“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
Michael Anglo
"If your going to err then err on the side of mercy"
Me
"I see you"
Neytiri
"The Dude Abides"
Dude
"Be glad today in loving kindness that your Father has not left you to yourself or let you wander in the darkness alone"
Jesus
"I'm the captain, it wouldn't do any good for me to go around waving my arms in the air saying oh shit we are all going to die. That doesn't provoke very much confidence does it?
Queenie
"Today we smile on everyone we see and walk with lighten foot steps as we go to do what it is appointed us to do. We do not go alone. And we give thanks that in our solitude a friend has come to speak the saving word of God to us"
Jesus
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill
"No shadows from the past remain to darken our sight and hide the world forgiveness offers us."
Jesus
"Darkness and turmoil and death have disappeared. The light has come."
Jesus
"God goes with me wherever I go."
Jesus
"And those who come to follow us will recognize the way because the light we carry stays behind, yet still remains with us as we walk
Jesus
"If you are going to be dumb you gotta be tuff"
Me
"Wyatt Your an oak"
Doc Holiday
"Little children, love one another if you will do this it will be enough"
John
"I'm drinking my coffee"
Walter
"I am the vine"
Jesus
"We are a folk sing group from Salt Lake City"
Claire
"Nothing real can be threatened and nothing unreal exist"
Jesus
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
The end of guilt
A Course In Miracles
"When everyone is welcome to you as you would have yourself be welcome to your Father, you will see no guilt in you."
I thoughtI could add something to this but Jesus said it just right.
"When everyone is welcome to you as you would have yourself be welcome to your Father, you will see no guilt in you."
I thoughtI could add something to this but Jesus said it just right.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
A Year of Forgiveness
A year in forgiveness
A year ago I awoke to Jesus speaking to me. In that in-between sleep and awake time is when Jesus sometimes speaks to me (maybe that is when He can speak to me without me interrupting). On this particular morning it didn't seem to be any different than any other morning with the exception that the hot summer days had given way to a cool western breeze. As I lay there, my mind wondering back and forth from sleep to awake, I hear Jesus say " prepare to leave this world". Those words rang in my ears like a mega phone. Immediately I was fully awake, jolted from my half asleep state to a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts as to what that meant. The first thought was that I'm dying! This is it, I'm done for! But, before I could get all my invites out to my self-imposed pity party, a calm assurance settled over me and I realized that death was not what He was implying. That was not important anymore as I was enjoying this calmness. I am thinking that I could stay here forever in this calm stillness that seems to permeate every part of my soul.
Then impressions of all the unforgiveness and grievances that I have so willing hidden and stored away came rushing through my mind like a flood. And then I heard Him again saying "these are the things you can't take with you to the place where I am taking you. Now you will be able to let them go." From that moment on I have been able to forgive easily and physically feel it leave my soul. Wow! Finally I am free from the burden that I so willingly placed on myself. I truly understand for the first time what it feels like to be free from my own hatred. I can let these burdens go that have held me back for so long. I am free!
Flash forward 1 year
Now 1 year into forgiveness I know what it feels like to be unburdened from my own selfish storehouse of grievances. It was like a dark place where I would go to relive all the terrible actions that I thought others had done to me. I liken it to a dark and musky room deep in my soul where only me and my unforgiveness were welcomed. I would go there often during those days and play with my nasty thoughts of revenge. It was a place where I could hide all the wrongs that I could imagine. When I would leave I would shut the door and proclaim forgiveness but secretly I would keep the key to that door. It seemed like a never-ending cycle that I was trapped in. One moment I would forgive and the next I would be reliving all the pain that I so easily stored in my secret room.
Now, a year later it is over. That room is a faint memory. All that remains of the room is a memory of the burden that I placed on myself. It is gone and I am free. I know now what forgiving is. It is the unburdening of your soul. It is setting yourself free from the past. It is realizing that you are free from the pain of self imposed hurt. You are free!
To truly forgive means I relinquish any form of attack. I do not want revenge. I only want the best for others.
Next!
