My mind holds only what I think with God.
When I am healed I am not healed alone.
Heaven is the decision I must make.
Great stuff. The problem most sincere Course people have is that they think by giving to others, others will give to them. They think that ACIM requires them to help other people and then they will be healed. They think if they give a lot, they will get a lot.
No, No, No, No, No.
There are no others.
You only give to yourself.
You already have been given everything.
Say this out loud: I HAVE EVERYTHING!
Did you say it out loud? What happened? What thoughts crossed your mind?
It’s good to find out what your personal blocks and obstacles are.
As you allow yourself to be healed, the world is healed along with you.
Sickness is isolation.
Heaven is the decision you must make.
A Course in Miracles is about joining, connecting with truth and remembering God.
Practically everyone focuses on the material/physical aspects of their life. That’s the first problem. Then they believe the images that their body’s eyes show them. That’s the second problem. Then they get stuck in a groove trying to figure out how to transform these images (no money, lack of relationship, sick body). That’s the third problem.
There is only one thing truly that will change your life: CONSISTENCY.
Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom.
That’s your whole solution.
Switch your focus.
Change the dial on the radio station.
Get out of the frequency of time and space.
I’ve been on this journey for a very very VERY long time. I’ve made tremendous mistakes. I’m the slowest learner of them all. But here’s the good news. I’ve learned many things along the way. I know where the stumbling blocks are. I know where you’ll get stuck (and why and how) and I’m telling you how to avoid those pitfalls. I’m giving away all my secrets!! I’m handing them to you on a silver platter.
I’m a tour guide into the known and unknown.
I’m telling you, in very plain language, you must stop focusing on your problems. You must stop thinking about how to make more money. You must stop trying to improve your life, stop trying to alter time and space. This is so simple. LOOK TO HEAVEN! Put your entire focus on God.
Your one response to everything should be appreciation and gratitude.
This is the fast track.
When anger and confusion come up, remember your gratitude, remember your Father in Heaven, and get the hell out of the quick-sand. There is zero need to stay in fear. None. It accomplishes nothing to stay fearful.
Just re-align your mind with God.
Remember, you are TRAINING YOUR MIND in a systematic way. For this you need commitment and consistency.
Trust me when I tell you that you will slide back down into forgetfulness.
That’s okay, just don’t stay there! Get out of the quick-sand. Remember Heaven.
This is a dream.
There are no other people to heal. Your “sickness” is imagined. Your idea of limitation is imagined. You are healed and whole and perfect. It is accomplished.
“Healing is the opposite of all the world’s ideas which dwell on sickness and on separate states.”
1. Sickness is a retreat from others, and a shutting off of joining.
2. Sickness is a door that closes on a separate self, and keeps it isolated and alone.
3. Sickness is isolation.
If you are sick, you are isolating. That’s neither good or bad, but contained right there is your whole solution. Right there is the answer to the end of all sickness and the end to all problems: Stop isolating.
Focus entirely on creating with God. Join your brother. Fix your mind on the Kingdom of Heaven.
As you allow yourself to heal, the whole world heals along with you.
Forget about other people. Forget about giving to get. Forget about healing the world. There is no world.
This journey is an undoing, removing the BLOCKS to the awareness of love’s presence.
There is one more thing I forget to mention:
If you are going through the financial wringer and have no money, this is good!
Rejoice! You’re right on track.
All ideas must be disrupted. A Course in Miracles is about undoing every idea of “security” that you have. If you think that your safety and security lies in money, jobs or time and space, I can practically guarantee your world will be turned upside down at some point. Your safety and security lies in God, and nowhere else. Trust is the first characteristic of a Teacher of God, and there are 6 stages of “development of trust” and 4 of those stages are complete disruption (described in the Trust section in the Teachers Manual) and they really kinda suck!
Sorry to inform you this, but it’s true. It’s right there in the Course for you to read. I’m not making this up. It’s in your course book and I know from personal experience that there will be periods in your life when it looks like you are failing miserably.
You’ll have an easier time if you simply accept this statement as true … and keep going!
You’re doing great. Don’t stop when it looks like things are falling apart. Just let things fall apart and TRUST.
TRUST, TRUST, TRUST , TRUST, TRUST.
