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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, December 27, 2010

where is your treasure?

where is your treasure?
your safety?

in the bank
or in You?

where is your Father?
your Source?
your Provider?

in the bank
or in You?

where is the eternal
the infinite
possibilities,
Life?

in the bank
or in You?

where is your faith placed?

in the bank
or in you?

where is love?

in things
in others

or in you?

where is God/Reality/Heaven?

faraway
in the future

or in You?

follow the simple directions...

all roads point to Home

all roads
point
to you

You,
the center of all that is

radiates outward
shining

the Star
of Truth
giving
giving
giving


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

no accident

glory is not a mistake

radiance is not an error

glory is strong
and bright
and beautiful

your radiant smile
is not
an error

it's not lucky
it's not something you can ever change
or that will ever end
it's not a misinterpretation

shining light is strong
luminous

it's only if you can't see it
it's only if you deny what is yours

that could possibly be
the mistake


is it one or is it two?

two strong candles
whose fire is the same

is this one
or is it two?

the same content
identical components
source
process
life

two strong candles
melt by the same fire
into one

next to you
in the flame
in the light
we both soften
bend
lose form

there is only the warmth

the only thing that ever dies
is the cold
the distance
the dark


Tuesday, December 21, 2010

coat of flesh

yes, i wear the coat of flesh
that reeks and vomits and blames and rages at what is
i've been a hypocrite

i own it all

who can deny he is human?

who can possibly claim he is more loving than another--
having hated less
and found nothing wanting?

only someone still scared to death of what is
of
complete honesty
truth

who wills but to turn from/avoid
the horrified mind
the insane confusion
dread
of anything


only here
can i finally be strong

i acknowledge
my mud
my confusion

it's simply a cloudy mind

and from here
no longer avoiding anything...

Clarity
dawns

dripping

ripe
juicy
the ruby red grapefruit
sits plump
in the sun
on the kitchen counter

its here now
full
ready
always

for me


the clay
our thoughts
are ripe
juicy

they appear
unendingly

falling
from the tree

simply arrive
serving themselves to us

no where to go
our door ever knocked at

Hi Joy
here i am
see me
question me

Self employed
working from Home

i need do nothing

but answer the door

the bushel basket
is brimming!


Monday, December 20, 2010

everything is a question

everything
is a question

what do you really believe?

do you really believe what you say?
do you really believe what you think?

is it true?
in the face of this "tragedy"
in the face of this "mistake"
in the face of this "event"
in the face of this "crisis" (opportunity in Chinese I think)

you never thought about it before?
well,
now
you have no choice!

this moment
and every instant
is the time
FOR
decision

that's why we're here

which side
are you on?

Love Life Abundance Spirit Vision Oneness Wholeness All Inclusive Defenseless Laughter Infinite Nature Reality Eternal

or
denial of Love...
nothing
black hole
fear
emptiness
scarcity
lack?

What are You?
Love
or
fear

and in the end....
in reality
there is no choice
no matter what you decide
no matter what you think

Love is
holding everything safely

rest now, dear Child,
in the silence


fossils don't know how to dance :-)

see
the fossils
buried
in your mind...

the ancient
lifeless
forms
taking up space

"i am a body"
"you are to blame"
"something is wrong"
"if only..."

these fossils
chain us to them
holding us tightly
in the past

to death
they hold no life
they are dead
and buried

see them!
and life is no longer
bound
by limits
of any kind

fossils
do not
keep us safe

fossils
do not
know how to dance!!!

they simply lay there
doing absolutely nothing
while we
worship them...

crazy!


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

unharmed

mommy mommy!
tommy beat me up!


(the ego still screams to me....)


oh
really,

are you sure?

are you breathing?
yes

are you walking?
yes

are you talking?
yes

are you still you
with all your gifts
and joy
and life
and thoughts
and poetry
and jokes
and friendship
and infinite possibilities?
yes

are you still Spirit
created by Spirit
forever unchangeable
no matter what your body looks like?
yes....

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

thank you...


loss
pain
suffering
is
only
the
imagining
we
are
no longer
what we are....

tommy/the world
can never
beat us up!



