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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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Monday, November 30, 2009

without the past

without the past
all is Paradise

Home is a place
there is no desire to leave

the more you are there
the more you see
the fruits multiply

visitors may come to you
you welcome them
and listen
and watch

the colors change
hear the notes
the changing melodies
and keys

there is no one who comes
who is not a blessing

every stranger that arrives
has come to be your friend
to meet you
and you them

to see their innocence
to understand them
and see the oneness

the robes of different colors
fall away
as we talk

the language may sound different
but the one meaning
whispers always on...


Saturday, November 28, 2009

on the cusp

the star is shining in the night
yet still
the dark surrounds us

the path is not yet clear as day
we cannot see the end

yet in our hearts
the call remains

to come
from there
to here

we take one baby step
and then one more

and
only as the step is taken
does the light
grow clear....


Thursday, November 26, 2009

All is Joy

There is nothing your holiness cannot do!!!! (L38)

Nothing!!!

take this in.....sit with it in quiet..

here
is
all
healing

the whole planet is healed in this moment
in this peace
in acceptance of this Truth

in your innocence
is
nothing else

no possibility of guilt projected outward
no attack
no harm visible

all
is
innocent
perhaps asleep,
but oh so innocent
oh so glorious
oh so free

we share not
our brother's dreams
or our own

we let
them evaporate
in the light
of truth

There is nothing my holiness cannot do!


Tuesday, November 24, 2009

birth!

we
are the Christmas lights!

we
are the lights we string upon the tree!

we
are the tinsel
the colors

every ornament you see
is but our mirror

Hi Rudolf!
we
are the guiders of our sleigh tonight/today
with our nose shining so bright

we
are the angels
who sing the good news

we
are the wise men

we
are the North Star

within us
is everything
we need

the innocent infant
untouched
so holy
just born of God

not one spot upon us
to hide our joy!

merry merry Christmas now
this moment is the holiest moment of your life

celebrate
our birth

it
is
now!!!!


Monday, November 23, 2009

eyes of God

all eyes
are lights

see the eyes of all beings
all over the world
all shapes
colors
sizes
some closed
some open
some halfway in between

now
your eyes
in the mirror in the bathroom
and in every face you see
looking back at you

your eyes
are the stars
that light this earth

your eyes are the stars
that see with wisdom

your sparkling eyes
can literally light up
all the eyes that look upon them
just by what they are

your eyes
right
now
are showing God
to the world

only with gratitude
do they see at all

today
we use our eyes
to say thank you

let's all be Home
for Thanksgiving...


Saturday, November 21, 2009

hmmm...

inspiring--this word/letters...are but symbols sitting in the Space....

we
are
symbols
in the
Space

what meaning
do we hold?
would we convey?

that is the question

what do we symbolize?

what is this much larger thing
behind us?

what to we stand/stand up
for?

beyond this concept
what is?

and the answer that came:
Laughter!

yes! i definitely sign on
to be a symbol of laughter/lightheartedness
of Joy
beyond
costumes/limits

of expansive thoughts
on a scale
we can't imagine...

i would symbolize
the unthought up
unknown

the vista

the fresh air

the breeze...

of unearthly
delight!

we
but
laugh
away
our
bodies/ego thoughts......

hmmm.....




Lovingstuff

listen

in each space

for this stillness

this peace


pay attention to the spaces
between the words

between the thoughts

is Presence

not emptiness,
but the holder
the raw Source
Substance

primordial Origin

the Lovingstuff
from which you overflowed...:-)


bankrupt

the ego is bankrupt
it lives on borrowed time

guilt is debt
it holds nothing

i no longer look to debt
for riches

giving up the belief in the thought of debt
my Godmoney/Joy runneth over

how silly to think
i could ever have
found satisfaction/joy
in debt...


all i want for Christmas...

on the tenth day of Christmas
my true love (Me) gave to me....
freedom from the thought "i need...."

who would i be
on the tenth day
of living without the thought
"i need...."?

