Amy Torres and Bill Free had a chance to interview Rupert this week while on a Retreat in Burlingame, CA.

Contemplating the Nature of Experience.

Hear Rupert offer a few insights to specific content from A Course in Miracles that was delightful to hear expressed from this Advaita Teacher and new friend of Bill and Amy. Enjoy!

Chop wood carry water

This week I was at a seven day retreat with Amy Torres to see Advaita Teacher and Mystic Rupert Spira effortlessly open the mind of understanding to support the claims of A Course in Miracles, Advaita and all the non dual paths pointing to Enlightenment that says we all have it right Now! It’s under our nose and in the breath.

Chop wood carry water is not a joke… If you pause for a moment and ask yourself. What is aware of this that is being experienced you will notice it is the I of the I AM with no person identity. It is the Self that God created.In this interview you will watch in 40 minutes Rupert Spira unpack a few ideas and clarity around ideas offered in the Course and Advaita that will literally blow your mind (Nirvana) as you see the simplicity of Enlightenment explained by a Master Advaita Teacher. Enjoy this interview with Rupert.

I saw this poster on Facebook this morning – “Perspective 101” – and it perfectly sums up life in 4 short sentences.

It also happens to be the entire message of A Course in Miracles condensed in 4 quick easy to remember bullet points.

This week I invite you to LIVE and PRACTICE these 4 sentences in your life – to watch how drastically your experience changes.

First, think about the “something happening” part. Think about events and circumstances in your  life that seem to be happening. It could be your health, things involving your relationships, your work or money. It could be someone said something to you that caused a chain reaction of other events.

Jesus in A Course in Miracles uses the word “seem” a lot – and that’s because everything that happens to you is actually not happening at all, it only SEEMS that way.

And then the mind automatically makes up a story. Pay extremely close attention this week to the swiftness of how fast the mind starts telling details of what just happened.

See if you can go a whole week and not tell any details of the things you think are happening. The ego goes nuts on this one! It has to tell someone! But see if you can just observe and be aware this week of the play of the mind. Pay attention to your emotional state. Pay attention to the thoughts you’re having. Pay attention to how often the mind goes to the past and replays what it thinks happened back then. Then pay attention to how often the mind goes to the future and thinks about what will happen out there.

Remember Workbook Lesson 5 in A Course in Miracles: “I am never upset for the reason I think.”

That’s astonishing! You are never upset for the reason you think.

You think you are upset because of A, B, C, D or E. Your mind can absolutely pinpoint a specific reason why it’s upset.

Then it goes on to say in Workbook Lesson 6: “I am upset because I see something that is not there.”

You think people are doing things to you. You think life is doing something to you. You may think you are being punished or tested, but nothing at all is going on! This is A Course in Miracles.

You are “training your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything in the world.”

What’s amazing to me is that these lessons are given to us on Day 5 and Day 6 of the one-year mind-training! Jesus gives them to us right in the very first week of the workbook lessons.

And yet, how many of us have completed the one year training of the workbook lessons (or 20-year training for some of us!) and still we believe that things are happening to us that shouldn’t be happening. I AM NEVER UPSET FOR THE REASON I THINK.

Jesus is quite clear when he says: “Nothing at all has happened but that you have put yourself to sleep and dreamed a dream in which you were an alien to yourself and but a part of someone else’s dream.”

Whenever I feel upset, the way I find joy and freedom is with this thought: Everything is FOR me.

I think things like: Everything is for my good. Everything is a gift from God. I love life. I love what is happening. How exciting change is occurring! I asked for change, and here it is! It’s not happening the way I expected or anticipated, but I am rejoicing that everything is for my good and the good of the world. Let me remember the truth. Let me remember that I am the light of the world. This event (the situation that seems to be happening) does not have the power to pull me into darkness. It does not have the power to disturb my peace. I am the holy Son of God Himself and I absolutely can remain in joy because is God is here with me, now.

Today – and for this week – I invite you to live the above poster and the 4 steps.

1. Pay close attention – be aware! – to the things you think are happening in your life. (see #1 in the poster above)
2. Realize nothing is happening (#2)
3. Be aware of how you tell stories about what you think is happening (#3)
4. Realize that the story you tell (even quietly in your mind) is creating your reality as you think you experience it. (#4)

You might want to buy a new journal this week and keep track of the thoughts and stories and situations that pass through your mind.

You can choose to see everything differently.

