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Gentle Healing 2 ~ Day 266 – NTI 2 John

November 30, 2020

Today’s reading encourages commitment to our true desire … to our guiding intuition … to inner spiritual wisdom …. to truth.

At some point, it comes down to this:

What am I committed to?

Most people don’t notice my commitment to truth. Oh, they see the time I put into contemplation, because of these daily tips. They hear my teachings and know there’s something serious going on there, but my real commitment to truth is much more subtle than daily tips and teachings. My real commitment to truth shows up in the opinions I drop rather than fight for. It shows up when I do things someone else’s way instead of “my way.” It shows up in how I happily accept things as they are without trying to make everything please “me.” It shows up in how I have no grievances against anyone, and I let everyone be as they are without asking them to be different. It shows up in how I don’t expect anything from anyone, and how I respond to the moment as it is instead of thinking it should be different.

A real commitment to truth is subtle. It’s quiet. It appears passive, although it is actually a very active commitment.

Jesus said, “The meek shall inherit the earth.”

Meek is defined as “quiet, gentle and easily imposed upon; submissive.”

Someone who is genuinely meek in the way Jesus speaks of would agree with “quiet, gentle” and “submissive,” but would say she is never imposed upon. Only the ego can be imposed upon.

Genuine meekness is living from within—living from spiritual intuition and wisdom. It is not living from “I know.” It is not living from “I’m right.” It is not living from conditioning. And it certainly doesn’t seek recognition for itself. People who live from ego seldom notice meekness in another, and if they do notice it, they often interpret it as weakness. It takes meekness to notice, understand and appreciate meekness.

Genuine meekness is like a rare, overlooked jewel. It is those who live it that understand its value.

Thoughts of Awakening # 266

“I” as knowledge
is not the “me” of forgotten-mind,
of ignorance.

“I” as knowledge
is remembrance of the Heart
as the core of all,
as the center,
as the true “I” of everything.

To be centered in “I”
is not to be “me”.
It is to be all,

one with all
from the center.

~From our Holy Spirit

Homework for this week

  • Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
  • Practice the “Loving All” Method.
  • Thoughts of Awakening, 260-266
  • Read Commentary on True Practice on day 260, NTI 1 John 1-5 and NTI 2 John

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Something Genuine: “Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do.”

November 30, 2020

In this program, we watched and discussed a selected TED* talk. TED talks follow a unique format. Speakers at TED events have a maximum of 18 minutes to share their messages, which are delivered in highly polished, succinct speeches. TED talks are delivered by people from all walks of life on a multitude of subjects. A great many of these talks are about the insights gained by ordinary people–insights gained through extraordinary experiences or based on their contemplation of the ordinary events of their lives. Either way, their insights are genuine—not based upon theory or dogma, but experience.

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The speaker was Michael Brody-Waite. The Ted Talk is called: Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do.

This group was facilitated by Rev. Jacquelyn Eckert.

 

 

Filed Under: JPE-Something Genuine, Sidebar

Being Aware of Awareness Meditation 11-30-2020

November 30, 2020

In this program Anne Blanchard facilitates one of the core practices of the Awakening Together community. This program provides an opportunity to be in community with others who will to find that place of no-place, that attention to our natural attentiveness, that innate humanness that can often be overlooked. Anne Blanchard facilitates this program on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 – 8:30 am ET/5:30-6:30 am MT by leading participants through gently guided Being Aware of Awareness meditation. All are warmly welcome.

 

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We Have a New Streaming Service and Radio Apps!

November 29, 2020

Awakening-Together.org: Radio BroadcastWe have recently switched streaming services in order to provide our members and friends with the ability to listen to our Awakening Together radio app from both Android and Apple mobile devices. You can now find our Awakening Together app through the Google PlayStore and the App Store for Apple Devices.

You will be able to connect 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to the Internet Radio just like before. All you need to do is search for “Awakening Together” in the app store you use for your device. You then will be able to listen to AT Radio on the go from your Android and Apple mobile devices at any time. Please know that if you do not wish to use the apps, you may visit our website https://devwp.awakening-together.org and Click the Buddha on the main page and then click the play button and listen to our internet broadcast in that way.

Here is a picture of what the new radio app will look like if you use the player on your computer. You will click the red play button, you then are taken to the next screen. You will then click the grey play button on the next screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Screen that you will see:

 

 

 

 

On your mobile device it will look a bit different. You will still see the Buddha Radio Broadcast Picture. You will look just beneath the picture to the right and you will see a yellow play button/or pause button. If the app is not already playing, then you can push play. Alternatively, you can click in the upper left corner on the red button with the 3 horizontal lines. At the top you will see a white play button for “Live stream”. Click that white play button.

Happy Listening!

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Gentle Healing Year 1 Tip For Lesson 291

November 29, 2020

What is the Real World?

Our new special theme begins by saying, “The real world is a symbol, like the rest of what perception offers.”

What is a symbol?

According to my dictionary, it is “a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.”

The world you see is a symbol. It is a thing that represents something abstract. It is a representation of what you believe is true. As NTI says, the world, as you see it, is a reflection of your mind.

Let’s begin our contemplation of the real world by looking at the world as we see and experience it right now.