Sunday, December 12, 2010

wordless

without pre-conception
i am born now

everything
brand new

awe

wonder...

without
pre conception

i have no substitute
for this
birth experience



now

no past
no luggage

birth
now

opening
to the new
world....

for giving

no pre conceptions....

hmmm...

????....

curious.....
interested...

unattached
totally connected...

floating
above and below equal

no pre conceptions
i watch
as the world is born ...


Saturday, December 11, 2010

round trip ticket

before mo tion
before no tion

stillness

before body,
the thought of motion,
of going somewhere
else

leaving
stillness

calls for some con trap tion
to pick you up
and take you far away--
a vehicle

it's called
a daydream

because You
can never leave
what you are

Stillness

now we still the vehicle
use the vehicle
for the return trip

a dream is inherently
a round trip ticket

you eventually
simply
have to
wake up!


Friday, December 10, 2010

riding the crest...

who would i be
without the thought
something can happen at the wrong time?

i would but rest
in perfect stillness

to take in
the glory
of Heaven
having all that is right now

i would see
the Universe exists!!!
and is coming at me
and to me
all the time

thoughts/ideas
come to you

we don't go out to get an idea

we have ideas
that tell us
wht to do

thoughts are given
eternally appearing
no effort on our part
nor can we start them or stop them

creation is
regardless of our beliefs

we are lived
we are thought
we are breathed

relax
watch
enjoy
the ride

at the crest of the wave
balanced
poised
riding the peak experience

forever held
above the fray
the rumble
the wrestled and pinned down undertow

this froth for me
this light for me
this air, breeze, mist
for
God's Son

penetration of the divine

through and through

completely marinated

slopped and splashed with Love

dripping
rinsed

taken
in...ward
to Wholeness

(nothing can happen
at the wrong time...)

Thursday, December 9, 2010

sailing!!!!

who would i be
without the thought
something can happen at the wrong time?

oh oh oh
i would see
the boat is always here
waiting for me
the moment i am ready

it is for me
and cannot leave
without me

the eternal ride
of peace
no friction at all
completely smoothe water
it glides

the boat simply waits
for you to leave the shore:
your solid misbeliefs
behind

step off the past
that held you for so long

leave the familiar
concepts
the old you
the ancient dreams of victim
wounded
missing parts
incompletion

and now!!!
the boat just walked through the door

the person in my life
is
my boat

he has come
and is here now and always
for me to board my love
to give/share my wholeness

that's how we sail
easily along

the holy relationship
is
but a boatride

without giving
we are sunk:

try to take
anything from a boat
and all you have is a hole
for the water to come in
and you both must go down

Boats/people are for-giving

herein lies all Peace

see the sailboats everywhere...it's really quite a ride:-)))


Tuesday, December 7, 2010

what do i really want for Xmas?

are you concerned
with the wrapping paper

or the contents?

God is
inside
the box

the fancy paper
will never satisfy you

Love is reflected
everywhere

you see it everywhere
or you don't see it at all

Everywhere is the mirror;

there is not a single mirror
for love

the whole world
is your mirror

how are you looking today?

open the box
look inside...

God is laughing there,
with you....

(all i want for Xmas
is God's laughter...:-)




Monday, December 6, 2010

See

be somebody
work hard
get somewhere

oh oh oh
what cruel unkind words

i am
so much more
than any one person
than any role
than any status
any income
any job description
career
any one position

oh oh oh
the dear innocent Child
Spirit
Enthusiasm
Life
is so so so much more

be something
no no, i say unto you but this,
SEE
what you are

all power in Heaven and earth is you
all glory
is
given you

you
are the Love
the real
the eternal

you
are the Song
that springs eternal

that is our very deepest love

the sweetest drink
the only quenching
we can ever know

know
thyself

know
what we are

let the call to be somebody
be what it is:
misguided meaningless nonsense

Only Spirit
is your Nature;
it is not
the bristle of a toothbrush (some specific title)

the Ocean
the Ocean
the Ocean,
Listen now
to the dearest Voice,
you are

and love it
with all your heart

Friday, December 3, 2010

spaciousness

we are
the stillness

the Space
for God

the open mind

be you spacious

open all the doors and windows
to the sun
the fresh air
the breath
freely in and out

