ACIM Workbook Lesson 1

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Nothing I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] means anything.

Now look slowly around you, and practice applying this idea very specifically to whatever you see: 

This table does not mean anything.
This chair does not mean anything.
This hand does not mean anything.
This foot does not mean anything.
This pen does not mean anything.

Then look farther away from your immediate area, and apply the idea to a wider range:

That door does not mean anything.
That body does not mean anything.
That lamp does not mean anything.
That sign does not mean anything.
That shadow does not mean anything.

Notice that these statements are not arranged in any order, and make no allowance for differences in the kinds of things to which they are applied. That is the purpose of the exercise. The statement should merely be applied to anything you see. As you practice the idea for the day, use it totally indiscriminately. Do not attempt to apply it to everything you see, for these exercises should not become ritualistic. Only be sure that nothing you see is specifically excluded. One thing is like another as far as the application of the idea is concerned.

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Each of the first three lessons should not be done more than twice a day each, preferably morning and evening. Nor should they be attempted for more than a minute or so, unless that entails a sense of hurry. A comfortable sense of leisure is essential.

Source

Feel free to post a comment of any length and detail here or in any place you see this shared AFTER you do the exercise at least once.

Free To Feel Unfree

Today, this post by Jeff Foster greeted me on a couple of social media:

"If you feel trapped, blocked, stuck, unfree in your being right now, remember: you are absolutely free to feel this way today.

Even the feeling of stuckness, limitation, constriction is effortlessly held, allowed, embraced in the natural Freedom that you are, the Presence that is always here. Nothing and no-one can take this Freedom away from you. Even a sense of limitation cannot destroy it.

You are absolutely free to feel whatever you feel in this moment. This permission is built-in; it doesn't come from any external source. Knowing this is the key to unshakeable peace and a contentment that doesn't depend on external circumstances "going your way".

Even your sense of limitation is infinite!"

Simple, brilliant, and healthy! Feel and be well, my friend!

Story Of A Recovery #2: Using Balconies

It’s a lovely day here in Liepaja/Latvia: partially sunny, not too hot, not too cold, and just enough fresh breeze for me.

I just had a nice brunch on one of my balconies.

I really love nature and its wonderful effects on my physical and mental health.

And I love to walk, could do it for hours, if my back and hips were not so fragile. But they are.

So, I can do only one rather brisk but short walk/training with our Rottweiler x German Shepherd daily.

The rest of my walking is done inside or on chores, or dancing ArgentineTango.

Afterwards my hips and spine need a couple of days and some cabbage leaves put on them to recover.

I could take a blanket and sit or even lay down in the wonderful protected field on the shore of Lake Liepaja in the close vicinity of my home.

But:

1. it would be too boring for me without internet connection and none of my arts and crafts supplies;

2. it would take time and preparation which might drain my restricted energy so much, that I wouldn't have any left to actually reach the field.

It would be really nice to sit in a garden to enjoy the nice weather. And I do that. Not only when weather is nice.

Only … most of my garden is located inside my apartment on the 8^th floor of an apartment building.

But I have got two balconies:

one to the East

and one to the West.

So, I spend as much time on them as possible (or have at least one balcony door open day and night)

* enjoying the privacy, the fresh air, the beautiful views, and

* naturally and easily, integrating nature into my daily life.

That always works better for me than “special events” in “special places”.

How about you? How are you using what is easily accessible to you to take care of your body?

Excited About Narrowing Down My Focus

You most probably know this saying.

I experienced this again last week. :)

I don't remember how, but I landed in a webinar by Katharina Ferster and Christian Heinz.

It was just perfect for me, all interactive.

And the exercise we did during it, the result I got, and the excitement that I registered in my body about it was just amazing!

My fear of narrowing down my focus and message was just gone after months and even years of rebelling against that suggestion by so many other teachers!

So, from now on, I am focusing on helping people to understand and master mental health challenges, their own and of people around them.

It feels really good to narrow my scope down for the time being, which, for me, is a sign, that this is the right time and the right direction to move on.

I am closing pages and groups that were focusing on entrepreneurial and creative endeavors by the end of today on all platforms (another way of narrowing down my efforts).

One page and group on Facebook will stay on and have been renamed: Mental Health with Rita JC.

Another one will stay on as it is: Healing Art by Rita JC.

Please, follow me there, if it feels right for you. Or schedule a free private conversation to let me help you figure that out.

If these options don't excite you, just move into the direction that does and take my blessing with you

Why Is Manifesting Such A Struggle For Me?

Have you known about the Law Of Attraction for some time already?

Have you listened to audios with Abraham-Hicks and other teachers of it, read books, and maybe even participated in some courses to make use of it in your life?

And the more you tried the more frustrated you got?

Until even knowing what you want became a struggle?

Yeah, I hear you loud and clear. Because that's what happened with me as well. :)

Yesterday, I re-watched this video by one of my beloved teachers GP Walsh.

And realized, that GP formulated precisely, what I was missing in all the Law of Attraction teachings I had listened to so far (and believe me it's a huge lot):

"What we really want to manifest, is the desire to be content, to be happy, to be free, to be safe, and to be connected.

And to feel, that that is the truth for everyone, that nobody is excluded from this great Universal Benevolence.

This is what we really want."

This is, what I was missing: the certainty that what I want and manifest is serving all of creation.

Like St. Augustine said: "Love and do what you want." But why is it such a struggle? Because of unconscous limiting beliefs blocking the Source of Love and Happiness in us.

As a certified Inner Reconciliation coach, I help people to discover and dissolve those beliefs, and to free the Source/God energy inside them for unlimited unapologetic happiness.

I have a couple of free spots on my schedule here. Take one and let's look at our options. :)

Or join one or all of my groups on Facebook to benefit from my free offerings and the discussions there:
Success without Struggle, Mental Health, Merry Creatives.