(Tomas Vieira je) Duh

slika Nouk Sancheza i Tomasa Vieira, Take Me istini knjige naslovnici

U normalnom računanju prostora i vremena, ja upoznao "Thomas Vieira manje nego prije 2 godine u San Franciscu na konferenciji Tečaj čuda. On i njegova bivša supruga i poučavanja / učenja partnera, Nouk Sancheza, davali 75-minutnu radionicu o svojim iskustvima i ACIM objavama. Odmah sam osjetio povezan s oboje, kao davno izgubljenog prijatelja, jer oni se bave sa svima u sobi, podsjećajući nas da smo svi davno izgubljene prijatelje. Ja ne mogu se sjetiti tko sam govorio na to nije imao slično iskustvo. Počevši s hej jastuci su postavljeni na svačije mjesta, bilo je očito da je njihov smisao za humor je od primarne važnosti u njihovoj je dodijeljen zadatak (dok nježno i whimsically podsjećajući nas da je naša zadaća kao) treba rastaviti unutarnji saboter Mislili smo izmišljena zove ego.

Brojne metafore što Tomas (i Nouk) zajednička je ostao sa mnom, za početak, kako je naš unutarnji glas za mir (aka Sveti Duh) je poput GPS-a, kada smo dobili Naravno, to nas ne izgrditi za nestale optimalno okrenuti, to samo nježno izračunava optimalnu drugi put vidjeti naše vrhunske 'odredište' svaki trenutak bez implicirana krivnje, krivnje ili dodatni prtljag. Vjerojatno moja omiljena analogiju (koja Tomas ilustrirana s velikom pretek, tako da bismo svi mogli identificirati s njim, samo dovoljno dugo da vidi šalu i početi de-identificira s njom :-) je ego kao quintessential svinjetina-pita-hat-nošenje i cigare pušenja koristi automobil prodavač ... Da parafraziram: "Nikada nisam vam upravljao neposredno prije, ali nikada nije bilo važno što je, samo vjerujte mi ovaj jedan ... više ... vremena." Što je velika slika! Sjećam se smijati s Tomas na jednom od naših omiljenih lokalnih restorana (nakon što je dao izvanredan 3-dnevnu radionicu ovdje malo više od godinu dana) govori o tome što je veliki video to može učiniti na satirizirati naš privitak u obliku ...

Tomas ... i stvarno su živjele lekcije o objavljivanju svoje interpretacije o obliku, uključujući i pogoršava svoje tijelo. Njegov stav je pokazao doista oslobađajući istinu da nismo obvezani ništa, uključujući i prolaznih vozila smo visiti u '. Ako nježna žilavost 'nije previše oksimoron, Tomas nam je pokazao, u toliko ljubavi i vrsta primjera kako možemo ismijavati vlastitim glupostima i uživajte život mislimo da živimo sve više po drži do mišljenja sustav koji nas podsjeća da nikada nije dogodilo odvajanje ... i možemo si priuštiti da uživaju unutarnje (i vječno) unutarnji smijati o tome kako glup naše preokupacije su - bez obzira koliko naizgled ozbiljne. Iskrenost da Tomas i Nouk dijeli o svojim osobnim životima da nas je podsjetio na naše zajedničke transpersonalne ŽIVOT je bilo, jest i zauvijek će biti radostan primjer duha.

Ako naš zajednički duh (put izvan onoga što je naša mala koji-ville, persona-prilogu, treba stroj opsjednut um bi mogao shvatiti) je vječno, a zatim taj isti duh svi dijelimo (i ideja mi zovemo Tomas je kao zabavno podsjetnik od) je previše, pa hvala, Tomas, za život u ovom holografskom san i proveo u dijeljenju ono što svi mi, što smo oduvijek bili i uvijek će biti (izvan vremena, prostora i svih drugih glup pojam odgovornosti se čini da dobiti uhvaćen u.)

Hoćemo li propustiti Tomaševih oblik? Naravno. No, čak i nekoliko suze nastaju kao što smo se prisjetiti naš dragi prijatelj, održivi osmjeh provali u drsko radosni smijeh na umu da (poput Joe Hill song lyrics ići) "On nije umro."

Vječni smilezenhugs! :-)

Nouk Sanchez and Tomas Vieira photo

Pronalaženje Sretan rođendan mir!

Pronalaženje Sretan rođendan mir! Do Sally McKirgan

Smo rođeni samo da umre? A ako je tako zašto? To je bio moj budna misao ujutro mog nedavnog nešto 60 rođendan! "Što je to gnusno razvoj", kao lik na TV-se koristi za reći u gađenje. Je li moguće da smo rođeni, ući u tijelo i svijet u konačnici samo do ožujka stabilan i izravno na naše smrti? Ono što (loše) šala!

Prvo smo rođeni bespomoćna i ovisna o drugima za hranu, odjeću, darovanje ili možda i ne, ovisno o svojim roditeljima, okolnostima i zemlje izbora. Onda drugo, malo po malo, shvatit ćete da ćete morati shvatiti kako se brinuti o vašim potrebama sebe. Možete ići u školu, opet, ovisno o tome gdje ste rođeni i što seks ste za taj tvar. Odrastanje vi svibanj biti zlostavljani, imaju bolest, ali na kraju morate shvatiti kako da "brinu" za sebe kada odraste. Ako ne možete shvatiti, neke rastužiti, uzimate lijekove kako bi se žalosti, postaju beskućnici, ukrasti kako bi dobili novac za hranu, a završiti u zatvoru ili zatvora. Postoje milijuni ljudi u zatvorima koji su bili u stanju shvatiti kako se brinuti o sebi.

Evo buntovnik - Mi smo sve, zatvorenici, jailers, roditelji, djeca, svijećnjaka odluka; vojnici, umjetnici, brokeri s Wall Streeta, muslimanske, kršćanske, židovske, a ateisti, budisti, Hindusa, i drugi, u istom brodu. Nitko ne dobiva se živi i svatko se bori teško borbu!

Tko je stvorio ovaj svijet od katastrofe, ego ili Bog? Bi li Bog koji je nepromjenjiv, vječan, Sve Ljubav, jeste li akumulirati znanje, izraziti svoje darove i pate od bolesti ili nesretnog slučaja, a zatim umrijeti - kaput - kraj? Bi li Bog ljubavi stvoriti takav scenarij?

