Over the past 4 years, I have met a lot of people who practice A Course in Miracles
There is one tremendous difference between those individuals who are happy and see miracles vs. those who continue to struggle with problems every day.
Commitment.
Your success has nothing to do with a book, or a blog, or a group, a program, or a path of learning, or me as a teacher.
It has to do with YOUR commitment and about how serious you are about making changes in your life.
Lip service will get you no where.
I do nothing at all except to provoke/challenge you in your own mind and to see if you are HONESTLY WILLING to change and take responsibility.
I cannot tell you the number of people who come to me desperate, who are literally trapped in hell, and who say YES, YES, YES, I want to be happy, YES, I’ll do anything, YES, I’m willing to change, YES, I’m willing to take responsibility … I WILL DO ANYTHING. YES!
I know exactly the grief and despair of these letters because I used to live in hell myself, and I am grateful that someone offered me a way that is guaranteed to work.
And so I write back asking them to make a commitment to the workbook lessons (if you are writing to me, I can assume you already have A Course in Miracles or at least know about it … but that you simply have not done what it asks). And then I say: “And I would highly suggest you sign up for the daily blog, it’s $1/day” and they write back saying, “Oh, I don’t need that. I’ve already done the workbook. Actually, I feel much better now that you’ve written me back. I’m okay now. Thanks for writing to me. I’ll be fine. Thanks for all you do.”
LOL.
BUSTED!!!
Busted, busted, busted.
At least now you know that you are NOT willing to do anything.
At least now the truth is out there on the table for you to see it plainly: you don’t really want a solution. You don’t want your problems solved. You say you want help, but you don’t really. You love chaos. You love addiction. You love drama.
This was me. I used to ask for help, praying that I would do anything – “LORD! JUST TELL ME WHAT TO DO AND I WILL DO IT!”- but I was lying through my teeth. What a fraud! I didn’t really want to be happy. I wasn’t willing to change. And I didn’t want to be responsible. I loved being in pain even though I was constantly telling everyone how much I hated it.
What a drama Queen.
So I spent a few more years in hell, meanwhile every day praying to God: “I’ll do anything. Just help me. Just tell me what to do and I’ll do it.”
Nothing could happen to me until I got honest, and really meant it when I said: yes, I’ll do anything. Yes, I want to be happy.
From that point, THE DOOR SWUNG RIGHT OPEN AND ANGELS RUSHED IN.
When people used to write to me with their calls for help and descriptions of their personal hell, I used to offer them long brilliant letters filled with tons of practical suggestions.
But then I got smart.
I realized that first, before anything at all, I need to find out 3 things:
1. Do you want to be consistently happy?
2. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to change?
3. Are you willing to take total responsibility for everything that is happening in your life?
And everyone writes me back: YES, YES, YES.
Okay, great, sign up here:
http://gorgeousforgod.com/membership/
And I never hear from them again. Or they write back saying they don’t have the money. Which is fine with me, because I just saved myself an hour from writing a long letter to someone who wasn’t seriously interested in the first place anyways.
More than an hour, actually, because I used to go back and forth with a lot of people. They would write me. I would write to them. They would write to me. I would write to them. And nothing at all was happening. They retained the problem because they never seriously wanted to get rid of it in the first place.
The other thing I’ve come to know is that there are many times when you will get an INSERTION OF LIGHT and you will always feel better for a moment, or an hour, or a day.
And then you think to yourself: okay, I’m good. I just needed that small reminder of the truth.
But then very quickly, you are back down in hell again.
There is a reason for this – you need more than an insertion of light. You need to dismantle your entire thought system. You need to be disrupted from your habits and routines.
No one wants to hear this, and no one wants to be dismantled even though you pray for change.
Everyone wants their life to be changed but in a nice happy way that’s not too messy.
Trust me – it’s a disruption.
If you want to be consistently happy with miracles happening every day, you must be disrupted. You can’t be in Heaven while you are in hell. If you want to get out of hell, it’s going to take commitment on your part to dislodge you.
It takes a tremendous amount of energy to leave time and space so that you are catapulted into Heaven. And you are the ONLY PERSON with the power to do this for yourself. No one can do it for you. I can’t do it for you.
But I can encourage, provoke and challenge you.
I notice when I piss people off by calling them on their bluff that it’s good strong powerful energy that moves them. They hate me at first, and then later say to me: I needed that. Thank you.
You’re welcome.
