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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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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

layers

to vacuum the carpet

isn't enough...


the real dirt

lies underneath

the carpet



today
we would pull back the carpet

and get to the bottom of it....

ohhhh....

i fell in love with my son today

though he is dead

i met him

again

for the very first time

i saw him

without my violence

without my fear

without my veil



i saw him sitting there
playing video games

without my hate

of violence


i saw the Love

that sat in the chair


oh dear dear dear
Son of God

i am so sorry
i ever

gave you my jacket of guilt

to wear


what a heavy garment

for an innocent child


i love to know

it touched you not

i love to see

you shining yet


i love to see the Love of God
shining in you now

reflecting back at me


thank you for your Power, tiny Child

thank you for your Holiness

thank you

for saving me

from my lies


thank you
for this birth

of

Truth

no word

today

i would do no harm

i would let go of all my violent thinking

dictating

how the world should be


i would vacation

for a few moments

from

all

my

ideas.....

Saturday, September 26, 2009

sometimes it's time...

sometimes it's time to just
sit out the dance

sometimes it's time to watch
the party from the corner of the room

sometimes it's time to sit at a table
by yourself

with yourself
loving yourself

it may look like you're alone
to others....

but you know
you have stunning company :-)

Friday, September 25, 2009

peek a boo :-)

what can you really see?

looking at my face

what can

you

really

see?


can you see

deep deep deep down into
the
light
of my soul?


can you see

this thought

as it sparkles
in this moment
of creation?

can you see the substance?

can you see this inner experience
i am having right now?


can you see... beyond these words......

to the other world

that is coming through right now?


can you feel

this bridge

to Eternity?


what

can

you

really

see?


only this....


you

being

me

;-)

stuttering

when love

seems to stutter


don't be fooled


behind this breathing space

is the deepest reverberation

hitting the walls of your mind and heart

and pulverizing the ancient petroglyphs


nothing left


now there is room

for Love

to enter


whenever Love

seems

to stutter



do not

be fooled



you are the ocean of Love Itself



have you ever seen

a wave

stutter?

undone

willing to shift

ever so slightly

and let the Love of God literally

come pouring through



the tiniest of cracks


and it is all undone

the dam is penetrated

the flood of Love

the gushing

immeasurable Power of Love

of the Entire Universe

of All Creation

does the rest


comes crashing through


the dam but crumbles

dissolving forever
without a trace

and every thought
we ever think

is met

with waves
of Love

Truth

and

understanding...


Cinderella!

...i would free myself

from slavery...

dictating all i should and shouldn't do

dictating all my needs and wants

dictating what i am

what the standards are,
the rules for behavior

constantly grading it
evaluating it

demanding "i" do more
be more

stop this!
start that!

sooner!

slower!

Cinderella! Cinderella!....(shrieking).....




i would resign
from the wicked stepsister

and

oh oh oh.....

just rest







and.let.Her.be.

what.She.IS.


freedom


abolition

has anyone ever

not done what you wanted? :-))))

...not done
what you
thought they should do?

has anyone ever
not acted out your fantasy?

then you do

believe in slavery!!!...

you believe
that someone is here
to do exactly as you think...

as you dictate
in your mind...

we believe
we OWN people!

we
are
slaveholders
in
our
mind



today
we would
free.our.slaves.


let them live
their own lives
have their own thoughts
their own truth

and we free them
so that our own light

can shine

again

in our mind

ever so slightly

what a surprise!

i draw open the blinds

and before my eyes



God



what we have named "a drop of water"

left from the rain

in the morning sun

catches me



it's pink



i shift ever so slightly


it's yellow

green

blue

lavendar


yes


it's

ALL
there

all the colors
all possibilities

in this pinpoint of light

and it is i

who but shifts ever so slightly
to see it

how very very very close are we
to such a sparkling new perception

it's all already there
so magnificent
so radiant
so breathtaking

we open the blinds
and all possibilities
are sparkling

just waiting

such a surprising beauty

and as we shift but one hair's width
in our position
is more beauty revealed


today
only this:
be willing
to shift
ever
so
slightly

Thursday, September 24, 2009

sickness

the communication device can't be sick
and the message isn't sick

so what is sick?

