Tribe.net. Local Connections JahaRa http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#b12fe39c-3ea0-4d3f-8de7-3e0aa8270ff3 2008-07-25T00:00:53Z 2008-07-25T00:00:53Z

There's someone named amanda posting a lot of that RTRRT adverts in some of the other tribes. I don't know why ZZ is doing it too.

JahaRa 2008-07-25T00:00:53Z Simon http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#284e273a-8881-4b07-97fa-8548d00f202e 2008-07-24T18:35:46Z 2008-07-24T18:35:46Z

Greetings Christie! I have a great example: You created a miracle of love through simply coming from your heart in sharing what you just did, through simply Being Here. I recognize your great Integrity! :) Heh. Love & Peace *Simon*

Simon 2008-07-24T18:35:46Z Simon http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#dc12a939-7a2c-4d3a-8273-0a85a15e2928 2008-07-24T18:30:47Z 2008-07-24T18:30:47Z

Hello. I love you all! :) *S*

Simon 2008-07-24T18:30:47Z CG http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#18b0ad30-6afc-430b-82b6-8804309e8a7d 2008-02-11T04:17:33Z 2008-02-11T04:17:33Z

Thanks Mark,

CG 2008-02-11T04:17:33Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#9d2e6f74-5db1-4bbb-bff8-4e42ff61d9cc 2008-02-11T03:41:52Z 2008-02-11T03:41:52Z

I do indeed paraphrase ACIM. "One in truth" can only mean catagorically One. ACIM does not distingush any real existant non-oneness. Therefore, giving *is* receiving; learing *is* teaching. We learn learn by teaching, we receive by giving and lastly we both give and teach by Being. The Emerson to which I refer is Ralph Waldo Emerson, the trancendentalist unitarian theologian and poet.

Mark 2008-02-11T03:41:52Z CG http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#9d36d17b-e35e-420b-81cd-d4c22f57e8a1 2008-02-10T23:42:47Z 2008-02-10T23:42:47Z

I not sure about using "one and the same", as a way to say it. I think the Course says, "to give and to receive are one in truth". The chapter referred to in this post was on pg. 117, Healing as the Recognition of Truth. I was commenting on the way the Course teaches the lesson she inquired about. I'm not sure who your referring to as Emerson, or what you mean by an infinite perspective.

CG 2008-02-10T23:42:47Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#330696d5-d8d4-4844-aa9f-3faca7c0efb1 2008-02-10T15:55:25Z 2008-02-10T15:55:25Z

Teaching and learning, like giving and receiving are one and the same. ACIM says we are always teaching and learning. Like Emerson says it is not so much by what we say but by who we are being-- we teach what we are and everybody around us learns what we think of them. The key point is whether we regard ourselves and others as the very Christ and Savior. When we enter every relationship of any kind from an infinite perspective we are being a healing influence and being miracle workers.

Mark 2008-02-10T15:55:25Z CG http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#3a5dc210-1669-4b32-a14b-9e8a8230e4c3 2008-02-10T06:33:56Z 2008-02-10T06:33:56Z

Hi Cathy, When I look just above that to paragraph 3, I see it says, "The ego does not want to teach everyone all it has learned, because that would defeat it's purpose. (separation) (specialness) Therefore it does not really learn at all." "The Holy Spirit teaches you to use what the ego has made, (not created) to teach the opposite of what the ego has "learned." (the opposite of separation) "The kind of learning (what the ego thinks it's learned) is as irrelevant as is the particular ability that was applied to the learning." Then in paragraph 4 "All abilities should therefore be given over to the Holy Spirit, Who understands how to use them properly." I think the key might be the " the particular ability applied to learning". What abilities do you apply to learning? While you can give everything over to the Holy Spirit, the emphasis here is on "the particular ability applied to learning." I apply perseverance, focus, study, discipline etc. to learning something. These abilities I give over to the Holy Spirit as often as I can remember to. : )

CG 2008-02-10T06:33:56Z Christie http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#20e49529-80cd-43e5-8a72-a0a47882f01e 2008-02-09T06:27:50Z 2008-02-09T06:27:50Z

I have no idea what Claudio Antonio is talking about with this post from lulu.com/astrology. It looks like junk mail.