open spaciousness

spacious skies
spacious mind

make room at the inn

simply
hold the space

allow space to be
between thoughts
words
actions

allow
allow
allow
space

to be

it is not the getting or filling
that nourishes us
but the space

give yourself lots of time
today

you have
all of it!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

doorstep of her birth

resting
floating
on the still
clear
water

held
forever
in my birthplace

i can never leave
this stillness

born of stillness
it is my nature
my inheritance forever and always

this is my Home always
my growing up
my true acceptance of my real role
that i was born for

my name is Stillness
given
by God/Reality

i have finally come to see
my role in life
in the world
my purpose
my endless gift

the treasure i am:
stillness
the world over

finally she has returned to the doorstep
of her birth
and seen her future
as Herself

innocence
no change

ever
the pristine stillness...


only at you, God

i would not look ahead
nor behind

but only at you, God,
only at you

Joy of Being

sit still
to receive

how can you open a package
when you are on the run?

what is your goal:
some unknown fantastic destination
or the beautiful baby girl
in your hands
right now?

stop, please,
I love you

take this in

allow it to be true
for you
as you

show me how,
Love,
show me how

it takes a minute
to scratch through
the black crayon
on top of the colors underneath

remember always
you are worth it

pink
has never lost her luster

nor
have you


mousy advertising

no new ideas!

crazy little mouse
running frantically around
screaming
scared for his life: the tiny mad idea/thought

is not new...

just like advertising:
having nothing to offer...no new content;
only the ancient mistake
it's only tactic is to do
everything to get and keep your attention,
to convince you of its false claims

to shock you

louder
faster...more and more commercials per hour,
catchy...so it sticks in your mind (uses great music to help you remember and associate it with something good...

deceptive advertising

"cheaper"
unbelievable prices!...you bet they are unbelievable!
the cost is the unawareness of your life
your happiness
everything you truly value hidden from you
in exchange for this tiny idol/substitute/belief/fantasy/complete alienation

colorful
and funny
with the same old message:

you are not enough
you will never be enough

try this
try this
try this!

NOW!
do not delay!

hurry
hurry
hurry!

do not stop !!!!
to pause
and ask yourself if
this is what you really want
or if these claims hold any truth...

be not still
do not contemplate
take no time
to ask

just GO!
NOW!
LEAVE!
whatever you are doing
whoever you are
whereever you are

RUN away
as fast as you can
to the nearest store/outlet

and GET
a new cover/outfit/distraction

cover up
the emptiness
again
and
again
and
again

do everything you can
NOT
to look inside

run away from Home
forever
be you bankrupt!

the announcer within and without
advises over and over and over

today
we would see
this mousy/lousy plan
for what it is

and
pause
but an instant

rest
be

you/we already are
Heaven (have everything)

ahhhh....

Saturday, November 27, 2010

topsy turvy

topsy turvy
which way is up?
tumbling around
under water
i am not sure where the light is

it comes at first in flashes

a peek into Eternity

a head above water!

oh
oh
oh
air to breathe!!!

all the time!

WOW!
who would have thought...
from underneath the sea...

that the whole sky existed!

enlightened to this
i can never return
to breathe
through gills

walking on solid ground
my feet
are no longer flippers

freedom is not
imprisonment
within a body

once you have flown
you will never walk
the same way again

loss is not possible

sacrifice
is not
love

the movie maker
holds all the parts
in his mind

and far more than all the parts
of this one movie

so the movie maker
is but one particle
in the mind of Love

one particular transmitter
to all the others
signals
awareness
light
shining
reflectors

we rest
in the mind of Love
and allow its messages
to be received
imbibed
and expired: breathed out
given away
shared with every breath we take

dear Friend
my weightlessness is yours!
have this with me!
feel this delight

this barenakedness: my hiddeness exposed
this freedom
from ancient constraints/believing

feel
my
joy

thankyou
thankyou
thankyou
for yourlight
yourhelp
ourjointwill

how easy this all is
when there is only one team
and the purpose is clearly seen


Friday, November 26, 2010

the perfect child

the perfect child:

autism
suicide

the perfect child
is not the heisman trophy winner
not straight A's
handsome
with girlfriends
and a resume

the perfect child
is not the stepford child

the success
the glory
the required smile
and popularity
i can claim
can bask in
as a result of my holy parenting

the perfect child/friend/spouse/mirror of all kinds
does wear
the crown of thorns

