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Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 360 – 2020

May 31, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Before going to our final lessons, let’s review the special themes:

What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is recognizing yourself as the unaffected Self. Therefore, “what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred.”

What is Salvation? Salvation is healing by “failing to support the world of dreams … it lets illusions go. By not supporting them, it merely lets them quietly go down to dust.”

What is the World? It is a “false perception” where “mechanisms of illusion … go to find what has been given them to seek.” Yet, “all perception can be given a new purpose.”

What is Sin? Sin is ignorance or outward focus. “Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined issuing from thoughts that are untrue.”

What is the Body? “The body is a fence” that seems to separate us from everything else. It makes duality seem real and makes it seem as if we experience duality directly. However, its purpose can be changed.

What is Christ? Christ is consciousness. It is the process of creation and the unaffected witness of creation. It is what we are. It is our higher Self. (Note: There is a more ultimate reality beyond Christ, compared to which Christ is an illusion.)

What is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is a Judeo-Christian term for spiritual intuition, which issues forth from our Self as consciousness. Its sole purpose is to help us awaken to consciousness. Once this goal is accomplished, its purpose is done. (God takes the last step to awaken us beyond consciousness.)

What is the Real World? The real world is the world as it is seen from the perspective of consciousness. It is a world blessed by forgiven eyes, seen through true perception. The real world is still a dream, but it is a dream that reflects Truth. It prepares us for the next and final awakening.

What is the Second Coming? It is the first awakening, awakening to our Self as consciousness. From this awakening we see with true perception and experience the real world.

What is the Last Judgment? It is the second and final awakening, awakening beyond consciousness into Nirvana. With this step, consciousness itself is seen to be untrue.

What is Creation? “Creation” is a term A Course in Miracles uses for eternal reality. It is known after the death of our sense of self as mind-consciousness. It is our true Self beyond any sense of self. It is our actual existence.

What is the Ego? It is the sense of self. The lower ego is the self-centered self, sometimes called the lower self. Usually when people use the term “ego,” they are referring to the lower self. However, the higher Self or “I am presence” is also part of the ego sense of self. The lower self is separation consciousness, and the higher Self is unity consciousness. Both the lower and higher selves are transcended when the final awakening occurs.

What is a Miracle? Miracles are shifts in perception that move one from the lower self to the higher Self. Some people refer to these shifts as awakenings, although each shift is a subset of the total awakening experience. Awakening to consciousness (the higher Self) may be gradual or sudden and varies greatly among individuals.

What am I? The answer to this question can be known as a direct experience when the sense of self disappears completely.

Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

Please read today’s workbook lesson in full. Notice a phrase, sentence or excerpt that you feel particularly attracted to and go into it more deeply through writing.

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Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 360 – 2020

May 27, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Before going to our final lessons, let’s review the special themes:

What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is recognizing yourself as the unaffected Self. Therefore, “what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred.”

What is Salvation? Salvation is healing by “failing to support the world of dreams … it lets illusions go. By not supporting them, it merely lets them quietly go down to dust.”

What is the World? It is a “false perception” where “mechanisms of illusion … go to find what has been given them to seek.” Yet, “all perception can be given a new purpose.”

What is Sin? Sin is ignorance or outward focus. “Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined issuing from thoughts that are untrue.”

What is the Body? “The body is a fence” that seems to separate us from everything else. It makes duality seem real and makes it seem as if we experience duality directly. However, its purpose can be changed.

What is Christ? Christ is consciousness. It is the process of creation and the unaffected witness of creation. It is what we are. It is our higher Self. (Note: There is a more ultimate reality beyond Christ, compared to which Christ is an illusion.)

What is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is a Judeo-Christian term for spiritual intuition, which issues forth from our Self as consciousness. Its sole purpose is to help us awaken to consciousness. Once this goal is accomplished, its purpose is done. (God takes the last step to awaken us beyond consciousness.)

What is the Real World? The real world is the world as it is seen from the perspective of consciousness. It is a world blessed by forgiven eyes, seen through true perception. The real world is still a dream, but it is a dream that reflects Truth. It prepares us for the next and final awakening.

What is the Second Coming? It is the first awakening, awakening to our Self as consciousness. From this awakening we see with true perception and experience the real world.

What is the Last Judgment? It is the second and final awakening, awakening beyond consciousness into Nirvana. With this step, consciousness itself is seen to be untrue.

What is Creation? “Creation” is a term A Course in Miracles uses for eternal reality. It is known after the death of our sense of self as mind-consciousness. It is our true Self beyond any sense of self. It is our actual existence.

What is the Ego? It is the sense of self. The lower ego is the self-centered self, sometimes called the lower self. Usually when people use the term “ego,” they are referring to the lower self. However, the higher Self or “I am presence” is also part of the ego sense of self. The lower self is separation consciousness, and the higher Self is unity consciousness. Both the lower and higher selves are transcended when the final awakening occurs.

