A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 64

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 64

 

"Let me not forget my function."

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hey guys, good morning, I hope your night was gentle and loving, mine was peaceful and I fell asleep with such a sense of accomplishment. There is nothing like the feeling of doing what God has designed you to do, serving God beats all. I love hangin out with you all, it is fun and rewarding cause we get to do this together, and I do enjoy your company soooo. Just going forward sometimes inch by inch, sometimes my mile by mile, but having love and determination goes a long way. Let's do it to it guys, just keepin the faith baby.

 

Prayer: Blessed and Wholly Spirit, please guide us along the way, we are just learning, and it's easy for us to stumble, especially when we are asked to do something we aren't quite sure of. Please give us wings to fly, eyes to see, and the mind to know the truth about who we are as the Son of God. We are so grateful for you, for your showing us how, and for your never leaving us ever. Thank you for loving us and teaching us. Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Let me not forget my function."  To hold the light for the world is so important, it is what God would have us do. It can be way to easy for us to just kick and stay focused on myself, my plans, my desires, my angers, my bitterness. Pull in separation everywhere I can, everyway I can. Because if I am focused on the separateness I am not reaching to the truth, not concentrating on the oneness or on releasing and forgiving, then I am not bringing light to our mind. It is by getting caught up in the drama of the world, choosing to forget that I am not a self, that this world is an illusion that keeps us in the dream. It is by forgiving myself for making the illusion and for getting caught in it, that it was erased and more insight and light was added to our mind, the more that gets forgiven, the more that gets revealed.

 

 

Thinking it Over: The more light we bring to our mind, the more peace of God, joy and our true nature as the Son of God is shown through the light, and the more we awaken. So, as it has been stated a lot lately remembering our need to forgive and bring the light, in whatever form designed by God truly is our function, what God would have us do. When I look at my life and the events that have shaped it, I believe it points to my teaching through carrying the message in what ever fashion necessary. When you look to your life, how do you believe God has designed you to serve?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: We are definitely moving further in the Course lessons and our agenda is starting to be made clearer. Now it openly talks about using forgiveness to bring in the light. I like the gentle reveal, but at the same time that's a lot of responsibility to put on us. For today's tip, lets just go back to being gentle with ourselves, remembering all is in God's hands and if we stay open we will clearly be shown how to proceed, in the best way possible. Make sure to get your rest, eat and sleep well, exercise regularly, and please keep a journal of your progress and your confusions. We are doing awesome and things are as they are supposed to be.

 

Upon Closing: And another one bites the dust, this one was direct and helpful, but I also found it intense and scary. Like what if I screw up? Can I really do this? It's nice to know that God sees me different than I see me, that's for sure. I think I'm gonna go fishing at the creek, brown trout would sure hit the spot right now, and there are apples close to the creek too. Remember to breathe and know the only true moment is now. No future, no past, just now. Have a blessed and easy night, and know you are never alone and allways thought of. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 63

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 63

 

"The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness."

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Blessed hiking buddies, I love you guys so and look forward to the next morning so we can hang out together. And it's here. This is a beautiful lesson focusing finally on what we can do. So much of the Course lessons so far are focused on what we can't do and why we can't do it. It is nice to relax a little and enjoy the scenery. Great big, gorgeous hugs and then we can rock on down the road, happy, happy. Oh, I almost forgot, this is Hippy Dippy day, so get on your best tie-dyed shirt and bell bottom jeans and sandals, and let's peace, love, and forgive everyone along our way.

 

Prayer: Blessed God, thank you for helping us learn, for showing us a way out of this self-will maze we have made for ourselves, and especially for granting us the faith to hang in, especially when all starts feeling a lot wonky. Please help us to relax and let you drive. Thank you for guiding us and thank you for teaching us. Always.

 

Workbook Lesson:  "The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness." It is so awesome to know that as I awaken, we awaken, our mind is one so the more we release through forgiveness the more light is brought to our mind and the more love, peace, and joy we connect to. So, for us the importance of forgiveness is huge, the forgiveness brings the light, and the light brings the peace. I get so excited how these lessons all build on each other and examine a truth from all sides so that if we don't understand from one angle, we will probably understand from another. In kinda the same way the more we imagine and mis-create we bring the dark and denseness to our mind, the more we release and forgive what we have made, the more we pull in the light and clear our mind, so we can feel the oneness and release separation.

