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The Holy Instant
The whole of Heaven lies in this instant
Borrowed from eternity and
Set in time for you
The Holy Instant ~ A Course In Miracles
How can this idea change your life?
How can this beautiful thought
change the way we feel
and experience life?
By acknowledging that all the
mental chatter is borrowed from the past
All the worry is a projection of fear
We can breathe
We can decide to be Present
Here
Now
We can empty our minds
We can invite and allow this Holy Instant to give us
Love
Life
Newness
Miracles
Velveteen Rabbits
The Course In Miracles says:
“When you love someone you perceive him as he is,
and this makes it possible for you to know him.”
What is real about us?
I have been a spiritual seeker all my life
I read the Bible and tried to love everybody
I tried to be like Jesus
I went to retreats and meditated
I tried to be like the enlightened gurus
In my quest to be good enough
loveable enough
holy
pure
righteous enough
I was missing the point!
For most of my life
I believed shame’s story
Always striving
Never arriving
Never feeling “real”
Now I see…
We are all Velveteen Rabbits
Waiting to be loved
Waiting to be real
I realize now that I was always worthy
Always loved
Always real
As I accept the truth of who I am
The truth of who you are
The truth of who we are
I accept that only the love is real
hate
fear
anger
blame
Is not the truth about me or you
It never was
I invite us all to see through the lens of love
For ourselves and for each other
Love is what makes us real
Love is the only thing that is real about us
Though there abide faith and hope,
the greatest of these is love.
~1 Corinthians 13
Re-Write Your Life, Heal Your Story
For most of my life
My story felt like a prison
A victim tale
Cinderella in the ashes
I told my story from inside the tower
Rapunzel locked inside
With only her long hair and her imagination
We cannot see what we cannot see
We can’t tell a new story from the awareness of the old one
In order to heal our life
We have to heal our perception of our story
I Re-Write My Life every single day
Every moment
I turn the pages and I erase the painful old narrative
I empty the pages when I empty my mind
I invite wisdom
love and
ultimate truth to edit
Change and Re-Write my story with me
We have the power to choose
How does your story make you feel?
Does your story make you happy?
Are you the hero, or the victim of your tale?
Guess who gets to decide?
YOU!
You are the author of your fate
Dear God,
May we surrender our painful narratives to You.
Help us, Divine Intelligence and Love, to see the
Innocence in every character in our story. Guide us
To a deeper awareness of the meaning of our lives.
May we see the elegance, the power, the miracles
And the grace that has been with us every moment
Of our lives. Help us to heal our stories. Help us to
Heal our lives. Amen
Love,
Susy
Collapsing
I remember collapsing all of these ways
The third way was the most pernicious,
unconscious and persistent
Never underestimate the power of an unconscious belief
If your life hurts today, it could be the result of
programming from the past
old feelings buried alive
old stories
How can we free ourselves from the
emotional replay of childhood wounding?
Get present
Notice the thoughts in your mind
Do your thoughts and the emotional response
align with the present-day event
or are you reacting from an old wound?
This is our inner work
This is how we heal our mind and heart
We are safe now
We are loved, guided, and protected
In this moment, we have everything we need
From this place of peace
I can surrender my pain
I can soothe my emotions
I can trust
I am worthy
I am whole
All my needs are met
I am an innocent child of God
I was born for joy, happiness, and success
I have come that they might have life and have it more abundantly.” ~ Jesus
“Life is a banquet, and most of us are starving.”~ Auntie Mame
“Let everything happen to you
Beauty and terror
Just keep going
No feeling is final”
~ Ranier Maria Rilke
