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Honor and respect Mother Nature
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Global warming is a thing we want to do something about in whatever way we feel called., Love the earth- we need to decide what that means to us., Mother Nature is the earth in all of its glory- we need to take care of it in whatever way we feel called to do., Our responsibility is to heal the earth so let us step right up snd do it- we must listen to what we can and should do about healing the planet., Sometimes Mother Nature will need some active steps to care for it- we want to ensure the earth is healthy and well long after we die., The earth is full of promise- wealth and abundance so as one of earth's inhabitants we need to take responsibility for healing and care for the planet., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Honor and respect Mother Nature. Love the earth. We need to decide what that means...
Lesson 27; “Above all else, I want to see.” This lesson beautifully explains that “Vision has no cost....
Laurie’s Positive Points: Embrace silence
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be mindful of what is happening some can change it when we notice a mess of attack energy within and in our behavior, Make Sure we stop what we do some can experience quiet inside - silence is a gift from God., We need to allow God to heal it on God's altar- God's altar is where we can relinquish the attack energy so do not forget this., We need to make sure the do this quieting of our minds- when we do not our minds get filled with attack energy the feel and have within., We need to make time in. our days to relinquish our internal chatter- we need to come into our days with quiet within because when we do we are open to God's Enegty and Presence., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Embrace silence: Make sure we stop what we do so we can experience quiet inside. Silence...
Miracles Lesson 20
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our better option is to see the world from God's perception, The Course explains that our perception its the egos way. of seeing., This lesson explains how essentila it is to see what is in happeningwithin ourselves and the world., We need to see so that wee get information about the world ;, we want to be the creator of our lives and recognize that the world ua is full of calls for Love and not be upset when we absorb these visions our perception.., When we see woiht our visual e eyes when we see the world we juudit so we need to stop judging it and see t he world as calls for Love I nsteadt, 0Miracles Lesson 20: I am determined to see. This lesson explains how essential it is to see what...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Do hard things every day.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Do hard things every day., Doing something difficult makes us sw4at and move our limits and this kind of challenge is one of the gifts we have as being humans ., Pushing ourselves to perform something difficult is one of the things that keeps our brains active, We need to do things that will push our limits- when we do we get stronger in all areas of being alive., We need to make sure we engage in life- we must show up every day and do things that are hard for us at least once or a few times a day., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Do hard things every day. We need to make sure we engage in life. We must...
Miracles Lesson 13
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, So then we will stop suffering about the world because we get good at seeing the calls for Love in the world as minor grievances., The Course brilliantly describes the world as unreal because it is not inherently. of God., The world oil full of calls for Love so we find distressful situations that emotionally upset us., Therefore we can see it as unreal and not get upset about it- our egos try to convince us that the world has lots of impact on us and is full of meaning., This lesson brilliantly reminds us that the world has no meaning, 0Miracles Lesson 13: A” meaningless world endangers fear.” This lesson brilliantly reminds us that the world is meaningless. The...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Enthusiasm
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Uncategorized, But the reality Lois it is not lost., The best way to stay in the Love of God's Love and favor is to not block the flow of God's Love- and one of the ways we can accomplish this is to approach everything with enthusiasm, The only thing we can do to halt this reality is to block God's Love and Presence we can no longer. see it and experience it when we stop it so it seems lost, We have a constant connection with God's Love because this is the way God created the Universe. in the first place, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Enthusiasm The best way to stay in the flow of God’s Love and favor is not...
Miracles Lesson 6
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our egos always try to make us suffer so they hide our challenges so we do not see them, So we have all of these feelings and intentions within and regularly we miss them because they are not visible, The Course explains that we need to look at our minds constantly, 0Lesson 6:” I am upset because I see something that is not there.” This lesson says, “There are no...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we do not resist.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, And when we are not available for all we do we will not enjoy and experience the full benefit of what we do., Make sure we do not resist., We need to notice God and allow nothing to block the flow of God's Love, We often forget to witness God's awareness is always with us - we mistakenly cover our connection with God so it is our Jon to reassert that God is always with us., When we do- we stop feeling open to what we are doing., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we do not resist. When we do, we stop feeling open to what we are...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we do not resist.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, God is always with ads and magically knows us when we notice, Make sure we do not resist., Remember that resistance is futile and leaves us in the wake of a lost connection with God, When we are not available for what we do we will not enjoy and experiance the full benefit of what we do., When we do- we stop feeling open to what we are doing., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we do not resist. When we do, we stop feeling open to what we are...
Miracles Lesson 363
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God goes out of His way to make our lives superb., I am grateful that the Course explains that God wold never do this because He deems us innocent so there is no reason to suffer., I love the bottom line of the Course is that God loves us infinitely., The Course explains that God deems us innocent so there will never be any retribution from God such as punishment for being sinful, The Course uses kind- gentle words to describe how much God loves us =so we can have a clue about how much God loves us over time after being reminded, 0Final Lessons: Miracles Lesson 363: The Epilogue says, “God’s Angeles hover near and all about. His Love surrounds you...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember the reason for the season
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Remember that this is the most crucial and significant part of our lives because Christ has come to earth to teach us by His glorious example how to live in Godly ways., We all benefit from having Christ's example- so we need to remember that to feel Jesus Christ coming to to live His life so Christs captors crucified HIm and then God resurrected Gun after 3 days, We get to enjoy knowing Christ was born., 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to enjoy the season and remember the reason for the season. Christmas is meaningful in a...
Miracles Lesson 357
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our ego likes to complain so we hear our own spewing out judgment because our egos like to listen to themselves, Our egos complaints drive us crazy and make us miserable so we want to avoid getting into this position.., The Course reminds us to keep looking at the places we need healing so we stop suffering., The Course says we need to heal our relationships with our bothers and sisters- it is such a regular part of life that we get critical and judgmental especially our bothers and sister., We look on everyone as a. brother and see all things as kindly and good., 0Lesson 357: “What am I?” “Truth answers every call we make to God, responding first with miracles and then...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Make friends with everything.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, As soon as we do we need to exert effort not to go down the perilous path of resistance which always throws us off base, We need to approach everything- pushing things away is resistance so we need to watch and catch ourselves the moment we resist antything we encounter, We need to invite everything into our lives so that we do not harbor any resistance throughout live when we are interacting in our days, When we do we block the flow of God's Love because we are not committed to bringing openness within. and end up halting God's Love and Presence, When we resist we do not invite anything in. with kindness and welcome so we never find ourselves pushing things away, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Make friends with everything. We need to invite everything outside of us and welcome it in....
Miracles Lesson 350
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Saving the world happens in simply a thought- our egos are always convincing us that there needs to be an actual song and dance to fix the world because the world is o problematic, We must approach the world's problems with an army of fighters who have come to heal the world with guns and knives ., 0Lesson 350: “What are miracles?” “Miracles mirror God’s, eternal Love. To offer them is to remember Him and through...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we are conscious choices when we select food
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Ensure we have reasonable- healthy- and appropriate relations with our food, Make sure. we make conscious choices when we select food., Never go to the grocery store when you are. hungry; this is a surefire way of getting ourselves into trouble not wanting to buy unhealthy and excessive foods, So being assured we will serve ourselves best when we are at the store is one of the most important ways we can heal our relationship with food, So gaining information about which foods to buy is bests that we are confident when going to the grocery store- then we w will select the healthiest and most appropriate food for u while we are there, We need to learn about nutrition to know how to eat and keep us healthiest regarding food- learning. about all food is best so we will know what we see in the grocery store, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure we make conscious choices when we select food. Ensure we have reasonable, healthy, and appropriate...
Miracles Lesson 343
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Miracles heal all pain and discourse so we need to bring them with us at each juncture- using them for everything because we want to heal and save the world, The Course reminds us that forgiveness is something God gave us specifically so we can bring Love in the form of forgiveness to all the world's chains and heal the world, The miracle is simple!! We can apply it whenever we encounter a call for Love., We need to remember to bring miracles with us so we will enjoy the world and feel peaceful when we encounter it because we do not struggle within, 0Lesson 343: “What is a Miracle?” I am not asked to make a sacrifice to find the mercy and...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The miracle of being alive is that we get to participate in all we do.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Appreciation needs to be our go-to that we carry with us without fail!, Gratitude can be our best friend's that we never forget to apply because we have learned from experience how much better our lives are when we bring lightness and Love in the form of gratitude, Remember to let our gratitude experience be like a GPS in our cars lot our phones acting as a GPS- remember to rely on our GPS to guide us in perfect directions so we know where to go, We can be extra grateful for our loved ones and existence all day., We know that we need to get practiced at it so let us show up and bring gratitude adequately constantly, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: The miracle of being alive is that we get to participate in all we do. We...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Feel all of your emotions no matter how difficult they seem!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our egos make a judgment about whatever emotion we have our egos complain at a most heightened level, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Feel all of your emotions no matter how difficult they seem! Our egos make a judgment...
Miracles Lesson 273
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, He rectifies even when we have what we perceive as big problems- the Holy Spirit listens to us always so we can trust that the Hoy Spirit is of God, Sometimes learning to believe that the world and our bodies are a dream takes an incredible effort to get to the end and change our perception, The Course iterates that the Holy Spirit is the portion of God that is always available to interact with us and resolve all our problems with ease and willingness, The Course says that all of your lives in the world are a dream- they do not exist at all, The world is brutal to believe it is unreal - because they are fictional they have zero capacity to affect us or bother us in any. way, 0Lesson 273: “What is the Christ?” The stillness and peace of God is mine.” “What is the Christ,” says,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Gratitude
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be sure to speak our minds of appreciation because we will feel so much better when we do- expressing gratitude is a sure way to make someone smile., Say words of thanks because this is the best way to express yourself- it has a powerful effect ., So we can be sure the gift of gratitude we share energetically gets shared within us - We end up absorbing it in the process of sharing it so we feel the high of gratitude, The other person to whom we express gratitude will feel so good and be high energetically because we have made an effort o do this, We will feel peace and confident that our appreciation for those we speak our gratitude helps us so this is a miracle, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Gratitude: Say words of thanks because this is the best way to express yourself. That has...
Miracles Lesson 266
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course says that the body is not real and is an illusion so we need remember that the body is not something that can inj0ure us or make us upset or mad., 0MiraclesLesson 266:” What is a body?” “My holy Self abides in you, God’s Son.” “What is the body,” says,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Mindful Movement
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Movement is our friend or it needs to be-movement is necessary in. all aspects of our lives, Movement is our God-given right- Be infinitely grateful for it., Movement physically is our conscious attempt to be graceful- we want to be light and soft in our bodies while we move. so that we glide and make easy motions., Moving full of grace will cause us to feel so good because we are being conscious physically and being high- when we are light we will have less pain because we are being soft physically., We need to incorporate moving in physical - emotional- spiritual and inlectual parts of our lives., 0Laurie’s Positive points: Mindful movement: Movement is our friend, or it needs to be. Movement is necessary for life...
Miracles Lesson 259
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Do not allow our guilt over believing we are sinful get in any way manifested into the world, Remember that the Course explains that sin is a thought only, The Course explains at length that sin is not real- sin is an illusion and since it is untrue it means we. are totally guiltless, 0Lesson 259: Let me remember there is no sin. This lesson says”Sin is the only thought that makes the...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Learn how to let go of your feelings.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our emotions often get stuck inside and we tend not to prioritize them and put hem far from the center of our minds and hearts, We are not willing to notice them at all because we harbor primarily pain in our minds and spirits and the idea of owning them and claiming them, We are not willing to prioritize them and put them far from the center of our minds and hearts, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Learn how to let go of your feelings. Letting go of our feelings is essential to living...
Miracles Lesson 217
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Gratitude allows us to feel open and accessible within our minds and bodies because we rest in our certainty when we connect with our gratitude so our whole lives will be remarkable, 0Miracles Lesson 217: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me”...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to cherish loved ones
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Life is short and therefore precious so make sure we stay tuned into all of our loved ones' desires and hopes so that we can help them achieve in life what feels essential for them, Life is short- we never know when someone we love or are committed to will get sick and die, Remember to be patient and kind when we approach our loved ones with whatever issues arise in our relationship, Remember to cherish our loved ones, We need to tune into that inner voice we all have so that we can have clarity about how to approach the whole subject of how and when to become more committed to our lived ones, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to cherish our loved ones. Life is short. We never know when someone we love...
Miracles Lesson 210
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course brilliantly explains that pain is not real and therefore it has no power to affect any of us at any time in our lives, The Course explains that all illusions are not real like our bodies and the world and all the parts oof live that regularly upset us, 0Miracles Lesson 210: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Positivity
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, I felt so much better when I immersed myself with other people around me who are committed to talking positively, I remember first noting the challenge of heavy- dense negativity when I was younger, If they get upset at us we need to forgive ourselves and forgive them for their attack energy thrust toward us, Sometimes I had to ask my family members who were being extra negative to remember to speak of positives, Sometimes our tribe members may not talk positively regularly- so it is new or different for someone with whom we relate but it is worth looking for and asking our loved ones to do this, Sometimes people are very much attached to their lives and may be distraught if we ask them to change, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Positivity I remember first noting the challenge of heavy and dense negativity when I was younger....
Miracles Lesson 203
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course asks us to enjoy everything in addition to doing things consciously, The Course reminds us to be conscious- the Course asks us to make sure we pay attention the whole time we live, We need to make sure we get to be awake while we live so we fill feel alive when we do and there will be a greater sense of fulfillment- so the Course advises us to do this all the time, 0Lesson 203: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” “I...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Fill Your Mind with enthusiasm for life!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Fill your mind with enthusiasm for life- be willing to show up and do your best, We need to forgive our mistakes and not feel any guilt when we make mistakes- guilt is always the number one block emotionally and spiritually while we live so make sure to monitor it when we have it, 0Laurie’s Positive åPoints: Fill your mind with enthusiasm for life. Be willing to show up and do your best. We...
Miracles Lesson 199
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, I am infinitely grateful that the Course explains how I and we are not at all incorporated with our bodies, Our egos convince us that our bodies are real and unavoidable so we have to suffer in them as long as we live on earth which completely sucks and makes me not want to let this happen, Our egos show us pain- disaster and death and despair as a body, 0Miracles Lesson 199: “I am not a body. I am free.” This lesson brilliantly brings this to light, “I...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to love our bodies whenever they break down
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Bodies are fallible and have lots of significant issues like various diseases- we need to love our bodies whenever they have challenges., Bodies have all sorts of significant issues like various diseases because they are creations so they are constantly changing, Loving our bodies through the complex parts of disease like disease and death is essential to living - loving our bodies is the way we can enjoy them, Our bodies are such magical parts of our existence so we need to be extra careful we surely remember to love and appreciate them for all they do for us, When our bodies break down we need to step up and bless our bodies and thank them for all the fantastic things they do, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to love our bodies whenever they break down! Bodies have all sorts of challenges because...