To je ego svijet i to je "loš vic." Bog nema nikakve veze s njom. To je misao: "Bog nema nikakve veze s njim" je svjež povjetarac na obrazu grozničavih. To je ego je svijet u kojem ona sama vlada. U naravno, Poglavlje 7. Odjeljak VII. p.11 "percipiraju bilo koji dio ega misli sustava kao potpuno lud, u cijelosti delusional i posve nepoželjni, a vi ispravno vrednovati sve to." To nije istina i nije Real. Jedina stvar u ovom svijetu da je to istina i Real je ljubiti misli. Jedini razlog zbog kojeg ste ovdje oprostiti i sjetiti ljubavne misli održati unutar moćne odlučivanja um.

Ja ne želim da znate da imate um razdoblje, a kamoli odlučivanje jedan! U dolasku na ovaj svijet konačna pouka je shvatiti, pronaći i slijediti svoj unutarnji istine s odlučivanje um. Ega će vas pokušati zadržati od njega. To je njegov posao. Ona će ponuditi "Tražite i ne pronaći" mrkve i dileme da inzistira učinit će vas sretnim i ponuditi do zillions distractions. Svi smo u istom brodu li mi dolaze iz Afganistana do Zimbabvea. Svatko, bez obzira na to da je njihova pouka duša došao učiti, ušao u san, iluzija, a na ovom svijetu Svatko ima isti problem. Mi mislimo da smo odvojeni od Boga. To je jedini problem - naš krivo razmišljanje. Dobra vijest je: To nije točno.

U zbrajanjem to Rođendan misao: ego je parazit na umu, to čine svijet i tijela koja umrijeti. Ako ga izaberu, koje smo svi radili kad smo došli ovdje, to će nas ispuniti sumnje, mržnje, bijeda neznatnosti ili pretjera i baciti u komadić sreće sada, a zatim zadržati ide. Ali to nije istina. Samo Loving Misao je True. Smijeh na ego i ne zaboravite da kao što ste proći kroz vaš život lekciji, oprostiti sve pogreške, a svoje i njihove, za sanjala ovu iluziju, te promijeniti svoj san, sa svojim mislima, jer samo vi možete učiniti. Kao kolegija studenti mi smo rekli više i više da nismo naša tijela u radnoj knjizi pregled lekcija VI. "Ja nisam tijelo sam slobodan, jer ja sam još uvijek kao da me Bog stvorio." I konačno, u 12. poglavlju, odjeljak VII p.15, s.1 Isus kaže: "Kada ste u iskušenju da prinos do želje za smrti sjetite se da nisam umrijeti! "svjež povjetarac olakšanje za neke Happy Birthday mir!

Sally McKirgan
Ashland, OR

Sally McKirgan photo

Početno i opraštanje Dream Napravili smo se

Ovaj prošli tjedan, iluzija sna slici sam poziv Bruce trekked preko ulice dva puta gledati film početku. Kao i Matrix serije, mogu preskočiti poklonjen nasilje, ali uživao ideje u filmu neizmjerno.

Brzo ažuriranje, ja upravo vidjeli ovu vrlo svjež isječak koji je gotovo kao 'Cliff Notes' vinjete od početne film na glazbene i specijalne efekte obliku; zabavna izvedba " Across the Universe (s 'Ništa æe promijeniti moj svijet' lirska, tune fave Beatles) by Fiona Apple , govoriti o miru u središtu ciklone iz snova! :-)

Evo komentar Upravo sam objavio na svojoj Facebook stranici o pregledu koji je pogodio mnoge ključne ideje: probudite iz snova, projekcija, i da, čak i oprost i nesvjesni osjećaj krivnje spominju (iako kratko) u filmu:

Dovoljno je pročitati veliki pregled filmu početka, evo moj odgovor:

Velika pregled: Izrada skok vjere u san: Filozofska razmišljanja o Christopher Nolan je "početka" (2010) , hvala! Postoje brojni savjeti u filmu o važnosti oprostio naše projekcije (ljudi i situacije egoic um koristi da bi nam u snu razdvajanja i dvojnosti), naši kindnesses i zajednički interesi su Totemi koji nas probuditi s nježni " udarac "iz nesvjesne ovisnosti o krivnji kao što spomenuti u ovom stavku:

"Dakle, rješenje je nešto za napraviti sa pretraživanje i priznanje skriveni ili potisnuti istinu, nakon čega slijedi rad ostavljajući ići. Osim ako se to učini, teret nesvjesnih negativnih emocija (npr. strah, krivnja, ljutnja, itd.) će i dalje sisati svoje psihičke energije, te sprječava funkcioniranje i uspješan. "

JA visoko preporučiti rad Kena Wapnick, Gary Renard, i Nouk Sanchez / Tomas Vieira kao nadopuna ili intros do Tečaj čuda za istraživanje san metaforu dublje i kako možemo koristiti pravi oprost kao univerzalni totem za lagano buđenje iz noćna mora smo zaboravili smo napravili gore. Kada sam išao u kazalište gledati početka, tiho sam se nasmijao, shvativši da je već barem par iz snova / kazalište dubokim razinama! :-)

Drugi omiljeno "virtualne stvarnosti 'žanr filma: budno život . U ovom animiranom filmu, glavni lik je dao prijedlog da možete reći ako ste sanjanje za flicking na prekidač svjetala, a ako ide na svjetlo ili isključiti, onda ne sanja. Zanimljivo, imao sam san (od noćnog raznim! :-) nedugo nakon gledanja ovog filma, te u tom snu, svjetlo JESTE ići na i off kada sam prekidač s varijantama u snu u svijetu snova na stubištu slijetanje! :-) Možda su samo 'pravim' Totemi su one koje bi nam pomogli blago nasmijati i ljubazno se oprostiti za izradu svijet se na prvom mjestu (poništiti san o dualnosti i odvajanja.)

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Dodatak (dodano 27Nov2011; pridonio Nancy Bolton-kompakcije):

Kad Ariadna pronalazi mal u podrumu sažetaka sjećanja, ona počinje mal reći svoje ime, ali Mal je istrijebi ". Znam tko si:" Kako ne znate tko Mal Ariadna je?

Od Mal je Cobb je projekcija, ako ju poznaje, onda ju treba znati Mal kao dobro. Ako ste u potrazi na filmu metafizički, Mal ('Bad' ili 'Evil' na latinskom, francuskom, španjolskom i portugalskom) je san lik u Cobbs uma koji simbolizira njegovu krivnju. Krivnja se poništiti po oprost. Ariadna simbolizira nevinost i oprost i dijeli ovu tipku s Cobb, rekavši mu jedini način da se poništiti svoju krivicu i osloboditi od njegova sna paklu je oprostiti obje mal i sebe. Ona je tako priznala mal kao njezin neprijatelj, kao i njezina poruka praštanja će osloboditi Cobb od nedostatka kontrole.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/faq # .2.1.51

U "stepenice" (Penrose sa ženom neprestano branje gore radova) pokazuje da je Arthur Ariadna je pozivanje na litografiju tisak priredio nizozemski grafički umjetnik MC Escher. Ispisa se obično naziva "uzlaznim i silaznim" ili "The Beskonačno Stepenište", te je prvi put tiskan u ožujku 1960, Escher je dobro poznat po svojim crtežima istražujući optičke iluzije i pravi arhitektonski, matematički, i filozofska načela donesenih u fantastične načine.