Christie 2008-02-09T06:27:50Z JahaRa http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#9655a7b7-79cd-4fbd-a4b7-3a6ace6f5705 2008-02-09T02:31:48Z 2008-02-09T02:31:48Z

Maybe you are thinking about this. Years ago I joined a group to explore and one of the exercises was "Consider the possibility that what you think is wrong with you, what you hear over and over that you 'do' wrong is really what is right about you." Talking 'too much' is what I always heard, so I considerred it and decided to express myself as a communicator. I committed to spirit that i would be willing to say what someone needed to hear without attachment. It was amazing what came out of my mouth that I did not understand, and the reactions were also amazing, usually who ever the 'message' was for did not know who delivered it. That was a great lesson in remaining unattached to the outcome of my commitment. Similar to reiki teaching, no attachment to outcome, just be the conduit for the energy.

JahaRa 2008-02-09T02:31:48Z Christie http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#c271c418-3bfe-4bee-a330-5c2454b4fcb5 2008-02-08T19:35:30Z 2008-02-08T19:26:14Z

Yes, I do this. I hand over my abilities to the Holy Spirit. When in my awareness I remember the light then the Holy Spirit is more likely to use me and my abilities for It's purpose, including miracles. Sometimes my awareness is only of the limited world around me and so at those times miracles cannot flow through me. I am still working towards being able to see in the light more consistently. The miracles that the Holy Spirit performs through me may not be apparent to me. It may use my day to day abilities such as where I work, who I run into that day, what words I say to them, things I might not notice myself as miracles. I do believe that sometimes actions or words spoken have led to miracles for others. Usually no one can point it out as a miracle because it could be a coincidence. When seeing with the awareness of light, with the awareness of the Holy Spirit, and having the willingness to let the Holy Spirit use our abilities to make miracles possible for others, miracles do happen. They may have happened to me as well. I'm sure they have, I just don't recall a good example to bring up.

Christie 2008-02-08T19:26:14Z Lord of the Zodiac http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#3a23df7d-6c7a-453f-82d1-a13dd3252b87 2008-01-16T08:37:28Z 2008-01-16T08:37:28Z

The Holy Spirit is not something rational. Ruach elohim. First published by Klaudio Zic Publications, 2007, www.lulu.com/astrology. Copyright © 2007 By Klaudio Zic. All Rights Reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, for commercial purposes or otherwise, without the written permission of the author, except when permitted by law. RTRRT – A Last Word Copyright © 2007 by Klaudio Zic, all rights reserved. http://www.lulu.com/astrology In closing our RTRRT series we wish an encompassed issue to your own dignified pursuit. We know where it will lead you since we have been there ourselves and still are. It was comparatively easy and fun to master the RTRRT and instant magick. Everyone can do it with a little faith, that is clear vision. Luckily there is not so many people who believe in miracles. There is even less that believe in themselves and quite a few that believe in GOD. That makes our company modest. Some will immediately grasp the concept and develop it but some will nag and fail. That is the way with the force. The uncalled will triumph while the aficionado will stumble. The ways of the LORD are unfathomable. The end of all pursuit is the dissolution of selfishness much as in the Lord of the Rings. Could we add a little charm? to our statement :|:|:: to serve in dark times as it served us, too. When war and Satan, corrupt men and inorganic are upon you, hold fast to faith (yes we know the pursuit will lead you there). In becoming a great man of honesty and might you will tend to absorb the adventures of great men of the past. You will find many references to the Holy Bible within our own publications, especially those whose birth happened during the hard year 2007. Our own fight, doubt and clearing are recorded within the publications that are waiting for you. You do not know which one but we are positive that your own publication is waiting for you and will find you. There will be some repetition, even error, uncharted paths and inconsistency. Some will regret bitterly having embarked upon such a straight but also hardly fathomable path. We can not possibly alleviate your own burden since in doing so you would lose your own way, your responsibility and dignity. Selfishness is the bitter fruit of false ego that has to be eradicated at all cost. Only after such pristine distillment one can transcend egotism. When there is no consciousness of a separate self what emerges is empathy and unity. One is one with all life. The real time reality rendering tools will serve as baptism into a mystical experience of GOD even as false ego falls into the trap as hidden within the very techniques. One will ultimately intuit that techniques may serve as ladders to faith but faith needs no techniques. Where faith is present, techniques do not hold sway. Where there is lot of ritual there is lack of faith. Perhaps this is the lesson for the Hamites and even the best of all. Klaudio Zic Copyright © 2007 by Klaudio Zic, all rights reserved worldwide. Redistribution of this file in any form is violation of the Copyright Law. This copyrighted material has been previously published as available from http://www.lulu.com/astrology Copyright © 2007 By Klaudio Zic. All Rights Reserved. No part of this material may be reproduced or Transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, for commercial purposes or otherwise, without the written permission of the author, except when permitted by law.

