 

At first you are afraid because it’s change, but something tells you to keep going. Something tells you that the life you lived and thought was yours wasn’t what it seemed.  You know you’ve lived in fear a lot and wore protective armor round your heavy heart. You lived with guilt and sickness inside your inward home and worry was a close companion, as was anger and self righteousness as well.  And everyone, but you was often wrong.  Even you and God were not always in agreement.

These old recollections are fading slowly from your mind and something else is coming into sight.  A new vision. A new set of thoughts. You continue moving onward ever onward far beyond the place you were before. It feels like climbing stairs or rocks, you’re not sure which. A  mountain of some sort?  You’re near the summit now. You can feel it coming to an end. 

A fleeting cloud passes over and you shiver as you hear, “Last chance.”  Last chance to go back to what you were and how you lived before. Last chance for guilt and fear to lead you on your path. It’s tempting to return to a world far from perfect, yet familiar and all you’ve ever known – or so you think. It’s yours to choose and so you do as you take another step in the “right” direction.  And now there is no turning back.

At last a hand takes yours and helps you up the last few steps and through an archway built upon a bridge to your new home. You stand in silence and look cautiously around. The world looks the same to your body’s eyes and yet you know it is a whole new way of life.  There is Peace waiting patiently just on the other side of fear and Joy is there as well. Both siblings born of Love.  Abundance and Well Being come to play and Laughter fills your soul.  True Forgiveness shines away the last vestiges of darkness hidden in the corners of your mind.  It’s change for sure, but change you want.  But is it really change?  Something feels familiar.

Then you know. You haven’t changed so much as you’ve changed back.  Back to the place you were before you chose a world of fear and guilt. Back into a time when you and all were One.  Back and back and back into the warm, familiar arms of God. And now you understand the place that you just left was not your home, not your reality.  The something stirring deep within you was your ancient Self coming back to life.  No longer can you be who you are not.  No longer can a world born of fear be called your home.  Now are you alive.  Now are you free.  Now are you safe.  Now are you on your knees and thanking God that you were wrong and He was right.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | September 10, 2009

JUDGMENT DAY (A Parable)

We go before the Judge, our guilty secrets in a sack. A sack that strains our back and bows our knees. We dump the sack before the Judge, certain of our fate. We begin our litany of confessions, “I said this … I thought that … I saw something and did nothing … I saw nothing and did something … I should have, but I didn’t…  I shouldn’t have, but I did. … and on and on the trial goes for hours, days and months and years. We wallow in our misery as our sins swell up around us, a torrential flood of never ending mire that rises high above our heads.  We are drowning in our guilt.  Our heads are bowed in sorrow, our hearts filled with remorse.  And when we finally think we’re finished we start upon our brothers. 

“They said this … they thought that … they saw something and did nothing, they saw nothing and did something, they should have, but they didn’t …  They shouldn’t have, but they did… And on and on goes their trial for more hours, days, then months and years.

At last a firm hand upon our shoulder stops us in mid sentence.  It’s time for our punishment to be meted and our brother’s punishment as well.  We can’t look into the Judge’s eyes for fear of what we’ll see. The silence from the Judge goes on and on and on. Finally, our curiosity becomes intense and we must lift our eyes to look. The expression in the Judge’s eyes overwhelms us. We drop to our knees and burst into tears.  We know exactly what He’s going to say and then we hear the words that validate our expectations, “Not Guilty,” in a tone so quiet, calm and gentle that it takes our breath away.  Now are we filled with Love so powerful that it transforms a world of guilt into a world of Holy Joy. 

The echo of His Voice reverberates inside our minds and overflows our hearts with peace.  “Not Guilty, my precious Child.  Always only and forever as innocent as Me.”

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | September 7, 2009

GOD’S BUSINESS

We make many mistakes by misperceiving our brothers and sisters and judging them harshly and by thinking and saying unkind things about ourselves.  If we decided that what others do is God’s business, not ours and then we took a moment to bless everyone we would be opening our minds and hearts to allowing God’s laws to govern the world. God would gratefully use this channel that we offer Him and His Love would flow freely through us. God sees only the truth in us.  He sees us as He created us.  Shouldn’t we honor Him by at least trying to believe that He, Who created us knows us better than we do? 

