Posted by
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12 15th, 2009 |
no responses 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 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.”
“Man is a machine.”
I love that!
“Everything happens exactly the same way as rain falls as a result of a change in temperature … as snow melts under the rays of the sun, as dust rises with the wind.”
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That’s an amazing idea. When you change your own temperature – when you heat yourself up with the Love of God – new things begin to happen.
God does everything. You need do nothing except stay constant in His Love. How much more simple could this get?
God’s gifts are mine and I give them.
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.
From the bible:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Seriously … what could be easier? You’re not actually doing anything, except getting out of the way.
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 14th, 2009 |
no responses I have no cause for anger or for fear – 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 have no cause for anything except perfect peace and joy.
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Yes, Yes, Yes.
Our natural condition is one of PERFECT HAPPINESS.
God’s Will for me is perfect happiness.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus’ single message is that I am whole and perfect as God created me, and my only job is to accept that statement as true.
What need have I for anger or for fear?
I have no need for either! Thank you God.
That’s the only question need to answer: What need have you for anger or for fear when God goes with you wherever you go?
The only way fear or anger would be possible at all is if you didn’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.
If you’re still fluctuating between love and fear …. why????
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Lisa Natoli in
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12 13th, 2009 |
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Anger must come from judgment.
Judgment is the weapon you would use against yourself,
to keep the miracle away from you.
Anger doesn’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 where there is only love.
Across the bridge, it is so different!!
You need to ask yourself: WHAT DO I WANT?
Be honest. Look at it. Ask the question – WHAT DO I WANT – and answer it. Whatever you want will be given to you, fully in that same minute.
“NOTHING is difficult that is WHOLLY DESIRED.” – A Course in Miracles
When you want only love, and you desire it wholly, that’s all you will see.
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.
When you are done with sickness and limitation, it will disappear in that very same instant.
My job is assisting Souls to cross over. I have nothing to do with the dream at all. I’m in the world … BUT NOT OF IT. I’ve made an agreement to be here in a body that God be known.
Come take my hand. I’m here to take you home. I’m here to help you cross the bridge to the Real World.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
There is no need to suffer. There is no need for anger. There’s no need for problems.
There is a world where there is only love. Why wait?
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?
Anger comes from judgment. Judgment is the weapon you have used against yourself to keep the miracle away from you.
You can let it go.
Come on home.
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 11th, 2009 |
no responses 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 today, for we will offer what we have received.
In Heaven it is different, for there, there are no needs.
But here on earth, the miracle is closer to God’s gift than any other gift I can give.
Now, here BEGS the question: What is a miracle?
Here is the answer from the original manuscript from Jesus:
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.
So a “miracle” 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.
A miracle moves the assemblage point! It catapults you into a different energy field, which is literally a different world. THIS YOU GOTTA SEE!!
So the “miracles” 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 “miracle” is a change of mind about false ideas you hold about yourself and world.
As you change your mind about yourself, the world changes.
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.
The world you think you see is wrong and completely backwards. It’s not there at all. All the lessons are designed to do is show you causation. From there, you’ll see everything clearly. From there, you’ll simply be happy because you’ll realize this is a dream of your own making and does not exist.
To see everything clearly as Christ sees it is the real miracle!
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. II want you today to think about yourself as:
healed, whole, happy and perfect, with no fear, and that you have everything you need.
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’s not!! It’s completely uncomfortable. At least for me it is. I can’t do it consistently yet. But the more I practice, the better I get at it.
It’s like training for a f*cking Olympic event!!
I can hold myself in an energetic space of “perfect with no cares and no worries and no fear” 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’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.
The time factor I am discussing here is not even accurate. It’s more like I just shift back and forth erratically all day long.
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.
A Course in Miracles says: “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”
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.
I offer only miracles today,
For I would have them be returned to me.
I love you.
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 10th, 2009 |
no responses 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 … the solution in one simple sentence. Here is the answer to all your problems.
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.
What I give my brother is my gift to me.
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!
Everyone benefits when I give! You feel good. I feel good. Everyone wins!
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.
Here’s the real “secret”.
It’s hilarious because it’s so easy. I wonder how this law escaped my notice for some many years.
To Have, Give All to All.
You have an inheritance. You have a treasure house filled with gifts. Have you found it yet? Have you claimed it yet?
This is not a make-believe fantasy, but a real experience. You have an inheritance. It’s not an illusion.
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.
“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.”
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?
What’s the problem? Where is your difficulty? Why are you still suffering?
You have the solution.
If you want more love in your life, give love to your brothers.
If you want peace, teach peace to learn it.
To have, give all to all.
Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom.
Simple!
