Recently, I was writing about the famous “lilies of the field” discourse, in which Jesus speaks to peasants and beggars who are realistically worried about not having food or clothing. His response is that in the face of these fears, they can be carefree as the lilies of the field or the birds of the air. He asks rhetorical questions which act like there is not a reason in the world to be anxious: “Why are you worried about clothing? Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?”

My ego takes hold of me whenever I take myself seriously. And you know, it's much more of the time than I'd really like to admit. For me, taking myself seriously seems most often to express itself in feelings of lack or scarcity, such as not having enough time, sleep, money, etc.

There are so many currents swirling around in the mind, on both conscious and unconscious levels, it’s not always easy to tell where guidance has come from. Even Helen Schucman heard things that turned out not to be true. In fact, she once was told, “Do not assume you are right because an answer seems to come from Him.”

Through the years one of the concepts of ACIM that has often bothered me is the the lesson that," I'm not a victim of the world I see". My entire world of form supported the opposite.

Whenever I am feeling like a victim in any setting, my thought goes immediately to the truth, "The separation never occurred." I feel instantaneously peaceful because I feel at one with God. -Trish Black-

After being a student of ACIM for over 20 years, I find that I can get myself out of turmoil and drama very quickly by remembering to ASK: "Show me another way to see this so that I can move back into peace."

In October of 2000, I was driving home from a meeting and called my mother in Alabama just to say “hello.” We had no idea it would be the last conversation we would ever have. Two days later, my mom was attacked and brutally murdered in a home invasion.

In the past, I believed that if I followed the spiritual path of ACIM with passion and dedication that I would not experience negative events in my life. Others apparently believed this as well because when my daughter died, they were so shocked that such an event could happen to a teacher of God that they proceeded to leave my life and possibly the Course. This is where I finally realized what ACIM was all about.

Forgiveness is an incredible gift that I give to myself. It is a trait that I am continually striving for in all arenas of my life. One of my biggest lessons that I have had with forgiveness is learning that even though I feel as if I have forgiven the event or the preson, sometimes it comes back to me in a different form and I have to forgive again. - Diana Belanger-

Eleventh hour hospice work is when a volunteer is called in to provide comfort and care to a patient who is actively dying. I consider it an honor and a gift whenever I am called to be with a patient. -Dave Hawkins-

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