A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 93

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 93

 

"Light and joy and peace abide in me."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi, my study buddies, it is so wonderful to have you in my life, and to know that I get to play with the big kids and enjoy stuff as it is meant to be, and not the hell my distorted thoughts have turned it into. A Course in Miracles is such a pretty name that carries with it a great promise, and I do feel it is exactly what its name says, because I am growing in Spirit and as I do it is so nice to have others to share it with. So, let's have that big group hug I've been waiting for and once again, move on down the road in our comfy fuzzy slippers.

 

 

Prayer: Blessed Father, Sometimes I feel like I got this, and I take off down the hill running, and other times, I just feel so lost and confused, please guide me through the confusion and help me to see the light, peace, and joy that I really am. I so want to remember who I am and also to honor you in every step of this process and this awesome adventure you have gone on with me. I love you Father, please help me to grow in that love. Thank you for helping me, thank you for teaching me. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Light and joy and peace abide in me."  -  This is one of my favorite lessons because it is so gentle and loving and it reminds me what truly does run the show, not bones and blood and flesh, or diplomas or wealth. Sometimes, I clearly and easily believe this, and other times I am so focused on the muck and mire of my illusions that I can't see past much. It's kinda funny, because Light, Joy and Peace certainly abide in me, it just has more to do with where my focus is whether I am in touch with it or not. I think it's important to point out this lesson is not stating that it may, abide in me, or that once a year on my birthday it abides in me, but that it abides in me, allways, period. No debate on who, where when or why, or if it should or shouldn't, because it simply is. Because it IS who I am, it is what I am made of. I also like to remember especially in the Course, when it talks about me, it is talking about the collective, not just I have it and you don't, because I am special and you aren't, or that God loves me best.

 

 

Thinking it Over:   Since I am made of Light, and joy and peace, it has really emphasized the need to find those places where I am resistant to releasing the distorted facts that I have based the identity of my little self on and forgiving and forgetting and enjoying the not thinking part. Cause when I am not caught up in the who I think I am, and just allow the true Me as Christ the Son of God to shine through that is when I am in touch with the Light, and joy and peace, which is my birthright. What resistances are preventing you from knowing your birthright, your true identity as the Son of God?

 

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Tips & Tricks: I feel like I have been pushing the ACIM river for so long, it is an absolute pleasure to not fight or assume, or expect things to go a certain way, but just to go with the flow, not define and allow the mind ordering to take me where it does. It's kinda funny, you know when people say, "I lost my mind", As I get more involved with this process, I really do feel like I have literally lost my mind, or a good portion of it. Inside where my head used to be like Grand Central Station, it is now more like a beach in Tahiti. So, this mind ordering stuff works, especially when I just kick back and let it happen.

 

Upon Closing:  This was a lovely little walk down Spirit Path today, and it felt so good to have company. There is some cold apple cider down by the creek, and I made some yummy biscuits last night. Let's just kick back for a bit and contemplate our inner nature of light, joy and peace. Have a blessed and enjoyable day and a restful night. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 92

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 92

 

"Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Blessed day my fellow student buddies. I love ACIM and I love sharing my love of it, studying, and experiencing the splendor and artistry of it together. There is a sense of community when it comes to the Course that really helps me blossom. This workbook lesson brings out so much happiness I can't wait to get started down the path today. Big group hug and our best foots forward moving like we knew God was guiding our every step, because It is. We can have this as "fuzzy slipper day", it will make everything just that little bit more yummy. Hugs all around.

 

 

Prayer: Blessed Wholly Spirit, please help me to awaken and please guide me every step of the way, many times I get so confused and start beating up on myself for no apparent reason at all. I just become overwhelmed with self-hate and rage sometimes and I have a hard time feeling you at all. Please during those times help me to know I am not alone, even though I feel very alone and unloved. Thank you for teaching me to know the truth and guiding me to at – one – ment. You are with us allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one."

 

This brings me to thinking about the strength of God, and how I see strength. I see strength as the ability to handle anything, anytime, anywhere, and it makes me feel warm and fluffy to realize that God's light also brings that sense of confidence within me of all things. Like the expression I grew up with, "God's in His Heaven and all's right with the world." In the process of my searching for "The Truth" I came to see light in many ways, like a magical energy that permeates everything, but I can't really see it or comprehend it, I can only sense it in an undefinable flowing sort of way. So, to know that the strength I feel within, is God, helps me know I am doing it "right" after all, that God really didn't forget me and that I really am loved after all.