If you are new to this kind of thinking, I encourage you to get a copy of A Course in Miracles.

Also check out our online programs – Living in Purpose and ACIM 365 – if you would like to make a commitment to LIVE in a new way with these principles guiding your life and would  like additional support and encouragement to stay on track.

Imagine if you were to LIVE the above poster for one week – as a science experiment in your life.

I encourage you to do it. For one week, pay attention to the “something happening”.

Then realize “nothing is happening.” Watch how the ego goes ballistic over this one because it means the game is over, and the ego goes absolutely nuts when your mind tells it that nothing is happening when SO CLEARLY SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. Just try this one on and see what happens.

Then watch how you tell a story to yourself and to others about what you think is happening. Watch how the mind scrambles to find a solution to your pain and problems. Watch how it makes you and others a victim.

Then realize you can simply let it all go. You can trust that everything that seems to happen to you IS FOR YOUR GOOD.

Everything that seems to happen is attempting to wake you up, so you remember your wholeness and perfection.

“The miracle does not awaken you but merely shows you who the dreamer is. It teaches you there is a choice of dreams while you are still asleep, depending on the purpose of your dreaming. Do you wish for dreams of healing or for dreams of death? A dream is like a memory in that it pictures what you wanted shown to you. An empty storehouse with an open door holds all your shreds of memories and dreams. Yet if you are the dreamer, you perceive this much at least—that you have caused the dream and can accept another dream as well. But for this change in content of the dream, it must be realized that it is you who dreamed the dreaming that you do not like. It is but an effect which you have caused, and you would not be cause of this effect.” -A Course in Miracles

Try this for one week.

To see your  life transform dramatically in a few days by doing thing differently will make you want to make a life-time commitment to living in a new way. You will realize that while you are never in control of the circumstances that seem to occur, you ALWAYS have the power to control your attitude, emotions & responses. 

If you want to participate in this GREAT EXPERIMENT with me, please leave a comment to let me know you are in.

I love you.

Lisa

Recently, I read a sentence that knocked me off my feet.  It is surely the most profound sentence I’ve ever read and I had to share it, and I had to understand it fully.

Here goes:

“Assuredly, I say to you, unless you change and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 18.3 and Jesus, ACIM)

Do you get how HUGE that is?  This is so huge, that I’m going to say it again with more clarity.

It will be impossible for you to experience the indescribable Love, Joy and Peace of Heaven, where all things fall into place, unless you become like a child.   

THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO HEAVEN!

Let me remind you that Heaven is a conscious choice that must be made by us.  It’s not some walled off place up in the clouds where “good” people get to go when they die.  Heaven is not a reward that you get later, if you’ve earned it.

God’s Love is Heaven.  And it is yours for the taking.

I love clarity and I love simplicity so please allow me to continue breaking this down.  It is the most important choice there is – so we should get really, really clear, don’t you think?

Heaven is available RIGHT NOW but I must become like a child to enter.

Do this ONE thing and you get to live in Bliss-town!

OK, YOU’VE GOT MY ATTENTION!

I want Heaven!  I’ll do whatever it takes. I’m declaring this my #1 priority.  If this is a choice I must make then I’m making it!

I will live like a little child.

I’m just not sure what that really means??????

I’ve heard it 100X but never put it into action in my life.  I forgot how to be a child!  I’ve stuffed my “innocence” into my “big girl pants” and it vanished!

We’ve squeezed our “wild selves” into business suits and grew up like we were told.

We now wear this protective shield of unawareness.

Jesus is telling us that we have to undo that in order to expose Heaven which is within you at this very moment, waiting, WAITING, on your decision.

Yes!  I’m deciding today.  Will you join me?  Will you decide for Heaven with me?  Let’s stop waiting.  What, in hell, are we waiting for?  LOL  Jesus tells us that if we practice becoming childlike together, it’s extra potent and He promises to be right there beside us.

If you’re ready to join me, keep reading.

But let’s keep it simple and, most of all, let’s have some fun.

Start with this:

Think of YOU and God as you would think of a child and parent.

Got that?  Now let’s move on.

Children trust their loving Mother and Father to completely take care of them, to protect them, to provide for them, to correct them when they’re wrong, and to love and cherish them.

Jesus is telling us that we need to have this same type of trust and faith in God. After all, we are His children.

Let’s examine the qualities of a child so we know what we have to un-do.

