Sean – Page 86 – Sean Reagan

Learning to See

A Course in Miracles is simply an opportunity to learn a new way of seeing. Or – better maybe – an opportunity to learn a new way of being, one in which our relationship to thought and perception naturally aligns with life as it is, restoring us gently to the graceful love that is ourContinue reading “Learning to See”

There is Nothing to Heal

It is not necessary to heal ourselves. It is necessary to give attention to what is broken and loveless where it is perceived. The distinction between what is external and internal will resolve itself without our intervention. Attention is merciful sustenance because it is nonjudgmental and incapable of division. Its perfection is clear and unhurried.Continue reading “There is Nothing to Heal”

The Ordinary Luminosity of Being

There is a sense in which we think that awakening is special – that only a few ever achieve it, and that when they do, they are no longer like the rest of us but are lit from within by a rare and precious lamp. A lot of teachers, some well-intentioned, some not so much,Continue reading “The Ordinary Luminosity of Being”

Undoing Symbols in A Course in Miracles

We experience the world through symbols of both love and hate. For example, I think of the chickadee as a particular symbol of love, but really it is just a bird. The world offers itself to us fresh and new, over and over, but we interpret it, and then live by our interpretations. This isContinue reading “Undoing Symbols in A Course in Miracles”

Choosing the Right Spiritual Path

So long as we believe a spiritual path and practice is necessary, then a spiritual path and practice will be necessary. Thus, for most of us – certainly for me – it is essential to find something that is helpfully resonant and clarifying. It will undo itself in time – and we will see theContinue reading “Choosing the Right Spiritual Path”

On Remaining Teachable

Being teachable matters in the sense that we don’t know what we don’t know. Reality is that which contains all possibility (all potential) equally, including the possibility of impossibility. Since the only answer is “there is no only answer”, sitting around and admiring sunlight on snow (or rain on tulips or what-have-you) is all thereContinue reading “On Remaining Teachable”