my thorns

the perfect child
in the perfect life
in this perfect city
and perfect family
shows me
perfectly
what beliefs i hold
and will not let go of

that pierce
and nauseate
and poison

my perception

the perfect child
shows me
the game plan

where to attend to
where the defense is
the blockers
the goal tenders

that keep love at bay

always waiting for
another day
another game
another performance

to see
if love
will ever show up

the perfect child
touches
every scrape
every bruise

shows me
where i am hurting

so i can own it

the perfect child
leaves no facet of me
hidden

no place left to hide
we finally must heal

there are no orphan thoughts

finally
growing up
i recognize
they all
are mine
and welcome them
back home....

the perfect child
takes me there...

and so it is

unstuff the turkey (me:-)

it's okay
to be unhappy

it's even help-full
to be unhappy

unhappy is how
we learn
what makes us happy
and what doesn't

oh oh oh
how stuffed i have been
to want everyone in my life to be happy all the time!

give everyone a break, Joy,
a thanksgiving break

today i finally realized
i'm grateful
for unhappiness

it's honest
it is real
it is true intimacy
when someone can tell you
or you can admit to yourself
how deeply unhappy you are
when you feel that way...

it is a true gift of trust...
i let down all my walls
in front of you

bare naked
i cry
and you
are there

feel no shame in anything less than
total happiness

we are
as we are
in this moment
and only honesty
will take us home

where we are free
to finally be
what we are...

Thursday, November 25, 2010

re-lief...re-leaf

re-lieved
of guilt/mis-take

is
to be
re-lived

literally
to come alive
again

free
to shine
express

unblocked
undenied
unobliterated
unhidden by jilted feelings

the stone rolled away from the grave
the light
hitting every angle of rock
inside
the cave

the dead man
arises

lit
from within

this light
has never dulled
for a moment

this light
gave all life

this light
gently carried you
through all the misty mornings

and terrible thunder
in the night

this light
even held your hand
as you drove the knife
into your very own heart

inhaled the poison gas
that stopped your body's
breath

but never
for an instant
has this Love
not held you safely
in its everloving Arms

never for an instant
have you not been
what you are

never for an instant
has joy not been your sail
and your mast not
a cross of crucifixion,
but an upward spire
ever re-minding you
that you are not
of this world alone

and your eyes
are a gift
to behold
the newborn
innocence
right here
right now
in the very mud
in which you stand

see no one
nor any situation
as anything less
than the greatest
pearl of wisdom
you could ever receive

everything
is for
your greatest joy

in ever awakening
appreciation,

Joy


Tuesday, November 23, 2010

attendance

without hopelessness

the tender green tips
push through the soil

emerge
amidst rocks
in shadows

no knowledge of future rain
or weather patterns

they simply arrive
come what will

hello hello hello!

never stopping
life appears
and appears
and appears

constant blooming

opening

unfolding

unfold your thought...

what is inside it?
under it?
behind it?
what do you feel?
unfold it all the way

explore it--
walk its peaks
its valleys
its hidden caverns

is there a past occurence
still dripping there?

maybe even a river
or a flood...
are you holding up the dam...?

is there a closet
that remains locked?

is there discomfort
that calls for a listener?

life
calls you
to attend

Monday, November 22, 2010

right on time

everything happens
right on time

bodies begin
bodies stop

right on time

the moment of conception
the outward picture/symbol
of an inward condition...

there is
only
the present

the thought/concept
on stage in this moment

how can it possibly be "wrong"?

it's just
what is
in your mind
right now

can you plan
when an idea will come to you?

can you plan
when an idea will leave you?
when you can't think of it anymore?


breathe...
watch...

our function
is to look,
without judgement

someone "leaves"

it must
be a gift

i don't know
where his body went...

but i know
he never really
can leave me...

he lives with me forever--
every instant of love
is now part of me
that continues
to grow
and be given
to everyone in my world...

i can never forget
what lives
as me

i will not to repeat the mis-takes
i made
with this student/teacher

i see what i did
and the world/i
now benefits
forever more
from my realization...

everything happens
right
on time...

for
everyone

connecting

how can you possibly snap a band
that connects you to Reality/Love?

what but a comedy
could suggest such a concept?

can you really make us believe
your story
that somehow you are not connected
to earth
to your brothers?

let's see you not breathe
for a moment

your story is all made up--
imagined

where is the proof?

take just one footstep
that is not governed by gravity

do you see how foolish your thought
looks
to God?