Arijadna u grčkoj mitologiji, bila je kći kralja Minosa na Kreti i njegova kraljici Pasiphaë. Ona je pomagao Tezej u prevladavanju Minotaura dajući mu loptu crvenom runo niti da je ona vrti, tako da je mogao pronaći svoj put van je Minotaur u labirintu. Naziv je referenca na Hugo von Hofmannsthal u postavkama mita za Richarda Straussa opere Arijadnine auf Naxos. Opera je igra unutar igre, baš kao i film je san unutar sna.

Marion Cotillard lik se zove "Mal si, kratica za Malorie nazivom '", što je ime izvedeno iz francuskog riječi' malheur ', što znači nesreću ili nesreću. Kraće inačica "mal" znači pogrešno / loše ili zlo (ako imenica) na francuskom, kao i nekim drugim Latinski-based jezika.

Mal ¡ť totem, vrti gore, je (vjerojatno) pozivanje na Clifforda D. Simak je priču 'prsten oko Sunca' gdje predenje vrh se koristi kao način da se preskočiti iz jedne paralelne Zemlje na drugo (na način pomaže znakove koncentrirati).

Prvo slovo svake od glavnog lika imena - Dom, Robert, Eames, Arthur / Ariadna, Mal, Sato - čarolija snove riječi.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/trivia

forgiveness totem

"Buđenje na svjesni Su-Stvaranja" intervju arhive

Ovdje je audio arhiva moje vrlo zabavan razgovor o "Buđenja u svjesni Su-stvaranje" na Petera jezika u show. I krivudanje malo s geometrijskim metafora i Hermesove akata koji će biti upoznati s onima koji znaju neke od mojih drugih interesa), ali to je prije svega o čistoj ne-dual metafizike ACIM. Imam vezu s više detalja o mom osobnom blogu ovdje .

Bruce Rawles photo

Šutnja je sama po sebi

Tišina je sama ... nepokretna.

Šutnja treba ništa.

Šutnja je velikodušan u pokretu bez odgovora.

Šutnja može smijati kretanja, ali to bi zahtijevalo kretanje.

Šutnja može biti ljuti pokretom, ali ljutnja je dijete od ponosa i tišina ga ne zna.

U srcu tišine oproštenje leži.

Oprašta srce traži odgovore.

Oprašta srce je odgovor.

Neka nam onda ... zaljubiti ... u tišini.

- Paul Hibbard

Oprosti svima Sve

Oprosti i biti slobodni! Oprosti im ono što su učinili ili nisu učinili! Isključi nitko iz blagoslov vašeg oprosta, uključujući i sebe. Oprostiti 4. razreda učitelj, suradnik koji vam izdajica, vojnoj, roditelji, braća i sestre, rodbinu, sve neprijateljima i prijateljima! A tko je taj koji je svoj automobil izgreban i zaboravila ostaviti poruku. Upravo sada, kao što ste pročitali ovaj, zatvorite oči i zamislite da je sve oprošteno, prošlost, sadašnje pitanja i strahove projicira u budućnost! Moć da se predomislite odnosno što misle ili kako razmišljati o nečemu što je do vas. To je gdje leži prava moć. Mi smo bili ispranog mozga od strane roditelja, društva, vlade sa zakonima, ali oproštenje, oslobađanje od presude, je adut, vaš kreativni izbor!

Živimo u svijetu dualističkog: dobre i loše, topla i hladna, kratak i visok, i stari i mladi, itd. Imamo i podjelu um s dva misaonih sustava. Možemo slušati ego ili glas Ljubavi. Vi, Odluka Maker odlučuje koji je sustav za praćenje. Odaberite Krista (um, duh, Izvor, Bog, Alah, Jahve ili Stvoritelj,) Ljubav ili ego glas straha, presuda, krivnje i zavisti. Pogledajte svoj um da biste vidjeli ove misaone sustave. Za stresa, odaberite ega je strah, bol, krivnju i mržnju. Za mir, odaberite misli oprost, jednakosti, suosjećanja, nepridržavanja presude i ljubaznosti. Kako reći što misli da je slušate da se zapitate: Kako se osjećam? A forgiveness thought brings a soothing balm. A blaming, judgmental thought brings guilt and fear of attack. The ego thought system is designed to keep the misery, disharmony and attack going. It can also make you sick, literally!

The purpose of the world is forgiveness! Forgiveness is our function over and above marriage, career, family etc. It brings inner peace. When you are upset there is something to forgive. We can be hurt by nothing but our thoughts and we can change all thoughts that hurt. For example: Someone at work really bugs you, he/she is a loud mouth, controlling, conniving busy body. Ask the voice for Love/Spirit in your mind: How can I see this differently? Then wait. A thought will come, maybe in the next few minutes, hour or even later but hang tight! Keep asking. If asked, the ego mind will bring up an attack or get even thought. The thought that brings a feeling of release and peace is the voice for love within your mind. Forgiveness sets in. Sometimes this has to be repeated because the ego is resistant. When we can see a person or situation differently, we understand that it was just a mistake; we had a lesson to learn about our perceptions, expectations and or projections. A projection is a judgment that we project out, onto someone else in order not to recognize it in ourselves. Like disliking someone who constantly interrupts when we in fact do the same thing but no one tells us!
How freeing to have a mind at rest! When tenseness, headache or worry sets in there is something to forgive. Forgive, release and laugh at it! Remember, your true identity is Spirit, eternal, residing in Oneness and Loved. So is everyone. How can the eternal be hurt? The only thing that seems to hurt is the ego and the ego is not who you are! It is false and has a loud shrill voice. Don't listen to it. Choose the decision making mind and listen to Spirit, the eternal that is in you. Forgiveness enters and heals all wounds, judgments and grievances. We all have had painful experiences that seem beyond the forgiveness factor. The question is: How long do you want to hold onto the pain? We have a high tolerance for pain. It will last as long as you withhold forgiveness. Be pain free in 2010 and forgive everyone for everything!

Sally McKirgan, A Course In Miracles student, artist and poet lives in Ashland, Oregon.