Miracles Lesson 186
Laurie Prez, , Uncategorized, God does not consider us sinners and we have no faults because God loves us so much and this is is HIs Will to feel this way about us and treat us this way, God in the Course says that we are entirely worthy and sinless because we can not sin- therefore there is no guilt, It is arrogant to not believe in our worth because God declared it and therefore it is true, The Course repeatedly explains that we need to be the ones to save the world, The Course says that God is fine when we make mistakes- we never lose our favor from God, The Course says that God saves the world not me or nor others- these religions say that it is arrogant to say we that we are the ones who save the world and they would call that blasphemous, The Course says that it is arrogant fro us not to save the world and not to offer miracles in the form of forgiveness, The only hard problem we have in the illusion is that we forget to feel worthy, we forget, 0Miracles Lesson 186: “Salvation of the world depends on me.” This lesson explains, ‘Here is the statement that will...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Do things in Cooperation
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, As humans we have the remarkable capacity to do things- we live whole lives and enjoy our minds- bodies and souls, Life can be full of adventure- we can travel and see the world and have this incredible capacity to enjoy when we do, Life can be full of exploration so that we can discover the ideal thing to do as a career of what kind of person to have as a partner, We get to participate in our lives so that we find superior resolutions to these questions about how to live, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Do things in cooperation. As humans, we have the remarkable capacity to do things. We live...
Miracles Lesson 182
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, As long as we know where we want to go to get to Heaven and and God then we get to experience Heaven now so this is worth doing, So our job is to remember. that there is nothing to do except to get to Heaven by choosing God, The Course reminds us that we need to go home to a better place than the wold- God offers us Heaven which is sublimely happy and serene and makes us giggle and smile, We can laugh and play because we are in the place we are supposed to be- God in the Course reminds us we are in Heaven now, We just forgot we are already there, 0Miracles Lesson 182: I will be still a moment and go home. This lesson explains this sentence, “Others will...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Exercise is an essential part of life!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Humans require eating- sleeping- and exercising for being healthy, if we get triggered by the word exercise all we need to do is say movement so we can avoid getting triggered by it, We need to get into exercising because we will enjoy it more if we do, We need to move our bodies at times to help us be fit, When we exercise we have more capacity to manage life'stresses since we have the physical benefit of release of stress that we can do when we accomplish when exercising, When we move or exercise we have greater stamina and greater energy and better sleep, 0Laurie’s Postive Points: Exercise is an essential part of life! Humans require eating, sleeping, and exercising for being healthy....
Miracles Lesson 175
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Experience us the way to get to God because it is when we feel truly and behave in our best interest., The Course says that experience is holy and sacred and of God., 0Lesson 175“ God is but Love and therefore so am I.” “I give the miracles I have received.” “I...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Grace is the best way to approach life
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Grace in our minds means we do not resist things- Resistance in our minds means we are saying NO to whatever we see ahead, Grace is the way we move our bodies in space and physically, Most people like the expression and beauty in other people's moving gracefully, Our culture celebrates physical grace and being light on our feet because it is a way to express how healthy we are, So we want to remember to do this regularly, We want to be light and soft in our bodies when we move around, We want to move softly physically is a way for people to notice us so be sure to make an effort to do this, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Grace is the best way to approach life. Grace is the way we move our bodies in...
Miracles Lesson 119
Laurie Prez, , Uncategorized, There Course asks us to understand that there is no problem correcting our errors, 0Miracles Lesson 119: “Truth will correct all errors in my mind.” “To give and receive are one in truth.”...
Laurie’s Positive Points: All is well whatever role we play
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, but remember all roles we play are blessed and vital, Life is full of ups and downs and life is full of need for variation- so there will be times when we must act one way and then in other circumstances work in another way, Remember all is well whatever role we play, Sometimes we feel like a star and sometimes we feel like a non-star- all options are possible for us, We need to understand that all life situations are essential and good for us to be present, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember, all is well, whatever role we play. Sometimes we feel like a star, and sometimes...
Miracles Lesson 112
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, One thing that draws me to the Course is entirely practical in its teachings., 0Lesson 112: Review III says, “Do not deceive yourself in this. Unwillingness can be carefully concealed behind a cloak of...
Make sure our hearts are open.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Feeling our feelings is not difficult and our egos tell us it is- so please start with a substantial belief that we can do it and do it adequately immediately, Feelings are a gift- to be wiling and able to feel them we need to make sure we are eager to do this because it is most beneficial for us, Just remember that we want to feel them because this is a gift and one of the very cool things about being human is that we have these feelings and we have the option of experiencing them, Our open hearts are the way we want to live so we need to watch our minds and see when our egos shut down emotionally and then change our hearts and open them promptly, So this is never optimal- we want to be available to comment with our lived ones and all those we meet- so we need to make sure we are capable of doing this, We need to make sure we ware willing to be open and feel whatever comes up for us, We want to have hearts that are wide open and full of Love- when we have closed hearts we are full of resistance, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Make sure our hearts are open. We want to have hearts that are wide open and full...
Miracles Lesson 105
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Knowing I am blessed always makes me feel so much better knowing that every thing is super when we remember that our giving does not produce lack because God's world is full of plenty, The Course explains that God declares that our giving in the world is one situation where we increase from giving away, The Course explains that God has His very own laws of rat world- not like the ego's-and in God's world- there is only increasing and abundance and never lacks or insufficiency, The ego is minimal- but God is Supreme and therefore there are never times that God's laws are lacking because of God's true nature- we can count on God to be abundant, 0Miracles Lesson 105: “God’s peace and joy are mine.” This lesson explains these words. “God’s gifts will never lessen...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Be sure to inspect your food
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, But if organic food is too expensive at times then the other option is to check our which stores have high quality conventional foods and frequent them, But if you do not want to go the route of organic food- then at least make sure the quality of the conventional foods is high, Our food needs to be the best quality we can find- sometimes a person may choose to eat organic food which is an excellent option if you feel called to do that, Sometimes we forget or overlook discerning the quality- we need to see if we do this now or regularly and then change this if we do not, Sometimes we forget to look at the quality of the food=we may look more at the quantity of food of food not the quality so I recommend you do this, We need to get to place with food where it is a regular thing that we find out the quality of our food, We want to buy food that looks fresh and smells good-try to cook your foods if you can swing using the time and energy of this because the quality of your food will be much higiher, We want tone friends with our food- so we want to know it well and take the time to get to know them, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Be sure to inspect your food. We want to be friends with our food, so we want...
Miracles Lesson 98
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, According to the Course- God gives us our salvation. always and eternally and infinitely because God wants the best for us, Bringing our own awareness with us as we go through life makes us dramatically happier because while being mindful- we take the time and effort to choose our thinking and behavior, The Course explains how essentialist is for us to participate in our lives- we want to be conscious and do things mindfully, The Course explains that happyiness is something we need to so show up and do because we will be full of joy and peace when we remember to choose to be happy, The Course says over and over that we are amkkiwed to choose our lives and therefore we need to be willing to show up and do this actively, 0Lesson 98: “I will accept my part in God’s plan for salvation.” The Course explains how essential it is...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Self-respect
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Deep breathing is such a gift and will make us feel better- please stay in the practice of doing deep breathing at any possible moment we can, Our self-respect sharpens when we ha e great lessons in life and we are eager to show up and live and be engaged in life and be present in each moment of our days, Self-respect is when we are willing to be self-preserving, Self-respect is when we feel empowered- self-respect is when we are willing to do whatever it takes to be live of lives in whatever way makes us happiest, Sometimes we can get into a mode of focusing on our Jobs or families or some other valid thing but we want to not forget to be self-preseving, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Self-respect Self Respect: Remember that attitude that carries us in our lives. Our attitude is self-respect. Self-respect...
Lesson 91
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course asks us to get clear about who and what we are- our egos tell us we are the bodies and are accurate, We are not associated with our bodies- we are all spirit and full of God's Love because we are the children of God and therefore God made all of us in His image, 0Lesson 91: “Miracles are seen in light.” This lesson says, “I am not a body. What am I? The...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to be enthusiastic about our loved ones
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Remember to notice when we forgget to be enthusiastic and e gaged with one of our loved ones, What always happens when we have conversations regarding miscommunications-these difficult discussions impacted was shadowing our relationship with that other person, When we have disputes with our loved ones and all of s do because we are a unit- we need to figure our how to make our squabbles disappear and have no impact on our lives, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to be enthusiastic about your loved ones. Remember to notice when we forget to be enthusiastic...
Miracles Lesson 84
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God wants us to know that we are innocent and the Course explains this at length, god will provide us with an insanely large batch of tricks because He wants us to be most happy- therefore- all we need to do is own this- receive it and enjoy. it, He will provide us with abundance in the world as long as we remember how lovable we are and jibe that this is true, Knowing that God loves us with no end and. in great abundance feels excellent, The Course explains that since we are already innocent and our salvation is a done deal- we can get to Heaven now, 0Lesson 84: Review: “Love created me like Itself.” “Love holds no grievances.” The Course says God is our Father...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Love and enjoy our bodies
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Uncategorized, Forgive our bodies when we decide they have done something wrong, Our egos complain about everything because they see and experience grievances, Our egos make many complains about our bodies and it can be so difficult not to har the inner chatter we have of the ego and not believe it, Our egos make our bodies our enemies because they are always treating our bodies not well and always making more disturbance emotionally about all the body does, We need to deeply realize that our bodies are our friends if we are willing to see them that way, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Enjoy our bodies: Our egos make many complaints about our bodies, and it can be so...
Lesson 77
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Attack energy disappears when we allow gifts to be used to remedy the situation, Miracles we can use at each juncture of our experience, The Course explains that we can always bring miracles in the world when we see a call for love., The Course explains yhsy miracles are our right and priivelege- we forget that God wills for us to be entirely happy and ultra- functional in our lives, The Course says that we have lots of grievances in the form of attack energy and the Course teaches us to forgive this attack energy and heal them by applying. a miracle, 0Lesson 77: “ I am entitled to miracles.” This lesson brilliantly explains, “I will not trade grievances for...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Self Respect- Remember that we need to show up with a happy grin about our self-respect...
Lesson 70: My salvation comes from me. This lesson explains our salvation comes from us. The Course articulates this truth,”...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Being more positive in our speech
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our egos fill our minds with harmful and destructive things- so catch these parts of our lives that escape verbally without our knowing- catch them and prevent them from going our into our speech, We want to be positive in our address because we will feel better when we do, We want to be positive in our minds and think and say positive words in our speech-we want to be positive in our address because we will feel better when we do, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Being more positive in our speech. We want to be positive in our minds and think...
Lesson 63: “The Light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.” This lesson eloquently explains...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Staying healthy. We need to do whatever we can to maintain our health and well...
Miracles Lesson 56
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course says over and over that vision is our need- we need to know that we are thinking in the same mind as God and be full of love and gratitude because we can, 0Miracles Lesson 56:: “My attack thoughts are attacking my vulnerability.” “Above all else, I want to see.” “Above all...
Laurie’s Positive Points :Releasing judgment
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be open. to investigating the world and have no negative attitudes about it, If we judgmental- we are resisting the moment=Judgment is our egos that complain about everything, Judgment is the thing that makes us lose touch with the truth that everything in the world us perfect as it is- there is never a reason to proclaim the world problematic, Just be kind and respectful about what we see- don't get to a place of being cranky about the world, So we need to stay in the mindset that there are no problems hint he world and accept that there are no problems in the world so we accept what we see and do not attack the planet, We see that there is no reasn for resisting. the world, When we hear the egos banter- go right into changing our mind about the ego and not buy into the egos' falsehoods, When we hear the egos' banter- go right into changing our minds about the ego in general but also- if the ego is dark we want to not get into a willingness to accept the ego, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Releasing our judgment. If we are judgmental, we are resisting the moment. Judgment is our egos...
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Fear is mighty and challenging and makes my mind crazy and miserable - ao I am grateful that the Course explains that God is my and our strengths, God can take care of us and give us all the abundance of worldly goods because God loves us so much, This mens means I can be entirely safe int he world and in the world because God is Supreme and all-powerful, When we remember our innocence there is no way to hurt us because we are immune to damage when we walk around with God's certainty, When we remember our innocence- there is no way to hurt ourselves because we are immune to damage in life, 0
I felt zealous this week, so I wrote two of Laurie’s Reflections for the Course Workbook Lessons. Blessings and...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Fresh air is necessary, helpful and fun!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Exposure to more oxygen causes the blood vessels in your lungs to dilate which improves cleansing and tissue repair within them and helps them exchange gases more easily, Few simple pleasures in life feel quite lovely as stepping outside and getting a deep breath of fresh air, Indoor air often has a suboptimal balance of oxygen- nitrogen and carbon dioxide- especially in closed rooms with poor ventilation, It can also help promote the production of serotonin allowing you to feel happier and less anxious, Science shows that going outside does more than feel good too- it can have astonishing health benefits, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Fresh air necessary, helpful and fun! Few simple pleasures in life feel quite lovely as stepping...
Miracles Lesson 42
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is Perfect- He is a Supreme Being - so we can understand that God has a perfect plan for our lives because this is the nature of God, The Course makes clear that God has a plan- God is ou7r Benefactor and helper so God-- of course- knows what is best for all of us, The Course says that since God is perfect and the Universal Plan is perfect so this means that we are always in the right place and right time since we know God makes no errors, We can trust implicitly that God's Plan is constantly in motion and moving forward- we need to. be willing to participate in the world and in our lives whatever is happening or in the world, 0Lesson 42: “God is my strength, Vision is His gift.” This lesson explains, “You can not but be at...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Live with Purpose
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Do not forget live consciously and remember to take care of ourselves and have deep self-respect galore- but coupled with self-respect must be conscious and explicit and live well, 0Live with purpose: Don’t forget to live consciously and remember to take care of ourselves and have deep self-respect...
Miracles Lesson 35
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course says that God provides us with all good things so this is thrilling indeed, The Course says that we are combined with God essentially- and this means that God is our Benefactor and He provides us with all great things because God loves us so much, 0Miracles Lesson 35: “My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.” The Course says that we are...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Judgment is a powerful energy and experience, we need to own how unpleasant it is
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Criticism is when we are not willing to maintain an openness abut all we seen in the world- judgment causes us to squirm at what we see in the world, Judgment is when we are not open to having things as they are- when we get critical we are getting judgmental, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Judgment is a powerful energy and experience. We need to own how unpleasant it is. Judgment...