"i am king--

and i declare

i
am not
taken care of!..."

ha ha ha ha!

look again, dear child!

when have you ever gone
hunting for air
or water
or invented seeds
of your own
to grow
your own food...?

perhaps you think you came up
with the blueprint
for friends....


oh oh oh
it is time for waking,
dear one

i hold you in my Heart
where only Love
is the Harvest....

never never never never
can there be
lack
of any kind

thanksgiving
is
the only sound

on
and
on
and
on
and...






Sunday, November 21, 2010

connection

i am connection

what are hands for
but to touch?

eyes
to see

everything about me says
you are free
you are free
you are free

you are innocent

here is the invitation
the irresistable invitation
to the world
to me
symbols/pictures
of my beliefs/concepts

to come home
to be cleaned off
showered in love

the ancient soot
lifted by the breeze

and all my shining friends
sit happily before me

and i am delighted

Tell your brother,
he is free
today!
and you
will rejoice

treat yourself....

year round
Easter eggs....:-)


Thursday, November 18, 2010

free transportation

Clarity

Radiance

spreads Her Wings

takes flight

lifted up
she spirals

glides

coasts

feel God
carry you

relax
ride the wind
ride
the flow

ride
the stream of Joy

of Laughter

It pulls you
toward it

irresistable
relief
from stress
strain
effort

thinking/believing
you
are in control

listen: God is singing
your favorite song

you are my Baby
I'll always love you

One Song
we all love

Ride it!
share it!

let it spill out of your pockets
all day
as you traipse the world
that all may find it
and keep it
and rejoice

we can play now

free
transporation
in
every
moment...

Saturday, November 13, 2010

You are it!

no hug
no kiss
no kind word
no compliment
no raise in salary
no reward
of any kind

no trip
no physical condition

can ever make you feel better (or worse)
than you do right now

it can't give you anything
you don't already have

nothing can make you more than you are right now

you'll never be more
than you are right now

stop waiting for the "relationship"
with anything,
for the future,
to give you the love
you are denying yourself

You are it!
You are the Love--
All of it!

that's how simple the answer is
to every problem

You
are Infinite Love

You
automatically go out to all that is

You
can't stop this

You
can't change this

herein
lies the Peace of God

thank you,

Reality

Monday, November 8, 2010

one big wet kiss

a string
connecting you
to God

you cannot ever leave your Source

awareness of God
is in your mind
forever

the Thought of God
can not be put out

no matter what you think
do, or say
nothing you can ever do
can change this

you are powerless against God/Reality/your Nature

awareness of Love
remains
forever

awareness of Love
appreciation of Loveliness

awe

remains
your natural condition/state

thanksgiving,
the stars in the sky
but symbols
of the endless thanks
we give to our fatherRealityLove
of our joy
our celebration
our kisses
to what is
One Thing

kisses
Kisses
all over
everywhere
everything

the world/Us:
One Big Wet Kiss

:-))))

Friday, November 5, 2010

all things

our Fatherhood
of all that is

hallowed
Whole
all inclusive
is thy Name

all inclusive
is thy Will

Whole,
integrity
in everything

all things---pointers
stepping stones toward/of truth
no other possibility exists

everything
a messenger
of light

neon signs

only truth
only authenticity
exists

"i am fear"
but says,
please...give
me
some love

Love,
i know you are there

i call on you now

i call you forth

i would see you
now

i remember you

Love
Wholeness

i call for the return of naturalness

open eyes
the whole picture

the whole universe is very involved
in everything

have you forgotten how much energy there is
in
existence?

oh my my my
what is this joke
of energy
shortage?

there is no one
that can sit still
while this music plays!

my heart never
misses
a beat

only this is true

nothing else is

there is no shortage
of bliss...


