This blog title, “Lights to Heaven,” shows the power in illuminating the way to remembering who we are, and witnesses to my belief in and devotion to "A Course in Miracles", and my dedication to teaching it and commitment to following it. The essays I am guided to share are unscripted, and my interpretation of the workbook lessons of ACIM are part of my curriculum in becoming a Certified Teacher of Teachers of ACIM. Please share, love, and enjoy the miracle.

Thursday, February 24, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 55

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 55

 

" The review for today covers Lessons 21 to 25  "

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Lots of Love and Hugs, I hope you sweet ones, had a relaxed and less than chaotic night, cause I am raring to go and moving on down the road, we can walk a little and sit a little if you like. Sometimes these review lessons can feel like a strong wind pushing us backwards, but we can take it, we have determination for days. Remember to reach to your support systems when things start feeling a little wonky. Hugs around and let's go for it.

 

 

Prayer: My all powerful God, We love you and are so grateful you created us so we could hangout and have all these cool experiences. Please help us to reach to your strength and not feel so confused and little. Please remind us that you are with us always, and we can reach to your Wholly Spirit anytime we need help along the way. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for teaching us. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  " The review for today covers Lessons 21 to 25"

 

"I am determined to see things differently." – It is a natural reaction to realizing we have been miscreating all over the place and are causing a lot of pain. Where we take the responsibility to want to see the truth above all else, we will.

 

"What I see is a form of vengeance." – I can not see clearly, my anger is against God and against the world, I chose free will and believe I disobeyed God. I now realize it was my misunderstanding, and God just started the game so we could play together.

 

"I can escape from this world by giving up attack thoughts." – It becomes clear that as I give up my thoughts of separation, I can escape this world of vengeance I have made, by giving up what I think, and being open to what God thinks.

 

"I do not perceive my own best interests." – It is very clear that I can't think straight, and that I have no concept of what is best for me, especially since I see a world of bodies, instead of the oneness that I am as the Son of God.

 

"I do not know what anything is for." – I am taking God's love and beauty and perfect peace and making weapons to hurt myself and to keep me from the Oneness of God, to keep the illusion of being separate from God.

 

Thinking it Over: Isn't it crazy and upside down, that the peace, love, and joy we want most we hide from, thinking we have the free will to make things however we want them. While it is so obvious that what ever we are doing ain't workin. There are none so blind than those that will not see. I know for me, the last thing I wanna look at, is anything that is gonna make me feel little and helpless and cause me pain. In other words, I don't wanna look at myself. What are you having a hard time looking at? Why?

 

Tips & Tricks: I'm finding these reviews to be a little up and down, some just bring me a sense of peace and others trigger me to no end. So, I am working on just accepting the process as much as I can and staying out of the judgment and criticism. When I can focus on the gratitude that the Course is working, it doesn't make everything all better, but it sure helps. It also helps when I remember why I started the Course in the first place. The reason I started the Course was I felt drawn to it and when I had stopped it for even a little while I would get the urging to keep going and pick it back up. I craved the miracle, and I was determined to achieve it.

 

Upon Closing: Yay, we did it, I think we are getting used to putting this puzzle together, I know I'm not as fearful as I was. A good part of that is being with you guys, I don't feel alone, I feel emotionally supported and it's fun, that we all reach to God at the same time. I am goin skinny dippen in creek, join me if you like. Have a blessed night. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 54

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 54

 

" The review for today covers Lessons 16 to 20:  "

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey my sweet angels, good morning to ya. I got my rest so I am ready for the 4th review lesson in a row. I know it can feel like a lot, but it's still the best policy to do one lesson at a time, doing the exercises to the best of your ability, and if you have slowed down a bit, be gentle with yourself, get back on the horse, but don't try to catch up by doing a bunch at a time. I just love you guys, this is not a race, just a slow steady crawl works. My mind is starting to feel like an accordion today, so I think I will call today official blankie and pillow day and just go slow and ask Daddy to lead us all. I hope you have a blessed and yummy day.  Big hugs you guys. 

 

 

Prayer: Blessed and gentle Wholly Spirit, thank you for being the messenger, thank you for walking beside us, and guiding us home. Thank you for bringing the change in perception that brings about miracles. Please remind us that we are not bodies, please remind us that God is with us allways, and please grant us the strength to hang in there no matter what. Thank you for teaching us how to awaken and to accept love. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  " The review for today covers Lessons 16 to 20:  "

 

"I have no neutral thoughts." – Since my mind makes the thoughts, and my mind is preoccupied with good and bad, my thoughts are never neutral, and that is what keeps us from God's peace.

 

"I see no neutral things." – Since my thoughts are not neutral, neither are the imaginary images I create. Because of the split in my mind there is separation. The things I see are always good or bad.