Pure extension. This is fun!
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 9th, 2009 |
no responses
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 off bells and alarms in my head.
I was not aware that some of you guys are using me as the barometer for how “happy” and “awake” is supposed to look.
“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… yourself.
I love you just the way you are.
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’ve always been Miss Congeniality.
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.
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”.
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.
So please do not attempt to be like me. Just be yourself. You’re awake. You’re whole and perfect.
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.
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.
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. You are asked only to give, as yourself, in the condition you find yourself … today.
YOU’RE AWAKE.
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.
“AND I TOO MUST GIVE.”
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.
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.
You have particular gifts that are unique to you alone.
YOU’RE PERFECT AS GOD CREATED YOU.
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.
YOU ARE COMPLETE AND WHOLE AND PERFECT.
This is A Course in how to know yourself.
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 7th, 2009 |
no responses 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 me – go ahead and give it your best shot – you can say mean things, ignore me, abandon me, spit on me, tell me I’m stupid, wrong and ugly …. HOWEVER … 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.
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.
Sticks and stones can break my bones, but nothing can destroy my perfect peace of mind.
You are holy, and so is every living thing that God created.
Let us not, then, attack our sinlessness, for it contains the Word of God to us. And in its kind reflection we are saved.
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.
Am I going to remember the truth of myself – that God is smiling at me in love – or am I going to believe in lies that body’s eyes show me?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm…….. which one, which one, which one? Which one do I choose???
Truth or lies. Hmmmmmmmmmm…….
Simple, right? Two choices are given to you. Two ways of looking.
Which way you do choose?
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 6th, 2009 |
no responses I love it. You can be free of suffering forever. God’s promises are guaranteed and make no exception. He promises ONLY JOY as the final outcome found for everything. Yet … the time factor of when this occurs is up to you.
Is this program of A Course in Miracles working for you? Are you in consistent joy? Are you free from suffering?
There is a vibration of energy for you to reach where there is only joy and peace and happiness, and the only thing needed for you to reach that place is your conscious decision to reach it – a little willingness – and then for you to consciously hold the vibration there. The Holy Spirit supports you with His Strength to accomplish this.
When you start going into new energy vibrations, it can be a little scary and also uncomfortable. But here’s what I want you to know: fear and discomfort only come from a place where you are contemplating whether or not you want to go. Once you decide “yes!” then the rest is easily accomplished and all fear and discomfort disappear – and you are led easily to the place where you have always been – back home in Heaven. It’s only before the veil that you hesitate and tremble.
When I see people having difficulty who have A Course in Miracles and I see them struggling with doubt, uncertainty and fear, I am always curious: why are they not consistently in the higher vibrations?
I am asking you to look at this. If you are not consistently happy (or if you are still suffering) I want you to take an honest look at this today.
“Your task is not little.”
It does take effort to reach the higher vibrations. It does! A warrior is impeccable. This is no small task you are attempting. You have to consciously be involved in the process for it to occur. You are not just going to magically – poof! – be happy all the time by some kind of miracle or magic wand. It is YOU – the Son of God – who must make a conscious decision that you are going to travel above the battleground and leave it forever (and thankfully!) behind. If you seriously and honestly want to be free from suffering, and to never experience conflict again, it is up to you to consciously and actively leave it behind.
How is this accomplished? EASILY. Just drop it. When you realize suffering has never served you and you have no need of judgments, grievances, pain – you just drop it. It’s the easiest thing in the world. Drop your suffering if you don’t want it. Drop your conflict if you don’t want it. Drop your problems if you don’t want them.
Easy.
If you still are fluctuating, keep moving that point to Joy. When you fall back into suffering (as you will at first), shift back to Joy as soon as you realize you’ve fallen from the mark. Keep pushing the point back to Joy. Keep aligning your thoughts with God. It does take effort at first to get out of the denser energy fields. It does. A lifetime of routines & habits is like sticky molasses- and it does take some effort and willingness to get out of ideas of doubt and limitation. But you can do it.
Posted by
Lisa Natoli in
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12 5th, 2009 |
no responses I will receive whatever I request.
Lesson 339 from A Course in Miracles. Great awesome lesson. Practical . Simple and Guaranteed.
This lesson should get you very very VERY excited, unless you are sleeping – in which case you will miss the total magnitude of this lesson altogether.
If you are awake, this lesson should make you jump and down out of your seat, squealing in joy. THIS LESSON IS HUGE!!! You will receive whatever you request. Anything and Everything you want and need will be given to you.
The question is:
What are you requesting?
Let us resolve today to ask for what we really want, and only this, that we may spend this day in fearlessness, without confusing pain with joy, or fear with love.
