“Look at yourself steadily – – it is enough. The door that locks you in is also the door that lets you out. The “I Am” is the door. Stay at it until it opens. As a matter of fact, it is open, only you are not at it. You are waiting at the non-existing painted doors, which will never open. Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Tips from Regina – Lesson 83
I know some of you found yesterday’s tip difficult. One ego preservation strategy is denying the full onslaught of suffering and terror caused by the ego thought system. If we looked directly at it, we would give it up. It’s like the movie, “Inception,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In that movie, they are going deep into another man’s dream in order to plant an idea into his head. The question becomes, “How will we wake up from the dream?” The answer is to plant a ‘kick’ in the dream, something that will shock them awake.
If we looked at the full horror caused by the ego thought system, that would be our ‘kick,’ so the ego makes sure we don’t look.
In spite of any suffering we may experience, our lives aren’t bad. Our level of suffering is tolerable, which is why we put up with it. The disadvantage of that is that it doesn’t push us to desire awakening with our whole heart, our whole soul, all of our strength and all of our mind.
However, there is an advantage to our easier lives too.
If we were overly consumed with suffering, we might not have time or energy to focus on awakening, because we would be too busy trying to resolve the problems of our suffering (or too sick/weak to do anything). Our more cozy lifestyles permit the opportunity for spiritual practice, if we will take advantage of them. And as yesterday’s tip pointed out, we can be motivated by the suffering of others, if we are willing to look like Prince Siddhartha (Buddha) looked.
Most of us (if not all of us) know that we do not take full advantage of the time allotted to us for spiritual practice. Yesterday I was driving to the bank in our new AT Ride (a van donated for our Retreat House) when I heard a Christian song on the radio. The song said that a saint is someone who, “falls down and gets up, falls down and gets up, falls down and gets up.”
So, that’s what we need to do. When we notice we have slipped or forgotten our purpose (fallen down), we just begin again (get up). In this way, we awaken ourselves and the world.
April 8, 2017 Daily Quote
“Never assume that you have attained truth. Don’t make any claim to knowledge. Form no conclusion or evaluation concerning truth. The minute you do, your downfall is assured. Whenever you imagine you know something, you cease being open to the living exploration. You have closed a door and cut off the oxygen to the breathing truth.” Mooji
April 7, 2017 Daily Quote
“Is not thinking itself a notion in the mind? Thought is absent in seeing things intuitively. When you think you understand, you don’t. When you perceive directly, there is no thinking. You know that you are alive, you do not “think” you are alive.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
This Sunday in the Sanctuary – 4-9-17
Join us this Sunday for our Weekly Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
Topic: Our Emotions – Truth Tellers or Liars?
Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will examine human emotions, their lies, their truths and how they can help us awaken.
Rev. Gloria Wells will read excerpts from Gina Lake’s newest book, All Grace.
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Our Weekly gathering is held every Sunday morning at 10:15am ET in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Join us after the Gathering for our Fellowship Time, hosted by Ken and Rebecca Gibson.
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Speaker Spotlight – Amy Boyer
Please join us this Sunday, April 2, in the Awakening Together Sanctuary at 8pm ET – 5pm PT as Amy will talk about her spiritual journey and her program, “Open Heart Sharing”. Amy shares her contemplation of Adyashanti’s book “The Way of Liberation” each Monday at 9:30pm ET/6:30pm PT
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Our April Mini-Series with Carol Howe at 9pm ET / 6pm PT
SEE HOW LIFE WORKS
Practicing the Path to Peace of Mind
Every Sunday in April at 9pm ET/6pm Pacific Time
Description:
As the turmoil in the world appears to escalate, we are called more than ever to deepen our commitment to peace of mind as our primary goal. To that end, Carol Howe, biographer of ACIM co-scribe Bill Thetford and one of the first teachers of the Course, will share 40 years of teaching and counseling insight and experience on this all-important subject.
Each week, she will draw from the great wealth of material covered in her highly-acclaimed video course, See How Life Works, the one-of-a kind series designed to clarify:
1) The purpose and practice of ACIM
2) The ego’s origin and process of letting it go
3) Healing relationships
4) Real forgiveness and its rewards
5) The restoring power of acceptance
6) The true path to healing
7) Cultivating trustworthy guidance
8) Choices that matter and guarantee results
A Course In Miracles is a brilliant and powerful spiritual technology, designed to help us completely reprogram our original false beliefs and conditioning. A modern masterwork based on ancient wisdom, it delivers the deep peace and safety it promises when we do what it asks. Our work this month will focus on clarifying this practice that resolves even the most difficult challenges and assures greater happiness for anyone.
About Carol Howe:
Carol is one of the original and most experienced teachers of A Course In Miracles. A personal friend of co-scribe Bill Thetford, she wrote his biography, Never Forget To Laugh, and is also the author of Healing The Hurt Behind Addictions. Throughout her 40 year career with ACIM, she has helped many thousands on their journey to inner peace.
Read an article that Carol wrote about Bill Thetford for Awakening Together.
How to Attend Online:
You can attend this event in our online Sanctuary and interact with Carol during the mini-series.