 

 

Thinking it Over: The course talks a lot about the benefits of my forgiving and these last few lessons have made it crystal clear to me, that forgiving is the way that will release the clouds the clouds in our minds that keep us from knowing the truth. It brings about the ordering in our mind and the light is so beautiful and brings through such a sense of joy and peace. The more I can just be and allow my mind to not react and remain neutral, the more I am calming and loving. I can still experience fear, but nowhere near as much as I used to, my mind doesn't wander so crazy anymore. What have you noticed now that your mind is become more ordered?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: A simple reminder that the kindest thing we can do for ourselves as Students of the Course is to wholly, turn ourselves over to the enlightenment process. The more we can at the slightest hint of resistance go right into the process of releasing and forgiving the less hold the illusion of this world has on it. We know when we are in resistance cause we are saying I just don't wanna do it, I ain't going there, and you can't make me, you can't make me, you can't make me. In fact sometimes the thoughts of over my dead body come to mind. All resistances need forgiveness, but I will tell you from experience that we when these boogers show up, the easier softer way is to just do it, just quietly step back and turn it over.

 

Upon Closing: Whew that was fun, I am still trying to get the pansies out of my hair, but that was a blast. Just celebrating the essence of life because we can. Enjoy your day, remembering to smell the flowers. Sometimes the best things are the ones we don't plan, so just allowing things to happen and asking the Wholly Spirit to do for us that which we can't do for ourselves is probably the best way to go. Have a gentle and loving night sweeties.

Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 62

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 62

 

"Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi my precious loves, I hope your night was awesome and that this day is wonderful too. This lesson is one of my favorites cause it is giving us a strong and clear directive on how to move forward. So, in honor of this lesson let's put our hero outfits on once again and go forward to seek out resistances wherever they may be lurking and give them a big does of forgiveness. Today I am wearing my Wonder Woman outfit and I am ready to take on the world. Let's get in a huggie circle and enjoy saving the world together. Thanks you guys, you bring out the best in me.

 

 

Prayer: Bless Wholly Spirit, please show us the way, please reach inside me, and show me the parts that need to be released and forgiven. Please grant me the strength that once I have found the resistances that I can use your light to accept and forgive them. Please grant us knowledge of God's Wholly will for us and the power to carry it out. Please do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and help us to know we are never alone, ever. Thank you for teaching us, allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world." This lesson really points out how important forgiveness is to the world. Forgiving is like taking a shovel and one scoop at a time removing all the mis-creations, junk, misperceptions, fantasies of who we are and how it is, all layers of it, so we get clear enough to truly connect to who we are and how it is. Every time I forgive another place, another area, it completely erases it. It's like using Magic Eraser on our mind. Remember we are all connected with one mind. So, as I bring in the light, by forgiving and accepting, we all benefit from it, and we can see ever so much brighter, and feel our oneness with God.

 

 

Thinking it Over: I am starting to learn this process from doing it on a regular basis. First, I ask God to show me an area in my life that needs forgiveness, then as I stay open it isn't too hard to see what needs forgiving, because the resistances start coming up everywhere. I can get triggered every which way from Sunday, I keep seeing the same theme everywhere I go. Like, oh she is so rude, she is so inconsiderate, who does she think she is, she thinks she's so special. And you can bet that puts me right into looking at my own behavior and my own sense of entitlement, and when I get to the place where I can honestly release and forgive the whole thought patterns, then I gain the insight to see things differently. What triggers you? What do you need to release and forgive? How can you see it differently?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: This navigating and accepting things can take a little getting used to, it's part of the mind ordering that is brought on by doing the lessons of the Course on a regular and consistent basis. Sometimes the process and result can seem very obvious and other times, it is subtle and barely detectable, but I do know first hand that if I just keep doing them, looking for my resistances, practicing forgiveness, I grow, I become calmer and more peaceful, and less weighted down by self-judgement and criticism, and more acceptance of things as they are.

 

Upon Closing: That was a blast, I think I am finally getting the hang of this cape flying thing. The sense of responsibility and purpose brought out by this lesson is astounding and heartwarming. We looked so cute bopping on down the road in our bad ass, save the world costumes on our most sacred of missions. I am gonna take an awesome dip in the creek. Clothing optional as usual. Sometimes all I need is a chance to be still and know I am God. I hope you are enjoying our time together, I am here for you and enjoy your company. Have a blessed night, Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 61

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 61

 

"I am the light of the world."

