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Hi! Welcome to the Joy of Miracles.

To write is to uncover, to unhide, to bring to light, and express what is within. To share is the end of all private thoughts, all shame, all guilt, all pain and separation. Here is all Joy found at last! Writing helps us to repeat, focus, choose, and remember ideas. The purpose of this writing is healing for all of us.

This blog is inspired by "A Course in Miracles"and The Work of Byron Katie. You are invited to share your comments by clicking on the word "comment" at the end of each post. If you scroll way down there's a little info about me and also an archive of past writing you can view by clicking on the title. Thanks so much for visiting...

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Friday, February 25, 2011

grace is

grace is

now
everywhere
extending everywhere

there is nothing else

only a thought says something else

where would you
build your house?

on this tiny little thought
or in the midst of Reality?

my own mind
is my refuge,
the only friend i have

without this friend
i am lost

it is my own friendship,
my own Reality,
that i have been seeking
since time
began

the state of grace
i am

here is the end
of all mistakes
all war
all conflict

the root of all evil--
not money--
but lonesomeness
for my Self
for Truth
for what is
always
forever

the only thing
that truly lives

here is
the end
of blame

no one
needs to die,
to pay,
to suffer

Grace is


Thursday, February 24, 2011

meet yourself

there is nothing
that cannot be shown to me
as Love

that can't be uncovered

the sameness
that lives me

Father
Innocence
Joy
Harmlessness

the deep truth of the
Joy of Helpfulness
and the falsity of the need to protect

enLightened
Being

lit from beyond this belief system:
outside the realm of fear,
symbols of separateness

the gift
of
Presence

smiles on all things

Her very Presence
is all the comfort
we are ever seeking

simply
show up

meet your Self/self

everywhere you look

what an amazing trip
we take today
as we see that everything,
every person this world
can possibly show us
is us!

Fascinating!

we laugh with surprise

Rap on, preacher, rap on!


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

You-ni-verse

each day as the sun rises
so again
do you,
dear one,

it is your light
you see
shining everywhere you look

it is your light
you see in another's eyes

it is your voice
that sings
your favorite song on the radio

every symphony
is you

your heart
flows through the trees

your heart
grows the grass

your heart rains down
upon the world
and flows in rivers
and pools in lakes
and rises and falls as waves crashing in the ocean

it is your heart
that motors every car
every purr
every atom
bouncing
spinning
exploding
in your mind

all power in Heaven and earth is you
there is no escape
there is no backdoor
that will ever lead you
to any place
but this
Truth

Home

Home
Home
Home...
every where you look
you are resting
in your Home

every single blossom in the world: you

wouldn't you give yoursefl a break today
and celebrate your beauty(b-you-ty!)

(and just in case
you have any resistance to this Truth,
remember,
poop
provides the necessary
nutrients
for Flowers!!!! :-)

no shit...

Thank you, Love,
for what is!


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

swinging both ways

i can swing both ways

my mind
is flexible

on this side
of the swinging door

you stand
with your specific words
of "negativity" and "confusion"
seeing them as different

i can see that

and i
on the other side
in the other room
point of perspective
can see them as the same

i can see both are true
i can stand on your point of view
meet you there

and i can also
at the same time
see the light
in my room
in my space
on my point
of this path

the point in mind

i can see both ways

the doors easily swing freely
one way
or the other

there is no closed
or open

both exist together
smiling
at the happy truth

space calls for no war/disagreement
but simply
lovingly and gently
looks on all
and holds them all
lightly

Her Heart
being
all
that
really
matters...



Monday, February 21, 2011

only Trust is worthy

only trust
is worthy

has any value to you
holds anything at all

distrust
is the denial of Trust
of Love
of Cause
of Source
of Nature

look how you trust
the sun to come up every morning

don't believe for a moment
you are incapable of total trust
because you are human

the only question is:
where
do you put
your trust?

in the past?
or
present: are you safe
right now?
even as you think
your scariest thought?


Trust worthy

Trust worthy:

only Defenselessness

end of shields
shielding
blocking off

hiding
behind my wall

where i don't
let you in
to my "fortress"

because i
am not safe there

you would see
my criminal
idols
i worship

my rituals
i keep solely for
myself
in place of peace/God/Truth/Reality

in this darkness
where i cannot see me,
where God
does not exist

you, too, would be devoured,
raped
by this sucking vacuum
of emptiness/denial


Trust worthy:

i lay down my shield

i open my darkest places
i tell you every tiny detail/image/belief
that i worship/fear/identify with

and holding hands,

my willingness to be open,
to share
to be totally honest

this heaviness
is relieved

alone
i am buried
under the weight

but with your presence
I, too, arrive,
the teller,
not the tale,

and light
at last
is free
to reach
me


loneliness
has no where to sit
in Defenselessness,
so
she
just
goes...


Trust worthy:

Light...


never stop
telling the truth

and the face of loneliness
is forever facing away


Saturday, February 19, 2011

feed thyself

feed thyself

and you will not have to

eat your brother alive! :-)))



drink
from the fountain
within

and you will not demand
someone else
give you
yourself

only you
know what you are thinking
feeling
believing

only you
can question it

only you
can free
feed
release
yourself


what
mighty
power!!!