7 FAQs When Starting A Course Correction with ACIM

“There must be another way. But what?”

Ja sam pitao u pregledu nestanka svemira sam napisao za Amazon razjasniti kako su poruke Arten i Pursah (autor nastavnika), zapravo mi je pomogao. Kao Arten, kaže u knjizi ", najmarkantnija valjanost ovog pristupa će se pokazati za vas činjenica da se radi", nisam mogao pomoći, izrade malo o tome kako je ova knjiga otvara Tečaj čuda na moj zatvorenog uma!

1. Zašto strašne stvari događaju u svijetu, ako se, kao i većina duhovnost kaže, Bog je stvorio sve što je u njemu? Mogu li imati i ljubav i gnjevan, ili uncaring Boga?

Moje razumijevanje odgovora u DU (Nestanak Svemira): Bog je čisti Duh i nepromjenjivi, ustaljeni Ljubav, i nema nikakve veze sa svijetom, a to je stvaranje. Svijet i tijelo su projekcija iz razine uma, kada se činilo da dijele od toga da bude jedno s Bogom. Ovaj koncept čiste ne-dualizma je drevni u istočnoj filozofiji, ali novija kršćanska vjerska misao naglašava svijet i tijelo, kao i stvarnosti, i tako ih pripisuje Bogu, ignorirajući inherentnu kontradiktornost u ograničenom Bogu što je stvorio prolaznih oblika, te je ponekad vrsta, ponekad okrutan, ali uvijek uključuje žrtvu i patnju.

2. Zašto moram sve ove strahove da izgleda da pokrenete svoj život s ponavljanjem uzoraka čak i ako se primjenjuju tradicionalne i alternativne načine iscjeljivanja?

Kada je um prvi mislio da odvojiti od Boga, u 'kojoj Ako ideja, doživjela je nezamisliv bol od osjećaja odvajanja od Božje ljubavi. To je dovelo do uskraćivanja nevjerojatnim krivnje koja je uslijedila, a pokušaj da se "sakriti" od Boga kroz projekcije u obliku, s idejom da Bog će doći poslije nas, za što je nezahvalan sob-a! Slično kao i ulaska u fantaziju ili san na razini pojedinca, ovaj masivni demanti na metafizičkoj razini bio veliki prasak od cijelog Svemira. Nesvjesni osjećaj krivnje koji je potiskuje ono što doista pokreće naše živote, i dok se oprašta na toj razini do ponovnog s nepokolebljivo Božjoj ljubavi, nastavit ćemo doživjeti da u tijelima i ponavljanje žrtvama iskustva, bojeći se same iluzije smo sastavljene . Preuzimanje odgovornosti za odvajanje na ovoj razini uzroka je jedan od temelja napredne oprost. Ova potpuno poništava nesvjesni osjećaj krivnje koji je iza strahove i probleme koje sam sam više svjesna, otpustite ih zauvijek.

3. Zašto ne mogu biti na miru sa nekim ljudima koje sam imao problema s, i ja bi da im oprosti?

Ja obično je obeshrabriti u nastojanju da ozdravi odnosa, jer imam posla sa osobom na razini učinka, gledajući ih kao posebno tijelo koje stvarno učinio nešto što me je povrijedio. Napredno opraštanje, kao što je opisano, poništava se osjećaj odvojenosti od svoga uzroka, koje možete realizirati i svi su čisti duh, potpuno nevin, i to nikada nije dogodilo. Kad Arten, kaže, dokaz valjanosti ove prakse je da se to radi, on nije rekao da je lako. Trening koji se bavi je jednostavan, ali to ponavljanje poziva na stalnu budnost i onima koji su spremni, mir je rezultat. Sam otkrio da je nakon što je u praksi oko nekoga da me uzrujan, sam osjetio odbojnost prema njima sljedeći put sam ih susreo. Opet, to je zato što nesvjesno krivnje bio nespreman na dubokoj razini u mom umu, koji utječu na svaki aspekt moje svijesti na kvantnoj razini.

4. Bez obzira na to koliko je uspješna u svijetu sam, ili u bračnim drugom, ili čak i žive s pogledom na more Havaji, uvijek je bilo čežnja koji je ostao.

DU objašnjava ovu žudnju kao poziv na povratak Bogu i ljubav koja mi stvarno jesu, ali su zaboravili. To je kao pjesmu, slabo čuje, već poziv da se ne može poreći, bez obzira koliko smo vijekom trajanja koji se sastoji pokušati sakriti od njega. Ovaj odlomak iz 182 radne pouka (p.339) to kaže tako elokventno:
"Svijet se čini da živi u kući nije za vas. I negdje u vašem umu da znate da je to istina. Sjećanje na kuće čuva vas nezaboravna, kao da je bilo mjesto koje se zove na povratak, iako se ne prepoznaju glas, ili ono što je glas podsjeća. Ipak, još uvijek se osjećate stranac ovdje, odnekud sve nepoznato. Ništa tako definitivno da bi mogao sa sigurnošću reći da ste egzil ovdje. Samo uporni osjećaj, ponekad ne više od jedan maleni lupati, i na drugim puta jedva sjetio, aktivno je odbio, ali je sigurno da se vrate na pamet ponovno. "

Naravno, možemo slaviti ovdje i donijeti radost u naše živote u svijetu, gdje naše iskustvo nam govori da smo, a istodobno se 'o našem poslovanju ", priprema naše umove kroz oprost da se vrate u Duhu, gdje je naše istinsko kuće čeka. U Du, koja je opisana kao doživljaj u kojem Božja Ljubav nikada ne varira i svaki je odgovorio na potrebe. Opet, ovo je iskustvo koje u praksi ACIM i Du stvorena je kako bi o tome, ne intelektualno razumijevanje. Iako razumijevanje je preliminarna o odabiru Ljubav i naše zasluženo baštine kao jedan s Bogom preko svjetskih oskudne ponude.

