I Awaken to Myself

I Awaken to Myself

and see the god i wroth
was but a picture of a sinful me
condemned by me
to live with pain and strife
a stressful life only to die
now i delete this picture
and take another
a smiling face of god
who laughs at all my foolish
attempts to fix myself
and correct my brother
now i but see my brother
as a picture of my former self
to be forgiven and thrown in trash
saving but the love
my brother has for me
and me for him
knowing we are loved without a doubt
and without rebuke
by the god of AllThatIs

michael

Ken Mallory wrote:

Psalm 39

For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David.

1 I said, "I will watch my ways
and keep my tongue from sin;
I will put a muzzle on my mouth
as long as the wicked are in my presence."
2 But when I was silent and still,
not even saying anything good,
my anguish increased.
3 My heart grew hot within me,
and as I meditated, the fire burned;
then I spoke with my tongue:
4 "Show me, O LORD, my life's end
and the number of my days;
let me know how fleeting is my life.
5 You have made my days a mere handbreadth;
the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Each man's life is but a breath.
Selah
6 Man is a mere phantom as he goes to and fro:
He bustles about, but only in vain;
he heaps up wealth, not knowing who will get it.
7 "But now, Lord, what do I look for?
My hope is in you.
8 Save me from all my transgressions;
do not make me the scorn of fools.
9 I was silent; I would not open my mouth,
for you are the one who has done this.
10 Remove your scourge from me;
I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 You rebuke and discipline men for their sin;
you consume their wealth like a moth-
each man is but a breath.
Selah
12 "Hear my prayer, O LORD,
listen to my cry for help;
be not deaf to my weeping.
For I dwell with you as an alien,
a stranger, as all my fathers were.
13 Look away from me, that I may rejoice again
before I depart and am no more."

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Thank you David for your honesty.

Amen.

The Psalms of Old

The Psalms of Old

singing praises
to the fullest self
allowing all
to join our chorus
of praise
for AllThatIs
the psalms of old
but the stepping stones
to "Now"
where all is golden
in the light of Love
so brightly told

michael

Ken wrote:

Ken wrote:

"The Bible's Book of Psalms holds a special place in the hearts of Christians
and Jews alike. Many of us learned Psalm 23 and Psalm 121 in our childhood.
The words of these timeless writings comfort, inspire, and remind. And they
have for millions and millions of people over thousands of years.

Psalm 23
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters...

Psalm 121
1 I lift up my eyes to the hills-
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,

the Maker of heaven and earth...

The Psalm's teachings trace the roots of our common religious and spiritual
experience into the ancient past and bring us close to our long-forgotten
brothers and sisters. Time cannot dim the light of love present in these
wonderful writings. The words may seem outmoded but the love that motivates
is always the same.

Recently I have been moved to prepare a personal "interpretation" for some
of the Psalms. At a time in the world when there is so much pressure to
separate from one another, we need to always remember that God is only found
in joining. And joining is the result of sharing. ............

I invite you to join with me in this adventure."

I love you,

Ken

I Feel Upset

I Feel Upset

by what i perceive as rejection
i feel upset
by what i perceive as criticism
i feel upset
by what i perceive as attack
i feel upset
by what i perceive as un-interest
i feel upset
by what i perceive as difference
i feel upset
by what i perceive as your success not mine

pull to defend
pull to attack

what i forget
is that "i perceive" is not truth
but little me's
attempt to puff itself up

michael

"The ego's use of projection must be fully understood before the inevitable
association between projection and anger can be finally undone. The ego
always tries to preserve conflict. It is very ingenious in devising ways
that seem to diminish conflict, because it does not want you to find
conflict so intolerable that you will insist on giving it up. The ego
therefore tries to persuade you that can free you of conflict, lest you
give the ego up and free yourself. Using its own warped version of the laws
of God, the ego utilizes the power of the mind only to defeat the mind's
real purpose. It projects conflict from your mind to other minds, in an
attempt to persuade you that you have gotten rid of the problem."
(T-7.VIII.2)

Love Just Waits and Smiles

Love Just Waits and Smiles

in the beginning AlLTHATIS
communicated
with the various parts of Mind....
creating little bubbles of love
that could communicate
with one another
and ALLTHATIS
this presence
allowing us to play and have fun
in any way we wished......
we choose to make believe
we were separate from ALLTHATIS....
the experiences are at time terrifying
but we seem to enjoy being frightened.....
'Now' it is time to return
to the awakened state
of communication with ALL....

