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Clarifying How to Recognize an Ego Attack, by Regina Dawn Akers
On Sunday, I led the Awakening Together Weekly Gathering, “When the Mind Goes Crazy.” In that gathering, I talked about how to recognize an ego ...
I Am A Dream: Remake ~ An Inspirational Article by Billy Sintiris and Meg Reinhart
In August of 2024, Rev. Billy Sintiris shared during a Weekly Gathering from a writing he and Rev. Meg Reinhart had contemplated. This writing was ...
The Crystal in the Field: A Journey to Non-Separation ~ An Inspirational Article by David Hemphill
Spiritual guidance tends to arise for me in concise and simple terms. Often, guidance might be one sentence long and last me several months. However, ...
Diving Off the Branches ~ Inspirational Writing by David Hemphill
It’s everywhere. It’s on the leaves, in the trees, diving off the branches. Swimming through the air, summersaulting across the table. Exploding in the clouds ...
All Is Alive And Well ~ an Inspirational Poem by David Hemphill
At night in the midst of my sleep and rest, I had a dream where Spirit came to me. In the body, with the voice of my ...
Vision ~ an Inspirational Poem by Dan Wetzel
Vision Christ counsels: Build where winds of change roil never So rest I now in shelter sure Stillness loves forever While sadness drapes a broken heart In shreds of dour rejection Eyes ...
Find the Constant ~ An Inspirational Article by Yvonne Unger
Do you know the desire for a familiar place, for an anchor, for a haven of peace? It is part of being human that we ...
Clunky Being-ness ~ An Inspirational Article by Rhoda Makled
“Buddha and God appear in many forms. The buddha is not only in the cloud. He is in our hearts and in the hearts of ...
Vulnerability Is My Superpower; Inspirational Musings
From the May 2022 “Understanding Purification” Class Arlene DeFeo, Christina Marie Goldsmith, Michelle Hojnacki, Isadora Karcher, Judy Lekisch, Pieter van Prooijen, Rebecca Sellers, Jane Marie Sobel If ...
Our Fleeting Experience By Jennifer Nahulu
This writing is dedicated to my Grandma Verna Mae Kaiulani Ho Nahulu (pictured below) who recently passed away April 19, 2022. Death can bring a flood ...
Where You Stand ~ an Inspirational Poem by Dan Wetzel
WHERE YOU STAND God’s Light shines bright Where you stand An arc of golden glow His gaze sees Truth Of countenance Unmasked for Love to show The Peace, the Joy Released at last As ...
Seeking Understanding or Avoiding Discomfort? ~ by Liz Cronkhite
It seems to me that in the past decade or so, due to the further proliferation of information on the internet through social media, many ...
Self Inquiry for Relief ~ by Rev. Jen Nahulu
There are many tools we can use to bring us back to centeredness or help us to feel relief in moments of chaos, confusion, pain ...
To Honor Experience, Abide in Awareness ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
How do you honor a deep and poignant feeling? When you feel intense love, how do you hold it so it will never go away? You ...
You Are Peace ~ a message received by Regina Dawn Akers
You Are Peace Peace isn’t always what it seems to be. Sometimes peace feels like a broken heart. Sometimes it feels like anger. Sometimes it feels ...
Seven Steps Contemplation: Resting in Awareness ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
“Those who, learning to forget completely all objective knowledge, turn inward firmly and see clearly the truth, abide serene. Those who try to recall forgotten ...
What is the nature of Life? ~ by Christina Layer
Life is energy. It is the Divine, moving through all beings. It is the Light within all things. Life is all. Life is everything. There is ...
Seven Steps Contemplation: True Knowledge ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
“Why do people call me learned? What is the mark of real learning? Learning that all garnered knowledge of things is empty ignorance and that ...
Diary of a True Meditator ~ Part 2 ~ by Susan Telford
This is Part 2 of a 2 Part Article. For Part 1, click here. Day 11 I had a profound realization during this meditation. Because the main ...
Diary of a True Meditator ~ Part 1 ~ by Susan Telford
I recently did the True Meditation class as part of the Ministerial Preparation Program. As I began the class, I would have described myself as ...