Miracles Lesson 28
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, But the truth is that we need to make sure we don't let the past determine our present or future- we need to go out of our ways not to let this happen, The Course emphasis the importance of asking- the ego and our dark self is always full of darkness and despair and the ego is always telling the world what it is instead of being open to something new, The Course reminds us to stay in the asking energy because it is Godly, The Course says that the past is inaccurate and therefore does not exist- the past disappears when we allow this to be so, The ego likes to be very persistent and knows everything because it wants. to be grand and competent, 0Miracles Lesson 28: “Above all else, I want to see things differently.” This lesson says, “ You are asking...
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Eating our three meals a day can be a total pleasure and something that we anticipate with a light and bright option we get to eat, Make sure to do this regularly to make eating foods more appealing for us happier and grander, Make sure we eat nutritious meals and that we cook or prepare and are fun to eat, So this is the most extraordinary thing we et to do soles us be grateful for the system we have through which we get to participate, We need to eat regularly to stay alive because of the needs of our bodies and minds- we get to consume this gift of possibilities and fun because it is what humans do, 0
Laurie’s Positive Points: Eat with pleasure! Eating our meals three times a day can be a total pleasure and...
Miracles Lesson 21
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our egos are crazy- preventing us from getting as clear as crystal, The COUrse explains that all attack. is essential because it bothers us significantly- we forget to notice we have different degrees of upset, The Course explains that attack is not acceptable- our egos confuse us and they terrorize our minds, The egos say that we have no attack within- they pretend we are ok and do not need to take a deeper look in our perception and thinking, 0Miracles Lesson 21: “I am determined to see things differently.” This lesson says, “It is merely the belief that...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember to be aware of our negativity
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Being critical and judgmental permanently blocks the flow to our Higher Power's Energy and Essence because it is attack energy- hence= it is dark and stops the flow with its shadow, I had to catch it in my mind and take it and release to God and the Holy Spirit and surrender it, I had to forgive myself so when I did- I felt so much better- so this was a gift that I had this forgivenss, It took like a decade to change my negativity but it was so great I did an excellent job of it eventually, Negative and positive are polar opposites, Negativity is one of those things we can forget to notice if we have it- our egos make us blind to the damage of negatvity- so we go about our business and miss it, We all have negativity within our minds and not others\, 0Laurie’s Positive Points; Remember to be aware of our negativity. Negative and positive are polar opposites qualities. We will...
Miracles Lesson 14
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, But do not stop with the identification of all the horrors, but remember that God did not create them- therefore they are unreal, I know that God would never create the horrors I see in my world so this helps me remember that the world is an illusion, It helps me not be angry at God for creating the horrors of the world so I can let God off the hook, so this is a miracle when I stop blaming God for creating such dismay, The Course explains how we have th\s experience of horror in the world- the world fills up with blemmishes so we need to realize that things are actual, The world is an illusion so that is fantastic news for us to see the world as unreal and therefore unable to affect us in any way, This change is such a miracle that we stop getting pained by the world and we will enable it to disappear with no adverse side effects, 0The Course repeatedly reminds us that the world is meaningless and, therefore, God did not create it. The ego...
Release bitterness
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Remember the world will stop upsetting us if we stop being upset about it- we must choose not to be upset about the wrorld so our suffering will end, The dictionary defines bitterness as being angry and disappointed at being mistreated- resentment, The ego is filled with tons of attack energy that it feels and we respond to the world with chagrin and dismay, We are gifted with life and there are plenty of big and small things about which to be grateful, We can not count all of our blessings in life- but we forget to look at and receive the benefit, When something terrible happens -we get upset as humans because our ego likes to chime in consistently and complain, 0Release bitterness: The dictionary defines bitterness as being angry and disappointed at being mistreated; resentment. Remember that we...
Miracles Lesson 7
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, We think we know something because we have experiences that color our understanding- then we think the world is a certain way, 0Miracles Lesson 7: “I see only the past. “ The Course says all I see is the past. How...
We must permit our egos to be invisible
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Having our egos vacant within is the key to maintaining a well-lived life, The ego will disappear when we remember not to enhance them through participating in their worlds and behavior- our egos disappear when we are open to this happening, The egos tell us the world is accurate and inescapable so the ego is a loud voice and often wants to run the show, The problem is that we get attached to the world and we get invested in what happens there, We need to hold the ego in respect- even though we don't want to make it bigger- we need to respect it and accept it for what it is because it is a part of us, When we get attached to the world we have all kinds of suffering so we need to not go to this extreme, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: We must permit our egos to be invisible. Having our egos vacant within is the key to...
Miracles Lesson 365
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, And them take actions to erase this kind of destructive thinking, God never gets angry with us, Our minds are the ones doing the fautty thinking so we are reminded in the Course to watch our minds and catch them when we forget we are sinless, SIn is the only thing wrong with the world, We forget to embody the truth that all those in the world are sinless and we are making everything terrible, We need to realize that the world will.be and is entirely transformed when we remember we are sinless, 0Miracles Lesson 365: Introduction: Final lessons: “This Holy instant would I give to you. Be You in charge. For...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Forgive the world!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Forgiveness is the only possible way to heal the world but it can be challenging to incorportate into our way of thinking, It is such a valuable tool to figure our how to feel forgiveness for the world, Remeber to forgive the world- we can see and perceive the worlds something that has no impact, Remember the world is not accurate- so we cannot be affected in any way by all we find- death is not actual, the world is full of death- destruction- and deterioration- it is a nightmare indeed!!, There is nothing but illusion out there- remember the world is not accurate, We need to give our minds and hearts a look and investigate what is there when we find that the world is full of woe because they are intertwined, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Nothing but illusion is out there. Remember, the world is not accurate. The world is full...
Miracles Lesson 358
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, IT feels so amazing that God solves our problems instantly, The Course says that the moment we ask the Holy Spirit for help- our problems- the Holy Spirit immediately resolves them, the Course says that we can access God through the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit is then our guide- He directs our path- We need to listen to Him, the internal guide that is in all of us, Then we have the fantastic awareness that we have no issues.because God immediately resolves all of our problems, We can sit back in our certainty and enjoy the ride of our lives instead of complaining and grieving about all we see, 0Miracles Lesson 358: “What am I?” “No call to God can be unheard nor left unanswered. And of this,...
Grace while we walk
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Eventually- we will walk more gracefully naturally because this how we can develop our graceful walking, Grace demonstrated as we move one of those things that all people value, Gracefu walking is a sing of good and excellent health- appealing, Minds and bodies are one while we live- so use gentle- graceful walking to lighten our bodies and will also lighten our senses because they are innertwined, Try consciously to walk softly and with an easy motion, We want to do mindful walking because it demonstrates that we are fully immersed in the powerful Present where we are conscious and capable, When we walk gracefully- when we do things with our bodies- our minds are also affected, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Grace while we walk. Grace demonstrated as we move one of those things that all...
Miracles Lesson 351
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Sin is a bad joke- it has no foundation because it is flimsy and untrue, So we need to remember there is no way we can be sinners because God makes us of God's Essence and therefore we must be holy in truth, The Course says that sin is inaccurate- it does not exist- at all- we simply need to take this in, The Course says that we are holy and therefore- we can experience our certainty- because when we remember we are sinless- we can also believe we are loved and lovable, We forget this is true because the egos lies are easier to buy- hook- line and sinker, 0Miracles Lesson 351: “What am I?” “My sinless brother is my guide to peace. My sinful brother is my...
Laurie’s Positive Points: We must value our brains and their capacity for interacting with the environment
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Keep our brains sharp with games we play with ourselves or others, Our brains help us to interact with others- and they also allow us to function as humans- so let us cherish our brains, Playing needs to be our go-to because it keeps our minds active, Remember to laugh while we play, Remember to stay active mentally- read or listed to things in our environment- like podcasts or watchng TV, The brain is full with all the ability we can give it- so we went to make sure we appreciate what it can do for us, We can play brain games on our computers or phones and do a fabulous job of keeping our brains engages, We have to forgive this and try our best anyway to remember to laugh and be light about things consciously, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: We must value our brains and their capacity for interacting with the environment. The brain is...
Miracles Lesson 344
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Scarcity is not actual- we need to remember that this is the true reality, The Course says that God's correct version of how things are is total abundance ini the Universe, The Course teaches the ego's reality to sell us on lacks simply an illusion, The ego believes in lack - the world's laws are based on lack, When we give in the world- then necessarily- we end up with nothing, 0Miracles Lesson 344: “What is a miracle?” “Today, I learn the law of Love that what I give my...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Our certainty is our formidable power.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Certainty is when we feel loved and lovable, Our certainty is a formidable power, Our certainty is when we feel self- confident- we have attitude, Self-preserving in the name itself suggests we will be self-preserving all the time, We have the capacity to focus and to be able to focus and be able to remind ourselves to watch our own minds- bodies- and spirits so we are in tuned with what is happening all the time, We may have a limited capacity for remembering and we are not finding the best way to do that because we do not understand, We need to be positive that we attend to ourselves and catch when we are not staying on beam, We need to be sure we focus on all things like breathing and being comfortable in our bodies, 0Our certainty is our formidable power. Certainty is when we feel loved and lovable. Certainty is when we feel...
Positive Points: Be patient and kind with our loved ones.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, And people's issues may drive us crazy, Everyone has come to earth in this incarnation to evolve and become bigger, Lots of us have significant others or spouses and children because we all crave being in union with others, Other people that we want to be close with-harmoniously- are going to have their issues, Sit with a neutral mind and don't judge them, We all have relationships because it is part of being human, We need to interact with others because we are social by nature, We need to not judge the people we are close with, 0“Being patient and kind with our loved ones.” We all have relationships, because to be human means that there...
ACIM Lesson 256
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Forgiveness is that magic that totally erases any memory of sin, Forgiveness is the God-given instructions so that we can make the world dreamy and happy, Forgiveness is the only way to truly erase any attack energy from our minds, Remember that God is within our hearts all the time without fail- we just forgot., Since forgiveness is of God it follows God's laws and therefore increases when it is given, The way here to God is through forgiveness, This means there will be tons of forgiveness because God never breaks His promises, 0Lesson 256: “What is sin?” “God is the only goal I have today.” This lesson reminds us, “The way...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Food is our friend!
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, but in much smaller quantities since they are sweet, Fruit are good too, I find for me that eating large quanties of cooked vegetables every day is the second most way for me to maintain my weight, Instead when the inner judge is heard within allow forgiveness to resolve this, One of the biggest challenges to making our relationship with food harmonious is that we don't love our food or accept it fondly, Sometimes we are totally resistant to even being willing to try new-to-us healthier foods, The inner judge is always working so don't worry when this happens, The more I eat healthier foods the more their tastes grows on me, 0Food is our Friend! One of the biggest challenges of making our own relationship with food one that is...
ACIM Lesson 249
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Forgiveness paints a world where anger makes no sense, Just take the ego and forgive it, The egos spew out the same insanity so just realize that this is not new, The way to get out of our rut of constant attack energy is allow it to be gone entirely, We absolutely must be clear about what forgiveness really means in God's description, We call on forgiveness to heal everything in the world which will happen constantly, We can forgive if we are willing to do so and be open to forgiveness, We need to forgive the insanity instantaneously and allow all of that attack energy to be released entirely, 0Lesson 249: “What is the World?” “Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.” This lesson says, “Forgiveness paints a world...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Go with the flow.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Dealing with the suffering over the ego's judgement is enough to drive us crazy but then dealing with our resistance to dealing with our attack thoughts amplifies the suffering immeasuably, Instead of the resistance start first with forgiving ourselves and forgiving the situation so we end our suffering, Resistance makes us stay in the mode of attack because we never let our attack thoughts run their cycle and therefore- end, The ego has resistence about every detail of our story, The ego judges everything- with an unstoppable obsession, The ego wants us to suffer not just a little but to the max, We have resistance to everything because it is the only way the ego knows it is alive, 0Go with the flow with a light heart. We have resistance to everything, because feeling it is the...
ACIM Lesson 242
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God asks us to come readily with minds available to touch Him when He is there, God gave us our extraordinary talent of volition because He wants us to choose Him exactly when it works for us, God is asking us only one thing to do- come with wholly empty minds to Him, God wants us to come to Him with wholly open minds, God wants us to simply have our own desire to get to God- to in no way feel forced to choose God, Our egos as full of unresolved issues that they never resolve and let go so we end up with cluttered minds, The only thing we need is the smallest amount of willingness to get to God, 0Lesson 242: “What is the World?” “This day is God’s. It is my gift to Him.” This lesson says,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Be the Star of our own show…
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, And then let our feelings go once they have been heard with kindness, Being responsible for the world can suck if we let it because it feels like way too much to change the insanity of the wold all by our lonesome selves., Give everything permissi0on to be expressed from within our hearts and minds, Just remember that whatever we are doing= add the DELIGHTFUL FACTOR to everything, This reality is disturbing if we allow the responsibility of it to weigh heavily upon us!, We actually project our thinking onto the world and it manifests physically before us, We just want to be the best person we can be for ourselves and for God-we want to be our higher Selves that we share with God and all humankind, We want to feel the feelings we have and honor them, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Be the star of our own show.” It turns out that we are responsible for the...
ACIM Lesson 235
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because our innocence is perfectly in tact then our guilt actually entirely disappears, God knows us perfectly well like a loving Father and He knows we have our egos like to exaggerate and obsess on their own thoughts., Guilt is the worst block to the Flow of God's Love and one of those feelings that often goes missed and therefore unattended to, Our sinlessness is a done deal because God designed the picture of the Universe this way, The Course says we are saved and for all time no matter what problems we run into, Think of the magnificence of God's Love and devotion for us!, This means there is nothing to do but part ESPECIALLY because there is nothing wrong, 0Lesson 235: “What is Salvation?” “God in His mercy wills that I be saved.” What a gift we have...
Laurie’s Positive Points
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be open to exploring some other magical aspect of our inner worlds that has yet been undiscovered, Be open to letting the process change if a change in direction is called for., Be unattached to the process of exploration, Exploration automatically calls out the ego because the ego likes to judge anything new, Exploring new parts of ourselves is magical when we do it specifically with God, The ego likes to keep things the same and reestablish the status quo, Whenever we feel pressured in this process it is the ego raising its head, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Be open to exploring some other magical part of our lives that has yet been undiscovered....