TRUSTING

A child doesn’t know how to get where it’s going.  The child needs to be led and the child follows, sure he is safe. There is something in the child that recognizes his inability to follow a path on his own which is frightening to him. A CHILD NEEDS SOMEONE TO HELP THEM FIND THEIR WAY BECAUSE HE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WHICH WAY TO GO.  And if the child stumbles, we raise him up.  If a child wanders off, we call him back

How to practice this quality:  Stop thinking you know how ANY of this should go.  You have no idea what is Real and your plans are frightening.  Let yourself be led by your Father who knows the way. Trust God with everything.  100%!  He will not let you fall or let you wander off and get lost.

BELIEVES WITHOUT COMPLICATION

A child takes what his father says to heart and without any doubt.

How to practice this quality:  Ask and listen.  The Truth is always simple.  Stop analyzing God’s word and please, stop doubting.

UNTOUCHED BY CONCERNS OF THE WORLD

We have become cynical.  We’ve invented judgments and grievances that close down our radiance. We’re taught to worry and fix because we’re told that everything is NOT how it should be.  A child has yet to be touched by the concerns of the world.  Jesus is telling us we can let that all go!  Whatever it is, we can let it be.

How to practice this quality: Remember that the Truth of you is unlike the world in every way.  Your meaningless thoughts have created a meaningless world.  To release this world is to accept everything just the way it is.  (Jesus calls this forgiveness).  Then, our childlike radiance is returned. 

RECEIVES WITH JOY, FORGETTING HERSELF WITH ABANDONMENT

Children are never self-conscious.  They are wild!  Children let ecstasy fill them to the tips of their fingers and toes.  They see no limitations. 

How to practice this quality:  Stop cautioning yourself to be careful or realistic!  Unleash your joy and wonder.  If anyone tells you that you’re “out there”, say “Yea!  Thank you!”

HUMBLE

Little children recognize that they don’t understand what they perceive, and so they ask what it means.

How to practice this quality:  Don’t assume you know what’s going on here.  Regardless what you’ve been taught, you don’t know what anything means.  Rejoice in the freedom of that!  Look on everything with wonder and ask the Holy Spirit to look with you.   

CONTENT IN THE LITTLE THINGS

Kids will play for hours with a rock or a box. A child will have a blast with a pile of dirt.

How to practice this quality:  Stop trying to fill your God sized hole with material possessions, relationships, busy-ness, prestige, etc. The simplicity of the present moment is the place where you experience God. 

AND THAT’S IT!  The most fun practice EVER.

This is so cool!  Take a look at these 2 definitions of the word “innocent”:

Webster’s Dictionary:  The state of being not guilty of a crime or wrong act.  Lack of experience with the world.  Lack of knowledge about something.  BOOM!

A Course In Miracles:  Innocence is wisdom because it is unaware of evil, and evil does not exist.  DOUBLE BOOM!

So thanks for being here with me.  Let’s be kids.  If you slip back into adulting, just bring yourself back.  Make Heaven your #1 priority!  Climb out of the driver’s seat and into the Toddler Seat in the back.  Kick your feet, grab a juicebox and joyfully go wherever God leads you.  Keep it simple.  Take a nap.  Accept everything just the way it is and look upon all of it with fresh new eyes and wonder.

Let yourself be held in the Loving arms of your Father. Let Him take good care of you.

“Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God”

If you’re still here and making this EPIC decision with me, I’d love to hear from you.  Let your child come out to play with me!  If you’re not ready, that’s totally ok!  I’d love to hear from you too.

I love you so much,

Linda

Often in life we think about what we are DOING.

If you thought about your life right now, you most likely would think about all that you are DOING.

It probably would include your work, children, partner, parents, friends, activities, traveling.

Doing.

But how often do you you think about how you are BEING.

How are you BEING while you do what you are doing? 

Many people ask others “How are you?”

Now, “How are you?” seems like a harmless question at first glance. It seems caring, like you are interested, right? But when you ask the question to someone, first consider: FROM WHAT PLACE AM I ASKING THIS QUESTION? Are you knowing yourself as the Christ, and seeing the Christ in this other?

If so, most likely you would not ask “How are you?” because you would BE relating to them as the Christ you are and the Christ they are or you at least would notice straight away they are not aligned/connected with the Christ they are. You would SEE it. 

You wouldn’t have to ask “How are you?” because you would be asking the ego how it is doing. You already know the answer to that one!

The starting point and practice for everything then is STILLNESS AND REMEMBERING: To pause and take a moment to be quiet and still (it only takes an instant) before you do or say anything so that you can identify completely with the Christ you are, therefore remembering your brother. 