it must be my willingness that is sick

my willingness to hear love
to respond to love
to give away/share love
to speak love
to think
loving thoughts

i shut off my receptivity to love,
to God

i turned off the phone
and not hearing that i was loved
i ran away and hid

i see where i am
sitting homeless under this bridge

and i see the Sun has never stopped shining

no one for a moment
has stopped loving true heartfelt
communication

everyone is your Friend

the Universe is a very friendly place
when i don't cover my ears
in my own heart

there is only one kind of sickness

and that is "heartsickness"

and the only remedy
is Love

thank God
that is what
we are made of

and we would prevent
all mental illness
by giving it away to everyone
we know

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

we are the rain

l love the rain!

the rhythms playing on the roof
the trees, the streets,
especially on my gutter....

the moisture
seeping in
to all the cracks

the swelling
the uptake
the acceptance
and receptivity

with GLADNESS
and rejoicing

don't you love the icy cold drink
on a hot summer day?

there is no question of acceptance of
what feels so good!

so the rain
is here
and now

we must have
ordered it

it's brought
to our table
free of charge

our Secret Admirer,
the Holy Spirit,
watching with glee

as it freely
showers us
sings to us
reminds us
of the Ancient River,
the flood of Love

gushing through our veins
through our Hearts
through our Being

it is us
that rains upon the earth
so mercifully
so generously
so fluidly

with all we are

holding back nothing

and receiving all
we pour out...


direct communication

direct communication of light

from Father to Son

here is the Purpose

of all that is


of this day

and all days
minutes
hours

the One Moment


there is no future

in which to accept the Truth

that you are Light


there is only Now


are you Light
or not?



you have already proven
the answer

because to be "not Light"
you would not even be reading this!!!

i love you,
Joy

thank God for Light!

we dedicate this day to Light

to candles

that remain burning

in the wind



despite the 100mph gusts

despite the rain

despite the torrents

despite the despicable characters
lurking in the dark corners of our mind
shouting obscenities and outbursts of insanity

we dedicate this day
to illumination
from the center out

the strength of Truth
of Wisdom
that no age has diminished
so much as a grain of sand

we dedicate this day
of clouds
to the Sun
that contributes to their very presence
by its own warmth

contributes to their expansion
to their evaporation
that at the perfect time
the Light of the Sun
the Clarity of Reality
bursts forth
in such strength
and boldness

that no doubt
remains possible

we dedicate this day
to Light
without question

because Light
is
unquestionable!!!

amen, brother!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

the holy virus!

yes, you did read that right...


if all is Love

doesn't that include viruses....?

think of those innocent little parts of the Universe

sitting there doing nothing...

and we separate them out
and give them this big ugly name .....VIRUS! (skull and cross bones!)

we took our inner fear
and tried to place it outside of us

but

there's only One Cloth

we've heard this before

it's ancient
just like the "lowly virus"

the Holy Virus :-)

the Gift: Joy, today is a day of silence/alias laryngitis, etc etc etc.....

Is this not the most ancient and holy of wisdom?

Isn't silence the place we go

to be

with God!?

Holy Virus to me, "I am with you.
I am for you--not against you...

Today
be still
today
rest
today
let go of your plans"

today be with God
no talking
no interactions with the world
with distractions

just you
and God
in silence

deep

24 hours
48hours

can you take it?

72 hours
of the ego not talking.....no commercials for it's greatness!!!!:-)

96...
hours of peace...
of intimacy
with God

ask your deepest questions

speak no word of your own

120
hours
of
Clarity...

and the scrappy little ego voice says hilariously....
"but what about my paycheck....
i don't get "paid" if i don't "work"....?!!@

oh you dear sweet little innocent child...
(whose view of the world is but from the perspective of a tiny mouse....)

