Walking, stumbling on these shadowfeet
Toward home, a land that I've never seen
I am changing, less and less asleep
Made of different stuff than when I began
And I have sensed it all along
Fast approaching is the day
[CHORUS]
When the world has fallen out from under me
I'll be found in you, still standing
When the sky rolls up and mountains fall on their knees
When time and space are through
I'll be found in you
Theres distraction buzzing in my head
Saying in the shadows it's easier to stay
But I've heard rumours of true reality
Whispers of a well-lit way
[CHORUS]
You make all things new
[CHORUS]
[CHORUS 2]
When the world has fallen out from under me
I'll be found in you, still standing
Every fear and accusation under my feet
When time and space are through
I'll be found in you
I've been staring at the sky tonight
Marvelling and passing time
Wondering what to do with daylight
Until I can make you mine
You are the one I want, you are the one I want
I've been thinking of changing my mind
It never stays the same for long
But of all the things I know for sure
You're the only certain one
You are the one I want, you are the one I want
I've been counting up all my wrongs
One sorry for each star
See I'd apologise my way to you
If the heavens stretched that far
You are the one I want, you are the one I want
[CHORUS]
I won't find what I am looking for
If I only "see" by keeping score
'Cos I know now you are so much more than arithmetic
'Cos if I add, if I subtract
If I give it all, try to take some back
I've forgotten the freedom that comes from the fact
That you are the sum
So you are the one
I want
When the years are showing on my face
And my strongest days are gone
When my heart and flesh depart this place
From a life that sung your song
Remember, we don't have to die to go to Heaven ... we simply have to give it up to Jesus, Holy Spirit, God. We have to be willing to release our pain ... our past ... our traumas ...
For some of us that may mean more than a trite "letting go", but God has given us the means to deal with whatever we must in order to be free. He will provide for us at all times, as much as we allow and will accept.
I think I have been wandering about in the wilderness somewhat lately, looking everywhere except where I need to. I need to stop making religions out of things that, while useful tools, are not to be taken as such. At best they may be most helpful, at worst they may appear to offer me the trite answers I think I want, but they will not save me in the long-run.
Been a long time out and about this time, lol! Not a wasted time, however, but a time of building strength and learning.
Hooray and Halleluja!!! ♥
♥ ACIM teaches God's laws are the reversal of the laws of the world. Rather than seek love outside ourselves, we must go within and discover the barriers that we have made against Love, for that is the only place we will truly find it. A fearless inventory of all the decisions we have made against God/Love. The healing of mind. Thank you Jesus! ♥
Total forgiveness of the world and everyone in it ... no exceptions! When we give love, or anything else away, according to the world we have lost. When we give according to God's laws we gain, for what we give away is multiplied. We can never lose becoz God is our unlimited Source.
Jesus points us in the direction of the end fear and guilt, his crucifixion and resurrection showing us only Love is real, everything else illusion.
Jesus taught us to let go of any idea of the body or the world of form being real. Our bodies, time and everything else of this world will pass away. Dust to dust ...
The purpose of form is merely a temporary learning device.
Our use of time is up to us, for we can delay our return, but everyone will return home, eventually.
... Though Mat was a great athlete and student in high school, he rebelled against his parents' beliefs and was known for selling weed by fellow peers.
At Chico, a school known for its partying, Mat fit right in. In an interview with Christianity Today, Mat said, "I guess I lived it up and did what everyone said you should do in college. I discovered the depth of depravity, the bleakness of that lifestyle. It just wasn’t working. I finally started understanding there must be more to life." Mat continued, "God found me when I was at my lowest point. That was the first time in my life when I really felt like I understood who Jesus was- it was more than knowing about Him, I felt like He met me in that time and place." ...
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for them springing fresh from the word
Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day
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RED poppies have traditionally been a symbol of respect for soldiers who went to past wars, especially those who didn't return. They are specifically worn on ANZAC day in New Zealand and Australia on 25th April. "Lest we FORGET".
WHITE poppies symbolise our need to REMEMBER that war is a waste and there are never any winners. To me they symbolise our need to remember that there IS a better way. ♥
"Only Love is real. Everything else is illusion."~ One of the basic tenets of ACourse in Miracles ♥
~ ♥ ONLY LOVE IS REAL ♥ ~ Carole King
As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire Feeling the warmth as the flame grows higher I think it's true that nothing is really new under the sun Watching a new love grow from old love's embers Yesterday's gone but today remembers Doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone
Only love is real Everything else illusion Adding to the confusion of the way we connive At being alive Tracing a line till we can define The thing that allows us to feel Only love is real
Childhood dreams like muddy waters Flowing through me to my son and daughters Everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me Even as I see the way that I want to go now Still I wish I had known what I know now Maybe I could have spared you giving your youth to me
Only love is real Everything else illusion Adding to the confusion of the way we contrive To just stay alive Tracing a line till we can define The thing that allows us to feel Only love is real
No matter what form our masks appear as; whether we disguise our guilt and fear behind a pious righteousness cloak, or blatant hate speech, both the problem and the solution are the same. There IS indeed a better way and that way is available to us all. All that is required is a little willingness ...
