Reading A Course in Miracles can feel like uncovering a treasure chest of wisdom, only to realize some of the keys don’t fit.

At least not right away.

So you’ve studied the lessons, read the text, and it’s still not clicking.

You’re not alone.

Most readers encounter moments of profound insight followed by confusion, doubt, or the aching feeling that they’re missing something crucial.

The good news is, this post is for you, the seeker who has found. The one who wants to live ACIM’s teachings but is unsure how to move past the sticking points.

Let’s explore these together, but in a more practical way.

Table of Contents (Questions)

1. If the world is an illusion, why does it feel so real and painful?
2. How can I genuinely forgive someone when the hurt feels so deep and personal?
3. What does it mean to “look past the body” when interacting with others?
4. How can I discern between the voice of the ego and the voice of the Holy Spirit in my mind?
5. What does it look like to live without judgment in a practical sense?
6. Why does ACIM use Christian terminology if it’s not a religion?
7. If God didn’t create the world, who or what did?
8. How do I practice “choosing peace” when I’m in a situation that feels overwhelming or unjust?
9. Can I truly ever let go of fear and guilt, or is it a lifelong struggle?
10. What does ACIM mean by “special relationships,” and are all romantic relationships problematic?
11. How can I love someone unconditionally while setting boundaries?
12. If I don’t believe everything in ACIM, can I still benefit from it?
13. What does it mean to give “true perception” to another person?
14. How can I understand “time” as ACIM describes it, especially the idea that everything is happening now?
15. Why do I sometimes feel more frustrated or lost after trying to apply ACIM principles?
16. How can I reconcile the idea that the world is a classroom with its apparent injustices and suffering?
17. How do I handle relationships with people who seem to embody the ego?
18. What does it mean to accept the atonement for myself, and how will I know when I’ve done it?
19. Why do I resist the peace and joy that ACIM promises?
20. Is it possible to truly awaken while still engaging with the demands of the material world?

1. If the world is an illusion, why does it feel so real and painful?

This isn’t just one important question; it’s two.

Let’s address the world’s “realness” and “painfulness” one at a time.

Why does it feel so real?

A year ago, I celebrated a friend’s birthday at a Virtual Reality playhouse.

In a large open room with padded walls, we were split into 2 teams.

We were each given a harness with vibration sensors, a toy gun, and a headset.

Once the game started, we were immersed in a world almost indistinguishable from the one we call “real.”

We knew it was fake, but the new world was so compelling.

There were obstacles in our way.
“Enemies” to destroy.
And paths that twisted and turned in different directions.

When we fired at our “enemies,” our sensors vibrated.

Also, when we were “hit,” the sensors let us feel it.

At one point, our team had to cross a very narrow bridge or fall to our virtual deaths.

People were shaking.

Even though everyone knew it wasn’t real, we were scared out of our minds.

After the game ended and we took off our headsets, we couldn’t believe how convincing it all felt.

It wasn’t just the visuals. The staff added to the experience by blowing fans in our faces when we were near helicopters, for example.

It felt real because it was designed to feel real.

The realness of a fake world is exactly what we’ve signed up for – a fully immersive experience with dangers, twists, love, drama, and everything in between.

When I say “signed up for,” I don’t mean before you were born.

I mean right now.

Every moment, you decide what each situation and interaction means.

You’ve practiced these decisions for so long, you’ve forgotten that you’re the one making them.

They’ve become habits. And when certain “games” load, you respond automatically.

But here’s the key: once you choose again, your world will follow, reflecting your new choices.

So why does it feel painful?

This is an easy question for me to answer. Well, for myself.

But for you? That’s seemingly more difficult.

Pain isn’t a universal experience. That’s your first clue it isn’t real.

What one person calls pain, another might call pleasure.

What wounds one heart may delight another.

In other words, pain is a decision.

Consider this: Someone behaves in a way you don’t like.

If you’ve decided their behavior is “wrong,” simply being in their presence can cause discomfort.

But here’s the truth: the discomfort doesn’t come from the person.

It comes from the decision you made about them … and their actions.

You’ve assigned pain its value.

The same way decisions become habits is the same way mental pain manifests itself as physical pain.

Simple cause and effect…but more on this in Question #2.

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2. How can I genuinely forgive someone when the hurt feels so deep and personal?

The short answer: You can’t.

