Rev. Dianne Scott guides a group of committed students through year 1 of Gentle Healing who want to make consistent, gentle progress toward genuine peace, joy, and love. This group meets weekly on Tuesdays at 3-5 pm ET/1-3 pm MT. All members are committed to specific assignments and practices between group meetings.
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Homework for week 1:
Homework Assignment A: ACIM Workbook Lessons 1-7
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- First, read the lesson all the way through and then practice the lesson according to its instructions
- If you have done the ACIM workbook before, you may add what you hear and feel to the exercises for Lessons 1-3.
- As you do exercises 1-3, you may notice the meaning you have given to things. Just notice and continue with the exercise.
- Tip for Lesson 4: Sometimes people have trouble remembering to do the workbook lesson when it is to be done more than twice per day. They get on with their day and forget all about the lesson. Here’s a tip: When you finish the workbook lesson 4 in the morning, make a decision about when you will do it next. After you do the lesson the second time, make a decision about when to do it again. After the third time, make a decision about when to do it for the fourth time. If you make a conscious decision about when you will do the exercise next, you are less likely to forget to do it.
Read Regina’s Tips. The tip should be read after reading the lesson on your own. Here’s a direct link: https://devwp.awakening-together.org/interact/gentle-healing-group/reginas-tips/
- Homework Assignment B: Read NTI Luke, Chapters 12 (p151-155) and Chapters 16-17 (p161-167).
- Do not read all at once. Read a little each day contemplatively.
- Explore the reading through journaling. Journal clarity, questions, confusion, resistance, willingness, etc.
- If there is a Bible icon before a verse reference, read those verses from the Bible before reading that interpretation from NTI.
During our time together, we will explore what it takes to live from an open, undefended heart. Naturally, any true exploration of living from the heart necessarily entails taking a deep and sustained look at what prevents us from keeping our hearts open. Grounded in the knowledge that the essence of us, our true nature, is the very lovingness within us all, we will explore how to recognize and release egoic energies by cultivating open-hearted awareness practices which support us in directly experiencing our true Self. By leaning into willingness, steeped in self-honesty, and with a consistent dash of courage, we endeavor to open to whatever life brings, as it brings it, that is, on life’s terms. In so doing, we trust that everything – absolutely everything – is here for us to use for healing, for purification, and for learning to live from the heart. We look forward to supporting each other in our individual explorations of how we truly embrace the entirety of this show we call life.
Join us for a brand new ongoing program Shiny Things – Finding Truth Through the Path of Raja (Royal) Yoga with Rev. Claire Bhavani. This program will be in the Sanctuary every other week beginning Sunday, January 14, 2024, from 9:30 -10 am/7:30-8 am MT.
Rev. Kate shares her experience, poetry, and life with us as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. Rev. Kate shares with wisdom and humor and allows us a glimpse into the beautiful and sometimes messy blossoming of life examined with an eye on Truth.
Rev. Susan Telford guides us in learning the contemplative practice of Lectio Divina using poetry.
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Join us for our next Movie Watcher’s Group which will be facilitated by Joy Bedford & Pieter van Prooijen on Sunday, January 28, 2024, at 8 pm ET/6 pm MT.
