Hello world. The following was written 12/06/2017. A brother asks, “Does anyone understand what ACIM is saying? It seems like almost no one does.” My response, “Hello brother. The key here is to switch ones focus from those outside of you to yourself and what is happening WITHIN you. To look within at your own thoughts, emotions, and physical bodily responses as they are happening. To stay in the here and now with that moment and look at what is being experienced within you. As you do so you begin to understand yourself and your own responses to the environment around you. It would be in these moments that you may change your mind about what is being experienced or has been experienced. It is in this way the Individual may heal themselves. In doing so they change themselves and how they are responding to the world around them. They let go the egoistic beliefs of lying, cheating, stealing, selfishness, victimization, blame and fear. It is in these moments one is able to take responsibility for themselves and their own choices to think and believe as they do. This is what ACIM is teaching the Individual to do. To turn Continue Reading
The trigger is the catalyst to healing past experiences.
Hello world. The following was written 12/06/2016. Earlier today I found myself responding to my sisters friend about small dogs, Pomeranian’s to be precise. My response to them about these dogs was as follows. My response, “Every interaction I have ever had with a Pomeranian has been traumatic. In every instant they were the aggressor. I had to have that needle thing as a kid because of one of those dogs. I am only speaking from my personal experiences here. Also, an ankle biter couldn’t keep me from being raped as a child either. It took getting a German Shepard to do that job. So my disgust for ankle biters stands, sorry!” I would like to thank you brother. This discussion has brought to the surface for me, something I was needing to look at and heal. Judgments held of experiences that were very traumatic and painful mentally, emotionally, and physically. In looking deeper I recognize that the pain and fear I was experiencing back then as that child was carried over into my adult life. They have also helped me recognize key elements of those situations that did stand out. Such as the size of a dog truly mattering Continue Reading