You must be undone completely before you get to the stage of achievement.
If you are reading this message, you asked for my help. My responsibility is to you. I would do anything and everything for you. I love you. I want you to find your inheritance and claim it. My hope is that I don’t lose you midway through the year because you lost your job or because your world is turning upside down.
If your life is going all chaotic, there will be a tendency for you to think “this course is not working” or that you are doing something wrong.
When in fact, this is when it’s going right!! All you need is trust.
TRUST IS EVERYTHING.
You have got to trust when you start losing things … because you will lose things, and here are times when it looks like things are being taken away. Okay? I’m just telling you. This will make it easier for you if you know this is part of the journey. Keep going. Don’t stop. Trust. Pray. Ask for clarity. Write to me.
This course in miracles will take you on a bit of bumpy ride at times. It will turn you upside down and inside out. You will think it is failing. You might call God some choice swear words. You might decide to curse the day I came into your life. Some intense emotions will come up that rock you to your core.
And there are some times when it looks like things are being taken away from you. THIS IS THE TIME FOR TRUST.
This is the reason I want to work with you in every way possible that you continue to keep your commitment for the whole year.
Usually the point when most people want to quit is when they are standing right in front of their inheritance. Yet, this is the place where you think you are miles and miles in lost territory.
Please don’t bail on yourself. If you are starting to get lazy or bored in your mind, please make a new commitment to the workbook lessons.
Start asking for help. Begin praying again. Talk to Jesus. Find your center again. Open the Course. Write to me. Whatever it takes.
I know it’s overwhelming, but you are the Savior of the world, and it’s time to go the full distance. This is the Second Coming.
We do this work for the Love of God, for each other, that this world may know peace, joy and happiness.
I love you so much. You’re doing great. Write me any time. I’m right here.
Love, lisa
“Successful people adhere to the “no exceptions rule” when it comes to their daily disciplines. Once you make a 100% commitment to something, there are no exceptions. It’s a done deal. Nonnegotiable. Case closed! Over and out.” ~ Jack Canfield from The Success Principles
With A Course in Miracles there is no middle ground. Either you are living the instructions 100%, no exceptions, no grievances, giving all to all, loving your enemies, remembering God … all the time, no compromise … OR … you are in hell experiencing all the limitation that goes along with time and space. There is no middle ground.
You will know where you are in your mind just by looking at your life.
This used to piss me off royally, until one day I realized how simple it was to make a commitment to follow the teachings of Jesus with no compromise. From that day on, my life has been one big miracle.
There is no world. This is a dream and does not exist. You don’t have to struggle anymore.
There is a wake-up call going on throughout the universe right now, and if you don’t hear it it will keep getting louder and louder (in the form of sickness, poverty, and problems) until finally it gets your attention. It’s time to wake up.
Can you hear the alarm? It’s blaring. It’s flashing red lights.
There is work to do. God needs your help.
I love you. It’s time to get up.
Lesson 144 from the Gorgeous for God Membership site:
My mind holds only what I think with God.
There is no love but God’s.
The world I see holds nothing that I want.
This is so true. I’m not even here anymore. Every day I wake up and I’m in paradise. My mind holds only what I think with God. Love is all there is. The world I see holds nothing that I want.
A Course in Miracles is 100% true. Jesus gives what he promises.
You have an inheritance. Have you claimed it yet?
The only way to to do this work is to do this work. Trying to understand will get you no where. If I say something that produces a change in you, you probably notice that eventually you start sliding back down into your old thinking and old routine. This is because the only fundamental change that lasts is change that comes from your own conscious active work. I can’t help you in any way. I’m just the messenger. You have to do the work. I can’t do it for you. No one can do it for you. Change that comes from outside is no change at all. You’ve probably already witnessed this in your own life.
Random effects are nothing. They come and they go, and they are nothing.
Lots of times people get excited by something I say and they go “YES!!! Oh my God! That’s it!” … but that’s not it. As you probably have already witnessed. Why is it, you’re asking yourself, can’t I experience any consistency in my life? Why do I get it, only to lose it again?
