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Miracles News Winter 2000 |
The Gift of Your Self • Letting Spirit Lead My Day • A Miracle Story of Love, Forgiveness and Healing • Love Is All That Is Ever Happening • More Winter 2000 Articles
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Has anyone ever told you:
How beautiful you are…
How your eyes dance, enhancing the day…
How your innocent, direct words startle
a sleeping truth awake…
That your laughter is contagious,
sweeping the soul clean?
Hasn't someone told you?
Well, I'm telling you now.
Has anyone ever told you:
That your presence gives one a natural high…
How the quality of your attention
sweetly strokes the soul…
That you sparkle clear, a many faceted diamond, one can fall into and emerge radiant?
Hasn't someone told you?
Well, I'm telling you now.
Has anyone ever told you:
That naming your fear,
gives rise to your endless courage…
That your work to unmask the fears,
unwittingly frees multitudes…
How your showing yourself, light and shadow,
vulnerable to the nth degree,
knocks at one's own closed doors,
compelling them to open, open, open?
Hasn't anyone told you?
Well I'm One telling you now.
Has anyone ever told you:
That you are a teacher beyond compare…
How your Light of Love
warms neglected corners of the heart…
Hasn't anyone told you?
Well I'm One telling you now.
© Copyright 2000, Pathways of Light and/or the author.
Everyday I start out with a prayer, and acknowledge Spirit. Now some days it may be only a few minutes that I spend, and other times it is much longer. I feel as though the small amount of time I take each day is quality time with Spirit. It would be like a good morning, a smile, or nod to someone we may meet on the street, with some days inviting a long conversation. This sets the tone for my day or someone else's.
I had a noticeably beautiful day today. Now, while I am quite sure I have had many beautiful days, today I noticed it was a great day while I was having it. I focused on how beautiful it was and ended the day with a prayer of gratitude, and am now sharing about this beautiful day with you.
I started the day with prayers for others, and a meditation for myself. I had a wonderful meditation with zings of heavenly energy filling my body. I decided to make this a well-balanced day, so I went for a walk to buy a gift and get some exercise. I wanted to get a gift for a friend, and I had limited funds to do this. I knew what I wanted to get, and low and behold it was on sale!
I also had wanted to get ear muffs for myself, but could not find them nor did the salespersons in four stores know where I could obtain them. I walked through the last store, and was two feet from the outside door when I saw a box of ear muffs. And guess what! They were on sale! I walked to and from the mall, over two miles on a very cold day, and my body did not hurt anywhere! Now that is a gift from Spirit for sure!
When I arrived home, I was cold, and heated some soup. I was thinking there must be a way to start a small business, and/or find an office nearby to get started. I turned on the TV, and there was an advertisement (big surprise) for obtaining grant or loan money to start a small business or buy a home. I took down the information and called the 1-800 number and found out the lecture would be the next day, and it was an affordable $10.00.
I had a consultation a couple of hours later, and talked to a lady who had a small office that was not being used and thought it would be a good idea to have someone doing spiritual work in that office. She also mentioned the fact she was interested in finding out about obtaining a grant or loan to expand her business interests. The other fact is, the office is in a wonderful location nearby!
What an amazing day Spirit lead me through!
I ended the day with a prayer of gratitude for Spirit leading me through my day, and for me allowing it to flow, appreciating Spirit's wisdom, and reveling in the wonderful energy of the day.
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© Copyright 2000, Pathways of Light and/or the author.
In the mid to late eighties, I went through a very difficult period in my life. I broke up with a woman that I thought I was in love with. I was laid off from a good paying job that I had held for almost 13 years and sold my home that I loved. My mother died and my father died about a year later. I am an only child and was very close to my parents. I felt devastated by the losses.
My grief manifested in the form of anger and rage. I was able to hold most of the anger in. My anger's intensity and volume spilled over and I expressed it outwardly towards others. I was horrified and felt very ashamed and guilty. My anger took the form of projections (which I later learned from A Course in Miracles) against my mother's side of the family. My projections against my aunts, uncles and cousins were very ugly and intense. My feelings of anger and shame encouraged me to have no contact with this side of the family.
Obviously, my inner state was not one of peace. I began a long and intense period of introspection and spiritual growth. I had many spiritual experiences and each one seemed to contribute to moving me towards greater inner peace. I studied A Course in Miracles and wasn't able to grasp much of it. I met and married Paula Marie and we began a spiritual search and inner healing journey together. I was reintroduced to A Course in Miracles at Pathways of Light. This time, I was able to grasp some of the concepts and could understand some of what the Course was saying. Paula Marie and I also enrolled in the ministerial training program at Pathways. The courses were very healing and my experience of peace was increasing.
Recently, my wife received a phone call from one of my mother's relatives informing me that my mother's brother (my uncle) had died. All at once, I felt my heart explode with love for my mother's relatives and a strong urge to express that in person to my uncle's family. I wanted to attend the funeral visitation. I felt extreme anxiety at the thought of seeing my relatives again and considered not attending. I focused on the love I felt and what my heart was telling me to do and was able to move through the anxiety. It was the first time I had seen these relatives in 12 years and it was the first time for Paula Marie. The love in the room was very great. My heart was gladdened to see these relatives and all the old projections melted away. My heart rejoiced to God for another miracle.
© Copyright 2000, Pathways of Light and/or the author.
Love Is All That Is Ever Happening -- by Rev. Christine Anderson
Yikes, the flu of the Millenium!! Yuck, how I hate to be sick. Why me, Lord? I became inclined to recline a lot in my favorite recliner chair. All I could manage to do was watch TV, eat, breathe in eucalyptus steam and pray for a speedy recovery. At one point, I called my daughter Kay (my spiritual sister, to be sure) and asked if she would pray for my healing. She said of course she would be glad to pray for me. I waited in silence, expecting some words to come across the miles over the phone.
Finally I asked when she was going to share the words of her prayer. She replied that her way of praying was private—without spoken words. While I was waiting for certain words, she had already gone within her own Spirit in her own way to help me. I became quiet and very receptive to the Love that I was now so aware that was being extended to me. Waves of healing energy flowed gently through my entire being as we joined in the same interest—extending and receiving Love. I thanked my dear friend for her assistance. This interaction with my daughter was truly a miracle to me.
How often do I expect certain responses from people? I forget sometimes that the eternal prayer of Love, the extension and radiating of Love is all that is ever happening within the Sonship. The world of illusion is an upside down confusion course that I can choose to be a road less traveled. With amazing grace, Holy Spirit can guide me through the maze. Through my consistent willingness, Spirit will help me to rise above and see the Love.
Airplane pilots can become confused while in the air if they mistakenly use their physical senses to determine their position. They need to look to their gauges for direction. Sometimes when I get absent minded (when my awareness is not present in my right mind) I identify myself as a body and I get confused too!!
My gauge is Holy Spirit who will help me to remember to "fly right, fly united" by opening up to the reality of my spiritual identity—Love sharing Oneness with All that Is.
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© Copyright 2000, Pathways of Light and/or the author.
The Gift of Your Self • Letting Spirit Lead My Day • A Miracle Story of Love, Forgiveness and Healing • Love Is All That Is Ever Happening • More Winter 2000 Articles