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		<title>To be without a body is to be in our natural state.</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/13/to-be-without-a-body-is-to-be-in-our-natural-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Lesson 72: Holding grievances is an attack on God&#8217;s plan for salvation.
Today&#8217;s lesson is a reminder that holding grievances is NOT an innocent neutral thing. It is an ACTIVE ATTACK on God&#8217;s Plan.
While I hold grievances about my brother and my self, I am actively attacking God.
And THAT I no longer want to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love Lesson 72: Holding grievances is an attack on God&#8217;s plan for salvation.<br />
Today&#8217;s lesson is a reminder that holding grievances is NOT an innocent neutral thing. It is an <span style="color: #ff0000;">ACTIVE ATTACK</span> on God&#8217;s Plan.</p>
<p>While I hold grievances about my brother and my self, I am actively attacking God.</p>
<p>And THAT I no longer want to do! I want to let all my grievances go.</p>
<p>Did you listen to this week&#8217;s Max and Lisa show? It&#8217;s a good one.</p>
<p><a href="http://67.55.209.50/conferences/conf111969-680013.0.wav" target="_blank">Love holds no grievances. Click to listen.</a></p>
<p>Max says some really brilliant things about being happy. The guy is a genius.</p>
<p>I talk about how I still catch myself having grievances. They often happen in the morning in the shower while I am washing my hair. Go figure. I start &#8220;thinking&#8221; about things &#8211; events that are either past or future &#8211; and my mind just runs rampant.</p>
<p>I start thinking about things I could say or do to so-and-so that would make me look right or make someone else feel bad. CAN  YOU BELIEVE IT?? Who does this???? I mean, this is the HEIGHT OF INSANITY. Who in their right mind would want to hurt themselves or their brother??? And yet, there I am in the shower contemplating scenerios to get even.</p>
<p>INSANE!!!!!!</p>
<p>I thank God for A Course in Miracles. It shortens time. the time factor that hold grievances is less and less. I am usually able to catch a grievance/attack thought and let it go in under 5 minutes. Sometimes I can do it in under a minute! Hooray for Jesus!</p>
<p>The beautiful part is that if you are able to bring yourself to the point where you CAN CATCH A THOUGHT WHILE YOU ARE THINKING IT, then the correction is very simple and very fast. The problem most people have is that they don&#8217;t catch a thought  they just let themselves go on automatic pilot thinking out the scenerios of their life for a day or a week or a month or a year. That&#8217;s why the workbook lessons are SO BRILLIANT. At least if you are doing them on a daily basis, you will only go 24 hours AT MOST before you remember the truth by opening the book and reading the lesson.</p>
<p>I am so grateful.</p>
<p><a href="http://67.55.209.50/conferences/conf111969-680013.0.wav" target="_blank">Here is this week&#8217;s Max and Lisa Show &#8211; click to listen &#8211; Love holds no grievances.</a></p>
<p>If you have a topic (or a question) you would like us to cover, please write to me and let me know.</p>
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		<title>What is the single largest step this course requests in your advance towards its established goal?</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/12/what-is-the-single-largest-step-acim-requests-of-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[a course in miracles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;single largest step this course requests in your advance towards its established goal&#8221; is the recognition that all love is equal, that there is no love but God&#8217;s. LOVE IS ONE. Lesson 127.
That&#8217;s amazing to me.
I just &#8220;got &#8221; this myself, seemingly last night while I slept. I went to bed one way and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8220;single largest step this course requests in your advance towards its established goal&#8221; is the recognition that all love is equal, that there is no love but God&#8217;s. LOVE IS ONE. Lesson 127.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s amazing to me.</p>
<p>I just &#8220;got &#8221; this myself, seemingly last night while I slept. I went to bed one way and I woke up this morning and I saw everything clearly. THERE IS ONLY THE LOVE OF GOD.</p>
<p>Everything is what God is.</p>
<p>There are not different kinds of love. There is only the love of God. This is the reason why the special relationship has to be relinquished. Because there is no specialness in God. He doesn&#8217;t make exceptions and He has no favorites.</p>
<p>In God&#8217;s eyes, we are all exactly the same: His beautiful precious perfect children who have never sinned, and who were created to create like Him.</p>
<p><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" src="http://www.theideadoor.com/Primary/Primary%202008/Images/I%20am%20a%20Child%20of%20God%202.jpg" alt="http://www.theideadoor.com/Primary/Primary%202008/Images/I%20am%20a%20Child%20of%20God%202.jpg" width="610" /></p>
<p>I can&#8217;t stop laughing today. It&#8217;s so good!! Thank  you Jesus. All love is the same.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know how this new revelation is going to play out in my life. I am so used to compartmentalizing. Is that a word? It is now.</p>
<p>I love you. Whoever you are, wherever you are, I feel such gratitude that you are reading this, and that somewhere our paths have crossed. I must have done something right!! What a gift.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Let us give thanks today that we are spared a future like the past. Today we leave the past behind us, never more to be remembered. And we raise our eyes upon a different present, where a future dawns unlike the past in every attribute.&#8221; &#8211; Lesson 127</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Do you believe in different kinds of love?</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/11/do-you-believe-in-different-kinds-of-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you believe there are different kinds of love for your spouse and friends?
Is the love you give to your wife or husband EXACTLY the same as the kind of love you give to your friends and to strangers?