There is NOTHING that cannot be overcome. There are NO prison walls that cannot be simply dissolved.
"Am I the only one who's traded in the altar for a stage?" ~ from a song by Casting Crowns.
What is the ALTAR? It is who we truly are ... who we were created to be.
What is the STAGE? It is who we've become thru insisting on an identity
of our own making. It's our seeming experiences, our perceptions and
reactions to those experiencess, our beliefs and our assumptions ... and
the list goes on ...
What is so scary about leaving the stage? On some level we believe it
means certain death but instead, it is the way to LIFE.
There is NOTHING wrong with who we truly are. God doesn't make mistakes
... but we do.
Nothing is unforgivable ... nothing unreal lasts forever.
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KATE: What do people think of this? ...
In order to have the atonement and the Peace of God, we must forgive EVERYONE. Holding a grievance toward even ONE person will keep us in our own seeming separate world and in pain. We must hand all our perceived grievances over and let them go. Huh? Just a thought ...
CHRIS replies: It is not any easy thing to do especially if you were the one who was wronged. (-:
KATE: Ah yes, but what can we ever really do about it? If we continue to hold a grievance, what does that really acheive? We can take people to court, confront them, even beat the crap out of them, but where does that get us spiritually and emotionally?
What about handing the person/issue over to God, Holy Spirit, or whoever we feel is appropriate? Trick is, to be able to do that without needing to believe they will "get their just desserts". We need to trust that Higher Power knows what is best for them, not us.
Seems like a weight off the shoulders perhaps?! I think we have to come to that point in ourselves, in our own time. We have to let go of our sense of "identity", which most of us cling to for all we are worth, believing that death is the alternative. Truth is, by holding grievances we are choosing death, in fact, for grievances will inevitably manifest in such things as addictions and poor physical health, to name a couple....
I think I'm starting to get it-??!! So long as we hold a grievance of any kind toward anyone, we are bonded with that person in the most consuming and unhealthy way, tho we may try to kid ourselves otherwise, even using "spiritual rituals" etc. etc.
Wow, never underestimate the power of BELIEF ... be it for God or for ego!!!
Do the unthinkable, lol ... CHOOSE LIFE!!! ♥
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Hi folks! I had what I have come to believe was a brief spiritual awakening when I was about 21 or so. I have also met other folk who have had similar experiences, one in particular also describing the experience as "ordinary".
In a nutshell, it was like going from hell to heaven, then back to hell. Heaven was the experience of awakening. I would describe it as so very, very ordinary. There was no pain, no suffering, no confusion - only love, joy, peace and certainty. My only immediate desire, at that point, was to share the experience with those around me at the time.
However, as I said, it was awesome, but so very ordinary - very "normal". So much so that I quickly chose to buy into what I perceived as happening outside of me, (i.e. some people DID NOT want to hear my revelations, lol!) and I ended up right back where I'd been ... even worse! I gave in to temptation as quickly as I had surrendered to Truth.
What I am trying to say is ... an ordinary day is indeed a good one! I believe that is why we end up in such pain ... the temptation to believe there's something better, something more exciting "out there" - not being simply contented with who we are and where we are at.
One of my biggest temptations has been in how to react to "abuse" and "injustice". We always have a choice but mostly seem to want to carry on hurting ourselves. For some of us, it sure seems like a huge obstacle to overcome.
I've always felt I'm an addict, tho I have no obvious addictions ... oh except maybe food ... yes food. But ... my real addiction is to guilt and fear, to pain and suffering.
I think, just maybe, this sums up the ultimate challenge of the human condition?
Hush little darlin’ don’t you cry
Every little thing’s gonna be alright
Don’t worry, don’t be afraid
Every little thing’s gonna be okay
Open up your heart, unlock the cage
Turn the key and break the chains
Love will always find a way
If you want love you gotta give love away
CHORUS
Give love, give your love away
Give love, don't be afraid
Give love, give your love away now
Give love, it'll be ok
Give love, give your love away
Give love, give your love away
Give love, give your love away now
Give love, give your love away
Love is life and life is living
Living is love and love is giving
When we live for love, it gives life meaning
When we live to give love there’s no greater feeling
This feeling of kindness and love’s inside us
Nobody can sell this or try to buy this
‘Cause love is priceless and it guides us
Lifts us up and ignites us
Love can wind us and remind us
Love has no limit ‘cause love is timeless
Hate and fear will try to blind us
But love unites us, nobody can fight this
‘Cause love is righteous and it might just
Save the whole world from this global crisis
Throw your hands up if you know what the time is
Open up your heart and let it shine the brightest!
CHORUS
Give love, give your love away
Give love, don't be afraid
Give love, give your love away now
Give love, it'll be ok
Give love, give your love away
Give love, give your love away
Give love, give your love away now
Give love, give your love away
I believe the very best philosophy
Is when we live to give love with generosity
Give it consciously and constantly
When we all give love there’s no stopping we
Just open up the door and let your love pour
When you open up to love you can never be poor
'Coz there’s always more inside the core
Way more in store than you could bargain for
And isn’t livin’ life for us to share?
