Messages & Miracles~ACIM~ Lesson Six

I have had some amazing new experiences since I dedicated my consciousness to this re-awakening. It has been a miraculous journey in Awareness and Temperance. I Gratefully move into today. I Graciously accept responsibility for my Perception of events and cast Judgment aside.  This has allowed me to see not only myself, but others in a new light, with eyes that have been reopened. I have learned to fully understand and apply my rule of Loving Allowance, 'The Loving Allowance of all to be. In their own space and time. Beginning with Self.' This has been the same for experiences. Of course, there are still some experiences that stand before me that are more challenging than others. Still I persevere and execute my thoughts.  Life does love me. YaY me!

The word 'BUT' means nothing to me. There is no 'but' with but one exception of , 'There but for the Grace of God Go I.'  I can only teach well what I have learned well. Ha!

Today's Lesson~ Lesson Six is  'I am upset because I see something that is not there.'

When I say this exercise out loud, I begin to understand that there are times in which we want to be angry or fearful, mad or stubborn; we choose to be. In doing the exercise, it mindfully forces me to accept my responsibility; what I am seeing, what I have created. What I am seeing, keeps me stuck; in the pain, the sorrow, the guilt; the past.  Keeps me stuck in believing who I am not. So I allow myself to move forward.

The exercises with this idea are very similar to the preceding ones. It is necessary to name both the form of upset (anger, fear, worry, depression and so on) and the perceived source very specifically for any application of the idea.

For example:
I am angry at ______ because I see something that is not there.
I am worried about ______ because I see something that is not there.

Today's idea is useful for application to anything that you allow to upset you (hijack your thoughts/reality), and can profitably be used throughout the day for that purpose.

The three or four practice periods which are required should be preceded by a minute or so of mind searching, as before, and the application of the idea to each upsetting thought uncovered in the search.  I am upset because I see something that is not there.

If you find yourself resisting when applying to some upsetting thoughts more than to others, remind yourself of the two cautions stated in the previous lesson:

There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind. 

And:

I cannot keep this form of upset and let the others go. For the purposes of these exercises, then, I will regard them all as the same.

Have an incredible day <3 with love, happiness & much laughter, lori-lynnxxx)

Messages & Miracles~ ACIM~ Lesson 5

A Course in Miracles, Lesson 5   'I am never upset for the reason I think.' 

This is one of my favorites and such an amazing growth & awareness! I have learned this (and teach it) many times... I guess we learn something until we completely understand its concept. This exercise, for me, brought my awareness back to life♡ This exercise is simple, just the words, themselves, help. I then teach finding the root. The difference with this Lesson (and the lessons before), we are also minimalizing, no 'big or small.'

'I am never upset for the reason I think. (inhale & continue on) There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind.

This idea, like the preceding one, can be used with any person, situation or event you think is causing you pain. Apply it specifically to whatever you believe is the cause of your upset, using the description of the feeling in whatever term seems accurate to you. The upset may seem to be fear, worry, depression, anxiety, anger, hatred, jealousy or any number of forms, all of which will be perceived as different. This is not true. Until we learn that form does not matter, each form becomes a proper subject for the exercises for the day. Applying the same idea to each of them separately is the first step in ultimately recognizing they are all the same.


I am not angry at ______ for the reason I think.
I am not afraid of ______ for the reason I think.

Then examine your mind for whatever is distressing you, regardless of how much or how little you think it is doing so. You may also find yourself less willing to apply today's idea to some perceived sources of upset than to others (pick & choose what we think we should be getting rid of, as we have implied importance or significance). If this occurs, think first of this: 

'I cannot keep this form of upset and let the others go. For the purposes of these exercises, then,
I will regard them all as the same.'

Then search your mind for no more than a minute or so, and try to identify a number of different forms of upset that are disturbing you, regardless of the relative importance you may give them. Apply the idea for today to each of them, using the name of both the source of the upset as you perceive it, and of the feeling as you experience it. Further examples are: 

I am not worried about ______ for the reason I think.
I am not depressed about ______ for the reason I think.
 
Three or four times during the day is enough. Inhale, Breathe & Let it Go♡

Wishing you a Miraculous Journey♡

Messages & Miracles~ACIM~ Lesson 4

Detachment is Beautiful♡Freedom♡ like getting your wings as you grow into a  glorious Butterfly♡
Self Talk~ releasing the doubt, anger, detrimental, negative~to choose~ Only Love

 A Course in Miracles~Lesson Four~ 'These thoughts do not mean anything.'

It's time to take my power back. That's what it feels like....and to put it into the right hands♡

These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place].

Unlike the preceding ones, these exercises do not begin with the idea for the day. We begin with noting the thoughts that are crossing your mind for about a minute. We then apply the idea to them. If you are already aware of unhappy thoughts, use them as subjects for the idea.

With this awareness, do not, however, select only the thoughts you think as 'bad.' You will find if you train yourself to look at your thoughts, that they represent a mixture of 'good' and bad' that in a sense, none of them can be called 'good' or 'bad. This is why they do not mean anything.

