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Jesus: Meditation Can Only Be Successful by Those Who Also Engage with the Sonship

Joy (Laura Bedford) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:00:03 +0000

Tonight, while contemplating Helen's Notes: Dialogues with Jesus (this is a book of the original notes and dialogues with Jesus that became the first eight chapters of ACIM), something that has felt very accurate over the years was described by Jesus in the book. What he talks about is how we must engage with each other, not just choose a path of solitary meditation to awaken from the dream. This is what he says on page 192, last paragraph:

"Your giant step forward was to insist on a collaborative venture.* This does not go against the true spirit of meditation at all. It is inherent in it. Meditation is a collaborative venture with God. It cannot be undertaken successfully by those who disengage themselves from the Sonship, because they are disengaging themselves from Me. God will come to you only as you will give Him to your brothers. Learn first of them, and you will be..."

* This refers to the collaboration between Helen Schucman and William Thetford in bringing forth ACIM.

I got inspired to make this meditation.

Saina — Mon, 04 May 2020 16:50:44 +0000

Here's a meditation I did on my program The Deep Embrace on April 29, 2020. Hope you enjoy it! Here's the link: https://awakening-together.org/dissolving-the-ego-meditation/

Inspirational YouTube Video

Saina — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:52:41 +0000

Meg Reinhart played this Wednesday on her program Practicing Eternity. Here's the YouTube link: Click Here

Everything is waiting for you.. David Whyte poem.

Anonymous 29 — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 21:09:32 +0000

Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must note
the way the soap dish enables you,
or the window latch grants you freedom.
Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity.
The stairs are your mentor of things
to come, the doors have always been there
to frighten you and invite you,
and the tiny speaker in the phone
is your dream-ladder to divinity.

Put down the weight of your aloneness and ease into the
conversation. The kettle is singing
even as it pours you a drink, the cooking pots
have left their arrogant aloofness and
seen the good in you at last. All the birds
and creatures of the world are unutterably
themselves. Everything is waiting for you.

50 First A Course in Miracles Lessons Shared by Cindy

Saina — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:57:09 +0000

Cindy shared a beautiful audio that she created where she shares the Acim first 50 lessons. Listen Here

The Corona's Tao by Rev. Meg Reinhart

Saina — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:13:42 +0000

Here's a link to a beautiful article by Meg: https://www.ftksol.com/post/the-coronas-tao

New Zealand

Rev. Claire — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 06:22:36 +0000

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Would You Like to Speak in the Sanctuary?

Saina — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 01:51:50 +0000

Have you thought about teaching what you would learn? If so, then there is an open time-slot available Wednesdays at 12 pm ET/10 am MT. Please let me know if you are interested in speaking in the Sanctuary via email at: awakeningtogethersanctuary@gmail.com.

Nisargadatta quote: so inspiring!!!

Joanne_JKS — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 18:45:56 +0000

This Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s quote really speaks to me.

“I see what you too could see, here and now, but for the wrong focus of your attention. You give no attention to your Self. Your mind is all with things, people and ideas, never with your Self. Bring your Self into focus, become aware of your own existence.”

I am VERY interested in hearing what comes to you. Please share your inspirations.

Challenging Relationships...

Anonymous 29 — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 14:47:18 +0000

So I've been struggling for almost a year now, with a personality in a group I am part of. Each week I am almost always almost struck dumb by this personality when she speaks. It's almost like all I can hear is radio static. The words I understand but the statement I do not. Almost always there is the emotion of being attacked, fear. The others in the group are not affected in this way. It is just my personality. I've journaled about it, spoke to a trusted friend or two, but every time, the same thing happens. Actually, in one meeting it became pretty evident there was this strong tension there and we talked about it a bit. She denied any tension at all and I admitted I didn't understand why it was like it was. Troubling.

Then this morning I was praying with Echo and one of the prayers I had posted there just stopped me in my tracks. "Rest and be healed." from NTI Luke Chapter 22. "Do not get caught up in the struggle to understand what cannot be understood. Remember I have told you that this is a ploy of resistance."

I think the hardest part of this path is giving up the need to understand, for me at least. Accept, allow, rest and trust... 39