Not while you allow the hurt to feel so deep and personal.

Let me ask you something. Would you let one meal feed you for the rest of your life, even if it made you sick the first time?

Think about that.

Of course, the answer is no.

So why do it with moments from the past?

Someone hurt you. In that moment, the pain was real. It happened.

But why let that single moment linger?

Why replay it, carry it, and hold it as if it defines your entire existence?

There’s only one “logical” reason you would…

You value the pain somehow.

It gives you something.

Maybe it gives your life meaning or importance.

Maybe it’s become a tool for gaining sympathy, manipulating with guilt, or even justifying your own perspective.

If you didn’t value it in some way, you’d let it go quickly.

You would not make monuments and statues to its worthlessness.

Forgiveness is this realization.

It’s the moment you recognize you’ve been carrying something you were meant to leave by the wayside.

When you let go of that scenario, act, or circumstance, something shifts.

You stop seeing through the eyes of a wounded individual.

Happy people see happy things. Wounded people see conflict.

So ask yourself: How much is this pain worth to me?

Then listen to my song Let Go.

Did you share it too?

I mean, you don’t have to. It’s fine, it’s fine. I forgive you.

As you can see from this example, you didn’t even do anything that needed forgiveness.

And over time, you’ll see that neither did they.

Don’t let that stop you from choosing again.

The choice is always yours: keep the story alive, or let it dissolve into the nothingness from which it came.

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3. What does it mean to “look past the body” when interacting with others?

I’ve been getting new insights to this question.

But let’s start at the beginning.

Since birth, we’ve been trained to recognize differences by defining things.

Parents often ask, “What’s this? And what’s this? What sound does this make?”

With every right answer, we limit what we see.

We shrink things to fit the size of our definitions, at least from our perspective.

Take roaches, for example.

You may have been told they’re dirty, nasty creatures.

Now, whenever you see one, your mind leaps to disgust, and you react unpleasantly.

But what if I told you some cultures view roaches as a great spiritual sign?

To them, a roach represents transformation, cleansing, renewal, and resilience.

You might respond, “It’s too late. They’ll never mean that to me.”

And so they won’t … until you loosen the limitations you’ve placed on them.

People are no different.

You’ve learned to define others based on their age, race, clothing, accent, body language, and countless other cues.

And so, your interaction—or lack of it—becomes a reaction to their body.

You see them as a body.
You treat them as a body.

But when you look past the body, something changes.

You see possibilities.
You see God’s Love.
You see them as innocent, childlike, and filled with divine potential.

The inner Christ in you calls forth the inner Christ in them.

This “stranger” becomes a living representation of God.

And where God is present, peace follows.

To look past the body is to see your own peace reflected, assuming you’re bringing peace to the forefront.

It’s a choice.
One that changes everything.

Earlier, when I said new insights have arisen about this, I realized the likeness of energies.

So throughout my life, many people have reminded me of others.
Not in looks, but in energy.

But I could never prove it. Even when someone physical would leave my life out of circumstance, it’s like someone of a like energy would fill that void, but in a new way.

For example, my father’s energy would show up in a good friend. My crush’s energy would show up in a mentor.

I have countless examples of this as well. And I’m sure if you searched your mind, you would find the same.

So what if these “energies” are more connected than we realize? What if they are the same spiritual body?

But that’s beyond the scope of this article. Let’s move on.

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4. How can I discern between the voice of the ego and the voice of the Holy Spirit in my mind?

There are clear ways to distinguish the ego’s voice from the Holy Spirit’s.

Here’s how they differ:

But recognizing the difference isn’t the most important part.

What matters most is that you’re checking for the voice at all.

For many, the ego’s voice runs unchecked.

It’s loud. Persistent. And rarely questioned.

By simply pausing to examine your thoughts, you disrupt the ego’s dominance.

In that pause, you create space for truth to enter.

So, make it a habit.

Keep checking in. Keep questioning.

And don’t forget to invite the Holy Spirit to the party.

Because where love is present, fear cannot.

And if you want more help, reach out to me for a coaching session.

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5. What does it look like to live without judgment in a practical sense?

Living without judgment is one of the most freeing practices you can embrace.

It starts with a simple realization: not everything needs your input.

In fact, nothing does.

When you hear something good or bad, your first reaction will be no reaction at all.

So-called “bad news” won’t trigger a flurry of thoughts.