This gets very basic. Who is the “you” (In the question “How are you?”) that you are asking how it is? Typically, it’s the ego who speaks and the ego who answers.

So when someone answers the question “How are you?” they can only answer from the “I” point of view from which they are hanging out – usually, from fear. 

Really take a moment to think about this. The question “How are you?” does nothing more than locate where a person thinks they are, at that time!

The answers range from ‘I’m okay. I’m tired. I’m sick. I’m good. I’m fine.”

Therefore, I mostly don’t ask the “How are you?” question anymore. Out of old habit, it slips out occasionally. 

It’s like asking someone “Are you a boy or a girl?” – it’s a meaningless question because all I have to do is look at you and I can tell immediately how you are.

Your state of being (what you are being) is something that you are in control of.

All that is required is readiness and willingness to shift your perception and know the truth. 

Often Ralph Waldo Emerson is quoted as saying: “Who you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you say.”

I am not sure that Emerson actually wrote that specifically (even though it’s a good one!)

Here is what he did write:

“Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast enough supply fuel for discourse, if speaking be more grateful than silence. When people come to see us, we foolishly prattle, lest we be inhospitable. But things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don’t say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. A lady of my acquaintance said, “I don’t care so much for what they say as I do for what makes them say it.”. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his essay “Letters and Social Aims” 1875

Also from Ralph Waldo Emerson:

“That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Character teaches over our head.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, from his essay “The Over-Soul”, 1841

I love that. We teach involuntarily, by our character of being.

A Course in Miracles puts it this way: YOU ARE TEACHING ALL THE TIME!

You are always “teaching” (by your demonstration and without words) by HOW YOU ARE BEING.

“To teach is to demonstrate. There are only two thought systems, and you demonstrate that you believe one or the other is true all the time. From your demonstration others learn, and so do you. The question is not whether you will teach, for in that there is no choice. The purpose of the course might be said to provide you with a means of choosing what you want to teach on the basis of what you want to learn. You cannot give to someone else, but only to yourself, and this you learn through teaching. Teaching is but a call to witnesses to attest to what you believe. It is a method of conversion. This is not done by words alone. Any situation must be to you a chance to teach others what you are, and what they are to you. No more than that, but also never less.” -A Course in Miracles 

So, take some time today to think on this:

WHO ARE YOU BEING?

HOW ARE YOU BEING?

For years, I doubted myself. This was my way of being. Back then, I didn’t realize I could choose differently. I was habitually judging myself, criticizing myself and wishing life would change.

It didn’t occur to me that I could change! I thought life needed to change. I thought other people needed to change. I thought I needed a higher-paying job. I thought “if only people would start recognizing my God-given talents, then someone would give me an opportunity and THEN I could shine and be brilliant and be happy.”

Did you notice the words I just used: BE

I could be brilliant and I could be happy.

I could teach and demonstrate the Love of God.

I could BE the light in the darkness.

I could BE joy in the middle of a world of sorrow and despair.

But instead, I just didn’t know any better. I thought I was a victim. This was who I was being. I felt alone, alienated and disappointed. I was tired a lot. I was associating and being the darkness. I thought this was normal, because everyone around me was also being the darkness.

I didn’t know it then, but I know it now – I was only seeing in others a reflection of my own state of mind.

Once I realized what was occurring – that I was literally causing my world of my lack and limitation and sickness with my thoughts – I snapped out of it very quickly!

It’s a good wake-up call – to see you’re causing all your confusion and problems – and to make a decision to teach love.

MAKE A DECISION TO IDENTIFY WITH THE SELF THAT YOU ARE – THE SELF THAT GOD CREATED.

It’s that simple.

You are the Presence of God. You are the Power of God. You are the Love of God. You are the Joy of God. You are the Peace of God. You are the Light of God.

You are not weak and small and powerless.

You can make this shift in an instant now.

In the 40-Day Program for Transformation, I offer an exercise which I offer here:

On a sheet of paper or index card, write your current way of being. If you do not know your current way of being now, then watch yourself for a day or a week. Watch your thoughts. Watch how you feel. Watch your emotions. Watch what you say to others. Notice how you are BEING. Pay attention to your “I am” – listen to yourself intently today and catch what you say when you say “I am …” Write it all down. Be ready to be shocked, because mostly we sleep-walk through life never taking time to pay attention to what we have been doing all along.