The Indefinable Essence ~ by Christina Layer
I am. That is all there is. I am the indefinable essence. I am, plain and simple. There is no other. There is only “I.” “I ...
I Am Peace ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
I do not have anymore questions inside of me, but I recognize the answers I wrote below and the questions the writings were tacitly inspired ...
Who am I? ~ by Christina Layer
I am the sun, the moon and the stars. I am the universe, the earth, the planets, the cosmos. I am the Milky Way. I ...
An Exploration of the Concept of “I” in Relation to Awareness.. ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
The idea of “I” is absurd. Even “I” fades while Awareness still remains. There can be no ego without attention. Attention is all of ego’s power, ...
Facing My Anger: A Journey From Anger to Re-Awakening~ by Rev. Jennifer Nahulu
“Never underestimate your power to change yourself. Never overestimate your power to change others.” ~Wayne Dyer Recently I came to my threshold of anger. These times have ...
There Is Nowhere I Could Ever Be Taken Where Peace Does Not Go With Me. ~ by Rev. David Hemphill
There is nowhere I could ever be taken where Peace does not go with me. I can not be separated. Nothing can oppose Peace, nothing ...
From Regina’s Pen: Let Go of Complaining & Experience Peace
Most humans complain on a fairly regular basis, more than they are aware of. They complain about the weather, about the news, about other people, ...
The Computer Chip ~ An Article by Audrey Whitehead
As I reflect back to a couple of decades ago when I first met my now husband, Mike, I recall that I was aware of ...
My Meditation ~ A Poem by Rev. David Hemphill
I appreciate how many friends here understand my spirituality. I love your support and kindness. I love your grace that I know you have because ...
“The Corona’s Tao” by Rev. Meg Reinhart
What a brilliant opportunity for us all to think of one another, at our very core, our very nature, at the same time. Hello everyone, ...
The Great Teacher ~ An Article about the Coronavirus by Jan Frazier
Here it is, the teacher of them all. Every blessed one of us at “school” nowadays, morning-noon-and-night. How might it be possible to orient to the ...
From Regina’s Pen: Will You Listen to This Song & Let it Prepare You?
Every Awakening Together Trustee Meeting begins with the contemplation of a centering quote. In the last meeting, Jacquelyn shared this quote: “If you can’t do great ...
What It Means to Lay ‘self’ Aside
Transcription from Sunday Service on December 8th, 2019 by Rev. Beverly Toporowski. If it’s magic, if it’s important, if it’s precious. Then It is important that ...
The Reality of Relationships
An entry from Regina’s personal journal, written from Inner Wisdom on March 17, 2006. The Reality of Relationships, part I: Special relationships are those relationships that you have ...
Choosing Between Spiritual Practices & Family Time
This message is from Regina’s personal journal. It is dated January 3, 2006. RDA: Holy Spirit, sometimes it seems as if our love of A Course ...
How to Increase Your Desire for Awakening ~ Ideas From the Fall Retreat Participants
At the Satang and Sangha retreat, which was the second week of the 2019 Fall Retreat, retreat participants did a group exercise. In this exercise, ...
Read Regina’s Article on The Excellence Reporter
The Excellence Reporter is dubbed the “#1 most meaningful website on earth.” It contains over 1100 commentaries on the meaning of life by renowned spiritual ...
Healing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief by Francine Wright
Reflections from the Retreat House From the retreat about “Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief” The very first day of our retreat we went around the room ...
Reflections About Releasing the ‘I Am Bad’ Belief
Reflections from the Retreat House by Isadora Karcher When I received the notice that there was to be a retreat around the subject of releasing the sense ...
The Spark of Light, by Rev. Hal Seeley
Everything we learn here at Awakening Together, and elsewhere in the spiritual writings and teachings we come across, there is an emphasis on the Oneness ...
What is Love? Do the Enlightened Know Love or Leave it Behind?
In a recent Guest Satsang interview, Dr. Jeffrey Martin mentioned that those who experience fundamental wellbeing at location 4 or above do not feel the ...
Losing My Home in Paradise – A Letter from Shawna Summers
After hearing that Shawna lost her home in the recent wildfire that destroyed most of Paradise, California, Regina wrote to Shawna asking about her experience. ...
