Undoing the Separation and Re-connecting with your Source

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I'd like to share a few helpful ideas about undoing the ego (the thought of separation from our Source and the idea that we could take on an individual existence or personal identity) and returning to our Source. I hope you'll employ these powerful tools to experience your reality, which is permanent, rather than just this world, which is temporary. Put the Holy Spirit (or your higher power) in charge: This simple act can be done in the morning in ten seconds. Say: "Holy Spirit, you be in … [Read more...]

Big Love – Part 2: An interview with Louis Bourgeois

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Louis Bourgeois is a spiritual teacher, mentor and author of more than a dozen very personal books (available at Lulu.com), and he continues to write about his own life experiences from a personal perspective, and that act of writing has anchored his spiritual awakening. Louis' story, like our own, is about healing and about forgiveness. He is a longtime student and teacher of A Course in Miracles. Louis is co-founder of The Oasis Center for Conscious Living based in Stillwater, MN, along … [Read more...]

Big Love – Part 1: An interview with Louis Bourgeois

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Please read Part 2, a continuation of this interview, click link at end of post Some of us march to the beat of our own drummer. Louis Bourgeois is one such person. A spiritual teacher, mentor and author of more than a dozen very personal books (available at Lulu.com), Louis continues to write about his own life experiences from a personal perspective, and that act of writing has anchored his spiritual awakening. Louis' world is about not following the path of what is expected, but being … [Read more...]

The Celestial Mind and the Healing of the World

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The state of the world is precarious and, in fact, dangerous. The state of your mind slips at times into uncertainty and fear. Relating these two facts is rarely done. However, sickness and pain is not just a mind-body connection, but a mind-world connection. A Course in Miracles offers a vision of love and miracles that brings together this world's cause and effect and heals both. Only the mind needs healing. I realize this does not seem to be the case in a world of pressing problems, but … [Read more...]

A New Frame of Reference for Shifting From Fear To Love

We've all been there: stuck in fear or anxiety and wishing there was a quicker, easier way of getting free - of experiencing what A Course in Miracles describes as "a shift away from fear to love." So how do we make the shift more easily so we don't remain hostage to our ego and to the suffering it brings us? By first being willing to conceive of the possibility that our true Identity can literally come into the fear we're feeling and transform it for us. Consider this new frame of reference: … [Read more...]

Your Past Isn’t What It Used To Be

During my high school years I walked to school each morning with my buddy George. One day as an act of affection, I reached my arm around George's shoulder and hugged him lightly. My friend was uncomfortable with this motion and politely threw my arm off his shoulder. I felt embarrassed and we both said nothing. At the end of the year we were off to college and we went our separate ways. For a long time, however, when I thought about George I recalled that awkward moment.Many years later I … [Read more...]