 

"I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing." – Because we are of the same one mind of God, and that mind is split, we all see through the same separated mind, onto the illusions we have made. Because we see with the body's eyes and not God's all knowing spiritual sight.

 

"I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts." – Because we think with a mind that is preoccupied with free will choice, brought on by the knowledge of good and evil, we are all experiencing the same results of what we think with that split mind.

 

"I am determined to see." – Because our minds are split, we cannot see things as they truly are, that is why we see only illusion, why we see only the past, why I can't see anything as it is. And which brings about the need, and the determination to see with the clear one mind of God.

 

Thinking it Over: I love the natural progression, with the end result being, get me the bleep out of here God. HELP!! It becomes time to take responsibility for my miscreating, and it doesn't mean to beat myself up, it just means to be willing to see things differently through the grace of the Wholly Spirit and being open to releasing and forgiving the mess my imagining has made. What would taking responsibility look like for you?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Please remember the reviews can be kinda crazy, so it is suggested to take the time to journal and look at the puzzle pieces as they come up. We are walking through the disorder so that God can create order in our minds. Our best bet is to stay as open and willing as possible to leave God in charge and focus on accepting things as they are. I do notice during this process, I find my mind going blank, these are the times when I am not thinking anything, just waiting for God to show me what to do next.

 

Upon Closing: My beautiful adventurers, today was definitely a day, not all stressful but all cupcakes and unicorns either, I think I landed somewhere in the middle. Even though it was that kinda day. I do feel proud of myself and I am extremely proud of us and how we are hanging in there and sharing the love. Have a blessed and wonderful night, and know you are worth it. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

Monday, February 21, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 53

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 53

 

" The review for today covers Lessons 11 to 15

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Blessed day, gorgeous students of the Course, I hope your night was restful and your breakfast was yummy. I did a lot of reaching to the Wholly Spirit this morning and praying to just become and accept who God would have me be. These reviews are good, they can become a little unsettling though as the puzzle pieces are put into place. So today is a leisure suit Larry day, just dress fashionable casual, sweats are a must. Love and hugs you sweet buddies and let's keep on truckin, but at a casual pace.

 

Prayer: Blessed Christ, thank you for letting us play in the pool too. Sometimes, especially while I am going through life's lessons, I'm not always that keen on being the barbie doll, but at other times when I feel the love, and know I am helping to awaken the world, being a barbie doll has its benefits. Please grant us what we need to see the truth, to realize we never left the garden, and that we are all one, and a powerful creator like Daddy. Thank you for guiding us. Thank you for teaching us, and for making life fun. Allways.

 

Workbook Lesson:  " The review for today covers Lessons 11 to 15"

 

"My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world." – My thoughts are without meaning because they are illusions, and since we can only make fake images, fantasies, the world we see is meaningless. It isn't real.

 

"I am upset because I see a meaningless world." – Being in a fake world really screws me up, it was a vague feeling something was very wrong, but had no idea what it was. I felt anxious and unable to settle down and relax.

 

"A meaningless world engenders fear." – Because I couldn't settle down, I was little and fearful all the time. I felt trapped and so scared because I knew something was very wrong, but I couldn't fix it, and other people just thought I was nuts for questioning it.

 

"God did not create a meaningless world." – A huge sigh of relief, God's world has meaning, so I must be looking at this completely wrong. And if I reach to God, I can find the world that does make sense to me.

 

"My thoughts are images that I have made." – So, my little mind thinks the thoughts that made the images, over and over again. And this is what has made all the illusions and fantasies and also why the world I see has no meaning.

 

Thinking it Over: This got me to thinking about my best fantasies, they aren't real, but they sure were fun at the time. Like I was gonna have 10 babies and 10 cats, I was gonna be an international psychic and people would pay thousands of dollars just to have me read them. I was also gonna have houses all over the world. It blows me away to realize yes, that was a fantasy, but so was everything else. What is your fantasy within a fantasy?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: I have found finding out I was on fantasy island is one thing, but to get me to give it up was like trying to take a sirloin steak away from a bull mastiff. I am very addicted to my fantasies, and even though I knew they weren't real, and I used them to keep me from God, the fear of trusting what the Course was teaching me, brought up so much anxiety. Please just believe in the process, and let it happen in God's time. When we try to "fix it", we just dig ourselves in deeper. Acceptance is the answer, just going with the flow and not getting caught up in the details.

 

Upon Closing: Wow, that was so much fun, it seemed like when we went at an easy gentle pace, everything just fell in line, and we were turning the last bend before we knew it. You guys make all the difference for me, because it is one thing to learn the lessons for myself, but it is another thing to share my Love for God along the way. May your night be a nice piece of chocolate cake, with chocolate ice cream and rainbow sprinkles. Hugs. Love & Light, Riki 🌈