julia cameron's the artist's way

"writing isn't thinking something up .. it's receiving .. taking it down"

joan borysenko's fire in the soul

"u have temporarily forgotten that u put this suit on to have an adventure .. and believe that the suit is who u are"

blessed with dance teachers with wisdom of anatomy .. obsesssed with bonnie bainbridge cohen's bodymind centering .. devouring books like

joseph heller & william henkin's bodywise: spiritual growth begins when an increasing amount of energy is permitted to flow thru the body

bonnie's sensing feeling and action: cellular fluid is the fluid of present existence .. within each cell, all elements are suspended in the fluid

mabel todd's the thinking body: the diaphragm is the dividing line between the conscious and the unconscious

deepak's ageless body timeless mind: wherever thought goes, chemical goes with it

charles brooks' sensory awareness, workshops with charlotte selver: leave behind our concern with gettng there .. exist on the way

reaching fingers into the tingling sands of a course in miracles .. scooping a handful letting it slip sifting leaving twinkling diamonds

such as i have given everything all the meaning it has for me .. meaning is not what u get but give

only because getting and giving are the same thing

to the extend that we abandon love
we feel it has abandoned us

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let go of the thoughts u have written on the world .. see the little edges of light surrounding everything in this moment

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u are not alone in experiencing the effects of your seeing .. others reflect back to u

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when we see thru love-filled eyes .. we melt into another world

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whatever energy system we find ourselves a part of .. we start purifying the thought forms by purifying our own

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whenever u meet anyone it is a holy encounter .. as u see him u see yourself

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(anything) .. it can only bless

and now another confession .. for when writing out notes from marianne's talks on oprah and friends radio .. i changed the word "differently"

as in .. i am determined to see things differently

to "in more light" because "differently" could include pathological versions

consciously choosing healthy emergence

changing some words for clarity

it seems like what could be happening on oprah' site is that marianne and the course are doing healthy green

and eckhart and oprah are doing green exit

catering to both

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here are some more gems sifted from the course

all u have to do in any situation is show up with your most loving self .. sending blessings .. in appreciation .. open minded . . .

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look on things with the holiness that lights up the world

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everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it

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when anyone is angry rude manipulative cruel .. they are afraid .. they are crying out for love . . .

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when under stress .. u have the choice to say .. i could feel peace instead of this . . .

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pain doesn't stem from the love we're denied by others .. but from the love we deny them . . .

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we give someone a break so we can stay in peace ourselves

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my holiness blesses u

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unloving thoughts keep u in hell

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relationships are labs

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our walls are our wounds .. we are in each other's lives to help each other heal

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a relationship is not meant to be a joining at the hip of two emotional invalids ..

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god goes with me wherever i go

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he forgives his brother and thus forgives himself

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for the difficult ones .. god is the love which forgives u

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there is no need to attack because love has forgiven me

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there is a place in u where there is perfect peace .. your real home . . .

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part of your mind abides in constaint communication with god whether u are aware of it or not . . .

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pure love asks for nothing but peace for a brother or lover

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such a simple decision .. happiness or unhappiness ? . .

and oh yes baby !

sustained by the love of god it transports me where nothing can threaten nothing can disturb . . .

our every thought affects not only us, but those around us

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make a committment to play your role in your relationships on the highest possible level

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our pain doesn't stem from the love we weren't given in the past .. but from the love we ourselves aren't extending in the present

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when u find yourself in an inner prison .. remember to say i have deluded myself into believing it is possible to imprison a child of god

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a spiritual relationship doesn't mean two people are smiling all the time .. it means they are authentic most of the time

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when u ask for healing .. u discover difficult things about yourself .. a lot of fear self-righteously masquerading as something else

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forgiveness is the demonstration that u are the light of the world .. when u attack it weakens u  ..

when u forgive it removes strain .. it removes fatigue fear guilt pain . . .

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this brings us up to the first few days of march in the 365-day daily course .. signing off now with ..

look upon the world and say .. here is the world i am here to save