A Course in Miracles “Workbook Lesson 87”

A Course in Miracles

"Workbook Lesson 87"

 

"Review of Lessons 73 – 74"

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Good day my fellow students of the Course, it is always exciting to see your fresh smiles and eagerness to learn. It fills my heart with joy, because I know what working the Course on a regular basis can deliver. Today is gratitude day, so let's reach inside and find our most sparkly happy dust and move on down the road, big hugs, big smiles, and all. Love you guys.

 

 

Prayer: My Blessed Father, thank you for creating me, and especially creating me from love, and also to wonder and have that desire to explore no matter what happens to me on my travels, or how I perceive things to be in my little mind. I am you in one of the most thrilling and edgy way possible. I hope I make you proud as I play and grow. Please guide me and teach me, allways thank you.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Review of Lessons 73 – 74"

 

"I will there be light."  - My will is God's will, there is only God's will. So, all the way around it is about releasing and forgiving the scenarios we make and just being open to the natural light which we are to shine through, to let go of the denseness where we hide our true identity. Here I think of wanting light to the point of not being able to see anything else, nor want anything else.

 

 

"There is no will but God's." -  I love this one, because here on earth we make such a big deal about free will, and the Course puts it plain and simple, there is no free will, there is only God's will. The problem we run into is from the time we were old enough to understand we have had the notion that we were our own person, and that we decide where we go and what we do. In fact, when we were kids, we would dream of the day we would be considered an adult and be able to make up our own minds. Thinking then no one will ever boss me around again, so it became a shock to realize I never did have free will, ever.

 

 

Thinking it Over: In some ways the news of having no free will is shocking and in other ways it is very comforting to know God is with me always and I am never alone. So, when I simply focus on the oneness, I feel so much gratitude for God for playing this cool game with me. Even though it can get challenging at times, it is an awesome gift. What gifts have you got from playing the experiencing game with God?

 

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Staying in touch with the Light of God is really important, and most of the ways you can do that are simple and small ways. So, the trick is to be consistent, start developing healthy little habits that will guide you along the way through the Course, like releasing and forgiving, not holding on to resentments, and asking the Wholly Spirit to help you see things differently. Also trying to stay on track with the lessons regularly helps a lot with the mind ordering process. I found in the beginning I was excited to get started on the ACIM workbook lessons because I was filled with so much pain and confusion and I was so hungry to learn. There is a line from one of my favorite movies, "War Games" that goes like this, "hell, I'd piss on a spark plug if I thought it would do any good". Now, fast forward over 30 years of being connected to the Course and I know with every fiber of my being that it holds the truth, and as I allow myself to the best of my ability to just let things flow and work inside me I find the peace and depth I have allways searched for and somehow knew was there. I love sharing my experiences and working towards more teacher's certification of the Course. So, getting a clear and ordered mind is just part of it.

 

Upon Closing: Wow, that was a nice little easy peasy jaunt down the lane, I am so glad we did it together. Please have a blessed day and peaceful night and know we are right here with you, every step of the way. Keep on keepin on.

Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles “Workbook Lesson 86”

A Course in Miracles

"Workbook Lesson 86"

 

"Review of Lessons 71 – 72"

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey my sweet and cuddly buddies, we have become old pros at this and are moving along oh so nicely. The moving along together is the fun part, and having our minds ordered is an awesome side benefit. Just hangin in not defining and blessedly accepting everything without question. I am doing pretty good with the accepting part, but it's the without question that I get stuck on over and over again. So, after big group hugs we head on down that road again confident in our vow to hang in no matter what.

 

 

Prayer: My beloved Father, I get so so confused and just when I think I am getting it, I start becoming so aware that I have a lot further to go. Please help me get there, please help me forgive my ass off, in all the right places so I can feel, know, and be the oneness. I know with you all things are possible, please help me hang in for the miracles that bring me closer to you. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for teaching us, allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Review of Lessons 71 – 72"

 

"Only God's plan for salvation will work." –  This little ditty, really makes ya think a whole lot, and puts an end to the idea of who is the holiest, and the most spiritual, because it doesn't have anything to do with salvation. God's plan is already in place, how it happens when it happens and what part we play in the happening. It reminds me of a kind of game I saw years ago at the world's fair I think. There was this huge marble display and different structures and conveyor belts that brought the marbles to different places within the display, and at some point only known by God a marble would drop in the right place at the right time, that totally collapsed the whole display. I haven't thought of it in years, but when I think about it now and it sure fits. A thought that has crossed my mind before is the marble that collapsed the display did not know it would be the one, it was just another marble on a conveyor belt, doing what it was programmed to do.