It should be EXACTLY the same. There is only the love of God. There are not different [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you believe there are different kinds of love for your spouse and friends?</p>
<p>Is the love you give to your wife or husband EXACTLY the same as the kind of love you give to your friends and to strangers?</p>
<p>It should be EXACTLY the same. There is only the love of God. There are not different kinds of love.</p>
<p>This is Lesson 127 in A Course in Miracles: There is no love but God&#8217;s.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;"> &#8220;Perhaps you think that different kinds of love are possible. Perhaps you think there is a kind of love for this, a kind of love for that, a way of loving one, another way of loving still another. LOVE IS ONE. Love&#8217;s meaning is obscure to anyone who thinks that love can change. He does not see that changing love must be impossible. And thus he thinks he can love at times, and hate at other times. He also thinks that love can be bestowed on one, and yet remain itself although it is withheld from others. To believe these things of love is not to understand it.&#8221; &#8211; Lesson 127</span></p></blockquote>
<p>If you are experiencing difficulty in your life, chances are, SPECIALNESS is the cause of it.</p>
<p>If you allowed everything and everyone to be EXACTLY THE SAME &#8211; and had only one response to everyone and everything &#8211; THE PERFECT LOVE OF GOD &#8211; you would have no problems. You would treat everyone with kindness, respect, appreciation and love and because cause and effect are not separate, everyone would treat you with kindness, respect, appreciation and love.</p>
<p>ONE LOVE.</p>
<p>Amazing, huh?</p>
<p>I was married for 7 years and it fell apart because I treated my husband differently than I treated other people. I thought I loved him &#8220;more&#8221; than others. I put him above everyone else. I gave more of my time and attention to him than I gave other people. I put him first in everything I did. I even put him before God. I thought that was what one was supposed to do in marriage. In the process, I changed. I became quieter, more withdrawn, less enthusiastic, and more like &#8220;my idea&#8221; of what I thought a wife was supposed to be like &#8211; supportive, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health.</p>
<p>A Course in Miracles calls &#8220;special love&#8221; a &#8220;slaughterhouse&#8221;. It is a kind of love where you see a body, and then believe that it is real and that that person/body can offer you peace or safety. At this point, if you believe all this is true, you&#8217;re trapped in the illusions &#8211; a prisoner in a prison-house &#8211; and you will believe in all the laws of the world. This is where things get totally insane &amp; crazy.</p>
<p>After a certain time with this body, you will begin to see the cracks in the relationship and you will start to believe that a different body can offer you what you really want. Then you start substituting, looking for the perfect person/body to fulfill your needs and make you happy.</p>
<p>At this point, you&#8217;re so far off-course, you have no idea what you are doing.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m talking about myself here, of course. When I say &#8220;you&#8221; I mean &#8220;me&#8221;. I had no idea what I was doing.</p>
<p>It has taken me 8 months on my own alone, with the Holy Spirit&#8217;s help, and major amounts of forgiveness, to see how I specialized love. I don&#8217;t want to do that anymore. I want to love equally now, and to put God first in everything that I do.</p>
<p>These past months have been the best of my life because I AM MYSELF again  &#8211; all my passion, joy and enthusiasm is back. I feel like a child again in many ways, free and spontaneous.</p>
<p>It great to finally locate the SOURCE of my happiness. It doesn&#8217;t come from other people. It comes from God. It comes from me.</p>
<p>I want to use my body ONLY as a means of communication for God&#8217;s Love.</p>
<p>That feels so good to say that, and to really mean it!!</p>
<p>A Course in Miracles says:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Hear him gladly, and learn of Him t<em> </em>hat you have need of no special relationships at all. You but seek in them what you have THROWN AWAY&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>To read the whole section, click here:</p>
<p><a href="http://courseinmiracles.com/urtext/chapter_15/section_9.htm" target="_blank">The Holy Instant and Real Relationships, Chapter 15, Section 9</a></p>
<p>RELATE ONLY WITH WHAT WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">&#8220;Every special relationship t<em></em>hat YOU have made IS a substitute for God&#8217;s Will&#8221;</span></p>
<p>That just blows my mind. It says LOVE IS FREEDOM.</p>
<p>I love that. That&#8217;s exactly what I am learning. Everything I need and want is contained within me because there is nothing outside of me. THERE IS ONLY GOD WHICH IS WHAT I AM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU ARE.</p>
<p>I love you.</p>
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		<title>New Recording: The Max and Lisa Show/ACIM</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/10/new-recording-the-max-and-lisa-showacim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a new recording on Lessons 68, 69 &#38; 70
Love holds no grievances
My grievances hide the light of the world in me.
My salvation comes from me.
To anyone who says &#8220;I don&#8217;t  know how to be happy&#8221; &#8230;
Max&#8217;s response: &#8220;You are doing everything in your power to stay separate from God. You are doing everything [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a new recording on Lessons 68, 69 &amp; 70</p>
<p>Love holds no grievances<br />
My grievances hide the light of the world in me.<br />
My salvation comes from me.</p>
<p>To anyone who says &#8220;I don&#8217;t  know how to be happy&#8221; &#8230;</p>
<p>Max&#8217;s response: &#8220;You are doing everything in your power to stay separate from God. You are doing everything in your power to stay in conflict. You are doing everything in your power to keep happiness at bay.&#8221;</p>
<p>Click to listen:<br />
<a href="http://67.55.209.50/conferences/conf111969-680013.0.wav" target="_blank">NEW SHOW. CLICK TO LISTEN: March 10, 2010: Love holds no grievances.</a></p>
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		<title>If you think there is something you cannot do, read Louise Hay&#8217;s story and think again &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/09/if-you-think-there-is-something-you-cannot-do-read-louise-hays-story-and-think-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article is THE BEST.
It&#8217;s from The New York Times from two years ago &#8211; May 4, 2008 &#8211; but it&#8217;s still one of the most inspiring articles I&#8217;ve ever read:
Click this link to read:
Louise Hay: The Queen of the New Age.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This article is THE BEST.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s from The New York Times from two years ago &#8211; May 4, 2008 &#8211; but it&#8217;s still one of the most inspiring articles I&#8217;ve ever read:</p>
<p>Click this link to read:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/magazine/04Hay-t.html?_r=1&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=louise%20hay&amp;st=cse" target="_blank">Louise Hay: The Queen of the New Age.</a></p>
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		<title>What are your priorities? What is important to you?</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/03/09/what-are-your-priorities-what-is-important-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[a course in miracles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I really love A Course in Miracles.