5. Kako je ova poruka istinske stvarnosti je tako rijetka?

Stvarnost, kao što su najviše učio da prihvate da je svijet prijelaznom obliku gdje smo na kraju dođe do pogoršanja kroz starosti, boli i smrti, tada, s naglaskom na beskrajne nečijeg identiteta kao posebno tijelo i Vašu osobnost. Ova knjiga obrađuje Tečaj čuda "definicije u vašoj stvarnosti, a ono što 'J' (Isus, ili točnije, Y'shua) učio, kao da si duh ima iskustvo bivanja u tijelu, te da u nekom trenutku će probuditi ono što su kod kuće s ljubavlju Boga. Ovaj koncept je također vrlo star i nema ništa novo doba ili kultno o tome.
Ova poruka radikalne duhovnosti prilično traumatično za one na vlasti prije 2000 godina, koji su stavili ljudi na križevima na šutnju onih s drugačijim pogledom na stvarnost. Nitko nije mogao održati moć nad drugom, ako su znali da nisu neki osjetljivi tijelo, ili izazvati osjećaj krivnje i stida i žrtvu služiti trenutnu vlast, ako ste razumjeli Isusovu poruku svoje apsolutne nevinosti. Shvatio je budistički i Vedantic misli i znao da će dobiti reakciju ga uvodi u zapadnim svijesti strm u tradicija žrtveni Bog Abrahamov. Ali on je budizam jedan korak dalje, ponovnog jednog nevinog (rasipni) sin natrag na One ljubavi Boga, a zatim koristiti svoj život završiti taj put kako je odvratio s Bogom, istovremeno pokazujući na neznatnu svoje tijelo i našu put kući kao jednaki "Sin-a '. Sa samo razumijevanje svijeta kao iluzije, može se osjećaj beznađa i depresije, ali u tijeku, J nas ujedinjuje s Bogom i otkriva smisao svijeta u isto vrijeme, da nam nude mogućnost izbora ponovno je oprostio .

Valjanost sasvim drugoj stvarnosti ne dolaze kroz potkrepljuju dokaze u trenutnoj stvarnosti. Morate izaći iz okvira da otkrijete da ste u kutiji, ili kao 'bogohulna' Albert Einstein je napisao: "Ne možete riješiti problem iz iste svijesti koja ga je stvorio." Problem je u tome da smo u snu lažna stvarnost, a ne možete vidjeti problem sve dok ne počnu da se probudite. Duh Sveti zna da ne će biti sretni kamperi ako se trese nas probuditi prije nego što smo spremni, a tako nježno nas ispunjava, gdje mi mislimo da jesmo, i šapuće izvan sna kroz knjige, spavanje ili druge inspiraciju sve dok ne 'spremni pitati za pomoć.
Zato ova knjiga je tako jedinstveno. Ona se ne boji pitanje redovnom duhovnosti i nježno nudi iskustvo one koji su spremni da imate otvoren um. Svi smo da iskustvo koje nam govori da smo ovdje, u tijelu. Ovo učenje ne od vas tražiti da poreći da ili ne brinuti o sebi, ili biti ljubazni prema drugima. To je samo navodeći da je to lažno iskustvo, a nudi mogućnost za vas probuditi, a još uvijek radiš ono što normalno raditi. Vaše ponašanje ili svjetovna rad nisu ono što treba promijeniti za vas probuditi, to je kako vidite ljude u vašem umu, i vaša spremnost na predaju razdvajanje misli i presuda za ljubavlju biti korigiran po Duhu Svetom.
J razumjeti prirodu svijeta kao san i tako ga nadići. To je njegova svrha u životu, a on sada smatra da se za svakoga da slijedite, kada budu spremne. Okrenuo se tablice na svijetu iluzije i vidio kao mjesto za sve oprostiti odvajanje krivnju koju je držao gledajući svakoga u njegov um kao čistu, cijelo, duha. Nije dio Boga, ali jedno s Bogom.
Živjeti život kao što se razvija će se dogoditi u svakom slučaju, kako ići naprijed i učiniti svoj doprinos ovdje. No, u isto vrijeme možete sjetiti da ste zapravo dom s Bogom ima san i ostavljajući jednu svrhu buđenja.
Nakon razdoblja razočaranja (dispelling iluziju!) Ega quiets dolje to je pokušaj napada je put prema nekom kontrole u snu i mira pravila. Možete postati mnogo učinkovitiji u svijetu iu vašim odnosima, a vi shvatite da ste odustali od ništa (život mirnom patnje; dobra vremena pomiješana s loše) za sve-osjećaj povezanosti s Duhom Svetim. Duh Sveti je opisan kao Božje Voice Messenger, za Boga koji ostaje s podijeljenog uma, nježno nas vodilja kako živjeti u milosti kroz prakticiranje oprosta, vaš stalni pratilac na sve mijenja svijet kaosa.

6. Ako se ništa ne pravi, zašto gnjaviti?

Mnogi ljudi pogrešno interpretirati koncept ego i svijeta kao iluzije na način koji ga čini zvuk kao da ne postoje, pa zašto gnjaviti? To je um koji je stvaran i nudi pravi oprost, a ne suditi ego. To je zaspao za volanom u make-vjeruju svijetu i zna samo napad i okrivljavanje, obrane i krivnju da vide sve što su odvojeni. To zna ova razina ispuštanja (napredni oproštenje) je to je propast, i odupire se zadržati kontrolu. Situacijama koje zahtijevaju oprašta su pravi na svoj ego, a bol i vas uznemiriti iskustvo u holding prigovorima i izgledaju vrlo stvarno, pa to je gdje je Duh Sveti ima u susret te-koji mislite da ste u tom trenutku, postoji kao Žrtva u tijelo kako bi vam pomoći izliječiti um i na kraju spoznali što vam zaista, čista duha i ljubavi.
Po objavljivanju pitanja s ovom naprednom oprost shvatite nikada se doista dogodilo i pridružite Duha Svetoga da ispravi svoj um tako da možete vidjeti stanje i druge kao nevin. Zašto se mučiti? Pa, to ne bi palo na pamet, ako si sadržaja kako bi se pojavljuje više i više u snu gdje reprize pravilo. Ali, ako ste počinju osjećati da ste učinili sve ovo prije i čežnja za ono što nikad dosta mogu biti zadovoljni u svijetu, ova praksa je brza staza koja vodi u duševni mir, i na kraju, kraj reinkarnaciju. To je važno za nas da radimo oprosta i to, sudjelovati u ozdravljenje našeg uma, ili slobodna volja mi bi samo držati se pojavljuje u snu zauvijek. Božja volja je da budemo cjelina. Dobra vijest je, to je naša će previše kada se sjetimo!

