Self-Improvement

Living with Purpose < 5 mins, Ambition, Beliefs and Concepts, Contentment and Happiness, Desire to Change the World, Gratitude, Mind Training, Purpose, Self-Concept, Self-Improvement, Unwinding from the World

Problem with Self-Help

There is only one problem with self-help—the Self that we are doesn’t need any help. As we move towards the Atonement, we move increasingly to the awareness that we have been wrong about everything, and towards the realization that, “my mind holds only what I think with God.” Our purpose is not to create a utopia on earth, but only to open our minds to a state of deep love and gratitude for the One, our Creator. Many of us were taught that it’s not wise to become too happy, but Love invites us to be divinely and fully happy now.

Health and Sickness 5–10 mins, A Course in Miracles, Body, Body Issues, Denial and Repression, Form and Content, Healing, Health, Meditation, Mind Training, Perception, Practical Steps, Reflections, Self-Improvement, Spiritual Journey, Symbols, Uncovering Blocks

The Chakra System and ACIM

The chakra system is not mentioned in “A Course in Miracles,” for it is merely another set of symbols that can be used by the Holy Spirit or by the ego, depending on one’s purpose. Used by the Spirit, the chakra system could be a helpful stepping stone in one’s journey towards getting in touch with one’s mind. Used by the ego, it can be a delay maneuver that keeps the mind believing there is causation in form.

Inspiration 10–30 mins, Beliefs and Concepts, Body, Idols, Mind Training, Self-Improvement, Undoing the Ego

The Trap of Self-Improvement

“A Course in Miracles” (ACIM) is a powerful pointer towards no-dual awareness. As ACIM teaches, the ego wants to keep its existence in place in your mind. To do this, it comes up with concepts of an improved “you,” and even with concepts of an “enlightened you.” Learn to watch these thoughts without reacting to them. Learn to see the false as false, and to be the authentic spirit that you already are and always have been.

Trust 5–10 mins, Discernment, Healing, Judgments, Listen and Follow, Mind Training, Presence, Self-Improvement, Stillness, Undoing the Ego

You Can Let Go of Your Agenda

The ego’s agenda is the problem, and when we let go of it, what flows is miraculous. With mind training we can reach a state of mind that is prior to judgment. It is not like you stop judging, the mind just reaches a state where it has no judgment.

Stress and Worry 5–10 mins, Ambition, Choice and Free Will, Mind Training, Past–Future Thoughts, Rescuing, Script Is Written, Self-Improvement, Stillness, Time and Space

The Script Is Written

A clip, from the May/June 2010 retreat at the Living Miracles Monastery, looking at the metaphor of “the script is written” and freeing the mind from the belief in choice in form in order for the mind to relax into stillness. “Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world.” (T-21.in.1:7)

Trust 30+ mins, Accepting Correction, Beliefs and Concepts, Christ-Identity, Desire to Change the World, From Darkness to Light, Holy Spirit, Intuition, Jesus, Listen and Follow, Questioning, Self-Improvement, State of Mind, Suicide, The Matrix, Unwinding from the World, Words

Jesus Did Not Suffer

How did Jesus not suffer? To the ego, it looked as if Jesus was suffering on the cross with nails in his hands and feet. Why do we see this event as suffering? Because the ego made up suffering. And, when we see suffering, we are looking with the ego. It made up the appearance of the body, the nails, and the cross. It made up an innocent lamb and the judgment cast upon it. Yet these are all mere concepts, mere duality. The mind that has been healed of all concepts rests in a freed perspective, or state of Christ.