“Truth gives its strength to everyone who asks in limitless supply.”—A Course in Miracles
See that epigraph at the top of this post? The one promising limitless supply?
It’s the exact opposite of what most of us believe. Words like unlimited and infinite aren’t really included in the script we pick up at birth.
Which is why I’ve been tuning into a higher signal every morning, communing with a frequency that keeps pointing out that I’m cherished and adored exactly how I am.
We’ve all heard concepts like this, that we are nourished by an inner light, that joy is our natural state (heck, I’ve been writing about these ideas for twenty years), but the thing about starting each morning with the Two-Way is that is has moved from being a pleasant theory to a very present and direct experience.
The Cosmic Concierge with whom I consult every morning urges me to accept nothing less, nothing below 100 percent, undiluted, whole enchilada love. I am not a little bit loved. Or a little bit innocent.
It tells me that until I entertain no substitute for limitless, inseparable, immutable love, I will continue to see the world as less-than-perfect. Everything I see out there is a reflection of what I believe in here. Even if it’s a teeny, tiny speck of not-love, it clouds my vision of the world. It obscures life as it truly is.
And that’s why the Voice sometimes seems like a broken record. You are loved. Everything is okay. There’s nothing to fear.
Not long after I first shared the Two-Way, the wonderful writer and illustrator Sue Shanahan who once interviewed me for her porch light series (she also profiled Brandi Carlile, Martha Beck, Rainn Wilson, Dolly Parton and others) wrote to tell me about a similar project Elizabeth Gilbert was doing.
Every week on Elizabeth’s Substack, she writes a letter to herself from unconditional love, a practice she has been doing for decades. She also invites subscribers to submit their own letters from unconditional love. So if any of you want to take it further than the 30-day experiment I proposed here, I invite you to check out Liz Gilbert’s “Letters from Love.”
I’m finding it inspiring and beautiful. (I already adored Liz’s books) And well, her project reinforces the idea that life is speaking to all of us, that it will never stop reminding us to listen to our hearts, to let its still, small voice offer refuge from past beliefs, old injuries and outdated scripts. Thank you, Sue, for pointing me in Liz’s direction.
Today marks 30 days (and it’s okay to start any time) of the experiment I invited you to try. I’d love to hear how it’s going in the comments section below. I’m especially interested if, like Father Bill W. promised, that once you log 30 days in a row, you’d never dream of going solo again. I know I’m quite relieved to accept help from a generous and relentlessly chatty universe.
I love you all and I hope you remember that being human is something we experience, not who we really are.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)
32 Responses
I decided to try the experiment but a little differently. If I wake up in the night I ask for people I want to ask a question of. A couple of weeks ago I found myself asking the lovely now passed spiritual teacher, Wayne Dyer what I need to remember. And he said trust. What was more surprising was he said ‘it’s so simple, just draw the outline of the letter T on the palm of each hand. Trust is always with you and never further away than when you stretch out your arm. You can always feel the T of trust’.
I was blown away. And I now can’t unsee this. It has literally been etched on my body!!
Sally,
I Love the message (and the man) that Wayne embodied, and I had to tell you how grateful I was that you shared this special encounter. ❤️
So cool! Wayne’s a good one to listen to!!
G and All that Be, as I refer to source, first referred to me as Mugwump, a childhood nickname given to me by a beloved neighbor. I look forward to the advice and the loving connection. When I sign off “ I love you”, I hear “I love you better” and that’s what’s happening: I’m getting better.
That’s funny! I love a voice with a sense of humor!!
I’ve been receiving the good word from my time in meditation and affirmation, not the written word. A short time before the 30 day experiment began I was in meditation when suddenly I was overcome with a knowing that All Is Well And All Will Be Well. Hard to explain, and definitely a most unusual (yet terrifically beautiful) gift. It has not happened since but that’s OK – this gem will never be forgotten.
I treasure all those gems–they are unforgettable!
Im forever grateful for so many things you have shared and this Two way is definitely one of them.