ACIM Lesson 228
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is saying that we are perfect totally amazing and infinitely powerful exactly as we are now, Just knowing the truth about how God Feels about us is enough to fuel us and propel us forward with lightness aplenty, The ego goes on exhaustively about all the nasty little tiny details we failed to attend to, We can trust that the Holy Spirit to not miss a second of the interaction- He is there being helpful because that is what He does, We just need to stop at that moment of insanity where we forgot to speak up for ourselves, When we listen to our egos we end up with a little bit of insanity to say the least, 0Lesson 228: “What is forgiveness?” “God has condemned me not. No more do I.” “This lesson says, “Or shall...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Forgiveness redefined
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Everything about living in the world as humans drastically changes when we are willing to accept that sin is not real., The true definition of forgiveness is in synch with something unexpected to say the least, We project our energy and thought onto the world and then this is how form is made. We must realize this first, When we think anyone has sinned including ourselves then errors take on form in the world., When we think sin needs to be forgiven- it is too hard to release this old attack energy that we have as a result of the sin., 0Forgiveness redefined: The true definition of forgiveness is in synch with something unexpected, to say the least. Our old...
ACIM Lesson 221
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Be open to looking at the tough stuff within so we have the possibility of releasing it, Being willing to look at what is within is the first part of the miracle, Our egos think we can do nothing about the picture we see- the ego makes us feel as victims, We are the ones who have ultimate say in what is within us, We need to be certain we look closely at our inner workings, We need to listen to the ego with utmost kindness and gentleness and Love, We need to make God part of every waking moment- thought word and deed- or we will never be happy, 0Lesson 221: “What is forgiveness?” “Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still.” This lesson reminds us,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Resistance is futile
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be willing to be open to becoming bigger people, But on top of that we resist the that we resist the ego, Just forgive that the ego resists up a storm, Our egos resist everything: it is the fundamental behavior of the ego, We are asked to be open to the serenity of God's Purpose and be willing to show up entirely, We are here on earth to get back to God- we all get assimilated back into the Supreme force of God's Love, We get to experience ecstatic bliss and Supreme Love and lightness. Is there any valid resaon to resist God's Purpose?, 0Resistance is futile. We are asked to be open to the serenity of God’s Purpose and be willing to...
ACIM Lesson 193
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Forgiveness is the salve that heals the world, Our egos are like good but ornery children who have not slept in a week, Sometimes when we are firm with the ego we forget to be gentle, The Course says- I will forgive and this will disappear- this is endlessly reassuring, The world passes by generally unnoticed at all, We are asked to be kind to the egos na listen to them until they have been adequately heard, We are instructed to see the world itself as it is, 0Lesson 193: All things are lessons God would have me learn. This lesson says, “I will forgive and this...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The miracle is now
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Bringing Love to the situation we have then become more empowered within ourselves- whch is absolutely a miracle, God wants us to use the world to get to Him, Just listen to the prompting in the world, thank goodness there are ample opportunities there!, The lack of Love in the world is where we get to stop and make things different., The miracle is when we see situations that appear to be terrifying and we show up anyway with Love in tow, We can bring Love wherever the world appears to be calling for Love- this is the miracle, We can know that when we see calls for Love in the world it is an instantaneous communion with God, We get to choose to be with the miracle in the world instead of settling for the nightmare, 0The miracle is now. Just listen to the prompting in the world. We get to choose to be with...
Lesson 186: Salvation of the world depends on me. This lesson is such a beautiful reminder of the most...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Remember that every food is our favorite food
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Know that there are plenty of ways we can prepare the food differently so they seem more appealing to us and this can be a fun exploration, Remember when we eat "healthy" foods that they are our favorite food, There is often a ton of resistance to eating foods we consider "healthy", We also want to make sure we are in the groove of being in gratitude about the foods, We can add another food or herbs or spices to spruce up the food, We may desire to eat "healthy" foods at times, 0Remember that every food is our favorite food. Lots of times, depending on our feelings and habits, we may...
ACIM Lesson 172
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course reminds us that God's vision for us is to live without attack and in perfect peace because we accept our lovability, The world is less likely to not reflect more attack energy toward us because we are not feeling it within, Then once we understand the supremeness of God's love for us we need to accept it promptly, We need first to understand the quality and the supremeness of the Love and favor of God for us, We need to start with our own minds first and remove anything that is not God's Love, When we feel so certain and secure in ourselves because we radiate God's perfect Love then there is nothing for us to do but just sit- and be happy about everything because we feel our lovablity, 0Lesson 172: Review: “God is but Love and therefore so am I.” “In my defenselessness my safety lies.” “I...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Note to Self
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Everything manifest into the world into our own choices, If I get to call the world like it is then this is ultra empowering, Just sit and remind ourselves of this reality and allow it to sink deeply into our consciousness, Note to Self- stay in touch with the blessing and grace of God, This awareness is all we need to lead us to that next place of making conscious decisions to choose another way, We get to have our own unique personal show according to us, 0Note to Self— Stay in tune with the blessing and grace of God. Our lives are filled with...
ACIM Lesson 165
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Don't minimize or disregard guilt because it may seem less severe- all upsets hurt us, God is entirely dedicated to us, God is totally a different animal, The Course is always simply pointing out to us that we are the ones wo forgot all the great fortune we have from God, The Course reminds us that we get abundant and infinite Love from God because God Wills it, The Course reminds us that when we forget there is zero reason to feel guilty, The fact that God Loves us as He does is amazing and we need to just take this in, We never want to wallow in our guilty feelings- they are unnecessary because God decrees us sinless, 0Lesson 165: “Let not my mind deny the Thought of God.” The Course reminds us that we get the...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Every problem can be readily resolved with serenity and smiles
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Listen to the ego with compassion and be gentle, Seenity is when we allow another perspective to the picture, Serenity is that inner wisdom that emerges when we talk with the Holy Spirit directly and act accordingly, That attachment the ego has to getting the picture to look THE certain way is the certain way to heartache, The inflexibility of the ego is THE ONLY thing that can or does hurt us, The state when we are unable to go with the flow about life is when we are blocked, 0Every problem can be readily resolved- with just serenity and a smile. Serenity is that inner wisdom that emerges...
ACIM Lesson
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Be firm with the ego but ever so gentle too to prevent the egos further resistance to change, God has ultra power because He is the (only) Supreme Being so as long as we can trust that God is as powerful as He is then we can relax., God includes us all energetically in His ultra energy of perfect innocence and so we are all innocent to the core, God loves us so much that He established within all of use purity so powerful and consistent that it is entirely undimmed by errors, Our egos like to make problems- so just catch this when it happens, Our only real task is to practice remembering this, We have God standing there- being with us- while we do everything, 0Lesson 158: Today I learn to give as I receive. The sentence that stands out for me in this...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Brave behavior means being bold while being ever so kind
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Being detached is the best way to keep the ego at bay, Check in with the Holy Spirit implicitly about whether now is a good time to share our truths, Don't allow the ego to tag along when we are in the process of deciding what is best to say to another, We get show up to the world with a gentle suggestion of kindness while we stand up for ourselves and give our hearts permission to speak their truth., We get to show up in every in every interaction with another and be bold, We have relationships with others the entire ride of our existence, We may want to sit in meditation to be true to our own process whatever that is, 0Brave behavior means being bold while being ever so kind. When we do this, we sit in our...
ACIM Lesson 151
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, No one can judge on partial evidence: our ego's are arrogant entirely, Only when we feel what we feel then we get in touch with what we have been denying and then we have a moment of doubt about how happy we are with the ego, The ego is frozen in the state of ignorance about how things are, The ego's only real defense is making us feel numb, The egos only real skill in the realm of being convincing- is that the ego makes us feel entirely numb about being frozen in prison within, Then we can take appropriate action- the next step is to try another way, We often believe our egos and forget that there are any other options, 0Lesson 151: “All things are echoes for the Voice of God.” This lesson reminds us, “No one can judge...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Be patient with our loved ones
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be patient with our loved ones and realize they are doing their best job or they would have done something else, Humility is that gentle sense of connection, Just remember we are quick to judge ourselves too, Lack of humility is where we are not open energetically to others, Step down from the ego's high horse, There is always a lack of humility in the ego's voice, When we feel appropriately connected with others then our block to Love's presence is gone, 0Be patient with our loved ones: They are doing their best job. Just realize that having relationships is great...
ACIM Lesson 144
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Only when we have these attack thoughts of doubt and uncertainty do we suffer, Rededicate our use of time to use it to specifically get back to God, The Course reminds us gently- there is no hurry, The ego and our insane minds get into a panicked rush, Usually the urgency we feel is an anxiety that things will not turn out in our best case scenario, When we panic we are off center but there is no need to be off center because God is always at the wheel of our lives, 0Lesson 144: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “There is no love but God’s.” “The...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Give ourselves permission to be kind to ourselves
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Judgement runs rampant within us and we beat ourselves down a notch every second of every day, Make our compassion be our best friend with whom we carry with us facing the world, Stop and breathe quietly but deeply, There is always a war within us because the ego is top at being insane, We can use God's forgivensss for ourselves without reserve, We may not think of fear as something that needs forgiveness so don't miss this fact, We wage war with ourselves because it is familiar, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Give ourselves permission to be kind to ourselves Give ourselves permission to be kind to ourselves. ...
ACIM Lesson 137
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because there is no separation between God and ourselves this means our health will be rocking good, God gives us the clarity of our own connection with God's Will and Energy, Healing can feel baffling especially when we let the ego speak, Just identifying with our Godly nature is exactly when entirely changes our state of being healed, Our connection with God makes us as powerful as we can be if it is true, We just need to tune into our own perspective about healing seems unreachable so that we can get into a real understanding of it, 0Lesson 137: “When I am healed I am not healed alone.” This lesson affirms, “But healing is his...
Laurie’ Positive Points: The fun is now- while it all happens
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, getting to the blessed end/, Our job is to celebrate each second, The ego has its own antagonistic voice- interrupting our flows, The ego lies the last step- where you get to the converted finish line, The ego often rebels against all the steps in the interim, The fun is in the process of getting to the end, The God-centered way is to be conscious throughout the whole affair, This reads like a story-book nightmare, We get to check in with ourselves- at each waking moment and see how we feel and what comes up for us, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: The fun is now- while it all happens. The fun is in the process of getting...
ACIM Lesson 130
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, By God's own perfect nature He can not contradict Himself, The Course says that fear made up the projections in the world but since love has no enemy it truly does not exist, the problem was entirely erased, Therefore, We just need to stand up tall and see the truth for what it is, We need to trust deeply that this ego illusion is false and has no validity, When the ego is so brazenly blunt with a deafening pitch and volume we do not have the ability to quiet them and get to the real truth about them, 0Lesson 130: It is impossible to see two worlds. This lesson’s wisdom states, “Love’s enemy has made them up. ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Smile at all that little stuff
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Just think- every day we wake up new and we get to do everything over againi, Let us stand up and welcome the new day with some spur and attitude of appreciation, Miracles are full of surprises because they are EXACTLY what is needed in every situation to shift things and renew lackluster form, This shifts everything because we are quietly accepting everything as it comes when we are in the appreciation groove, Wake up every day with a light mind, We melt resistance with gratitude, When we welcome things in then our resistance to everything becomes non-existent, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Smile at all the little stuff. Wake up every day with a light mind. We can...
ACIM Lesson 123
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Just stand up to the ego and be willing to use our voices with God, Our egos try to stop the music and take all of our attention from God and comfort and ease and fun, There is always the possibility that we can choose the miracle of being light but it takes persistence to stay on task, We can see the ego's insanity or we can not, We get to be light in the process of loving our brothers and sisters, We need towelcome in the alignment with god and through being open to getting easy about everything, Willingness is the miracle of participation, 0Lesson 123: “I thank my Father for His gifts to me.” This lesson says, “Be glad you have a...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Forgiveness is the miracle at hand
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Forgiveness can be that little morsel of potential that never comes to fruition because we forget to realize how much we need it, Forgiveness is when we allow God to erase the instensity of the insanity and thee complete existence of the mishap, Forgiveness is when we remember there is never anything wrong, God specifically gave us forgiveness as the one miracle on Earth that gets us as close to God as we can, We need to hold forgiveness high in our minds in terms of prioritization, When we forgivne the energy state of forgiveness allows us to rise above any action that someone has done that seems impoossible to overlook, 0Forgiveness is the miracle in the moment. There is never too much of forgiveness. We just need to hold...
ACIM Lesson 116
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Being happy is also conveniently the only way to do things with God, Everything in the world is either love or a call for love- either which end up as love, Happiness in the world is really hard to come by when we forget to include God, Jesus's teachings in the Course are plain and simple: we are asked to be happy, The world seems stark raving mad when we forget to include God, We are always given the gift of sight beyond the ego's reach, 0Lesson 116: “God’s Will for me is perfect happiness. “I share God’s Will for happiness for me.” I love...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Surrender our judgement in food choices
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Uncategorized, Leave judgement far out of reach so we allow ourselves no participation with it, Let's give the ego's judgement the day off, Our old pattern with food tend to repeat themselves because the ego likes more of the ego, We must learn how to have preferences without that sharp energetic hit of giving those things too much power over us, We want to be in the mindset where we are not feeling like we want to stay in control of the situation, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Surrender our judgement in food choices. Let curiosity be the guide for our food choices. Judgement...
ACIM Lesson 102
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Uncategorized, God is the most emotionally gifted Entity so we are guaranteed to be interacted with by God to be totally peaceful and empowering, God's deal with us extends to include all the physical emotional and spiritual support in the world, The Course reminds us that God is ultra nourhishing, The only problem we ever had was that we forgot how great God is and that God guaranteed our innocence and lovablity, We are forever safe because attack thoughts are absent from our mind when we connect with our innocense, 0Lesson 109: I rest in God.” The Course reminds us of this relationship we have with God that is...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Be bold, practice courageous communication
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Courageous communication is so cool because it is the opportunity to get really close energetically and emotionally with others, Lots of appreciation and authentic discussion help to balance each other, The coolest thing is to tell them about this clearly with an evident feeling of forgiveness and love, We share even though in telling others there is a risk of them reacting to it, We want to be honest and clear- if they say something we feel we don't like, We want to be respectful-head to toe- of our loved ones, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Rock our existence with a crazy love for authentic discussion. Practice Courageous communication. We all have...
ACIM Lesson 102
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God wants the very best for us and He goes out of Him way to make this happen, I think God's Will for us to be happy is shocking indeed!, Our sinlessness comes in a neat and tidy package with our eternal lovability, We are bombarded with worldly theories that God believes we are sinful and that God will punish us on any whim, We can certainly trust God's judgement because He is God, 0Lesson 102: “I share God’s Will for happiness for me.” This lesson reminds us, “I share God’s Will for...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Secret to being thin
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, I am grateful for all of the foods I eat all day long and this is one reason I have such a happy relationship with food, I consciously think about the fact that I will have to forego my treat tomorrow if I overeat today in order to maintain my current weight, It makes all the difference that God loves us with a passion and so we can identify with being lovable, My secret to being thin is that I love being at the same weight more than I like to eat more treats, Then everything in our behavior becomes easy and fun because we feel worthy of making whatever effort needed, This sense of high self esteem is all we need to keep our own fires of worth elevated, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Tips for staying thin Laurie’s secret for staying thin: what works for me consistently to stay...
