After reading " You are littering and you are denying that you are littering.", I felt a BIG "OUCH" ! I always love your wonderful pointers Sean. I really needed to be reminded of this today, very grateful . 🙏
Finding out I was unhappy by choice, accidentally on purpose… what kind of sneaky behind the scenes dysfunctional bullshit is this? Yes, I was a world class mire wallower. Complicated animals we are. 😊
It seems to me that a great challenge to unhappiness is to see another reality behind such things as the death of a spouse or sibling, the loss of a beloved pet or the seeming daily Holocaust of the natural world. It helps me to step back, let go of what I think is happening (judgment), be quiet and still and in that stillness asking for a perception that brings some peace. I hope this is helpful to someone. I'd like to hear what others find helpful.
Powerfully, beautifully, stratospherically expressed, Sean🕊️ I feel giddy anticipating this exhilarating "heaven all the way to Heaven" ...as dear Teresa of Avila proclaimed.
Thank you Sean, that is beautifully and crystal clearly written. I share all you have written here, but I have to be really really honest and very very very quiet to realise this. One ACIM teacher puts this down to our addiction to conflict. My prayer is please God help me to learn to be completely happy with happiness, peaceful with peace and joyful with joy.
As I read your message I heard myself say “I never thought about that”. As I was facilitating ACIM I would share my experience of talking with another and as I heard them say “ I never thought about it that way”. I realized they had a change of thought- which is a CORRECTION of perception (thought) in ‘this’ world I see I would share with the group I had no idea what the change was or what precipitated the change because that was the Holy Spirit extending through me. Also in class we would discuss the “ This one single lesson learned will set you free from suffering what ever the form it takes. “ T- 27. VIII.11: 1 one lesson - I have done THIS THING… undo it.
When I read your message the room or my mind filled with light ! The river/trash example was the light switch. Unhappiness no matter the form I was doing to my self. I was committed to unhappiness. I would say Holy Spirit’s Vision is to see as in to Understand thank you. I acknowledge my commitment to unhappiness so now I also could begin to do the work of becoming happy. Truly there is no other work for us. Thank you Sean ❣️
Hi Sean, I am new to your posts, just found you today whilst researching material for a podcast I am making. I LOVE what you are doing, your clarity, your writing. So awesome! I just wanted to jump in here in response to the thread where you answered the question "Do you leave someone if they are abusing you, or do you just deal with it at the level of the mind..." For me it's obvious that you leave if abuse is going on that is clearly affecting your physical and mental wellbeing, but the question I have is, what if you are in a relationship with someone who is deeply in the addiction to unhappiness, not aware of it or wanting to be, and is blaming others constantly for their own suffering. As a dedicated ACIM student who is seeking earnestly to live a different way, how does one deal with this? Especially when you have a child together. Is this a case of leaving, or taking action at the level of the mind? I understand there probably isn't a 'one size fits all' answer here, but I just really wanted to hear your thoughts on this. All my love and thankyou in advance for all that you do and share.
What you write about is what always troubles me ACIM and that is this approach could lead to a person staying in an abusive relationship for years because they continually "blame" themselves and say the real trouble being experienced is simply a projection of my mind.
My experience of this teaching is that it is absolutely correct on one level of reality but in the world in which our bodies exist and things do go terribly wrong it can lead to leading with your chin that is naively continually "forgiving" someone who is really an abuser.
I sense the ACIM "answer" to this comment will be that the person actually wants to be abused because we create the world we live in which maybe accurate but still doesn't really help a person move differently in the world of bodies in which we exist.
I would love to have your comments on this because this has been a major source of confusion for me.
Started the workbook lessons again. Interesting that lesson 26 is all about your post today. Coincidence? No, sir. Thank you, Sean.
Thank you for your vision of the Course and it's primary message. Your writing is beautifully simple and yet practical.
I'll Copy and paste on mirror. I'll Read daily. Thank you Sean!