Tuesday, November 2, 2010

conduit

i looked in the mirror last night
and i was struck
by such beauty

and i realized i had nothing at all to do with it

this beautiful being/creation
body
mind
spirit

i am but an observer
a listener
a willingness to hear
to question
to act
to follow
the simple direction

a conduit
for wisdom
light
understanding

to act it out
to live it

that's all there is to this path

it's really very simple

listen,
and
follow
the simple direction




Saturday, October 30, 2010

artificial perception

artificial perception
names
division

are we animals
if we eat only plants...?
being now made up of only plant material...

and plants in turn
eat soil
and sunlight

are we not sunlight?
and soil?

heat and light
energy
constantly transferring...flowing
100,000 miles per second
the real world
and thought even faster...

do we really think we have any idea
what we are
what is going on
what we are thinking--

being
thought

the energy that comes to us
and through us
just light light and heat and air

and now we see
but it is but the projection
of sunlight from somewhere behind us,
an image of light shining out toward us

a symbol

of radiation
freely given us
freely supporting all that lives
nothing receives more
nor can "take" more sunlight/love
than any thing else

there is nothing you can ever do
to earn more of it
than you have right now

no debt possible

as within
so without

no debt possible
no black hole

only continuous radiation
of light
warmth
nourishment

the sun
is you

is there any situation
you can really concoct
where you don't have
enough power?




an empty lap

an empty lap
allows things
to come to you

literally
to fall
into it

sit still today
without your "treasures"

wait
for light
to fall
on you

without your "treasures"
it is

you
are it

clarity
transparency

i see through my ruse...
i don't really enjoy
the martyr story
the woe is me
oh nobody loves me
i have been slighted
let me show you your guilt
your wrong doing
that causes my suffering

what ancient lies!
the only cause of all the sorrow of the world...

I live fully now
as fully as I ever have
created of Joy
my lies have never changed the truth.

Thank you, Reality.

empty lap
clarity
Joy
Always


Monday, October 25, 2010

all perceived problems

all perceived problems

a door
that opens
to the night sky

to the stars beyond
the darkened bedroom
beyond thoughts of walls

see but
the infinite light
shining
bursting forth
but falling
across the sky

giving itself to you
for you

look not at the walls
you have built
have surrounded yourself with
have separated you from
all of Heaven

let but the breath of Song
gently blow in
through the cracks

hear now the song
of the falling stars
you cannot see yet

waken to their light
within you
and let them
but shine out
to all the others
for joy!

you
are
the star studed heaven
twinkling in the slumber

that all might gently waken
to the awe
that is



Daddy!

thoughts are things,
they are children

children cannot harm
their parents
no matter how loud
and fierce they act out

the parent knows
it is just
mistake
of ignorance

innocent
little child
calling for love
for your attention

hear me! it says
acknowledge this feeling i have right now!

i need you, Father
i know you are there for me
Love,
Stillness,
Security
Beauty

please please please
show me beauty again
I can't see it right now
and i want to more than i can say
i want to be happy

read me a story
with happy ending
tell me a joke
make me laugh again!
tickle me!!!!
i need your help...

re assure me,
Daddy!

no thought you ever have
no matter how desperate
or gleeful...

can ever hurt you
or change you in any way

be no longer confused
that the child can hurt you--
she calls only
for your tenderness
and understanding

you are the container,
not the thought

you
are far far far bigger

infinitely bigger
than this one thought

give her now
the Love
you love
to love


stillness

stillness remains
undisturbed
forever

stillness
can watch
catastrophic
cataclysmic
thoughts
imaginings

it sees them as they are--
just a concept
just a thing
a toy
a mind playing--
but never seriously
believing Its very Being
the Watcher
could ever lose His Peace
over it

could become
this idea

preposterous:
an idea
of the mind
could actually change
its creator--
become cause
of Its Cause

transparency
of water
of mind
is its
nature

a thought
a rock
a float toy
does nothing
to affect the nature of water

so angry thoughts
guilt
hurt
pain
have no reality/no existence
in the Nature of God
Love
Being

we see the toys
we toss around
we toss into our concept of God/Reality
we look at
instead of the clarity of truth


and we but remember
we are playing
its preposterous to think for a moment
anything we could ever do/think
could actually change
the nature of clarity

what we are

as
Clarity
created us


Saturday, October 23, 2010

God is Network

i let the Network be

the Web
all parts connected to all parts
everything available to everything
( it is impossible "i"/any one point is ever more or less connected
than any other)
nor a "king"
a ruler
more important
more valuable
more influential
than any other point

democracy
justice
equality for all
every particle of light
every wave
every electron
every impulse

just signals
communication
flashing out

no difference
in what is behind it all

the pulse
of life

breathe
laugh
see now
look intentionally

God is in everything I see

it is truly impossible anything is separate from the whole
for even one instant

Love roars within us all
equally
with dominion
over any other image we conjured up....