What is a Miracle? Miracles are shifts in perception that move one from the lower self to the higher Self. Some people refer to these shifts as awakenings, although each shift is a subset of the total awakening experience. Awakening to consciousness (the higher Self) may be gradual or sudden and varies greatly among individuals.

What am I? The answer to this question can be known as a direct experience when the sense of self disappears completely.

Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

Please read today’s workbook lesson in full. Notice a phrase, sentence or excerpt that you feel particularly attracted to and go into it more deeply through writing.

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Gentle Healing 2 ~ Day 85: NTI Luke 20 (v1-8) – (v9-19)

May 27, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

What is truth?
What am I?

When these two questions burn in us to the point that nothing else is important, we are getting ready for truth realization.

Today’s reading interprets the parable of The Vineyard and the Tenants. When we read this parable in NTI Mark on Day 50, the vineyard was interpreted as the teaching, and stealing the vineyard was interpreted as identifying with the teaching (also known as fundamentalism). Today’s reading interprets the story differently.

Today’s reading interprets the vineyard as:

… a mind that is shared among God and His creations.

Like consciousness, awareness and soul, “mind” is an elusive term. If you look it up using a few different dictionaries, you will find out that it has many meanings. Although there may be a temptation to try and define exactly what “mind” means in the context of today’s reading, it might be better to let it remain an open question.

Why?

We’ve already seen that one type of resistance is seeking answers to metaphysical questions or questions about enlightenment. The mind resists truth by seeking to understand truth mentally. If you or I are satisfied with mental understanding, the desire to realize truth is quenched. In this satisfaction, the ego wins.

The real purpose of today’s reading is three-fold:

  1. To help us realize that our sense of guilt and unworthiness stems from an unconscious knowing that our false sense of self is a lie.
  2. To help us relax away from the belief in guilt by pointing out that we are free to maintain a false sense of self and world.
  3. To lead us into a penetrating curiosity, where we want to find the answer to “What is the truth?” and “What am I?”

I love the line in today’s reading where the Holy Spirit says, “So whatever I am, you must also be.” Notice the word “whatever” in that sentence. I like to stare at “whatever.” As I look deeply at the word “whatever,” I want to find out what that is—“whatever  I am, you must also be.”

Do you want to find out what that is, or are you satisfied with a lie and a dream?

 

Thoughts of Awakening # 85

One idea that you are invested in
is the idea of who you are.

Your thoughts speak to you of who you are
and what you need in order to be happy.

And yet,
these thoughts are obstacles,
which blind you to what you are.
And they are ideas that teach you
how to have the experience
of not being happy.

~From our Holy Spir

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Registration Now Open: Introduction to the Awakening Together Minister Preparation Program (MPP)

May 27, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

All Awakening Together members are invited to participate in the Minister Preparation Program (MPP). Our MPP curriculum is now being offered in the Awakening Together Discussion Forum.

Our Minister Preparation Program is designed to help participants:

          • Increase reliance on their own inner spiritual wisdom
          • Recognize universal truth in various spiritual teachings
          • Embrace natural, wakeful spiritual practice with ease
          • Realize unswerving clarity and discernment

If you think you might be interested in the Minister Preparation Program, we are offering a free single session self-study Introduction to MPP class.  This class is required for all members who want to apply for MPP. The purpose of this class is to teach those who feel they may be interested in becoming an Awakening Together minister about Awakening Together and the responsibilities of an Awakening Together minister. If, after completing this free single session self-study class, a person feels he or she wants to become an Awakening Together minister, that person may apply to join the Minister Preparation Program (MPP).

Register for Introduction to MPP

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Want To Teach? How about starting in the Forum?

May 27, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

One of the important premises of Awakening Together is that we are all called to teach what we are learning. And it is through our teaching that we do learn. So all members are encouraged to teach in the Sanctuary as they are able.

But that’s not always doable for all of us. And not all of us are led to do that type of teaching. Some of us express ourselves more authentically in writing. Luckily, Awakening Together has a platform to do that level of teaching as well. It’s our Forum. This is a place where we can continue our learning from any classes or retreats we have taken, share book or movies that have led us further along the path, or just sharing our day to day experiences in light of the Divine.

So just because the Sanctuary doesn’t work for you, there’s still another way for you to teach what you learn and learn what you teach. Consider registering for the Forum today. If you need any support, just email forumsupport@awakening-together.org.

 

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Gentle Healing Year 1 ~ Lesson 360 – 2020

May 26, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Before going to our final lessons, let’s review the special themes:

What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is recognizing yourself as the unaffected Self. Therefore, “what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred.”

