Traveling back to home in Vermont from Madrid, Spain on Monday after the finish of our Camino Adventure, I had the opportunity to live A Course in Miracles – of course I did!  If we’re paying attention the opportunity is ALWAYS there for us to affirm the truth, remember the truth, anchor into Love and live with gratitude, connected to our holiness.

I’ve come to realize that it’s the little things that happen all day long that offer us the biggest opportunity to deepen our spiritual practice.  The stronger our spiritual practice is, the easier life is, because then the more in the flow of Love we are.  

It’s all about practicing the awareness of Love’s Presence as our very life and being, no separation, – tag, we’re it.

Monday morning I wished to catch a shuttle from my hotel to the airport at 7:15am.  I figured if I didn’t make it, I’d catch the 7:30am one.  I didn’t make it, but I was in the lobby in time for the 7:30am one.  Only there wasn’t one.  Ha!

There was a shuttle at 7, 7:15 and the next one was 8am.  I didn’t like the sound of that because I was told I should be at the airport 3 hours before my flight which was at 10:30.  With an 8am shuttle I would be late.

However, I could feel – and this is the thing we learn to remember, the feeling of what’s real and what’s not – that it wasn’t an issue.  And then I realized my flight was at 10:50 not 10:30.  Things were already working out for me.

Taking the later shuttle gave me 30 minutes to go to the free breakfast buffet and have some delicious fresh juice smoothie and some yummy fresh pineapple (so good in Spain!) with a spoonful of honey still in it’s honeycomb oozing delicious goodness.  Plus a decaf cappuccino!  Hola!  That was so perfect and a great way to begin the journey home.

I was the next to last one on the shuttle – which was packed without room for more.  I just made it.  That seemed pretty perfect, at least for me.  Got to the airport and going through check-in was easy, security was a breeze, then onto my gate at 8:25 and wait for nearly 2 hours before I boarded.  Hahahaha!  So much extra time!  I walked and walked to stretch my legs.  I got some local treats in the duty free shop and a snack in the cafe before being one of the last to board.  

I like to be among the last to board when I’m carrying a small roller bag.  I could check it for an extra $100 (on an international flight it’s more expensive), but if I hold onto it and I’m one of the last to board they inevitably take it and check it for me because there’s no room to stow it.  I save $100 – ka ching!

Here’s the important part – because I felt that all was well, and I wasn’t willing to make up, dream up, that all wasn’t well, I got to the airport with plenty of time to get some exercise walking the terminal, I had a lovely breakfast for free, and I was peaceful all the way.  That’s the main thing.

I’ve come to see that Peace = Freedom.  This is a very valuable thing to understand about all of the spiritual qualities:  Just as white light IS all of the colors of light, our very being IS all of the spiritual qualities because LOVE is what we are and LOVE is all of the spiritual qualities.

Love is the All in All.

We already are Abundance, Peace, Joy, Freedom, Wholeness, Wisdom, Clarity, Beauty, Harmony, Creativity, Prosperity, and more.  These spiritual qualities are omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniactive.  

We can express the spiritual qualities and align with them or block them according to where we place our focus and what we believe.  Realizing this has been extraordinarily helpful to me.  I’ve come to recognize that I can deny my ability to be in tune with the spiritual qualities and then I feel separate from them.  It’s completely and totally up to me.  No one else can decide for me.  

What the folks in my programs – Masterful Living, Finding Freedom, Spiritual Counseling Training, etc. are remembering is that they already ARE these spiritual qualities and they can remember how to be in tune with them and stop denying them and then their whole experience of life get so much better.

It’s a story we tell ourselves that we’re in lack, not prosperous, unlovable, ugly, stupid, worthless, and untalented.  It’s not true of anyone, but if we believe it then it FEELS TRUE and so we experience it because our belief is so strong we have to manifest it.  

I’ve been a professional spiritual counselor and teacher for decades, so, I’ve seen this with smart people who believe they’re stupid and they’re so convinced they’re right that they appear as a stupid person to themselves and others.

Life affirms what we believe whether it’s true or not.  

Similarly, I’ve seen it with incredibly talented and creative people who feel they’ve no talent at all.  I’ve seen it with beautiful people who believe they’re ugly and so they walk around this world appearing unattractive because that’s their self-image.  

With counseling, all of these beliefs can be released and then the truth can be revealed.  The truth is dazzling and once we grasp it, the lie no longer has the same appeal.  I’ve seen people with terrible financial situations become wealthy.

One of the very best parts of my life is working with folks who enter my Finding Freedom From Fear Program or Masterful Living Program feeling miserable and worthless.  Sometimes when people begin they feel like all of life is against them.  Some feel they’re unable to Love or know Love or Feel Love.  They feel shut down, argumentative, isolated and depressed – and if they work the principles of ACIM in our programs, all of that changes.  

And what’s even more extraordinary to me is they can not only have real and lasting healing, find happiness and a deep faith – they can become spiritual counselors who are then helping others go through the same journey they went through.

I see it again and again and again for more than 15 years now, and as I’ve been training folks.  When they begin it seems impossible – beyond belief.  However, I can feel it so strongly when I talk with them.  

I can’t make someone achieve their potential, but I can hold the certainty that they are achieving it now and the obstacles they see are illusions.  It’s wonderful to be able to do this.  I get so much benefit from it.  This is also what I like to teach parents to do for their children.  

You can’t have what you’re not willing to have and that’s the thing that many don’t truly comprehend.  They don’t understand the subtle fears that prevent them from listening to Spirit and following inspiration.  If having what you think you’d like would actually produce more fear than not having it, you won’t allow yourself to have it.

Example:  If having the job you think you’d like would be more stressful than not having it, you’ll prevent yourself from having it.  

This is the kind of thing that spiritual practice can help so well with.  It’s a fear dissolver. 

People are always tempted to believe that when things change in the world then they won’t be afraid anymore, but it just doesn’t work that way and it never will.  First we have to change our mind.  Then and only then can our experience of the world change.  

Sometimes the pain pushes us very hard to change our mind. 

Sometimes the vision of spiritual inspiration pulls us very intensely to learn to change our mind.

Usually, it’s a mix of both.

I’d rather be pulled by a vision than pushed by the pain.

So, that’s my focus.  I share what I find works.

It’s more fun to go together!

I’ve got several IN-PERSON EVENTS coming up you may find fun and helpful:

• Forgiveness Retreat in the NY Catskills November 9 to 12 – this is an absolute BARGAIN – only 497. Plus a great rate on lodging and meals! CHECK IT OUT!
• Spiritual Counseling Training Intensive in the NY Catskills November 13 to 19.
  If you’re interested in the training, consider coming to the Forgiveness Retreat too to have a MAJOR shift and a big discount!

Come to one or both! People love to do both of these together for the intense healing If it’s right for you, you’ll know.  Trust your intuition!

Not sure if one of my programs is right for you? You’re invited to schedule a free Exploratory Call with one of our certified spiritual counselors to get your questions answered and see if this program can bring you the results YOU would like!

LATEST PODCAST EPISODE! The most recent episode of my podcast’s topic is The Undoing of Fear. Fear is the direct result of how we choose to see the world. The Holy Spirit can undo our perception if we’re willing. In this episode, Jennifer shares how to undo the habit of fear, and to more quickly wake up to the truth of the Love that we are. It’s not hard. Living in fear is hard.