without the ego's constant commercials
detours
delays

joy only increases

think of Heaven
constantly

thoughts
only of Heaven
swelling
embracing
chasing you down in
in the grocery story

you reach for a can of beans
and all you can see
is joy

you turn down the next aisle
and only angels
are pushing their carts

you arrive
at the cashier
and you so happily
and gratefully
hand her your cash,
not yours
ever
not even for a second,
but God's currency

you shine Love
without any concept of
"energy shortage"
or
"environmental ( your mental environ)
degradation"

no impurities
to block
the Light

only brighter
and brighter
and brighter

breathless
weightless
oppositeless

free

I love me
without the thought of guilt!!!!!!

merry merry Christ-mas now!!!!


Friday, November 20, 2009

Home

pain and pleasure are the same
it's purpose is to make the body real (acim t579)

dear God
let my hands be empty
i would not twist and turn
my life
to fill it with the pleasure
i think i need

how barren is this thought
of Spirit
Strength
God
Glory

let my mind be willing
to question
every tiny scrap
of my beliefs/desires

i am blinded by the world
by my senses

i think they tell me what is good
and true
and beautiful,
but
they only echo
my beliefs

i would
now
be empty

wholly empty
of all the world's/body's values

let this Space

BE

let it expand

to all i am aware of

where no ego/separation/division
is possible

Home

Thursday, November 19, 2009

given

everything

is given you

where do you think "your" ideas
come from?

do you actually think
"you" make them up?

how is it so?

they but come to you

always

they enter your awareness

you may see it in a book
hear it from a mouth
hear it in "your" mind,

but "you"
are simply
a communication device

you
are a messenger

you
are given
the message
to deliver

everything in your life
reflects the message

concious of it
or not

you are one big
neon sign!

re view

yes
every single thing i see
represents/reflects a belief

it shows me
what i believe

i look at but a list
of my beliefs

i review,
look back
upon them

to see
if i would still desire to suffer

or raise to doubt
give up support of
question
the belief of guilt/punishment/hell

the belief that something
could harm God
change God
anger Peace

would i admit my error?
would i admit that my mistaken idea/belief
had no effect on Reality?

and allow Joy into my Reality?

would i be willing
to accept Joy?

that's what every single
object, person, place, situation
and circumstance
asks you
now?
that's why it's in your life!

that's what every single thing
is for?

that's the purpose of every second!

that's
why
you
were
born....


what
do
you
believe?

that
is
your world!

what
do
you
want?

that
is
your
world?

what
is
true?

you
or
God?


trance end dance

all the objects, too,
were made from the same clay...

but they all pretended they were not.

they all believed they
were something different--

and so everyone thought he
needed what everyone else had

and was completely convinced
that he didn't already have it...

in a hypnotic trance
each identical particle
couldn't see this was so

it was all so very strange....
love
denied

without our story/trance/dream/sleep....

truth is obvious

we are OneThing

Love is

my Name is Yours, sayeth the Lord...

and that
is not strange at all, but true

and Reality
seen at last
for what it is

loved Itself.....


Wednesday, November 18, 2009

in love with everything

in love with everything

without denial
beauty shines

i sat and stared
at the color blue
painted on a piece of wood

it was just so incredible

i hadn't enjoyed it so much
since i was a kid

i loved blue so much then

my two favorite turquoise skirts
my tiny treasured turquoise coin purse
my blue sweater
and fuzzy blue troll hair
my furry blue winter jacket
our blue mercury station wagon
and the pattern of holes on its blue ceiling

now
falling in love
with blue
all over again

we are
in love
with everything
without denial

joy
is
now
and everywhere
without denial

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

out

the only way out

is to question

the prison walls:

your beliefs

Monday, November 16, 2009

touch the monster

you must
face the fear(perception, illusion)
and go through it,

like a cloud

to see it is not a heavy
impenetrable
wall

to see it does not exist

running away
avoidance
distraction
keeps the illusion solid
and immovable
in your own perception

touch the monster directly
and you are free of fear


now is
there nothing
to fear...