Simple Man, by Michael Langford
I found some excellent lyrics in a song. This song was released in 1973 and has had lots of radio play over the decades and therefore I have ...
A Letter from Rev. Hank Hamilton
Preface from Rev. Regina Dawn Akers: Last year, Awakening Together minister, Rev. Hank Hamilton, wrote to me saying that he needed to take a sabbatical from ...
How I Discovered Meditative Self-Inquiry, by Adyashanti
This is an excerpt taken from Adyashanti’s book, True Meditation. I like to tell the story of how I came across meditative self-inquiry. In many ways, ...
Answer the Call to Prayer by Chris Celine
Perfect Light of all creation…. As we accept this light that is within, and want to live as that light, every beloved is called to ...
The Audacity of Lies by Chris Celine
Child of God. Child…innocence…new. To carry the acceptance that you are a child. To carry the acceptance that everything is new and innocent is to ...
I Must Love Every Moment, by Chris Celine
Eternal innocence. The word innocence means different things to different beloveds. Innocence is devoid of struggle. Innocence is devoid of right and wrong, good or ...
I Rest in God, by Chris Celine
I Have Learned So much from God That I can no longer Call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist or a Jew. The Truth has shared so ...
No Correction, by Chris Celine
Innocent Light of God. These words declare the state of Being that has no resemblance to the ego’s identity. And yet, to accept that you ...
The Willingness to Heal by Chris Celine Satsang
Innocent creation. Accept that innocence is all that there is. How do you navigate that innocence is all that there is? If you wake up ...
The Ego is Not the Devil – Scribed by Regina Dawn Akers
The Ego is Not the Devil Scribed by Regina Dawn Akers, February 13, 2005 The ego is not the devil. It isn’t a force outside of you ...
Letting Go of Blame – Satsang by Chris Celine
Barbara Deurwaarder has transcribed Chris Celine’s Satsang, Letting Go of Blame. Here is an excerpt from this Satsang: Blame keeps the sad game going. You can keep ...
The Awakening of Bill Thetford, Co-Scribe of A Course in Miracles: An Article Written for Awakening Together by Carol Howe
Many people today are finding it ever more difficult to see the humorous and fun in every day life, besieged as we are by dire ...
New Messages from Jeshua ben Joseph through Brent Haskell
This page contains messages from Jeshua ben Joseph through Brent Haskell, author of The Other Voice and Journey Beyond Words. These messages are not published and ...
Technique: Come Into the Room by Liz Cronkite
Back in the day my thing was not dwelling on the past. It was living in the future. Some of this was goals and plans. ...
Your Cells Are Listening: How Talking To Your Body Can Help You Heal by Therese Wade
“Every part of your body has its own consciousness or its own soul.” These transformative words, spoken by indigenous medicine women, began my journey within to ...
Surrender the Meaning, by Chris Celine
Innocence of God. Perfect, glorious light of creation. This truth within…this truth within that is all that is keeps disappearing from awareness. It comes up ...
Habitual Believing & True Compassion – by Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
This morning I read an article about a Pakistani man who killed his sister because she married a Christian. To this Islamic family, her marriage ...
The Two Spiritual Goals, by Liz Cronkite
No matter a person’s spiritual path there are only two possible goals: To spiritualize the self’s life in the world or to transcend the self. ...
No Outcome, by Chris Celine
Exquisite perfection that lives within time. Holy Spirit of Love that walks within time. The use of time in the world is a mystery. It’s ...
Jeshua: The Script is Written, scribed by Brent Haskell
Greetings to you this day. I am Jeshua. And I have come, as always, to discuss with you A Course in Miracles. You have been ...
Death to Knowing, by Chris Celine
Unchangeable…perfection of God. The Truth of your unchangeable nature, your Divine Self, is the journey of remembering. You’re coming home to your unchangeable, divine Self. ...
Dropping Distraction by Leo Babauta
Digital distractions plague all of us to varying extents, preventing us—myself included—from doing the things we want to do. This is a guide for anyone ...
O, YOU THE PROPHET ASLEEP! – by Josh Newton
Scriptures are from the eternal. They belong to eternity. You’ve no issue with this idea. Yet, do you realise that the one who is holding the ...