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | September 2, 2009

WHY AM I HERE? (A Parable)

You ask the question, “Why am I here?”  As these words resound into the Universe you feel a strange sensation and your body is lifted to another time and place.

You find yourself walking through a cave.  It is dark and damp and seems to be inside your mind as well as out.  At first you think you are alone. Soon you become aware of other beings in the cave, although you can see nothing. You feel confused and fear clutches your heart and dries your mouth. A calm and quiet voice speaks inside your head.  “It’s the unknown that you fear.  In truth all is known and you are always safe. Trust me.”  Slowly fear’s clammy fingers loosen their grip from around your hammering heart and fades into the blackness. Although it is dark as it was before, you have the sense now that whatever is here with you will not harm you.

In your hand a candle appears.  Its flicker lights the way a few feet before you, but not much more. But still its light is comforting and you continue walking knowing that at some point there must be a way out.  It never enters your mind that you might be going into the cave.  You just somehow know you are walking out.  You hear movement and shuffling behind you, but you don’t want to look.  If the voice said trust it, then you must trust it.  You firmly believe that it is your trust that will save you and lead you out of the darkness.

A hand reaches out and touches your lit candle with its own wick.  And so now there are two lights in the cave.  You turn and see a friendly face, a familiar face and your trust strengthens. Then another hand reaches out and lights its wick and now there are three lights and your trust strengthens yet again.  And then another and another lights its wick with yours. As the light increases with each lit candle, so does your trust.

You seem to be the leader on some pilgrimage.  You feel the gratitude of those who follow behind you as they place their trust in you. And you know it is because you have placed your trust in something greater.  Before long the cave is luminous with candlelight and now you see that all you feared are but your brothers and your sisters who love you as you love them.

At last you reach the mouth of the cave as you knew you would and those who follow you crowd around.  You hear soft sounds of oohs and aahs.  Outside the cave the night is filled with stars.  More in number than there are numbers with which to count. Their light fills the night and shines upon you and all those who follow you.  You turn toward the cave and see that it is gone.  That dark, damp place inside your mind has disappeared as have the candles for you don’t need them any more.  All there is now, are the stars above you and the warm safe earth beneath.  You take the hands of those beside you and they take the hands of those beside them and together, hand in hand you all encircle the entire world. The stars’ light shines upon each smiling face and blesses you all with your own pure innocence and God’s own healing Love.

The voice comes once more, “I asked you to trust me and you did.  Now are you free and so have you freed the others. And that is why you’re here.”

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 31, 2009

REJOICE AND CELEBRATE NOW

Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing let your mind grow still, your tension release, all dark thoughts fly away. Let your eyes look upon all with great love.  Love the past for it brought you to this moment.  Love the future with expectations of wonder and delight.  Sit in the circle of NOW with the Divine Light of your own truth shining gloriously upon you and believe in your Holy True Self. 

You are Holy and Whole.  It’s true, Beloved Child of a Loving God.  It’s true!

What God created must be true.  You cannot be but His Creation, His wondrous loving Child.  No matter how it looks and feels otherwise, if it isn’t loving, it isn’t God.  Only God is real.  And God is pure Love.  Don’t let dark illusions hold you back when you are so much more.  You deserve the gift of everything that is perfect and lovely and real.  You are God’s Creation, nothing more, nothing less.

Pray, “Thank you, God.” And then grow still.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 28, 2009

A TRUE STORY (A Parable)

You open your heart and see yourself awash with Light.  Light of a Heavenly nature.  In this light your eyes are serene, your face is calm and you are resting in a peace filled, loving place.  A smile forms and joy like a rising tide lifts you up and floats you just slightly above the earth.  No one can tell that you are different. But you know it. 

 You ask the Universe, “What’s happening?” although you aren’t concerned because the feeling is so beautiful and the world has become such a wondrous place that how it happened is truly irrelevant. The grass and trees are the green of a new spring leaf;  the sky, an endless crystal canopy. A soft sunlight filters through the trees and warms the earth to just the right degree while a sweet breeze gently fans you.  Happy laughter rides the sound currents and floats around you like a reassuring hug.  Who is laughing? you wonder, And with such joy? And then you realize it’s you.  Life is abundant.  Everything you need and want is right at your fingertips. You feel vibrant and healthy and safe.  Gratitude rushes through you in waves without an ounce of fear to mar it.  You understand with great clarity that if you were to lose this abundance, it wouldn’t matter, God would just give you more.  You look around and see that it is the same for everyone.  No one is lonely.  No one is sick.  No one is poor or hungry or angry or fearful.  Everyone is like you.  And then the miracle of true understanding comes over you; EVERYONE IS YOU –  AND YOU ARE EVERYONE!