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi fellow ACIM students, it is so much fun to learn and grow with you. Sometimes you call me your teacher and that makes me feel all gooey inside. It is a miraculous feeling to have been certified to teach by the one being I feel capable of teaching me. Then going on to have those I teach in such a beautiful and creative way by Spirit. Loving, hugging, being, caring and just plain enjoying the ability to share what I love most. Group hug you guys, and let's wear our fluffy pants and angel wings and move on down the road.

 

 

Prayer: My Glorious God, thank you for creating me and for playing the game of Wholly Spiritual Universe with me. It's kinda like the game of Life, but a lot more real. The best part is that you are playing with me, that my Dad is right here, completely loving me and being with me all the time. Please help me to feel you, please help me to remember you and to experience this joy of being so connected. Thank you for guiding us. Thank you for teaching us. Always.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  " I am the light of the world." – This one seemed to be a little hard to get at first, but when I sat with it, I started to understand that we shine our light onto the world, we project what we have in our minds outward into our world. So, it's up to me what I see. Is it anger, confusion, unhappiness, conflict, resentments, bitterness? Do I see bodies and layers and layers of illusion? Or maybe I see joy and peace, and love, and oneness, and the beauty of Heaven. Is the world full of hate, disease, pain, and rules and regulations, or judgement and criticism, smallness, weakness, and people? It is all in the focus of what light we put forward in the world, that determines the light. If I have obsessive thoughts of how everyone hurt me, and how awful my life is, and how mean and evil the world is, then that is all I will see. How I am victimized at every turn, how everybody just wants to hurt me and how I can't cope with anything.

 

 

Thinking it Over: Kinda like bad in, worse out. What I think is the light I project onto the world, so, when I am focused on separateness it is so amazing to me how the world reflects it. When I am filled with the joy of God and the beauty of the oneness of who we are then the world reflects that. Today I am projecting peace and understanding on the world. What are you projecting on your world?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Listening to music and podcasts, watching movies and shows that help us to hold the world in a positive light, can make a difference in what we see. Because it helps us to hold lighter thoughts in our minds. Again, asking the Wholly Spirit can make a world of change, in helping us to truly see differently and shift our perspective. If you are addicted to binge watching Dexter maybe switch to binging flower arranging. Getting a nice rest and relaxing is so helpful, remembering it is a game that is by design and you can't screw it up.

 

Upon Closing: That wasn't so bad now was it? It was kinda nice to have only one puzzle piece to examine today, but I am sure we will be looking at a bunch at a time later on this month. It is ok to be exhausted or exhilarated, as the case may be. The ordering process can make me feel like I'm in a Vitamix at times, but when I mellow out and the peace of God is upon me, it totally makes it worth it. For a little rest, let's get out our easels and paint the Light of God. The idea feels peaceful and creatively fun. Something about projecting onto a blank canvas clearly turns me on and makes me feel so powerful. Please get your rest and connect to God regularly. Remember we are never alone. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 60

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 60

 

" The review for today covers Lessons 46 to 50"

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi my precious buddies, I am so bleepin glad to see you, I need your hugs right about now, and also just the knowledge that I am not alone goes an extremely long way. I am going through another stripping process and the emotional pain really sucks. I do know a few things, this is actually a blessing in disguise regardless of how much it hurts. So I thank God for healing me, and I just sit and suck my thumb for a while. I hope your night was peaceful and that you are all ready to close out this second of twelve sections. Big hugs all around and let's whistle on down the road.

 

Prayer: Blessed God, the Course makes it sound so simple and they do a good job of not trying to be too overwhelming, it's just sometimes my little self doesn't wanna just roll over and play dead, even though it hurts more that way. I figure if you designed me and you love me, then you know. So please grant me light, hope, and your strength to get through this. Please help us to see all that you are within us. Thank you for guiding us, thank you for teaching us and for loving us Allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  " The review for today covers Lessons 46 to 50"

 

"God is the Love in which I forgive." – Through God within us, we are able to use the Love which is God to have full acceptance of what we have made, to the point where it is no longer there in any fashion.

 

"God is the strength in which I trust." – Trust has never been my long suit, so this lesson made me have to take a real deep look at God, and if I could rely on His strength. Trusting in God's strength would mean I have to believe that of myself I do not have strength to handle anything.

 

"There is nothing to fear." – God is with me always, and everything I do, I do with God, so there is no reason for me to fear anything. It is only when I believe in separation that I fear, because I believe I am apart from God.