How Do I Know What Makes Me Beautiful? by David Hemphill
How do I know what makes me beautiful? The truth is I am beauty. A critical voice in my head once thought That I was beautiful because of ...
Transcript of New Conversations with Michael Langford
On April 6, 2016, Regina Dawn Akers visited Michael Langford near his home in Nevada. Two 1-hour audios were recorded that day. Those audios are shared ...
I Love Days Like Today, by Rev. David Hemphill
I love days like today. I have gotten to see so many of my flaws. Five of my major character flaws have come up today, ...
Nothing to Get, by Chris Celine
“The losing of identity is a golden gun. It was not easy to hold it against my head and fire, but necessary. I needed great ...
My Easter Gift, by Rebecca Gibson
While listening to Awakening Together’s Sunday service I experienced my heart and soul breaking wide open. There was not a particular moment or person that ...
Helpful Self-Talk, by Rev. Regina Dawn Akers
In my teachings, I have shared many times that I used “helpful self-talk” in order to move through the purification process and allow healing to ...
My First Homily, by Hal Seeley
On February 27th I was honored to become an ordained Awakening Together Minister. My certificate says that I completed 72 weeks of classroom study, and ...
Root Cause Inquiry by Hal Seeley
Many years ago a friend of mine introduced me to the book “Stepping Free of Limiting Patterns” written by a wonderful lady named Pat McCallum. ...
Collected Quotes by Albert Einstein
“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — ...
'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 ...
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 ...
The Present and the Process, by Liz Cronkite
First, this mind believed it was a self in a process toward the goal of peace. Then one day it had an experience while meditating ...
Surrender, Gratitude – By Dawn Green
Surrender. Gratitude. These two words have become a sweet experience in my life. They are also my practice. One of the tools that I learned when ...
What I Wish For, by Jan Frazier
Sometimes I ask myself this: If this were to be my last opportunity to say something that might be of use, what might I say? What ...
You Are Never Far From Healing by Jeff Foster
You are never far from healing, for healing is not a destination. It is more like a remembering; a constant invitation. It is like the Sun; always there, yet sometimes ...
Looking at the Fear of Losing a Loved One with Liz Cronkite
Question: “…I contacted you almost 4 years ago when my husband of 20 years, and the kindest, most supportive and best friend I’ve ever had, ...
The Game of Awakening by Ram Dass
We have built up a set of ego habits for gaining satisfaction. For some it involves pleasure; for others, more neurotic, it involves pain. As ...
Windward Side, a poem by Carla Mahle
One day I went atraipsing down to Windward Side. There was a full moon blazing; the ocean at low tide. I’d found a wild hair and convinced ...
I Have a Covenant with the World, by David Hemphill
I have a covenant with the world. It is that things will always end. It is a promise that the divine has given to me and that ...
Unfolding Detachment, by Liz Cronkite
Once upon a time as this mind’s awareness of Truth grew the natural result was that this mind came to experience that it was “in ...
Deal at Your Level of Awareness, by Liz Cronkite
Often when I answer in my newsletter/blog a question from someone experiencing an upset in their life they explain that they have tried and failed ...
Coming to Know a Truth, by Hal Seeley
I have experienced a tumultuous few weeks being on a roller coaster of emotions and found myself becoming very skeptical of this whole idea of ...
Auto-Connect, by Gloria Wells
In today’s modern, high tech society we get to enjoy the benefits of cell phone and internet connections that we often give little or no ...
What is Death? – by Karen Berg-Raftakis
A week ago my father died. It happened suddenly, so most of my family were not only experiencing grief, but shock. I felt these emotions ...
Total Surrender: Die Before You Die (by Bentinho Massaro)
In this video teaching, Bentinho leads viewers on a guided realization experience of “die before you die.” If you give this teaching your full attention, it may ...
The Car and the Pilot Light of Fear, by Karen Worth
Before these experiences happened I would have told you that I had very little fear. And what I discovered through this experience was just how ...
Spiritual Pride by Ram Dass
Mad with joy, life and death dance to the rhythm of this music. The hills and the sea and the earth dance. The world of man dances in laughter ...