each day i wake up in a semi-dream state
each day a little brighter
each day a little righter
each day a little lighter
snoozing now and again
for just a little more
of my frightening dream.
pretending i am alone

Love just waits and smiles

michael

"In contrast, spirit reacts in the same way to everything it knows is true,
and does not respond at all to anything else. Nor does it make any attempt
to establish what is true. It knows that what is true is everything that God
created. It is in complete and direct communication with every aspect of
creation, because it is in complete and direct communication with its
Creator. This communication is the Will of God. Creation and communication
are synonymous. God created every mind by communicating His Mind to it, thus
establishing it forever as a channel for the reception of His Mind and Will.
Since only beings of a like order can truly communicate, His creations
naturally communicate with Him and like Him. This communication is perfectly
abstract, since its quality is universal in application and not subject to
any judgment, any exception or any alteration. God created you by this and
for this. The mind can distort its function, but it cannot endow itself with
functions it was not given. That is why the mind cannot totally lose the
ability to communicate, even though it may refuse to utilize it on behalf of
being." (T-4.VII.3)

The House Where I Was Born

The House Where I Was Born

a silly,insane thought
a part of All could leave
to be a part of nothing

since thought is cause
an effect of seeeming
separation ensued
-a house without foundation-

return me now to where
i never left as part
of ALLTHATIS
-a house of unshakable,
unchangeable duration-
the house where i was born

michael

"The ego has built a shabby and unsheltering home for you, because it cannot
build otherwise. Do not try to make this impoverished house stand. Its
weakness is your strength. Only God could make a home that is worthy of His
creations, who have chosen to leave it empty by their own dispossession. Yet
His home will stand forever, and is ready for you when you choose to enter
it. Of this you can be wholly certain. God is as incapable of creating the
perishable as the ego is of making the eternal." (T-4.I.11)

To Create Unendingly,Unerringly

To Create Unendingly,Unerringly

the joy of honesty revealed
from trust in words so true
"allow all things to be what they be"
in knowing they are sent to me by ME
to being me Home
to bring me heaven
to bring me joy
why should i longer hide from Self
in fear and trembling
when joy is mine in just my
sweet remembering
the Who I Am
the Power I Be
to create unendingly
to create unerringly

michael

"Watch carefully and see what it is you are really asking for. Be very
honest with yourself in this, for we must hide nothing from each other. If
you will really try to do this, you have taken the first step toward
preparing your mind for the Holy One to enter. We will prepare for this
together, for once He has come, you will be ready to help me make other
minds ready for Him. How long will you deny Him His Kingdom?" (T-4.III.8)

All Is Love

All Is Love

at times steeped so deeply in fear
so that love cannot seem near
my self brings responses to my brother
that tells me i see him as another
and not reflection of myself...
only thru a willingness
to see but Love's ubiquitness
can such fear be disbursed
and brought to light-not rehearsed
again and again...

in love's light it can be seen
for what it 'Is'-not what it seems-
now known as smoke screen
for my hiding from my Fullest Self
a smoke screen mistakenly i thought
could hide this little self i bought
to keep myself apart from Love...

this is the foolish silly thought i use
to hide me from wrath i feel
for making the unreal real for me
'Now' i choose but love and see but love
allowing all to be the love
it always was sooo meant to be

michael

"There is but one interpretation of motivation that makes any sense. And
because it is the Holy Spirit's judgment it requires no effort at all on
your part. Every loving thought is true. Everything else is an appeal for
healing and help, regardless of the form it takes. Can anyone be justified
in responding with anger to a brother's plea for help? No response can be
appropriate except the willingness to give it to him, for this and only this
is what he is asking for. Offer him anything else, and you are assuming the
right to attack his reality by interpreting it as you see fit. Perhaps the
danger of this to your own mind is not yet fully apparent. If you believe
that an appeal for help is something else you will react to something else.
Your response will therefore be inappropriate to reality as it is, but not
to your perception of it." (T-12.I.3)