Sunday, November 15, 2009

sliding down the mountain....

there is no substitute for peace (acim text 499.2.7)

i lower myself

underneath
the crust


below
the surface

it gets easier to move

form is less solid

i am not the thing
i was at the surface

perhaps "on top of the world"
is as far as you can get from God,
from center

from the molten ongoing creation:
formlessness

opening to light
far beyond the world's light

perhaps "on top of the world"
is not where i want to be;
does not hold peace,
but fear of falling...

no,
instead
i would let go of the world

sink inward

and let

this

that is
closer than my body

save me

from what i thought
i was



doesn't make sense

this whole play is a facade

it is not what i am

no part of this script is true

there is a hole in it that can never be filled

such a view of reality
is not intact
is only in part

How can Reality be missing a part?

ask yourself this often today

it makes no sense

Reality must be all there is,
but this script can never satisfy,
therefore it cannot be
the whole story

the facade is melting
away

only being
is true


Friday, November 13, 2009

total surrender

i would be off this mental wheel of trying/wanting
to "get"
of scarcity
of lacking
of always having some need that needs to be fulfilled...

there is no end to this...
on the wheel

i give up

i let go of all my
values
games
baubles
trinkets
rewards
aims
goals
distractions

all of "my" road
my thinking

i do not want this...
I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING!!!

what i am
where i am going
what i am doing
what i am here for
i do not know the way to You
i do not know the way to Heaven
i do not know what will make me happy

i completely give up

i sit
and wait
to be told

and now
the Presence can
fill me

now
am i free
to
be
it


the child's unknowing
is filled
with the Father's
Presence

off the wheel
there is another world

i am here
to be the Light
of "not trying"

having giving up "my" plan,

God is




Thursday, November 12, 2009

how to sew

my Mother taught me how to sow

there's nothing wrong with me

i can sew a button on a shirt
patch a knee
and hem a skirt

i can change things in my life
take them up
shorten them
or lengthen them

add a button
strengthen a connection
or open a zipper
and let something that is not working
slide away

i can let deception
roll off the table
on to the floor
and watch it disappear
down the alley

there's nothing wrong with me
i can speak
i can communicate
i can sit in stillness and ask
the Holy Spirit/my Own Wisdom
for the Truth

i am the bridge
from one corner of my mind
to the other

i can bring the two sides together
holding each other's hand
and see
that the little child's unknowing
is filled with the Father's wisdom

there is nothing wrong with me
though i may sometimes
lay on the ground
and see only a worm's eye view

the memory of my wings
remains
always
to unfold
at my request...


Wednesday, November 11, 2009

why doesn't God answer me?

why doesn't God answer me?

are you awake or asleep?

only Love will answer you truly

who can really ask a question
while he sleeps?

have you ever had a conversation
while you were asleep?

can you really hear
what your spouse is saying
while you are watching the game on tv
or cooking dinner
or focusing
on anything else?

shhhh....we are thinking...
can't you wait until later....?

i don't want to talk right now

so it is with us
as we walk the world
with our little game plan...

i'm a little busy right now, God.

i'll talk to you on the weekend...
after the party.... :-)))

it's impossible to get an answer
when we aren't really interested...


i am heaven

i am Heaven

light and peace (peach, i wrote and this is good, too...)
and joy
abide as me

angels hover near and all about
just so ready
sparkling
clear
clean
and radiant
with light

the moment we are willing
to open our mind
and see them

this is you

all clean
all clear
already!

just like opening the garage door...
behind door #3...
it is flung open
and
there

is the amazing you
never touched
brand new
never harmed in any way
never lacking one sparkle

Only God
only angelic
only bursting with light
and beauty and joy
for all the world's happiness

this
is Reality
this very instant
right where you sit

you need do nothing

God is!


