How Anxiety About Surgery Created Miracles: Part I
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...
How the comparison trap… can help you heal?
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...
Who is my Inner Teacher and how to I connect with it?
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....
Healing Hidden Beliefs
“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...
Christmas as a state of Mind
“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...
Why you don’t have to be afraid of an “ego backlash”
I used to get really freaked out that the more I turn to love, the more the ego is going to roar at me and whip me back into its little place. Many students of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) talk about the “ego backlash,” for the Course addresses that the ego (which is...
9 Days of Silence: Just Me, Spirit, and the Present Moment
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....
There is no better feeling than releasing fear
There is no better feeling than releasing fear. Each time I allow fear in my own mind to be replaced by Love, I am one step closer to knowing my Self. My sense of inner peace strengthens. A sense of safety and security wells up in me, which tells me there is nothing...
I never intended to share this…
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...
The ego’s plan for undoing fear: “They need to change! Not me!”
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...
Karmafest Winter Lecture Series and Show 2014
According to “A Course in Miracles,” our “Inner Teacher” is the part of our mind that has not forgotten the truth of who we really are (Love). As our trust in our Inner Teacher grows, anxiety fades. In this excerpt from my talk about “How...