Joy So Bright

Joy So Bright

without anticipating
without exacerbating
without exaggerating
or even masturbating

and fornicating

not even inebriating

joy just comes of itself
to enliven my soul
as i look and see
love in the behold

what is to fear
in such a world
the cover of illusion
dissolved
the conflict of duality
resolved
in an instant of delite
brought by joy so bright

michael

"Let us not save nightmares, for they are not fitting offerings for Christ,
and so they are not fit gifts for you. Take off the covers and look at what
you are afraid of. Only the anticipation will frighten you, for the reality
of nothingness cannot be frightening. Let us not delay this, for your dream
of hatred will not leave you without help, and Help is here. Learn to be
quiet in the midst of turmoil, for quietness is the end of strife and this
is the journey to peace. Look straight at every image that rises to delay
you, for the goal is inevitable because it is eternal. The goal of love is
but your right, and it belongs to you despite your dreams." (T-12.II.5)

In Love's Arms

In Love's Arms

now i see but love
so my sight is holy
i hear but love's songs
so my hearing is whole
i be love with all i touch
so all is love and i am home
safe in the arms of Love

michael

.

__,_._,___"Every child of God is one in Christ, for his being is in Christ as Christ's

is in God. Christ's Love for you is His Love for His Father, which He knows
because He knows His Father's Love for Him. When the Holy Spirit has at last
led you to Christ at the altar to His Father, perception fuses into
knowledge because perception has become so holy that its transfer to
holiness is merely its natural extension. Love transfers to love without any
interference, for the two are one. As you perceive more and more common
elements in all situations, the transfer of training under the Holy Spirit's
guidance increases and becomes generalized. Gradually you learn to apply it
to everyone and everything, for its applicability is universal. When this
has been accomplished, perception and knowledge have become so similar that
they share the unification of the laws of God." (T-12.VI.6)

Light of the 'New Sun'

Light of the 'New Sun'

In the 'New Now' is justice turned on its head
no longer must punishment be read
into one's life to stave off our fears
only love for all brings justice near
in the 'New Now'......

seeing only Love's call albeit disguised
as hate, brutality, murder, stealing but realized
as allowing justice of love to crush old fences
so justice may send love to all the defenser's
of fear in the 'New Now'.......

fear engender old now's justice
'New Now' dissolves fear as mist
in the light of the 'New Sun'....

michael

"The inheritance of the Kingdom is the right of God's Son, given him in his
creation. Do not try to steal it from him, or you will ask for guilt and
will experience it. Protect his purity from every thought that would steal
it away and keep it from his sight. Bring innocence to light, in answer to
the call of the Atonement. Never allow purity to remain hidden, but shine
away the heavy veils of guilt within which the Son of God has hidden himself
from his own sight." (T-14.V.4)

I Share Myself with All

I Share Myself with All

in the knowing that i am all
and wish for all myself
to be revealed...
nothing hidden
all past mistakes erased
all future worries brought
to light of "Now"
to see them melt
in the sea of joy
called forth
by the groups of love
formed in my consciousness

michael

"It is impossible to remember God in secret and alone. For remembering Him
means you are not alone, and are willing to remember it. Take no thought for
yourself, for no thought you hold for yourself. If you would remember
your Father, let the Holy Spirit order your thoughts and give only the
answer with which He answers you. Everyone seeks for love as you do, but
knows it not unless he joins with you in seeking it. If you undertake the
search together, you bring with you a light so powerful that what you see is
given meaning. The lonely journey fails because it has excluded what it
would find." (T-14.X.10)

Why I Need The Holy Spirit

Why I Need The Holy Spirit

how can a separated mind
experience oneness
it can not
how can a separated body
join in love
it can not
how can a conflicted soul
enjoy peace
it can not
and how can a limited perception
know truth
it can not
sooooo
i turn it all to Holy Spirit
and rest in trust

michael

"Would you deny the truth of God's decision, and place your pitiful
appraisal of yourself in place of His calm and unswerving value of His Son?
Nothing can shake God's conviction of the perfect purity of everything that
He created, for it wholly pure. Do not decide against it, for being of
Him it must be true. Peace abides in every mind that quietly accepts the
plan God set for its Atonement, relinquishing its own. You know not of
salvation, for you do not understand it. Make no decisions about what it is
or where it lies, but ask the Holy Spirit everything, and leave all
decisions to His gentle counsel." (T-14.III.12)

