A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 11

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 11

 

"My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi everyone, big smiles and happy hugs, I hope you've got your hiking shoes on, cause I get the feeling with this lesson we will go quite the distance. I so appreciate you for hanging in there with me, I am feeling better today and ready for the next right thing. Which happens to be hangin out with my buds and enjoying the scenery, as we tackle Lesson 11 at the top of our lungs. (Sounds kind of fun actually.) I wish our walking on this path counted for pedometer steps cause we have definitely racked up a lot of those puppies already. The cool thing about the Course is the more you do it, the more you do it. It just kinda grows on ya. So, let's get our meaningless backpacks filled with our meaningless stuff onto our meaningless backs, and once again ease on down the road. Thanks again for being here, you're awesome company, I wouldn't have it any other way.

 

Prayer: Blessed All That Is, sometimes our way gets confusing especially when we are learning about how we can't trust our thinking. Please grant us clarity, courage, and the perseverance to just hang in there no matter what. Please guide us as we come to know you through the Course, by releasing everything that stands in the way. Thank you for loving us, thank you for being with us allways, and thank you for this grand adventure.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: "My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world." You're gonna get a bogo on quotes from my teacher today, sometimes I find his discussions so jam packed and powerful I can't eat just one. Garbage in, garbage out comes to mind when I think of this lesson, or to quote my teacher, "The reason you feel lost and confused, is because you've been choosing meaninglessness, as opposed to meaningfulness." (Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L11, per) Well if that don't just pop your bubble. To me it is one of those brilliant truths that are so profound ya gotta sit, take a rest, and absorb it for a minute, just to let it sink in. I have done that many times, complain about how meaningless my life is and that was as far as I got, probably because I am still trying to figure out what meaningfulness is.

 

Now this next quote by my teacher has a little bit of sting to it, but as usual He was right on, in a Devan sorta way, which is why he is my teacher. "These lessons? Just scraping the surface, you get as much out of it as you put into it." (Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne, ACIMi L11, ex) This for me was a huge reminder, that I gotta want it, and I gotta want it bad. It doesn't mean running helter skelter everywhere in a franctic heat, trying to shove it in there as fast as possible, regardless of the consequences, nor going so slowly and carefully that we get so bogged down we can't see straight. It's actually a lot simpler than that, it's about just doing the lessons as honestly as we can, praying and staying open along the way, having the faith that God will guide us to where we most need to go.

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Expectations are complete setups, I probably have said it before, but it bears repeating over and over again. We have a tendency to write the script, not just for ourselves, but for everybody and then expect them to follow it. That can cause a massive headache especially when you are taking a course that discourages defining things. When I recognize I have done it again I usually stop drop and roll. I ask the Wholly Spirit to help me see things differently, and then take a breath and go on to the next right thing God would have me do.

 

 

Upon Closing: Told ya to have your hiking shoes on, let's have a cool drink and make cloud pictures. I see a giraffe with 3 tails, and another one that looks like the Mona Lisa with a Star Wars helmet on, and over in the corner I see Puff the magic dragon sticking his tongue out at me. What do you see in the clouds? Please make sure to slow down and breathe deep, we have worked hard today, the ragtag bunch we are, but we sure got heart and soul for days. I love you guys, rest well, I'll see ya tomorrow. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 10

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 10

 

"My thoughts do not mean anything."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey sweeties, I hope you got some precious rest after our rambunctious yesterday. Maybe we could use Angels as chauffeurs or something, so we don't actually have to do anything real strenuous today, I think you and I both know the answer to that one. They say, no pain no gain, it makes sense because it is at that point of dis-ease that many of us pay the most attention and are the most teachable, the most willing to be open. Because remember, life goes on even while, (especially while) we are working the Course, everything doesn't just stop, til we feel more like doing it. Right now, I am dealing with an addiction that has been kicking my butt for most of my life, and it is something I would like to keep on the back burner, and secretly beat myself up about. The problem here is that it has put me in direct conflict with my Calling. So, I am faced with the choice of staying stuck vs Serving God, and it truly doesn't feel like much of a choice. It's happy acceptance time as we reach to light and hold on for dear life.  I'll race ya to the next lesson, come on what ya waiting for, are you chicken?

