Here’s something I finally realized that was incredibly helpful to me:
I can’t experience the resurrection until I quit the crucifixion.
Think of Jesus on the cross. His resurrection started when he went into the tomb. He had to be done with the crucifixion before the resurrection could begin.
The question is: Are you done with the crucifixion? Is humanity done with it?
Are we done believing that we’re deprived, unfairly treated, in need of anything? Think about where we’re investing in crucifixion. It happens more often than we realize. The bank charges an extra ten dollars. We hire someone and they don’t do the job right. We order something and it doesn’t work properly.
There it is, right there. The crucifixion.
A Course in Miracles Chapter 27 tells us: “Whenever you consent to suffer pain, to be deprived, unfairly treated, or in need of anything, you but accuse your brother of attack upon God’s Son.”
Every time we consent to feeling deprived, every time we agree with the idea that we’ve been unfairly treated, we’re holding a picture of our crucifixion before our brothers’ and sisters’ eyes – showing them their sins written in our suffering.
That’s our attack. We’re attacking them by being their victim.
I still feel this pattern in my awareness. I really do. The sense of victimhood – “They’ve done me wrong. They’ve deprived me. They’ve treated me unfairly.” It can come up over the smallest things.
The Holy Spirit offers us a completely different picture to show our brothers and sisters – one in which there’s no pain and no reproach at all. What was martyred to guilt becomes the perfect witness to innocence.
We have a choice. We can expend our precious energy – the energy we need to heal our body, our relationships, our finances – in holding grievances and attack thoughts. Or we can choose the resurrection.
In my Masterful Living Program, we practice choosing the resurrection every single day – catching the crucifixion in real time and making a different choice.
And in our FREE Forgiveness Workshops, we learn to lay the grievances down and receive the gift of our good instead.
The crucifixion is over as soon as we’re ready to move on.
Doing the self-forgiveness for each of those three relationships that still bother you can be life-changing. It reclaims that bandwidth. It releases the shame, the stupidity, the anger, the resentment, the regret of having put so much in and not gotten what we wanted. That’s what my FREE Forgiveness Workshops are for. The next one is on Monday, April 6.
What if we got something even greater than just that relationship working out? What if we got our whole life back?
It’s Easter week, now is the time for us to rise up, redeem ourselves and give up the crucifixion. It’s easier when we do it together. Join me for a free forgiveness workshop on Monday, April 6.
Prayer Power Classes begin April 6 – There’s so much more available to us than struggle, and prayer can help you access it faster than you think. In these four online Prayer Power classes, we’ll strengthen your faith, deepen your spiritual practice, and help you remember how to partner UP with Spirit for healing, guidance, and true inner peace. We begin Monday, April 6th, and this is a beautiful moment to claim your place and receive the support that is already yours. Join me and let’s open the door to your blessing together. Click here to learn more.
NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: I’m Done Suffering – For Any Reason What if the thing that happened to you didn’t mean what you think it means – and what if it didn’t have to mean anything at all? In this Easter episode, I share a simple story about mice eating my sunflower seeds over the winter – and how I practiced neutrality instead of upset. Then I turn to Chapter 29, Section 6 of A Course in Miracles – “Forgiveness and the End of Time” – and explore what the Course calls the “sacrifice” of forgiveness. I share the shift that took me from believing the world was cruel and gruesome to experiencing life as lovely and filled with blessing. And I reveal a surprising discovery: when we practice non-judgment, there’s nothing to forgive. If you’ve been exhausted by forgiveness work, this one might show you an easier way. We’re doing this together.
