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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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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

accept the gifts!

do not overlook

this moment!

Everything you ever need is yours now

Joy is at your service

See the gifts everywhere pouring forth

in this moment!
notice!
and give thanks...

Life is overflowing now!

the future is completely imagined
we are making it up

Reality is here now
and we are so blessed

notice
the endless blessings

Monday, August 30, 2010

heir pollution

we allow
clean air
in our mind

a clean space
without pollution

pollution: pull not away from God/Clarity/Purity/Safety

to attacking clouds
to weapons/judgement
of
mass
destruction

today let our mind
be a bomb free zone

the only arms race that exists
is rooted in our mind
against our Self

today
would we bomb our Self
with Love
Joy
Humor
Appreciation
Reality

or death: denial of Joy/Innocence/Truth

it's our call
every moment

how much joy/peace
are we
willing
to accept/give/BE....?

the peace talks are NOW,
ourself with Everything....

i love you
or
i hate/need you to be different...

that's it....

Geneva is you.

and we give infinite thanks for this realization....


Wednesday, August 25, 2010

call for love

a headache

i call
for Love

She came,
was there already

Love is at your door
will you re cieve her?

today i allow
truth
to be
what it is

twisting
wringing out the clothes
for all i was worth...
i forgot Love was everywhere
in the sun shining down
in the moisture rising up
in the breeze
in the tender new shoots of grass
the soil under my feet
in all its microscopic creatures
and composting leaves
and big fat juicy earthworms
minerals of all kinds
seed germinating behind closed doors

and even water far underground

how could i know?

and far beyond that--rock

and melted rock

temperatures so high to melt rock
all going on right under my nose
and i am blind to all of this
miraculous transformation

one thing turning into another constantly

where is separation now?

when rocks can pour
and leaves become again
the soil they came out of?

who am i in this
swirl
this flowing
on one thing into another?

my breath right now feeds my plants
feeds the trees

i drink a sip of coffee
and somewhere very far away
a man gets paid for his labor

i smile
and another mind, Spirit
smiles back at me

is it that simple
to let Love in?

its that simple,
that there is no stopping it...

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

All Power

what do you really believe?
right this minute.

Decide!

Find out!

its Everything!
It's
your
Universe!

what do you really want?

Decide!
for you

nothing happens without your choice

Are you Love
or are you in denial?

How much Truth/God
are you willing to accept?

either God created you perfect
clear
radiant
alive!

or you are in denial

would you put all the power of the universe
for God
or
against?

sanity
or
insanity

a happy day
or
a sad one

it's that simple

the POWER of Decision is my own

God is in everything is see
be cause
God is in my mind


Monday, August 23, 2010

need!

i need
everything in my life right now
so i can learn
that
i don't
need
any of it

i need to be alone
so i can realize my delusion
of thinking another person can give me happiness

i need to prove/demonstrate/teach myself (my old thinking)
that my happiness comes from within me

i need to be alone
so i can
relax
and appreciate
the Love i am

so i can become more and more aware of
open to
the Mystery i am
the Joy
the Wonder
the Ecstasy

so i can fall in love
with my Self

so i can remember
God
Source
Truth

and rejoice

so i can experience more joy
than i have ever imagined
(while believing the thought "i need someone.....")

so i can experience the Comfort
that is forever with me

so i can know
that i can never be abandoned
ever

that it is truly
impossible
to be
not the
Happiness

that i am
and was created out of

if i have any resistance to being alone
i am pulling the wool over my eyes
in denial
about what is

we all love to laugh
our sense of humor is our best friend

who else could possibly be more interested in you
than you?


no better listener

no better lover

than
God
Herself.....:-)))))

alone
is impossible

an unbelievable
belief

question it
and all happiness is ours
now

Thursday, August 19, 2010

impressing

i noticed
i am trying to impress....

all about image
surface
not real

you will always feel scared then
fragile
frail

impress
im press
pressing down on
impression

heavy weight upon you
to change your form

i want to change
your thinking
build sand castles in your mind
images of me
sparkling in the sun
so great
so wonderful

but why?

the sea soon melts them forever
and where am i then?

can this be
where i want to be

inflicting my imagination
on you?

oh dear friend
i apologize to us both

deceit
is not where joy is found

today i would lay
my image of myself
down

it is but a dream anyway

in silence i rest
and allow
Reality
to be
instead


Tuesday, August 17, 2010

con verse

con vers ation

this is sacred
a chance for people to hear
themselves

con verse: something in reversed order, relation, action

re verse
re say

their thinking

when we allow them to speak
when we offer our silence
a holy pause
a safe space
to place

their thoughts
their words
their heart

that it be illumined
understood
transformed

in the light
of another mind

the child
and the Mother
are One
again


Thursday, August 12, 2010

marching...

in defenselessness
i watch the troops
the armies
row after row of soldiers
marching
armed
muscled
trained
to seek out
and kill
without asking any questions

just follow orders
or
you are courtmartialed
imprisoned yourself

i watch
the troops in my mind

instilling fear
by the image

armies of cancer cells
heavy boots
trampling innocent children

helpless against such
mindless
robots

whose very job description
is
murder

is it this image that brings fear
or
did fear
bring this image?

all happiness
all safety
the end of war
is in this answer

for fear surely
brought forth
this image
of brother
of self
as enemy

as capable of murder

whose job it is in this world
is but to kill
to destroy

in order to keep safe

insanity

this is the viewpoint
brought to us now
by
Love

in the very midst
of chaos

in the midst
of sickness

the Healer
remains
always

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

what if?