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

grace is certain

grace is acceptance of truth

willingness to act on it

to trust everyone
everything
yourself
to be what you are

no doubts/denial of what you are


question doubts
question denial
question uncertainty

are you absolutely certain
you are uncertain...;-)

you're certainty
is guaranteed by God/Reality/Egolessness

who else would you trust?
you or the Voice of A Course in Miracles
science or the Voice
the school you went to or the Voice
past humans or the Voice

you or your experience of healing
and release
of greater joy
of grace
of egolessness
clean of all doubt
pure
clear
wholly harmless
wholly loving
wholly healing

perfect peace after
shock
suicide
dead body
depression
guilt

this is the resurrection
this is the proof
there is nothing more powerful
than God

no ego/evil thought
has any power
to effect Reality

grace








Monday, November 9, 2009

open road

we are lead by Joy,
not force

of course
the path is joyful

joy is the absence of all fear
all denial
all obstacles

think of a highway
all covered
with blockades

the easiest
most attractive
most natural
quickest
most effortless path

would be to
move through
the space
free of obstacles

so identical
is the path
of joy
in our mind
and heart

it is the open space
that draws us

we are lead by Joy
by openness
by defenselessness

any other thoughts
are blocks

Joy is our destination
and the path....

i love this


Friday, November 6, 2009

purring

what is "om...."
but the giant purring
of the Universe...?

one big furry cat
sunning herself
in the warmth
of the window

she does nothing
but soak it up

so, too, our only job
is to lay there (no interference...)
and soak up
God's love :-)))) (purr....)


heartsong

two hearts
vibrating as one

one thought
resonating
from within

all of us
right now
are resonating

together

amplifying joy


simply turn off
all the other channels

and feel it....


feelings

feelings are so helpful

if we listen to them
instead of judge them
or resist them

they are our truth

if we start feeling fat, it's lovely....

it's the truth that you really want to eat less
or move more...

it's telling you exactly what you want

feeling good
feeling joy
is so lovely

it's a compass
a magnet
that forever pulls us
towards perfect happiness

if we feel lonely
we bring our attention to it,
instead of trying to runaway
or distract
or stuff
or medicate
or cover up

we go right up to it
and ask

is it true?

can i be absolutely certain
i am lonely?

and having come home to myself now
looking right in the mirror
the answer is no

i am here with me
i am amazing joy
i am freedom
i am defenselessness which i love more than anything in the world!!!

and knowing/remembering this truth
experiencing my true Self once more

i am feeling lonely no more

but
joyous
secure
and overflowing
with the emptiness and freedom that comes
with the end
of judgement


all feelings are helpful...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

opening to heaven!

when your mind is open

the whole world is open :-)))))))) (i love yous, baby!)

completely undenied
unveiled
free

it is you

you only see your belief

openness projects openness
(picture this tower with windows and the sunlight is streaming in and fresh air is everywhere
and you just feel so open and clear and there is not one thought anywhere in sight that even hints at something different. like a bird you are free to fly anywhere...the feeling of openness
extends outward forever into this clear blue sky....this is your identity....thoughts are free to come and go through these windows....they but float freely in this happy state of mind...

a friendly mind/belief sees the world is a very friendly place

Heaven blesses all it looks upon because it is healed

Heaven was given us

creation is,
continues
now

in this moment
are we born

God is now
the beginning is now

your origin remains
all power in heaven and in earth

this is the decision
you make now

to accept this as true
and experience freedom and joy
now

or
to deny this truth
and experience the illusion of imprisonment

right now!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

good enough

who or what would i be

without the thought,

i am not good enough?

i would be overflowing with goodness!!!!!

just absolutely shining

i would be
exactly
what i am

wholly
and completely
without any attack upon it!

glory i us!

overflowing with grace

healed
and healing

completely released from denial, lies, deception....

and offering this truth

to all the world/thoughts!!!!

constant generation

thoughts simply come

there is nothing we have to do...
we can't stop thoughts from coming

we are
in spired

spirited from within
far deeper than the body

we are channels
in which thought flows (new word: flought :-)
through

exactly as we make no effort
to let oxygen in
nor do we try to hoard it
or grasp on to it
and never let it go.....(how crazy that sounds!@#)

it is done
for us

the nature of life/love
is flow
supply
abundance

this is the miracle of life/love
endless supply
creation
of which we do not originate

we simply live
in a constant generation of love

it is us

we are boundless!


