This blog title, “Lights to Heaven,” shows the power in illuminating the way to remembering who we are, and witnesses to my belief in and devotion to "A Course in Miracles", and my dedication to teaching it and commitment to following it. The essays I am guided to share are unscripted, and my interpretation of the workbook lessons of ACIM are part of my curriculum in becoming a Certified Teacher of Teachers of ACIM. Please share, love, and enjoy the miracle.

Saturday, April 2, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 80

A Course in Miracles

Workbook Lesson 80

 

"Let me recognize my problems have been solved."

 

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

 

Daily Welcome:  Hi my high-flying lovelies, it is so nice to connect with you and know I am not alone. To have others to hangout with that want enlightenment as much as I do is a complete honor. The coolest thing is we keep on keepin on, there is just something designed in us that pushes us ever onward and inward to the truth, and we won't settle for anything less. Today there looks like some rocks and hills on the path, but we can handle it. Big group hug and let's enjoy.

 

 

Prayer: Dear Wholly Spirit, we can get so lost in the dream and tangled in the web of deception we put on ourselves, please guide us out of the illusions, please help us to know the truth and power we inherently have, to get out. Please help us to accept things as they are, and realize everything is designed for our salvation, for our miraculous return to at-one-ment. Thank you for guiding us, and thank you for teaching us allways.

 

 

Workbook Lesson:  "Let me recognize my problems have been solved." This one brings some major relief with it, because after trying to figure out if and where we even have problems, it feels so good to know I had problems and they have been solved. But then again, it is kinda funny when you think about it, the problems were of my own making when I thought I had free-will, but now that I see I never had real free-will just the illusion of it, the truth is I never had any problems to be solved in the first place, just my accepting the truth. That I am God's Son and am already perfect and innocent.  As I truly believe this, I open myself up to God's sight and I no longer need to stay in a state of separation. It is such a freeing feeling to know I can't screw it up. To me the world here is like a clear glass fishbowl and all who are in it see things a certain way, we have the illusion of free-will. Now the reality is everything outside the fishbowl is the truth, is the oneness of who we truly are.

 

 

 

Thinking it Over: I know my fishbowl analogy sounds odd, but just think about it, you have this round clear bowl, open at the top so the energy of love (air) can come into everything, but the problem is we think we can only survive in water (illusions, stories, images, rules, regulations). The only way out is to go up and release our self-identity as water–breathers, after taking the leap, we will go into extreme panic and fear and feel like we are dying, (after all everyone knows we are supposed to live in water) and finally we recognize our true identity as love. I am taking the leap. Are you?

 

 

Tips & Tricks: Yaaahhhoooo, we are innocent, our problems are solved, our salvation is already assured. Learning to surrender our illusions and grievances and forgive all our memories on all levels and all ways. Don't worry it doesn't have to be done overnight, I find what works best is I keep asking Wholly Spirit to bring them up, and as they show up, I release and forgive them. The more I can accept me for where I am, the better I do. I notice it makes a real difference when I work on not defining situations and just letting stuff happen.

 

Upon Closing: I do so enjoy our walks; I learn so much and am grateful for the friendly company. I am not sure how I am feeling after this one, kinda relieved and not, all at the same time. I am gonna do some journaling so I can see what is bubbling up in there, I have found over the years that simply taking time to check in can make a huge difference. Let's take a nice float in the creek and let it all go. Have a blessed day and a gentle night, and I'll see ya again tomorrow.

Love & Light, Riki 🌈

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson 79

A Course in Miracles
Workbook Lesson 79

"Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved."

Interpreted by Roberta Gallop

Daily Welcome: Blessed day my sweet buddies, I hope you had a wonderful night's sleep and are ready to move forward on the path to enlightenment once again. Just kicking it down the road, tank top, daisy dukes and all. Just all the freedom to come through, the true freedom of knowing you are exactly where you are supposed to be. Hanging with us, lovin us, and lovin God all at the same time. Big group hug my beauties and on with the show.

Prayer: Our blessed Father, sometimes it is hard to know where we belong and which problems are problems we want, and which ones we don't, and sometimes even where the problems are anyway. Please grant us the clarity to release and forgive everything that keeps us from you, that keeps us from us. I know this world is an illusion, but sometimes I get so lost in playing that I forget the truth. Please blessed and Wholly Spirit guide us home, guide us to the truth and show us the beauty of the Heaven that is within us. Thank you for teaching us, allways.


Workbook Lesson: "Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved." This one feels like a riddle, there is a problem to be solved so I first have to see the problem before I can solve it, but I am having a hard time recognizing I have a problem and where the problem is that I have, so it can be solved. Reminds me of "Who's on first?" But by connecting to the proceeding lessons, I am able to see the solution is forgiveness, and the problem is all the grievances I have that keep me from connecting to the miracles that I am entitled to. I have had grievances my whole life and I am very good at cultivating them out of basically thin air. From the second I wake up in the morning, I am nursing grudges and replaying resentments in my mind. The only time they seem to stay gone is when I purposely get to a place of surrender and honestly forgive everything and everyone, especially myself and release the memory.

Thinking it Over: The other thing I am quite guilty of is after I find the problem, I can get into beating myself up unmercifully, because I should know better, I am just a piece of poop after all, I am weak and pathetic, and I will never get the Course, I am too stupid to understand it. These are the kind of messages I tell myself, so clearly this is my way of staying blind to the truth of who I am. How does your problem manifest? What do you tell yourself?

Tips & Tricks: The most important tip of all is please, please, please be gentle with yourself. I found that this lesson and a few others just got right in there and tripped my triggers all over the place. The critical and judgmental messages from childhood were flooding in and it goes far better when I use it as an opportunity to release and forgive, and the negative self-hate feelings leave faster, and many times don't return. Remember ways we can be good to ourselves include, eating healthy, getting a walk in or some other peaceful exercise, and also rest and meditation time. Balance is a big deal when it comes to loving self-care. Another hint is to do self-care especially when you don't feel like it, and reaching out to the Wholly Spirit can be very helpful.

Upon Closing: Whew, that was a cool trip, hangin with you guys and realizing there is a way out whether I completely believe it or not. I love you guys so much, cause I don't feel alone and scared and hiding, I feel alive and vital and well understood. Let's have a picnic, I'll grab the fried chicken from the cooler and you guys can grab the cider and the blanket and we can get down to talking about awakening, my favorite subject. Have a blessed night you guys. Love and light, Riki 🌈