After reading " You are littering and you are denying that you are littering.", I felt a BIG "OUCH" ! I always love your wonderful pointers Sean. I really needed to be reminded of this today, very grateful . 🙏
A willingness to hear, a humbleness to accept; that is my prayer today.
I’m ready to start this day.
Thank You Sean.
Finding out I was unhappy by choice, accidentally on purpose… what kind of sneaky behind the scenes dysfunctional bullshit is this? Yes, I was a world class mire wallower. Complicated animals we are. 😊
It seems to me that a great challenge to unhappiness is to see another reality behind such things as the death of a spouse or sibling, the loss of a beloved pet or the seeming daily Holocaust of the natural world. It helps me to step back, let go of what I think is happening (judgment), be quiet and still and in that stillness asking for a perception that brings some peace. I hope this is helpful to someone. I'd like to hear what others find helpful.
Thank you,
Tony
Thank you Sean, so well written, truly opening that well-hidden truth that touches us all.
Powerfully, beautifully, stratospherically expressed, Sean🕊️ I feel giddy anticipating this exhilarating "heaven all the way to Heaven" ...as dear Teresa of Avila proclaimed.
Grateful Love and Love because Love,
Deborah
How do you it Sean, show up when I need it most?.Thank you so much for this!!❤️❤️
Thank you Sean, that is beautifully and crystal clearly written. I share all you have written here, but I have to be really really honest and very very very quiet to realise this. One ACIM teacher puts this down to our addiction to conflict. My prayer is please God help me to learn to be completely happy with happiness, peaceful with peace and joyful with joy.
Thank you 🙏🙏
Thank you. Xx
Janice
As I read your message I heard myself say “I never thought about that”. As I was facilitating ACIM I would share my experience of talking with another and as I heard them say “ I never thought about it that way”. I realized they had a change of thought- which is a CORRECTION of perception (thought) in ‘this’ world I see I would share with the group I had no idea what the change was or what precipitated the change because that was the Holy Spirit extending through me. Also in class we would discuss the “ This one single lesson learned will set you free from suffering what ever the form it takes. “ T- 27. VIII.11: 1 one lesson - I have done THIS THING… undo it.
When I read your message the room or my mind filled with light ! The river/trash example was the light switch. Unhappiness no matter the form I was doing to my self. I was committed to unhappiness. I would say Holy Spirit’s Vision is to see as in to Understand thank you. I acknowledge my commitment to unhappiness so now I also could begin to do the work of becoming happy. Truly there is no other work for us. Thank you Sean ❣️
Hi Sean, I am new to your posts, just found you today whilst researching material for a podcast I am making. I LOVE what you are doing, your clarity, your writing. So awesome! I just wanted to jump in here in response to the thread where you answered the question "Do you leave someone if they are abusing you, or do you just deal with it at the level of the mind..." For me it's obvious that you leave if abuse is going on that is clearly affecting your physical and mental wellbeing, but the question I have is, what if you are in a relationship with someone who is deeply in the addiction to unhappiness, not aware of it or wanting to be, and is blaming others constantly for their own suffering. As a dedicated ACIM student who is seeking earnestly to live a different way, how does one deal with this? Especially when you have a child together. Is this a case of leaving, or taking action at the level of the mind? I understand there probably isn't a 'one size fits all' answer here, but I just really wanted to hear your thoughts on this. All my love and thankyou in advance for all that you do and share.
❤️
What you write about is what always troubles me ACIM and that is this approach could lead to a person staying in an abusive relationship for years because they continually "blame" themselves and say the real trouble being experienced is simply a projection of my mind.
My experience of this teaching is that it is absolutely correct on one level of reality but in the world in which our bodies exist and things do go terribly wrong it can lead to leading with your chin that is naively continually "forgiving" someone who is really an abuser.
I sense the ACIM "answer" to this comment will be that the person actually wants to be abused because we create the world we live in which maybe accurate but still doesn't really help a person move differently in the world of bodies in which we exist.
I would love to have your comments on this because this has been a major source of confusion for me.
Thanks Sean,
Tom