Every solitary single thing that is in your life, right now, this second, is a lesson that God would have you learn. Everything! There are no exceptions. It&#8217;s so beautiful.
And everything is an another opportunity to let go of resistance, to let the past go, and to allow this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really love A Course in Miracles.</p>
<p>Every solitary single thing that is in your life, right now, this second, is a lesson that God would have you learn. Everything! There are no exceptions. It&#8217;s so beautiful.</p>
<p>And everything is an another opportunity to let go of resistance, to let the past go, and to allow this moment &#8211; THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW &#8211; to be a new beginning.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s so incredible. Thank you Jesus.</p>
<p>These past couple of months (10 months to be exact) I have been working practically non-stop on a new project to help people heal from food addiction using the principles of A Course in Miracles. It&#8217;s called <a href="http://www.itmatterstotally.com" target="_blank">It Matters Totally.</a> It&#8217;s been awesome. It&#8217;s a 40-Day program that focuses on 40 topics that have to do with self-care and self-expression and nurturing. I am so grateful. It&#8217;s not a diet. It has nothing to do with food.</p>
<p>I have received the most mind-blowing incredible letters from people who have spent their whole life battling food addiction, who are now just getting happy and experiencing the possibilities of being alive in this moment, without waiting for some future far-off time to start living.</p>
<p>So all my attention has been on that project &#8211; writing a book and creating a website  &#8211; with my co-creator of the 40-Day Program, Marielle School.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.itmatterstotally.com" target="_blank">http://www.itmatterstotally.com</a></p>
<p>I always like to think that I am the kind of person who can do 10 things at once and be in 10 places at once &#8211; and that I can just write a book over the weekend &#8211; but it&#8217;s not the case. I can only do one thing at a time. And whenever I do something, it requires 100% focus.</p>
<p>But it feels sooooooo good that we just did it.  When I get an idea to do something I like to follow through and just &#8220;do it.&#8221; I am a &#8220;put all your eggs in one basket&#8221; kind of girl. I like living on the edge. It&#8217;s just my way. There is no better feeling in all the world than EXTENSION and CREATION and PASSION.</p>
<p>Which is how it was for me with Gorgeous for God. I FELT ALIVE!!! I love this website. I truly do. The  world disappeared while I wrote every morning. There would be nothing except the daily lesson and I just so totally loved that.</p>
<p>And I thought I was done over here, but I really miss teaching the Course every day.</p>
<p>Today at &#8220;It Matters Totally&#8221;, I was writing about Day 19: Setting Intentions and the lesson is about writing down a list of priorities. Setting intentions is different from setting goals. Setting goals is future-oriented. Setting intentions is NOW. It&#8217;s all about aligning in the energy field of the thing you want, right now.</p>
<p>Setting intentions about realizing what is MOST IMPORTANT to you, right now.</p>
<p>What are your priorities? What is important to you? Are you living the life you want? Are you happy? Are you doing what you love?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s such a great lesson.</p>
<p>And it requires vigilance and mind training to keep coming back into THIS VERY MOMENT and remembering what is important. What is the truth? What is there in this day that is going to give me the most joy??</p>
<p>Does a lot of &#8220;doing&#8221; make me happy? No. It does not.</p>
<p>I like simple. I am a very old-fashioned kind of girl. I love writing. I love A Course in Miracles. I love Jesus. I love you. That&#8217;s about it.</p>
<p>What else is there??</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all there is.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re moving into springtime, Easter! The resurrection. The time of RE-BIRTH. I love that there is always a clean slate again. It&#8217;s always brand new.</p>
<p>So, I&#8217;m back. I missed you.</p>
<p>Some fun questions to answer:</p>
<p>What are your priorities? What is important to you? What do you want?</p>
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		<title>Staying consistently in the energy field of JOY</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/02/01/staying-consistently-in-the-energy-field-of-joy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can see how people would be thrown into doubt by using the body&#8217;s eyes. But if you can stay in the frequency of joy despite appearances (and joy is a VERY uncomfortable energy field if you are not used to it) I guarantee you &#8211; the picture &#38; circumstances of your life will change.
Something [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can see how people would be thrown into doubt by using the body&#8217;s eyes. But if you can stay in the frequency of joy despite appearances (and joy is a VERY uncomfortable energy field if you are not used to it) I guarantee you &#8211; the picture &amp; circumstances of your life will change.</p>
<p>Something to observe: How long can you stay in the energy field of joy before something pulls you back down into energy fields of worry, doubt, anger or depression? An hour, two hours, a week, a month? Once you&#8217;ve gone a month in consistent joy, I&#8217;m telling you: you&#8217;re out of those lower energy fields forever.</p>
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		<title>New episode of The Max &amp; Lisa Show.</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/01/25/new-episode-of-the-max-lisa-show-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re baaaacccckkkk!!!!!!!!
&#8220;My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability&#8221;
Click to listen:
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<p>&#8220;My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability&#8221;</p>
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		<title>New website! Healing food addiction with A Course in Miracles</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2010/01/11/new-website-healing-food-addiction-with-a-course-in-miracles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Marielle and I have launched a new website (and we have a new book coming out) to help people with food addiction.
YEA!!
You can check out the website by clicking this link:
http://www.itmatterstotally.com
Lots of great information on the site, and you can sign up to receive 3 free audios and a free book chapter excerpt.