Because the work is nonstop. You cannot merely alter your behavior. THIS IS CORE WORK. You are building a foundation in stone – not merely putting a new coat of paint on your life. You cannot allow yourself to get lazy. And no one can do the work for you. No one. I don’t care how brilliant a teacher you have – you are responsible for the shifts that occur.
Stone by stone. Brick by brick.
Most people like A Course in Miracles on a merely superficial intellectual level. It sounds good. They are intrigued by it. But almost no one actually wants to do the work. THE WORK.
You’ll know if you are doing the work if you are seeing dramatic miracles in your life. Are dramatic miracles occurring in your life?
If you are just moving along, reading this blog, reading the Course, waiting for something to happen … you missed it. You are absolutely no where.
I hope this pisses you off. I hope to stir you up.
YOU NEED CONSCIOUS EFFORT IF YOU EXPECT TO ESCAPE THIS WORLD.
If you are drifting along, you need to shake yourself up again. There is no other way.
Either you can produce something in your life that it is going to shake off the sleepiness in you and grab your attention, or the universe will send you something as a wake-up call. It’s better to do this from your own conscious effort. Stuff that the universe sends in usually will blind-side you. But sometimes … there is no other way.
LIFE IS FAMOUS FOR THROWING CURVE-BALLS.
So be alert.
If you are just rolling along, not consistently happy but not making conscious effort to keep vigilantly doing the work … be careful. Shit happens.
If this makes you nervous, good! Use that energy. Stay on your toes.
I am outta my head with excitement. I have NEVER read this sentence before!! It’s from Lesson 83 in A Course in Miracles. How did I miss it??
With one purpose only, I am always certain what to do, what to say and what to think.
This is the end of all I have been saying (using other ACIM sentences) about “I don’t know who I am, or what I’m doing, or where I’m going.” and the famous sentence that every Course teacher/student (including myself) loves to use at every bend of the road: “I don’t know what anything is for.”
But Lesson 83 is the end of all of that!! LOL!!! THANK YOU GOD!
I do know who I am!
I do know myself!
I do know what I am doing!
I do know what things are for.
hahahahahahahaha. I am laughing in joy! This is incredible. Another corner turned.
If Max was in the neighborhood we’d be sitting at Starbucks right now marveling together over this sentence. We’d be bouncing out of our seats, saying: DID YOU READ THIS??? LISTEN TO THIS!
“With one purpose only, I am always certain what to do, what to say and what to think.”
Here is the end of doubt and uncertainty. My joy is complete. My peace is complete. All that I have ever wanted is right here & right now.
“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.” - George Bernard Shaw
I love this! I can choose to be a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances! LOL. That’s awesome. I choose to be as God created me: a force of nature, a force of love.
I love you. Talk to me. Tell me how it’s going with you. I would love to hear from you. What new miracles are occurring in your life? What are you doing for fun? The holy Child of God in you loves to play.
Sending lots of love on this day to you.
Lisa
Let your passions flare up today — no matter where you are!
1- THE SOUL THAT IS WITHIN ME, NO MAN CAN DESTROY. – FREDERICK DOUGLASS
2- CHARACTER IS DOING THE RIGHT THING WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING. - J.C.WATTS
3- EXPERIENCE IS THE NAME EVERYONE GIVES TO THEIR MISTAKES. - OSCAR WILDE
4- YOU MAY BE DISAPPOINTED IF YOU FAIL, BUT YOU ARE DOOMED IF YOU DON’T TRY – BEVERLY SILLS