Thursday, October 14, 2010

full moon or crescent

only one is true

Love
is where all decisions
have already been made

all alternatives to Love
appearances
illusions
have been laid aside

delusions of
wanting separation

apparitions
of benefits
dangling before your eyes

tantalizing
mesmerizing
hyp no tized
potions
"importance"
here

all ways
all Hallow's eve
on the eve
on the brink
...of getting
more...
that one magic thing

the spell
to complete you

the brew that heals
the ancient wound

Come Home, Son,
it is already done

behold now the Living Christ:
you are Love

far beyond bones,
flesh, skeletons

Spirit is
undeniable

no black bat
can ever hide the moon,
forever full
though but a crescent
in sight

we know a circle
is forever round,

and laugh
at the child
who belives
but the slice...


Monday, October 11, 2010

whispered

tenderness does not evolve

tenderness came with me

remains
as me

shining as a star

tenderness created me
tender

perhaps creation was whispered
into existence

whispered into God's Holy Ear

and tears of joy, us,
rolled down Her Face

sparkling
clear
innocent

not a bang at all
not explosion

but opening heart

a wave of peace

like a smile
that shines from your face
and warms my heart
without any effort
at all

total gentleness
heals
simply
by being
what it is


Tuesday, October 5, 2010

a better mother

who would i be
without the thought
i should have been a better mother?

i'd have compassion for your pain,
for believing your thoughts,
your sleep,
your innocence

i'd see that's not who you truly are,
that it's not personal;
it's just a concept
being acted out

in stillness
i'd say
it is not so

peace
stillness
relaxed
breathe
see the joke underneath it all,
the impish grin

you're right...
how silly to be upset over this...
neither of us really want this

let's go play
outside in the sun
that's what we both want--
just to be happy

take my hand,
friends again
at last

Family
One Father
Love

the scolder
calling for love

scolding myself
not good enough
not good enough
not good enough
i tried to get rid of it on you

if only you would change
i would be happy/healed

mistake:
instead i said over and over and over to you
not good enough
not good enough
not good enough...
a thorn in my side,
sin...

i would give her a hug

oh dear precious one
lay down your sharp knives
slicing yourself to bits
for something that is not true

your worth is God's
your spirit undefiled
pristine
forever unharmable
unalterable

the radiant pearl
Love
Comfort
Home
Safety
Nurture
Security
Cradle
Rest

dear One
lay down the blade
your dream is madness
lay down
lay down
lay down

into my arms
let your tears fall

into my arms
let the ache fall

into my arms
let your weariness tell its story
hot air dispelled at last

oh dear One
it is not so

the blindness is cold now

just rest awhile
let the blabbering
the blubbering
subside

let the throbs
the tales
the heavy heavy chains
lay now on the ground

open your Eyes
see Me

oh dear One
see only Me now

i see You dear One

the tenderness
is undeniable

rest
dear One

You
are
Whole


Monday, October 4, 2010

silly

Jesus,
how can i see this dead body differently?

just because you look away
across the street

how silly is it to interpret this
as meaning
that i am not right here with you
still standing right beside you
always

unmoveable

though you look
everywhere else
but
straight at me


i am in you

seek not outside you
for you will not find me there


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

gullible

gullible

i let Love be
let arrows come
and hit
softness

and fall
limply
to the ground

gullible
open to all mouths
thoughts
ways
as harmless
as joyful
as possible
as helpful

the fool
not knowing anything at all
i open
to see
what is
without understanding
without background
without study
without a future
without reason
and profit
and kickback
and ego boosting
morale

without image monitoring
am i free

light
as a feather

manueverable

ever toward
happiness

though all sense
would teach it is folly

this heavy scroll
is tossed to the wind

ancient commandments
sink slowly
to the bottom of the sea

the ink
dissolving
transparently clouding the water briefly
before clarity returns again
and all evidence
of past prison bars
is vacant

where once the heavy iron
strangled
my lightheartedness

gull ible

free
to fly
home
to myself
and you
and
joy

innocence
prances
again
in mind
and on earth...