In selecting the subjects for the application of today's idea, the usual specificity is required. Do not be afraid to use the good thoughts as well as bad.  None of them represents your real thoughts, which are being covered up by them. The 'good' ones are but shadows of what lies beyond, and its the shadows make sight difficult. The 'bad' ones are blocks to sight, and make seeing impossible. You do not want either.

Today's lesson is a major exercise and will be repeated from time to time in somewhat different form. The aim here is to train you in the first steps toward the goal of separating the meaningless from the meaningful. It is a first attempt in the long-range purpose of learning to see the meaningless as outside of self, and the meaningful within. It is also the beginning of training your mind to recognize what is the same and what is different.

In using your thoughts for application of the idea for today, identify each thought by the central figure or event it contains; for example:

This thought about _______ does not mean anything.  It is like the things I see in this room [on this street, and so on].

You can also use the idea for a particular thought that you recognize as harmful. This practice is useful, but is not a substitute for the more random procedures to be followed for the exercises. Do not, however, examine your mind for more than a minute or so. You are too inexperienced as yet to avoid a tendency to become pointlessly preoccupied.

Further, since these exercises are the first of their kind, you may find the suspension of judgment in connection with thoughts particularly difficult.

Do not repeat these exercises more than three or four times during the day.

You are Beautiful ♡Wishing you the BEST journey today! xxx))

Messages & Miracles~ACIM~Lesson Three

I literally breathe in deeply as I follow the lessons once again. 

A Wonderful Remembrance.

Lesson three; 'I do not understand anything I see.'

Following lesson #2, this is such a great awareness. Attachment has such value in this society. Perspective becomes our Reality. But see if from a new perspective, an openness, WoW, your world opens up! My niece is teaching in Africa and is blessed to experience this gift every day.

The question just came to me ♡if  I have nothing, then what will I be?'  The answer is simple, Love.

'I do not understand anything I see.' I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place].

Apply this idea in the same way as the previous ones, without making distinctions of any kind. Whatever you see becomes a proper subject for applying the idea.

Be sure that you do not question the suitability of anything for application of the idea. These are not exercises in judgment. Anything is suitable if you see it. Some of the things you see may have emotionally charged meaning for you. Try to lay such feelings aside, and merely use these things exactly as you would anything else.

The point of the exercises is to help you clear your mind of all past associations, to see things exactly as they appear to you now, and to realize how little you really understand about them.

It is therefore essential that you keep a perfectly open mind, unhampered by judgment, in selecting the things to which the idea for the day is to be applied. For this purpose one thing is like another; equally suitable and therefore equally useful.

Oh beautiful day♡have an amazing experience... see you tomorrow ♡♡LOVE♡♡

A Course in Miracles~ Lesson Two

A Course in Miralces

Smile & Release~ 'I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me.'

Yesterday was such an amazing awareness in judgment and association♡ I found this acceptance to be incredible! A huge awakening. Today is an extension of Lesson One♡A Realization♡ 

I have given everything I see all the meaning it has for me.


Begin with the things/objects that are near you, and then apply the words to whatever your glance rests upon. Continue to widen the range outward. Turn your head to include whatever is to either side, and if possible, apply the idea to what is behind you. 

The key, once again, is to be as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application; do not spend time or concentrate on anything in particular. Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around, trying to avoid selection by size, brightness, colour, material, or relative importance to you. Take the subjects simply as you see them.

Try to apply the exercise with equal ease; to a body as to a button, a fly as to a floor, an arm as to an apple. The sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have lighted on it. 

Breathe in, Release, Smile & have an Incredible Day♡Namaste

A Course in Miracles~Lesson 1

Breathe In♡and Exhale♡So here I am, day one of my teaching! This is a very important leg of my journey♡ Namaste~ thank you for sharing in this journey with me♡

Lesson 1 - 'Nothing I see means anything.'

As you look slowly around the room, apply this thought, very specifically, to whatever you see. Begin with what is around you and expand this thought to broaden your awareness; around the house, in your vehicle, and then on the street.

This exercise should be done twice daily, morning & evening, for a minute or two, no longer.

'Nothing I see means anything.'

This table does not mean anything.
This chair does not mean anything.
This hand does not mean anything.
This pen does not mean anything.
That door does not mean anything.
That body does not mean anything.
That lamp does not mean anything.
That sign does not mean anything.
That shadow does not mean anything.

These statements are not arranged in any order or importance; it makes no allowance for differences in the kinds of things to which they are applied. That is the purpose of the exercise. The statement is merely applied to anything you see; use it totally indiscriminately. It's placing a new awareness in your thought process, releasing pre-attachments.

The idea of this exercise is not to become ritualistic.  Be sure that nothing you see is specifically excluded. One thing is like another as far as the application of the idea is concerned.

Have a wonderful day♡Happy Awareness♡



Messages & Miracles♡Lori