This then must be your true home; the place that you were missing all this time.  All you know is that you want to remain here always.  Your friends and family are here joined in unity with you, your hearts beating as one.  “What changed?” you ask the Universe.  And the Universe responds with gentle kindness.  “You did. You gave up a few things. And then you woke up.”

“What?  What did I give up?”  You have no feeling of scarcity, of loss or sacrifice so this confuses you.  You see that you still have all your things and even more,  although strangely they don’t seem to matter much at all. There’s plenty of food and fresh water all around.  Every earthly need seems to have been met, for you and for everyone.  So what did you give up? you wonder.

“First of all,” the Universe replies, “You gave up fear.  And then you gave up judgment. You gave up guilt, yours and everyone else’s. You gave up thinking of yourself as separate from another.  You gave up your attachment to the past and your worry about the future.  You gave up all thoughts of need and want and loss and you gave up pain and suffering.” 

 “Am I dead?” you ask, feeling quite at peace with that.  

 “You have never been more alive and you are in the world just the same. This is the way the world looks without pain or guilt or suffering. When the past is forgiven and the future surrendered. This is the world in the moment when God is remembered and all else forgotten.”

“Wow!  And to think that all this time I thought I needed all that dark and heavy stuff.  Amazing!”  You lay down upon a grassy knoll, rest your head upon your arms and smile and smile and smile.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 27, 2009

LISTEN FOR YOUR SYMPHONY

There is a rhythm to the perfect life that matches the beating of a healthy heart.  It is music and can be heard if we listen carefully.  We can hear it in the patter of the healing rain upon the parched, dry earth.  We can hear it in the rhythm of the ocean’s wave as it washes across the sand and in the wind as it swishes through the mountain pines.  We can hear it in the birdsong as they chorus back and forth in the early morning and in the children’s voices calling out to each other from across the street.  We can hear it in the reassuring sound of the neighbor’s lawn mower and in our dog’s bark as it greets us at the door.  We can hear it in the chirruping of the tree toads on a summer evening and in the even breathing of a sleeping child. We can hear it in the rhythmic whispers of two friends sharing secrets and in the clinking of our fork upon the plate as we share a meal, a thought, all the miracles of the day.

It’s our symphony and when placed in the loving hands of God it becomes the perfect life.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 25, 2009

WHAT’S REALLY REAL?

“When you use your mind to empower you, you’re appealing to that which uplifts and raises your spirits.”  Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

We all possess an inherent wisdom that lives within our spirit mind and never leaves us.  We will recognize this as we recall sudden flashes of insight that have helped us in the midst of difficult situations.  Or when we suddenly were flooded with peace and love for everything and everyone for no reason at all. Or when we have performed a kind deed or offered a smile or a greeting to a stranger. We all have those special moments.  And if we paid attention to them we may have even felt grateful.  But often we don’t even notice them or if we do, within minutes or even seconds we forget about them.  It is important that we pay attention to these powerful experiences and try to hold them in our minds and hearts for as long as possible.  For these are the moments when we have aligned ourselves with God and His Holy truth.  These are the moments that we should be living all the time.  All but these moments are false and not our reality at all. 

 May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 24, 2009

PEACE IS A CHOICE

It is time to take our power back.  When we feel unhappy, resentful or our peace is lacking in any form, the first instinct of the ego is to project these feelings on to someone or something else.  I am afraid or angry or sad because of the economy, what I’m hearing on the news, what my parents, wife, husband, partner, sister, co-worker, friend said or did to me.  True we cannot control the news, the economy or the behavior and words of others, but we can empower ourselves by understanding that it is not these things that disturb our peace, but how we choose to see them. 