we relax

and notice

it everywhere



the real miracle

the real miracle
is
the Love
that holds me
in Its Arms...

since time began
through all my dreams
tantrums
arguing
demanding
hallucinating
fantasizing
grasping
and deathly thoughts
of desperation...

the real miracle:
mirrar--to see

is that
none of it
ever occurred

held safely
in the Palm of Love's Hand

adored in every moment
which is Eternity

i simply
took
a
very
very
very
short
nap...



the real miracle
is the love
that inspires them (acim p3)


Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Sanity of Joy

Only
pure Joy

will give you

a sane decision


Joy is my Father
my mama
my inheritance

can you see what i am made of?

what does Joy look like?

she moves very freely

almost floating
through every possibility
every situation

she can sit very still
beside you
or on your lap

she can massage
your tied up thoughts

she can peacefully wait
outside your door
when you are ready to come out
and play again

joy can be the shining star
in the darkest of your nights
that silently holds you
even when you don't know
she is there

she can look like a newborn infant
but she will also be there
with you
beside its grave

there is no place
no appearance
no moment
joy will not show herself to you
at your invitation

who would you listen to?

your joyfriend

or de niar?

only Joy
is sane


Monday, November 2, 2009

joy of question

i question
everything i ever learned

and joy returns

rises like she has always done
throughout time

how ridiculous
we ever thought
we could stop Joy
from rising....

the Womb

what have i been denying?

this rich
endless
source of nourishment

constant

no instant of separation
no imagined abandonment

no fear
possible

resting
growing
expanding

being

without thought

without self conciousness

mother and infant
One Being

so
it
still
remains....


beginnings

i am returning
to the womb

the creation
the raw material

the wordless
the speechless

emotionless

predawn

here
is all known

no one has ever
really left
this place
and gone out into the world
to strike out
on his own....


i am
returning
to the womb

vastness

stretches out

forever

far far far beyond this
thought....

Sunday, November 1, 2009

slathering

some of us
slither
and slather
together

we love the same thing

and lots of it

we love the luscious song
of praise
and thanksgiving

and trees growing right up
out of the living room floor

we love the extraordinary

the surprise!
that the past
never showed us

we would that the tv
would simply light up
turn itself on and
Jesus Himself
would step out

live

as if he were there all the time


we would that Martians
were our neighbors
meeting us at the mailbox
to tell us of their extraordinary
voyage to get here...

we know each other
when we meet
because there is no hesitation
at all

we see the sparkle
in our eyes
and climb inside....:-)))





free as cats

freedom
opens all doors

doors flung wide open

to freely come and go

to visit
with oneself
neighbors
and strangers
who are strangers no more

no one is a stranger to yourself
my house is your house
we abide in the same mind
the same House

the same Heart
my couch is
the couch where you sit

for there is not
one difference
between us

only someone
who wants imprisonment
in a separate body
would imagine
there is

cats jump up
on our lap

they too are our mirrors

today we would love each other

as much as our pets......:-)

gift of silence

i let stillness be

i love the stillness


silence speaks

it fills the room

with peace
and wholeness

it expands
it fills

it is power

wholly unopposed

full of happiness
well being
charity
gratitude
God
Life

i let silence
teach me
i am whole

only silence
can teach me this

i can only receive
be taught
listen
from silence

talking--i can't hear
speaking is not silence
speaking is only appropriate
and helpful
after silence/listening :-)))

and not a moment before

today
i would focus
on the open window
the open ear

i would listen
to all the music
the muse
of silence

i wonder what she would tell me
if i gave her the whole day.....


perfect stillness

perfect stillness

no thought to disturb the surface of this water

no motion

no going
here
and
there

no
questions

no
answers

just sparkling beauty
when all else stops


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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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