On second sheet of paper or index, write down your True Way of Being – the Self that God created. This is your true I AM. I am Love. I am Christ. I am a child of God. I am Spirit. It’s the way you are being in a state of joy and peace, when you know all is well and you know you are protected and loved and safe. It’s the Light you are.

Make a commitment to BE the Self you are. It’s the most natural thing in the world because how difficult can it be to BE what you Are in truth.

If this doesn’t work for you, you can get a copy of A Course in Miracles and begin it. Give yourself the gift of going through the transformation from fear to love. This is accomplished easily by making a commitment to do the workbook lessons which take one year (one lesson a day for 365 days), and reading the Text and Manual for Teachers.

Many people hope and pray for transformation and years go by and nothing much happens. But all you need to do is get a copy of A Course in Miracles and begin it. It contains everything you need to dismantle the thought system of fear so that you become aware of the light you are.

There is no need to suffer.

You are the light of the world.

I would love to hear from you! What’s your True I AM. Please leave a comment below!

Love,

Lisa

When you feel lousy or have problems, addictions, fear or guilt show up in your life, do you think,

“I’m not there yet. Things are a mess. I should be better off than this.  So and So is having profound shifts and I’m not!  What’s wrong with me? Shouldn’t I be doing better by now?  I try so hard but my problems are still here and I’m still feeling crappy!”

You convince yourself that you’d be better off in a state which is somehow different from the one you are in.

Listen and listen well, your PROBLEMS are not the PROBLEM.  Your “seeming” PROBLEMS are not a sign of failure.

Your PROBLEMS are the ANSWER.

But as long as you see your PROBLEMS as PROBLEMS, they’re going to keep looping back around at a deeper and deeper level. The very thought, “I’m not there yet” is the only thing keeping you from “there”!

Let me explain.

You are on our mailing list because you’ve asked, at some point, to have the blocks removed to the Love and Perfection that you already Are.  You asked to be shown exactly what thoughts and beliefs are keeping you from accessing the Truth that is True always.

Once you ask, He immediately provides you with the answer.  The underlying error belief rises up and plays itself out for your awareness.  Yes, it is that simple.  So why do we react by thinking something has gone wrong?  Why do we think,

“It shouldn’t look this way!”

THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT LOOKS, MY FRIEND.

Yes, I agree, it would be really cool if these answers came delivered by the UPS guy or if they were whispered into our ear by fluffy kittens.

It just doesn’t work that way.  Besides, that would certainly NOT get our attention in a powerful enough way to be effective.

The answers are sent to us immediately.

We are clearly…vividly shown.

The discomfort is revealing where healing is needed.

You are welcome!

All of your “stuff” will appear at the perfect time. The situations and people you need to help you REALize this are sent to you. When they show up, you’re simply asking the wrong questions!  Here’s the kicker.  This is the game changer.

Do not ask,

“What has gone wrong?”

Instead, ask,

“Where is the healing in this?  Where is my gift hiding?”

You see, Jesus clearly states that behind every problem and every discomfort there is a miracle.  They reside side by side-without exception.  The miracle, the way out for good, is nestled inside that seeming problem!  Your problem is given to you as the perfect tool for your awakening.  They are literally God tools.  How awesome is that?  Every disturbance is a gift.

You are living a charmed life.

But only if you DECIDE to see it that way.  If you, instead, DECIDE to see your problems as a result of not being good enough, victimized or guilty in some way, now, they become a means to maintain your investment in the world and keep you constantly occupied as you try to address one problem after another.  This is where all your sickness and unhappiness is. And the problem will continue to reoccur in another form until you recognize the source.

So, you see, there are 2 choices here.

One is loveless and the other is miraculous.

One choice will keep you in suffering and the other choice, Jesus says, will substitute for a thousand years of learning.

One choice is complete forgiveness and the other is for those who don’t want Peace just yet.

So, when you find yourself with a “problem” don’t resist it.  Stop analyzing it, attempting to fix it or exerting more effort.  Don’t disassociate and try to rise above it and certainly don’t blame anyone or anything.  This is ego trickery and will get you nowhere. NOT EVER.  Let everyone off the hook.  Stop yourself in your tracks and ask to be shown the miracle.

Jesus says that every problem you have is some sort of grievance of yours.  Once the grievance is released, the problem is GONE.  Do you see? Your problems are your whole way out!  They’re treasure maps!

