Back to "God"
I have gone
back to “God”.
I am writing a memoir about my path
up through, well, when I finish it! The title—as of now—is A Memoir of Christ: A Student of A Course in Miracles Awakens.
I was not planning this. One day
the prologue for the book came to me, I wrote it, and suddenly there was a
preface, and I’ve gone from there. You can see the thread of it in the title.
It was a surprise to me. Suddenly the whole of my former life was re-framed as Christ’s journey. And my new experience of existence is given new
context.
A year ago I had an experience on a
walk where I was my Self, the one we all share. Jesus was there and I knew I
was experiencing me as I am, Christ. If you know my story, you know I point to
the start of my spiritual path as a moment when I was a teenager and suddenly
knew that what Jesus was everyone was. In that moment a year ago I realized
this in my experience.
A few days later I knew I was going
to go forward in my teaching using the term Christ. Well…ew. I really didn’t
like that idea. Moreover, I knew my message was to be, “I am what Jesus was and
so are you.” I was not comfortable. But for the next year, while I kept with me
the moment of my Self on the walk, and had more such experiences, I pretty much
forgot about the teaching stuff until the prologue and angle of the memoir came
to me. And now I am perfectly comfortable with all of it. It is the truth,
after all.
If you’ve read my articles and
books for any length of time you know I moved away from the language of A Course in Miracles quite a long while
ago. I’ve used “Truth” instead of “God”, because God can be such a loaded word.
For myself, I could not get away from the connotation of God as a judgmental
supreme being. I dropped Christ as well. I kept Holy Spirit for a while longer,
but then switched to Awareness of Truth.
For the sake of the memoir, which
is written in the context of a student of ACIM, I thought I’d be consistent in
my language and use ACIM’s terms. But I find that I now prefer “God”, even
outside of the memoir. I love it, in fact. Depending on context, I now switch
between “God” and “Truth”.
And now I have a better
understanding of Christ. Christ is the part of me (and you) that is Part of
God. You can only know Christ with another, because Christ is not limited to a
seemingly-individual mind, but the the Universal Mind we all share. And the
Holy Spirit comes from God as well and Christ is Its Home. It is the teaching aspect
of Christ.
So, dear readers, God and Christ
and Holy Spirit are back in my writing. And I hope, when it is published (I have
never written one before, so I have no idea how long this will take) you will
find the memoir useful. A Course in
Miracles has been around for only forty-five years, so there has not been
much time for role models to give hope to other students. It is my hope my
story will.
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Comments
Love, Deb
Liz,
one evening last autumn, while i was sitting in quiet with the Holy Spirit, i suddenly became aware of a Presence bathed in a soft golden light. my Inner Teacher (the HS) told me this was my Christ Presence. i was overwhelmed and a bit confused, a little frightened and also excited. since that moment it has always been from the Christ Presence that i am directed to a Holy Joining in a union of Perfect Love with others, all within in my mind. but the part of my mind that needed some order continued to feel confused. your statement here that the HS is the teaching aspect of this Presence clarifies the experience for me. i feel much more settled... thank you.
His teaching is now leading me gently to accept this Christ Presence as what I am, as what is real. (you have played no small role in this learning.) He is also showing me how this same Christ Presence is always found in every brother or sister entering my mind. (no wonder the joining takes place Here...) and now He is helping me to look out upon the physical world through that Presence, to not divert my eyes and to let go of feeling shy to look with this powerful Love coming through my awareness.
after reading your post here, what is happening to me is much clearer. the news about your memoir is exciting. the title is perfect. i await it in endless gratitude. sister
A masterful Painting without a frame.
Alive vibrational gratitude, Deb
Love, Deb
you are welcome. thank you. we meet in our Christ Presence where the air is pure with Perfect Love,
above the tree line.
sister
a haiku . . .
Above the tree line
With nothing to hold onto
No fear and no time.
I just recently felt to reread "Spiritual Journey of Joel Goldsmith" after many, many years.....and I thought as I was reading it....how wonderful to have these accounts of those who have gone before us...a communion that is more intimate and transparent.
BTW I also had an experience with Jesus where he showed me that he and I are the one same Being.....this as a universal Truth. I haven't "caught up" experientially to it fully yet but do have expanding living awareness that this is true.
Anyhow, I look forward to reading your book. Blessings Liz :)
Great to hear about the new book. A spot for it is waiting on my bookshelf.
In Love and Gratitude
Susie
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