5- EVERY FLOWER MUST GROW THROUGH DIRT. - ANONYMOUS
6- MOTIVATION WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BEAT MERE TALENT. – NORMAN AUGUSTINE
7- NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE CHANGED, BUT NOTHING CAN BE CHANGED UNTIL IT IS FACED. – JAMES BALDWIN
8- BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP. STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE. – JOSH BILLINGS
9- CHARACTER MAY BE MANIFESTED IN THE GREAT MOMENTS, BUT IT IS MADE IN THE SMALL ONES. – PHILLIP BROOKS
10- YOU CAN’T BUILD A REPUTATION ON WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO. – HENRY FORD
11- HE WHO LIMPS IS STILL WALKING. – STANISLAW LEC
12- WHATEVER YOU ARE, BE A GOOD ONE. - ABRAHAM LINCOLN
13- WE MAKE A LIVING BY WHAT WE GET; WE MAKE A LIFE BY WHAT WE GIVE. – NORMAN MacEWAN
14- MOTIVATION IS WHAT GETS YOU STARTED. HABIT IS WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING. – UNKNOWN
15- CHOICE, NOT CHANCE, DETERMINES ONE’S DESTINY. – UNKNOWN
16- THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT. – UNKNOWN
17- OF ALL THE THINGS YOU WEAR, EXPRESSION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. – UNKNOWN
18- EDUCATION IS NOT PREPARATION FOR LIFE; EDUCATION IS LIFE ITSELF. – JOHN DEWEY
19- IF YOU THINK EDUCATION IS EXPENSIVE, TRY IGNORANCE. – DEREK BOK
20- THE MUSIC IS NOTHING IF THE AUDIENCE IS DEAF. - WALTER LIPPMANN
21- WHAT’S RIGHT ISN’T ALWAYS POPULAR, AND WHAT IS POPULAR ISN’T ALWAYS RIGHT – UNKNOWN
22- IF YOU WANT THE RAINBOW YOU HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THE RAIN. – - UNKNOWN
23- WE FEAR THINGS IN PROPORTION TO OUR IGNORANCE OF THEM. – TITUS LIVIUS
24- THE REWARD OF A THING WELL DONE IS TO HAVE DONE IT. – RALPH WALDO EMERSON
25- RUDENESS IS THE WEAK MAN’S IMITATION OF STRENGTH. - ERIC HOFFER
26- A MIND, ONCE EXPANED BY A NEW IDEA, NEVER RETURNS TO ITS ORIGINAL DIMENSIONS. – OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
27- ONLY THOSE WHO RISK GOING TOO FAR WILL EVER KNOW HOW FAR THEY CAN GO. – UNKNOWN
28- THERE IS NO SUCH THING IN ANYONE’S LIFE AS AN UNIMPORTANT DAY. – ALEXANDER WOOLCOTT
29- A SMILE IS CONTAGIOUS; BE A CARRIER. - UNKNOWN
30- HATE IS LIKE ACID. IT DAMAGES THE VESSEL IN WHICH IT IS STORED AS WELL AS DESTROY
THE OBJECT ON WHICH IT IS POURED. – ANN LANDERS
31- THE BEST THING TO DO BEHIND A FRIEND’S BACK IS PAT IT. – RUTH BRILLHART
32- IT IS EASIER TO GO DOWN A HILL THAN UP, BUT THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW IS FROM THE TOP. – UNKNOWN
33- YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS EARTH WHO CAN USE YOUR ABILITY. – UNKNOWN
34-THE BEST WAY TO FORGET YOUR PROBLEMS IS TO HELP SOMEONE SOLVE THEIRS. – UNKNOWN
35- FORGIVENESS IS THE SWEETEST REVENGE.
36- ONE OF THE SECRETS OF LIFE IS TO MAKE STEPPING STONES OUT OF STUMBLING BLOCKS. – JACK PENN
37- THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU SHOULD WANT TO GET EVEN WITH ARE THOSE WHO HAVE HEPLED YOU – JOHN HONEYFELD.
38- PRIDE IS TASTELESS, COLORLESS AND SIZELESS. YET IT IS THE HARDEST THING TO FOLLOW – AUGUST BLACK
39- BE KIND. EVERY PERSON YOU MEET IS FIGHTING A HARD BATTLE. – UNKNOWN
40- AN APOLOGY IS THE SUPER GLUE OF LIFE. IT CAN REPAIR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. – LYNN JOHNSON
41- YOU CAN EITHER COMPLAIN THAT ROSE BUSHES HAVE THORNS – OR REJOICE THAT THORN
BUSHES HAVE ROSES. – UNKNOWN
42- LIFE IS NOT ABOUT WAITING FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. BUT IT’S ABOUT LEARNING TO DANCE IN THE RAIN. – UNKNOWN
43- THE BAD NEWS IS THAT TIME FLIES; THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU’RE THE PILOT. – MICHAEL ALTSHULER
44- DISCIPLINE IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN GOALS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS. – UNKNOWN