this moment
is NOT
a stepping stone
to get
to the next!
it's not
a step
in a plan
for the future
it's not here
to get
anything
you don't already have!
this
isness
IS
everything
do you hear
how big that is?
this
is
it
right now
don't miss it,
dis miss it,
for fantasy...what isn't
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Thursday, March 28, 2013
lovely
lovely
mind
golden horse
coppershine
translucent glow
loveliness
undeterminable depth
scoops you up
literally
lifts you off your feet
ground
earth
vanishes from awareness
She is
you
now
lustrous
feminine
energy
birthing
humanity
the crux of all of it
to co mingle
fertility
is not of the mind,
being Spirit
relational
refractive
lensing
lending
leaning
always
toward you
toward You
You
the Center
springing
in perfect stillness
in perfect changelessness
Eternity
springs
Happy Spring
Child
of the Eternal
the equinox is not the longest day of the year
Eternity remains
the One
the Only
momentous
is
nothing else
radiation of You
continually
being
being
being
where do you think
this tv show came from?
the producer,
prior to the actor,
the action
can there really be something outside of,
more than,
Eternity?
come, child, come
back
out of the frenzy,
the mist,
lost
upside down...
splendor remains
when you "stop"
"everything else"
mind
golden horse
coppershine
translucent glow
loveliness
undeterminable depth
scoops you up
literally
lifts you off your feet
ground
earth
vanishes from awareness
She is
you
now
lustrous
feminine
energy
birthing
humanity
the crux of all of it
to co mingle
fertility
is not of the mind,
being Spirit
relational
refractive
lensing
lending
leaning
always
toward you
toward You
You
the Center
springing
in perfect stillness
in perfect changelessness
Eternity
springs
Happy Spring
Child
of the Eternal
the equinox is not the longest day of the year
Eternity remains
the One
the Only
momentous
is
nothing else
radiation of You
continually
being
being
being
where do you think
this tv show came from?
the producer,
prior to the actor,
the action
can there really be something outside of,
more than,
Eternity?
come, child, come
back
out of the frenzy,
the mist,
lost
upside down...
splendor remains
when you "stop"
"everything else"
Sugar, oh honey honey!
Sugar is
and sugar does as sugar is
cain't be no salt
nor pepper
nor honey
nor butter, darlin'
seems like common sense, don' it?
even to the most common folk
back Home
funny how when ya git to the big city
ya can forgit all grammy ever taught ya
soon as ya git off the bus...
and fall right down in that damn dark well
just a screamin' at the top o' yo lungs for some one to come and fetch ya out!
while all the time
back pocket still holds
suga' do
as suga' is
sweetness
cain't never be nothin' but sweet
and ever one do love
that gooooood cookin'
safety ain't no difficult thang
when the common sense stays common
ain't really no sitiation
where Love don't SHINE!
moonshine
sunshine
face
a shinin'
on that precious chil' o mine
Love
just big ol' daddy Love
yes, sugar
BIG ol' (older than all the stars an' planets, an' even for' the very first tiniest baby ever born on this earth...) Grandaddy of All that ever was, is and ever will be,
LOVE
sugar do
as sugar is
and don't you go believin'
anyone who tries to tell you different!
here's a deep heartfelt thanks to all yo' suga's
fo' all yo' sweetness
in this here suga' shack!
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
no body but heart
this moment
is the perfect time
for what you really
want to do
the ultimate opportunity
for
maximal life
precious decision
what do you really want
to do
with "your" life? (is it really "yours"?)
open the mind
to see
what is
gems
nothing else exists
but what is in front of my face
a portrait
of my Self
what am i
without the thought
"i want"?
the painting on the wall approaches
reaches out off the wall
hello
hello
hello
i am here for you
here for you
here for you
yes,
beauty
i shake your hand
your eyes
your heart
in spire
i am
your heart
you wished to see,
spirit extended
everywhere
colluding with the universe: Joy
only Joy
only
Joy
plants growing on the sofa
pillows just waiting
ever ready
to hold
comfort
support
cushion
nothing has been missed
my heart is everywhere
i look
is the perfect time
for what you really
want to do
the ultimate opportunity
for
maximal life
precious decision
what do you really want
to do
with "your" life? (is it really "yours"?)
open the mind
to see
what is
gems
nothing else exists
but what is in front of my face
a portrait
of my Self
what am i
without the thought
"i want"?
the painting on the wall approaches
reaches out off the wall
hello
hello
hello
i am here for you
here for you
here for you
yes,
beauty
i shake your hand
your eyes
your heart
in spire
i am
your heart
you wished to see,
spirit extended
everywhere
colluding with the universe: Joy
only Joy
only
Joy
plants growing on the sofa
pillows just waiting
ever ready
to hold
comfort
support
cushion
nothing has been missed
my heart is everywhere
i look
Friday, March 22, 2013
ask
where is the light?