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<p>YEA!!</p>
<p>You can check out the website by clicking this link:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.itmatterstotally.com" target="_blank">http://www.itmatterstotally.com</a></p>
<p>Lots of great information on the site, and you can sign up to receive 3 free audios and a free book chapter excerpt.</p>
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		<title>&#8220;What are you waiting for? Why the hesitation to change?” -Don Juan</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/30/the-middle-of-the-journey-isnt-the-same-as-the-destination-deepak-chopra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lesson 364 from A Course in Miracles:
This holy instant would I give to You.
Be You in charge. For I would follow You,
Certain that Your direction gives me peace.
I read something from Deepak Chopra’s book “The Third Jesus” that I would like to share with you:
“It’s impossible to quantify if you are on the spiritual path [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lesson 364 from A Course in Miracles:</p>
<p>This holy instant would I give to You.<br />
Be You in charge. For I would follow You,<br />
Certain that Your direction gives me peace.</p>
<p>I read something from Deepak Chopra’s book “The Third Jesus” that I would like to share with you:</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;">“It’s impossible to quantify if you are on the spiritual path or how far along it you may be. But progress is always marked by transformation. The path isn’t about feeling better. It’s not about knowing who you are, or ending your suffering, or finding peace, or healing your deepest wounds. It’s about a transformation so profound that illusion is traded for reality. Jesus survives to this day as a force in the world because he embodied that truth completely. As we are headed for God-consciousness, our own transformation cannot stop halfway; we can’t settle for a better life or even the best life, for a glimpse of God, or even for God as a daily companion. The state of God-consciousness represents a leap in human development that you and I must be prepared to make personally. The middle of the path brings us to the leaping-off point. The end of the journey will look nothing like the world we took the leap from.” </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">“What will it feel like to finally arrive in God-consciousness? Anyone traveling the spiritual path will naturally ask this question. The middle of the journey isn’t the same as the destination.”</span></p></blockquote>
<p>I repeat:</p>
<p><em><span style="color: #000080;">“The middle of the journey isn’t the same as the destination.”</span> </em></p>
<p><em>“The mixture of old and new self must eventually resolve into a completely new self. Sin will no longer exist. God’s grace will be abundant, and his presence will guide our every action.”</em></p>
<p>That’s Deepak Chopra. Amazing, right?</p>
<p>So, if you feel that you are in the middle of the journey, still not quite there yet, all I can say is: Increase your efforts. Give more of yourself. Keep Going. Don’t give up. The middle of the journey is NOT the same as the destination. In one stroke of brilliant light, you will be changed in the twinkling of an eye. You will not get a continuation of small miracles and minor transformation (which is what the middle of the journey offers), but in one sudden motion, you will be entirely brand new. That’s the destination.</p>
<p>I love this little exchange with Don Juan &amp; Carlos Castaneda:</p>
<p>“You have never taken responsibility for being in this unfathomable world,” Don Juan said in an indicting tone. “Therefore, you were never an artist, and perhaps you’ll never be a hunter,” he said.<br />
“This is my best, don Juan.”<br />
“No. You don’t know what your best is.”<br />
“I’m doing all I can.”<br />
“You’re wrong again. You can do better. There is one simple thing wrong with you – you think you have plenty of time.”<br />
He paused and looked at me as if he was waiting for my reaction.<br />
“You think you have plenty of time,” he repeated.<br />
“Plenty of time for what, don Juan?”<br />
“You think your life is going to last forever.”<br />
“No, I don’t”</p>
<p>“Then, if you don’t think your life is going to last forever, what are you waiting for? Why the hesitation to change?” Don Juan asked.</p>
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		<title>What is a miracle? A miracle is thus a call to God.</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/22/what-is-a-miracle-a-miracle-is-thus-a-call-to-god/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[a course in miracles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sickness is but another name for sin.
Healing is but another name for God.
The miracle is thus a call to Him.
Ha! I burst out laughing when I got to this third line!!! The miracle is thus a call to Him. How about that? The miracle is not something you wait for. The miracle is given immediately [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sickness is but another name for sin.<br />
Healing is but another name for God.<br />
The miracle is thus a call to Him.</p>
<p>Ha! I burst out laughing when I got to this third line!!! <span style="color: #000080;">The miracle is thus a call to Him.</span> How about that? The miracle is not something you wait for. The miracle is given immediately when you turn your attention to God. That is the miracle! It is not piles of money appearing in your mailbox and it is not seeing your body transformed.</p>
<p>It is the peace and joy that is given to you in that same second you call to God, as you remember Who you are.</p>
<p>A miracle is a correction, meaning by the time you remember to turn your focus to God, you have already shifted your consciousness. The shift in consciousness IS the miracle.</p>
<p>Turning towards God IS the transformation. You are healed instantly in the same second that you take your focus away from your problems and start thinking about God. That’s the miracle. That’s the shift in consciousness that is required and necessary.</p>
<p>Sickness is but another name for sin. You are sick when you are thinking about your problems.</p>
<p>Sin means OFF THE MARK.</p>
<p>In classical Greek, sin means “to miss the mark” or “to miss the target” which was also used in Old English archery.</p>
<p><a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.aaisonline.com/images/DartMiss1.jpg&amp;imgrefurl=http://www.aaisonline.com/Viewpoint/06sum4.html&amp;usg=__uyjaOwn1FI0YeAGulvvP5q5q25k=&amp;h=271&amp;w=270&amp;sz=8&amp;hl=en&amp;start=2&amp;tbnid=EimIWe0wMYtHyM:&amp;tbnh=113&amp;tbnw=113&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmiss%2Bthe%2Bmark%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"><img style="border: 1px solid;" src="http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:EimIWe0wMYtHyM:http://www.aaisonline.com/images/DartMiss1.jpg" alt="" width="113" height="113" /></a></p>
<p>In the biblical Hebrew, the generic word for sin is het. It means to error, to miss the mark. It does not mean to do evil.</p>
<p>So if your goal is God, then a perfect bulls-eye would be constant love, joy, peace and happiness. And if you are feeling any emotion other than perfect joy, all it means is that you missed the mark. Your aim was too high or too low, and chances are you were being lazy and sloppy. As with archery, practice makes perfect. Anyone can do it. It’s not like open-heart surgery designed only for the select few. Anyone can take a handful of darts (a handful of real-life problems and situations) and perfect their focus and aim.</p>
<p>You keep practicing and practicing, until finally one day, you hit a bulls-eye every single time. You never miss. In every situation, it’s God, God, God. It’s Love, Love, Love. It’s Give, Give, Give. You remember your wholeness and perfection and Identity in God in every situation. It’s easy to do if you are practicing every day, and putting in the effort. You don’t just hit it once, you hit it EVERY SINGLE TIME.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Father, the miracle reflects Your Love.<br />
Your Name – God – replaces every thought of sin, and who is sinless cannot suffer pain.</span></p>
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		<title>The Max &amp; Lisa Christmas Show: Christ is born &#8230;in YOU!</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/21/the-max-lisa-christmas-special-christ-is-born-in-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi there.