ACIM Lesson 95
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, If we don't forgive and then start again, The Course even says at the end- to throw the book away- because words are not necessary in the end- go to the feeling of love, the ego will have further fuel to goa us on to reject God's teaching because we are laden with guilt., The whole purpose of the Course is to get to truly experiencing it- not just to have it as a mental notion only, We need to forgive this ego tactic of throwing us off track., We want to get to the place of Knowledge- at the right hand of God- and feel God's holy Presence., 0Lesson 95: “I am one Self, united with my Creator.” This lesson reminds us, “”This tolerance for weakness will...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Accentuate the positives in healing from food imbalance
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Eating really well for a year I felt so good emotionally eating well and also lost 30 pounds, I had an full-on eating disorder from ages 15 to 20, I started out early on with a severe problem with food so I have had a lot of time recover by now, I surrendered my insane desire to binge after some consistent practice not doing it, I went to live in Toyko for a year with aJapanese host family and they ate the traditional Japanese fare. I the with them all the time., We just need to feel how full we are with the other stuff that is going well in our lives so start there first if the food is still not totally good yet, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Accentuating the positives when working on eating addictions and imbalance with food. I had a full-on...
ACIM Lesson 88
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course reminds us to love our brothers and sisters with an open heart, The ego adores separation from God and others so goes out of its way to make this happen including making up stories about others so we will reject them, We are asked to love people with whatever qualities they may have, We are blinded by the egos inability to perceive the truth about others, We are invited to end the seeming (illusory)) separation from God and just see we can, We are reminded to forgive what gives us reason to not be close, 0Lesson 88: “The light has come.” “I am under no laws but God’s.” This lesson reminds us the following:...
ACIM Lesson 81
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, forgiveness and God's Supreme Energetic elevation, God is right there demonstrating this Energy of healing and Love and calmness where attack could never exist, The beauty of God's Light is that it is filled with Love, The calmness that is part of God's Love reminds us that discord has no business being in our words and actions and behaviors, When we feel the calmness within then we are not resisting God's influence, 0Lesson 81: “I am the light of the world.” “Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world.”...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Relationships in Style
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Know that the Holy Spirit knows exactly the right choices for us to make so stay in conversation with Him, People need to stand up for themselves and get out of relationships are not appropriate for them, The cool thing about relationships is that we can always work on them over time and make them more harmonious, The most important thing we can do is stand up with God in our relationships, We are not born with innate relationship skills= we learn them in our culture and in our family units, We just need to be willing to ask for more, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Relationships in style It helps to have some experience being in relationships because we can not...
ACIM Lesson 74
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is all about loving us and giving us miracles in the world and all the things that make us sing in sweetness in our lives, God is right there within us making the nightmare disappear into nothingness with meaninglessness, God's "Get out of jail FREE" card is God's version of meaninglessness applied to life, Meaninglessness is our way out of hell, The meaningless concept is like putting on a baseball glove for protection when we encounter the world, We need to redefine our outdated versions of God, 0Lesson 74: There is no Will but God’s.” This lesson says, “These conflict thoughts are meaningless.” This is our...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Learning to laugh is the miracle
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Give ourselves compassion and self love when we resist learning to laugh, We just need to thank our egos for overindulging in the blues and be open to another scene on the horizon, We need conscious laughter definitely, We resist because our egos have us in the sand trap of control- we will never move from it, Whenever I went to a movie theater in childhood and watched a movie I never laughed outside, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Learning to laugh is the miracle. We need conscious laughter definitely. It occurred to me in...
ACIM Lesson 67
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Lots of religions believe that hell is real and that God wants to penalize us, Our worldly definitions of God are totally wrong, The nightmare is real when we believe God is our number one enemy, We are trying to undo our definition of God and replace it with God's own, We think the God will treat us savagely and this is terrifying, 0Lesson 67: “”Love created me like Itself.” This lesson says, “We are trying to undo your definition of God...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Allow curiosity to be the miracle in our relationships
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Curiosity gives us another option in the situation, Just see this when it happens and do not judge it, One of the toughest dilemmas is to rise above the low vibration of judgement, Relationships are amazing when we get to be seen but sometimes are prone to getting stale from all the judgements we have, Relationships are fun because we get to practice sharing love in a large segment of] our lives, We get to learn about ourselves in relationships, We need to realize that our judgement happens all the time and not judge this, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Allow our curiosity to be the miracle in our relationships.” Lots of us love to...
ACIM Lesson 60
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God does not forgive because He has never condemned, God exerts every effort to give us all great things because He wants it that way, God loves us infinitely and proclaims our innocence innately, Not a shred of blame comes from God when we forget, We need to be committed to accepting more than mediocrity, We simply forgot that we are worth the miracle of elevated consciousness but this is only a mistake, 0Lesson 60: “God is the Love in which I forgive.” “God is the strength in which I trust.” “There...
ACIM Lesson 25
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our task is to learn to see the difference from the ego's status quo of - the blahs, The ego is the master at fixing things in tight control, The ego's reason for being is to simply maintain its existence, The one single awareness that we want something different from the ego is all we need to get to God, We are invited in the Course to open our minds, 0Lesson 25: “I do not know what anything is for.” We are invited here in this lesson and...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The mystery is solved when we get to the miraculous present
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Staying in the present allows us to release our judgment from the past, The present has no agenda to it, The present is fresh and new, We make up the whole thing because we thrive on drama, When we carry the past with us we make ourselves victim and see the world through lenses of discord, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “The mystery is solved when we get to that miraculous present.” Staying in the present allows...
ACIM Lesson 18
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because the ego is needy it consistently acts out, Our energy creates form in the world, We are all graced with the magnificent capacity to manifest our existence, We just need to wake up and see the ego for what it is, We never come to the picture at hand with any amount of neutrality because the basis of the ego is consistently needy, 0Lesson 18: “I am not alone in the experiencing the effects of my seeing.” This lesson says, “The idea...
Laurie’s Positive Points: We can take a deep breath and relax
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Breathing is fully devoid of calories and thus the perfect treat, Our egos get all hyped up feeling like a kettle about to burst with the inner intensity, The trick is to get to a place of ease when we do things, Totally luxuriate in our breath, We can start with a simple noticing of our breath, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: We can take a deep breath and relax that internal pressure. The expert trick is how...
ACIM Lesson 11
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Even if the world does not change the thrill is that our minds change, Our minds are the only thing that has power to affect us, The Course has this magical way of restructuring our thinking, The world does its thing- seeming presenting us with horrors galore, we just need to see this for what it is, When we think the world is real then it has the power to upset us dramatically, 0Lesson 11: “My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaninglessworld.” This lesson says, “Be glad indeed to practice the...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Play with your food
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, I have had a complicated relationship with food, Our society, Our society's relationship with food is totally out of whack as demonstrated in the media, We all have food as triggers, We all have to eat to survive so starvation is not an viable option, We can help ourselves right now by looking first at our resistance with food, We feel being out of synch with food immediately energetically, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Play with your food.” In my life, I have had a complicated relationship with food. Sometimes,...
ACIM Lesson 4
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our egos are always the ones who make up our reality, The Course Workbook gives us more ways to get to automatic when we actively apply the Course, The purpose of the Course is so we can apply it, The whole purpose of the Course is to apply it not to just read about it, We are asked to be consistent with ourselves in thoughts words and deeds, We get in the Course an accurate description of God, 0Lesson 4: “These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room (on...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The energy of investigation is Godly.
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, I needed to not eat my binge foods at all., I went for two years without eating sugar and it dramatically helped my addiction to sugar, Now I am actually about 95% fine with sugar now, One thing that really worked for me in my total recovery with food is totally changing my diet, What worked for me is to look at every little item I ate from additives and sugar and sauces., When I would accidentally eat my binge food in other things I was eating that I thought were benign I would end up in a binge cycle instead, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “The energy of investigation is Godly. Be open to really changing your diet in full if...
I know for a fact that my ego- especially- is in the habit of seizing the reins, and then...
Lesson 362: Final lessons: “The holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would...
Laurie’s Positive Points: When we become our own worst enemies, check out alternatives…
Laurie Prez, , Uncategorized, 0Laurie’s Positive Points When we become our own worst enemies, check this out! The miracle is when we give...
Lesson 355: “What am I?-” “There is no end to the peace and joy, and all the miracles that...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Our relationships afford us the way to thrive
Laurie Prez, , Uncategorized, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Our relationships are that direct passage to exactly how we make our lives exceedingly happy.” We...
Lesson 348: What is a miracle?” “I have no cause for anger or for fear, for You surround me. ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Our addictions are a call for Love
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Addictions happen when we allow our inner demand energy to predominate, Our addictions can be absolutely anything from cocaine to alcohol to food or negativity- the full range, The addiction is so bizarre- that we run up and enthusiastically engage with it is strange indeed, When we can't connect with our Will to face our addictions then we are not able to do anything different because we are too fond of our familiar pain, Why do we follow our egos when they are undeniably insane?, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “We just need to remember that our addictions are a call for Love.” Addictions happen when...
ACIM Lesson 341
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is always outdoing Himself because He loves to play and be in the midst of a party, God is tender with us and that is a beautiful way to be, The whole mood and energy of God is that He is totally serene and quiet and loving and certain of our worth, We get a God Who shows up continually to be the most amazing and even better than the perfect we can imagine, We just need to realize that we can choose our lives by the way we choose our thoughts and feelings, 0“What is a Miracle?” Lesson 341: I can attack but my own sinlessness. And it is only that which...
Laurie’s Positive Points: A recipe for long lasting love- is a dash of forgiveness and kindness
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Always check in with ourselves first when we find ourselves upset about others, Just appreciate that in them we are always only seeing ourselves projected outwardly, Loving our neighbors and ourselves is actually fun, The fact that we are upset about what we see is perfect., We get to see ourselves actually deeply as a result, We just need to allow our shift internally be originated in God's Purpose and then the miracle is directed correctly, We just need to be kind and compassionate to ourselves and this can feel like such a chore, We just need to give our loved ones the benefit of the doubt when we find ourselves annoyed or tormented over something that has come to pass between us, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Recipe for long lasting love- is a dash of forgiveness and kindness.” Loving our neighbors...
ACIM Lesson 334
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Allow our forgiveness to be of the gentleness of God and then it will be directed to God, The Course reminds us to seek for more than we have settled for in the past, The only real problems we have as humans is that we routinely seek for so little, We can, We can't help but to let the ego's voice seep in over time because we are always present to its insane pitch, We get so jaded in our human experience, We just don't realize how great we are and that we deserve the best of the best, We need to forgive the insanity and make lots of space for the gentle response to the ego, 0Lesson 334: “What is the Ego?” “Today I claim the gifts forgiveness gives.” This lesson says, “I seek but...
Laurie’s Positive Points: We need to process stuck emotions for the benefit of our health and well being
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our health is completely and directly affected by the emotions we have, People's physical health are directly affected by emotions TCM says, TCM masters came to understand that when we do not process our emotions thoroughly then we fall into dis-regulation, Traditional Chinese Medicine says the same thing as the Course- that we are most healthy when we are willing to- in a timely way-process our emotions, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: We are meant to process our emotions and set them free so that we are unburdened...
ACIM Lesson 327
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is a hands-on God, God is in our relationship for the long haul and He wants to demonstrate this completely, God reminds us that we are graced as lovable and totally innocent, God stops at nothing to give us the maximal abundance of all the gifts we receive from Him, We also get to check out the validity and security of all the abundance and Energy that God offers, We want to be open and willing to converse with God about everything that is helpful for us to discuss, 0Lesson 327: “What is Creation?” “I need but call and You will answer me.” This lesson says, “Father, I...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Our willingness is our promise for peace
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Moving our energy is such a little endeavor it takes the smallest amount of muscle, Our willingness is a sure fire way to dodge old set boundaries and delete old standards of mediocre living, The only problems we ever have are when we are not open to moving our energy, We are invited to be quiet and kind when we make mistakes in choosing again, We just need to hold our hands internally and boost our love and forgiveness around our learning to choose again, When we set our intention and focus on it we feed that inner energy loop within us and it starts to expand, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “Our willingness is our promise for peace.” Our willingness is the sure fire way to dodge...
ACIM Lesson 320
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God gives us the sure path to get out of the belief we are not worthy of the best, We are getting a clue about how to liberate our souls, We can release with a gentle serenity our attachment of the world, We don't have to do anything except appreciate what is, We forget to dance through our days with a light heart because we can, We miss the mark when it comes to standing tall because we forget we can, 0“What is the Last Judgement?” “Lesson 320:”My Father gives all power unto me.” This lesson says, “His holy Will...
Laurie’s Positive Points Proactive Peace
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Uncategorized, The reality is that there is another way from the ego's slippery slope, We are given tools that are so profound and magnificent they do all the work for us, We just need to be in full focus, We need to behave in the world with an attitude of respect, With God's tools we don't have to extend excess effort or do anything complicated, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Proactive Peace We just need occasional reminders. We are given tools that are so profound and...
ACIM Lesson 313
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God loves us boundlessly and demonstrates this consistently with God's Love and favor, God wants us to have the best of the best and this is why He tells us the truth, The ego's version of God is that God wants us to suffer, The problem is that we forget that we are so fortunate, Truly since God is perfect is therefore totally trustworthy, We just need to bless the information and not resist it, We must realize that we held an unsound interpretation of God, 0Lesson 313: What is the Last Judgement?” “Now let a new perception come to me.” This lesson say, “Now...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The miracle is upon us
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Miracles are extraordinary in that they come in our happiest fantasies, Miracles are God's way of sharing Love, Miracles are meant to be totally ordinary and commonly experienced, The miracle is natural, The miracle is the fodder for our happy dream, When the miracle doesn't happen something has gone wrong, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: “The miracle is upon us.” One of my favorite lines in the Course says, “ Miracles...
ACIM Lesson 306
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God gives us an alternative for interpreting the world with God and we are asked to use it, Out nightmare is entirely ended when we simply realize we can end it, The only problem we have in the world's illusion is that we suffer over it, The world is scary indeed but it is just a figment of our imagination and we can imagine more creatively, The world shows us our very own nightmare and we don't try to question it, When we give our vision to God then we get a case of the giggles because there is nothing else to do, When we give the ego license to interpret for us we are truly insane, 0Lesson 306: “What is the Second Coming?” “The gift of Christ is all I seek today.” This lesson says,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Prayer is our medium for meeting God
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, God is our guide if we let Him be, God wants for us to be able to communicate with Him while we are separated in the world with our bodies, We can be comforted by God's eternal Presence within us if we are willing, We have God's direction within us if we just stop and listen to it, When we accept the Holy SPirit's miraculous direction our hearts feel free, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Prayer is the medium for meeting God. Prayer is the back door to God, the front...
