“A Course in Miracles” is a profound source-book that has given millions of people insight into healing, inner peace and authentic living. We share our experiences applying spiritual principles.
Tragedy:
Forgiveness Transforms Tragedy
Choice:
Seek Peace First
Money:
Only One Goal
Illness:
Love Can Heal Anything
Alcoholism:
Confronting with Love
Death:
My Father's Last Journey
Meditation:
Effective Prayer Story
“These are stories from my life experiences. When I have experiences that teach me something, I call them "bookmarks" that I use for reference material on how to live my life. I share them in hopes they may be useful to others. I have also included some articles that you may find interesting.”
Kalie
What is a miracle and how do they happen? While I can't define a miracle, I am learning what they do. Among other things, a miracle creates a shift in perception that moves you from a state of fear into a state of peace. The whole world shifts with you, because everything looks different from this new state and you see yourself differently too.
While forgiveness has been recognized as a powerful resource for both physical and emotional healing, forgiveness is seldom mentioned by those in the healing or helping professions. While forgiveness is an important concept in religion, there is very little information on forgiveness in professional literature. There is such a huge need for healing in our world, how can we afford to omit forgiveness as a valuable part of everyone's education. It is not just a religious concept anymore than is love or peace.
While many of us are learning how to empower ourselves by letting go of the victim perspective on life, sometimes it is difficult not to see ourselves or others as unjustly treated. There appear to be real villains and victims in the world, and some things seem unforgivable. Can we forgive people for committing murder and other atrocities without being in denial?
I was very fortunate when I got involved with the spiritual movement, because my parents joined me in this venture. It was a beautiful experience of growth that we shared together. However, understanding life from a new perspective, brought my father a lot of pain, because he realized how abusive he had been to me. He was filled with guilt and remorse. Several times I heard him tell others what a terrible father he had been, and how deeply he regretted his treatment of me.
How do you open up to new possibilities when you are afraid of being disappointed, filled with self-doubt, or just plain skeptical? It is difficult to trust or believe when you have failed or been let down by life. This is a problem that many people have had to face, myself included at critical times in my life.
Shortly before I got involved in the spiritual movement, I had a sudden revelation of how critical my thinking had become. My criticisms of my husband were for the same things I disliked in myself. Every judgment I made against him was really a judgment on myself. I clearly saw that my criticism was a projection of self-judgments, and I didn't like being such a critical person.
We use to have an old furnace that used steam heat. I had to fill the boiler with water about once a month. One day, I was talking to a friend while I filled the boiler and forgot what I was doing. I went off shopping with my Mom and forgot that the water was still turned on. When we came home that night, water was spurting from the radiators, flooding the carpet, spraying the walls, furniture, drapes, and pouring over the piano keys. What a horrifying sight!
When I was in my early 20s, I attended a ladies circle meeting with my mother-in-law. That week, the new minister visited the ladies meeting and led a discussion on saving non-Christians. He told us non-Christians were going to hell, because no one could reach God except through Jesus.
In 1978, a few months after beginning to read A Course in Miracles, I decided to work full time for God. In my missionary zeal, I thought working for God meant speaking the word of God. I didn't realize then that the "word of God" is written in our hearts and is communicated through living love, which is what God is. I had so much to learn.
No one in our family realized Daddy was an alcoholic, even though he drank every evening. Nor did we realize how deeply his drinking affected his thinking, his health and our lives.
The death of a parent is one of the most difficult times in my life, but with God's help, it became one of the highlights of my life. I watched my father choose his moment of death, see the light while he was still in his body, and then consciously leave his body in perfect serenity. His dying process changed our whole family.
Most procrastinators intend to stop doing it someday, but they're just not sure how to begin, which is their habit, being procrastinators. However, some procrastinators go on to master the art of procrastination.
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