My Hymn of Thanksgiving

This is a full, all-encompassing Self-realization for which I am indescribably grateful - that I have been restored to wholeness through the Grace of God, literally raised from death and isolation to Love and Eternal Life, in this single, ongoing miraculous instant of Grace, and that the whole Sonship is there with me forever, including you!
I have felt the relentless pain of being asleep in my own human condition, of always being afraid, uncertain about who I am, what my purpose is, not knowing how to find lasting happiness, and being tossed about in a seeming endless sea of chaos and suffering and death in every form imaginable. It was revealed to me that this devastating and unnatural state was brought about by my own futile attempts to manage and control my “reality,” of willfully denying the communication and sustenance of my very Source of Life. I suddenly found myself (and find myself consistently) down on my knees in a total cry for help, for release from my impossible thoughts that reflect this impossible 'situation' called 'the world'... all my sincere efforts to save myself and the world having proven futile, I prayed passionately for an experience of Self-Knowledge that only comes from the complete act of turning my will and my life over to God.

I am here today to witness for you reading this - that it works! It is a total miracle! There really is a whole Loving God, who created you perfectly and eternally, that your Kingdom is really not of this world…and this nightmare that you find yourself in (yes, I know this takes a moment of real honesty to admit this) - is not God's Will for you. It literally is not true… and you need to simply open your mind to the Help that is all around you through the Whole Spirit of Truth - the Holy Spirit - to awaken and be shown the Truth of who you are, as God created you. And all the fear and suffering and lack of fulfillment that you were dreaming, will literally disappear, never to have been at all. This is my experience and it is the miracle in action.

I could recount hundreds even thousands of miracle stories and healing experiences that have occurred in me and in all of my brothers along the way home…but in essence, they all share this common element, “I can't, He Will if I let Him…and there is no order of difficulty in miracles.” When I forget, I am always reminded. I am so thankful that everything is given me every instant through His Grace and Love, and for every miracle that has and is replacing all of my thoughts of separation, suffering and death…that I am awakening from my nightmare at last! But finally, my wellspring of boundless gratitude comes from the dawning of Self-knowledge that I experience and that is increased through the continual act of giving it away…of giving as God gives…constantly, indiscriminately, and without demand of any exchange whatsoever. And so, I learn to keep it in my awareness always, and I come to know myself as His Love extending forever, without opposite, beyond the body, beyond this world and into Eternity, where I truly abide with you.

Then let our brothers lean their tired heads against our shoulders as they rest a while. We offer thanks for them. For if we can direct them to the peace that we would find, the way is opening at last to us. An ancient door is swinging free again; a long forgotten Word re-echoes in our memory, and gathers clarity, as we are willing once again to hear.

Walk then in gratitude the way of love. For hatred is forgotten when we lay comparisons aside. What more remains as obstacles to peace? The fear of God is now undone at last, and we forgive without comparing. Thus we cannot choose to overlook some things, and yet retain some other things still locked away as sins. When your forgiveness is complete you will have total gratitude, for you will see that everything has earned the right to love by being loving, even as your Self.

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“I give my life to God to Guide today.”

“Father, I give You all my thoughts today. I would have none of mine. In place of them give me Your Own. I give You all my acts as well, that I may do Your Will instead of seeking goals which cannot be obtained, and wasting time in vain imaginings. Today I come to You. I will step back and merely follow You. Be You the Guide, and I the follower who questions not the wisdom of the Infinite, nor Love Whose tenderness I cannot comprehend, but which is yet Your perfect gift to me.”

Today we have one Guide to lead us on. And as we walk together, we will give this day to Him with no reserve at all. This is His day. And so it is a day of countless gifts and mercies unto us.
A Course In Miracles , Lesson
I got really exited and scared at the same time when I first felt this “tachyon field of energy” because I knew my time was up. To give up your identity as you define yourself is, from the world’s point of view, the last thing you want to do but for me there was no way around it. I was lucky to be that desperate. I couldn’t identify myself with anything I did in the world. I didn’t have a purpose. Everything seemed so unreal.

