Happy Easter. Jesus speaks about his resurrection in A Course in Miracles

HAPPY EASTER.

Jesus speaks of his resurrection.

In the book “Absence from Felicity,” Ken Wapnick includes a special message from Jesus to Helen about the resurrection. It came because Helen asked Ken if he believed in the physical resurrection of Jesus. Ken suggested she, “ask the ‘Boss’ himself.” Here’s the message she received:

“My body disappeared because I had no illusion about it. The last one had gone. It was laid in the tomb, but there was nothing left to bury. It did not disintegrate because the unreal cannot die. It merely became what it always was. And that is what “rolling the stone away” means. The body disappears, and no longer hides what lies beyond. It merely ceases to interfere with vision. To roll the stone away is to see beyond the tomb, beyond death, and to understand the body’s nothingness. What is understood as nothing must disappear.

“I did assume a human form with human attributes afterwards, to speak to those who were to prove the body’s worthlessness to the world. This has been much misunderstood. I came to tell them that death is illusion, and the mind that made the body can make another since form itself is an illusion. They did not understand. But now I talk to you and give you the same message. The death of an illusion means nothing. It disappears when you awaken and decide to dream no more. And you still do have the power to make this decision as I did.

“God holds out His hand to His Son to help him rise and return to Him. I can help because the world is illusion, and I have overcome the world. Look past the tomb, the body, the illusion. Have faith in nothing but the spirit and the guidance God gives you. He could not have created the body because it is a limit. He must have created the spirit because it is immortal. Can those who are created like Him be limited? The body is the symbol of the world. Leave it behind. It cannot enter Heaven. But I can take you there any time that you choose. Together we can watch the world disappear and its symbol vanish as it does so. And then, and then — I cannot speak of that.

“A body can not stay without illusion and the last one to be overcome is death. This is the message of the crucifixion; There is no order of difficulties in miracles. This is the message of the resurrection: Illusions are illusions. Truth is true. Illusions vanish. Only truth remains.

“These lessons needed to be taught but once, for when the stone of death is rolled away, what can be seen but an empty tomb? And that is what you see who follow me into the sunlight and away from death, past all illusions, on to Heaven’s gate, where God will come Himself to take you home. – Jesus Christ

Anything is possible – Judy Morton shares her story of transformation through A Course in Miracles

The gorgeous Judy Morton!!!!!!
Anything is possible

FROM JUDY:
I wanted to post this video from the ACIM meeting that Lisa and Bill lead in the New England area. I am sharing my story… and the belief that I now have now that ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

I did not believe this until I took the Living in Purpose program. It was a complete game changer for me. The miracles just keep coming, one after the other, after the other.

I used to literally wake up with a physical pain in my stomach, because I was so afraid to face the day, and now I wake up every day with gratitude.

Not to say that there are not little bumps here and there, but the whole way I see things has shifted.

If you are even slightly considering taking the Living in Purpose Program, my vote is that you Go For It !!! It’s like Lisa and Bill, through A Course in Miracles give you an in-depth road map for applying the course principles in every area of your life, in a very practical way and the results are amazing. This helped me move from fear to love… grievances to acceptance… doubt to anticipation. I could go on and on…

I feel like a little girl again!!! I remembered what it is like to laugh again and I feel like I got a second chance at a life full of happiness and I want to share the light of God’s love that I feel with the whole world.

Here is a link to The Living in Purpose Program, which starts April 26, 2015: https://www.teachersofgod.org/living-in-purpose-program

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If you loved Judy’s story and want to hear more  – click here for a one-hour free audio where Judy shares even more of her story, and hear many others who have completed the Living in Purpose Program as they talk about their transformation from fear to love: https://www.teachersofgod.org/living-purpose-conference-call

Do you overeat (or do anything excessively)? Read this …

Some really great zinger sentences that were in the original manuscript never made it into A Course in Miracles. Here is one of them:

“No, Helen, not pregnant or fat. Scarcity leads to overeating. Abundance eliminates these false drives. Those who perceive and acknowledge that they have everything have no need for driven behavior of any kind.” — A Course in Miracles

I have everything

Fall in Love With Your Life: The Power of Gratitude

Can you imagine being head-over-heels in love with your life?

For the longest time, I could not.

I was frustrated, overwhelmed, fearful and angry that my life hadn’t turned out the way I had imagined. I felt stuck and disappointed and I tried to put on a happy face, but that didn’t help.

Then a friend of mine told me about The Power of Gratitude and it changed my whole world.

Gratitude is not just a nice feeling, it is a FORCE. It is a power. It opens up new creative energy channels, and shakes up old beliefs. It dissolves limiting habits.