Instead, it’s just news.

You’ll find yourself untethered from the world as you once knew it.

Here’s what happens next:

• Others open up to you. People will share more because they no longer fear your judgment.
• Joy sneaks into the small moments. You’ll begin to enjoy the “little” things just as much, if not more, than the grand ones.
• Life feels simpler. Without judgment clouding your mind, you’ll experience more love, more peace, and more clarity. More, More, AND MORE!

Without the weight of judgment and its accompanying emotions, your senses sharpen.

You’ll feel things on a deeper level than ever before.

You’ll engage only with what calls to you, rather than feeling compelled to react to everything.

Bad news becomes just news.
Good news, the same.

You reclaim your choice.

And then there’s the revelation.

When you stop constantly defining and limiting everything, you open yourself to possibilities.

You’ll pursue what fills you up in each moment without hesitation.

You’ll feel almost childlike in your curiosity and joy.

But this time, you’ll have the permission of an adult to follow your desires freely.

Living without judgment doesn’t just look peaceful; it is peaceful.

It’s joyful. Love-filled. Adventurous.

And it’s waiting for you to say YES.

Yes?

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6. Why does ACIM use Christian terminology if it’s not a religion?

Some versions of A Course in Miracles include the Urtext – extra notes intended specifically for Helen Schucman and William Thetford, the original scribes of the Course.

In these notes (if I recall correctly), Christian terminology was described as a deliberate choice.

Why?

To communicate its teachings within a familiar framework for its primary audience.

While ACIM is not a religion and does not advocate for any specific tradition, it uses Christian terms to reinterpret and redefine concepts that may have been misunderstood or are no longer useful within traditional religious contexts.

It reimagines words like:

• God
• Jesus
• Holy Spirit
• Atonement
• Forgiveness
• Sin
• Crucifixion
• The Lord’s Prayer

ACIM seeks to strip these terms of fear-based thinking and restore them to their original, loving intent.

This approach makes A Course in Miracles resonate with individuals from a wide range of spiritual backgrounds:

• Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, and Evangelicals
• Non-denominational Christians and Quakers
• Members of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, including Coptic and Armenian traditions
• Restorationist groups like Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, and Mormons
• Anabaptists like Mennonites and Amish
• Charismatics and independent spiritual seekers

Its teachings also appeal to those exploring metaphysical or non-denominational perspectives on Christian concepts.

But it doesn’t stop there.

I share ACIM principles often in my personal life because they reflect who I’ve become. And I’m continually amazed by how people of different faiths resonate with these truths.

Taoists, Muslims, Buddhists, Bahá’ís, and Hindus have all recognized its alignment with the wisdom they practice.

I believe that with an open mind, followers of Judaism, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, and Indigenous traditions would also find common ground in its teachings.

And the only reason I’m listing each of these faiths in this article is that it might boost the Google ranking because of all these keywords.

And of course, because truth, at its core, transcends all labels.

It’s universal.
It’s eternal.
And it speaks to the heart of us all.

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7. If God didn’t create the world, who or what did?

Good question.

There are countless stories about how the world was formed.

But here’s the truth…

None of them matter.

First, let’s clarify: when you say “the world,” what do you mean?

Your country? The earth? The galaxy?

All of these are concepts, ideas, or decisions that exist in your mind.

As A Course in Miracles (ACIM) teaches, by your own definition, you are the world.

But there’s more.

ACIM speaks of two worlds: the illusory world and the real world.

• The illusory world is built on fear.
• The real world reflects love and truth.

Since fear cannot truly exist, not universally or eternally, a fear-based world isn’t real.

And what isn’t real doesn’t exist.
If it doesn’t exist, it can’t be created.

So, who’s creating this illusory world?

I know, you don’t want to answer, but I’ll ask again.

Who is creating this illusory world?

You are.

By nature, you are a creator. But instead of accepting the real world, you’ve chosen to create an illusory one.

This is one of ACIM’s key lessons:

You choose to maintain the illusion.

The real question isn’t “who created the world?” It’s “why are you still creating this one?”

Now let’s add time to the equation.

The past doesn’t matter.

It’s gone.

You only ever interact with the now.

But when you bring the idea of the past into the present, you distort reality.

You see what could never be.

