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ANOTHER LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE

As a long time student of A Course In Miracles my life has been changing constantly over these years. Some of the changes have been small and virtually unnoticed, but others have been rather earth-shaking for me. This is one of those earth-shaking experiences.

It is my practice to continually study the Course. I have gone through the 365 daily lessons in the Workbook several times and have read the other two sections a few less times. At this time I am working my way through the Text again. Currently I am using the newer version of the Course that was published by The Circle of Atonement. This version of the Course has Cameos of the experiences that the two scribes of the Course kept records of as they went through the process of receiving and recording the content of the Course. As the result of a message received from the Foundation for Inner Peace that offered a copy of the autobiography of Dr. WilliamThetford who is one of the original scribes of the Course, I decided to print it out and read it. That led me to also print out and read the autobiography of Dr. Helen Schucman who was the original scribe and worked with Dr. Thetford to get it typed and ready for publication.

Reading these two autobiographies caused me to be more consistent with my connection with Spirit and to stop allowing the ego to distract me as much as it had in the past. This is not an easy task, but I am equal to it.

At this time my husband is in the rehab, after a short hospitalization, to regain strength and mobility so he can return home. While visiting him the other day we joined a group of other patients who were participating in a sing along with a couple of musicians. It was a fun experience and while there a particular song was chosen that was familiar to me from my childhood. While singing the song a vision came to my mind of my family in the living room of an apartment we had lived in when I was in elementary school. My siblings and I were in a circle holding hands and walking around singing that very same song. The reason the experience was so interesting to me was that I have had very little memory of my childhood. Not sure why, but most of my young life is a fog to me. The reason this experience impressed me so much was the clarity of the vision and that it contained an experience with my sister who passed away a short time after that experience happened originally.

When I related the experience to a friend who is also a Course student she said that she had the same issue with having little recollection of her childhood also. After talking to my friend the thought came to me that the vision was the first of many that will come to me. It also led me to believe that it was the result of reading the two autobiographies because both authors spoke of many experiences of visions.

Later in the day after talking to my friend and fellow Course student the thought came to me that I don’t really want to see more of my young life because I know that a lot of it was very unpleasant. I have already been through a forgiveness process for all that stuff and have no need to revisit it, unless Spirit sees some value in showing it to me. As I am writing this I am reminded of a couple of other incidents where I had a vision from my childhood experiences that were very unpleasant and required forgiveness on my part. Those visions came before I ever knew about the Course, but I was on a spiritual path at the time. Readings from Joel Goldsmith and other mystics of earlier years were very influential in my young adult life. At this point I can only imagine how confused I must have been back then and how much I needed the guidance that those mystics offered.

At this point I can say wholeheartedly that I am in a state of joy and happiness most of the time. When trouble comes it is short lived for sure. Generally speaking, life has been good to me; everything I have really needed has come to me according to Source’s perfect timing. It is amazing to me how Spirit works in my life for the most mundane things as well as the very important things. I am truly grateful for the way my life has benefited from all of my spiritual pursuits. My life is not grand, materially speaking, but I want for nothing in the way of basic life necessities, and even a few fringe benefits. All in all I am truly blessed and I attribute it all to my spiritual pursuits. God is truly with me and I am very grateful for His presence in my life.

Not many people get to live 100 years, but a dear friend of mine did. She recently passed away peacefully after a life of loving and sharing love with others. My life was blessed for having known her. One thing that will stand out in my memory of her is that whenever I told her that I loved her she responded by saying "I love you twice." She is with our Creator and in eternal peace now. I believe I am a little jealous, though I am certain that I will get to join her when it is my time to depart this world.

Hop your holiday time is being very happy. Many blessings for the New Year!