if it exists
it must be here now
i remain
the Open Heart
as Open Heart created me,
the All,
that is
Open Heart
nothing hidden
nothing shamed
fully felt
complete exposure
no facade
nakedness
on bare knees
on bare ground
i know nothing
nothing
nothing
at
all
on bended knee
i ask....
if it exists
it must be here now
i remain
the Open Heart
as Open Heart created me,
the All,
that is
Open Heart
nothing hidden
nothing shamed
fully felt
complete exposure
no facade
nakedness
on bare knees
on bare ground
i know nothing
nothing
nothing
at
all
on bended knee
i ask....
allow Heaven now
where is
the light?
except in creation
as it is
happening
where else could it be?
certainly not in an imaginary future--
a daydream...
no, it must be here now in the
only existence
there is
inside
this egg,
the Source of ex- pression
outward...
ex-tension
where else
but prior to body/form
is the idea?
it doesn't come later
God does not arrive after creation! :-)
hahahahahah!
that's what we've been crying:
come, happiness, come!
as if
She
wasn't in the beginning
where in the hell do you think you
sprouted from, dear plaintiff?
a rock in the ground?
Miraculous Giver, Gifter of Life!
of all joy...you think
shortchanged you!@?
You
are Heaven
on earth
yes,
You are Heaven,
the only heaven there is
right here
on earth
now
where is light
except in creation
as it is?
allow
Heaven
now
the light?
except in creation
as it is
happening
where else could it be?
certainly not in an imaginary future--
a daydream...
no, it must be here now in the
only existence
there is
inside
this egg,
the Source of ex- pression
outward...
ex-tension
where else
but prior to body/form
is the idea?
it doesn't come later
God does not arrive after creation! :-)
hahahahahah!
that's what we've been crying:
come, happiness, come!
as if
She
wasn't in the beginning
where in the hell do you think you
sprouted from, dear plaintiff?
a rock in the ground?
Miraculous Giver, Gifter of Life!
of all joy...you think
shortchanged you!@?
You
are Heaven
on earth
yes,
You are Heaven,
the only heaven there is
right here
on earth
now
where is light
except in creation
as it is?
allow
Heaven
now
Thursday, March 21, 2013
window and sink
fire engine coffee cups
beaming in the rack
mirror of glad top
purple red white
circular, rectangular words
don't capture
the depth,
the beauty
robin's egg nesting, too,
and crystal clear
water
sparkling,
gray steel pot,
worn dappled copper
so happy!
just so happy
and full,
a dishrack
and one black spatula
adding its hand,
just the perfect integrity
lord, i give thanks
for the plastic covered
wires
lined up and up and up,
the "cup" for the silver,
empty now,
yet no such thing
as empty
this sandbox
of love
oh yes, dear dear playmates,
this sandbox
of love
fire engine coffee cups
beaming in the rack
mirror of glad top
purple red white
circular, rectangular words
don't capture
the depth,
the beauty
robin's egg nesting, too,
and crystal clear
water
sparkling,
gray steel pot,
worn dappled copper
so happy!
just so happy
and full,
a dishrack
and one black spatula
adding its hand,
just the perfect integrity
lord, i give thanks
for the plastic covered
wires
lined up and up and up,
the "cup" for the silver,
empty now,
yet no such thing
as empty
this sandbox
of love
oh yes, dear dear playmates,
this sandbox
of love
water balloon
un changed
is
whole
you start
with God
(this could be startling!
you've "heard it a million times....in the beginning...God...")
but maybe you've never ever ever really heard it...
so, one more time...(drop everything and listen...for it is startling to the confused mind)
you
start
with
God/Love
you start
and end
as Love
and honestly,
what more
can you do?
being
already
God,
what need have you?
none!
simply
being the Ocean
you flow
it's what you are,
not what you do
liquidity
is nature,
unstoppable,
unchangeable by one atom
you
are
God
snow melts,
rivers run,
lakes mirror brilliant blue
and torrential rain,
torrential abundance,
one "form" into another,
no delineation possible
where does water stop?
certainly not in air
or breath
or inside "my body" (my "cloud vapor...")
my smile
is but a water balloon!!
ya know,
and even wetter
(is it true?)
behind that,
it seems,
my tongue...
yet open a lip
and a river explodes,
water falls
just waiting to share itself
with all
God is
you
God is
every heart
every eye
tunnel vision
"me" to "you"
all the same in between
and in all directions
looking with God,
as God
the river pours through me
as every motion
every notion
every position
details happen
happen
happen
all that is
is God
You
are
God
Own it
try it on
Reality
is
whole
you start
with God
(this could be startling!
you've "heard it a million times....in the beginning...God...")
but maybe you've never ever ever really heard it...
so, one more time...(drop everything and listen...for it is startling to the confused mind)
you
start
with
God/Love
you start
and end
as Love
and honestly,
what more
can you do?
being
already
God,
what need have you?
none!
simply
being the Ocean
you flow
it's what you are,
not what you do
liquidity
is nature,
unstoppable,
unchangeable by one atom
you
are
God
snow melts,
rivers run,
lakes mirror brilliant blue
and torrential rain,
torrential abundance,
one "form" into another,
no delineation possible
where does water stop?