 

 

Thinking it Over: So, what this is basically saying to me is when I feel strong, I am in the light of God, and I am connected to miracles. Probably overly simplified a tad, but just to know that I can receive miracles is one itself. When I get deep into a beating myself up session, I get so disheartened and feel so little and helpless, and truly screwed up, the last thing I believe I can have is a much needed breath of fresh air. That complete and total change in attitude that brings a beautiful shift and lots more light. Where do you see the miracles? Where do you need the light?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: My biggest tip for today, is to go with the flow no matter what. No matter how you feel, no matter what you think, no matter how uncomfortable it gets, no matter how scared you get, just hang in and know God's got it, God's allways got it and all is well. Just allowing yourself to be, will make all the difference in the world and out of it. Most of what I find myself dealing with is old programming, the identity I have given myself, so as much as I can dissolve that identity through releasing resentments and forgiving, the sooner I start becoming aware of who I truly am, the Christ Consciousness within me. The Course will work your mind itself if you let it, by just hanging in there and keepin on keepin on.

 

Upon Closing: What a wonderful sweet, little cushy journey down that pretty road. I allways feel so refreshed and filled with our love. I think a quick dunk in the creek is just what is called for now, or maybe paddling downstream in a canoe and remembering the beauty of God in all things, and smile. Have a gentle and restful day and a peaceful night, love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 91

A Course in Miracles  Workbook Lesson 91

"Miracles are seen in light."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi my happy and excited buddies, expanding and awakening the mind is one of the last horizons and greatest most exciting journeys we can go on. Remember, that is why we were created to explore and experience. I have found this path so profound now that I am starting to not fight the adventure and beat myself up for everything that happens and just simply enjoy it, knowing that El is with me every step of the way. Seeing your shining faces and sparkling eyes makes me so glad we walk together, my precious fellow students. Big group hugs and on with the enjoyment of living as we once again ease on down the road.

 

 

Prayer: Dear God, My Blessed Father, please fill me with your light, there is so much I can not see, so many ways I feel alone in the dark and need your help to feel loved and ok. Please grant me the acceptance I can not find for myself. Thank You. I know the way you designed me was to explore and not be in touch with truly who I am, I want so to remember, to release this world and all it's many parts and know only you. I love you Father, I adore you Father, and I seek only the Oneness for eternity. Thank you for teaching me thank you for listening to me, Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:   - "Miracles are seen in light." – I enjoy this lesson because I find it so true and so encouraging. It reminds me of being in a dark room, and the lighter the room gets the better I can see everything with a brighter and clearer perspective. It's the same way when I have resistances to something and I get stuck, but when I take the time to release and forgive, the flow isn't so mucked up and continues to open to the point where I can see the miracles, the new ways of thinking that allow me to be even more aware of the light and who I AM, as Christ the Son of God.

 

 

Thinking it Over: When I think of this lesson it reminds me of the importance of really wanting to release all that blocks the light from me. When I first started the ACIM workbook, I thought I could get it all instantly, and the Course says I can, but it depends on my ability to release and forgive and forget my grievances.  I have found there is nothing instant for me about that, I get upset, then I get REAL UPSET, then I realize I have to let it go, then I do let it go with the Wholly Spirit's help, for each grievance, all 99 million of them. What blocks your light? How do you find the miracles?

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: This is your reminder to be gentle with yourself. Remember that this is a slow uncovery process and it will happen in God's time not ours. There is no such thing as free will, only the illusion of it, so there is only God's time. Eat well, sleep well, exercise well, rest well, and above all realize God's got it at all times, especially when it doesn't feel like it. Our Christ Mind knows the way, so the more we just stay open minded and do the lessons the more it happens, seemingly all by itself, and then you look back and go wow, look how far I have come.

 

Upon Closing: What a lovely little jaunt down the road, thank you for joining me and showing me we can, and we are going home together. As you know this blog started as a requirement to reflect on each of the ACIM workbook lessons in section two and share my insights about them with you as part of my requirements for Teacher of Teachers Certification, part two in the Certification series for ACIM presented by Rev. Devan Jesse Byrne. At times the going has been slow and at others exuberant and energizing, but my calling to teach overrides it all because that is how El designed me to be. Thank you for coming along and making it all worthwhile. Have a blessed day and gentle night, Love and Light, Riki🌈