Opet, to je stvarno vrlo jednostavan, ali ne nužno i lako se nanosi, barem na prvi pogled! Želja za mirom i ispunjenje koje dolazi kao što ste odgovorili na ovo poziv da zapamtite ono što ste (Love) na kraju će izravno iskustvo te ljubavi.
To nije 'bježi od uma' jednostavnosti gdje se kaže da je sve savršeno i da ne morate ništa učiniti, samo 'biti'. Napredno oproštenje uključuje proaktivnu korak okretanje tablice na ego kada stvari dobiva odrastao. Intelektualno razumijevanje koncepta čistog ne-dualizma potrebno približiti tu praksu. Mudrost je potrebno odabrati da ga prakticiraju. I poštenje u pregled i oprostio što Duh Sveti povlači iz svog šešira, je praksa. To na kraju trenira svoj um da odaberete protiv svog ega odabirom Duha Svetoga (oprost) u svakoj prilici. Tijekom godina, Duh Sveti misao sustav zamjenjuje ego-a i stare navike su izdani od strane kontinuirano identificiranje s vašim nevinosti svaki put kada se odlučite oprostiti drugima i vidjeti kako nevini. Koja prevodi u svoj nesvjesnog uma kao kako vidite sebe i nesvjesnog se oslobađa krivnje malo po malo. Hej, ja sam igrao oko s lošim navikama, kako se čini života, pa nekoliko godina da se okrenu oko izgleda jeftino!

7. Eto, ja mogu podnijeti svijet iluzije, ja jednostavno ne žele moj svijet okrenuo naglavačke. Što će moj život izgledati ako živim to?

A Course In Miracles is a self-study course, and a person can 'graduate' without anyone else knowing because it is correctly applied at the level of the mind, not in trying to change the world or it's opinion of you. The miracle is your shift in perception from a world of pain and separation, to peace and oneness. I found The Disappearance of the Universe to be like a can-opener to ACIM due to my initial difficulty with the Course's artful language. An answer to a call at this level is individualized for every seemingly separate mind.
Many move quietly toward their goal doing very similar things in the world as they had done, but forgiving the heck out of every situation that calls for it and so doing their part in the salvation of the world. And if you are called to share it, your real teaching will be done in thinking correctly and inspiring others to be directed to their own 'right-minded thinking'. All healing is accomplished in the mind that chooses it, not by standing on a podium trying to heal others, or listening to someone like me carry on. At the same time if you're called to stand up and teach as part of your forgiveness lesson, you should probably ask for something at the door! Just tell them you asked Holy Spirit how much you should charge :-) )
This work isn't for everyone right now, but if you are moved to practice it, you will just know, without anyone's influence. There are many paths that lead home. We all left bread crumbs on our outward journey, and we'll find those familiar crumbs in the practices that appeal to us. For me, the fear of buying into a delusion was momentarily offset by the thought: “there must be another way.” It took a life-changing event and the feeling of being in crisis for the ego to back off and surrender control of 'my' world long enough to follow my heart over my beliefs. I found the Holy Spirit right there waiting when it was my time, leading me to the experience of lasting peace that evaporated all my doubts–and I'ma hard nut to crack!
And now I salute you for reading this far, as you must have forgiven me to do so! Actually, my intention was to express gratitude for what can really never be relayed in words. Thank you for helping me try. I wish to cherish your natural state of being, beyond form, beyond conflict, beyond words and concepts, eternally at home in the loving Mind of God.
Peace,
Jonathan Joshua

Don't Blame God!

Do you often wonder where the term an “Act of God” came from? It probably originated in ancient times when The Gods were blamed for everything. It put some “order” on chaos in order to explain the unexplainable. When disaster happens like a tsunami, earthquake, hurricanes, horrible accidents, disease and death, there is no reasonable explanation so God takes the hit. We blame God for the misery of the world. Psychologically we very neatly do what Sigmund Freud defined as projection: we see something we cannot accept in ourselves so we project it out (onto someone else) in order to get rid of it. That is what we do to God or anyone we blame for some unrest. Throughout the ages we have collectively projected our dark side out there and onto anyone and especially God, because we cannot tolerate it within. We deceive ourselves into thinking the problem is with someone else rather than in our own thinking. Poor old God takes the hit.

We have Free Will so we can think or do anything we want; however, we are miserable and bereft of comfort for we have thrown our comfort away. Like the baby, God went out with the bath water! In projecting “hateful old man” on God we are fearful. We think he is out to get us with his lightning bolt. Ask yourself if blaming God for misery is worth throwing love away. God cannot represent both love and fear. That is like mixing oil and water. God is one or the other. God does not control your life or your thinking….you do – remember free will? What you think is up to you. Give up blaming chaos on God or you will deprive yourself of Love. Remember your thoughts are not always true!

If God is LOVE as many spiritual traditions believe the Creator to be, then surely such an energy could never even conceive of creating evil or malice. A Loving God would never create wars, torture, havoc, birth defects, disease, death or natural disasters.

Speaking of natural disasters, Insurance companies need to stop using the term “an act of God” in their policies. Scientists tell us that global warming is the cause for more intense hurricanes, stronger storms and the shift in world weather patterns. Did God create global warming? Nope, you and I did and still do.

There is no doubt about it God is a great mystery. If there are a zillion people on the planet, we will have a zillion different concepts or ideas of what this mystery might be. But for the time being and until we can agree, let's stop calling it an Act of God and take God out of the misery producing business. Let's rid ourselves of the old worn out concept that God is a paranoid schizophrenic, maniacal invisible being, bent on our destruction. That concept has been engrained into our thinking over the Centuries by our very own ego – not God's.

When you enter the beautiful solid glass doors at SOU, Schneider Museum of Art, in Ashland, Oregon, look down, and you will see these words engraved on a large granite stone: “Art is a Gift from God.”

If Art is a gift, then it would be through our gift of creativity that we could find evidence of God. This means the creative process which has come down over the millennia includes your creativity and the gifts you bring forth. Everyone is creative! What do we do with gifts? We share them with the world. We are born creative. We sing, dance, paint, draw, drum, count, create music, songs, symphonies, write books, plays, poetry, hold a hand, design buildings, bridges, houses, cars, trucks, motorcycles, tricycles, airplanes, wagons and E=mc2 … all gifts to be shared with the world.

Creativity includes Compassion, Trust, Tolerance, Joy, Generosity, Faithfulness, Honesty, Gentleness, Patience, Open Mindedness, Mercy, Kindness and Goodness. Next time you think “Act of God” visit a museum or create something and remember God is in the business of Love, so do something you Love and you will be closer to God! An Act of God then is something that comes from Love flowing through you and the act is in letting it out! You are the Actor!

– Sally McKirgan, July 15, 2009

Three Step Process To Undo The Ego

The Disappearance of the Universe, straight talk about A Course In Miracles and a 3-step process to undo the ego.

A Course In Miracles is a spiritual teaching of pure love and forgiveness, written down by Helen Shucman as she heard the words dictated by Jesus. It is 3 books in one: a text that offers the theory of pure non-duality, a workbook to apply it in daily life, and a manual for teachers . It was presented in classic Shakespearean blank verse with Christian references, partly, it is believed, to be legible for future ages, and also to offer correction to traditional Christianity. It uses the masculine to reference God, and the Holy Spirit–or the Voice for God–and Christ, only for purposes of consistency with the understanding that they are genderless and really all one.