JUDGEMENT!!!
A year ago I awoke to Jesus speaking to me. In that in-between sleep and awake time is when Jesus sometimes speaks to me (maybe that is when He can speak to me without me interrupting). On this particular morning it didn't seem to be any different than any other morning with the exception that the hot summer days had given way to a cool western breeze. As I lay there, my mind wondering back and forth from sleep to awake, I hear Jesus say " prepare to leave this world". Those words rang in my ears like a mega phone. Immediately I was fully awake, jolted from my half asleep state to a whirlwind of emotions and thoughts as to what that meant. The first thought was that I'm dying! This is it, I'm done for! But, before I could get all my invites out to my self-imposed pity party, a calm assurance settled over me and I realized that death was not what He was implying. That was not important anymore as I was enjoying this calmness. I am thinking that I could stay here forever in this calm stillness that seems to permeate every part of my soul.
Then impressions of all the unforgiveness and grievances that I have so willing hidden and stored away came rushing through my mind like a flood. And then I heard Him again saying "these are the things you can't take with you to the place where I am taking you. Now you will be able to let them go." From that moment on I have been able to forgive easily and physically feel it leave my soul. Wow! Finally I am free from the burden that I so willingly placed on myself. I truly understand for the first time what it feels like to be free from my own hatred. I can let these burdens go that have held me back for so long. I am free!
Flash forward 1 year
Now 1 year into forgiveness I know what it feels like to be unburdened from my own selfish storehouse of grievances. It was like a dark place where I would go to relive all the terrible actions that I thought others had done to me. I liken it to a dark and musky room deep in my soul where only me and my unforgiveness were welcomed. I would go there often during those days and play with my nasty thoughts of revenge. It was a place where I could hide all the wrongs that I could imagine. When I would leave I would shut the door and proclaim forgiveness but secretly I would keep the key to that door. It seemed like a never-ending cycle that I was trapped in. One moment I would forgive and the next I would be reliving all the pain that I so easily stored in my secret room.
Now, a year later it is over. That room is a faint memory. All that remains of the room is a memory of the burden that I placed on myself. It is gone and I am free. I know now what forgiving is. It is the unburdening of your soul. It is setting yourself free from the past. It is realizing that you are free from the pain of self imposed hurt. You are free!
To truly forgive means I relinquish any form of attack. I do not want revenge. I only want the best for others.
Next!
JUDGEMENT!!!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Seeing and Peace?
I used to think I had a gift of seeing. I thought I was seeing the world like God was seeing it. I didn't realize that all my past pain and unforgiveness was tainting my view of what I was perceiving. As I looked about, I would condemn the world I look upon. I would hold the past against everyone and everything, making them my enemies. In this I thought I found safety.
Then I realized the only real enemy I had was the way I perceived the world around me. My own attacking was bringing attack to me. The more I attacked my brothers and sisters the more abundant the attacks were against me. I also realized that I had no real peace when I attacked someone else.
Then I forgave myself and remembered who I was (a child of God and brother of Jesus). I found out their not going around behind peoples backs, warning others about others, telling secrets, forming pacts with some and omitting others, building organizations at the expense of some, pointing out faults and differences or with holding forgiveness. I found out if I wanted to be like them I had to act like them. In the bible Jesus said "love one another and by this they will know you are my disciples."
Then the most amazing thing I discovered was the more I forgave people the more peace I got in my life. Their is no safety in unforgiveness! Their is no safety in attacks! Their is perfect peace in forgiveness and love. For I am fully persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore I will bless everyone and everything I see and I will look with love on all that I see and then I can see the world as God sees it. And then I can experience and see Peace...
Then I realized the only real enemy I had was the way I perceived the world around me. My own attacking was bringing attack to me. The more I attacked my brothers and sisters the more abundant the attacks were against me. I also realized that I had no real peace when I attacked someone else.
Then I forgave myself and remembered who I was (a child of God and brother of Jesus). I found out their not going around behind peoples backs, warning others about others, telling secrets, forming pacts with some and omitting others, building organizations at the expense of some, pointing out faults and differences or with holding forgiveness. I found out if I wanted to be like them I had to act like them. In the bible Jesus said "love one another and by this they will know you are my disciples."