certainly not in air
or breath
or inside "my body" (my "cloud vapor...")
my smile
is but a water balloon!!
ya know,
and even wetter
(is it true?)
behind that,
it seems,
my tongue...
yet open a lip
and a river explodes,
water falls
just waiting to share itself
with all
God is
you
God is
every heart
every eye
tunnel vision
"me" to "you"
all the same in between
and in all directions
looking with God,
as God
the river pours through me
as every motion
every notion
every position
details happen
happen
happen
all that is
is God
You
are
God
Own it
try it on
Reality
Thursday, March 7, 2013
dawn
shining gold
shining gold
shining gold
before my blind eyes!
oh dear one
the stones i throw
the crimes i claim
the endless list
of cracks in the mirror
thank God
but for return
of the arrows
to my own heart
that dawn/grace
is
that i may see at last
it is but i
who stab my own heart
and you
are the most beautiful swan
that ever lived
with this goose
shining gold
shining gold
before my blind eyes!
oh dear one
the stones i throw
the crimes i claim
the endless list
of cracks in the mirror
thank God
but for return
of the arrows
to my own heart
that dawn/grace
is
that i may see at last
it is but i
who stab my own heart
and you
are the most beautiful swan
that ever lived
with this goose
name it Kind
God is the kindness in which i see myself with compassion.
God is the kindness
which holds your shining hand
up
for you to see
it has never been wasted
every fraction of a second
in precise position
for maximal love
light
i needed to look
directly at death
directly at broken heart
directly at a blue corpse
directly at the instant
of giving up entirely
on life
to realize
my error,
to ask
for correction,
to stop
everything,
sit
and wait,
unknowing
finally a blank mind
open door
room
silence for kindness
to be heard,
put my own hand
in front of my face
and name it
Kind
God is the kindness
which holds your shining hand
up
for you to see
it has never been wasted
every fraction of a second
in precise position
for maximal love
light
i needed to look
directly at death
directly at broken heart
directly at a blue corpse
directly at the instant
of giving up entirely
on life
to realize
my error,
to ask
for correction,
to stop
everything,
sit
and wait,
unknowing
finally a blank mind
open door
room
silence for kindness
to be heard,
put my own hand
in front of my face
and name it
Kind
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
dear teacher...
dear elementary school teacher,
please help me
legitamize/love/appreciate
all thoughts
and feelings
step #1:
give me a place, a time, a forum
to listen, describe, express, explore
feelings
the wholeness, health of giving light to all
within me
teach me
that nothing
is dangerous
no exceptions
please don't make rules about what's going on/happening inside me
teach me to look
whole heartedly
let me know
how great the pain
of not expressing
what is here now
and will pass
if not blockaded,
told that something is NOT allowed to be
what it is
how much weight
1000 tankers
10,000
and more
times 57...
all that cargo
still waiting--
just waiting to pass through the lock
and sail out on to the ocean
the Love
it carries
waiting forever
'til you accept it,
look at, feel, accept every tiny speck of it
there is no other Way,
dear teacher
elementary
Reality
denial is not
a feasible possibility
Sun exists.
You are Love.
boatload after boatload after boatload...
your oldest
youngest
painful memory
still
holds the mirror of you
would you re-ceive the Love, Truth, Innocence,
now?
or wait another day
dragging chains
around your heart
and deny the Love
in your friend's eye?
legitamize abortion now
put your killed children,
your aborted thoughts
on to the light
of paper
that the innocence
may be seen at last
and resurrection of your innocence,
watcher of the boats,
fresh air
fresh sky
infinite blue space
weightless clouds
joy of being
is
please help me
legitamize/love/appreciate
all thoughts
and feelings
step #1:
give me a place, a time, a forum
to listen, describe, express, explore
feelings
the wholeness, health of giving light to all
within me
teach me
that nothing
is dangerous
no exceptions
please don't make rules about what's going on/happening inside me
teach me to look
whole heartedly
let me know
how great the pain
of not expressing
what is here now
and will pass
if not blockaded,
told that something is NOT allowed to be
what it is
how much weight
1000 tankers
10,000
and more
times 57...
all that cargo
still waiting--
just waiting to pass through the lock
and sail out on to the ocean
the Love
it carries
waiting forever
'til you accept it,
look at, feel, accept every tiny speck of it
there is no other Way,
dear teacher
elementary
Reality
denial is not
a feasible possibility
Sun exists.
You are Love.
boatload after boatload after boatload...
your oldest
youngest
painful memory
still
holds the mirror of you
would you re-ceive the Love, Truth, Innocence,
now?
or wait another day
dragging chains
around your heart
and deny the Love
in your friend's eye?
legitamize abortion now
put your killed children,
your aborted thoughts
on to the light
of paper
that the innocence
may be seen at last
and resurrection of your innocence,
watcher of the boats,
fresh air
fresh sky
infinite blue space
weightless clouds
joy of being
is
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About Me
- Joy Schultz
- 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/