“Writing music is my second career. My first career is to be happy.”—Jewel
I have never had what’s considered a normal career, the kind with insurance benefits and retirement packages. Instead, I spent the years people typically use to “climb the career ladder” pursuing interesting adventures and, like Jewel, investigating practices that encourage peace, wonder and spontaneity.
I’ve come to believe that this state of pure aliveness is my natural state (yours, too) and that other states of say, stress, impatience and fear are the result of an erroneous belief system. I’ve been known to blame society and old cultural paradigms for trapping me inside the box, but I realize my own mind is also guilty of misappropriating truth from time to time.
That’s why I believe sharing miracles (the only conversation worth having, in my opinion) is so important. So here are two:
At today’s possibility posse, Jay mentioned his intention to forgive the Catholic church. We all have those institutions and legacies that seem to have hurt us. Jay, a cradle Catholic who LOVED the church, was devastated when a priest, upon learning they were gay, refused to give communion. At the time, Jay wrote the church off, but in their desire to live the most authentic, open life possible, knew forgiveness would eventually be necessary. When Jay was ready, they said it out loud. “I now forgive the Catholic church.”
Soon after, Jay opened their old childhood jewelry box and found a very unusual Catholic medallion.
“I’ve seen lots of Catholic medallions, but never one like this. Where did it come from? I know I didn’t put it in there.”
What Jay did know is that once you make a sincere intention, you better hang on to your hat. Especially when said intention includes the F word. Because the universe–the field, God, whatever you want to call it–takes that shit seriously. Signs will start showing up like the owls who inundated Harry Potter’s muggle relatives with invitations to Hogwarts.
In the last month, Jay has been invited to four Catholic funerals. The willingness to open to new things (that’s all forgiveness really is) resulted in a priest apologizing, a canter singing “Panis Angelicus,” the song Jay’s mom sang every year and more importantly, Jay being willing to look the very priest who slighted them in the eye, and say, “I forgive you.” In other words, Jay is now free. They even reported doing a rosary the other day.
Despite its reputation, forgiveness is the path that opens us to all good things. It has nothing to do with letting someone off the hook. It’s simply a realization that nothing or nobody can hurt us. That’s true freedom.
Another climbing out of the box miracle occurred at All Souls. A beautiful young woman shared that she’d been asking the question so many of us have—what is mine to do right now? How can I make a difference? How can I help mend the world back together? One night during this period of soul-searching, she had a vivid dream, a dream that seemed realer than normal reality. She was sitting on the couch in her living room when a little blond girl with blood coming out of her nose and her ears approached. Needless to say, the woman picked her up, held her tight and comforted her. The little girl said she’d lost her parents, so the woman hugged her even tighter. They shared a beautiful, holy connection.
When she woke up the next day, she read in the paper about a bombing overnight in Ukraine where many children and their parents were killed and she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she had lovingly ushered that little girl into the next realm.
It was a stunning moment. All of us who heard her story knew it to be true. Truer and more real than “normal” reality.
As we climb out of our heads, as we escape the four walls in which we endlessly circle, we discover that our true purpose may be happening in a cosmic realm. And that anybody or anything we forgive heals not only us, but the entire world.
I love you, people.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World).
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Thanks for the occasional whiz-bang reminder, Pam!!
Whiz-bang! Now that’s some high praise! Thanks, my friend!!
I’ve come to realize that one of my choices in this lifetime is to assist those who have passed over into their next place of expression. It is my joy to do this work whenever my HP (Higher Power) brings one to me. Lots going on with the people of Ukraine. Thanks for your validation that there are others who are doing the same.
Please refer to Dr Hew Len who has cured an entire psychiatry ward of criminally insane patients simply by forgiving them through the Hawaiian process called Ho’oponopono. It says that you can forgive a complete stranger. Below is the link
https://youtu.be/WZXMzB_s1l4
Pam: I love and embrace every word of this latest post 💙💙💙
Thank you so much!!!
Miracles abound and the reminders like this are truly treasured. #possibilityposse #222forever
Yes, reminders are a treasure and important on a daily basis.
I love you, People!
And I’ll say it a third time. I LOVE YOU PEOPLE!
Thank you for sharing these wonderful and significant miracles. I love reading your posts!