Lord of the Zodiac 2008-01-16T08:37:28Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#a912b8d8-1ad5-4853-a719-a65bbe70e56d 2007-03-27T20:20:58Z 2007-03-27T20:20:58Z

From my friend Karl: When we ask (and allow) the Holy Spirit to take charge of everything, our relationships with our brothers and sisters are directed inward to the truth we share. When we direct everything outward, nothing can be shared because we are directing ourselves toward separation. But when we let the Holy Spirit guide us inward toward Truth, our true Selves and Oneness, we find what has always been true. We find the true love we share with all our brothers and sisters and find the reality that has always been and will always be. We find the holy ground where perfect love, peace and joy abide deep within our unified selves. We make this shift in consciousness by having faith in our brothers and sisters, seeing them as they really are, whole, and one with ourselves and all of creation. In this state of Oneness, this state of mind, nothing can enter to separate us from the peace, love and joy we share in reality with our brothers and sisters. This is Heaven, our true state of being. We are in it right now. It is our choice whether we are aware of it or not right now. What's keeping you from making that choice and seeing the Heaven all around you right now?

Mark 2007-03-27T20:20:58Z Tony http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#e712331e-f16e-450d-adff-05f045691095 2007-03-22T08:45:41Z 2007-03-22T08:45:41Z

Thanks Mark for that definition of the Holy Instant. Lesson 21, "I am determined to see things differently". was when the Holy Instant was felt. Co-worker at work that day (whom I have had many a office politics encounter in the past) once again ticked me off. At that moment I felt like yelling at her, started to plot ways in which to get back at her and then...the lesson came to mind. After repeating the affirmation, something happened...I saw God within her and everything within me drained away. I saw God in everyone that day. Tears of joy came and went all day as feelings of happiness stirred within my heart and stomach. For the next three lessons after that (and those are the lessons that indeed went quickly lol) tears of joy. A definite shift in perception. Since then work as been an absolute joy, she still does things that seem mean, but its nothing really. Nothing to be upset about because it's not real what she is experiencing, doing or feeling. In fact, sometimes I offer to get her something to help calm her down, like coffee or ask is everything ok can I help. Once again...my thanks for the definition. It's just sometimes ACIM needs to be defined for me. As for joining a group, when the time comes. Right now, I may be moving within the next three to six months. Have to see how things flow. Namaste TJ

Tony 2007-03-22T08:45:41Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#5eb624bb-9808-4c60-bead-620d763ec7ca 2007-03-21T16:10:39Z 2007-03-21T16:10:39Z

Quite a few things in this post. I appreciate your authenticity to completly get it before moving on. I felt the same urge when I did the lessons, but then I realized that it would take at least 7 years to complete the lessons, and I simply didn't want to wait ! The Workbook doesn't telly you how to do it, it just says use the "thought experiements" sequentially. The willingness to "reconsider all my thoughts about everything" is enough for what ACIM calls HS to guide us into happy dreams which lead ultimately to waking up from out Human hypnosis. So although there's no one way to do this, i recommend working the lessons in tandem with others. I think just regularly attending a group that discusses their experience of doing lessons helps reduce the risk of our egos using spiritual experiences to miss the point completely. This is a course in relationship as the path. If we try to do the course alone, well-- I think we're off track. And that you are unsure of the meaning of Holy Instant suggests that you haven't done much course yet because that is a core idea. So a Holy Instant is when you see a brother or sister completely independent of your ego-self's projections. You see them as they really are A Holy Child of God. In that recognition both of you are healed, because in that instant you both are Whole, you are Savior to each other. In that instant you recognize that there is only one Holy Child of God and you (that Child) are undiferentiated from your Source. Another name for this experience is Love. Is Love ever excessive? The genuine article is always Total. So relating to wht you say: "ACIM has helped me to speed things up concerning my search to reach a constant state of Samadhi. After each lesson (when experienced personally) I can feel it around the edges of my being." I'm wondering why search for what is right in front of you, in each person you encounter? I'd suspect that the "search" is the reason why you can only identify two miracles on a rare day when there are any. Maybe revisit the 50 principles... because miracles are commonplace, ordinary. If they aren't something is off.