Then the most amazing thing I discovered was the more I forgave people the more peace I got in my life. Their is no safety in unforgiveness! Their is no safety in attacks! Their is perfect peace in forgiveness and love. For I am fully persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Therefore I will bless everyone and everything I see and I will look with love on all that I see and then I can see the world as God sees it. And then I can experience and see Peace...
Monday, May 30, 2011
Some words from my Brother...
In you is all of Heaven
Every leaf that falls is given life in you
Each bird that ever sang will sing again in you
And every flower that ever bloomed has saved it's perfume and loveliness for you What aim can supersede the will of God and of His son
That Heaven be restored to him for whom it was created as his only home.
Nothing before and nothing after it
No other place, no other state nor time,
Nothing beyond nor nearer
Nothing else
In any form
Jesus
Every leaf that falls is given life in you
Each bird that ever sang will sing again in you
And every flower that ever bloomed has saved it's perfume and loveliness for you What aim can supersede the will of God and of His son
That Heaven be restored to him for whom it was created as his only home.
Nothing before and nothing after it
No other place, no other state nor time,
Nothing beyond nor nearer
Nothing else
In any form
Jesus
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Thinking of Judgement?
I've been thinking of judgement lately and the pain it brings with it. It is a easy pit to fall into and hard to dig your self out of. I remember Jesus saying a little bit of yeast will cause the whole loaf to rise and certainly judgement falls into that category.
Their's this person I know and she / he is not the most loveable person you have ever been around. It would be easy for any one to pass judgement based on what they think of her / him but not having lived one single day in her / his shoes.
If we could only realize that what we see in others was in us first. We couldn't see all the terrible stuff unless it is within us first. That is what don't judge or you will be judged really means. If you judge something wrong in someone else remember you couldn't even see it in them unless it was first in you. So you are really judging what is in you and that is why it brings so much pain along with it. A little bit of it goes a long way and the more we look for faults in other people the more deeply rooted they become in us.
If you have to judge then it is better to look for the best in people and that in turn will bring about a change in you. Once you can see good and innocence in your brother or sister then that will become deeply rooted in you.
Peace and forgiveness!
Their's this person I know and she / he is not the most loveable person you have ever been around. It would be easy for any one to pass judgement based on what they think of her / him but not having lived one single day in her / his shoes.
If we could only realize that what we see in others was in us first. We couldn't see all the terrible stuff unless it is within us first. That is what don't judge or you will be judged really means. If you judge something wrong in someone else remember you couldn't even see it in them unless it was first in you. So you are really judging what is in you and that is why it brings so much pain along with it. A little bit of it goes a long way and the more we look for faults in other people the more deeply rooted they become in us.
If you have to judge then it is better to look for the best in people and that in turn will bring about a change in you. Once you can see good and innocence in your brother or sister then that will become deeply rooted in you.
Peace and forgiveness!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Peace Of God?
Nothing real can be threatened
Nothing unreal exists
Herein lies the Peace of God
Jesus ACIM
Nothing unreal exists
Herein lies the Peace of God
Jesus ACIM
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Sunshine!
Today's goal " spread a little sunshine everywhere I go" and if I'm still here tomorrow, spread a little more...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Within you!
Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate through you and out into the whole world. Lesson 41 ACIM
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Holiness?
What is holiness? Is it doing right? Is it following the laws that church sets? Is it something that is bestowed upon us?
Holiness is a state that cements and confirms our eternal connection with Father.
It is not following laws that seem to change from church to church or even within the same church. Laws can be changed and broken but what Father created is forever changeless. In my time in churches I have come to realize that laws can change depending on the crisis at hand and on the most recent interpretation of their reading. How then can your holiness be dependent on something so fragile? Man does not establish his holiness. He may deceive himself into thinking he is less than holy and he could decieve others into thinking they're not holy.