120
hours of deepest wisdom
of freedom
of Love revealed
of Self Realization

and you think you are not getting paid!

how many dollars could ever equal such a gift!

the thought is nonsense


resurrection of Original Beauty...

do you really only desire 120 hours....

the Holy Virus...

think again

what time

is for....

no greater gift than this....

contemplate

contemplate


everything you think you know

someone taught you

(are you absolutely positive catsup is made of tomatoes...
are you absolutely sure that it's a tomato...?
not part of God, which is completely indivisible and indistinquishable from all that is..
not part of the earth
not water, sun, and air
not Love
not candy
not a mirror of your heart....


who told you?

was it a valid source?

who was their source?


are you a valid source?

of all the things you think you know

how much of it is certain

and unchangeable?

if it isn't certain

without doubt

completely

unchangeable

it isn't true


what do you know now?

how valid is your source?


only validity
has value

contemplate

who
is
your
Source

and what
does It know?
about you
about Itself
about Reality?

contemplate

Sunday, September 20, 2009

guidance

it is always right there

every word you need
every thought
every direction
is written crystal clear already
in your mind

so luscious
so lavish

is your guidance

it but bubbles over
with abundance
for you

opportunities for joy
and rejoicing
and joining
and celebrating
forgiveness
perfect clarity

where once there was doubt
indecision
and clouded thinking
smoky and drugged

now the new birds
pour forth
all around you

singing and singing and singing
your praises and delight

they bring to you
companions of incomparable wealth

filled to overflowing
with wisdom
and knowledge
and helpfulness
and wholly empty of fear

so that there is nothing you can ever do
that they will not uphold and support you

from ever falling.... again

double vision

God is

crystal clarity

crisp sharp acuity

like nothing we've ever seen


we've been seeing double
seeing everything with a ghost image

and we don't even know it
we think it's the normal
way to see

because we always have

two images
one good one bad
a good side and a bad side
to everything
everyone
every situation

it's double vision
it's a distortion of reality

Reality is single-sided
One Thing

crystal
clear
sharp

Love is

Nothing else is

there are not two sides to Love
there are not two ways to see it

anything but this is double vision

corrective lens are prescribed

Friday, September 18, 2009

resist nothing

"live from inspiration,
not obligation..."

resist nothing...

what a way to go

how fast could we move

by resisting nothing

rubbing on nothing

no friction

like lubricated metal parts

freely zipping along

no sticky shoes
on the dance floor

that hold you up
and trip you

shake hands
and smile
to all of it

love all your friends
the quiet
the dark
the masqueraded
the punk
the elitist
the summer wench :-)

the rain goddess
the merman

Zeus
and
Athena

every possibility
every thought
in all of the Universe

every novel
every tale
every song

and every scrap of garbage

is but a figment
of our imagination

love the theater...

love the writer...

Love
the Source

resist
No
Thing

and your Thoughts
will fly
of themselves
to God

speed of light

why is it someone seems to leave your life?

one reason

so you can move toward God
faster

the space invites
a higher vibration

a higher frequency
of communication

with your Self
and Others

it invites in
the perfect catalyst

for shared
exponential growth

it invites
awareness

of the speed

of Light

Now

Thursday, September 17, 2009

stillness

we do not make demands

we simply wait

i let go

and there is

only light

in my stillness
is the world's

there is nothing more valuable
that i can do with my time, my mind,
my life--which is not mine

in doing nothing
are all things accomplished

do you want world peace?
be still

do you want freedom from
financial turmoil?
be still

do you want the end of divorce
and only deep lasting love?
be still

do you want to love yourself
completely forever
without the possibility
of ever ending?
be still

do you want to freely embrace
all news headlines,
every scrap of gossip,
every old pattern,
and teaching from
the orthodox church?
be still

only this

here is the Answer to all
movement away from God

be still
right where you are
in God

off the beaten path :-)

"you think
that without the ego
all would be chaos.
I assure you that without the ego
all would be love." acim p?

without the ego
bursts forth liberty

as all rules
restrictions
conditions
simply fracture
and fall away

out of time
out of space
out of the past
out of illusion
out of romantic fairy tales

to the now
the one
the only
infinite moment of Possibilities

roaring with warmth

so incredibly flexible
to expand

and include
every lark

every spontaneous joyous bird
that flits into your awareness

to jump off the boxcar

at the open meadow

to lay down

in this moist oozy fragrant swamp

to be lifted
so naturally
over your head

lifted out of your mind

out of your train of thought

to an atmosphere
of invisibility

where you lose sight of your self

and

dis....a p p e a r....

and zing

into
an

expansiveness
of

unknown

ecstasy....

