“Everyone gets an A+ in the end.”—Elizabeth Gilbert
Last weekend, one of my possibility posses threw a retreat. There wasn’t a leader, an agenda or really any kind of planning except someone offering to bring food.
We spent Saturday and Sunday together dancing, playing games, star-gazing, hot tubbing and letting Spirit take the lead.
It was pure magic.
And the real beauty is we didn’t orchestrate any of it.
Which makes me wonder what would happen if humans could just yank the cord, abandon the rules, give up the programming, forsake all the planning.
If we truly trust that the universe has our back, if we really KNOW how deeply, deeply cherished and loved we are, couldn’t we just relax. Laugh. Dance.
The lessons from Course in Miracles the past few days have encouraged us to recognize that we’re the ones creating the world.
Our thoughts — the ones that encourage fealty to the old story, to the fear, to the limitations — make images that replace true vision.
But like the headline of this post points out, “It’s all coming from inside us.”
What we see out there are images we concocted. And they’re not real. They block us from seeing that the world we live in is actually alive, intelligent and forever supportive.
At the retreat, someone mentioned a woman she knew who spoke great spiritual wisdom. And she did it with two simple words.
T’aint so.
Whenever anyone began discussing a problem –no matter what it was—she’d listen, shake her head and say, “T’aint so.”
Or as another friend said quoting, I think it was Abraham-Hicks, “If you could believe and trust that everything is so very all right, it would immediately and instantly become very all right.”
Glorious Friday. May it be the best weekend yet.
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Pam Grout is the author of 22 books including E-Squared, Thank & Grow Rich , The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)and her latest, The Ego’s Playbook.
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I can’t help but ask. One of the greatest stories I ever heard in Christian science was about a woman in Appalachia somewhere who healed a very, very sick man in a wheelchair by two words take so. It has been my motto Pam through a lifetime. The greatest challenge is remembering to say so. I’d love to know where she got those two words was it the story I know?
I could never be a writer, cause I do not correct myself.T’aint so I meant to write above!!
You know, it could be.
I just love seeing your name in my inbox! You are a gift and I love and appreciate you. You’ve made a difference in my life, for sure. Just read Ego’s Playbook, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and it introduced me to Byron Katie, who is also a gift. Thank you for all you do to bring joy into the lives of all you touch.
Ah, thank you, friend!!
Hi Pam. I treasure your posts and shared wisdom!
I need help reconciling the extreme ICE violence, etc with a “taint so” mindset. I feel very conflicted.
Lisa I wish I could help you with this one. I believe we are all struggling collectively with this. We can contact our congress . We can vote. We can continue to be lights within our families and communities. Maybe some others here will post what they are doing to help them spiritually through all this political upheaval. Peace to you and our world💫
Indeed. Peace to you and to our world.
Lisa, I am struggling with this as well.
I like what Gandhi once said, “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change… This is the divine mystery supreme.”
And, after all, who doesn’t love a divine mystery supreme?
Dear Lisa, I totally get what you’re saying. What an enormous opportunity these images present for rewriting reality. No question, times like these require tremendous faith to return again and again to love, to truth. But last thing I want is to add even a single ounce of fear or worry to the chaos.
I noted this quote from Kumail Nanjiani’s stand-up special, “Sh*t is f*&ked up and we’re going to be okay.”
I keep sending ripples of generosity and peace and trust that finding my own peace is a valuable contribution.
Same way you would look at the extreme violence of crazy leftists who drive into an ICE officer.
I love you, Pam!
And I love you back, Sheila!
excellent lesson !
Why thank you!
Love this!
Thank you!
xox
Love YOU!!
Thank you Pam, I really needed to be reminded of Abraham’s wise words today!
Much love – Jane xx
I need wise words every day.
In one of his essays (I’m sorry I don’t remember which one) Emerson quoted Condillac. Condillac said:
“Though we should soar into the heavens, though we should plunge into the abyss, we never go out of ourselves. It is always our own thoughts we perceive.”
As I remember this passage, which I latched on to with fervor at 16 or 17, Emerson included it to show that even the most insistent realist pointed to the power of the mind and thought. I should probably figure out where he wrote that.🙂
It is ALWAYS our own thoughts we perceive. And trusting this as we seemingly plunge into the abyss gives us a chance for rewiring. We can’t change others. But we can change ourselves. And that is everything!!!
The world is blessed by your beautiful and insightful words.❤️
Encouraging the author to continue creating can bring extra surprises. A fantastic comment.
Thank you !
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Really insightful! I love it.
We think the world needs people who don’t do anything. Our f.e ecological problem is that we do too much. We tend to favour the Chinese wu wei(無為).
A long, long time ago, when we lived in Findhorn, ‘The Course in Miracles’ was in, and there was quite a hype about it. Today, we see this as the quote of Abraham Hicks as outdated New Age clichés.
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Just a gratitude shout out. I love your wisdom and how beautiful it comes through.
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