Can We Practice Seeing the Real World Through Meditation?, by Karen Worth
Note: This article was written by a student of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) and assumes some ACIM knowledge. Before you decide not to read this, ...
The Story Perumal Swami and Ramana Maharshi
Adapted from The Human Gospel of Ramana Maharshi by John Troy Perumal Swami was a tough guy with a robust body and a rough demeanor. He ...
Magdi’s conversations with seekers, #2:
Magdi will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. In preparation for the retreat, I am sharing ...
Magdi's conversations with seekers, #1
Magdi will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. In preparation for the retreat, I am sharing ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #6
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the ‘Soak ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #5
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the ‘Soak ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #4
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a Satsang at the ‘Soak ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #3
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat in Santa Barbara from September 12-14, 2014. He will also lead a ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #2
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at the Awakening Together Retreats held in Santa Barbara, California this September. In preparation for the retreats, this ...
Questions from seekers answered by Timothy Conway, #1
Timothy Conway will be a retreat leader at both the Awakening Together Satsang Retreat and the ‘Soak in the Beauty’ Retreat this September. Over the ...
Looking at ego rebounds – by Liz Cronkite
Question for Liz from a reader: “I read somewhere in your story, or a blog post, that at some point in your journey with the Course, you experienced ...
Two poems by Kabir
Kabir, 1440 – 1518, Mystic poet and saint from India #1 Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. You will not find ...
The Story of a Devoted Muslim
Adapted from “The Human Gospel of Ramana Maharshi” by John Troy Told by V. Ganesan, grand-nephew of Ramana Maharshi Masthan Swami was a staunch Muslim. His parents ...
Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Awakening and the Movies
Last week a friend and I rented a movie which received some really good reviews, but I was disappointed. I thought the story and dialogue ...
The Art of Contemplation
An article by Regina Dawn Akers Contemplation is the art of going beyond the mind’s understanding to another understanding, understanding that clearly transcends the mind. Some ...
An excerpt nicknamed ‘The River’ from "Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere"
An excerpt from a Sounds True recording entitled “Thomas Merton’s Path to the Palace of Nowhere”, by James Finley. It seems to me, that what immediately occurs upon ...
Timothy Conway – Healing Abusive Models of God
Finding the Living God of Love, Light, Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Kindness, Fullness and Bliss! In sharing spiritual awareness with so many wonderful people over the last ...
Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Delegating to the Holy Spirit
Lately, I’ve been experiencing a lot of stress both at work and at home. It seems as if I’ve collected more and more responsibilities over ...
Timothy Conway – Awaken O God-Self!
Awaken, O God-Self! (A message from Awareness to Itself) Once upon a Timeless Now, in the Infinity of No-Space, You emanated, for no reason other than pure Delight, a ...
Danielle K. Wright – Willingness to be Gentle with Myself
As long as we have a single goal: Truth, the way it is uncovered is not our concern. When I first moved in with my friend, ...
What if I get comfort from ACIM but do not always believe it?
Question asked of Liz Cronkhite: I get a lot of comfort from reading A Course in Miracles (ACIM) but I have to admit I have not ...
Timothy Conway – Our Real Nature
There is only AWARENESS. Sages have called this by many names—God, Pure Spirit, I AM THAT AM, Absolute Reality, the Nondual Self, Brahman/Atman, Being-Awareness-Bliss, Tao, Unborn ...
Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis – Worshipping False Gods
Worshipping False Gods, by Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis “But to you who are strong enough to bear it, I say you need no mediator between you and Me, ...
How may I fix my mind on God? How ought we to live in the world?
Questioner: How, sir, may I fix my mind on God? Sri Ramakrishna: Repeat God’s name and sing His glories, and now and then visit God’s devotees ...
Accepting Change, by Karen Ann Berg-Raftakis
There’s a music video by Madonna called “Ray of Light” which I’ve always liked. It features very rapidly changing, flashing pictures of people all over ...
ACIM, LOO, DU, and Thiaoouba by Larry Seyer
(Article by Larry Seyer, www.larryseyer.com) I was asked to explain how I could justify the seemingly apparent paradoxes in “A Course in Miracles”, “The Law of ...
