“Stillness is not about focusing on nothingness; it’s about creating a clearing. it’s opening up an emotionally clutter-free space and allowing ourselves to feel and think and dream and question.” Brené Brown
December 24, 2015 Daily Quote
“Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are. Mindfully practicing authenticity during our most soul-searching struggles is how we invite grace, joy, and gratitude into our lives.” Brené Brown
'I Exist' – A Poem by Carla Mahle
I have heard you
And I have heard you say that
I don’t trust you.
But the truth is that
You don’t trust yourself.
You ask where I am
But I am with you.
Just trust that I am not separate from you.
I am part of you
And have always been here.
Just be…
Don’t think so much
And you will realize that
I am with and part of you.
I have just been waiting
For you to believe in me.
When you let go of the things
You hold onto,
You will find me.
For I am not
The past
Or the future.
I exist in the moment.
December 23, 2015 Daily Quote
“Suffering occurs when something is taken for what it’s not, rather that for what it is.” Suzanne Segal
December 22, 2015 Daily Quote
“Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.” Adi Shankara
I Don’t Know What is Best, by David Hemphill
I don’t know what is best for my life. So how could I know what’s best for anyone else’s?
I’ve had this train of thought for a few weeks now. And I’m really happy to have it because it allows me to love my family no matter what. I’m not in charge of anybody, nor am I the advisor or the judge; I am doing the best that I can and I appreciate that the people around me are doing what they can too.
I’m really not here to pass judgement or make calls. In fact, I think I’m a little arrogant. So, with my own flaws on the plate, I don’t feel like criticizing anybody else. I’m pretty happy to just love my family because they support me and love me. They have to figure out their life just like I have to figure out mine.
On a contrasting note, when I am a teacher I assume the position of life role model. All I can say about this irony, this being the role model while not being perfect, is that I do the best I can.
Sometimes I’m not the best teacher, friend, or person (or co-worker, student, or employee), but I am what I am and these are the lemons that life gives me, and so I make lemonade. Perhaps I follow my gut, or my brain, whichever one I find more convincing, because these are the mediums that I have. But whichever medium I use to manage my life, it never works perfectly every time.
I guess what I’m trying to say is this: If you’re somebody who is not doing perfect right now, then I hear you, and I see you, and I’m in the same boat with you.
Love.
David is a 19-year old Sophomore at Oklahoma State University, a student teacher and an Awakening Together Ordained Minister.
December 21, 2015 Daily Quote
“You never identify yourself with the shadow cast by your body, or with its reflection, or with the body you see in a dream or in your imagination. Therefore you should not identify yourself with this living body, either.” Adi Shankara
Awakening Together Satsang with Liz Cronkite
Liz Cronkhite has been a student of A Course in Miracles since 1984, and a trained life-coach since 2000. She began one-on-one mentoring of Course students from around the world in 2006. Below is her path to becoming a spiritual mentor:
Liz was born at the end of 1963. Growing up, she had no religious or spiritual training. but as a teenager felt a Presence in herself, Which she called on in times of stress. She called this Presence her “inner Therapist”. Despite this experience, she considered herself an atheist at the time, since this Loving Presence bore no resemblance to the fearful God of the world.
In 1984, at the age of 20, Liz was introduced to A Course in Miracles. It was immediately familiar to her, even though the ideas seemed radical and mind blowing. She felt as though a part of her had written it, and that the Course was her whole purpose for being in the world. She knew that one day she was going to do something with the Course beyond studying and practicing it. Even so, she struggled with it for a long time, and eventually put it aside for a few years.
Soon after becoming a student of the Course, Liz experienced the Holy relationship, in which she saw Christ in another, and recognized her Self. This, and other similar experiences, showed her what the Course teaches about Truth and illusion: Only God is True; everything else is illusion. This experience shattered her world, and she mourned the loss of her illusions for a long time before gradually reaching acceptance of this Truth, and trusting the Holy Spirit’s Voice as her own True Voice.
From 1999-2001 Liz studied life-coaching. At this time she also returned to studying the Course after a few years away from it. It was then that she accepted her spiritual experiences, and this led to her full understanding of the Course. She knew it was time to teach other students of the Course.
Liz led a study group in Las Vegas for two-and-a-half years, and in 2006 she began to mentor students of the Course one-on one over the phone. Her purpose is to make the path of spiritual awakening easier for other serious students of the Course.
Liz lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her wife, Courtney, and their lovable mutts.
Liz’s website: ACIMmentor.com
Liz’s books: 4 Habits for Inner Peace and The Message of A Course in Miracles: A Translation of the Text in Plain Language.
Weekly Gathering, 12/20/15
Contributing to the River
Rev. Regina Dawn Akers peacefully and joyously examined mental and emotional habits of attack that we may not usually recognize as attack, while also helping us see how we can transcend all habits of attack.
Stephan Mead read “The End of Terrorism” by Jeff Foster.
Lyn Johnson served as Sanctuary Administrator
December 20, 2015 Daily Quote
“You see the world that you have made, but you do not see yourself as the image maker. You cannot be saved from the world, but you can escape from its cause. This is what salvation means, for where is the world you see when its cause is gone?” A Course in Miracles
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