Be grateful every time you’re shown a thought that needs forgiveness.  People and situations in your life don’t need forgiveness.  It’s your own thoughts about the people and situations in your life that you need to forgive.  They’re here to show you what grievances are still lurking in you and acting as blocks to the Heaven that is right here for you NOW.

Stop wondering what went wrong and look for the healing instead.  You have a guide ready to jump on this if only you’ll ask the right question.  This guide is way better at this than you so hand it over and get out of the way.  Then, don’t you worry about a thing.

And please, don’t worry about what anyone else is doing.  Its utter silliness to compare yourself to them.  They’re receiving exactly what they need for their healing and you’re receiving yours.  You’re merely wasting the time that you’ve been given for your own renewal.

Your job is to remember the Truth for everyone, not to measure and compare.

Can you imagine how different it will be when you see your problems as your answers?  When you give thanks for every discomfort?  This is what A Course In Miracles means when Jesus says he needs “Happy Learners”.  It’s all good.  What’s not to be happy about?

OH, one more important thing.  Now you can clearly see that you have 2 choices when reacting to a seeming problem.  But you can’t choose both.  It’s one or the other.  It’s like voting for both candidates.  A split vote doesn’t represent any real allegiance.  You simply cancel yourself out and nothing much changes.

Bottom line:  Nothing has gone wrong.  

Stop thinking anything needs to change and that you’re “not there yet”.  It is NOT more efforting that is required of you, but a simple shift in your perception that will LITERALLY TRANSFORM EVERYTHING!  But this is a choice YOU have to make. You must DECIDE to see that behind all of your difficulties is a grievance and the real solution is in addressing that first. Then, the answer is given immediately.

Your happiness is based on this choice.

All is well,

Linda Leland

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What is your practice for remembering that all your problems have been solved.

Do you HAVE a practice?

I think the most RADICAL PRACTICE OF ALL is to KNOW YOURSELF AS GOD CREATED YOU.

To know yourself as Spirit, to know yourself as Love, as Light. Do what Jesus did 2000 years ago and completely identify yourself with Christ.

A Course in Miracles says in the first 50 miracle principles in Chapter 1 of the Text: “Deny body-identification. Affirm spirit-identification.”

Do this, and all problems, difficulties and pain fall away.

Do you know your Self as God created you?

Do you remember on a consistent basis?

In the middle of difficulty, pain, upset, grievances and hell, what is your practice to bring yourself back to a state of mind of peace and joy?

If you have A Course in Miracles this idea that all your problems have been solved is contained in workbook Lesson 79 & Lesson 80

Lesson 79: Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved.
Lesson 80: Let me recognize my problems have been solved.

I have always loved how Lesson 79 uses the singular “problem” and Lesson 80 uses the plural “problems”.

Have you ever noticed that? Let me recognize my ONE PROBLEM (singular – we only have one problem – a belief in separation) so that I can recognize that all my PROBLEMS have been solved.

I love that. All my problems have been solved!

I also love how both lessons (79 & 80) say in the title: “Let me recognize.”

That is a direct instruction that you give to yourself. LET ME RECOGNIZE.

This is mind-training, discipline and commitment that is needed every day – constant daily vigilance to remember the Truth.

I am often curious how many people have taken the 40-Day Program (or completed A Course in Miracles) and have had amazing life-changing experiences but then fall back into old habits and patterns? It happens. It’s normal. It’s like working out consistently with a trainer 40-days – being totally dedicated – it’s a great jump-start but you have to continue in the practice when the 40 days is up. Then it requires self-discipline once the trainer is gone.

It requires reliance on your Inner Trainer, Inner Guide, Inner Teacher.

1. Make up your mind NOW that you will remember the Truth of your Identity as Christ and not forget.
2. Know that you are not alone.
3. Make a commitment to “watch yourself like a hawk” – to watch your thoughts, emotions, language, words about yourself and others, attitudes, responses, reactions during the day to see that you are not inviting unwanted experiences. (your thoughts are powerful!)
4. Make up your mind to not tolerate lack of love in yourself or others.

If you feel that you DO have problems or if you are struggling, you can join the 40-Day Program which starts up again on Tuesday, September 6th. It’s totally free.

Sign up here: The 40-Day Program for Transformation 

CAN YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE?

You are the light of the world.

Hope to see you in the 40-Day Group. Remember we have a private Facebook group for 40-Day Members that is a place for support, encouragement and inspiration.

I bless with you the Love of God that you are.

Love,

Lisa