ACIM Lesson 299
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course has a totally new interpretation of our eternal holiness, The ego's perception is absurd, The ego's view says instead that we have failed miserably and therefore can't be loved by God, We can be light about the insanity since it has no power to injure us, We can just gently notice when the ego speaks too loudly and instead of resisting and giving it power, We have therefore, We instead have God the Father Who proclaims we are innocent for all time, zero guilt, 0Lesson Lesson 299: “What is the Real World?” “Eternal holiness abides in me.” This lesson says,”Yet God, my Father,...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Elevating our victimization
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our egos love to make all of our suffering into something personal, The world is our playground, We can engage rather above the battleground, We go to lengths to wallow in our self pity, We love to listen constantly to our same old story, We make all that happens in the world into our own personal torture chamber, 0Laurie’s Positive Points: Elevating our victimization The world is our playground. We very frequently make the world and all...
ACIM Lesson 291
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Uncategorized, God expressly wants us to not feel any shred of guilt which blocks the flow of God's Love, God loves us so much that He never has a moment of failing to stream out His perfect energy for us to prosper, God searches our whole being and energy field and finds any problem we may harbor and He takes them away and they dissolve, We can have faith implicitly that God deems us forever innocent and lovable, We have God's miracle of forgiveness at all times, 0Lesson 291: “What is the Real World?” “This is a day of stillness and peace.” This lesson says, “Christ’s...
ACIM Lesson 250
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The world is simply that moment of reminding ourselves we can bless it all with love, There is nothing out there but us, We automatically make everyone else the villains because we see their dark garments, We don't want to deny the world and then not deal with it appropriately, We want to feel our feelings and then let them go adequately, 0Lesson 250: “What is the World?” “Let me not see myself as limited.” The Course reminds us that...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Everything is just energy in the Course and in TCM
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, In TCM qi is the energy in the body and of the body, Qi is also the force that organizes our bodies, Qi is the substance and force behind our activities because it is the energy behind our activities, TCM has understood for thousands of years that the body is just energy, There is nothing physical left, When you break down matter into smaller and smaller pieces then eventually you get invisible energy, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Everything is just energy in the Course and in TCM In Traditional Chinese Medicine ( TCM),...
ACIM Lesson 243
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, All the mistakes in the world simple disappear when we allow them to, God brings forgiveness to heal the world because the world can understand forgiveness, God totally has a plan for us, There is nothing so substantial in our mistakes that God change His mind about our lovability, We have the amazing fate of being transformed to Light as long as we choose it, When we know we are sinless then we don't try to spend time trying to manage our guilt, 0Lesson 243: “What is the World?” “Today I will judge nothing that occurs.” This lesson says, “When the thought...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Gratitude is that power that moves mountains
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Gratitude moves mountains, Gratitude seems so indistinct it seems like it might disappear, In gratitude is that part of us that remembers all is well in the world and within us, The truth is that gratitude is an energetic experience and yet will be fuel to propel us forward, Truly gratitude is of God and thus a force to be reckoned with, We are getting to play our part in the story of our lives when we get to bring gratitude, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Gratitude is the power that moves mountains. Gratitude is so small and indistinct that we can’t...
ACIM Lesson 236
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our struggles disappear in a heartbeat when we let them, The only real problem we have is our resistance to surrender our suffering, We are in a grand position to heal ourselves and thus our minds, We just need to sit in full certainty that we are lovable as God tells us, We seem to show up every day for the same sad sorry song of struggle to the nth degree, When we allow ourselves to heal we become magnetic to the flow of the fancy of God's Purpose, 0Lesson 236: “What is salvation?” “I rule my mind, which I alone must rule.” We are in a...
Laurie’s Positive Points: How Traditional Chinese Medicine is similar to the Course
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, I perceive TCM to be similar to the Course, TCM is unlike standard western medicine, TCM says that prevention is the best cure, TCM says that you have a whole integrated body, TCM says you are always connected to nature, TCM says you are born with the innate capacity for healing, 0Laurie’s Positive Points How Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is like the Course One of the reasons I really resonated...
ACIM Lesson 229
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God guarantees that we are exactly as we were when God created us, God saves us from our insane illusions, The miracle of all miracles is that we have God giving us the knowing that we are totally innocent, We just need to give God the green light about everything and allow ourselves to be absent from pain, We need to be permanently on call which is easy if we let it be, Who are we to argue with God?, 0Lesson 229: “What is forgiveness?” Love, Which created me, is what I am” This lesson says” My Father, my...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Dissecting yin and yang
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, All foods are considered more yang or more yin, It is easier for people to be active in the summer because action is inherently yang, The summer is more yang because it is hot, Yang qualities are male light black and hot while yin is female dark white and cold, Yin is negative passive wet and earthy while yang is positive heavenly active and dry, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Dissecting yin and yang: the a’dvantage of yin and yang as a device to help us...
ACIM Lesson 222
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is not simply getting us out of pain God actually wants to give us the best of the best of the Kingdom, God remains the same without fail because God is supreme, The Course gives us an accurate description of God, The real truth about God has been totally absent from our minds, The truth is that God is totally always enamored with us- with unconditional lovee, 0Lesson 222: “What is forgiveness?” “God is with me. I live and move in Him.” This lesson says, “He...
Laurie’s Positive Points: The best way to know ourselves is to see ourselves as reflected in the world.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Giggling is always our top choice, Step back from the world and don't absorb the insanity, The insane world has sublime purpose, The journey of our souls is just to get to know ourselves, We don't have to do anything but simply look inwardly, When we just see the world as an adventure then miracles abound, 0Laurie’s Positive Points The best way to know ourselves is to see ourselves as reflected in the world, and...
ACIM Lesson 215
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Feeling gratitude is doing the kind and loving and feeling God's Presence, Feeling gratitude may not seem even dramatic- it may be a simple acknowledgement of something, Gratitude is such a powerful feeling that it attracts the energy of Life and makes us magnets for all good things, Walking in gratitude is easy, We are given permission from God to get into gratitude with a loving heart, 0Lesson 215: Review: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: TCM wisdom of going to sleep before midnight
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, But there is in fact always some yin within yang and yang within yin, By nature yin and yang are polar opposites and do not include each other, In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the most fundamental idea is that we must have balanced yin and yang, We are meant to understand at some level the world is real and so we need to deal with it proactively, We want to have our firm footing that we are not upset about what happens in the world because it is unreal, 0Laurie’s Positive Points TCM wisdom regarding sleeping before midnight: Balanced yin and yang. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the most...
ACIM Lesson 208
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The amazing thing is that all we need to do to connect with God is be still, The only problem we have is that we forget there is nothing to worry about, The whole undoing of stressors takes away the intense hit, We all have the Holy Spirit within us all the time- God's perfect guide, We just need to be open to the process of learning how to hear God within, When we see the world as unreal it has far less impact on us and we can laugh about it, 0Lesson 208: Review: I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Conscious breathing
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Our bodies are not real as so we don't want to be overly attached to them, Our bodies serve us if we let them serve us, Respect is the simple acceptance of what is happening, We are given our bodies as tools so that we can embrace God's Kingdom while we are on earth, When we give our bodies a Godly purpose then we make peace with them, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Conscious Breathing We are given our bodies as tools so that we can embrace the kingdom...
ACIM Lesson 201
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Give those old moments of panic right to God, Our willingness to surrender is all we need to do, Rely on God to be our only guide, The Course's single purpose is to get us to God, The ego feels that getting to God is uncertain and so it makes us gripped with anxiety, The ego makes us think we have to make a huge list of accomplishments before we can get to God, 0Lesson 201: Review: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” ...
Laurie’s Positive Points: We are graced with the gift of seeing ourselves outwardly
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be willing to appreciate that God made the world after we believed we separated from God, The best way to know ourselves is to see ourselves as a reflection in the world, The world is a projection of our inner minds, There is nothing else out there except for us and God, We cure ourselves of problems when we we address the problems instead of denying them, We get to get more authentic with ourselves because we can't escape from ourselves, 0Laurie’s Positive Points We are graced with the gift of seeing ourselves outwardly. The best way to know ourselves...
ACIM Lesson 173
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego's arrogance is from grandiosity and it is false, The ego's energy and ideas are so momentary and menisciule they disappear instantly, The ego's refrain is touted in the most compelling of manners, We feel totally disrupted when we allow the ego's energy within us, We want to not try to usurp the position of God, 0Lesson 173: Review: “God is but love, and therefore so am I.” “I will step back and let Him...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Own that we prefer pain.
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Just sit and be honest with ourselves when this happens, Often our egos get addicted to that sting of trauma, One of the ways to make peace with the world is to forgive it, The ego's perspective shows us a combat zone of affliction, We can choose something different the next time we have the option, We just need to be aware that we are doing this when we get in anticipation of the panic and look forward to it, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Own that we prefer pain. One of the ways we can make peace with the world...
ACIM Lesson 166
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God holds within us the truth that God loves us when we forget, God loves us unconditionally and professes that there is nothing wrong with us, The ego tells us we are ineligible for the best of the best from God, The egos tell us that they direct our lives and give us all the help we need to function, We are reminded to be light about the hypothesis that God could leave us, We just need to grasp the truth, 0Lesson 166: “I am entrusted with the gifts of God.” This lesson says, “How could you then proclaim your...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Resistance is always a block in our roads
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Uncategorized, The ego is that crazy part of us that loves affliction, The world is a magical adventure if we let it be, There is no problem with anything unless we resist, We always want to get out of our own ways, We must realize every day is a great day when we let it be, We want to own our inner blocks so we can get to the next step of resolving them, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Resistance is always that block in our roads. There is no problem with anything unless we...
ACIM Lesson 159
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The Course says to see the world as unreal and first make sure that it has no power to influence us, The world is both totally unreal and also totally real in needing attending to, We are accustomed to viewing the world from the ego's perspective of lack, We are all learning how to live in the world- as it is- from a Godly perspective, We need to stay in touch with our uniquely human responsibility of taking proactive steps when called to heal the world, 0Lesson 159: “I give the miracles I received.” This lesson says, “The real world pictures Heaven’s innocence.” The Course...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Making habits
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Discipline is the might underneath the building habits, Habits afford us a way to approach things because we are the guides we created with God, Habits become our friends because they typically require great effort and time to make, We must make sure our habits are appropriately aligned with God's purpose, We want to be on guard constantly and catch stray unwanted thoughts but do so with no attack, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Making habits: Last week I wrote about developing discipline, and how it is the force...
ACIM Lesson 152
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, It is the inherent nature of God to be trustworthy, We can trust God to be exactly as He says He is because He is God and perfect, We have an outstanding habit of following the ego, We just need to register that the truth about God is true, We just need to stand firmly in God's truth and let it define us, 0Lesson 152: “The power of decision is my own.” This lesson says, “Truth must be all inclusive if it...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Developing Discipline
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Discipline is one thing we definitely need if we want to live consciously, God allows us to be co-creators of our lives, We all crave developing discipline, We get to choose the life we want to have-guaranteed, We need to have the determination to live large in as many ways as we fance, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Developing discipline Developing discipline is one of those matters that tops everyone’s to do list. We...
ACIM Lesson 145
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because we are graced as God's children we have all the benefits of abundance and miracles and certainty and love, God has zero ego, God wants us to feel full in our own inner sanctuaries, Jesus says we are co-creators with God because we are made from the same Wnergy and Purpose as God, We are humble receivers of all of God's good stuff, We can always trust God's opinion of us, 0Lesson 145: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “Beyond this world there is a world...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Self respect based in our certainty
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Be sure our self respect is based on our certainty, For some people strong sense of self respect comes naturally but some not so, Give ourselves the inner permission to live large, We can change our self respect to the degree it suits us, We want to check out the nature of our self respect, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Self Respect is of our Certainty: It is a great and helpful thing to investigate one’s...
ACIM Lesson 138
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is our alternative to the ego, Once we choose God all of suffering becomes less intense, The ego is never willing to step out into the forefront of our consciousness and be seen, We can break out of hell instantly if we allow it to happen, We just have one choice to make- it is that simple, 0Lesson 138: “Heaven is a decision I must make.” This lesson says, “Of all the choices you have tried...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Mindful Movement
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Bring consciousness to everything we do in the world, God decrees us totally sinless and lovable and thus we can prance around the world with light feet, God gives us infinitely more than what is adequate, Movement is our own personal introduction from us to the world, We can sit and get really fascinated by our bodies and luxuriate in them, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Mindful Movement One really cool thing we can do to make the happy dream hilariously happy...
ACIM Lesson 131
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is never in conflict about us- to Him we are always sinless, God wants more for us than to suffer, No one truly wants to be miserable and suffer, The only problem we have is when we forget our certainty, We space out and lose touch with the truth, With God we get to escape this insanely difficult reality, 0Lesson 131: “No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.” This lesson says,” Heaven remains your one...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Fighting the Good Fight
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Fighting the good fight is the only battle we need, The good fight is that battle that each one of us has about learning how to be authentic with ourselves and others, The willingness is that place within us where we are accessible for getting bigger, Within fighting the good fight there is never any attack never any judgment of any kind, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Fighting the Good Fight The whole life’s purpose is to get dirty and to then become...
ACIM Lesson 124
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Nothing can change our innocence which God guarantees, Our anxieties generally go unattended in our minds, Tell the attack thoughts to leave immediately but with kindness, The Course gives us the gentle incentive- let nothing escape!, The Course invites us to stand up and be firm in the process of catching unwanted thoughts, 0Lesson 124: “Let me remember that I am one with God.” This lesson says, “No meaningless anxieties can come...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Living the Miraculous Middle Way
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, That craving within that is the ego's slant always comes from neediness, The middle way is where we have some balance and where we are practiced at feeling good in the middle, We are inclined to frequent the extreme of extremes, We get coerced to do things it seems, We must get good at loving the middle way or it will not be sustainable, 0Laurie’s Positive Points Living the miraculous middle way We are inclined to frequent the extreme of extremes. Extremes bulldoze...
ACIM Lesson 117
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God asks us to step up and be present but nothing more, God declares our salvation is a done deal, We already have all the joy and peace we need within, We can let all the surprises in life turn out to be surprise parties, We just need to claim the lightness within, 0Lesson 117: Review: “God, being Love, is also happiness.” “I seek but what belongs to me in truth.” It...
ACIM Lesson 110
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Be miracle ready all the time, The only hard problem we have in the illusion is that we forget to feel worthy, We have God and God's elevated energy behind us and this makes us feel great, We must learn by heart one thing- that we are perfectly lovable as children of God, When we forget our worth then everything in the world looks like lack of love, 0Lesson 110: “I am as God created me.” This lesson says, “Today, honor Yourself.” We have the gentlest of...
