Kate shares her experience as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
4-14-19 Weekly Gathering: “Consciousness, The Domain of the Ego”
Title: Consciousness, The Domain of the Ego
Description: Many Awakening Together members once considered themselves students of A Course in Miracles. Since then, they have studied the teachings of sages, some ancient and some modern. Is the Course’s teaching about truth the same as the teaching of sages, or is it different? Rev. Regina Dawn Akers guided us into A Course in Miracles for another look at what it says.
Reading: Rev. Share Murphy read selected paragraphs from Chapter 3 of A Course in Miracles.
Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #67 (Step One Review)
Please read and contemplate quotes #149 & 150 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
The mind abandons everything when the vision of the supreme is gained. Hence, one should resolutely renounce everything till the supreme vision is gained. Not till one renounces everything is Self-knowledge gained: when all points of view are abandoned, what remains is the Self.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 57
Lesson 57. Review of lessons 31-35.
Review 31. I am not the victim of the world I see: Resistance may arise as I follow this commitment I have made to remain fully immersed in God, but I am not the victim of resistance. I am not the victim of my habits. I am not the victim of the apparent wishes of others. I can know and remember my heart. I can listen to and follow my heart. I can remain in my heart. The choice is mine, and there are no real obstacles.
Review 32. I have invented the world I see: My personal point-of-view is a box on my head. It is as meaningless as that. Give it no power. Forget the box. Live restfully, trusting in the heart with a not-knowing head.
Review 33. There is another way of looking at the world: Focus my attention on the songs of the heart. Let these songs whisper to me throughout the day. Sing with them, and the eyes of devotion will show the way to see.
Review 34. I could see peace instead of this: Stay with this simple practice. Focus attention on the spontaneous songs of the heart. Let them whisper the truth to me. Sing the songs as I work and as I play. Let the eyes of clarity show the way to see.
Review 35. My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy: I can trust the music as bad as the tune may seem to be, ~ha ha~, because the heart of the music is holy. The heart of the music is truth. The heart of the music is what I truly want, what I dearly desire, and what is true for me to know. Immerse myself in these out-of-pitch songs, and I live in harmony with my truth.
Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #66 (Step One Review)
Please read and contemplate quotes #121, 127 & 139 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
Remove all thought: do not waste your life and effort in other endeavors.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 56
Lesson 56. Review of lessons 26-30.
Review 26. My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability: What business does one who wants to be immersed in God have thinking about the world? Find the way of living that does not require thinking. It is a path that is right here at your feet now, but all that you think must be let go to see it.
Review 27. Above all else I want to see: This is another way of saying, “Above all else I want to be immersed in truth-awareness.” One who wants to be immersed in truth-awareness must keep God on her mind. A loving, devotional attitude is best. Worship God in every experience. Let the false self be lost in the devotional thought of God.
Review 28. Above all else I want to see differently: When what you see does not shine with true awareness, look to see what your thoughts are. Your attention has strayed from your heart. Your sight witnesses to your attention. Be grateful that the world has awakened you, and bring your attention back to God. Sing a silent song of devotion, and reawaken to your heart.
Review 29. God is in everything I see: Life-intelligence-open-awareness is always present. Reflect on it, and it will be reflected to you. Sing of it, and it will sing to you. Dwell on it. Be with it. Stay with it.
Review 30. God is in everything I see because God is in my mind: Close your eyes for a moment and feel your own heart. Notice your presence as open awareness. Be aware of your silent intelligence. See that you are life. Look within, and see yourself.
This Sunday in the Sanctuary ~ April 14, 2019
Join us at 10:15 am ET/ 7:15 am PST for our Weekly Gathering with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
Title: Consciousness, The Domain of the Ego
Description: Many Awakening Together members once considered themselves students of A Course in Miracles. Since then, they have studied the teachings of sages, some ancient and some modern. Is the Course’s teaching about truth the same as the teaching of sages, or is it different? Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will guide us into A Course in Miracles for another look at what it says.