It is important that we ask God to show us how to be at peace even in the face of everything that is happening around us and to us.  It is this peace, this alignment with the Divine within us, that will bring all correction into our experience and into our line of vision.  We can’t seek peace to change the world, but we can and must seek peace for its own sake.  The corrections in our world will fall into place when we want peace with no expectations of how that should happen.  This means to simply allow the world to do and be what it is.  Allow the people in our lives to learn their lessons as they feel they must without our interference.  In this way we take ourselves out of the fray.  Now we can turn to God and pray, “Show me how to be at peace here.”  And then TRUST that His way is the only Way and allow Him to fill us up with light and float us upon His ocean of healing Love. 

Relax into Him.  Rest in Him. Walk quietly with Him in perfect Holiness through the noisy nonsense of the world.

Envision Him around you, surrounding you with healing light.  In this way you take your power back and free yourself from the insanity of the world around you.  Remember to be still and listen to the truth.  Remember to ask for help to see the blessings and the beauty and the miracles of the world.

Remember that Peace is a choice and one you can make every moment of each day.  And you are entitled to the peace and loving abundance, to the health and well being and safety and protection of God.  And so it is with everyone.  Those who do not experience His gifts are simply the ones who don’t allow it.  Allow your gifts from God and as you do you are then teaching others the same. As you learn and teach you not only bless the world and become instrumental in its healing, but you also bless and allow healing for yourself.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 21, 2009

THE STILLNESS OF THE NOW

Meditation … Listening … Stillness is where our salvation lives. Until we can join our Self in silence, we will never be truly at peace.  Encompassed in this silence is trust.  We say we trust in God, but until we can be still and listen to His Holy Voice, we will not be able to experience the place where happiness reigns supreme and safety and abundance and well being is our constant state.  We may see flashes of this, a glimpse now and then, a feeling that whispers to us of something more.  But if we want to experience our healed spirit for more than just a moment here and there, the place to go to join with God is in the Stillness of the Now.

Ego will distract us because it knows that stillness is the end of it.  But practice and focus and a strong desire for peace and love and joy will silence the ego in time so that we can experience a loving world, a healed world, a beautiful and harmonious and balanced world.  And isn’t this what we truly want? 

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 20, 2009

OUR ONLY ENEMY IS US

A Course In Miracles teaches that it is through our relationships we will be healed.  As we walk in the world today, let’s think about this with each encounter and with all we meet.  No matter if it is with someone we have known our entire life or someone just passing by.  We cannot be at peace within our self as long as there is one moment of unforgiveness in our life in any form. 

It is important to remember this lesson: Those who push our buttons the hardest are our greatest teachers.  They teach us where our fears lie so that we can look at them and surrender them to God. There are no accidents in relationships. No relationship and no encounter is a mistake.  We think when someone disturbs our peace, we have to get them out of our lives or try to convince them they are wrong.  But the truth is if we can’t get along with someone, we need to look within ourselves and ask, “Why does this person bother me?”

This world is not a place of learning, but unlearning.  Peace lives within us constantly and is God’s gift to us and His will for us.  Wherever and whenever we are not at peace, we have put up blocks that keep us anxious and fearful and make us angry and sad.  These blocks are our judgments, our attachments, our need to control others.  We are here to learn to remove these blocks to our peace and we can only do this by looking at those who challenge us and then gently and with God’s help give these blocks (challenges) up to Him so He can show us that all we think is important is not. And if we are not at peace, WE ARE MAKING A MISTAKE. 

The same life we live in anxiety, depression and fear, can be lived in peace, by refusing to join with anyone in fear either by attacking (judging) them or by defending ourselves against them. The only true joining is through God’s Love. Our peace lies in our decision to experience our true nature.  To do this we must see the world and our relationships through God’s eyes.  It takes practice, but it is our only chance for true and constant happiness.  It is the only way our world will be healed.

Forgiveness does not mean passively condoning bad behavior.  If we need to stop someone from hurting us or others, than we do what we must do, but with compassion and love instead of fear and hate.  It means understanding that the behavior of others is not ours to judge. It means lifting everyone who upsets us up to God and asking for help to see our light and theirs instead of the blocks that keep us in darkness.  The world teaches punishment and vengeance and denial and suppression.  God teaches that each dark experience must be brought to Him so He can shine His light upon our blocks and make them disappear. 