How do you describe the world as you see and experience it?

Spend today with this question. Write down answers as they come to you. Tomorrow we will take the next step in this contemplation.

This is a day of stillness and of peace.

Today’s lesson speaks of the mind that sees the real world. A mind at peace experiences a holy world. It reminds me of a song by Peter Mayer, “Holy Now.”

The lesson confirms what we are contemplating today—the world we see is a reflection of our mind. When our mind is at peace, we offer “the same vision to the world.” However, if our mind is not at peace, that is the vision we offer to the world.

You’ve already been asked to describe the world as you see it today. When you do that, please describe the people in the world as you see them. Describe yourself as you see yourself. Describe your financial situation as you see it, your pets as you see them, etcetera. Really look around today, and describe what you see as you see it.

Each time you write down a description, follow it up by remembering today’s workbook lesson, “This is a day of stillness and peace.” Let today’s lesson remind you that a still mind sees the world through peace. Accept in your heart that if you see anything that is upsetting, stressful, fearful or agitating to you, it is because of something you believe in the mind. If you are upset in that moment, take a deep breath and repeat these lines from the prayer in today’s lesson:

Father, guide [me] along the quiet path that leads to You. Let my forgiveness be complete, and let the memory of You return to me.

If you have 30 minutes for meditation today, I recommend this meditation:

Loving Consciousness Description U

You might also enjoy listening to this song: Holy Now, by Peter Mayer

 

 

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Gentle Healing 2 ~ Day 265 – NTI 1 John 5

November 29, 2020

On Day 261, I shared a story about the joy I felt when I recognized a fly on a toilet seat at a truck stop in New Mexico. I say “recognized,” because the joy didn’t come from what the eyes saw or what the mind defined those images as. Joy came from natural recognition—life-awareness recognizing life-awareness. It wasn’t one recognizing another. It was one recognition—Self-recognition.

Today’s reading refers to “the seeing that recognizes the Christ.” That seeing is the recognition I’m referring to. It doesn’t come from thinking metaphysical thoughts. It comes from a natural light in the mind that shines forth and sees only itself—only light…only life….only Self—and there is no thought in it.

I remember a conversation I had with some spiritual students around a dinner table one evening several years ago. Some felt that when we become enlightened, we suddenly know everything that can be intellectually known. They said the enlightened are Einstein-like in their knowledge, and they can tell the future, etcetera. It was a very grandiose idea of enlightenment.

Today’s reading says:

We know only that the truth is true, but in knowing this is all Knowledge given, for there is nothing else to know.

In other words, the knowing that caused my heart to leap with joy when I saw the fly on the toilet seat is  true knowledge. That recognition is the only knowledge that has any real value at all. That’s why Ramana Maharshi used to ask people who had incredible book knowledge, “But do you know the Self?”

Today’s reading also says:

Seek only the truth and the truth will find you.

That means that whenever you notice attention is not with truth, shift attention to truth. By keeping attention with reality—with life-awareness—you come to recognize life-awareness in all.

Thoughts of Awakening # 265

“I am here, now.”
This is fact.
Everything else changes.

Focus on this one fact.
Know thy Self,
and be happy.

~From our Holy Spirit

Homework for this week

  • Practice daily meditation for 30-60 minutes each day.
  • Practice the “Loving All” Method.
  • Thoughts of Awakening, 260-266
  • Read Commentary on True Practice on day 260, NTI 1 John 1-5 and NTI 2 John

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Direct Path Meditation with Michael DeForbes~ 11/29/20

November 29, 2020

Michael Deforbes led a meditation on Sunday, November 29, 2020, during the weekly program There Is Only One. Enjoy this meditation, which is based on the teachings of Helen Hamilton, Scott Kiloby and direct path teachings.

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  • To find these meditations in the future please look under Audios and Videos > Meditation Audios > More Meditation Audios>Direct Path Meditations Led by Michael DeForbes. Here’s a direct link: Click Here

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The Guiding Light ~ Perfect Brilliant Stillness #20: It’s Perfect! No Mistakes!

November 29, 2020

All there is, is What Is. Just as it is.

Realize there is no separation.
Then there is peace that is beyond understanding.
Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Beyond the individual self.

Stop focusing on words and concepts.
Look where the pointers point!

Be still.
Realize Perfect Brilliant Stillness.
Just as it is.

This enlightened book study, which isn’t a book study at all, is led by Regina Dawn Akers.

Listen to the Recording

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Mighty Companions ~ 11-15-2020

November 29, 2020

Revs. Glen Ganaway and Yolanda Mapes, who are interfaith ministers, share a delightful, funny and inspiring hour of A Course in Miracles. Come join in on the fun, the laughs, and the music while unlearning the ego through the lessons and chapters of ACIM. You can discover more about the Mighty Companions on their website: www.themightycompanions.com.

Live in the Sanctuary Sundays at 5pm ET/3 pm MT.

 

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Kate Brennan ~ Giving Up Kate!~ “Clarity Begets Clarity”- 11/29/20

November 29, 2020

Kate shares her experience as she goes about the business of giving up her ideas about herself and the world on her journey toward purification and awakening. 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.

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Filed Under: Giving Up Kate - KateBrennan, Sidebar

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