Thank you. I love reading your comments!
I love you, too, Pam–beyond the moon and back! What a great post!
Loved this: “It’s simply a realization that nothing or nobody can hurt us. That’s true freedom.” Expressed another way, in the Bhagavad Gita: “Weapons cannot cut it, nor can fire burn it; water cannot wet it, nor can wind dry it.” Oh…yeah!! 🙏🧡
Beyond the moon! Yes!
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Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.
Thanks!!
Wow!! (That basically sums up my response to everything in this post. Wow, and Amen! 😁) Thank you Pam for sharing these inspiring and moving stories with us. I always feel uplifted after reading your blog, and the emails that tell me there’s a new blog post from you are my absolute favourite emails of all!! Thankyou and bless you Pam! 😁💃🥳🌹🌞
That’s so nice of you to say. Thank you, Jenny!
Grateful for the share. It is God-bumps worthy. I had them all over & through my body.🤟😎
That’s awesome! I love when that happens!
Love your posts Pam. And I read your book The Course in Miracles Experiment every morning with the daily CIM lesson. You are one of my gurus. Because you bring humor and lightness to my thinking. I would like to join a possibility posse. Do you have any info on where I might find one?
I definitely don’t identify as a guru. But so glad to bring humor and lightness to your thinking. As for a possibility posse, it’s just a group of friends who get together to discuss what’s going right, to celebrate miracles in our lives. Perchance you could start one wherever you happen to be on this fine planet.
❤️
Heart back to you!!
Thank you, Pam, for today’s post – I found it very relevant as I finished the documentary, Stutz, last night. Stutz is a therapist that talks about “the maze” we get stuck in and how we need to focus on the path forward, largely connected to forgiveness. I don’t think it’s a coincidence I watched that and then received this in my inbox. Lots of love to you!
Ooh! Stutz sounds good. And so right on–we do get stuck in the maze. Glad we’re breaking down the walls.
I love you too Pam! Absolutely beautiful – thank you so very much! xoxo
You are welcome very much!
Pam, you are just the coolest chick ever! Love to all of you! 💜💜💜
We’re all the coolest chicks and ducks and geese! Thanks!
“As we climb out of our heads, as we escape the four walls in which we endlessly circle, we discover that our true purpose may be happening in a cosmic realm. And that anybody or anything we forgive heals not only us, but the entire world”. ❤️
Wow! That sounds pretty good. Sometimes I even surprise myself.
I loved Every word in this 💫💝💫
Viva la Vida!
Let the Miracles Flow overAbundantly in each small -AndNotSoSmall- corner of this love-a-verses entity 🦋🦋🦋💫💫💫🦋🦋🦋
With Pure Love as always, Teija and Pelonteet 💫🦋💫
Love every word in your comment. Thanks!
Love this❤️ Thank you for sharing. Made me smirk 😏
Smirk? It’s close to a smile so I’ll take it. Thanks!
Beautiful as always xxx
Why thank you!!!
Wow Pam that was some truly deep s__t this morning and touched me profoundly. Thank you for this especially TODAY!
You are welcome always!!
Love you back Pam, thank you for the reminders🙏
I write reminders for myself. So happy others appreciate, too.
Thank you for sharing the poignant story of the wounded child embraced by the napping young woman. “We”are so much more than we “know”.
That story moved all of us–so deep and profound.
You rock! Sending love…💜💗
Tears.
Love,
Kate
Hey Pam, you’re my jam, you make my heart sing like the songs of wham! I love your words, and your style, you fill me with glee and a heartfelt smile, so thank you my friend, ill cherish you till the end, or the beginning, cuz the bliss you give is always winning, in the eternal now, I love your wow, I’m so thrilled to know you indeed and how ! ❤️💋❤️
Thank you for sharing my story, Pam. What an incredible weekend. It was an honor to meet you and hear you speak. xoxo
HI Pam!!! I love this post. I think your definition of forgiveness in the paragraph beginning: despite it’s reputation
Is so wise, that paragraph alone can help so many. I love the many miracles you tell us in this post. I believe in miracles and I live my life knowing that this life is one big miracle if we look deeply. Pam keep doing what you do! You are awesome!
Love to you and Taz!!! #222forever 💙💙💙
Thank you. I love you