I was living in an old apartment, one room with one window. I complained about it constantly. I thought I deserved better. I had dedicated my life to God and I couldn’t figure out why my life pictured poverty. I was stuck and I tried praying and meditating and visualization, but that didn’t change a thing. I kept wishing things would change.

I had very little money. I was deep in debt. I often didn’t even have money to put gas in my car, so I would ask people to give me rides to the places I needed to go. I remember going to the supermarket with change and one or two dollars, trying to figure out what I could buy. Whenever I did get money, the first thing I would buy is cat food. I put the cats first. All the while I kept complaining and whining how “I have no money.”

I should have been putting God first, but I was so deep in fear that I didn’t have my priorities straight.

Finally, a good friend said to me:

“LISA … GET OVER YOURSELF.”

HA! That got my attention! Often, I think the best thing that can happen in life is a good swift kick in the pants!

She told me I was ungrateful and a complainer, and that she was tired of listening to me.

That was the greatest gift anyone has ever given to me.

She said the universe could not give me anything new until I was in complete over-the-top appreciation and gratitude for the place I was currently in.

She said I needed to start to see my room as a palace, and feel real gratitude for it and to stop wishing my life was different.

She said I needed to fall in love with my life, as it was, right in that moment.

She said that I needed to find things to be grateful for – not a superficial gratitude – but REAL enthusiasm and excitement and joy for all that was in my life.

She said I needed to see with new eyes.

I “knew” all this on an intellectual level, but until that moment I never really “got” it.

In that moment, I got it.

I went and bought as much cleaning supplies as I could with all the money I had (about $15), and I whipped my home into shape. It was no longer a room I hated. It was my home that I loved. It was my sanctuary. I cleaned like never before and I fell in love with my life that day. I started to count my blessings and I noticed how much I had overlooked how RICH I truly was. I HAD EVERYTHING!! I had the most amazing people in my life. I had A Course in Miracles which had healed me of addiction and alcoholism. I had my books, my family, the grass, the air, my cats, my health. I had Jesus. I kept finding more things to be grateful for. I was grateful to my friend Max who bought me coffee every day at Starbucks and made me laugh.

I fell so completely in love with my room that I felt I could have lived there forever. I didn’t want to go anywhere else. I loved my life. I felt so much gratitude that I thought my heart would burst. I had my big sunny window, my big beautiful bed, a great computer, internet, and I was inspired daily. I had great friends and I had God, and incredible teachers.

This is what the bible means when it says: I was blind, but now I see.

I felt new possibilities for my life. I was not a victim anymore and I felt connected in a way I’d never felt before (this was 2008). I started waking up in the morning with a feeling of excitement, and I would bounce out of bed, ready for all the surprises the day would bring.

I felt like I had “arrived.” I felt like “I have it all.”

Within weeks of EVERY-DAY-GRATITUDE, the picture of my life changed. Out of the blue, I got invited to be the innkeeper for a beautiful new house on 10 acres on a lake, with a salary – a job I have always wanted but didn’t think was possible for me because I felt I would never have enough money to buy a house. And it was just given to me.

So I wanted to share this story with you. GRATITUDE IS A FORCE.

It has to be real in order to shift your life.

I often hear people say “I’m grateful” and I know it’s just words, there’s no energy in it – that’s not the gratitude that I am talking about.

Silent Gratitude is not much use to anyone, including yourself.

You really want to FEEL IT and SHARE IT and TELL OTHERS ABOUT IT.

I am talking about gratitude that fills you with excitement and possibility and enthusiasm – and you feel like you want to tell everyone you meet that you love them.

You will know the difference when you experience it.

True Gratitude bubbles over. That’s when the mountains of old grievances that have buried inside you start to shake up and dissolve.

The FEELING of gratitude is the most powerful spiritual energy you can tap into, and it will change your life, practically overnight.

If you feel stuck and want to be unstuck, gratitude is the answer.

Don’t wait for things to change.

Get the energy moving by falling in love with your life, exactly the way it is now. Find things to be grateful for. Find things to be excited about. Feel like a child again, with your eyes open to the splendor of all that is around you.

Today is the day to fall in love with your life.

Love,

Lisa

If you have a story of how gratitude transformed your life, we would love to hear it. Please post it in the comments below. Thank you for sharing and commenting.

 

 

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lessons in one year.

SMALL CHANGES DONE CONSISTENTLY OVER TIME CREATE HUGE LIFE CHANGES.

 

We all know this is true, but it’s the “doing it consistently over time” part that most everyone gets tripped up on.