 Every relationship is a Holy relationship and when we remove the blocks of judgment and see the love that lies beneath, we will at last understand our purpose here as instruments of peace.  Take it step by step, moment by moment.  Every single moment offers an opportunity to see someone differently. We are never alone in this.  God blesses every gift of forgiveness and healing that we offer Him and guides us through our pain and suffering into joy and light.  You may not be hugging or lunching with your “enemies”.  That isn’t necessary.  All that is needed is that you look upon each brother or sister with God and feel the release, the relief of true peace.  And come to understand that the only enemy is the blocks to peace within your own mind.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 18, 2009

THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE DRAGONFLY

One of the first steps to peace is to choose to be happy instead of right. Whenever we want to be right over someone else we always get in trouble. Needing to have others think the way we do is a huge mistake for most of us. And as you can see this flaw runs rampant throughout the world and is the cause of most of the world’s problems.

So then we need to ask ourselves, why is it so important for others to agree with me?  Why is it so important that they think highly of me?  If we could change our thoughts and remember it is only important that we are true to ourselves and God, life would be much easier for us.  We’re never going to find peace by depending upon the good opinions of others.  Everyone has a different perspective depending upon their life experiences and how they perceive us and themselves and even what they may be going through in a given moment.  No one will ever always agree with us or we with them.  And that doesn’t matter.  It really doesn’t matter.  If we always make the effort to come from a place of love and forgiveness in our dealings with others, then no matter how they react to us, we will always be right.  Not in the world’s understanding of right, but in the sense that we have aligned our thoughts with God and so everything we think and do is now loving and kind and helpful and harmless. 

Does one rainbow care what another rainbow thinks of it?  Does the sun expect the moon to agree with it?  Does a flower bloom for the purpose of impressing other flowers?  Does a cat, a fish, a dragonfly, a hummingbird live for the good opinions of others? Only humans have the attribute of needing to be right.  Needing to control their world. 

Instead of being right, what if we just be?  Let’s practice shining in the light of our own being and let everything else go  God stands with us and shines His light with ours and now there is no need for anything, but to rest in Him and let His Rightness guide us in all things. Now does all need to control and be right fall away.  Now is every rainbow beautiful in its own way, every flower a joy and the sun and the moon and the dragonfly each share the Universe as they were intended.

When someone disagrees with us, let us silently bless them and allow them to shine in their own light while we shine in ours. And since light cannot be stopped, it won’t be long before our light joins with theirs and God’s and all is Light.

Let’s just be.  Be grateful.  Be kind. Be happy.  Be peaceful.  Be joyous.  Be forgiving.  Be helpful.  BE. 

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 17, 2009

ALL THOUGHTS ARE HABITS

Life can and should be simple.  Ego complicates, God simplifies.

You don’t have to be unhappy.  You don’t have to react in anger or feel sad or lonely or fearful.  You don’t even have to be sick.  Miracles of healing happen all the time.  You can choose to bring into your mind empowering thoughts and let go of weakening thoughts.  It takes time and effort to change your thought habits and patterns.  But you can do it.  You have the power of God within you and you can tap into it at any time you choose. 

All thoughts are habits.  Weakening habits can be changed to strengthening habits by simply being willing to make the effort to change them.  It may not be easy at first as we have spent a lifetime setting our thoughts and beliefs in stone.  But even stone can be worn away with time and effort.

Start with the willingness. Tell God you want a better way of being in the world. Then tell Him again and again until you actually believe it.  Often we think we want change, but when it comes right down to it, we find we’re pretty comfortable with our fear habits and we become afraid of being happy.  it may sound strange, but it is a common phenomenon.  Look around you and see how others keep their fear habits even though you can see clearly how they could make things easier and better for themselves. 

Then when you are really ready, begin by surrendering one weakening thought and working on that until you see it differently.  And as you see the result of that, feel encouraged and go onto the next aspect of yourself or your life you want changed.  You don’t need to do it all at once.  A step at a time;  A moment at a time is all that is required.  That and a little willingness. 

Many take the first step and even the first few steps than slide right back down into their misery.  Don’t give up.  You can do it.  And remember it is well worth the effort. 

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 14, 2009

OWN WHAT BELONGS TO YOU

The only way to receive what you need and want in the world is to give it to yourself.  I’m not speaking of the things of the world, of course, but the things of God.  If you crave and feel you are missing out on love, respect, happiness, health, peace, joy it can only be that you don’t believe in your right to them.  You cannot receive them from others until you first give them to yourself.  And though God is always offering His loving gifts to you, until you accept the fact that you deserve them, you cannot fully and permanently experience them.