Max &#38; I recorded a Christmas Show based Jesus&#8217; beautiful message from A Course in Miracles. Click to listen:
The Max &#38; Lisa Christmas Show: Christ is born &#8230; in YOU! 

Merry Christmas.
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<p>Max &amp; I recorded a Christmas Show based Jesus&#8217; beautiful message from A Course in Miracles. Click to listen:</p>
<p><a href="http://67.55.209.50/conferences/conf111969-530151.0.wav" target="_blank">The Max &amp; Lisa Christmas Show: Christ is born &#8230; in YOU! </a></p>
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<p>Merry Christmas.</p>
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		<title>Man&#8217;s chief delusion.</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/15/mans-chief-delusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[a course in miracles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From G.I. Gurdjieff:
“As I have said before, man’s chief delusion is his conviction that he can DO. All people think they can do, all people want to do, and the first question all people ask is what are they to do. But actually nobody does anything and nobody can do anything. This is the first [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;">From G.I. Gurdjieff:</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“As I have said before, man’s chief delusion is his conviction that he can DO. All people think they can do, all people want to do, and the first question all people ask is what are they to do. But actually nobody does anything and nobody can do anything. This is the first thing that must be understood. EVERYTHING HAPPENS. All that befalls a man, all that is done by him, all that comes from him – ALL THIS HAPPENS. And it happens in exactly the same way as rain falls as a result of a change in temperature in the higher regions of the atmosphere or the surrounding clouds, as snow melts under the rays of the sun, as dust rises with the wind.” </em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“Man is a machine.” </em></span></p></blockquote>
<p>I love that!</p>
<p>&#8220;Everything happens exactly the same way as rain falls as a result of a change in temperature &#8230; as snow melts under the rays of the sun, as dust rises with the wind.&#8221;</p>
<p>!!!!!</p>
<p>That&#8217;s an amazing idea. When you change your own temperature &#8211; when you heat yourself up with the Love of God &#8211; new things begin to happen.</p>
<h3>God does everything. You need do nothing except stay constant in His Love. How much more simple could this get?</h3>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;">God’s gifts are mine and I give them.</span></h2>
<p>Our Father knows our needs. He gives us grace to meet them all. And so we trust in Him to send us miracles to bless the world, and heal our mind as we return to Him.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">From the bible:<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">John 5:19: The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">John 5:30: I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">John 8:28: Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">John 15:5: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. </span></p>
<p>So, in other words: LET GOD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FROM NOW ON. HE KNOWS YOUR NEEDS AND HE WILL MEET EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.</p>
<p>All you are asked to do is remember the truth of yourself as God created you and to allow Christ to use you for His Purposes, to be willing to let Him shine His Light through you.</p>
<p>Seriously &#8230; what could be easier? You&#8217;re not actually doing anything, except getting out of the way.</p>
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		<title>The Max &amp; Lisa Show: Being in the world, but not of it.</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/14/the-max-lisa-show-being-in-the-world-but-not-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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The Max &#38; Lisa Show: Being in the world, but not of it. 
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		<title>Do you still fluctuate between love and fear?</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/14/do-you-still-fluctuate-between-love-and-fear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no cause for anger or for fear &#8211; HA! YES!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!
For You, Father, surround me.
And in every need that I perceive, Your grace suffices me.
This is Lesson 348 from A Course in Miracles. 

Jesus says it again and again and again and again:
THERE IS NO NEED TO SUFFER.
Look at this sentence:
I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000080;">I have no cause for anger or for fear &#8211; HA! YES!!!!! THANK YOU JESUS!<br />
For You, Father, surround me.<br />
And in every need that I perceive, Your grace suffices me.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">This is Lesson 348 from A Course in Miracles. </span><br />
</span></p>
<p>Jesus says it again and again and again and again:</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">THERE IS NO NEED TO SUFFER.</span></p>
<p>Look at this sentence:</p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">I have no cause for anything except perfect peace and joy.</span></h3>
<p>!!!!</p>
<p>Yes, Yes, Yes.</p>
<p>Our natural condition is one of PERFECT HAPPINESS.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">God&#8217;s Will for me is perfect happiness.</span></h3>
<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>Jesus&#8217; single message is that I am whole and perfect as God created me, and my only job is to accept that statement as true.</p>
<p>What need have I for anger or for fear?</p>
<p>I have no need for either! Thank you God.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the only question need to answer: What need have you for anger or for fear when God goes with you wherever you go?</p>
<p>The only way fear or anger would be possible at all is if you didn&#8217;t believe that God is with you. The only way you could be fearful or angry is if you thought you were alone. But the second you KNOW God is with you (and that God IS you!), fear and anger are impossible. You will never experience those emotions every again.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re still fluctuating between love and fear &#8230;. why????</p>
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		<title>Do you get angry?</title>
		<link>http://gorgeousforgod.com/2009/12/13/come-take-my-hand-im-here-to-take-you-home/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  
Anger must come from judgment.