Gary Renard became a student of the Course after numerous remarkable visitations by his teachers who helped him offer Jesus' message from the Course in a modern conversational format and offers clarification to many of the common mistakes made by students and teachers. Gary's sense of humor, and the lightness his teachers bring to this advanced form of spirituality is so refreshing that it slips in the keys to secret of the Universe as disarmingly as a good joke!

3-part spiritual practice:

In the “ Disappearance of the Universe “, Gary Renard's teachers, two of Jesus' disciples, now ascended masters, describe a silent prayer meditation practiced by Jesus 2000 years ago.

They suggested this meditation as one of a 3-part practice designed to accelerate the undoing of the ego by releasing the unconscious guilt that keeps us stuck in the cycle of reincarnation, as a way of hiding in the Universe of form and the belief that we chose to separate from God.

The practical results to this doing this work become obvious when you realize that peace, love, and true forgiveness brought into any area of your life have immediate benefits, not the least of which being peace of mind and a renewed passion to contribute toward positive change in whatever walk of life you're in. Obviously, the world could use some change for the better, but the true power that results from practicing the Course is changing how you see the world and the people in your life. The focus is on affecting change at the level of cause (the mind and your thoughts) rather than effect (the world of illusory form). This is the only place of true change, since it undoes the unconscious guilt where it originated.

Meditate morning and evening for just 5 minutes in silent joining with God and you may find, over time, that the results can lead to direct inspiration in regards to your life purpose and any major decisions. On a day to day practical level, you may find that committing to this practice helps you become more peaceful throughout the day, and the things that used to really get to you, just don't upset you anymore.

When you notice this, you'll have solid evidence that this is working to undo the guilt and anger in your unconscious mind, and it will have lasting effects in your daily life. Your interactions with people become more harmonious and you will feel directly guided at times as to the best course of action in every moment of the day.
It has been revealed in A Course In Miracles that prayer as Jesus taught and practiced it, was intended to be done in silence as a joining of your mind with God's. Becoming one with His love answers all worldly problems. Thinking of your complete oneness with God, rather than seeing Him as outside of you helps to put you in 'one-mindedness' or right-mindedness, as the Course describes, by choosing the Holy Spirit as our teacher and interpreter.

Apply Advanced Forgiveness to whatever disturbs you during the day. This isn't about forgiving some guilty ____ for what you think they've done, but overlooking it by seeing who they truly are in their innocence, and so forgiving what never happened. It is a quantum approach to applying non-duality to every situation recognizing that you are not a victim. Pure non-duality, as presented in the Course, is the awareness that what God created is whole, and completely perfect and so cannot have any counterpart or opposite. At this level of awareness, the truth is revealed that you, as Christ, are one with God and there cannot be anyone or anything separate from the one.

You can start practicing this true forgiveness now, even though you seem to be experiencing separation in a body, by letting the Course retrain the mind to recognize there's really no one outside of you making you feel the way you do. Seeing with true spiritual sight means seeing everyone as innocent and everything in the world as meaningless, except to offer it to the Holy Spirit for reinterpretation. This is the keystone to the work of getting home, where you remember you've been dreaming and you are really safe at home with God. Peace is the result of practicing this level of forgiveness, returning your mind to heaven, where God's Peace is always the natural condition.

Einstein understood that what we're seeing with the body's eyes is an optical illusion of reality . In short, the only real problem is the belief that we've separated from our Source and are wandering around inside a body observing a real world. The one correction is to forgive the images we've made up since the beginning of time, whether they are bodies, trees, or universes. Here, the cycle of birth and death ends, and your immortality is all that remains.

A Course in Miracles describes our particular dilemma in this way: “You are safe at home in God, dreaming of exile, but perfectly capable of awakening to reality.” The key that Jesus found to waking up was to choose reality instead of the dream. He thought of everyone he saw as perfectly innocent and whole, not a part of God, but one with God. Eventually the guilt that had him perceiving incorrectly and judging others as separate from him and God was undone and he was able to think of them as pure Spirit and eventually experience that reality for himself. This practice of advanced forgiveness he offers through the Course is designed to be a fast track home, to reawaken to what he is–perfect and constant love–and to our mutual inheritance.

A good forgiveness example was offered by Gary's teachers for times when someone is pushing your buttons: “You are Christ, whole and innocent. All is forgiven and released.” See them released into the light of pure Spirit and you are also being released from guilt and separation.

Ask the the Holy Spirit to guide you through the day as the final part of the 3-step practice. It is very simple, but not always easy to follow. Every morning upon awakening, hand over your day to Holy Spirit (the Bridge between your mind and God's) to guide you through the day. When you don't have time to ask, trust that His Wisdom will be there to guide you.

The ego is based on the fearful belief that you separated from God, projecting itself outside God and into bodies, and holding on to the guilt of separation in the split mind at an unconscious level. Projecting this guilt on to others is the only way we can sense some relief from this condition. Unfortunately it doesn't last. The ego will continue to try to place it's terrible burden of guilt outside itself and so never bring healing to the split mind that created it. The only way out of this is to undo the ego by choosing true forgiveness with the Holy Spirit, overlooking the belief in separation, thereby returning your mind to God.

This is a life-long practice for most, since the unconscious guilt must be removed gently by the Holy Spirit or we would be overwhelmed. But the immediate results from practicing forgiveness–ever expanding peace and more awareness of God's Love–are constant reminders that your mind is being healed–forever. I've noticed the benefits also include a feeling of taking yourself more lightly. May your feet tread softly through the dream as you become a passerby!

– Jonathan Joshua

Držite Perfect Vision

I had a few “aha's” over the past year and Bruce encouraged me to share them on this blog. I hope you will find them useful in your acceptance of God's Love.

I work at home and sometimes there are gaps between jobs which I use for studying. I do 3D animation and the field is so deep and wide that it requires a HUGE amount of studying. Fortunately I love doing it but at some point you can get saturated and that's where I found myself on this particular day.

I decided to go out and get totally away from the computer for a little while. I wanted to do something tangible, like climb on some rocks, feel the sun on my face…that kind of stuff. So I went to the local reservoir for some hiking.

Being a weekday there was no one else out there and I mean no one! Also it had just snowed so everything was bright, crisp, and cold. As I was walking I was remembering what Eckhart Tolle was saying about being in the moment, and that the next moment is not better than this one. So instead of walking at a fast pace I was walking very slowly enjoying the crunch of the snow under each footstep.