__._,_.___

I Am the Light of the World

I Am the Light of the World

i need change nothing
in the world of illusion...
but the seeking of
the at-one-ment for myself
and the choosing of
the peace of God as
my purpose for perceiving
and the being and seeing
only Love
will brighten my soul
to light the way for all
to follow to the 'New Earth' ...
-a place- yet no particular place-
where the world
will work so well, with joy
for each and every
with no one and nothing
left out of Love's embrace...

michael

"When no perception stands between God and His creations, or between His
children and their own, the knowledge of creation must continue forever. The
reflections you accept into the mirror of your mind in time but bring
eternity nearer or farther. But eternity itself is beyond all time. Reach
out of time and touch it, with the help of its reflection in you. And you
will turn from time to holiness, as surely as the reflection of holiness
calls everyone to lay all guilt aside. Reflect the peace of Heaven here, and
bring this world to Heaven. For the reflection of truth draws everyone to
truth, and as they enter into it they leave all reflections behind."
(T-14.X.1)

Releasing Pain, Suffering and Other Burdens

Releasing Pain, Suffering and Other Burdens

in asking to receive
you cannot ask for Spirit to take away
because in the act of taking
you must receive as
-giving and receiving are one-
so asking
"please take this burden from me' '
"please take this pain from me'
"please take this suffering from me"
is a sure way to keep
the burden, pain and suffering...
-what you give is what you receive-
only the thought of separation
could forward such a request...
therefore, only ask for what you truly want
that's why my prayer is always and only
that i want the peace of God
all that appears as non-peace-non-love
is blessed and handed to the
Wholeness of Self (Holly Spirit)
there it is purified and returned
only in wholeness
where pain, suffering and death cannot exist

michael

deborah wrote:

If anyone would like to comment on this, I would appreciate it. Just today, I realized how I practice the Course is quite simple: I ask Holy Spirit, and then, if it doesn't feel right, I don't do it.

In light of this, would anyone like to give their interpretation of the following: Text, Chpt. 6, Sec. V, para. 3 - "A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy. Consider the fear and confusion a child would experience if he were told, 'Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will escape from harm and be safe, and then you will not be afraid.' It is surely better to use only three words: 'Do only that!' This simple statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily remembered."

Thank you.

Love,

Deb

There Is No Opposite

There Is No Opposite

only love
only joy
only life
only light
all is me
i am one
delighting in the
created and creating
in grace received
in grace returned
thankfully
joyfully
NOW as forever

michael

"Let your mind wander not through darkened corridors, away from light's
center. 2 You and your brother may choose to lead yourselves astray, but you
can be brought together only by the Guide appointed for you. 3 He will
surely lead you to where God and His Son await your recognition. 4 They are
joined in giving you the gift of oneness, before which all separation
vanishes. 5 Unite with what you are. 6 You cannot join with anything except
reality. 7 God's glory and His Son's belong to you in truth. 8 They have no
opposite, and nothing else can you bestow upon yourself." (T-14.VIII.3)

Purifying Special Relationships

Purifying Special Relationships

when two or more
are gathered in the
name of Oneness
releasing possessions
commingling without
special names
permissions not needed
to share all
only love extending
through sharing all with all
then special relationships
are purified
by the spirit of wholeness
and bring joy to all


denisa michael and anne
witness to this

michael

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The Power of Jeshua Energies

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"You have made very real relationships even in this world. Yet you do not
recognize them because you have raised their substitutes to such
predominance that, when truth calls to you, as it does constantly, you
answer with a substitute. Every special relationship you have made has, as
its fundamental purpose, the aim of occupying your mind so completely that
you will not hear the call of truth." (T-17.IV.3)

And Now the Time Has Come

And Now the Time Has Come

once the unlearning is complete
loving what is left as but me
now allowing me to be
as i am
turning all 'not me'
to spam
discarded into my
psychic trash can

michael

"No one who understands what you have learned, how carefully you learned it,
and the pains to which you went to practice and repeat the lessons
endlessly, in every form you could conceive of them, could ever doubt the
power of your learning skill. There is no greater power in the world. The
world was made by it, and even now depends on nothing else. The lessons you
have taught yourself have been so overlearned and fixed they rise like heavy
curtains to obscure the simple and the obvious. Say not you cannot learn
them. For your power to learn is strong enough to teach you that your will
is not your own, your thoughts do not belong to you, and even you are
someone else." (T-31.I.3)