Friday, February 18, 2011

sparkling water

finally
a clear drink
has been offered me

truly sparkling
water

unsullied
by conditioning
of the world's sadness

its demand
its premise
of dirt
denial
block of love

i saw it yesterday
on the radio
as one more person
mourned death


given...

no effort at all...

at last it was clear

in this one moment

i saw the birth
of all my fear


taught me by every single person
i have ever known

until
Byron Katie

the veil is falling quickly now
because
it is all one
idea

reality is not harmful

death of the body--ie change in form
is not bad

how funny
to think
this is the clamour of the world
all the while
change is the only thing
the world consists of

insanity: what is
is wrong

die
before you die

let
the body go

the identity of "joyschultz" : the belief in the missing part

herein lies the peace/piece of God:
Wholeness

Holiness


death is

no more...

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

back to reality

He leadeth me beside still waters
back to my Self
you
are
the clear pool

He restoreth my soul
my memory re turns

yeah, though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death
though fear strikes my mind
and darkness blinds me

I will fear no evil
there is no belief I will not question

for Thine is the Kingdom
for all I am is You

and the Power
the only real power there is

and the glory
the beauty of the Oneness
and nothing else is

forever:
now

amen.

today
let me be
but the servant, the server
of this Happiness
this Health, Wholeth,
this Pure Truth
and nothing else...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

deep....light

deep

deep

deeper still

the bottom falls out
from under you

simply
falls
away

opening
the mind

like clearing the dense vines in the jungle

the light instantly is
shining everywhere!

there's nothing you can do to make it come
without clearing the vines

there's nothing you can do to keep it out
once you do

just release
your hold

your gripping
fingers

on the basis
of your life:

fear

and see

you are still here

(without fear
taking "care"
of you)


the Brightest Light
in all
the Universe


Monday, February 14, 2011

holy space

open to the holy space
you closed off
by
treasuring the idea
of "something else"

what is looked away from
is now turned towards

attracts you
draws you

this is the match
for your heart

see yourself standing over your worst crime
but this time
you are incapable of the thought of guilt

i see my dead son laying on the bed

without guilt
only appreciation is possible

thank you for helping me question the body
to open my mind
to expand my small vision
constriction
rigid boundaries
of right and wrong and should and shouldn't
my totally inaccurate beliefs about "life"
about knowing
and reality

i see now
the body wasn't you

thank you for crossing paths with me
for this intersection
interaction
for all my reactions
brought to my attention

what an intense 17 years we packed in

you have brought me to my knees now

to where i can see
i know nothing at all

why are we here?
what is true?

everything i ever learned just
flew out the window

open hearth
now
to see
everything i ever laid on you
was but my own
blood

my own
wounds
unattended
since the beginning of time

your going leaves me
with the only truth there is

you are not the cause of my pain

i face the truth now

just sitting

for hours
days
months
and now
years

opening
opening
opening
to this freedom

this re sponse ability

abled/empowered
to re spond

to
look
again...

without
guilt


holy space

there is nothing
that holds "more"
than this

Friday, February 11, 2011

all the pieces

Joy: All the pieces of the puzzle
fit!

are needed

nothing left out
or
a misfit

every word ever uttered
every thought
every hair on any head

not one second
is out of place

out
of God's blessing

feel it

this moment now
is essential

is radiating
with love and truth for you
from you
to you

to All
that is

to every single piece of the puzzle
in all of time
and space

checkmate

Joy
the only Ultimatum :-)


Monday, February 7, 2011

it doesn't matter

there's nothing you can do

nothing you can say
nothing you can think

that will ever change
the God in you

an extra bite of chocolate
1,000 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
when you are not hungry

a million billion chips
until you weight three tons

won't change you
one ounce

God won't budge

go ahead
do the ultimate

any kind of suicide you can imagine

it won't make any difference at all

Love will never ever ever leave you

there is no poison
love is not immune to

It can't take your nonsense
seriously...

migraines
depression
lovesickness
obsession
addiction

try all the ways you want

and in the end
all you will ever find
is love

its hopeless

you're doomed

the end of all suffering
is already here
right now

every thing else
is just
(a) play...

have another million drinks...
it makes no difference at all to God

You are His Son forever and ever
and completely powerless
to change your Identity in any way.

amen.

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I have been a student of A Course in Miracles since 1986. It has helped me tremendously to be a happier person by helping me change my perception of everything. I have found writing to be very helpful in the process of practicing, experiencing, and living the ideas in the Course. In 2006 I started sharing inspiration from the Course with a friend. Now it is a joy to share it with everyone. In 2009, The Work of Byron Katie found me at a woman's group. The Work is a way to identify and question your stressfuI beliefs. I dove right in and in April 2013 became a Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. I work with people privately and offer online classes. Please visit www.joyofthework.com for more information. I also still occasionally lead the 11am Sunday Gathering at the Rocky Mountain Miracles Center in Denver. For more information http://www.miraclescenter.org/

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