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

forgiveness

forgiveness

is when

you remember...



your Ecstasy

light

to speak your truth

means

to share

your Ecstasy

sickness

there is no thought
that is sick

that is not helpful
that does not direct us,
guide us,

POINT US BACK TO GOD

pain is but a call for relief

pain is a visitor
i welcome
because she is here

She must have come to bring me love

so i sit with her
and open to the gift

please, friend,
what loving thought have you
come to share with me?

what buried memory of God
will you help me open to today?

thank you blessed "attacker"
for the truth
you call me to live


Tuesday, September 15, 2009

like passionate lips

there are
so many positions of
Love:

each curve on a branch,

the thousand different ways
your eyes can embrace us,

the infinite shapes your
Mind can draw,

the spring
orchestra of scents

the currents of light
combusting
like passionate lips

the revolution of Existence's skirts
whose folds contain other worlds,

your every sigh that falls against
His inconceivable
omnipresent
Body.



(thank you dear Hafiz)

Monday, September 14, 2009

coffee love

so just now
five minutes before i need to leave the house
to teach a class

i set my coffee cup on a book on the edge of the counter
and
bam!
drop!
big bang!

it goes everywhere
all the way across the room
into tiny tiny drops and bits
i am amazed at the power that
sends these drops whizzing so far through space

and I think to myself
ok
i am going to love this
it happened
it's perfect

and i see that
it looks like all these different
things so far apart
and different shapes
and drips and splashes

and i see

it's all the same
just coffee and milk
from the same cup
One Thing

Love
all from the same cup
no matter how far the distance/separation seems
no matter what the form appears
no matter how dried up
or sloshy
and everywhere in between

there's only One Thing!

much love,
to all of you/me/God

Saturday, September 12, 2009

fearlessness

I am in love with Joy/Fearlessness

there is nothing else i want

it holds Everything

this Song of Fearlessness is my true Self
i would share with the world/me

we let the masks fall
the costumes
the words
the thoughts
the conversations
the debates

we let is all just slide away

and shining fearlessness

radiates through every part of our being

forever
freely
joyously
lifted

everywhere
in sight

live it

"i need to live
whatever realization
i have now,
rather than seeking something
i don't think
i have....

the belief
that something phenomenal
has to happen
is actually a postponement
preventing you
from allowing yourself
to just rest
in who you are
already."

chemeli gad ardagh
from the book
Ordinary Women,
Extraordinary Wisdom

Friday, September 11, 2009

without "I"

who would you be

without the thought

of "I"?

silence

beauty

radiance

infinity

timeless

opening continually

every expanding

ever spacious

...

free...

Thursday, September 10, 2009

blank screen

everyone you meet

every situation

is a blank screen

for your projection



what is it you want them to be

for you today?

would you like to see Jesus?
would you like to see laughter?
would you like to see perfect clarity,
someone who has no doubt,
no fear at all
about anything?

it is done already
if you truly
desire this

you will see
your heart

open it now
and look
inside...

closed eyes

have you considered

that you might completely

wake up

today?!!!!

if not,

then

you must be

sound asleep.....:-)

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

kitties

even a cat

who hides under the bed

is LOVE

she is doing exactly what she needs to do
she is taking care of herself
listening to her call for safety

she doesn't judge
argue
or criticize
herself

she follows the simple directions

run
under
the
bed

stay there!

until
you
FEEL
like coming out!

she listens to no one else

no
matter
how much
they
coax

she hears
but
One Voice

she is doing
exactly
what she needs to do
in that moment

she is INNOCENT

and we love her dearly
whether she is sitting on our lap
or hiding in darkness
under the bed...

Dear God,
help us be as kind to ourselves,
our friends, our family,
as we are to our kitties :-)))

shadow puppets

shadows of leaves swaying in the breeze

on my blind

remind me of the theater

of shadow puppets


this world

is just showing you

your mind


you believe it is possible

that something/love could disappear

could go away sometimes

and come back again


that love is not constant

steady
certain
sure
ALL there is


a body is not love

whether a body is present or not

has nothing to do with Love

how you see/think of this body/person/thing
in your mind
is EVERYTHING

it asks you only
has Love disappeared
from your mind?

is the stage of your mind
empty
of Love?