It’s an incredible thing to see: There is this infinite number of possibilities of getting lost in all kinds of dreams which are actually only one, a dream of death. But then in the next moment, you turn around and you find yourself in a setup to leave this place. I’m grateful because I had nothing to do with my salvation. I was taken out of the world and got replaced.

I am a teacher of A Course In Miracles at Endeavor Academy, and I am totally grateful to give the gift that is given me. I am dreaming out of here.

--by Rashmi

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I am the luckiest person on earth.

No really, I am quite certain of it. Through no efforts of my own, I suddenly found myself in a brand new continuum. Reborn. Waking up. An experience totally unlike anything I had ever experienced before...
A bright new self-recognition that included absolutely everything everywhere, and in a flash illuminated my mind with a quantum understanding that could never be expressed, and yet answered every question, every thought I had ever had. Wow. I did nothing to deserve it. Absolutely. In fact, I had come to a place in my mind where I most certainly did not feel that I deserved anything, nor did I want anything. Devastation. The bottom. That place in my mind that I had fought off diligently…a place of no hope, no reason, no inspiration, no value to anything at all, anywhere. The worst thing that could possibly happen… or so I thought!

I literally died to my old self. It became perfectly clear that my life, my actions, my intentions, my thoughts, my interpretations, everything about me, was utterly without value. I lost all faith in my ability to solve any problem, direct any action… I could not count any longer on my own capacity to do anything, including most certainly my ability to find happiness. Not possible.
How could I ever know… how could anyone ever understand… that this total cessation of all interference, this inability to continue to conduct and responsibly direct one’s own life, would represent the greatest breakthrough possible to humankind? In one single instant of inadvertent release and surrender, the entire travesty of the absurd limitations of the human condition were transcended. Wow!

I need do nothing. A moment of bright illumination, and then the universe takes over… I am miraculously led to the handbook of awakening… called A Course In Miracles. Jesus shows me, through his most incredible intervention which is this book, that what I had experienced was the most natural and spontaneous occurrence possible… in fact, the only natural occurrence… and one that was just waiting for me the very instant I made room for it. Wow!

Nothing to learn, nothing to do… no place to go. No mysterious rituals, no hidden words of truth to try to decipher. Simply an experience waiting for me, when I no longer valued or wanted other experiences. The truth is, awakening is a very natural occurrence, and will happen eventually for every mind… and did in fact already happen. Time is not linear, and mind is singular. Two very key factors in understanding that we do not understand anything at all. The cognitive activity of our mind occurs within an operational containment field of the sequence of time… these thoughts can never show us anything about the nature and experience of reality. Everything I see, think and do is a reflection of my own belief that I am separate from everyone and everything… and it simply is not so.

Given these simple facts, which have been validated by awakening minds throughout recorded history, how could I be my own guide to awakening? As Jesus tells me in his Course, I am the one who decided against heaven, and landed myself in hell. Do I really want to continue to make decisions here?

There is one who knows. A Course In Miracles is my personal guide to discovering my own true voice, which is the voice of the Holy Spirit. This voice will quite suddenly become manifest, in miraculous fashion, when I learn to forgive. Forgiveness looks, waits, and judges not. Forgiveness creates the true context of not reacting to a brother as though what he did was real…as though what I thought he did was accurate. It’s not! None of my thoughts mean anything…because, once again, mind is singular and time is not linear!

Through the action of not acting on my own, which is easily accomplished by honestly admitting to the futility of all my actions thus far, (they never really made me happy!), Jesus happily steps in and offers a true direction.

Here is a mighty fine direction: begin the mind training of awakening by practicing the workbook lessons of A Course In Miracles!

Miracles are our birthright, and when they do not occur something has gone wrong. Something has gone wrong, and the solution has been given us. Miracles are the outcome of forgiveness, and prepare the mind for revelation. We have the answer. Thank you Jesus, forever and forever. Thank you for joining with me in a true idea that will and did bring about the transformation of our bodily identity. Ideas are made strong as they are shared, giving them power to extend to all who would welcome them. Yes, I sure am lucky.
And you along with me!

--by Leda