Reading: Rev. Share Murphy will read selected paragraphs from Chapter 3 of A Course in Miracles.
*Weekly gathering is held every Sunday morning at 10:15 am ET in the Awakening Together Sanctuary. Join us after the Gathering for our Fellowship Time, hosted by Kate Brennan.
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Join us at 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT for The Guiding Light with Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
Regina is reading and sharing from The Spiritual Teaching of Ramana Maharshi.
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Join us at 9:00pm ET / 6:00pm PT for Fully Human Fully Divine Satsang with Craig Holliday.
Craig Holliday continues his examination of what it means to be both free and human.
Gentle Healing Year 3 ~ Daily Contemplation #65 (Step One Review)
Please read and contemplate quotes #105 & 112 in The Seven Steps to Awakening with your inner teacher. This is the last quote today:
The idea that you know what is true is dangerous, for it keeps you imprisoned in the mind. It is when you do not know, that you are free to investigate.
Note: The next Daily Contemplation will be available tomorrow morning after 2am ET at this link.
Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 55
Lesson 55. Review of lessons 21-25.
Review 21. I am determined to see things differently: I do not know how enlightenment sees. It seems to me that if I decide on a belief about what enlightenment sees, I may restrict myself to my belief. I do not want to be restricted by my imagination of truth. I want the genuine experience of truth. Therefore, my strategy for ‘seeing’ is this:
I will continually increase my focus on God, while simultaneously letting go of everything in me that I recognize as not God. As I take care of myself in this way, I trust seeing wil take care of itself.
Review 22. What I see is a form of vengeance: What I see has changed, because my mind—my attention—has changed. My seeing is more joyous and more reverent than before.
I spontaneously notice the majestic power of a bird’s flapping wings as it passes overhead, and it takes my breath away. I hear silence amidst the sounds of this world and feel its peace in my heart. I see ‘problems’ as temporary and life as unending.
Where is there room for improvement?
I see life as busy. I see humans creating their own busyness unnecessarily. I realize I am caught in this cycle. Busyness needs to be questioned, because it keeps us centered in the world instead of in God.
What I see is a form of busyness. ~ha ha~ Okay, this tells me what I need to work on, and so I will.
Review 23. I can escape from this world by giving up attack thoughts: I want to put more focus on God. I can feel this in the core of my being.
I recently had a dream that showed I want to take the solitary trek to God, but I am allowing myself to be pulled back into the world by ‘others.’
Do I want to take the solitary trek that is calling me?
Am I willing to give up what I think others want in order to do this?
Review 24. I do not perceive my own best interests: The ego is willing to hi-jack this calling for aloneness with God. It is eager to plan my escape. I cannot think about how I will take this solitary trek, because ego will be in the thinking. My best guidance is to say ‘yes,’ and then remain present for in-the-moment intuition as it occurs. It knows the way. Thinking does not.
Review 25. I do not know what anything is for. Therefore, I cannot judge. To judge is to invest in ignorance. To be, is to be centered in wisdom
Introducing This Month’s Movie: Gandhi
Join us for Movie Watcher’s Group on Sunday, April 28 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT. This month’s movie, “Gandhi,” presents major events in the life of Mohandas Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), the beloved Indian leader who stood against British rule over his country. Ghandhi was dedicated to the concept of nonviolent resistance. Mahatma Gandhi remains a dimly understood historical figure. A lot of us know he was a great Indian leader without quite knowing why and such is our ignorance of Eastern history and culture we may not fully realize that his movement did indeed liberate India, in one of the greatest political and economic victories of all time, achieved through nonviolent principles. This film reminds us that we are capable of the most extraordinary and wonderful achievements, simply through the use of our imagination, our will, and our sense of right.
We will provide an update when a playsheet is available.
The movie is available on Amazon, Google Play, Youtube and Vudu. It is also available to watch for free on Vimeo. A link to the movie on Vimeo appears below. Watch the movie with Spirit, then come and share your insights with the group.
https://vimeo.com/287690370
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