Laurie’s Positive Points: Living in harmony with exercise
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, Just appreciate the resistance and note it then move on, Make the process of exercising extra fun by visiting a close friend to celebrate having done it when it is over, Since we have an ongoing relationship with exercise it makes sense to visit it from time to time, This aptitude to get our blood pulsing is one of the treasures of being human, We don't want to deny when we are feeling resistant to doing it., 0Laurie’s Positive Points Living in harmony with exercise We are given the gift of moving and taking care of...
ACIM Lesson 103
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God Wills for us to experience Love, It can be totally hard to access even the slightest possibility that God Loves us so much, We can depend on God's Love implicitly, We can react to God's Will for us and think rather that God is the punishing sort, We develop an earnest case of the giggles with the knowing that we are lovable because God says so, 0Lesson 103: “God, being Love, is also happiness.” This lesson says, “To fear Him is to be afraid of...
Laurie Prez, , Positive Points, My wish is for all people to prosper and thrive on their collective and individual journeys, Positive Points will not have any format except what I give it from my heart, Rest assured the Positive Points will have the Course In Miracles mindset that I have deeply come to love, 0
The last time I checked in with everyone, I spoke of changing Laurie’s Reflections, which are about the Course...
ACIM Lesson 96
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Even when the ego tries to mislead us God's vision and Purpose always comes back to our minds when we allow it, Our salvation is totally benign and happy-making but we can't see it for what it is, Our sanity is the simple call to our highest sanity, The ego attacks first and asks questions later, We are sinless in God's eyes, 0Lesson 96: “Salvation comes from my one Self.” This lesson says, “Thus is salvation kept among the thoughts your...
ACIM Lesson 89
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God knows we are totally innocent and worthy of the world's abundance, The miracle allows us to remember to get out of the way of the ego's rigid and controlling behavior, The miracle allows us to shift above the battleground- above any feelings that are not love, The miracle is our shift in consciousness that allows us to tune into God's elevated energy, We forget we are worthy of the effort of choosing miracles, When we identify with God and we feel totally lovable our whole attitude changes, 0Lesson 89: “I am entitled to miracles.” “Let miracles replace all grievances.” The miracle is our shift in consciousness...
ACIM Lesson 82
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, But while we are in the insane world where we thought we forgot God we need a salve to heal us- forgiveness, The only problem in the world is when we are not open to forgiving what we see, We get immediate access to God when we forgive, When we are one with God in perfect Knowledge and Being then we have no other needs, When we use forgiveness to get us to God we just need to be willing to see things differently, 0Lesson 82: Review: “The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness.” “Let me not...
ACIM Lesson 75
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because the insanity of the world appears to be outside us we forget it is really only within us, See the world for what it is and then be willing to change our minds about it, The ego forces us to be numb and we forget we are the only one out there, The world is nothing but the effect of our thinking projected outwardly, We are invited to forgive because this is the only way to liberate us, When we feel victimized by the ego we forget we are empowered, 0Lesson 75: “The light has come.” This lesson says, “Realize that your forgiveness entitles you to vision. Understand...
ACIM Lesson 68
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego almost always butts in and inserts attack energy in the love we extend and feel, The ego wears us down with its incessant story- we need to just realize this happens, The immediateness of God's help and potency of God's energy makes us strong, We are asked to look clearly and see if the attack energy is there in disguise, We have the amazing capacity to extend love in the world because God wills it, We need to forgive the fact that attack energy is a constant in our minds but just simply see it for what it is, 0Lesson 68: “Love holds no grievances.” The Course reminds us that we have this amazing capacity to love and...
ACIM Lesson 61
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Any ego belief that we are irreparable is a false illusion, God loves us perfectly because God is perfect, There is no lack in God, We are invited to dance around the world with light steps, We are simply asked to settle for nothing less than miracles, We can march right up to God to join with that inner certainty that God loves us infinitely, 0Lesson 61: “I am the light of the world.” We get to dance around the world with light steps....
ACIM Lesson 54
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Give God permission to intercede in the process of interpreting the past, The ego uses the past to uphold our grievances, The purpose of the Atonement is to accept a purified past, We must be willing to play our parts and be willing to choose again our thinking, We must realize that nothing comes neutrally to us, We suffer over the past when we make it our enemy, 0Lesson 54: Review: “I have no neutral thoughts.” “I see no neutral things.” “I am not alone in experiencing...
ACIM Lesson 47
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God gives us the gift of our certainty which is from God, God loves everyone equally and so we are all blessed, Our idea of God has been a mistake and needs correction, The certainty of God's love is unconditional and permanent so it is always sturdy, We are always given God's favor in the form of our salvation and the fact we are lovable, We are just getting used to the fact that God feels this way about us, 0Lesson 47: “God is the strength in which I trust.” We are given the gift of our certainty which...
ACIM Lesson 40
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Lauries Reflections, God is unlimited so we can align with His groove of plenty, If we expect everything to get better then the likelihood is good that it will because energetically we are aligned with this idea, We are gifted by God in life with everything good, We need to get used to being and getting bigger, We simply need to accept that abundance of all is ours because there is plenty for everyone, 0Lesson 40: “I am blessed as a Son of God.” We are gifted with this extraordinary life of everything...
ACIM Lesson 37
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Lauries Reflections, God can bless the world from the high vibration of our holiness alone, Our actively identifying ourselves as sinless is the foundation for our certainty and makes us feel great, Our God-given holiness is all we need to bless the world, The idea that we are sinful is the ego's and not God's always, We just need to have a clear connection in our hearts that we are holy, 0Lesson 37: “My holiness blesses the world.” All we need to do is have a clear connection in our...
ACIM Lesson 36
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our forgiveness of ourselves is a necessity when we are stuckk, Our forgiveness softens our hearts, The world looks so disturbing it can make us feel disempowered, We can sit in our helplessness and feel frozen and unable to function, When we are forgiving ourselves then we can take appropriate action steps to change things, 0Lesson 36: “My holiness envelops everything I see.” When we get to the world and it looks seriously disturbing...
ACIM Lesson 35
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God decrees our innocence as permanent and eternal traits, Our certainty is intact all the time because God says we never sinned, Our holiness deemed by God is what declares us invulnerable in the world, Our holiness is what makes us powerful because it has the power of our supreme God, We can feel our certainty all the time if we just remember to focus on it, 0Lesson 35: “My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy.” Our holiness is what makes us strong...
ACIM Lesson 34
Laurie Prez, , Lauries Reflections, The miracle is the perfect insert to apply to the world's dilemmas, We have the capacity to get to a much better place if we are willing to be part of the solution, We have the extraordinary opportunity to choose what we see, When the world shows us lack of love all we have to do is bring the miracle, 0Lesson 34: “I could see peace instead of this.” We always have a choice. We are getting the extraordinary...
ACIM Lesson 33
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, We can change and alleviate our suffering if we just stay in the process of being honest about it, We don't have to do anything but be willing to be present and conscious in the process, When we are open to being honest then we allow this space in our hearts that is suffering to be heard, When we suffer we are in excruciating pain and want to get out of it immediately, When we suffer we suffer, 0Lesson 33: “There is another way of looking at the world.” When we are sitting there completely suffering over...
ACIM Lesson 32
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, To invent something means we are totally in a position of dictating exactly how it is what we are making up, We are asked to totally question the victimization and realize we want more for ourselves, We just need to allow the victim mentality to disappear and it will, We need to remember our victimization is simply when we forgot to laugh, When we get immersed in the ego we have the immediate solution to simply see we invented the world as we see it, 0Lesson 32: “I have invented the world I see?” I really love how the lessons go from yesterday’s message...
ACIM Lesson 31
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, not to go into victimization, The ego always goes to extremes because the ego is real addict, The ego has no tools so support us to respond to attack because the ego has no love, The ego has zero perspective on how to be empowered, We must stayed balanced within when we feel attack from the world and want to console ourselves, When we are trying to support ourselves the ego is prone to spiraling down into victimization, 0Lesson 31” I am not a victim of the world I see.” One thing I think we all...
ACIM Lesson 30
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is always within us and this is why we never have to suffer a moment of grief, The whole purpose of the Course is to put it all into action, The world throws us a hitch that throws us off center, We must accept that God is everywhere and be willing to allow this to deeply seep into our consciousness, We must learn to get to that place of lightness and peace when we are simply more practiced at allowing this to be true, 0Lesson 30: “God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.” This lesson says, “The idea...
ACIM Lesson 29
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Forgive our belief that God can't be in the world, God always has a perfect plan in place in the world nonetheless, God created the Big Picture and sees all, God is perfect and therefore capable of being in the world even if it is not inherently His place, We must not limit God, When we see the insanity in the world it is difficult to imagine God there, 0Lesson 29: “God is in everything I see.” Today’s lesson says, “Today’s idea is the basis for vision.” We...
ACIM Lesson 28
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is asking us to question everything, The ego is always a master manipulator, The ego is harsh by nature and therefore dark, We must give our ego's rest in defining things and instead question them, We want to give God the foot in the door in our minds in the defining of what we see so God has access to our open mind, When we allow the ego to base its ideas on all we saw in the past then nothing is in the light of God in the present, 0Lesson 28: “Above all else I want to see differently.” This lesson says, “Hidden under all your ideas about...
ACIM Lesson 27
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God's vision allows us to heal the world with miracles, The ego has every reason to resist changing but we just need to converse with he Holy Spirit and get the help we need to proceed in the process of peace, There is no sacrifice because God wants us to laugh and play more, We must get ourselves out of our connection with the ego and rather get ourselves smack dab in the center of our alignment with God, We must simply notice our thoughts first and later surrender them, 0Lesson 27: “Above all else I want to see.” This lesson says, “Vision has no cost to anyone.” The...
ACIM Lesson 26
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Being within the ego is like being in a tightly constricted box with no hope of escape, Following God's Will makes us ridiculously happy, The ego has but one perception and one perception of reality, We just need to stay open to the possibility that we were wrong about everything, We learn in the Course how God actually is in reality and this buoys us up, 0Lesson 25: “I do not know what anything is for.” The ego’s perception is always limited. It is exactly...
ACIM Lesson 25
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Attack thoughts are always consistently attacking because this is their thing, God loves us eternally and unconditionally, No matter how practiced attack energy is at attacking there still is no part of us that gets injured in the process because we have our certainty that God loves us, We just need to deeply take in our sense of invulnerability and believe in it, When we let it in the reality becomes real for us, With all the potency of God's supreme love nothing can impact us negatively in the world, 0Lesson 25: “My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.” Because God loves us eternally and unconditionally and with all...
ACIM Lesson 24
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, We are asked to forgive ourselves in the process when we resist looking honestly at ourselves, We are learning to surrender our resistance to looking within, We must not make demands on the situation that have nothing to do with it, When we feel so good within ourselves we are able to easily stay above the battleground, When we love ourselves then we act lovable because we feel lovable, 0Lesson 24: “I do not perceive my own best interests.” This lesson says, “If these exercises are done properly,...
ACIM Lesson 23
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, All emotions that come from us that are clearly not love are necessarily some form of fear, God created us all with the extraordinary capacity to choose our thinking and thus to be empowered, The only way to be peaceful and therefore happy is to watch our thinking and catch our attack thoughts, We feel attack energy when we express it because it goes right through us, We just need to be excited about our potential to be happy with just a simple choice for God's lightness, 0Lesson 23: “I can escape the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.” The whole purpose of the...
ACIM Lesson 22
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego is off balance at the core because it is not of God, The ego makes it seem that we sin and as a result end up in hell, The ego's world is one of dangerously terrible wrongs, We are asked to not accept the ego's reality with a blind eye but instead sit and notice and allow ourselves to wake up, We are asked to simply sit and realize how insane the ego is, 0Lesson 22: “What I see is a form of vengeance.” Vengeance means “Retribution exacted for a punishment or wrong.” ...
ACIM Lesson 21
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, There is always more irritation within us even when the surface seems to be feeling just slight irritation, We have the right to our peace of mind, We need to take great care to notice what kind of attack energy and behavior we are making, We pretend the attack energy is not there and shove it under the rug, When we feel what is not love often it comes with just a small spot of it-barely noticeable- but realize it is just the tip of the iceberg, 0Lesson 21: “I am determined to see things differently.” This lesson says, “You will become increasingly aware that a...
ACIM Lesson 20
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Determination gets us to an inner readiness to begin and accelerate to succeed, Determined is a great word to describe our inner willingness to take care of God's business, We are asked to change our thinking because it is the sole cause of our suffering, We don't have to struggle over the weightiness of everything because everything becomes light, We must always take the first step of simply seeing our perceptions for what they are, 0Lesson 20: “I am determined to see.” Determination is such a great word to use to describe when we...
ACIM Lesson 19
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God is patient and has no timeline, God never asks us to do more than we can\, We always have God telling us what to do- we just need to be willing to listen, We are all asked to do our parts- do what ever uniquely is designed for us, We just need to have the slightest willingness to do something, We need to be willing to listen and have an honest heart to heart conversation with the Holy Spirit about whatever is up for us, 0Lesson 19: “I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.” We are asked to do our...
ACIM Lesson 18
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, All beings contain their own energetic vibration including us, Our body's separateness always gives us the illusion that we have no effect on others unless it is physical, The truth is that all of God's laws are in order in the world because God is everywhere, We are all united with our brothers and sisters in God's united energy field, We are given the gift of being able to communicate with others through our energy in thinking and intention, 0Lesson 18: “I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.” This lesson says, “It also emphasizes...
ACIM Lesson 17
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego peoples our world with enemies and they all become combatants in our own personal war, We are asked to just get to the place of clarity where we see the ego is in control and use this to change our thinking, We are asked to recognize that we see no neutral things, We must see that we deserve more than the ego's insanity for ourselves, We never get God's version of things and this causes us great strife, 0Lesson 17: “I see no neutral things.” The purpose of the Course is to get us to that place...
ACIM Lesson 16
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego is always misleading us convincingly so, The ego is always telling us varying degrees of the truth so we can never be sure what the ego is actually telling us, We are asked to get to the point where we realize the untruth of the ego's stories and stop allowing ourselves to be taken further down the ego's path, We are asked to simply inch back from this assumption that the ego is correct, When we realize that the ego is permanently misguiding us then we can act accordingly and do something to change the situation instead of blindly accepting it, 0Lesson 16: “I have no neutral thoughts.” The Course is teaching us how the ego is always misguiding us....