 

"God's Voice speaks to me all through the day." – This one brings me the comfort of knowing there is only God's voice within me, and in so many ways it speaks to me, like through movies, people, songs, stray thoughts in my mind. Always there, allways  finding ways to communicate with me so I will understand.

 

"I am sustained by the Love of God." – It is the love of God that created me, love created me like itself. It is when I am quiet and accepting that I know this to be true, but when I am feeling little separate and confused it is hard to believe, that God would want to have anything to do with me.

 

Thinking it Over: These puzzle pieces, got me to thinking, that ACIM was on crack or something, or they were watching a different movie than I do. Because in this life as I know it, I can't see that it really feels that way much. Believing that God is with me, God created me, God loves me, God sustains me, all sounds so yummy, but then I have one of those days, and I just know something doesn't fit right, I got the wrong memo or something. It is at this conjecture that I have a talk with the Wholly Spirit and ask Him to help me see. Do you ever feel while you're going through these lessons that you misunderstood or that you got the wrong memo? What does that look like for you?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: This enlightenment stuff is ever so funky, because I can be moving along doing so well, and staying grateful for so many things in my life, and then my head feels like a house of cards and just collapses everywhere. I know this is an integral part of releasing self and it's getting me that one simple step closer to awakening, so I try to ride it out, but sometimes the accepting phase just can't come fast enough to please me. So more reaching and more praying.

 

Upon Closing: That little jaunt was just what I needed. Whew, sometimes just keepin on keepin on especially when the shit hits the fan is just what I need to let go and let God. I am so grateful for the company and compassionate wishes, let's take a dip in the creek and wash all the old junk off. Have a beautiful and blessed night. Love & Light, Riki 🌈

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 59

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 59

 

" The review for today covers Lessons 41 to 45"

 

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Blessed day my pretties, top of the mornin to ya. I hope your night was restful and your morning is making sense to you. Another day of puzzle pieces and it really isn't so bad once you get used to it. Like hitting the rapids and then mellowing out for a bit, and then hitting another set of rapids. Lots of hugs and love buddies and let's go for it harder, with feeling.

 

Prayer: Blessed Christ, please teach us how to play the game the very best we can. We don't know how to experience very well, because we think we aren't supposed too. Please help us to know all is well, and to remember you are with us everywhere we go. Please guide us to enjoy what we have within us. Thank you for showing us the way and for teaching us who we are. Alllways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  " The review for today covers Lessons 41 to 45"

 

"God goes with me wherever I go." – The eternal "get out of jail free card". I am never alone, that has always been so big in my life, so to know God is with me, period, is huge. If I am not feeling God, it is because I am hanging onto my illusions so tight I can't let go.

 

"God is my strength. Vision is His gift." – Through God I feel the strength to release and forgive. Because I am able to release and forgive, I can see the truth through His eyes, I am His Son, I am gentle, loving and at peace, and am with God allways.

 

"God is my Source." – God is all there is, God created me, and every part of me is God. To truly know that I am of God, lets me know I am strong, I am love, and I am beautiful just like my Dad.

 

"God is the light in which I see." – Without light I see only darkness, my sight would keep me imprisoned and blind, I see only illusions and darkness. But because God's love illuminates me in all things and all ways, I spiritually see the truth of who I am.

 

"God is the Mind with which I think." – This lesson just explains further in all the ways God is completely my source. He is the totality of all I am, and it is only with His mind I think, because His mind is all there is within me, the fact that I believe I am of two minds even is by His design.

 

 

Thinking it Over: These puzzle pieces really bring to light how deeply connected to God we are, almost like there is only God, and a mini God. God feels warm to me, kind, of fluffy and intelligent and deep all at the same time. I know when I feel God and when I just feel little cold and crappy and alone. So, if you were to think about it, how would God feel in you?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Trying to just be and feel the presence of God within can be a tricky thing because there is no separation, there is only God and me thinking I am someone else besides God in me. Like that line I like so much, "I just stopped in to see what condition my condition was in". Watch out for the over analyzing and just keep your focus on the next puzzle piece. Just letting stuff flow the best you can.

 

Upon Closing: And a very merry time was had by all. It is so wonderful how we just skip down the yellow brick road all happy and together, learning as we go along, staying open to all the many ways we hold ourselves back and looking for the beautiful energy of God within. I got a little hungry on this one, lets go to the church social potluck and see if they have fried chicken this time, I love the corn on the cob with those big buttermilk biscuits and chicken gravy on the side, yum, yum. Have a blessed night guys, sleep well, huggies. Love & Light, Riki 🌈