I’d like to share with you my story of how ACIM and GORGEOUS FOR GOD affected my life. I was an A student throughout my studies; obtained a lucrative profession and was hired by one of the most prestigious companies in NYC. Some years later I started my own business, worked hard and made it successful and prosperous. And yet, despite my achievements and financial comfort, I always felt that something was missing. There was a sense of not belonging; a yearning and inner aching; I was often irritable and restless, for no apparent reason at all. This baffled and troubled me. I often thought: “What is wrong with me???!!!”

Many years ago I saw a cartoon in a magazine of a man with outstretched arms and an expression of horror on his face. The line below said: “Help! I am trapped in a body!” I didn’t understand what it meant but I was intrigued and decided to re-read Freud et al. I also bought new books by Alan Watts, James Allen, Deepak Chopra and others. I attended seminars and listened to motivational speakers. Each time I started a new book, a new seminar and so on, I would get all excited, inspired and hopeful that I would finally find an answer to my quest. Yet each time, after a while, the excitement and inspiration would fade away and I would become my old troubled self again.

I know now what I did not know then: that all the wonderful theories, suppositions and speculations, even though plausible and scientifically accepted, could not possibly work, because they were NOT fortified by PRACTICAL APPLICATION!! Doctors, musicians, et al, study for years. They PRACTICE over and over, until they become true experts in their respective fields.

And so it is with A Course in Miracles. It is a MIND TRAINING COURSE, one of its kind and SEEMINGLY very difficult to comprehend. I know quite a few old-timers who studied ACIM for 10 + years. They still don’t get it. They still whine and try to figure out how to solve their problems. And so did I, for 3 + years. I attempted to do ACIM 3 times before, failed 3 times and gave up. Now I know why! The key word here is ATTEMPTED. It was like saying: “I want to but I can’t.” Now however, thanks to Lisa, I am FULLY committed! And it works wonders. I KNOW I am growing, changing and TRANSFORMING.

Also, I thought I was intelligent enough to figure out things on my own. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! I know now that intelligence has nothing to do with the Course. It is about clearing away the emotional bag we carry over our shoulder since the day we are born. And the funny thing about this bag is that it is very expandable. The more we fill it, there is still room to add more crap. And as we grow old, the bag gets so heavy, we are probably more than happy to die (!?).

And, NO! I cannot do it on my own. No one can. Plato and Socrates had teachers, and Buddha did not become Buddha in one day either. Last year I joined 2 ACIM groups on-line and read a few more. They were OK but somewhat dull and lusterless. Late last year, I came upon Gorgeous For God site and I instantly knew that my search was over. Lisa WAS what I was waiting for!

Lisa is totally devoted to her calling. She is indefatigable and I often wonder if she sleeps at all. She is firm, direct, yet gentle. She does not use lofty words or pompous lecturing. What you “see” is what you get. She is vibrant, bubbly and full of energy. I could not dream up a better teacher. How did I change? Well, let me count the ways:

1.I was a serious child; a serious teenager; a serious adolescent and a very serious adult. Needless to say, I took the Course very seriously. But Lisa took care of it. She taught me how to have fun with it. Today I do the Course with lots of enthusiasm and fun.
2.I lighten up and laugh a lot (something I could rarely do).
3. Sometimes I act outright silly. I was always so serious I could never imagine I could behave so foolishly, but I do and I love it! And so do my friends!!
4.Today I can walk into a room full of people and liven them all up!

Well, that’s enough for today. To those of you who are still hesitant about signing up for Lisa’s 2009 blog; those who think they can do it on their own and/or think that $1.00 a day is too much, I have only this to say: If you REALLY want to get rid of your emotional bag and be happy, don’t procrastinate, don’t wait. Join Lisa NOW!

Thanks so much for your mentoring. Miracles have happened in my life since I have been a student of ACIM. My mom was in the hospital with a compressed spinal fracture and altzheimers as well. One day the hospital called me and said that she was being released because she “is unrehabable????” They refused to let her go back to Assisted Living and would not release her until I found 24/7 care!!!!! Luckily we found a place but the timing was awful. We had to move furniture out of her old place and get it into her new place the same day as she was released! The ACIM lesson for the day was “God goes with me wherever I go.” Well, here I was with my back against the wall when the director at the new place made a few calls and found a bunch of military guys that move you, pack you and unpack you for one price in 2 hours! Talk about God going with me wherever I go! WOW! Then the hospital called and wanted to release Mom,and it was getting dark. I cannot drive well in the dark and the case worker so. He made a phone call to the Dr. and they postponed her discharge date until today, when we would be ready. Sometimes I’m not even sure how ACIM’s Lessons work….but here is the miracle to prove that it does. I don’t have to understand it….I just have to bathe in it.

Thanks for your promises that God cannot fail and neither can we!

Love,

Carol

My ego seems to want to be in charge..After reading Lisa’s teachings..
and practicing them,,MY DIVINE SELF is in Charge these days..

THANK YOU MISS LISA…for your Words of Widsom…

YOU ROCK…LOVE YOU…

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