It’s the last day of the A Course in Miracles conference in Boston, and we’ve been having a blast. What’s been particularly great for me is to hang out with so many Masterful Living and Finding Freedom folks, and many have been in community with me for years and their transformation is so obvious.
I’ve been sharing about being ALL IN and about true willingness. I’ve realized how many times people will say they are willing, but they actually aren’t. They’re just saying it. They are empty words. This was me, too.
Until I really decided to be ALL IN, there were a lot of empty words. That’s why so much self-forgiveness is required!
ALL IN means you’re willing to catch yourself when you are not walking your talk. That’s what it really means to me.
The more I became willing to catch myself NOT walking my talk and course-correct myself, the more I was demonstrating my willingness, and that really made a difference.
Yesterday a new friend who came to my workshop really had a desire to talk about why they were feeling stuck and not having the clarity, and the movement in their spiritual growth and practice, that they truly desired. Of course, you know that I felt the same way for a very long time.
I used to feel like there was an invisible wall between me and the clear insight that I believed was possible for me, if only I could find the magic key. I told my new friend that the breakthrough she was looking for would come with a rigorous practice of willingness in the form of releasing her attachment to her opinions and judgments, and practice of self-forgiveness – both things I’d discussed in the workshop.
And, you see, this is how it goes. It was the same for me too.
I had given her the keys and invited her to practice in the workshop. And yet, she was still looking for something else. The actual keys that turn the lock and open the door to the clear connection with Spirit were not enough for her.
People don’t believe me.
They hear the words I’m saying.
But it doesn’t resonate.
Because the willingness isn’t there.
I get it.
Fortunately, at dinner last night, there were a half dozen peeps who have been in class with me for more than a year, and who’ve done this inner work, and by their happy shiny faces and their clear insights you can tell they decided to have the willingness to learn.
They shared that these practices do work. And, they open the door to more practices that work and bring forth the release of the blocks to Love, the relationship healing, the body healing, the bad habits healing that we ALL desire so much.
It takes a great willingness.
People think they are willing just because they’re willing to stop being stuck, unhappy and in pain – but that’s really not the same.
The willingness to stop suffering is not the same as the willingness to release the attachments to the blocks to Love.
They’re two different things.
In fact, they’re two VERY different things.
When we’re ONLY willing to stop the repeating pain patterns, then where is our focus? It’s in the past and the pain patterns repeating.
When we’re willing to use even a simple spiritual practice to have a healing of the pain patterns, NOW then we’re in the present moment, because that’s the ONLY place where healing can happen – right now.
Everybody is willing to do something healing in the future – are you willing to do it now when there’s a choice between Love and fear right in front of you?
For me, when I was doing my own original version of this spiritual boot camp of healing, I had so many friends who were spiritual practitioners, ministers, and teachers and yet no one really wanted to go ALL IN with me.
And that’s what really shifted me into becoming a community builder.
If I have to do something challenging and difficult, I’d rather do it with a companion.
Yesterday, in the workshop I offered, almost everyone in the room said that they had a deep feeling of sadness and loneliness that they’d had most of their life.
Almost everyone said that they had always felt that they were different and they didn’t fit in.
I get it – me too!
What healed that was my willingness to really have an effective spiritual practice.
That’s what led me to go ALL IN.
Being ALL IN opened the doors in my heart and my mind.
And that’s what completely ended the sad and lonely feeling.
Gone. Healed.
And that’s what compels me to lead this community and create programs where we can join together to do this work and inspire each other.
There’s such a momentum that we can build when we come together and practice together.
You know what else is so cool?
When I started out doing this work and felt so alone, there were no tele-summits and no conference call programs I could join. As soon as they existed, I started using them and gathering like-minded folks.
And still, many folks would lurk in the background and not share.
And then ZOOM was invented, and we could see each other if we wished to.
Which has made a HUGE difference to this community of folks all over the world.
Now, we can have all kinds of connections.
A Course in Miracles tells us that our brothers and sisters are our salvation, and it’s true.
Sometimes it’s SUPER challenging to have a holy relationship with someone we actually experience in our day-to-day life, but we can learn to do it with a Mighty Companion who is doing the work alongside us.
That builds momentum.
The most painful thing I have experienced is distracting myself with the intellectual pursuit of Spirit.
Information isn’t healing.
Spiritual practice is healing.
An effective spiritual practice is liberating and happy-making.
I wish you could have been on the dance floor with us last night! We were dancing because we felt free.
Nothing to escape.
Only Love to celebrate.
That’s the feeling I wish for everyone.
It’s SO MUCH easier with the support of a like-minded community.
That’s why we seek each other out.
It takes courage and strength to relinquish the patterns of pain. We have become so identified with them that we don’t know who we are without them. When we do it together, it actually becomes fun.
That’s the power of joining.
That’s the miracle.
If you’re willing to be ALL IN, won’t you please join me in my Finding Freedom From Fear class that starts on June 6? If you’re willing, sign up NOW for a Goal Setting Group Session and get clarity. Are you actually willing to receive the support necessary for you to accelerate your spiritual healing and deepen your spiritual practice?
Of course, you don’t need me. You have it all within you, but it’s so much FUN to really do this together! It’s so liberating! I love it!
Finding Freedom from Fear is almost here! I haven’t offered this class in 8 months – this is your chance if you’d like to join me and GO FOR IT! Don’t put your healing and happiness off 1 more day. We will do the forgiveness work together in class.
My Finding Freedom From Fear Spiritual Boot camp isn’t for everyone – it’s for those who are ready and willing to dive in and live the Love. We’re doing it together!
1st Step is to sign up for a Goal Setting Group Session – these are a gift to you to help you see if you’re actually ready and willing to do this work. There’s no charge – sign up for one now. Finding Freedom From Fear starts on June 6. Find out if it’s right for you now with a Goal Setting Group Session.
Goal Setting Group Session sign up now!
Ultimately we WILL choose to be ALL IN. That day WILL come, so why wait? Today IS the day!
Professional Trainings for Teachers, Counselors & Ministers If you think you might like to explore a spiritual career, then check out some of my programs like Finding Freedom From Fear and the trainings I offer. I am offering two trainings in October. They are each deeply healing, and they are both part of larger professional programs, but anyone can take them.
Right now there are SUPER early bird specials on my How to Lead & Create A Workshop training which includes certification to lead my Forgive & Be Free workshop and then there’s my Spiritual Counseling Training Intensive, which is a great program for anyone interested in becoming a better listener, cultivating compassion or intuition.
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