Holiness is not bestowed upon on us! If that were so then we would have to have been in a state where we were not holy. This is impossible because what Father creates is holy. It is holy because He is holy. He did not create anything that is less than holy. We may precieve it as less and that is our choice but our perception is not truth. What Father says is truth and he says we are holy because He is holy.
Our holiness can do anything because it is connected to him, it is the same. It can solve problems past present and future. It can undo all the negative effects of this world because it is not bound by the flimsy laws of the world. Our holiness reverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restriction of time, space and distance of any kind. Your holiness is totally unlimited in power because it establishes you as a son/daughter of Father your creator. Through our holiness the power of Father is made manifest, available and their is nothing that the power of the Father can not do.
Holiness is a state that cements and confirms our eternal connection with Father.
It is not following laws that seem to change from church to church or even within the same church. Laws can be changed and broken but what Father created is forever changeless. In my time in churches I have come to realize that laws can change depending on the crisis at hand and on the most recent interpretation of their reading. How then can your holiness be dependent on something so fragile? Man does not establish his holiness. He may deceive himself into thinking he is less than holy and he could decieve others into thinking they're not holy.
Holiness is not bestowed upon on us! If that were so then we would have to have been in a state where we were not holy. This is impossible because what Father creates is holy. It is holy because He is holy. He did not create anything that is less than holy. We may precieve it as less and that is our choice but our perception is not truth. What Father says is truth and he says we are holy because He is holy.
Our holiness can do anything because it is connected to him, it is the same. It can solve problems past present and future. It can undo all the negative effects of this world because it is not bound by the flimsy laws of the world. Our holiness reverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restriction of time, space and distance of any kind. Your holiness is totally unlimited in power because it establishes you as a son/daughter of Father your creator. Through our holiness the power of Father is made manifest, available and their is nothing that the power of the Father can not do.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Peace of God?
As I think about "The Peace of God" feel a presence that drives away things like; fear, the past, the future, hate, attack, war, despair and a host of many others. I feel a smile that seems to settle on my face then moves to my heart. I feel a warmth that is uncontrollable that surrounds me like a thick fog moving in and through my soul. I see happiness and tranquillity all around me and I never want to leave. "Nothing unreal exist and nothing real can be threatened, hear in lies the peace of God" Jesus
Monday, May 9, 2011
Judgement?
Judgement? The word it's self seems to conjure up condemnation. As I think on it I wonder if their is a way to judge rightly? Do I have the right to judge at all good or bad? I think of times when I have someone only to realize that I didn't have all the facts. Of course when I realize this I quickly dismiss my ruling but the damage is done. How much judgement did I bring on myself by my hasty condemnation?
In order to judge rightly one would have to be aware of an inconceivably wide range of things. One would have to know the effects of his judgement on everything past, present and to come. You would have to be certain that there is no distortion in your perception and that your judgement would be wholly fair on everyone now and in the future.
We don't have the right to judge which brings me to my point that with all the information needed to judge, their would be no way we could judge at all. The fact is we don't have the ability to judge and just maybe that's why it is so destructive to ourselves. Wisdom is not judgement it is the relinquishment of judgement.
In order to judge rightly one would have to be aware of an inconceivably wide range of things. One would have to know the effects of his judgement on everything past, present and to come. You would have to be certain that there is no distortion in your perception and that your judgement would be wholly fair on everyone now and in the future.
We don't have the right to judge which brings me to my point that with all the information needed to judge, their would be no way we could judge at all. The fact is we don't have the ability to judge and just maybe that's why it is so destructive to ourselves. Wisdom is not judgement it is the relinquishment of judgement.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Forgiveness?
I never new what true forgiveness was till last fall. Something supernatural happened to me as I was sleeping. As I awoke I heard the voice of Jesus saying to me "prepare to leave this world". Now that might have unnerved me had I not recognized that it was Jesus speaking. I knew he wasn't talking about death but a move toward life. From that moment on I learned that I could forgive someone and I could feel it leave my body. No more bondage or baggage from holding on to things that seemed real, (more on that latter) just a new found freedom.
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