 

It’s not enough to think about the small changes, you actually have to start doing things differently if you want to see results.

 

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So……..

 

I wanted to let you know that I’m doing the workbook lessons of A Course in Miracles in 2015, and I’m inviting you to join me.

 

All 365 lessons in one year, and we’ll do it together.

 

Small changes, daily and consistently, for one year!

 

How about it?

 

I have done the workbook several times, but it’s been a while – last time I did them was 2009. I love the daily practice.

 

So I want to get back into a structure again, and that gave me an idea to do one short audio talk a day on the day’s lesson (5-10 minute audio) and offer it to anyone who is interested in doing the workbook lessons from start to finish – all 365 lessons in one year!

 

It’s called GUIDE TO 365

 

You can sign up here:

 

https://www.teachersofgod.org/acim-workbook-lessons

 

 

ACIM Workbook Lessons

 

 

I will be a guide for 365 days but I will NOT be reading the whole lesson so this is NOT a substitute for you doing the lessons yourself.

 

You need to do the workbook lessons yourself because these lessons are going to be working directly with your own thought system.

 

So it won’t work just to listen to me every day and then not do the lessons. That doesn’t count!

 

The audios and daily messages I will be sending out are for support, inspiration and encouragement.

 

Kinda like a trainer in a gym. They are there for motivation, but it’s me who has to pick up the weights, do the work, change my habits, show up every day, push when its hard and when I don’t feel like it. 🙂

 

It’s a reminder of my initial commitment, because definitely the enthusiasm starts to wear off after a week or two, and it’s good to be reminded of what I said I WAS GOING TO DO – in this case: ONE WORKBOOK LESSON A DAY FOR 365 DAYS.

 

When you make a commitment to anything and you have A COMMITMENT TO HONOR THE COMMITMENT (even when its difficult), you will see changes.

 

So you will need a copy of A Course in Miracles. I highly encourage everyone who is going to do the workbook lessons to get a copy of the physical book and not to do this with an online version of the Course.

 

You will receive a daily email from me every day, which will include a short message and a 5-10 minute audio talk about the day’s lesson.

 

 

The cost is $99 for a one-time cost for the whole year, all 365 lessons.

 

Or you can pay as you go along for $15/per month (that’s $180 for one year) by signing up for automated payments on Paypal.

 

You can click this link to sign up:

 

https://www.teachersofgod.org/acim-workbook-lessons

 

 

I’m excited.

 

Love,

 

Lisa

PRAYER: If you need help or guidance in your life, please read this …

Is there something you have been wanting help with in your life?

Prayer is the most effective way to see a change.

It is the world’s greatest wireless connection!

Prayer is a way to reach God and make that connection directly, to have “a heart-to-heart” – to for ask for guidance, direction and help.

You don’t even have to know how to pray, that’s the best part! You don’t even have to believe in God.

You just have to turn in that direction – to the unknown – and have a conversation. It might feel weird at first, but I encourage you to give it a try if you are experiencing difficulty in your life.

Most people forget to pray – they forget to talk to God – instead they stay in “wishing” and “hoping” mode, or searching the internet for answers. You probably have noticed that’s not very effective.

If you really want change to occur, you need to go within and ask there.

If you have questions or a prayer request, you can always contact our Prayer Team.

We do have a “Prayer Request Process” which first requires everyone to go within and give their prayer to their True Self – God, Jesus, Buddha, Divine Love, Holy Spirit – the name doesn’t matter – and seek for guidance there first.

There is One within you, as you, who loves you, that is just waiting for the request from you.

“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.” -A Course in Miracles

PRAYER WORKS.

For Prayer Requests, click here: https://www.teachersofgod.org/prayer-request

Love,

Lisa

Announcing the Teachers of God Prayer Team!

We are so excited to announce our Teachers of God Prayer Team!

Please join us in welcoming them!

 

Aimee Lauezzari

Alexa Henson

Alicia Laerke Papaya Grube

Angela Cerruti

Ant Hellier

Beth Domingos

Deedre Statz

Jody Ebling

Kath Menegon

Lin Castaldo

Linda Leland

Mary Thomson

Oriana Howes

Romy Schleirf

Wendy Procter

Nina Rahima

Calico Hickey

These are people that have chosen to become Licensed Ministers with the Teachers of God Foundation – to serve and bless and be available to the Holy Spirit for God’s Plan to bring light and peace and joy to the world.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

If you are experiencing difficulty or problems in your life, please know that you are not alone. There are no order of difficulty in miracles. The first step is acknowledging that you are ready for a shift in perception and to reach out beyond yourself to ask for what you really want.