There was a little bit of a wind which made it slightly uncomfortable so when I finally found a place that was out of the wind I sat down on a big rock. The sun was bright and warm and I could feel it's warmth sinking into my skin as I shut my eyes and faced directly into it. I was calm and quiet anyway so I figured why not take that moment to do some meditation.

A little backstory: In the ACIM class I attend there's a new guy who was talking about hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit. He had been living in Utah somewhere and felt a need to move but was not sure where he would move to. Later he heard a voice that said “Pueblo”. Being new to the course he didn't know if he could trust what he heard so he asked again and got the same response. Two more times he asked and got the same response. But in his own mind he was imagining this and didn't give it credence. Finally the next day he was doing something and a voice clear as a bell said “Trust me, it's Pueblo”.

I was happy for him but at the same time I was a bit jealous. Here I have been studying this stuff for many, many years and right off the bat the “new comer” scores a hole-in-one. It's not like I begrudged him hearing the Holy Spirit's voice, or that I have not heard it myself, but it had been a long, long time since I heard the Voice.

So back to the reservoir. I was sitting, trying to meditate, straining to hear the Holy Spirit's voice and at one point said: “just give me anything. One word, one feeling, anything!” And there was total silence, not a single thing. Then I realized that I was trying to force the whole situation. I was creating such a resistance that even if the Holy Spirit was trying to say something to me he probably wouldn't be able to get through. So I let the whole situation go and stood up so I could start walking down the trail again. But as I stood I paused for just a moment to take in some more of that wonderful sunshine and these words occurred to me: “hold a perfect vision of the world”. There were no trumpet blasts or the sound of a choir. There was no wonderful feeling or fanfare of any kind. But I started to think about them and the more I thought about them the more powerful they became. I remember I was looking out at the reservoir with Pike's Peak in the distance and I had the most powerful feeling that I could actually see this world perfect. And as I saw it perfect it returned to me whole and perfect. My mind felt so clear and whole and alive. All of this comes from Eckhart Tolle 's practice of giving the NOW credence as opposed to the past.

This is an image that is particularly helpful in understanding what Eckhart Tolle is saying. When we first start to become aware of the now, we are aware of a moment that starts to spread out and become all there is of time. We begin to relax into this, remembering that, indeed, we don't need to be anxious about the future because it doesn't exist. Then a shift begins to happen where we begin to sense what Eckhart calls the Field of Now. This is the stage on which all the actors act. At first we are just aware of the actors but as we become more attuned to the feeling of the Field of Now we begin to sense the subtle background environment in which all the acting occurs. This is what my big “aha” was. To ”Hold a Perfect Vision of the World” all you have to do is remember what the Field of Now feels like. To use Course terminology, the Field of Now is Eternity! It is the continuous Holy Instant. When we can be aware of this in the background we have exchanged the idea of time (the ego's domain of past and future) for eternity (the present moment-eternity). Our Real Selves live in eternity, so when our minds are Present, so do we!

Here is the deception: The ego is convinced that there is something wrong with it and that it can be fixed by mulling over the past and analyzing it. That is the fallacy! There is nothing wrong with us if we focus on the now (eternity). In A Course in Miracles there is a chapter called The Quiet Answer. It says the holy instant is where your problems should be brought and left. This is also what the Song of Prayer says in a slightly different way. Don't bring the problem into the meditation. State your question before you go into meditation and then let it all go as you focus on the current moment. Personally I have not experienced any instantaneous answers but in my brighter moments I am aware that my problems don't really exist. The identity that has all the problems is not the Real me!

This is not to say that I do not continue to wrestle with unconscious guilt and the things that arise from it. But the difference is that the ego believes that we are inherently flawed. The Holy Spirit on the other hand, remembering our Holiness FOR us, councils that we are still perfect but have covered it up because of our fear of God's Love. When we feel “flawed” what is really happening is that a chunk of unconscious guilt has come into our awareness. The ego then makes the mistake of judging thusly: “How can i be part of Holiness when I feel so angry/depressed/guilty/greedy/lustful/vengeful/<whatever>? It is the ego's judgment and subsequent self-condemnation of the ugliness it perceives that seems to separate us from our Source and that is the reason we feel so lost. In reality God's opinion of us has not changed by one micron. What we need to do is to suspend our OWN judgment and remember that we are incapable of judging correctly. Then, as ACIM tells us, ask the Holy Spirit to judge for us. Bring the pain of our self-judgments to the HS and ask to see a different reality. Our judgments are made in a mind that believes it is separate from God and also believes it is right. What a dangerous combination! How can anything beneficial come out of that? What we need is an Answer from beyond our own thinking; this Answer will bring us Peace. It is the only Answer that will free us. Our own, independent thoughts are the reason we are experiencing pain in the first place!

Another insight I had this year was about how hatred uses judgment as a tool:
Judgment (the kind where we judge another person's worthiness) is the tool we use to separate others (and thus ourselves) from God's love. It is a deadly tool although we may not realize it. It is, in effect, hatred. All hatred is self-hatred though it may be targeted toward someone else. Think about what you FEEL when you hate: you are cutting off the object of your hatred from inclusion in God's Love. You are judging once and forever that the object of your hatred is totally unworthy of God's love. In effect you are sending this person (or whatever) to hell in your mind. So if all hatred is Self-hatred then you are determining that YOU are forever unworthy of God's Love.

Remember that there is nothing beyond the HS's power to heal (how could there be?). We don't NEED to hate anyone for taking God's love away from us because it can't be taken away. But usually we can only feel the presence of love by taking our pain to the HS and asking to see a different reality than the painful one we currently see. In my own life what has worked for me is to ask: “Please let me UNDERSTAND this situation in a way that brings me Peace”. The act of doing this will result in forgiveness if we are sincere. In some cases we have to work against our UNwillingness and just be persistent. (:O).

The other thing to remember is that each time we are unwilling to forgive certain people and situations, they become symbols that hatred CAN overcome God's love and this will weaken us. This is dangerous because the Voice of Love seems to grow farther and farther away from us. In effect we come to believe that hate is Reality and love is the illusion (The Laws of Chaos in ACIM). We simultaneously become more afraid of love making it more difficult to trust and ask for help.

Thanks to Bruce for starting this blog where we can learn from each other's experiences. I hope you find these insights useful in your own learning. One of the most beautiful things I have found is how much the Holy Spirit cares for us. We each have HS's total concern and kindness. There is nothing we need be ashamed or embarrassed about because HS knows it anyway (:O). There is no problem too difficult to be healed completely IF we just decide to put our trust in Him. This decision is really the ONLY one that is failsafe!

Lux et pax,

Dave Van Dyke