Just throw yo’ hands up in the air
Wave ‘em all around the atmosphere
Show the whole world how much you care
We gotta give everybody love and respect
‘Cause what we give is what we get
C’mon always remember, never forget
What we give is what we get
CHORUS
Give love, give your love away
Give love, don't be afraid
Give love, give your love away now
Give love, it'll be ok
Give love, give your love away
Give love, give your love away
I am not the victim of the world I see. How can I be the victim of a world that can be completely undone if I so choose? My chains are loosened. I can drop them off merely by desiring to do so. The prison door is open. I can leave simply by walking out. Nothing holds me in this world. Only my wish to stay keeps me a prisoner. I would give up my insane wishes and walk into the sunlight at last.
I have invented the world I see. I made up the prison in which I see myself. All I need do is recognize this and I am free. I have deluded myself into believing it is possible to imprison the Son of God. I was bitterly mistaken in this belief, which I no longer want. The Son of God must be forever free. He is as God created him, and not what I would make of him. He is where God would have him be, and not where I thought to hold him prisoner.
There is another way of looking at the world. Since the purpose of the world is not the one I ascribed to it, there must be another way of looking at it. I see everything upside down, and my thoughts are the opposite of truth. I see the world as a prison for God's Son. It must be, then, that the world is really a place where he can be set free. I would look upon the world as it is, and see it as a place where the Son of God finds his freedom.
I could see peace instead of this. When I see the world as a place of freedom, I realize that it reflects the laws of God instead of the rules I made up for it to obey. I will understand that peace, not war, abides in it. And I will perceive that peace also abides in the hearts of all who share this place with me.
My mind is part of God's. I am very holy. As I share the peace of the world with my brothers, I begin to understand that this peace comes from deep within myself. The world I look upon has taken on the light of my forgiveness, and shines forgiveness back at me. In this light I begin to see what my illusions about myself kept hidden. I begin to understand the holiness of all living things, including myself, and their oneness with me.
Kate says: I have never seen a squirrel since we don't have them here in New Zealand. However, I was always fascinated by them as a very young child. I loved the way they would stash food away for the winter. Even now if I score a pair of shoes (or something else I need) on sale, I will often get two pair and stash one away, lol!
Actually, thinking about it now, I do believe it was a fear thing. I'm probably less inclined to do that now I truly believe my needs are taken care of. :~D
Miracles are natural, it is when they don’t occur that something has gone wrong. My personal road to a life filled with love and peace had taken me around the world and cost me an endless amount of pain over the years. The constant infliction of pain on my self didn’t stop until the day that I realized that I was at war with myself and that I was in the process of losing. That was the day that I asked the one question that every intelligent person eventually will ask themselves. The question is;
Why am I here?
The fact is that on the level of form it just doesn’t make sense to be here. We are just a tiny speck in a universe that consists of over 70 billion galaxies and we are stuck in one of them in a cage that we call Earth that provides us with an endless amount of obstacles and our reality is that we can’t leave it even if we wanted to. On top of this we are all going to die one day so what is the point? It should be clear to everyone that in our so called reality our presence here just doesn’t make sense!
I realized that I’m not really here. I just think that I am. I’m not a body but an immortal Spirit and I’m free, whole and innocent. With that realization in me I started to rebuild my life by removing fear and conflict from it. I suddenly understood that when I attacked or blamed someone I wasn’t really attacking them but the attack was ONLY directed at myself. How could it be any other way when I was the one who was feeling the pain inside.
It is all about me and one day you will see that your life is all about YOU and that the only factor that influences how you feel about yourself is determined by the way that you are looking at other people and that you have spend all your life, as I have, on a constant hunt for someone to blame for the pain that you are feeling in you from time to time.
I have now accepted that my gift in this lifetime is to assist other people find their inner guide and I do so by relaying the beautiful message to the World that is the “A Course in Miracles”.(edited)
Kate says: If we fall while walking along the street what do we do? Do we remain on the pavement chastising ourselves for falling? Do we lay there beating ourselves up for making the mistake of not seeing the curb, or the rock, (or whatever), and tripping?
"How STUPID of me to let that curb get the better of me." "I SHOULD have seen it coming." "You learnt to walk years ago, DUMMY, you know better than to fall at your age!"
No we don't. We usually get up, brush ourselves off and maybe even laugh! ... So how come when we believe we have fallen spiritually, (i.e. made a mistake on some level), do we stay there so long, being so very hard on ourselves?
~ Thank you Prudence for your Oneness Blessing this morning and for using a similar analogy as above, to illustrate a very good point. Much appreciated!
This was a favourite when I was a kid. I never sang, yet I managed to sing this over and over again on occasion. I think I drove my neighbours a little barmy, lol!
Been a long time out and about this time, lol! Not a wasted time, however, but a time of building strength and learning.
Hooray and Halleluja!!! ♥
"The only way out is through."