May 3
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“All but Heaven will fall away.”
“Our destination is Heaven. We may not acknowledge this. We may not realize it, in fact, because most of us are stumbling through our experiences just trying to hang on. Understanding that we are all journeying to One Home eases the fear and subsequent pain we feel on occasion. We are learning that our lives make sense, and that we are sharing this trip with our Teachers. We are not traveling alone.
Real solace comes in discovering our connectedness to others. Unfortunately, it may take a long time to appreciate this. The isolation we cultivate, often out of fear, obstructs our vision of the Real World. We are learning that the experiences we walk through serve only as steps to Heaven, and the steps yet to be climbed are as few or as many as our resistance to them demands.
Every day brings us closer to the peace of Heaven. Let’s be grateful for that push to reach for each other or for the hand of God. It’s always extended.”
“What does Heaven look like?
I’ll get a glimpse today if I seek the comfort of God’s extended hand.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: Internal power has less to do with money and worldly position and more to do with emotional expansiveness, spirituality, and conscious living.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Spiritual growth is merely learning what makes us happy. There is no greater deterrence to our progress than the suspicion that we are being asked to do more than we can and to give up things that we want. The path to God is not a burden, and the kingdom of heaven, which is all things limitless and good, is not reached through sacrifice. We are simply asked to trust, to love, and to be happy.”
Caroline Myss: “Classic, true spiritual/mystical awakenings cannot be converted into intuitive skills, and intuitive skills should not be considered mystical abilities. Mysticism is a matter of the soul and not the self.”
Eckhart Tolle: “Ego-identification with things creates attachments to things, obsession with things, which in turn creates our consumer society and economic structures where the only measure of progress is always more.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“In prayer,
I join with others in a powerful network of faith.”
“An aspen grove contains a metaphor for the power of united prayer. A stand of aspens appears to be individual trees, but botanists know that the grove is actually one single organism, connected underground by a network of unseen roots. Each tree supports and strengthens the whole.”
“In much the same way, I am one individual, yet I am connected with all of God’s creation. Jesus encouraged us to pray together, and I know that united prayer is powerful. As I pray with friends, family, Silent Unity, or additional members of my spiritual family, I am comforted and strengthened. I join in united prayer that is deeply rooted in faith.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 123
“I thank my Father for His gifts to me.”
I am grateful to recognize the truth in me – to recognize that I am as God created me – that I am One with God. I may not understand it all, but then I do not have to. I accept my truth and in so doing, know deep within that is so. All that God is, I AM. This is far beyond my comprehension but not too far to realize that God has given me all that is. And I show my gratitude by extending God to all I look upon.
Namaste - Ron
Karen Casey, Daily Meditations for Practicing the Course:
“All but Heaven will fall away.”
“Our destination is Heaven. We may not acknowledge this. We may not realize it, in fact, because most of us are stumbling through our experiences just trying to hang on. Understanding that we are all journeying to One Home eases the fear and subsequent pain we feel on occasion. We are learning that our lives make sense, and that we are sharing this trip with our Teachers. We are not traveling alone.
Real solace comes in discovering our connectedness to others. Unfortunately, it may take a long time to appreciate this. The isolation we cultivate, often out of fear, obstructs our vision of the Real World. We are learning that the experiences we walk through serve only as steps to Heaven, and the steps yet to be climbed are as few or as many as our resistance to them demands.
Every day brings us closer to the peace of Heaven. Let’s be grateful for that push to reach for each other or for the hand of God. It’s always extended.”
“What does Heaven look like?
I’ll get a glimpse today if I seek the comfort of God’s extended hand.”
Marianne Williamson, A Year of Daily Wisdom: Internal power has less to do with money and worldly position and more to do with emotional expansiveness, spirituality, and conscious living.”
Hugh Prather, Morning Notes: “Spiritual growth is merely learning what makes us happy. There is no greater deterrence to our progress than the suspicion that we are being asked to do more than we can and to give up things that we want. The path to God is not a burden, and the kingdom of heaven, which is all things limitless and good, is not reached through sacrifice. We are simply asked to trust, to love, and to be happy.”
Caroline Myss: “Classic, true spiritual/mystical awakenings cannot be converted into intuitive skills, and intuitive skills should not be considered mystical abilities. Mysticism is a matter of the soul and not the self.”
Eckhart Tolle: “Ego-identification with things creates attachments to things, obsession with things, which in turn creates our consumer society and economic structures where the only measure of progress is always more.”
Unity’s Daily Word:
“In prayer,
I join with others in a powerful network of faith.”
“An aspen grove contains a metaphor for the power of united prayer. A stand of aspens appears to be individual trees, but botanists know that the grove is actually one single organism, connected underground by a network of unseen roots. Each tree supports and strengthens the whole.”
“In much the same way, I am one individual, yet I am connected with all of God’s creation. Jesus encouraged us to pray together, and I know that united prayer is powerful. As I pray with friends, family, Silent Unity, or additional members of my spiritual family, I am comforted and strengthened. I join in united prayer that is deeply rooted in faith.”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 123
“I thank my Father for His gifts to me.”
I am grateful to recognize the truth in me – to recognize that I am as God created me – that I am One with God. I may not understand it all, but then I do not have to. I accept my truth and in so doing, know deep within that is so. All that God is, I AM. This is far beyond my comprehension but not too far to realize that God has given me all that is. And I show my gratitude by extending God to all I look upon.
Namaste - Ron
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