Lesson 15
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, No matter how many fronts on which we may disagree with someone they still deserve respect, Our liberation happens when we choose to follow God's Will, The ego makes enemies with ourselves and God and the world- with everything, We must gently assert our Will- which is God's as well, We must remember that everyone and everything is worthy of respect and appreciation, When we are not at peace with ourselves we make ourselves the enemy, 0Lesson 15: “My thoughts are images I have made.” The Course is teaching us to make peace with ourselves. ...
ACIM Lesson 13
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God and the ego always compete for the space within us, God's Love is gentle and powerful but also mild that gives us a feeling of wholeness., Sit and assert peace without any struggle, The ego always causes us to feel intoxicated at some level because we are always in the state of upset when we give the ego voice, The intoxication throws us out of alignment with God, We often get triggered in our implementation process when we hear the world is meaningless, We want to deal with our fear in a healthy and happy way, 0Lesson 13: “A meaningless world engenders fear.” This lesson says, “It is essential , therefore, that you learn to...
ACIM Lesson 12
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our realizing we are upset about a meaningless world is good news because it means we can target some part of our thinking to make it better, The hardest part of being upset is the desperation in it, The impact of the meaningless stuff in the world disappears because it is not of the perfect energy of God, Then we feel light again because we know there is a solution to suffering, When we discover that the world is meaningless then our lives get instead filled up with miracles;es, 0Lesson 12: “I am upset because I see a meaningless world.” It turns out that we are upset because...
ACIM Lesson 11
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because the ego's pull is so intense it has skewed our perception with the world, God has already given us the Keys to the Kingdom- we just need to get used to our great fortune, Release all of the world to God to cleanse and make whole and safe and sane, We want to behave in the world with a neutral stance, We want to love and cherish God's Kingdom but do it lightly- we want to breathe and be balanced about the world, When we lose track of how to love the world delicately we can forgive ourselves for that, 0Lesson 11: “My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.” One of the most important purposes of the...
ACIM Lesson 10
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, We are asked to look generally at our thoughts and notice what is happening in the world, We are the ones doing the thinking and so we are the responsible ones for noticng what we are thinking, We are the only one out there in the world since it is all a projection of our thinking, We just need to realize this truth that we are the ones solely responsible for noticing what we are\, We need to realize this truth that we are the ones who are solely responsible for doing our own thinking and accept it and forgive it, When we come to earth we are in human form which is not inherently of God because we had the crazy idea we got separated from God, 0Lesson 10: “My thoughts do not mean anything.” We learn first to look at our thoughts in general. We...
ACIM Lesson 9
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Changing our thinking is monstrously huge but also simple and straightforward, Do something that can be small- being consistent is what matters, Just do something every day, Just forgive when we have ego reactions to the process of undoing our thinking, The Course says that God never judges us, The recognition that you don't understand is prerequisite for undoing your thinking, 0Lesson 9: “I see nothing as it is now” This lesson says, “In fact, the recognition that you do...
ACIM Lesson 8
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Allow ourselves to raise out consciousness through seeing ourselves more clearly, Just appreciate that the world shows us accurately our issues reflected there, Let God fill in the blanks about how to define the past, The past is really not there and so our minds are blank when we are thinking about them, We can trust the world to be an out picturing of our minds, We project our minds into the world and we manifest form there in the process, 0Lesson 8: “My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.” This lesson says, ”The one wholly true thought one can...
ACIM Lesson 7
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Let everything be undefined as much as possible to give God space to get in, Relying on gaining information from the past to function is simply part of being human so forgive it, This lesson spells out how deeply ingrained are how we make our past thoughts the way we interpret the world, We are asked to simply wake up from gaining the information that we do this, We don't want to decide what the past means decisively without asking God, When we use the past just hold all this information delicately and be light about it, 0Lesson 7: ”I see only the past.” This lesson says, “What do you know about the cup except what...
ACIM Lesson 6
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, It can seem impossible to escape all the upsets since they are part of being human, Nothing in the ego's illusion is real, The world is not of God and thus it has no power to affect us because our energy is of God, Things that are unreal have no capacity to affect us deeply, We want to be clear about what is going on within us, 0Lesson 6: “I am upset because I see something that is not there.” The Course invites us to be...
ACIM Lesson 5
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Sit back and gently consider how things are- don't believe in any reality decisively, The only reason we suffer is because we believe in our reality, The open space within us all we need to open the door to another reality, When we accept something then this has the joining energy we have when we are united with God, When we simply take the step of not making assertions about the way things are the most likely we will get to a point of not feeling any suffering, 0Lesson 5: “I am never upset for the reason I think.” The reason we suffer is because we believe...
ACIM Lesson 4
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, It is helpful to have fuel to spur our momentum in the mind watching process, Our thoughts and feelings span a range of feelings they elicit in us, The Course's undeniable logic makes me fight less dramatically agains the idea that thoughts do not mean anything, We have the clear logic here that is difficult to argue with about the fact that the world is undefinable., 0Lesson 4: “These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see this room, (on this...
ACIM Lesson 3
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Being in the present moment is where we have direct access to God's energy, We are the ones who make our reality how it is, We have the amazing capacity when we come empty handed to the present to create our happy dream now and in the future, We need to be willing to be wrong about interpreting all we see, Whenever we allow the past to direct how we see the present then we make escalate the nightmare in the present and future, 0Lesson 3: “I do not understand anything I see in this room (on this street, from this window, from...
ACIM Lesson 2
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Be light about the process of becoming more aware of our attachments, Don't be attached to what we think of things, Our extra focus on items we are selecting ends in our attachment of them, We are asked to randomly select the thoughts we are identifying in our minds, We want to notice when we are having a reaction about anything- this is our attachment, With total non-investment in the process then we get the result we want, 0Lesson 2: “I have given everything I see in this room (on this street, from this window, in this...
ACIM Lesson 1
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God sees all, Just appreciate we will buck at times at the idea of needing to include everything when we give our minds to God, Using the lessons is the way we make them ours, We all have that private and personal list we make exclusively ours, We are in the process of undoing our minds and replacing all the old thoughts, We are needing to develop a practice of doing the lessons that is sustainable for us, 0Lesson 1: “Nothing I see in this room (on this street, from this window, in this place) means anything.”...
ACIM Lesson 365
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Remember to pray each day and give our minds to God, This year we have grown our willingness and asserted God's Will in our lives, We are getting bigger because we make the effort every day to do so, We can trust that God has the perfect plan, We have all the tools we need to have the happy dream, 0Lesson 365: Final Lessons: “This course is a beginning, not an end.” This is a perfect day to celebrate...
ACIM Lesson 364
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Erase that old idea of God as a punishing God out to get us and make us suffer over our sins, God is like our best friend always having our backs, God is like our chosen best friend but without any of the human failings, Our best friends rally for us no matter what happens just like God, 0Lesson 364: The Final Lessons: The Epilogue here says, “Your Friend goes with you.” I love the Course’s reminder...
ACIM Lesson 363
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Getting to God is easy when our minds are open an unencumbered, If we can't clear our mental space for God then we must forgive this immediately to not make things worse, We are asked to be vigilant in our mind watching so we catch excess emotional baggage that we want to release, We are asked to not be at war with ourselves, We want to have the thoughts we have so that we can live fully but not get addicted to any thought pattern, 0Lesson 363: Final Lessons: This lesson says, “If I need but stillness and a tranquil, open mind, these are...
ACIM Lesson 362
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Book learning is helpful but what matters is if we are doing the philosophy, Our practice of living the Course is not for God but for ourselves, We are asked to make our lives an out picturing of a miracle, We are meant to have a life where we practice consistently and get our minds to a higher energy, We often have that ego assumption firmly planted in the way we behave, When we see that everything is a blessing then we are in God's groove, 0Lesson 362: Final Lessons: The Introduction here says, “Our final lessons will be as free of words as possible.” ...
ACIM Lesson 361
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because the world is simply our own thinking projected outwardly we can instead change our thinking to heal it, The amazing news about the world is that it is not real and only a dream, The world is our thinking projected into form, We also seriously have the bite taken out of the ego's suffering when we see the world as not real, We feel panic when we think we can't escape the nightmare, 0Lesson 361: Final Lessons: The Introduction here says, “And we are saved from wrath we thought belonged to...
ACIM Lesson 360
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Giving is our divine gift to ourselves when we allow it, Peace always goes through us when we give it, We are learning how to let ourselves off the hook, We must learn to fall involve with ourselves and make whatever efforts are necessary for adopting God's precious gifts of certainty of our lovability and abundance, We need to experience the gifts we give in our hearts and energy, 0Lesson 360: “What am I?” “Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who...
ACIM Lesson 359
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Enjoy how easy it is to identify God in the world, God's presence in situations is alway light and fun and sweet, If we see fear we replace this with love or forgiveness or the miracle, We can completely trust that God's solution will always look and feel like peace and so we know which one is which, We just need to recognize situation that are a call for love, 0Lesson 359: “What am I?” “God’s answer is some form of peace. All pain is healed, all misery replaced...
ACIM Lesson 354
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God demonstrates to us how to not be attached in giving us all the space we need to choose God., God gives us space to do what we want so that God knows when we come to Him it is from our own free will, God loves us so much because it is God's Will to do this, God wants us to feel empowered so is in no way pushy in forcing us to join God, Our salvation from God is already a done deal-, We just need to accept God's love and favor, 0Lesson 355: “What am I?” “There is no end to all the peace and joy, and the miracles that...
ACIM Lesson 354
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, In our certainty of purpose remember to bring peace to balance our powerful standing in confidence, Our certainty allows us to feel powerful and able to face challenges solidly, Our certainty is always of God with the knowing we are totally innocent, Standing with Christ is a powerful position because we are resting but alert enough to move when we get the ego's prompting to bring a miracle, We must remember to be certain our will is clear we are choosing God, We stand in our certainty of purpose, 0Lesson 354: “What am I?” “We stand together, Christ and I, in peace and certainty of purpose. And in...
ACIM Lesson 353
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The body seems evil and leads us down the wrong path because we let it be ego centered, The ego always has multiple intentions and is unclear at best, We are asked to dedicate our body to God's purpose while we live, We can trust that everything will be affected that will be, When we let the ego rule we end up being attached to the world and our bodies, 0Lesson 353: “What am I?” “My eyes, my tongue, my hands, my feet today have but one purpose; to...
ACIM Lesson 352
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Allow God's vision to be our correct vision, Just allow the process of changing our perception of ourselves to be a slow process with roadblocks on our way, Just forgive ourselves the thousand roadblocks, The ego's opinion of us is shabby at best, We are invited to catch up with the Course's idea that we are totally worthy and we are lofty, 0Lesson 352: “What am I?” “Judgement and Love are opposites. From one come all the sorrows of the world. ...
ACIM Lesson 351
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our brothers and sisters allow ourselves to see ourselves because they are simply projected energy out of us making them into form, Our brothers and sisters are the quickest way to Heaven because when we love them truly we share the open, Our egos are petrified of feeling self criticism and avoid it, perfect Love of God among us., Take a step back from returning attack energy toward them and remember that we all do the same thing- this gives us a sense of compassion, Use God only as our lens when interpreting the world, 0Lesson 351: “What am I?” “My sinless brother is my guide to peace. My sinful brother is my guide...
ACIM Lesson 350
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Because the miracle is of God it can save everything without fail, Miracles are perfect in that they save the world and yet they also express slight separation from God, The miracle is both real because it is in time but also unreal because it is the closest thing to God we can have in the world, The miracle is made from the same substance as God, 0Lesson 350: “What is a Miracle?” “Miracles mirror God’s eternal Love. To offer them is to remember Him, and...
ACIM Lesson 349
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, God's Love fills us exponentially when we are in the act of bringing miracles, Playing our parts may be as minimal as just showing up in the present bringing just a change of mind, The miracle is a shift in thinking to one of alignment with God, We all have the capacity to heal the world simply from a shift in thinking, We are asked to take the bold step of choosing to bring miracles, We must bring the miracle in situations that look like a call for love, 0Lesson 349: “What is a Miracle?” “Today, I let Christ’s vision look upon all things for me and judge...
ACIM Lesson 348
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our solid faith in God is appropriate and we can sit back and let God move all mountains, Our suffering over how the world appears to look can be erased with the knowing God decrees all that is, We are supplied infinitely from God with all we need and therefore we can trust this implicitly, We can rest truly because we know we have the infinite capacity of God's grace to support us, 0Lesson 348: “What is a Miracle?” “I have no cause for anger or for fear, for You surround me. ...
ACIM Lesson 347
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Be always respectful and kind to our judgement, Making our judgement analogous to a weapon is quite fitting, The ego is masterful at shoving judgement under the rug, We are invited to see judgement for what it is and just have a conversation with it, We want to rather make peace with weapons instead of going to war, 0Lesson 347: “What is a Miracle?” “Anger must come from judgement. Judgment is the weapon I would use against...
ACIM Lesson 346
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Judging is the ego's most common activity, Miracles correct my perception of all thinga, We are asked to get out of the self blame routine which always results in our suffering, We can heal our minds one hundred percent from simply knowing nothing was ever wrong, We must not see the ego's perception as bad but merely false, 0Lesson 346: “What is a Miracle?” “Today the peace of God envelopes me, and I forget all things except...
ACIM Lesson 345
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, It matters what energy we carry when we bring the miracle, Remember that the gift of the miracle always must be free from ego 'shoulds', Remember to tune into the inner voice of the Holy Spirit within and listen for promptings about timing, We are asked to bring the miracle with the simple wish for the highest good in the situation regardless of how that looks, 0Lesson 345: What is a Miracle?” “I offer only miracles today, for I would have them be returned to...
ACIM Lesson 344
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, The ego's energy is sharp and jagged with dark dense energy, The only way to get to an elevated energy is when we surrender our grievances to God's altar, We are asked to meet the world with an armor of kindness through our forgiveness, We must pay close attention to the grievances we harbor, When we give our grievances respect and kindness they totally feel heard and we heal, 0Lesson 344: “What is a Miracle?” “Today I learn the law of Love; that what I gave my brother...
ACIM Lesson 343
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, We want to be open to the other person in our giving process and this happens when we are not fearful of the giving process, When our energy is focused on the abundance of God then we don't hesitate to give, When we believe the ego's perception of lack we resist giving, When we know that everything is mine already then our attitude is one of plenty, 0Lesson 343:” What is a Miracle?” “I am not asked to make a sacrifice to find the mercy and...
ACIM Lesson 342
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Apply forgiveness lavishly in the world because there is never a shortage, Being in a state of rest is when we feel truly content, Forgiveness gives us that needed dose of love where we know our cup is totally full, God's energy is buoyant and thus raises our spirits, Let forgiveness REST on all things, When we allow forgiveness to go right through us we are blessed because we feel love go through us in the forgiveness process, 0Lesson 342: “What is a Miracle?” “I let forgiveness rest upon all things, for thus forgiveness will be given...