FOR PRAYER REQUESTS, CLICK HERE:  https://www.teachersofgod.org/prayer-request

Here at the Teachers of God Foundation, it is our primary purpose to teach people how to have a direct experience with their Inner Guide, to experience the Presence and Power of God directly and to witness miracles first-hand in their life.

So we always encourage everyone to go directly to God or their Guide FIRST and ask there for what they want before sending in a Prayer Request.

If you find after 24-hours after asking/praying for clarity, guidance or peace that nothing has changed please send us a message.

Our prayer team consists of people who have dedicated their life to God, to A Course in Miracles, to service to others, and who are here only to be truly helpful.

There is never a charge for this service.

“Prayer is the medium of miracles.

It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator.

Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed.” -A Course in Miracles

We also are honored and pleased to have other Licensed Ministers that are not on the prayer team and we will be announcing them very soon on our website, with their photos and bios.

FOR PRAYER REQUESTS, CLICK HERE:  https://www.teachersofgod.org/prayer-request

 

Love,

Bill & Lisa

Sandy Zimmmerman's Inspirational Story: Grievances Transformed into Love

We are very proud and excited to present this video from our Friday morning ACIM group which meets at Unity on the River in Amesbury, MA – ENJOY! This is Sandy Zimmerman – she has an amazing story of how her father committed suicide (shot himself in the basement when Sandy was 5 and she was upstairs eating breakfast and heard the gunshot) and how this affected her and how years later forgiveness healed her when she took her dad and herself off the cross.

How Meditation Helps: Enlightenment Through A Course In Miracles


As a previous spiritual seeker and I say previous because I’m no longer seeking spiritual ideas, I am practicing and abiding in the ideas that I was looking for.

I’m finding that A Course in Miracles offers everything that I want including full enlightenment and I love the part that he mentions in Workbook Lesson 124 where he says “your benefit will not be less if you believe that nothing happens. You may not be ready to except the game today. Yet sometime, somewhere, it will come to you, nor will you fail to recognize it when it dawns with certainty upon your mind.” (This is just amazing — what a gift!)

Enlightenment is always present — are you ready?

The Course offers that enlightenment is but a recognition of realization, not a change at all. Enlightenment is always here and present with us and only waiting to be realized, really.

The Course offers some very clear practices for attaining the experience of enlightenment, if you are willing to do exactly what it says.

Are you ready to experience God in a way that you have never found available before because you just didn’t see it, you didn’t see the simplicity of attaining full enlightenment. I didn’t see it, I didn’t see how easy this awareness is until I realized I had a misunderstanding around the practice of meditation.

Although The Course talks about meditation only two times specifically — it does talk about getting still, being quiet and entering into an abiding awareness with and as the love of God in hundreds of places — and Jesus very clearly says to us in Workbook Lesson 106 that each hour’s exercise should begin with this request for your enlightenment:

“I will be still and listen to the truth.”

“What does it mean to give and to receive?”

The simple truth is enlightenment is right under our nose and we only need to learn to practice meditation A Course in Miracles style for the full attainment of our natural state of being — our full inheritance.

“Let me be still and listen to the truth.
Let me remember I am one with God.
I am not a body I am free.
I am still as God created me.
In quiet I receive God’s word today.
All that I give is given to myself.”

The simplicity of full enlightenment

Jesus gives all of these opportunities to us to access full enlightenment — the truth of who we are, the state that we all wish to retain and the freedom that’s available to all the world. He makes it so simple if we would practice this a couple times a day.

The ideas set forth in the Course to sit quietly and listen to God’s voice (likely will sound like my own) notice all of the noise, the passing clouds and the distractions of the mind and that’s okay — just let them be as they are — passing clouds just to be seen, just to be noticed but not to be grabbed a hold of, not to start engaging in but instead just noticed or give it to your guide —  give it to the Buddha in you, give it to Jesus and let him resolve it in the light. This is a great time to have dialogue with Jesus in this practice and any temptation to figure things out or start planning — just hand it to the Holy Spirit who will reinterpret it to true perception and you can continue abiding in God’s divine love as you remember the truth.

Try these ideas on for size as an experiment if you want to have the true experience of God.

When you are ready for a real experience in meditation A Course in Miracles style read workbook lessons 106, 124, 125 and also read the experience of enlightenment given to us in chapter 18, section VI – “Beyond the Body” and section VII – “I Need Do Nothing.”

If you’re willing to dedicate your practice to these ideas from the Course it is my belief and becoming my experience that the simplicity of full enlightenment lies right here.

NAMASTE!

I LOVE YOU.

Bill

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