God:

what would happen
if i walked right in to

the hurricane

the terror?

just sat
smack in the middle of
the dark night
coming from inside of me

wriggling
crawling
pulling
my whole body
into distortion

uncomfortable
levels
positions
concoctions

poisonous thoughts
snakes
shooting through my
arms
and legs
and chest

no spot
but one

the eye
of
peace
there

always there

unseen by the torrents
speeding around it

always chasing and
leading
to themselves...

God:

what if

darkness, loud noise
commotion
chaos

doesn't stop me?


Sunday, August 8, 2010

twenty generations...

Love extends outward
simply because
it cannot be contained. (test 112)

it is bigger than every idea
and contained within it

space between the lines
awareness looking now at....
not the thing itself

space, not form
awareness
behind me

looking at "me",
at everything

watching "me"
i cannot be the "me"
body
image
personality
past beliefs
perceptions
of the ancient

projected,
passed on

children seen
only through the eyes of parents

the ancient
the archaic
belief

i meet now

face to face

at the fire ring

so we meet at last

it is you
who spoke forever in my head

you, ancient warrior,
caveman

i pause now
finally in the apparent time
twenty generations later
great great great grandfather

or

Jesus

perfect peace
Father of all that is

or

superstition
myth
contrived meaning
hypotheses
of creation

silence

let us rest

peace to my mind
let all my thoughts be still

silence
is neither male
or female

radiance has no
family tree
no ancestors
nor descendants

Eternity
remains
shining now

there is nothing
i would still hold on to
in place
of this...


Saturday, August 7, 2010

meeting yourself

lonely

feels so good

it feels so good
to give it a name

to be with her
hold her in my arms
come sit with her
"thank you for sharing your whole existence with me

i am so sorry for throwing you out
for abandoning you
for trying to pretend
you didn't exist
squishing you into a dark container
in the bottom of my mind

while wearing you on my body
carrying you in plain sight all over town

not knowing
your harmlessness

believing only in no escape
from this hell
this predicament...

the answer now
is in front of my face

the moment has arrived
the secret to happiness
eternal life
love
inner peace

the ultimate end of all forms of war

be
with
all
your feelings

it won't kill you

on the contrary
it is the only place
you will ever find
true
lasting
peace

you
meet
you

there is nothing to fear

just sit with it
give it a name
acknowledge it
"know thyself"

what am i feeling?

i am feeling....

now
i am back home
i am oozing with...(self knowledge)

she settles back down now

stillness
the ripple almost gone
what a quaint little ripple :-)

i'm feeling lonely
lonely...
and alive
so full and overflowing

only something very alive
could feel at all

these strong strong strong feelings
are a sign of life,
not death

curious
now
of this arena i have run from
blockaded myself out of
all my life

what exactly are you?
what exactly is this feeling?

i open to it
investigate
inhabit it fully

here is my complete rescue
everything returned to me
no speck of myself
damaged
or unacceptable
but
precious

valued
wholly recognized

let loneliness
sing her heart out

and your song
is returned to you

there is no song
that is
wrong
to
sing

only a bandage over the mouth
will feel like death

but it is inevitable
the bandage
must
fall

life sings
and
sings
and
sings
all the notes

amen.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

what is that?

sprinkler
cat
clouds
pool

enough
more than enough

alone

more than enough
far more
than enough...

being
without denial
full
overflowing
so so so full

fossil
pebble
creek
wading
cool moss
squishy log

enough
far more than enough

no time
just here
nothing else in mind

fascinating cat
always new
never the same twice

love
never can be
bored

always endless
open
whole

seeing everything for the first time

the child is so very very
well-thy

"what is that?"

the adult forgot
it doesn't know...

now,
again...

what is that?

feel it :-)

it's you!!!!


money does grow on trees...

money does grow
on trees

is
a fountain

God
Being
Love

only gives increase

a tree bears fruit

cherries blossom
fruit
ripen

on and on and on and on....

the earth gives and gives and gives...

we
give and give and give

every moment
we give back
CO2
water
heat
skin cells
sound
laughter
smiles
hugs
thought
gratitude

there is no stopping
this fountain
of life/love

we did not start it

we cannot pause it
for an instant

goodness simply keeps coming...

notice

Monday, August 2, 2010

mercy...

it is impossible to deny/destroy/wipe out
mercy

as soon as you think of it
it starts giving itself to you

mercy

what is it?

it tells you
it softens
opens
reminds
selects circumstances and images
evokes feelings
of
mercy

returned now
to your mind,

to your
attention

mercy is a thought

to think of it
is to give life to it

do you want it
or
something else?

your answer
is
your life

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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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