I’ve been meditating daily for years now, added reading the course in miracles experiment book when you published it, have continued daily. This Two way will now be added to that daily list. I felt so proud this morning, to have made 30 days. I continue grow in love and am so very grateful, thank you Pam.
Thanks, Laura!!! And yay you! for making it to 30 days!
It’s true- most of us are taught the exact opposite of limitless supply in anything in life. Whether it’s love, money, opportunities, joy or peace, most of us believe that there isn’t enough to go around, or that even if we get some it won’t last. That’s certainly been my experience in life. What I’m loving about the ‘conversation with God’ I’ve been having this past 30 days is that I’m being reminded that there is always plenty of everything and that the most important thing for me to do is to ASK. To ask for anything and everything. Regularly. Often. Whether it’s to ask for an answer to a question, or for guidance, or for a new job – BrotherGod has been telling me that I just need to ask. I can ask as often as I wish. Endlessly. And I’ll be heard and answered. Yay!! I’m also being gently and firmly reminded to let go of guilt, doubt and fear, and to have FUN!! Yay!! 😄 I’ve really enjoyed the experiment and I’m going to keep going because it feels like I’ve found a lovely new ‘pen-pal’ who wants to write to me regularly and only wants to tell me good news. Amen! So thank you Pam for offering the 30 day experiment to us and for encouraging us often throughout the experience. Your little nuggets of inspiration in regular doses have helped me hang in there over the bumps and doubts, and now I’m on a never ending journey with my very own ‘cosmic concierge’ named ‘BrotherGod’. A pretty cool Dude as far as I can tell 😁🙏🦋🥳🌏⭐️
Enjoy the never-ending journey!!!
When I read the initial introduction to to ‘two-way’ it reminded me A LOT of SARK, Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy. She coaches people to initiate conversation with their ‘Inner Wise Self’ and to practice letting that inner voice tell them how lovely and amazing they are.
Sounds like everybody’s doing this! How awesome!!!!
I love this! It reminds me of Janet Conner’s book “Writing Down Your Soul ~ How to Activate and Listen to the Extraordinary Voice Within.” Good stuff!
I’ll have to check that book out. Thanks!!!
Pam, Pam, Pam! Thank you so much for sharing about two-way writing. It confirmed so much to me about my morning practice. I have been doing this 2017. For more than a few years it was sporadic. Why? Because I always questioned if it was real or my brain was making it up. A couple of years ago I made a commitment to do it daily. The results are miraculous. Sometimes I have to even look up words that I am directed to use. It seems like my IS (Infinite Self) has a higher vocabulary than me. Go figure. An important thing I’ve learned from Father Bill W. is if you are told do something in your two-way writing, do it. That has been a game changer.
I love when the games change! Thanks, my friend!
Pam! Thank you! A thousand times, thank you!!! I’ve done the 30 day challenge and intend to keep going! It’s been a great way to start my day! It just feels good and fresh ideas are flowing my way! 😍
So happy to hear about the fresh ideas! I’m thinking it may just lead to more inspiring poems????
Hi. I started late and am up to day 24. Isn’t it wonderful what comes? I was planning to fill all the pages in my book and then use it like I use Oracle cards – open at any old page and see what advice springs out. Only I now realize I can just keep going with the practice – write something fresh every single day. I am loving it. Thank you!
Something fresh every day is well, refreshing!!!
I love your frequent updates! I look forward to them.
Thanks! I enjoy writing them!
Wow, those 30 days went by quick. This has got be back to daily journaling. Also doing the The Course in Miracles Experiment as my inspirational reading. Positives all around. Love fest to all! 💖
Love fest to all indeed!!!
I am 351 Days into the ACIM Workbook, and I don’t need to tell you how life changing it has been! Your experiment has only deepened the last 30 days with your incredible insights just adding extra whipped cream to an already delicious Boston cream pie of awesomeness every morning! This kind of practice is literally changing the world. I’m so glad I’m in your orbit. By the way, I wrote a love letter to myself this morning too… I LOVE ME. 🙂
An already delicious Boston cream pie of awesomeness–that’s a great line!