 

 

Prayer: Almighty God, All That Is, please grant us knowledge of your Wholly will for us and the power to carry it out. Please help us to feel your compassionate guidance, even when it's raining. Thank you for Loving us, especially at those times when we don't feel like we can love ourselves. Blessed Wholly Spirit, please help us to see things differently, and remind us you are with us every step of the way. Thank you for being here allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: "My thoughts do not mean anything." Oh great, not only can I not find them, if I did, they wouldn't mean anything anyway. Isn't it funny how my salvation and pain come from the awareness of the same lesson? As my thoughts are what has created my turmoil, pain, angst, and every other torture I can think of, isn't it wonderful that they really don't mean anything anyway. That basically they aren't just not true, they have no meaning. Talk about a miracle, I now have the get out of jail free card, the one that frees me from "Spirit Prison" and lets me know under no uncertain terms that I am innocent. Just stop and think about that for a minute, (or don't since it clearly doesn't mean anything.) Lesson 10 in the ACIM workbook states, "Now we are emphasizing that the presence of these "thoughts" means that you are not thinking."  What a relief to know that what has been running through my head my whole life, has never been my real thoughts, it just makes me so curious to want to discover what my true thoughts are.

 

 

Tips & Tricks: One of the best prayers I know is a good honest, "help" or my favorite "please". We got caught up in this idea that we have to say these big long prayers, in a specific position, or place, or even a perfect prayer, (still not sure what that one is) for God to hear us. The truth is God responds to frequencies, so the more heartfelt and sincere you are the further and quicker it reaches, and it really has nothing to do with the words. Which is actually an awesome thing because when I am in that kind of deepest emotional pain there is no time, just silent screaming.

 

Upon Closing: Just a little check in, hoping all is well with you and you are skating through this nicely, thoughtfully, but nicely. It's like just because you have to go to the dentist doesn't mean you can't have a pleasant time. It's all in how you look at it, your point of view. It's like anything else, some lessons I get, some I don't, but I hang in there anyway. Because you just never know when that one lesson is gonna show up that will just blow your socks off and make everything crystal clear. Please remember to be gentle with yourself and have a blessed day and a restful night. Cause you can bet we will be back at it full on tomorrow, in a friendly and sweet way of course.  Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 9

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 9

 

"I see nothing as it is now."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi everyone, I'm feeling really good today. I love the Course and it feels wonderful to be back in the saddle again, and it feels especially yummy to have company along the way. As part of my Teacher of Teachers certification I get to write an essay on each workbook lesson, I just didn't realize that I would be expanding and growing so much myself through doing them. I truly hope you are enjoying the process with me, and realize we are one together united in Spirit as we hold hands and move forward. Please remember if you miss a lesson here and there it's ok, don't beat yourself up, just pick up where you left off, and it always helps to ask the Wholly Spirit to help ease the resistances.

 

 

Prayer: Blessed loving and caring Christ, please help us to remember where we truly are, and to see the opportunity that ACIM gives us to go on an adventure of such magnitude as the perfect gift it is. Please help us to know our worth and uncovering the lies that stand in the way of our Ascension. Most of all please grant me the compassion to be kind and feel the beauty and tender gentleness of your love. Please grant us your strength that we may persevere and not allow the ego to deter us any longer. Thank you for listening, thank you for guiding us, and thank you for making us who we are. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson: Many of the lessons tend to be confusing to me and this one, "I see nothing as it is now" is no exception. This little booger is the one that really started me freaking hard core. Yes, this maybe a scary one, but remember we are all holding hands, you are among likeminded friends, and you are not alone by any means. Where you've been doesn't exist, and you have no idea where you are, it sure sounds like the definition of screwed to me.  If you think about it, in a way this is really great news, because there is nowhere to go but up. That said, resistance really can be a sneaky one, maybe you just feel too tired, maybe you are getting a little too busy, or just need a vacation from everything. The answer is still to call in the Wholly Spirit, and one of my favorite sayings "easy does it, but do it", comes to mind. Just do the best you can and the deeper you get into the Course, the better you will do. Sometimes when I am getting resistant, I will do my later lesson for the day a little earlier, so I don't accidently (on purpose) fall asleep on myself.

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Do you know what an overlay is? When I was a little girl I used to love to play with paper dolls, there would be the basic part which was usually a paper cutout of a person with their face legs arms and so on, and then you would have all these different outfits you could put on the basic doll, hence the word overlay. I kinda feel like that when it comes to being on earth and a human self, I come up with all these stories of who I am and how I am, just adding on the costumes over and over again without taking any off. And after about 3,000 layers of definitions and perceptions of who I am, I am left clueless and deeply confused. The Course for me helps to loosen the layers so they can be removed through surrender and forgiveness.  

 

 

Upon Closing: Another corker today, but we are all sticking together, and we can handle it, no weenies in this bunch. Sometimes when it is the most stressful I will play a game with myself. Since I don't know what to think anyway, maybe I will find out I am an artichoke, maybe I am a candle on a cake, maybe I am Hello Kitty. It seems like the dumber and more playful I make my what ifs, the easier I can laugh, let go, trust God and know all is well. Have a blessed night my loves and remember, "it is always darkest before the dawn".

Love & Light, Riki 🌈