For a long time, the idea of being a Teacher of God unsettled me.

I felt the call. I yearned to answer it with everything in me. But my self-judgment kept getting in the way. I didn’t feel worthy.

If that’s you, stay with me here.

My mentor Michael Beckwith used to tell the ministers and practitioners something I’ve never forgotten:

God does not call those who are qualified. God qualifies those who answer the call.

You don’t have to arrive already finished. You don’t have to have your unworthiness solved before you begin.

A Course in Miracles says it even more boldly. It doesn’t say you’ll be qualified someday. It says you are already qualified. Right now. If you’ve ever felt unity with another human being, you are qualified. The only question left is whether you’ll answer.

Here’s what I know from my own healing: the feelings of unworthiness can be dissolved. Not managed. Not white-knuckled.

Dissolved. Permanently. Back to the root, so the innocence underneath can finally be felt.

That’s why, on the very first day of our Quantum Counseling Training Intensive, one of the main things we work on together is eliminating the self-doubt. We can’t be truly helpful to others while we’re convinced we’re unqualified to help.

Our unworthiness isn’t the truth about us. It’s the last thing the ego thought system reaches for when the light gets close.

Set it down. You were never disqualified.

I say this as someone who felt every bit of that self-doubt and kept walking anyway. The call didn’t require me to feel ready. It only required me to keep saying yes while it did its healing work in me.

If you feel the pull to help others remember their wholeness, and you’d like real support learning how, I’d love to have you join me for our Quantum Counseling Training Intensive, July 12 through 18. We spend the week healing our own minds so we can be of genuine service.

The call has been going out this whole time.

You’re allowed to answer it whether you feel qualified or not.

THIS SATURDAY – How to Stop Absorbing Everyone’s Pain Workshop – Saturday, July 11th If your heart is tender and you’re weary of losing yourself in everyone else’s storms, this workshop is designed to support you in learning how to experience life without suffering from other people’s suffering. Click here to learn more.

IN-PERSON EVENT – Quantum Counseling Training Intensive starts Sunday, July 12 – One week from today – This is my most powerful healing event – and I only do it in person every other year.   If you have an interest in training to be a spiritual counselor or simply doing some dealing work to open up your intuition and improve your relationships, I’ve been offering a professional training intensive for the last 15 years. This year we’re doing the training intensive – open to anyone whether or not you have any interest in becoming a counselor – the Quantum Counseling Training Intensive in Asheville NC Sunday, July 12th to Saturday, July 18th with Jennifer Hadley and Mark Anthony Lord, as well as Guest Teachers Alan Cohen, Jon Mundy and Lisa Natoli, Michael Mirdad joining us online – register soon so you can qualify for early-bird bonuses please click here now for more info.  

Did you miss it?  Q&A for the Quantum Counseling Training Intensive is available on replay now.  Have you felt the nudge to go deeper in your healing journey—but you’re not sure where to begin?  The replay is available now!

LATEST PODCAST EPISODE:  Mark Anthony Lord: The Work That Heals Us Mark Anthony Lord and I met as practitioners in training in 1999, and we’ve walked the same path ever since: prayer practitioner training, becoming ministers, starting our own ministries, learning to counsel and to train counselors. We each came up through a dark night first. What we keep marveling at is that the work itself is what healed us, and that A Course in Miracles met us at every turn. We go all the way back to the beginning here, and we don’t tidy it up.