This way is not for everyone.
And there are many of you reading this who are joined with me in this space of Constant Joy. To you, you know what I’m talking about – it takes perseverance and dedication.
I also know that there are many people whose lives are working perfectly and who are generally happy and who don’t want (nor need) to change anything and I think that’s awesome! Why change anything if it’s working?
But for anyone who is reading this message who needs help or who has been praying for a miracle, I can only assure you that God’s Will for you is perfect happiness. There is a way out of hell. All problems are easily solved because they’ve already been solved. If you are really serious about seeing a change in your life, it is available.
But you have to REALLY want it.
Facebook comments:
Thank you Lisa. I do not want….I AM IT:>:> Rejoicing and grateful always and in all ways.
Lisa dear,
I never thought that I (MOI) would use this phrase but here it is: “Baby, you ROCK!!!!
After 3 (not very successful) attempts at ACIM, I am so happy I’ve signed up for your 2009 Blog Posts. It is such a thrill to do ACIM again from the start, this time under the auspices of GORGEOUS FOR GOD.
Now, each lesson I do, is yet another precious gem, and you Gorgeous Lisa, top it off with a magnificent crown. You never stop amazing me. Your commentaries are simple and clear; your dedication is outstanding; your persistence is remarkable. It keeps me going, and going, and going, like I’ve never gone before. This does not mean that everything is rosy all the time. Stuff happens you know, I get upset and such, but, I am beginning to see things differently, thanks to you. You gave me tools I can work with. It is amazing how much faster I can now let go of upsets, resentments, anger, the past and so on. And this is only the BEGINNING!!!!
I am so grateful Lisa.
Love …. Bella
Lisa,
YOU GO GIRL!!
“More than an hour, actually, because I used to go back and forth with a lot of people. They would write me. I would write to them. They would write to me. I would write to them. And nothing at all was happening. They retained the problem because they never seriously wanted to get rid of it in the first place.”
WOW..Lisa….you are sooo right!!!!! You are right-on!! And I am sooo very proud
of you for writing this post!!!!! Thank you!!
I myself, have spent countless hours, with family/friends………..that tell me all
their problems, want my help, then….as soon as they dump, they say they feel
better, and don’t need help…I learned the word Tough Love a long time ago, and
think I wrote the book….doing just that…and I am good at it…however, after
last year, doing/ being serious myself about my lessons, I took on for the most part
healing myself, and allowing others to just go on and on, with their drama..with
me not joining in…That was my first miracle….Most now don’t even bother me,
and that’s fine, I am doing my lessons each and every day, now for the second year,
knowing, they are the ones that are responsible to want to be Helped, and they
must do it for themselves!!! I am helping them best, by being truthful to myself, and
staying with my own lessons!! Its funny, how even a few, that were doing the course
with me, chose to turn against me, when they thought they didn’t need it anymore!
I am now, able to ignore the outside world, and go within, and seeing with my new
eyes and hearing with my new ears!!! Its the ONLY way to stay out of my Hell!!!!
I am just sending this to encourage you…to stay with what your pointing out to those
that search you then continue to be in denial….You are healing them with your
honesty…you know, as I do, how long we stay there, and then, with an instant, we
can choose again…..You being there for all those that want help, and are committed
to go through it………….and yes its very painful………..but, its the ONLY way…
funny, sometimes those that we think are not going to continue are the very ones
that do, and those that have the BIG TALK….are those that sometimes are just
kidding themselves to continue their role in hell……I have mostly learned to forgive
others and myself, and no longer need to judge those that continue living in their
own personal hell….with my closest family and friends, that use to be sooo difficult,
I wanted to nurture and lecture…and stay with their stories….now, its like “poof”,
I am not there….I feel I am healing them in a different way now, not playing the
games!!
Actually, I went on and on, as I do…to just say one thing!!
You are a true angel sent from God to teach others!!! Showing others with your
own commitment and being truthful without taking their attacks as judgments
is THE ONLY WAY!!!! You are so rightful taking the role of being straight forth with
your words!! Everything you said in this blog is absolutely correct! I think I would
put that one back in the blogs every week, for a friendly reminder…They are not
going to magically have everything perfect, until they undo their minds and do
the lessons with total commitment !!!!!!
I LOVE YOU….SO MUCH…right now I feel the sisterhood of our bonding……
we will know when to STOP IT….with others…its just our miracle!!!!
Love, Debi