Special relationships reflect a decision to avoid looking at guilt and hate within by renaming them "love" and projecting them onto a partner. This only exacerbates the underlying problem, which is our refusal to be responsible for the decision to be … [Read more]
On Listening to the Holy Spirit
Here is what the Holy Spirit tells you when you listen: happiness is given; joy is given. You don't have to do anything. People hear this and panic. I have to go to work! I have to have sex! I have to have coffee! I have to floss! And vote! And … [Read more]
Interlude: Looking is the Holy Spirit
Yesterday I talked about giving our mind over to the Holy Spirit, both in terms of its content and its function. In that way, our problems end. I suggested a next post would relate to how to give our minds over. That's still coming, but here I offer … [Read more]
On the End of Problems
There are no problems. Not even the problem of thinking we have problems is a problem. Even that is an illusion. It is a miracle that makes this perfection, this utter absence of problems, possible, and it is a miracle that allows us to see … [Read more]
Notes at Summer’s End
A cup of coffee or a single walk can change our life forever. One glance from a brother or sister who sees us without any projection of guilt, theirs or ours, is perfect healing. Only after it is given to us can we offer it to others. One way to … [Read more]
Remembering our Guiltlessness
We learn of our guiltlessness when a brother or sister looks at us and sees not a body but rather that which is worthy of love and wholly undeserving of punishment (e.g., T-13.In.1:2). It is the so-called other who reminds us of God's … [Read more]
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