Judgment is the weapon you would use against yourself,
to keep the miracle away from you.
Anger doesn&#8217;t make any sense.
I am completely baffled that not everyone is happy all the time. Residing now on this side, I cannot understand why anyone would resist the offering to live in a place [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2><span style="color: #000080;"> </span><span style="color: #000080;"> </span></h2>
<h4><span style="color: #000080;">Anger must come from judgment.<br />
Judgment is the weapon you would use against yourself,<br />
to keep the miracle away from you.</span></h4>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;">Anger doesn&#8217;t make any sense.</span></h2>
<p>I am completely baffled that not everyone is happy all the time. Residing now on this side, I cannot understand why anyone would resist the offering to live in a place where there is only love.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;"> Across the bridge, it is so different!!</span></h2>
<p>You need to ask yourself: WHAT DO I WANT?</p>
<p>Be honest. Look at it. Ask the question &#8211; WHAT DO I WANT &#8211; and answer it. Whatever you want will be given to you, fully in that same minute.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">&#8220;NOTHING is difficult that is WHOLLY DESIRED.&#8221; &#8211; A Course in Miracles<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">When you want only love, and you desire it wholly, that&#8217;s all you will see. </span><br />
</span></p>
<p>When you are finished with conflict, it will disappear from your life forever. There will be no trace of it. Not even a little! This is a course in miracles.</p>
<p>When you are done with sickness and limitation, it will disappear in that very same instant.</p>
<p>My job is assisting Souls to cross over. I have nothing to do with the dream at all. I&#8217;m in the world &#8230; BUT NOT OF IT. I&#8217;ve made an agreement to be here in a body that God be known.</p>
<p>Come take my hand. I&#8217;m here to take you home. I&#8217;m here to help you cross <a href="http://courseinmiracles.com/urtext/chapter_16/section_7.htm" target="_blank">the bridge to the Real World.</a></p>
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<blockquote><p><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: #000066;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&#8220;The bridge itself is nothing more         than a transition in your PERSPECTIVE of reality. On this side,         everything you see is grossly distorted, and COMPLETELY out of         perspective. What IS little and insignificant is magnified, and what is         strong and powerful, cut down to littleness. In the transition, there is         a period of confusion, in which a sense of actual disorientation seems         to occur. But fear it not, for it means nothing more than that you have         been willing to LET GO your hold on the distorted frame of reference,         that SEEMED to hold your world together. This frame of reference is         BUILT around the special relationship. Without THIS illusion, there can         BE no meaning you would still seek here.</span></span></p>
<p class="text"><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: #000066;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fear not that you will be abruptly         lifted up, and hurled into reality. Time is kind, and, if you use it FOR         reality, it will keep gentle pace with you, in your transition. The         urgency is only in dislodging your minds from their FIXED position here.         This will NOT leave you homeless, and WITHOUT a frame of reference. The         period of disorientation, which precedes the actual transition, is far         shorter than the time it took to fix your minds so firmly on illusions.         Delay will hurt you now MORE THAN BEFORE, ONLY because you realize it IS         delay, and that escape from pain IS REALLY POSSIBLE. Find hope and         comfort, rather than despair, in this. </span> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: #000066;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You could no longer find even the         ILLUSION of love in ANY special relationship here. For you are no longer         WHOLLY insane, and you WOULD recognize the guilt of SELF-betrayal FOR         WHAT IT IS. Nothing you seek to strengthen, in the special relationship,         is REALLY part of you. And you cannot keep PART of the thought-system         that taught you it WAS real, and understand the Thought that REALLY         knows what you are. You HAVE allowed the Thought of your reality to         enter your minds, and, because YOU invited it, it WILL abide with you.         Your love for it will not allow you to betray yourself, and you COULD         not enter into a relationship WHERE IT COULD NOT GO WITH YOU, for you         would NOT be APART from it.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia; color: #000066;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The         Holy Spirit asks only this little help of you: Whenever your thoughts         wander to a special relationship which still ATTRACTS you, enter with         Him into a holy instant, and there, LET HIM RELEASE YOU. </span></span></p>
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<p>There is no need to suffer. There is no need for anger. There&#8217;s no need for problems.</p>
<p>There is a world where there is only love. Why wait?</p>
<p>Being angry is a red-light indication you are trapped in illusions. Why would you get angry at dream figures? Why would you linger in a place of madness?</p>
<p>Anger comes from judgment. Judgment is the weapon you have used against yourself to keep the miracle away from you.</p>
<p>You can let it go.</p>
<p>Come on home.</p>
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		<title>The Great Experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I offer only miracles today,
For I would have them be returned to me.
PLEASE READ THROUGH TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO TRY TODAY AS AN EXPERIMENT. 