Mark 2007-03-21T16:10:39Z Tony http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#60e384cb-a02b-49f0-82cd-0dab375eeb0f 2007-03-21T10:16:26Z 2007-03-21T10:16:26Z

:) Lesson 54 was not reached in 54 days. Pardon my feeble attempt here to explain this. My path is one of being a Gnostic. Being ever vilgilant not to become a franatic nor a starry eyed believer in anything. Questioning everything or seeking first proof or witnessing before accepting anything within my spiritual fiber. Thus not proceeding to another lesson until experiencing profoundly and personally the one I was on. Or having a question answered about something. Example being, Jeffe's direct experience or journey which explain or at least outlined for me exactly what ACIM meant by co-creators and our competition with God concerning same. As for the Holy Instant...not quite sure what the ACIM's definition of that is. You say share it...I have had instances when...well...is it when one goes into a spiritual vastness, feel excessive love, body unable to move, surrounding environment disappears, time meaningless (and because of the vastness space is meaningless too). I may have stayed in this kind of condition if it wasn't for someone in family coming along and shaking me back. Was told in OTO that I had experience Samadhi. Is that the Holy Instant? And how does one share it? I have shared Samadhi by carrying over the happiness to others and being ever mindful when dealing with others that true happiness is more real than the present sadness. Always trying to relate it in the ever endless sense of humor way. Cause that was felt also. ACIM has helped me to speed things up concerning my search to reach a constant state of Samadhi. After each lesson (when experienced personally) I can feel it around the edges of my being. However, there are no neutral thoughts impacted me in one day. Two miracles happend that day. Put me in spiritual spin. LOL...gave witness and testimony to the truth of ACIM. TJ

Tony 2007-03-21T10:16:26Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#a2cec03b-cfb9-4039-a937-0fad3ce7c59b 2007-03-21T04:31:10Z 2007-03-21T04:31:10Z

The not-knowing state of Mind is a wonderful thing. That's where you are open to the Possibility that you Abilities are as Infinite as your Source. One of your most important abilities is to chose to offer a Holy Instant to each person you encounter. In that instant, the inconceivable becomes real; just in the same way your little willingness over the last 54 days has produced such shocking results.

Mark 2007-03-21T04:31:10Z Tony http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#ff919dc3-0574-489a-aa6c-6b5f6549ba32 2007-03-21T02:26:11Z 2007-03-21T02:26:11Z

Hi, To be perfectly honest, I am not sure what my abilities are. But when I do, I will turn it over to the HS and get back to you. lol In the process right now of doing nothing, just letting the ego slip away. Going though lesson 54 right now and as everyone knows here...it's a review. Thank goodness, although, I am shocked by one thing. A lot of stuff that use to bother me, doesn't. TJ

Tony 2007-03-21T02:26:11Z Cathy http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#c9165efa-8ac1-48a0-8dfc-03b1d423fe9b 2006-11-13T16:33:55Z 2006-11-13T16:33:55Z

Thank you for your response, Mark. I still believe the passage is refering to specific abilities - even if it happens moment by moment - and would like to hear about other people's experiences. Anyone?

Cathy 2006-11-13T16:33:55Z Mark http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#a6f5b2a8-036c-402c-b463-878d0e0fdbe9 2006-11-11T19:50:46Z 2006-11-11T19:50:46Z

Interesting question. I think what's meant here is a reiteration of a core lessson: "I don't know what this is for" Since we humans typically use our skills and abilities to prop up our self image-- in course terminology we're wageing war. If we, moment by moment step into the not-knowing state we can become inspired by the love within us to use all that we are to make this instant a holy one and make the person before us a holy relationship. Its not like giving the HS our skills and abilities happens once. Its choosing love moment by moment.

Mark 2006-11-11T19:50:46Z Cathy http://aCourseInMiracles.tribe.net/thread/59f135fa-4372-4053-a30a-e4efccb1c9ab#cd049867-86a9-4874-84ae-751973db8b03 2006-11-08T16:39:59Z 2006-11-08T16:39:59Z

"All abilities should therefore be given over to the Holy Spirit, Who understands how to use them properly." Chapter Seven, Healing as the Recognition of Truth Has any one actually done this? What ability did you "hand over?" What was your experience after you did? Do you think it was for your own learning, or to help teach others?

Cathy 2006-11-08T16:39:59Z