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Listen Live on Internet Radio:
You can listen to this event live through Awakening Together’s Internet Broadcast, commonly known as Awakening Together Radio.
Listen to the Audios at Your Convenience:
You can listen to the audio recordings at your own convenience by going to Audios, Guest Mini-Series on Awakening Together’s website.
Donate to Support this Mini-Series:
This mini-series is supported by your donations. You can donate anytime between April 2 and May 5, 2017 and 100% of the money donated (minus PayPal Fees) will be given to Carol Howe. To donate, go to Donate, Support the Current Mini-Series on Awakening Together’s website.
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Tips from Regina – Lesson 81
Congratulations. You have made it to the second review in the ACIM Workbook. I know some of you feel you have not been doing this perfectly. That’s okay. We rest for a bit in the arms of this review in order to strengthen our commitment to truth.
Notice these sentences in the introduction to the review:
~ Do not allow your intent to waver in the face of distracting thoughts. … Replace them with your determination to succeed.
~ Regard these practice periods as dedications to the way, the truth, and the life.
~ You are dedicated to salvation. Be determined each day not to leave your function unfulfilled.
Repeatedly we are told, “Be determined and dedicated.” So this is the primary objective of lessons 81 – 90. We are here to gather our motivation and strength so we may continue on with increased determination and dedication.
My tips each day during this review period will not focus on the specific lessons that we are reviewing that day. Instead, I will focus on the objective of gathering motivation and strength so we can continue with increased determination and dedication. I will be our coach.
Also, I would love for you to participate in this purpose. Over the next 10 days, if you read something, receive something from within, hear a song, etc that inspires you with increased determination and dedication, please post it in the Sharing in Contemplation Facebook Group or bring it to our next Gentle Healing meeting. Let’s spend this review period motivating ourselves and one another. There is no better gift we can give now.
“Do not dwell in the desert hot of the non-self, eating arid sand. Come into the Heart, the mansion cool, shady, vast, serene and feast on the bliss of Self.” ~ The Garland of Guru’s Saying
April 6, 2017 Daily Quote
“Learn to watch how the mind reacts to sense impressions. If you can stop the mind from reacting to sense impressions, you can eliminate a large number of your vasanas (wishes or desires). Annamalai Swami
4-5-17 Michael Langford Study Group
In this audio, we looked at quotes from Nisargadatta Maharaj from “The Importance of Practice and Effort.”
Developing Trust Interview – Ike Allen
IKE ALLEN is an internationally sought after Speaker, Seminar Leader, Enlightenment Coach, and the founder of the conscious media company, AVAIYA (www.AVAIYA.com).
AVAIYA creates positive films, books and courses such as A Course in Miracles The Movie, The Tao of Quantum Physics, Leap! A Quantum Awakening, The Truth About Prosperity, and more.
In seminars and coaching sessions, iKE uses his intuitive ability to rapidly uncover what people truly want, and the core story that’s limiting them in any area of their life. Using his laser-like ability, iKE holds a clearing to help people step into who they really are and what their most natural expression in this world is.
Tips from Regina – Lesson 80, Let me recognize my problems have been solved
Yesterday we recognized that our only problem is listening to and believing mental chatter. When we carefully examine our mental chatter, we find it is full of untruths.
I remember once when I was going through a lot of fear regarding stories in my mind about what would happen if I quit my job, which was my guidance at the time. One day, during my daily journaling process, I was guided to list things I had feared in the past. All of the things I wrote down had caused significant fear for me. Next, I was guided to look at that list and notice how many of those fears had come true. Amazingly in my case, not one of them had ever actually occurred.
This was a big eye opener for me. Why was I listening to my mind like it was a wise counselor? It was literally making stuff up!
A few months later I had quit my job and sold my house. I was in North Carolina looking for a new house. I couldn’t find anything that I could afford that didn’t need significant work, and I didn’t have the money for significant work. I began to really fear that I had messed up my entire life by listening to this guidance to quit my job. It was one of the greatest fear episodes I ever experienced. A friend from high school happened to come by that day and see my condition. When I told him my story he responded gently, “There’s nothing wrong. You just don’t know that yet.”
He was right. There would be a solution. I just didn’t know it yet, and I had slipped into believing my mind’s made up stories again.
Have you ever noticed that not a single problem lasts forever? Everything that has a beginning has an end, and that is true for problems too. As John Lennon sang in his song, Watching the Wheels, “There’s no problem, only solutions.”
What if we knew this? Wouldn’t we relax and enjoy the ride?
“You are entitled to peace today. A problem that has been resolved cannot trouble you. Only be certain that you do not forget that all problems are the same. Their many forms will not deceive you while you remember this. [The only ‘problem’ is believing your mind. Remember not to believe it today.] One problem, one solution. Accept the peace this simple statement brings.”
We bring the problem to the answer when we remain aware that the mind’s chatter is the problem. The answer is our awareness.
Awareness is that which does not come and go. It was not born and does not die. It is our truth. Our wisdom resides in awareness, not in the mind. Remain the gentle presence of awareness today.
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