Peace to all seeking hearts today. The light has come to offer miracles to bless the tired world. It will find rest [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000080;">I offer only miracles today,<br />
For I would have them be returned to me.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">PLEASE READ THROUGH TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST. THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO TRY TODAY AS AN EXPERIMENT. <img src='http://gorgeousforgod.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;">Peace to all seeking hearts today. The light has come to offer miracles to bless the tired world. It will find rest today, for we will offer what we have received.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In Heaven it is different, for there, there are no needs.<br />
But here on earth, the miracle is closer to God&#8217;s gift than any other gift I can give.</span></p></blockquote>
<h3>Now, here BEGS the question: What is a miracle?</h3>
<p>Here is the answer from the original manuscript from Jesus:</p>
<h3>A miracle is a correction factor introduced into false thinking by ME. It acts as a catalyst, shaking up erroneous perception and snapping it into place.</h3>
<p>So a &#8220;miracle&#8221; is a change of mind, nothing more. As you change your mind, your energy pattern is disrupted. The change of mind acts as a catalyst shaking up erroneous perception.</p>
<p>A miracle moves the assemblage point! It catapults you into a different energy field, which is literally a different world. THIS YOU GOTTA SEE!!</p>
<p>So the &#8220;miracles&#8221; you are offering today are nothing more than you making a conscious decision to change the way you think about the world and people. A &#8220;miracle&#8221; is a change of mind about false ideas you hold about yourself and world.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">As you change your mind about yourself, the world changes. </span></p>
<p>Look at how simple this is getting!! It has nothing to do with other people. The mind training always ONLY focuses on helping you to change your mind. Its function is THOUGHT REVERSAL.</p>
<p>The world you think you see is wrong and completely backwards. It&#8217;s not there at all. All the lessons are designed to do is show you causation. From there, you&#8217;ll see everything clearly. From there, you&#8217;ll simply be happy because you&#8217;ll realize this is a dream of your own making and does not exist.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">To see everything clearly as Christ sees it is the real miracle!</span></h3>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Last night I had an idea, a great experiment for you to try. I would like for you to see for yourself HOW UTTERLY UNCOMFORTABLE IT IS to be in a different energy field. I just want you to experience it first hand. I</span><span style="color: #000080;">I want you today to think about yourself as:<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">healed, whole, happy and perfect, with no fear, and that you have everything you need.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">I want you to see how totally difficult it is to stay in that energy field consistently. You would think it is easy but it&#8217;s not!! It&#8217;s completely uncomfortable. At least for me it is. I can&#8217;t do it consistently yet. But the more I practice, the better I get at it. </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">It&#8217;s like training for a f*cking Olympic event!!<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">I can hold myself in an energetic space of &#8220;perfect with no cares and no worries and no fear&#8221; for about 10 minutes, and then I slide back into thinking about things I need and want, and then I start thinking about areas of my life that need improvement. Ooops. Slid right back into my old habits and old ways of thinking! Then I&#8217;m in that energy field for about an 15 minutes until I remember to shift again back to healed, whole, happy, perfect and that I have everything.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">The time factor I am discussing here is not even accurate. It&#8217;s more like I just shift back and forth erratically all day long.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000000;">When I am the space of healed, whole and happy, even my posture changes. I stand up straighter. I carry myself differently. I feel gorgeous! I feel confident and complete realizing the moment I am in is totally perfect. But then I slide back down again into thinking about the past or future, with thoughts of worry and fear. </span> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">A Course in Miracles says: &#8220;It is certainly much more useful to remind you that you do not guard your thoughts at all carefully, except for a relatively small part of the day&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Today as a great experiment I would like to guard my mind carefully and stay in the space of God consistently for the whole day. To be perfect, healed and whole all day!! To give all to all. With not a care in the world! I would love for you to try it also, and let me know how it goes. To know that you have everything. To know you are healed, whole, happy and perfect. </span></p>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;"><span style="color: #000080;">I offer only miracles today,<br />
For I would have them be returned to me. </span><br />
</span></h2>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">I love you.</span></p>
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		<title>The Law of Love: What I give my brother is my gift to me.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!
The Law of Love: What I give my brother is my gift to me.
There you have it &#8230; the solution in one simple sentence. Here is the answer to all your problems.
If you want love in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me.</p>
<p>I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!</p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">The Law of Love: What I give my brother is my gift to me.</span></h3>
<p>There you have it &#8230; the solution in one simple sentence. Here is the answer to all your problems.</p>
<p>If you want love in your life, stop looking for it, stop waiting for it, stop wishing for it, stop praying for it … and do only this: GIVE TO YOUR BROTHER.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;">What I give my brother is my gift to me.</span></h2>
<p>I give and love for selfish reasons: It feels good!! It seems like I am giving to you, but I understand the law of love: I’m only giving to myself!</p>
<p>Everyone benefits when I give! You feel good. I feel good.  Everyone wins!</p>
<p>What a glorious adventure! What a marvelous little thing to uncover … that if I want MORE LOVE in my life all I have to do is GIVE MORE LOVE.</p>
<p>Here’s the real “secret”.</p>
<p>It’s hilarious because it’s so easy. I wonder how this law escaped my notice for some many years.</p>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;">To Have, Give All to All. </span></h2>
<p>You have an inheritance. You have a treasure house filled with gifts. Have you found it yet? Have you claimed it yet?</p>
<p>This is not a make-believe fantasy, but a real experience. You have an inheritance. It’s not an illusion.</p>
<p>Forgiveness offers you everything. Wait till you see the look on your brother’s face when you forgive him. It is the loveliest sight on the planet.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;"><em>“He whom I forgive will give me gifts beyond the worth of anything on earth. Let my forgiven brothers fill my store with Heaven’s treasures, which alone are real. Thus is the law of love fulfilled. And thus Your Son arises and returns to You.”</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p>The prison gates are open. You can walk right out into the sunlight. You don’t have to suffer anymore.If you have been waiting for your problems to be solved “miraculously”, my question to you is: how long have you been waiting? A month? A year? Two years? Ten years?</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the problem? Where is your difficulty? Why are you still suffering?</p>
<p>You have the solution.</p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">If you want more love in your life, give love to your brothers.<br />
If you want peace, teach peace to learn it.<br />
To have, give all to all.<br />
Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom. </span></p>
<p>Simple!</p>
<p>Pure extension. This is fun!</p>
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		<title>Transformation doesn&#8217;t change you into a different personality type.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

I am not asked to make a sacrifice
To find the mercy and the peace of God.
You are complete because you are God’s Son. 
As you were created, so you remain.
Something was brought to my attention yesterday that I was not aware of.
My friend said “I wish I had your enthusiasm and joy”.
