Category Archives: Awakening

The rule is, don’t lie. And related to that is the understanding that I don’t always know when I’m lying. This game we are playing – this work we are doing – is not for the faint of heart. “Lying” is a bad word because of its moral and negative connotations. “Fantasy” is better. AsContinue reading “Advent Travels: The Rule is, Don’t Lie”

I say travels, but I am not going anywhere. Most of my life I projected a future that – although it never came – kept me passionately focused on tomorrow rather than today, there instead of here. It felt optimistic and forward looking. It privileged dreaming over any other activity. A different house, different land,Continue reading “Advent Travels: The Raspberry Patch”

The other day I re-read part one of Love Holds No Grievances by Tara Singh. It is a beautiful book, not quite 100 pages, and so full of wisdom and insight that even a handful of sentences can change your life. If you give the words the attention – which is to give yourself theContinue reading “Joining with You: Notes on Tara Singh’s “Love Holds No Grievances””

Truth needs no interpretation, because it needs no defense (T-17.IV.10:2). It is one without another, perfect in its simplicity (T-26.III.1:8). That’s the suggestion A Course in Miracles makes. In truth there is no choice, because there is nothing to choose between (T-26.III.1:10). Thus there is no conflict anywhere in the system. That’s not the wayContinue reading “Awakening to Truth through A Course in Miracles”

Presently I am between Easters. We celebrated Easter with the Catholic side of the family last week and we will celebrate Orthodox Easter with the Greek side tomorrow. It is a happy time. Of course, as a student of A Course in Miracles, and a half-assed Teacher of God, Easter – the resurrection inherent inContinue reading “Between Easters: the Holy Instant”

(I shared a newsletter yesterday, if you’re interested). I remember once driving through light rain and growing increasingly scared of my relationships. I could not fit them together. I did not understand the demands they made on me. I could not bear the demands I made on them. They seemed shallow and dishonest. I couldn’tContinue reading “Bodies of Light in the Mind of Love”