While I didn’t initiate Two-Way journaling for the assigned period (five days was my best streak), I enjoyed the experiment. Its presence in my consciousness made me consider more carefully how I view my higher power/higher self; how I reach out to My Grace for counsel, affection and various other “personified” attributes; and, as well, how *I choose* to express divinity through My Grace. Thank you for gifting me that exploration opportunity, Pam.
Even more so, though, I’ve enjoyed learning about others’ experiment experience in your Comments section. That part has been fascinating – and fun! – and reminded me of just how many “paths up the mountain” exist. And yes, indeed: everything is okay; there’s nothing to fear; and the path continues to unfold eternally. ✌️🫶🪄
I love the diversity in the paths up the hill–well said, my friend!
Hi Pam, et al,
This experiment in Two-Way prayer and journaling has been a fascinating adventure. I have journaled every day for years. I have written not so much diary journals but, rather, idea journals that cover everthing from my To-Do lists, to illustrated ideas for future projects, to writng, to what ever else I need to keep track of.
However, this, this is different.
Part of this journaling is cleary me. The other part is not. The other voice is definitely Another Voice, my friend the “Little Voice”, which projects a powerful, loving, positive view of me and the world. I ask questions and worry. It answers, reassures, loves, plays, and is positive in every way.
Because of this experiment in TwoWay prayer journaling, I am becoming more positive, too. For every problem, there is a way up and out. And, by the way, was it really a problem in the first place? Or was it an opportunity in disguise?
While doing the experiment, I received words, a lot of words. And ideas, as well as answers to questions as I I asked them.
Then, today, out of no where in the conversation, I got the word, “parge”, which I had to look up because, to the best of my ability to recall, I had never heard the word before.
The first place I keyed in the word “parge” was on YouTube. To my surprise, YouTube has some great videos of masonry contractors doing “parging” repairs on concrete house foundations. “Parge” is a real word. A verb: To parge.
Then, I recalled, yesterday afternoon, not during a journaling session, I had glanced at the foundation of my house, noted a small problem, and casually wondered what I could do about it. I did not have a clue. I would have to find someone who knew about building and construction, show it to them, and ask them what to do. I filed the problem away for later.
The answer came this morning in the word “parge”. The problem needs to be parged.
I keep being wowed in this process. Little Voice knows stuff I don’t. Plus, for me, the process is no longer limited in time to just my journaling time. Think a question whenever, get it answered in due time.
Interesting. Amazing. Fascinating.
Through out the experiment, in addition to answers, I have received all sorts of bits of varied information such as ideas, snatches of music, kind words, puns, jokes, and illustrations – both graphic and artistic. A lot of these were jumbled together in amazingly creative ways. Words became graphics which melded into illustrations. Wow. As an artist, I was impressed and wished I could claim them as my own. But I can’t. Though they are similar to what I draw because they are filtered through my brain and hand, they are not me. They are not mine. They are creatively other. They belong to Little Voice.
And every bit of information given was/is positive and affirming.
Do I intend to continue the Two-Way prayer conversations?
Yes.
In every way this TwoWay experiment has been productive, good, helpful, and sometimes funny, but always interesting, amazing, fascinating.
I am grateful that you suggested the experiment, and glad that I took you up on trying it.
This morning, Little Voice closed out our TwoWay with a snatch of music while adding its own paraphrased words. These are the parphrased lyrics to Harry Jame’s song, “It’s Been A Long Long Time”
I loved you once.
I loved you twice.
I love you once again.
It’s been [for] a long long time.
Seems like a good way to close.
Regards,
Mary
I’ve always thought it was my brain regurgitating the stuff I had read. “All is well”, “Everything is working out for you”, insert any Abraham Hicks phrase here. I decided to commit since you said your experience was the same at the beginning. I recently went back and read some of my early entries and I was blown away. My brain would not have phrased things the way they were written. At that point I had more faith and asked more difficult questions. I know I am now getting answers from Divine Spirit and not my brain making it up. Thank you for your encouragement!