So affirm yourself daily.  Do it until you believe it. 
I deserve to be loved. 
I deserve to be happy.
I deserve to be at peace.
I deserve God’s abundance.
I deserve to be safe and well.

Then affirm with conviction:
I am loved.
I am happy.
I am at peace.
I have God’s abundance.
I am safe and well.

When you begin to see that you deserve these things, it will shine through you and others will see and be attracted to your light.  Love comes to you from loving yourself.  Happiness, peace, abundance, health and safety are yours when you remember they are already yours and you deserve them. 

So radiate all the gifts of God that are yours already and see the Universe open up and bestow them upon you.  The mind is a powerful thing. Own what belongs to you and watch for miracles.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 13, 2009

OPEN THE DOOR!

“Have a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing.” Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

An open mind is like an open door. A door open to a world of wonder, a world of harmony and balance, a world where peace can enter and all the blessings that are ours can be accepted.

God can and does offer us miracles every moment of every day. There is not an instant where He is not answering our prayers, not always in the way we think we want them answered, but in the way that is Right for us. If we open the door and stand back and let Him be in charge, we will soon see that what we really want is what He wants and it is much more powerful and wondrous than anything we thought we wanted in our small and limited way of thinking.

God offers us Love and all that comes with it, but unless our door is open we cannot receive it or even see it. Instead of questioning every little thing we think is going wrong for us, if we just open the door to our mind and heart and allow God in and pray, “Let me see this through your eyes, Dear God,” and quietly stand back and wait and watch without judgment, we will see the miracles in all things and understand that what we think is wrong is only a lesson for us to learn and grow past. It is a lesson we have provided for ourselves, but God will correct for us if we allow it.  In that sense what we may think is wrong is actually very, very right. And when we have learned this lesson, great relief and joy and gratitude will flood through our open door. Then will we understand that God truly knows us better than we know ourselves.

So in every challenge, simply ask, “What is my lesson here?” and grow still. The sooner we learn our lessons, the sooner will we find true Peace.

And it all begins with an open door to our mind and heart.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 11, 2009

EVEN A SLIVER

Our interests are not separate from anyone else’s.  No matter how we or others act out in fear, the fact is we all want the same thing.  To be told that we are wrong about whatever we think and see and feel in the world that does not come from Love.  We all want only to be happy and to experience God’s holy Love personally.  True, we look for it in some strange places.  And often our actions and the actions of others don’t seem to be those of seekers of peace.  But this strange thinking and sometimes even stranger behavior is only symbolic of our terror that we are here in darkness and separate from our Source and each other. The more fearful we are, the more violently we lash out in the world.  Those who deny God’s Love the loudest need It the most.

The only solution is to open our minds and hearts, even a sliver, and admit we want peace.  That slight opening allows God’s Love to surge through the crack in our armor and lift us to another place where all things are possible. It is important to remember that we cannot change the world and we cannot change how others behave in the world.  Our only power is to let God help us change our thoughts about the world.  From fear and judgment to forgiveness and surrender. And to remember the best we can that no matter how our brothers and sisters act out in the world, in the end they only want what we want, happiness, peace, safety, abundance and the health and well being of our loving Father.

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 10, 2009

HALLELUJAH WE’RE HEALED!

Remember, there are only calls for love and extensions of love.  A call for love is any brother or sister who is experiencing fear in any form and acts out from fear.  And if a brother or sister calls for love, it is our function to extend love and as we extend love to another so do we offer it to ourselves.  As I offer these words to you, so am I choosing to see my fears another way as well.  I thank you for reminding me of what God is teaching us every moment; we are here to be happy and peaceful and joyous and loving.  We are the light of the world and no matter what we see in this world that denies that experience, our light cannot be dimmed.  We can, if we choose, deny our light, but that is only our limited perception and our ego talking. The laws of God transcend the laws of the world and its seeming darkness. Open to this Loving thought and see that God has washed away all fear. His Light has shined away all darkness.

