A Course in Miracles

I recently did something that I've never done. I formally accepted a student. This is a huge responsibility, but that's not what this post is about, except as a foundation.

My goal isn't to produce "another me," but to have the student become the clearest and broadest self that he can be. What I came up against was a tremendous wall of beliefs, a wall that quite effectively put his mind squarely in defense against everything I was trying to communicate.

"Have you ever seen spirits?" "Have you ever astral projected?" "Do you ever see demons?" "What can you do when you have tremendous fear of what life will bring next? "Do you see ghosts?" "Can you talk to ghosts?" "What is this feeling in the pit of my stomach?"

On and on and on. I finally had to realize something. My basis is faith, but I try to avoid belief at any cost. The only way that can work is if you clean out all the belief...what is left is faith. Just as a doctor must clean out all the damaged and diseased tissue before allowing a wound to heal, the spirit must be cleaned out and made ready for faith.

I ended up recommending a tool from my past, "A Course in Miracles." It's lovely to have the books in hand, with the commentaries and but the lovely ACIM folks have made it possible to do the whole thing online, for free. ACIM is one of the finer tools there is for honing yourself, making it possible to hone your faith, your craft, your practice. You can't lay a building foundation until you've cleared the ground. i recommend ACIM wholeheartedly.

My only caveat, and this applies to everything, including what I teach, is this. It's all tools. You don't use a hammer to build a house and then step back and say, "Look what that hammer did!" You see what you were able to accomplish because you had a hammer, saw, nails, level, all the tools that were necessary to build that house, along with the vision of a house that you started with.

If you want to become a tool that the planet can use to ease and further its transformation, acquaint yourself with ACIM.

I've just had a little reminder of the message that synchronicity sends to us. John Lilly referred to it as coming from the CCC, Coincidence Control Center. I see multiple coincidences as a message from "Universe/God/Source/pick your word" to let you know that you are on the right track and "Life/Universe/The Planet/pick your word" is gearing up to shift into a higher or more elevated, or clearer energy.

You may be noticing a lot more of this in the days ahead and that's a good thing. It is a dual purpose tool. It is there to alert you to changes ahead, but it is also meant to be a comfort, letting you know that you're okay, you're doing what you're supposed to be doing or thinking what you're supposed to be thinking.

I can give a quick example from my own life. I've been doctor shopping, and I was on my way to see a new doctor this afternoon. All I really knew about him was that he had a reputation as someone who listens, is very thorough and he is Japanese. So, what song comes on the radio, as I'm turning into the parking lot? "I'm Turning Japanese," which I haven't heard in 20 years. Now, the song isn't really about what I was doing, but it was SO appropriate that I laughed until I choked. Then, as I'm leaving, I turn the radio on and hear, "Right Here, Right Now" by Jesus Jones. Look up the lyrics (really, do it!) and you'll see how perfect that song is for the times we're living through. At least it feels that way for me. I know that it felt like a blessing and a reminder.

Synchronicity, CCC, call it what you will. I believe it serves a purpose, to guide me along the path for which I am most suited. I look for these chains of coincidences to tell me that I'm doing okay, that things are going to be okay, even if it looks like crap at the moment.

I just thought I would share this.

Stay in the light.

This is also being posted at http://www.wiccaneopagan.com And yes, I'm well aware of the ironies, difficulties, and the ridiculousness of trying to talk about non-linearity of time, or anything else, in a world that is based on one form of counting or another. It is upon this base that we construct intelligence.

We have all tied ourselves to clocks and calendars for what seems like forever. it just isn't like that anymore. We are keyed into a clock that is transparent to us and to try to predict future happenings, especially on a large scale, is an exercise in frustration and will only become more so.

December 21, 2012, in itself, is a lie, a subterfuge. It's not about a date -- it's about a process. We're already there, we've been immersed in the process for several years now. Are you living someplace you don't like, but can't seem to leave? It's part of the process. Are you in a relationship that is ending, no matter how you endeavor to resuscitate it? Let it go; find yourself in the process. Are you hurting and scared, more than you can remember being? You are not alone; join our circle. We will be and are doing just fine.

Souls will be leaving human bodies in great numbers during this time. Grieve and move on; they are still with us. Above all, however it occurs, don't allow yourself to take it personally. Even if it looks like you should, or someone else tries to blame you. We are all going through this time in a way that is personally appropriate and it has nothing to do with anyone else. It's so easy to attach human drama to these exits, from suicide notes to horrific accidents to prolonged and painful illness. That's just because we don't know how to just say goodbye and step aside. IT IS ALL CREATING SPACE AND CLARITY FOR THAT WHICH IS STILL TO COME.

The best thing you can do is let go of the personal and the dramatic. Yes, you probably still have to set an alarm, leave at a certain time, get to work on schedule, pick up the kids at school. Still, as much as you possibly can, LET LOOSE OF THE FAMILIAR LINEAR SECURITY. Be as "go with the flow" as you can possibly be. And, when you can't, don't beat yourself up for it. It's a binary process, on and off, forget and remember, be enlightened then be endarkened.

I am (whatever "I" means) so blessed to be here and now with all of you and all the planet. That doesn't mean it doesn't and won't look like crap sometimes. Just remember that "it" is what "it" is, and "crap" is just the evaluation we attach to it.

My mother died three months ago. I can't begin to tell you all the judgments and evaluations I have attached to that event and the situations that have arisen from it. What I can tell you is that the only real truth I know about it is that her spirit left her body on January 26, 2011 at 12:50pm PST. I was blessed enough to be there and witness it. Anything else I could say about it would be my own addition to the only real knowable truth. And remembering that is my own process and a path to follow on my way to cognizance of my own value as a source of light.

We are all beings of light; we are each other's enlightenment. YOU are a tremendous gift to everyone around you, including to me.

I hope some of this make some sort of sense. I only know I felt called to share it here.

Thank you, blessed be, namaste, and stay in the light.