Monday, September 20, 2010

roots do bloom

roots do bloom
but not without the root

how far fetched an idea
a thought like that is

funny, yes

look at me!!!
look at me!!!
way up here
i did it!
all by myself!

isn't that the supreme cry
of a child?

the adult knows better

the adult
has everyone to thank--
so many they can not be counted
or individually named

for without any one person
in her life
she would not exist

how did she even get here?
can she claim credit for this
miraculous momentous occasion

let's start here,
and so she sees
she has nothing
to claim credit for at all...

only gratitude for being
and all that surrounds her--
that abounds and supports her
in uncountable ways...

have you thanked
King Soopers lately?

without food on your table
what else would get done...?

or Conoco?
without your car
what would get done...?

or Xcel?
without your lights,
computer, stove
and refrigerator...

let's give credit
where credit is due

there is no one person
to thank

how scrimpy
and scarce a view of gratitude

today
let's recognize
the Interconnectedness of the Whole

we are all One Thing Together
and
nothing at all
alone

i have never done anything
all
by
myself!

Reality.

Roots
do
bloom,

but never
without
the roots...

Friday, September 17, 2010

forgiving Reality

today i would forgive Reality
and let Joy
be known again

silence
where once my story held sway

without guilt
the better way is clear
the opening
is held up
held out
glowing
for you

everywhere
the green of grass
the blue of sky
without any guilt
shines
toward you
fills you up
rushes in to meet you

the freshness is yours
the open blueness
the space
extending out so freely
and flexible
forever

swooping, gliding, floating
transported
the swirling skirt
arcing from pleat to pleat

then softening
into nothing at all

perhaps a whisper
perhaps a breath
perhaps a wing
or the buzzing of many tiny vibrations

happiness
flying shooting blessing every possible
pathway
of thought

Reality

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

eyebrows

have you noticed
the way a man sometimes
raises his eyebrows...

one side higher than the other...

without a thought of it?

it just happens

did you see it?

reality going on all the time
and we miss it

because we're off in some story
some future event
the next errand on the list
the word our husband said last night
the bill in the middle of our head
blocking
the miracle
right here
right now

today

breathe

slow down

stay in one place just a few moments longer

see the way he tilts his head

and you didn't even ask...

beauty

everywhere


going on

without
your "control"

notice

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

value

"i can heal you
because i know you.

i know your value
for you,
and it is this value
that makes you whole. "(p186t)

what is the value of Love

God
perfect peace
a tranquil mind
the end of war
constant Joy
Life?

can you really prefer/believe
something else
instead?

an imaginary future

instead of valuing
what is
right now?

without a future
the only door
to Joy
is
now

open open open open
to
what you are

greater than all of time
all the stars, galaxies, moon and sun
all the oceans
all imagination
all dreams

is Reality

Love
the greatest Mystery of All

let's face it

turn inward
where infinity
expands
forever

all
value
within
you

Monday, September 13, 2010

looking...

do you see
that everyone
just wants your attention
your love
your ear
your heart?

do you see
when you even look
at a cat
she purrs?

the particle
is moved
by the observer

we move ourselves
when we but
notice

when we but look
within

and
oh

the dear One

tender eyes
(tender-izes...:-)

Everything...


before you arrive

the path is lit

before you arrive,
You
are there

before you arrive
at any conclusion

the Answer is already known

only Love
exists

before we talk,
we are One

before we conclude,
agreement is certain

before the handshake,
the hug

before the hug,
the heart beats
simultaneously

no difference ever
heard
between your heart
and mine

one gift
over and over and over and over
forever

Song
of Joy!
living
now
as
you

even
before you arrive!


God's Face

under every footstep
light shines upward

there is no step
you can take
where kindness
won't hold you

before you place your foot upon it
already it supports
your lightness

already it sees you
and rejoices
at your coming
this way

taking this very step
on God's Face

gently would we step

gently would we speak

gently would judgement
fall away
from our heart

if only we remember
God
is
in
everything
we
see

touching us
in every moment

we are
Light

from
with in


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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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