Now, envision yourself as healthy and strong in mind and body standing in your own glorious healing light.  Feel what perfect health would be, how happiness and peace would feel and allow yourself to experience the joy of it.  Do this any time you think of it. Be sure to do this in the morning when you awaken and then again at night before you fall asleep. This will allow you to begin and end your day in healing.

REMEMBER: FEAR IS NOT REAL!  ONLY GOD IS REAL!  I CHOOSE GOD NOW AND IN ALL THINGS.  And then simply be grateful.  Let gratitude flow over you like syrup over pancakes, like sunshine over shadow, like crystal spring water over rocks, like Love from a healed heart.

Together, hand in hand, as One Loving Precious Child of God, we have opened ourselves to God’s perfect healing today and now we are free!  Hallelujah!  Amen. 

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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Posted by: spiritteacher | August 7, 2009

WHAT IS THE EGO?

The ego is simply a mistaken thought system that we made up to separate ourselves from God.  It didn’t work, of course, because we do not have the power or the ability to separate ourselves from our Source, but we can certainly believe that we have.  If we are experiencing fear right now it is our own ego energy trying to distract us from our Truth.  I find it helpful to always believe that the fear is mine and in that way I know I made it up and so I can let it go. It often gets so strong that I am tempted to think it is separate from me and outside of me, but then I remember that there is nothing outside of my mind because I am God’s Creation and there is nothing outside of the Mind of God. Now I can remind myself calmly and rationally that I have the power to choose God in this and free myself of this experience. 

GOD’S LOVE IS ALWAYS MORE POWERFUL THAN FEAR.

A Course In Miracles teaches that the only way to weaken ego’s hold on us is to look at it without fear. “Oh, there it is again. Fear is back. So what’s new?” What I do after I remind myself that it isn’t real is to ask God to help me see this through His eyes.  Then I can smile gently and let it go.  Sometimes it hangs on for a while after I have surrendered it, but then it fades and disappears into Love.  Of course it will come back and I will have to repeat the process.  We must understand that we have accumulated a lot of fear over time.  We aren’t going to eliminate it without some work.  But at least now we can recognize it as harmless and an illusion and choose God each time that fear arises. 

When we are on a spiritual path, ego gets a bit more persistent.  It understands that we are releasing our attachment to fear and that makes it more fearful. Without fear the ego cannot exist.  It will try to keep our attention and the more we turn to God, the more it wants us to see it instead.  But now we can see the ego’s persistence as a good thing, because every time fear arises we are given another opportunity to see what pushes our buttons and where our weaknesses lie.  It is only when we are willing to look directly at the fear, understand it is nothing and then surrender it that we can ever be free of it. The reason we know fear is nothing is because it doesn’t come from God.  Remember, God is only Love.  Therefore anything not of God is nothing.

If fears are arising because we are consciously choosing peace, it is only because the ego is fearful that we are abandoning it for Love.  We can’t let that stop us from opening to and choosing God’s Love at all times.  How can we allow an illusion to rule us when we have the Power of God within us?  As the Course says, why would we fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when we can soar with the eagles? We must take our power back and see ourselves as we truly are.  In truth we are a Glorious Creation of a Loving God in whom He is well pleased.  We are the light of the world and as the light of the world we are governed only by the laws of God and God’s Laws are love and light and peace and joy. 

If the things going on in the world, what we hear on the news or even what’s happening in our relationships and with our bodies is terrifying to us, it’s understandable.  But how does it serve a purpose for us to go around living in terror all of our lives?  How can we be instrumental in healing the world when we are stuck in fear as part of the problem?

We only have one choice if we truly want peace and that is to lift this world up to God and let Him have it with all its insanity and instability.  Then ask Him to show us another world where Love reigns and fear cannot exist.  It’s beyond my ability to explain it, but I do believe that we can be at peace no matter what is going on around us.  Our understanding this concept is irrelevant.  Trusting in God that this is so, is essential. 

We are here as servants of God and teachers of God and if we need help remembering this, He helps us.  How can we ever be at peace if we are not true to ourselves as Children of God?  How can we be at peace if we cannot see the flowers for the weeds, the sunlight through the storms, the blessings instead of the pain? Let’s pray, “God is the Love in which I see the world as blessed.” (ACIM)  And now let’s have a beautiful day shining our light with God’s and serving our true function as beloved children of a Loving God.   

May you walk in peace today knowing you are blessed and a blessing in the world.

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