W-2: I have given everything I see all the meaning that it has for me.

Commentary (full lesson beneath commentary)

This morning I did Lesson 2 while seated in a swivel chair. It was fun to slowly turn 360 degrees and apply the exercise to anything my eyes lit upon. This reminded me of whirling dervishes — when I do the Sufi turn, the eyes are kept open and eyesight is transformed to unseeing Vision as forms melt away and merge in Joy.

LESSON 2
I have given everything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me.

The exercises with this idea are the same as those for the first one. Begin with the things that are near you, and apply the idea to whatever your glance rests on. Then increase the range outward. Turn your head so that you include whatever is on either side. If possible, turn around and apply the idea to what was behind you. Remain as indiscriminate as possible in selecting subjects for its application, do not concentrate on anything in particular, and do not attempt to include everything you see in a given area, or you will introduce strain.

Merely glance easily and fairly quickly around you, trying to avoid selection by size, brightness, color, 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 or a button, a fly or a floor, an arm or an apple. The sole criterion for applying the idea to anything is merely that your eyes have lighted on it. Make no attempt to include anything particular, but be sure that nothing is specifically excluded.

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How to be your natural Self

If you’re anything like me, you’ve broken a lot of New Year’s resolutions.  That’s because personal willpower only goes so far.  It takes tremendous effort to assert your individual will to get what you want, rather than plugging in to your original power Source, God, to give and receive what He wants.

“To use the power God has given you as He would have it used is natural.” (T-26.VII.18:1)

The power God has given you is your natural state.  When you get out of your own way and open to It, you follow guidance and just know what comes next.  This power comes from pure innocence and beautiful humility.  It is always available, but we rarely avail ourselves of It.

Happily, a part of your mind insists on awakening to your True Power, or you wouldn’t be drawn to A Course in Miracles.  Jesus tells us in the Introduction to the ACIM Workbook that Part I (the first 220 lessons) deals with “the undoing of how you see now” and Part II (lessons 221-365) with “the acquisition of true perception.”  True perception allows you to live from your natural power.

Isn’t this quietly thrilling?  Even if you don’t quite know what it means, something inside stirs at being handed the key to unchain your mind.*

That’s what the ACIM Workbook is for — to help you, one day at a time, undo how you see now and acquire true perception!  You can do the Workbook on your own.  But I’m happy to hold your hand with my e-course, Workin’ the Workbook.  People tell me it really helps:  Testimonials

Here’s a peek at the daily emails.  Workin’ the Workbook is an online VIDEO class that helps you stick with the ACIM Workbook practice, clarify concepts from the Text, develop a relationship with your Inner Teacher, and experience miracles for yourself!  WtW guides you through the entire 365-day workbook practice found in A Course in Miracles.

This is a flexible program with the ability to receive daily emails and/or visit the online classroom at your own pace.  You can start at Lesson 1 or pick up at a lesson further along where you left off or got stuck.  “Other good stuff” ties the Text in with the lessons.  Worksheets help you structure a journaling practice.  And much more.

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Sign up now and make 2015 the year you find out how to be your natural Self.  It’s so much easier and happier than anything the ego dreamed up.

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Every Day Is A Holy Day

Holidays schmolidays! I’m not a curmudgeon — it’s just that holidays are no big deal when every day is a holy day.

It’s a new and holy day today,
for we receive what has been given us.
Our faith lies in the Giver,
not our own acceptance.
(W-168: Your grace is given me. I claim it now.)

A holy day is spent claiming God’s Grace. You do this by opening to the Holy Spirit’s guidance. You open by surrendering  your will to His. Remember, you are not your body, you are not your personality, you are not your name, gender, nationality, social security number — you are Spirit! And Spirit is Whole and Holy.

One way to sustain your connection with your holiness is to do the ACIM Workbook practice. Workin’ the Workbook, my online VIDEO class, guides you one day at a time through the entire 365-day workbook practice found in A Course in Miracles.

WtW helps you stick with the ACIM Workbook practice, clarifies concepts from the Text, invites you to develop a relationship with your Inner Teacher and experience miracles for yourself!

You can do the Workbook on your own. But since the Holy Spirit moved through me and produced Workin’ the Workbook with over 365 videos to support the ACIM workbook practice, WtW is here if you want it. People tell me it really helps: Testimonials

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