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.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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🌈

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 90

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 90

 

"Review of Lessons 79 – 80"

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey, my beautiful explorers, life gets real, life gets fun, and then life can get real fun, especially when you start realizing that this Course is a way out of it. I love you guys and have missed you bundles since the last time I wrote. But today's lesson feels like smooth sailing and staying in gratitude. Big awesome group hugs and on without further ado, on with the show.

 

 

Prayer: My blessed Christ, thank you for letting us all play together in this cool mind of yours. Please help us to see who we truly are, and to be able to recognize the body suit has very little to do with it. Please use me to reach the others down here in the unreal world and to show them that our problems have indeed been solved and help them to recognize it. Thank you for filling our hearts with joy, as we move forward in faith and light. God bless us always.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Review of Lessons 79 – 80"

 

"Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved." & "Let me recognize my problems have been solved."

 

The coolest thing about this awesome double decker is the truth that truly our problems are imaginary and illusory. There are no problems when we recognize who we are and that the world and all in it is not real. Our body feels solid, but it is all part of the experiences of the mind. When it comes to physicality the more I define, the more I set myself up for resentments, grievances and bitternesses. The solution to the problems I see I have, are actually how I see them. Yes, it is quite the mind twister, but apt never the less. The solution is to forgive myself so I can get out of my own way long enough to allow the miracle to come in. The miracle truly is the answer to all my problems. But I'll tell ya when I'm complete head down wrapped in it, the last thing I want to do is "Let Go and Let God." It comes out more like F them and who is God.

 

Thinking it Over: So, it kinda makes me think of if I could dial it back, to the point where there is only God's mind and me a thought in it, how cool that would be. Because the more you expand it the more the details on details on details, and everything gets lost in translation. What can you see when you dial it back to just being a thought in God's mind? How does it fee to know all your problems are solved?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: I know I am going super slow with this blog and I do apologize for that. In the tips for today, we look at how not being in a heated rush is sometimes the best policy. We just go with the flow, not pushing forward, but not coming to a grinding halt either. Just kinda savoring and sensing how everything is woven together in the nicest of ways. Getting in the habit of doing a workbook lesson every day and not putting undue pressure on ourselves I have found keeps the stress at bay and makes it more likely I will continue. Also please remember to eat healthy, get good exercise, contemplative walks can help us unwind a lot, and know deep in your hearts that you are loved and are never alone.

 

Upon Closing: That was a nice slow leisurely walk, I enjoy a nice saunter as much as the next guy. The breeze was merciful and I could see the fish jumpin in the creek. Today would be the perfect day to go over to the church social and see if they have some yummy fresh fruit and especially some pumpkin pies. I love it best when they put the fresh churned whipped cream on it, and have some mulled cider on the side. But the absolute best is sharing it with my buddies after an awesome day of mind ordering. I enjoy you guys so much, please have a happy day and a gentle night.

Love & Light Riki. 🌈

 

Saturday, June 18, 2022

A Course in Miracles “Workbook Lesson 89”

A Course in Miracles

"Workbook Lesson 89"

 

"Review of Lessons 77 – 78"

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey you sweet wonderful guys, another day another lesson. I enjoy this one because it is a twofur, and I get to see how much God loves me. We get to move on down the road with our favorite people, us. So, let's have a big group hug and get on our best fuzzy bunny suits and hip hop down the road, I love and admire you so much, just hangin in and moving forward, we are not alone.

 

 

Prayer: My blessed Father, please guide me forward to release all attachments here in the world, all the little decisions that I have used to make this illusion of my identity, what I see as myself. Please show me You on all the levels, in all the ways that we are one. I need You, I accept You, and I reach to you completely totally without reservation, and I only do this by your Grace and love. Thank You for teaching us, allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Review of Lessons 77 – 78"

 

"I am entitled to miracles." –  This is so comforting because it let's me know regardless of what crazy crap I believe in my mind at any given time, that God loves me and I can always change how I see things. Miracles bring such a calm and sense of rightness, a lot of the time it is before the shift the miracles bring that hurts like hell, because God is helping me to see the next place I need release and forgiveness.

 

"Let miracles replace all grievances." – I have also noticed that often times the new miracles will lead me swiftly to new resistances and then new miracles if I allow the process to just happen. In talking with my teacher today He was able to remind me that I had fallen into the trap of being careful of how I was saying the lesson rather than let the messages flow through and then they will speak for themselves.  

 

 

Thinking it Over: I find it interesting that when I am really resistant to learning a lesson and then when it's time to do it, it's the letting go that lets everything fall into place. Then the beautiful shift afterwards I call a miracle leaves new avenues open I never could see from the other perspectives that the grievances were hiding from me. So, I am slowly but surely seeing grievances as my best friends because they show me the places, I am still very earthbound. When I have the ability to just be neutral and not have to judge anything, life goes a lot smoother. My ego told me I would never reach that neutral place with anything and I am doin it in more ways. Where are your neutral places?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Dealing with resistances can be a tricky thing because sometimes they are big as a house on fire and screaming at you all at once. Other times the resistance sits there like an iceberg with more rooms than a hotel just waiting for me to start taking a deeper look and then all hell breaks loose, and I am staring at 20 resistances and resentments all at the same time. I still follow the process of forgiving myself and surrendering to God, and it usually takes a little longer, but I feel the release in so many areas at once too and it brings me to new awareness and places to play.

 

Upon Closing: This was a happy little hop down the garden path, with my best buds, smellin the flowers, eating the clover, and enjoying the butterflies. I have found the more I can just go with the flow and let it all be in God's time the faster I learn and the quicker I release. I think it might be a good time to do a little dippin in the creek and then have some cheese and Cider, with some buttermilk biscuits on the side, (I finally got the recipe from the lady at the church social) just kickin back and finding joy in all things, not fighting the dream, but accepting it. Have a gentle day and a blessed night.

 Love & Light,  Riki 🌈