then
now
is the time
to
show up

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

stop talking

Joy is where You came from

where You live

in the Heart of Joy

and
the only Destination possible

Joy wraps Her joyous Arms around You
smiles endlessly

and sings and sings and sings


Listen

Can you hear Her?

if you can't
seem to hear Her...

stop talking

Monday, September 7, 2009

wings

love doesn't just sit around
although she can
if that's what you need

love sweeps through the streets
of our mind

trickles down our cheeks

rises each morning with the sun

and tucks us in each night
reading a love story
to all of us children of the world

Joy doesn't just sit around

though she does sit
very
very
very
still

even while dancing

and lighting
up
the
room


peace is not boring :-)))

"love will blaze a pathway through your mind of Itself..." (acim p?)

one step

i open, Father

here

is Heaven's Gate

there is but one step

from here

to there

there is but one thought

that could ever seem

to hold us back

the one step
is
to
open

our
eyes


for before us
is

all of Heaven

Father,
i raise my eyes
to see

only You

it is
but Your Face

i look upon

in every moment


amen

together we rise

together
we rise

together
we breathe

together
we exhale

and the world is moved

and shifted

flipped on its back

feet in the air

all the soft places
vulnerably exposed

so ready
to be fully met

with only
softness

Sunday, September 6, 2009

open

the closest word i can find for God
is

open

opening
opening
opening
opening

continually opening

to all there is and beyond

wider
farther
ohhhhhhhhhhh

so

open

everywhere i look
i open to it

the wider i open
the more radiance
is visible

the wider i open
infinity is everywhere

instead of one point of view
there are a million
and all of them are
wholly loving

how can i possibly accept everything,
accept
Eternity
if i am not 100% open?

whatever single thought you are attached to

would you not rather have/love Everything

Openness wills only Openness

Heaven is wholly open to everyone
everything
everythought

so
wide
wide
wide

OPEN

oh it feels
SOOOOOOOOOO
GOOD!!!!

to be OPEN!

wide arms

wide open palms

fingers stretched out to completely reach out and touch
and extend love

without the darkness on the inside of a shut tight fist

there is but connection

only possible

in the divine expanse of openness

Ahhhhhhhh......

singing

the miracle
is
our rebirth

absolved
from
nothing

light
but
shines
forever

only this is true

Joy is a born singer

nothing can interrupt
this Song of Joy:-))))

day and night
our Heart
sings of God
to God

no story has any interest,
next to Joy

face it:
we simply
LOVE Joy!

there's nothing
hard about it

Friday, September 4, 2009

God owns me

God owns me

owns the rights
to my creation

i am copyrighted by God

nothing can ever change
where i came from
or what i am made of

no subsitutes exist
nor have ever been conceived

One Possibility
One Thought
radiates
All that is

everywhere you look
if you ever have a doubt

remember
that thing in front of you
is copyrighted by God

it's innocence
and yours
are
guaranteed

Thursday, September 3, 2009

fruit happens

i stand before a giant tree/bush with a million deep green leaves
and full ripe round blue berries
just hanging in bunches
off the branches

and i ask

what is the wisdom i need today?

don't you see?

fruit just is

i do nothing

and from somewhere deep within me

somewhere i can't see

i don't know how

i don't even know when it's happening

i don't think about it

and fruit comes forth

full and juicy

and just hangs so ready

for everyone to eat



what is my fruit?

Joy is your fruit


from somewhere you don't know of
and in a way you are not aware of

Joy
is always
creating
and flowing through your whole being
out into the world
and simply
offers itself
to everyone
who is hungry

there is no payment
no exchange

Joy expands and expands and expand and expands...

that's the whole story



Wednesday, September 2, 2009

i LOVE this!

there is no person, place,thing, situation, or time
that can give you more happiness than any other!!!!!!

I AM JOY!


now
am i free


to be happy!

only loveliness

only loveliness

i am my own Mother

of Joyful Thoughts

and i love my Children,

my Family of Thoughts


Joy is

and beyond my farthest thoughts

there are more

and more

and forever more

thoughts begetting thoughts

all in the Universe of Joy


the stars too numerous to count

so the Experience of Joy

so the depth of space

mirrors our never ending capacity

for Joy

and awe

Joy is

the clock never seems to stop

we seem to move through space

we think it makes a difference

it doesn't


JOY IS

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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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