 

"Holding grievances is an attack on God's plan for salvation." – When I am caught in resistances, I am saying I know better than God how things are supposed to go, I am also saying I have some kind of control over things which clearly isn't true, I just think I do, and even that way of thinking is all part of God's plan for me. So, my staying in grievances is like a little kid having a temper tantrum and not wanting to go home quite yet.

 

Thinking it Over:  I love these two lessons together in review because the truth couldn't be any plainer or in your face. God has the only plan for our salvation that works and we attack His plan by holding grievances. So, this really puts it right back on me, to put my money where my mouth is. Do I wanna ascend or not? Do I want to save the world or not? Do I want to return to oneness or not? More than anything else?  Taking responsibility for my programming, I am aware of it, I am aware of the experiencing game. So, the question becomes now what?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Like Alice said the further she got down the rabbit hole, "curiouser and curiouser". In my humble opinion this Course is not for weenies in any way shape or form, ya gotta want it, and you gotta want it BAD. Knowing that this way of mind ordering will lead you to awakening and the releasing of self, and doing it anyway, shows clearly a set of some big hairy balls. Please remember to take care of you, and realize the bottom line, which is that you are the Son of God and therefore innocent no matter what you think or have been programmed to believe to the contrary. Being able to see this as a miraculous learning experience of make believe between father and son can make the flow go a lot easier.

 

Upon Closing: Wow another day and another new awareness, sometimes they sink in easy and sometimes it takes a while, but I am always grateful for the signposts that show me I am on the right track. Today has been a chill time with my friends and fellow students and it just makes it all worth it. Have a blessed day and peaceful night, and I'll see ya again tomorrow.

Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles “Workbook Lesson 85”

A Course in Miracles

"Workbook Lesson 85"

 

"Review of Lessons 69 – 70"

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi, my blessed friends. A happy continuation on this journey of eternity, releasing this version of self-will run riot and opening to the flow of everything, everywhere, all at once. Big group hugs my buddies and let's once again move on down the road. I so love your company and this spring air smells so fresh with hope and promise. Yay.

 

 

Prayer: My precious Christ, which is me when all the bones have been removed. Please help us to release these last vestiges of separation and awaken in the beautiful garden of light and sound that we never left, in the complete awareness of the wholeness and oneness of our Father. Thank you for teaching us and loving us every step of the way, and for guiding us allways.

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Review of Lessons 69 – 70"

 

"My grievances hide the light of the world in me." –  This is a place that had kept me stuck for a long time. Being in recovery I had prayed to God to remove my grievances I called shortcomings, but never got deep enough or responsible enough to realize I had to do the work so they could be removed, mainly surrender, release and forgiveness, to the point of forgetting everything. I would be very selective about what I forgot and what I didn't, and until I surrendered it all I kept "resenting" rethinking it over and over again and hide any hopes from truly knowing the light.

 

"My salvation comes from me." – My light is within me, God is within me. I am just playing a game and forgot that I am not a body. It makes for a rousing game of life, but it's taking awhile to let go. So, the question for all eternity is, who am I? Answering that question off and on gives me a sense of where I am, by watching my focus on material things, body things, or on energy and Christ.

 

 

Thinking it Over: So, with the realization that my salvation is within me, it allows me to move forward and share my focus as spirit with less focus on the world of body. Rising and shining as spirit or not, is a cute game. Oops I'm feeling a little too out of body and unstable, never fear I just tell myself how awful I am and how awful you are and within seconds, I am back to my timid, scared, stupid little sense of self? How do you play spiritual ping pong? Are you starting to realize there is a better way?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Probably the biggest tip is just to remember balance. To learn and expand yes, but to be as gentle and loving with yourself as possible. Being kind allows us to practice acceptance and move that much closer to oneness. Realizing our journey with the Course has really nothing to do with us and everything to do with US. So, breathe a lot, sleep easy, eat healthy, smile happily. and know You are God. Please continue to do the workbook lessons in order, only one in a 24-hour period and to follow the exercises to the best of your ability. I have found as I continue to do the Course lessons my ability keeps changing, mostly for the better.

 

Upon Closing: That was a nice brisk walk and I enjoyed it immensely, it is kinda cool how the less I identity as body, the more our precious walks feel like a floating or mingling with a bigger focus on expansion of mind and a stronger sense of oneness. That said, I sure do enjoy the thought of skinny dipping in the creek, or heading over to the church potluck suppers, where everything is so darn yummy. I love the feeling of munching on fresh apple pie and cheese with my buddies washed down with cold cider chilled by the creek, and last but not least, laughing my ass off at the wonderful sight of us on costume days as we head mightily down the road to enlightenment. So, I guess I haven't let go of the body mentality as much as I thought I did. I do love our hanging out and the knowledge I am supported on so many levels. Please have a balanced day and restful night. See ya tomorrow. Love & Light, Riki 🌈