THERE IS NO-THING

that is not me...

to love without judgment

to love without boundaries

all of me

is my NEW NOW

i am AN INNOCENT CREATOR...

embracing all of me

is loving me...

eternally

denisa

The Holy Instant of Death

The Holy Instant of Death

i feel a wholiness in apparent death
this instant felt
as the mother
of my six children
and Michael Jackson have
witnessed death to me this day as
the joy they came
to the illusion to express

appreciation and thanks
is called forth
for their demonstration of love
surrounding their apparent death

sadness is but a foolish attempt
to deny the wholeness of life
living thru each of us
and eternally whole and complete

in the 'new now'
this expression of love,
that is the life lived by all,
is only celebrated as a gift to all
only the holiness to be viewed
only the wholeness to be experienced
only thankfulness to be felt

michael

"The experience of an instant, however compelling it may be, is easily
forgotten if you allow time to close over it. It must be kept shining and
gracious in your awareness of time, but not concealed within it. The instant
remains. But where are you? To give thanks to your brother is to appreciate
the holy instant, and thus enable its results to be accepted and shared. To
attack your brother is not to lose the instant, but to make it powerless in
its effects." (T-17.V.12)

THE HOLY INSTANT OF LIFE

there is only life...

death is a label we have given

to what is truly life (love)

there is only the eternal experience

within the kingdom...

the soul blending and dissolving

into more and more

of its true desire...

to be one with ABBA

in all things...

to co create experience

"in love "

this body is a temporary vehicle

thru which love itself can be

extended into this temporary thought...

love recognizing itself

within all things

thus dissolving the energies

that have allowed love itself

to be "stuck" within me....

love is expansion...

i expand as i love all things...

knowing all is me

this i do eternally

whether i find myself in a body

or not

i am simply the essence of

love's totality

eternally

expanding my Self

wherever i find myself to be...

denisa

One Voice

One Voice

the time for singing has arrived
singing as one voice
beautiful to hear
delightful to join
in sweet sounds of joy

Now

time for other foolish games
of separation is past
we sing and sing and sing
unendingly
and smile all the way
inviting smiles
from all about
and openly including
all in what we sing as
One Voice

michael

Ken wrote:

Hey Guys,

My ACIM reading this week is from the last chapter in the text, Chapter 31 -
THE FINAL VISION. And today's reading was the last section in the Text,
Section 8 - Choose Once Again.

I found paragraph 11, the next to last paragraph in the Text, to be
particularly beautiful.

Jesus teaches. "In joyous welcome is my hand outstretched to every brother
who would join with me in reaching past temptation, and who looks with fixed
determination toward the light that shines beyond in perfect constancy. Give
me my own, for they belong to You. And can You fail in what is but Your
Will? I give You thanks for what my brothers are. And as each one elects to
join with me, the song of thanks from earth to Heaven grows from tiny
scattered threads of melody to one inclusive chorus from a world redeemed
from hell, and giving thanks to You."

"I give You thanks for what my brothers are. And as each one elects to join
with me, the song of thanks from earth to Heaven grows from tiny scattered
threads of melody to one inclusive chorus from a world redeemed from hell,
and giving thanks to You."

"...the song of thanks from earth to Heaven grows from tiny scattered
threads of melody to one inclusive chorus from a world redeemed from hell,
and giving thanks to You."

Amen.

Always My Choice

Always My Choice

i can critically look
at your bodily form
and see all faults
i think i have projected
to remove my guilt
and so still retain
the guilt i feel
---disguised as yours---
or i can look
and only see the love
that is the source of
all that is

michael

"In terms of concepts, it is thus you see him more than just a body, for the
good is never what the body seems to be. The actions of the body are
perceived as coming from the "baser" part of you, and thus of him as well.
By focusing upon the good in him, the body grows decreasingly persistent in
your sight, and will at length be seen as little more than just a shadow
circling round the good. And this will be your concept of yourself, when you
have reached the world beyond the sight your eyes alone can offer you to
see. For you will not interpret what you see without the Aid that God has
given you. And in His sight there another world." (T-31.VII.3)