I recently had a powerful experience in my sleep demonstrating this teaching. In my sleeping dream I was experiencing fear. It felt difficult to look away from the fear because it was so compelling and strong. Yet in this dream, I remembered that it is my task to turn...
Stepping outside of your comfort zone can be scary. For instance, I used to have knee-knocking fears of public speaking. I remember one of my first presentations during my freshman year of college where I was so nervous that I was gulping for air, trembling, and...
Do you ever struggle with trying to understand the concepts in A Course in Miracles? Maybe you read something and get hooked with feeling you need to figure it out to progress with your study. In this vlog, I remind us that we’re like two-dimensional worms when...
It was an absolute JOY to be a guest on Craig Villarrubia’s Awakening with A Course in Miracles Google Hangout series. In this hour-long interview, we cover a variety of anxiety-busting ACIM-related thoughts and ideas. Good stuff. Here is a sample of what you...
“It does not matter in the end whether you judge right or wrong. Either way, you are placing your belief in the unreal.” – A Course in Miracles Original Edition Love. This. Quote. If I’m looking to the outer world of form for peace or a certain...
As we allow blocks of fear to be undone in our own mind, it brings our mind closer to it’s natural state, which is a state of pure Love. Because we are not separate from one another, as we allow our own mind to be healed, it produces changes in others...
A couple of years ago I needed to go for surgery. Since A Course in Miracles has been my “operating system” since I first began studying it in 1997, I immediately began applying the principles of ACIM to the anxiousness I was experiencing. As a result of...
I used to be obsessed with a twisted cartoon from the 1990’s called Ren and Stimpy. In one particular episode, “Space Madness,” Stimpy the cat is told NOT to press a compelling big red button because it will erase time and space. Drawn to the...
It is true! Falling into the comparison trap is an opportunity to heal the mind. If you are like most people, you’ve occasionally fallen into a trap of comparing yourself to others. This is a recipe for feeling like crap. Theodore Roosevelt summed it up...
As students of A Course in Miracles, we often fall into a trap of thinking that Holy Spirit (our Inner Teacher) is something outside of and separate from ourselves. I have done this too! I love this quote from the Urtext (the original manuscripts) of the Course....
At first glance, it might seem like honesty has nothing to do with anxiety. But if we look a bit deeper, being hard core honest is how we reclaim the Self we never lost. According to A Course in Miracles, honesty means consistency. Internal consistency calls forth...
“What is healing but the removal of all that stands in the way of knowledge?” – A Course in Miracles Healing happens as we bring our fearful perceptions and beliefs to our Inner Teacher and allow them to be exchanged for the experience of Love that...