Christmas as a state of Mind

A Course in Miracles editions, Important Course Concepts

“Christmas is not a time, it is a state of mind” – A Course in Miracles (Original Edition) Are you getting caught in the busy-ness of the season? It’s easy to get lost in “doing” when what our soul wants is to rest in...

Surprising Guidance: Letting go of A Course in Miracles?!

Important Course Concepts

Over the past several weeks, I noticed I had an unexplainable feeling of flatness surrounding A Course in Miracles (ACIM). Since I began studying it in 1997, I’ve honestly never put the book down. My typical enthusiasm and love for the Course seemed like it went away...

9 Days of Silence: Just Me, Spirit, and the Present Moment

Anxiety, Mindfulness

I never thought I could survive a 9-day silent mindfulness meditation retreat. Nine days seemed like a whole different ball game compared to the shorter 5-day silent retreats I had previously attended. But when I felt the calling for 9-days, suddenly it felt do-able....

I never intended to share this…

A Course in Miracles editions, Healings, Important Course Concepts

  Tucked in my journal is an entry about a powerful sleeping dream. My mom shared this dream which she had about me back in 2011, and I never intended to share her dream publicly. However, when I re-read it recently, I experienced a physical healing that was...

Are you listening to the ego or Spirit? Here’s why you don’t have to worry about figuring it out…

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

I am often asked the question, “How do I know if I’m making a decision for ego purposes vs. if I am making the decision with the Holy Spirit?” My answer: “You don’t have to worry about figuring it out.” Here’s why. As long as...

How family members can help us heal the past

Healings

At the end of the Workbook in A Course in Miracles it says, “No more specific lessons are assigned, for there is no more need of them. Henceforth, hear but the Voice for God and for your Self when you retire from the world, to seek reality instead.” (Epilogue, para....

The ego’s plan for undoing fear: “They need to change! Not me!”

Important Course Concepts

Do you ever have one of those days where your entire day seems to be orchestrated around your ACIM Workbook Lesson? Today has been such a day for me. My lesson is #71: “Only God’s plan for salvation will work” (Salvation means “undoing of fear” or “undoing the belief...

ACIM Q&A Day: What’s the point of eating healthy or taking vitamins if the world is an illusion?

Healings, Important Course Concepts

Q: If I am living an illusion as it says in ACIM, what is the point of eating well e.g. organic foods, exercising, taking vitamins, etc.? I have always done these sort of things because I want to be healthy. But at 57 years of age, I say what is the point if...

ACIM Q&A Day: I struggle with the idea that being spiritual means loving everyone

Important Course Concepts

ACIM Q&A Day:  I struggle with the idea that being spiritual means loving everyone. Especially since there are people in my life who don’t make me feel good when I am around them. How do I handle them in the most loving way? This is such a great question as...

Reconnecting with our Higher Mind after feeling the pain and fear of the world

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

“…the truth is true and nothing else is true.” – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) We need this reminder often, especially this week after the horrific tragedies of the Sandy Hook, CT shootings. Such an event turns all of our worlds upside down, as a...

“A Course in Miracles” Lessons Learned from a Natural Disaster

Anxiety

When I heard that we were going to get hit by a mutant hurricane in late October, I never would have guessed it would have been as devastating to the Jersey shore and other areas as it was. Although we made adequate enough preparations for Hurricane Sandy and remained...

What do unexplained nervousness and a grudge have in common?

Anxiety, Healings

What do unexplained nervousness and a grudge have in common? These feelings taught me a powerful lesson. By refusing to let go of a grudge, I was not only holding the other person to their body and ego, but I was holding myself to my own body and ego. Once I became...