This remark immediately set [...]]]></description>
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<p>I am not asked to make a sacrifice<br />
To find the mercy and the peace of God.</p>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">You are complete because you are God’s Son. </span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000080;">As you were created, so you remain.</span></h3>
<p>Something was brought to my attention yesterday that I was not aware of.</p>
<p>My friend said “I wish I had your enthusiasm and joy”.</p>
<p>This remark immediately set off bells and alarms in my head.</p>
<p>I was not aware that some of you guys are using me as the barometer for how “happy” and “awake” is supposed to look.</p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message">“Happy” looks different for everyone. There are 12 different rays and 16 combinations of personality types. So don’t try to be like someone else. Awakening only means you come to know yourself as God created you. It doesn’t mean you become the world’s version of “happy” and “holy”. It means only that you are perfectly<span class="text_exposed_hide">…</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> yourself. </span></span></p>
<h2><span style="color: #000080;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">I love you just the way you are.</span></span></span></h2>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">For everyone’s information, I have always been happy, always – even when I was lost in depression and alcoholism I was still generally a happy person. Transformation did NOT add to me. It didn’t change me. I have always been friendly, passionate, and easily excited by people, pets and life in general. I was named “Most Outgoing” in my senior year of high school. I&#8217;ve always been Miss Congeniality.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"> If I showed you my photo albums from the time I was born, all you would see is smiles and laughter, surrounded by lots of friends and family, with me the center of attention.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Enthusiasm is my particular ray of energy. I have always been like this. My entire life I cheer people up and bring out the best in them. I don’t know why that is, but it’s how I’m built. According to the Myers-Briggs personality test (which I have taken 4 times over a 15 year span) I am ENFP – which is “The Inspirer”.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Enlightenment or Awakening or Transformation did not make me into a different personality – it simply undid all my false ideas about myself that I learned in the world.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">So please do not attempt to be like me. Just be yourself. You’re awake. You’re whole and perfect.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">All A Course in Miracles does is UNDO all your false ideas about yourself that you picked up/learned in time and space. It undoes fear and unworthiness and guilt. It takes away separation anxiety. The UNDOING doesn’t actually change you at all. It doesn’t make you into a different personality type. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">If you have always been pensive or shy or quiet, the awakening only brings peace to that. It won’t change you into a sparkling bubbly outgoing enthusiastic person. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">How does this go along with today’s lesson? You’re perfect as God created you. He created you exactly like Him, so sacrifice is impossible for you and for God. You’re not asked to make a sacrifice to find the mercy and the peace of God. You’re not asked to be different. <span style="color: #000080;">You are asked only to give, as yourself, in the condition you find yourself … today.</span> </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">YOU’RE AWAKE.</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">I get the impression that a lot of people are waiting to “wake up” so they can start giving but today’s lesson simply says: START GIVING. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">“AND I TOO MUST GIVE.” </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">Today is all you have. Heaven is here and now. Why wait? Give, and then give some more to know the endless store of gifts that have been given to you.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">My total apologies if you think you’re “not getting this” or if you think you are not awake because you have been trying to be like me and failing. I AM SORRY IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY CONFUSION. No one is like me, okay? And no one is like you. So just be yourself.</span></span></p>
<h3><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="color: #000080;">You have particular gifts that are unique to you alone. </span><br />
</span></span></h3>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">YOU’RE PERFECT AS GOD CREATED YOU. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">I know a person who is wide-awake and she has a major streak of sadness in her. She’s a quiet type and a bit somber. I don’t imagine that will ever change but she is so beautiful and giving. She is at peace. She is herself. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">YOU ARE COMPLETE AND WHOLE AND PERFECT. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show">This is A Course in how to know yourself.<br />
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		<title>Sticks and stones can break my bones, but nothing can destroy my perfect peace of mind.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Natoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is Lesson 341 from A Course in Miracles: 
I can attack but my own sinlessness,
And it is only that which keeps me safe.
Ha.
I am the only person that can attack my own sinlessness and this is what keeps me safe. HERE IS TOTAL FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!
No one can attack me. Sure, YOU can try to attack [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color: #000000;">Here is Lesson 341 from A Course in Miracles: </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I can attack but my own sinlessness,<br />
And it is only that which keeps me safe.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Ha.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I am the only person that can attack my own sinlessness and this is what keeps me safe. HERE IS TOTAL FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">No one can attack me. Sure, YOU can try to attack me &#8211; go ahead and give it your best shot &#8211; you can say mean things, ignore me, abandon me, spit on me, tell me I’m stupid, wrong and ugly &#8230;. HOWEVER &#8230; I have the power within me to remember my own innocence and to not respond to illusions. I have the power within me to not take anything personally.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">I have the power of God on my side to remember the truth: I am innocent. I am pure, safe, and holy with God smiling on me. This goes for you too.<br />
</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000080;">Sticks and stones can break my bones, but nothing can destroy my perfect peace of mind.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">You are holy, and so is every living thing that God created.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="color: #000000;">Let us not, then, attack our sinlessness, for it contains the Word of God to us. And in its kind reflection we are saved.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">God loves you. He smiles on you in love and tenderness so deep and dear and still that the universe smiles back on you and shares your Holiness.</span></p>
<p><img src="http://www.bluesalley.net/Fans/god_smiles.jpg" alt="The image “http://www.bluesalley.net/Fans/god_smiles.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors." /></p>
<p>Am I going to remember the truth of myself &#8211; that God is smiling at me in love – or am I going to believe in lies that body’s eyes show me?</p>
<p>Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…….. which one, which one, which one? Which one do I choose???</p>
<p>Truth or lies. Hmmmmmmmmmm…….</p>
<p>Simple, right? Two choices are given to you. Two ways of looking.</p>
<p>Which way you do choose?</p>
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