What is Salvation? Salvation is healing by “failing to support the world of dreams … it lets illusions go. By not supporting them, it merely lets them quietly go down to dust.”

What is the World? It is a “false perception” where “mechanisms of illusion … go to find what has been given them to seek.” Yet, “all perception can be given a new purpose.”

What is Sin? Sin is ignorance or outward focus. “Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined issuing from thoughts that are untrue.”

What is the Body? “The body is a fence” that seems to separate us from everything else. It makes duality seem real and makes it seem as if we experience duality directly. However, its purpose can be changed.

What is Christ? Christ is consciousness. It is the process of creation and the unaffected witness of creation. It is what we are. It is our higher Self. (Note: There is a more ultimate reality beyond Christ, compared to which Christ is an illusion.)

What is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is a Judeo-Christian term for spiritual intuition, which issues forth from our Self as consciousness. Its sole purpose is to help us awaken to consciousness. Once this goal is accomplished, its purpose is done. (God takes the last step to awaken us beyond consciousness.)

What is the Real World? The real world is the world as it is seen from the perspective of consciousness. It is a world blessed by forgiven eyes, seen through true perception. The real world is still a dream, but it is a dream that reflects Truth. It prepares us for the next and final awakening.

What is the Second Coming? It is the first awakening, awakening to our Self as consciousness. From this awakening we see with true perception and experience the real world.

What is the Last Judgment? It is the second and final awakening, awakening beyond consciousness into Nirvana. With this step, consciousness itself is seen to be untrue.

What is Creation? “Creation” is a term A Course in Miracles uses for eternal reality. It is known after the death of our sense of self as mind-consciousness. It is our true Self beyond any sense of self. It is our actual existence.

What is the Ego? It is the sense of self. The lower ego is the self-centered self, sometimes called the lower self. Usually when people use the term “ego,” they are referring to the lower self. However, the higher Self or “I am presence” is also part of the ego sense of self. The lower self is separation consciousness, and the higher Self is unity consciousness. Both the lower and higher selves are transcended when the final awakening occurs.

What is a Miracle? Miracles are shifts in perception that move one from the lower self to the higher Self. Some people refer to these shifts as awakenings, although each shift is a subset of the total awakening experience. Awakening to consciousness (the higher Self) may be gradual or sudden and varies greatly among individuals.

What am I? The answer to this question can be known as a direct experience when the sense of self disappears completely.

Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

Please read today’s workbook lesson in full. Notice a phrase, sentence or excerpt that you feel particularly attracted to and go into it more deeply through writing.

Meditation Options

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YouTube Meditation Playlist

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Update Your Zoom Software

May 25, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Zoom software is being updated. We received the following message from Zoom and pass it on to you so you won’t have difficulty entering the Sanctuary.

Dear Valued Customer,
As we have previously communicated, Zoom 5.0 is live! Please begin updating all your clients to Zoom 5.0 now. After May 30, 2020, all Zoom clients on older versions will receive a forced upgrade when trying to join meetings.

Update Now

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Join Us – Sunday, June 7th for Members’ First Quarterly Meeting

May 23, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

Join us on Sunday, June 7, 2020 at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT for our First Quarterly Member Meeting

The topics that we will be discussing include:

  • We will be discussing the 1st quarter financial reports.
  • We will talk more about the upcoming Trustee Election.
  • Dawn Fernandez will be ordained as an Awakening Together Minister. Rev. Regina Dawn Akers will be the guest speaker for Dawn’s ordination.

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What’s Happening – Wednesday, May 27th

May 23, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

All Times are Eastern Standard Time – – – – See helpful links below

12:00 pm – Trusting, Trust – Rhoda Makled
12:30 pm – Inspired Sharing – Carla Mahle
1:00 pm –  Unfiltered – Anne Blanchard
2:00 pm – Life as Love – Rev. Helen Avery
3:00 pm – As It Is – Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert

4:00 pm – Awakening Together Radio will play during this time

5:30 pm – Letting Go of Fear – Michelle Costa
6:00 pm – Love’s Voice – Rev. George Maddox
6:30  pm – Joel Goldsmith Study Group – Rev. Hank Hamilton
7:30 pm – A Lot to Say About Nothing – Rev. Billy Sinitris
8:30 pm – One Journey Together – Joanne Schneider
9:00 pm – Loving it All & NTI – Rubye Nasser
9:30 pm – The Deep Embrace – Dawn Fernandez

Here are direct links to join us in the Sanctuary:
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Awakening Together Internet Broadcast: Listen Live on AT Radio

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Test Post

May 11, 2020 By Aggie Mitchkoski

The last post had it’s text in centered format. Looking to see if it is corrected.

We shall see….

This inserted image is different for the featured image.

 

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