Here are your choices, which is really just one choice:

1. See the truth by staying rooted in the now.
2. Imagine a past that never existed and use it to filter your present.

In the first, you accept your existence as enough.

In the second, you create yet another illusion.

Either way, you’re a creator. But only one path leads to peace.

Will you choose truth or continue imagining?

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8. How do I practice “choosing peace” when I’m in a situation that feels overwhelming or unjust?

First, remember this:

You are the one feeding the idea that the situation is overwhelming or unjust.

The situation itself exists for one reason: to help you practice.

So when you ask, “Why is this happening to me?” Get excited because it’s practice time!!

A peaceful person isn’t someone who’s only calm in moments of peace.

A peaceful person is someone who chooses peace even when others see chaos or conflict.

Story Time:

Let me revisit the past for a moment to share the time I fully accepted A Course in Miracles.

The year was 2019. I had been studying ACIM heavily for at least six months.

It filled the gaps in my understanding and felt like the truth I had been searching for.

I was eager to practice its concepts.

In fact, I looked forward to moments of conflict, because they were my chance to practice peace.

But life has a way of surprising you, don’t it?

Even with all my training, there were plenty of times when I chose chaos first.

But here’s the story of a time I chose correctly and it benefited everyone involved.

The Basketball Incident

I was playing basketball, letting my ego stretch here and there. Then the game got heated.

In a moment of competitiveness, my elbow accidentally came down on an opponent’s head.

It was an honest mistake.

But tensions had been building all game with trash talk flying back and forth. And I’m pretty good at getting under people’s skin, a skill I no longer use.

As I ran down the court, the guy I elbowed chased me, towering over me with his 4- to 6-inch height advantage, pause.

Time froze.

I knew this was the moment. Not the moment of peace, the moment before I was about to whoop up on somebody physically. A fight was about to happen.

My first thought? Lean on my Taekwondo black belt training.

Sweep the leg. Two-punch combo. Leave and never come back.

But then, in that frozen moment, I realized something.

I wasn’t being true to myself.

I had been preaching the wisdom of ACIM for months. I believed in its truth with my whole heart.

And if I truly believed, this was my chance to prove it.

I dropped my guard and looked at him with all the love I could muster.

Not fear. Not anger. Just genuine brotherly love.

In this unguarded moment, I could have easily been knocked out, ridiculed, and laughed out.

I didn’t care. I stayed the course (get it).

Instantly, everything changed.

The guy said, “I’m getting too serious. I’m going to check myself out of the game.”

WHAT!?!?! No fight? No threats? Just peace?

Yep, and we’ve been great friends ever since.

Since that day, I’ve applied this same approach in every heated or escalating situation.

Love wins 100% of the time.

Yes, you read that right. 100% of the time.

No one leaves feeling like they’ve lost. Everyone leaves feeling loved, heard, and respected.

Your Practice:

Take these opportunities to practice what you desire.

You may not succeed every time.

But even taking a moment to think peacefully, without fully choosing it yet, is still a victory.

For example, you are about to argue. You pause to consider peace, but then you still choose to engage negatively.

Why is this still a victory?

Because before, you wouldn’t have even thought about it.

Every step is progress.

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9. Can I truly ever let go of fear and guilt, or is it a lifelong struggle?

Yes. You can let go of fear and guilt.

And when you do, it’s a beautiful thing.

Once you get into the habit of releasing fear, you start wondering why you didn’t begin sooner.

But here is the cheat code to letting go faster:

Do not scare others. Do not guilt others.

You may think you never do those things.
Think again.

Someone says, “I am not eating meat anymore.”

You may mean well, yet you jump in with your opinions about food and present them as facts. Something like …

• “You can’t do that because…”
• “Be careful about…”
• “That won’t work because…”
• “Who will take care of me if you do that?”
• “I’m your [insert relationship]. Do it for me.”

Or someone says they cannot go out tonight and help you.

You respond with, “But remember when I did it for you, even when I did not feel like it. You cannot do this one thing for me?”

That is guilt.
That is fear.
And most people have no idea they are doing it.

These statements might seem harmless.

But their weight is felt by the person hearing them.

As ACIM teaches:

What you give, you receive.

If you judge or withhold unconditional support, that judgment comes back to you.

But if you offer unwavering support, it’s felt instantly. Not just by the other person, but by you.

The truth is this:

The reason people feel unsupported in their own efforts is because they are unwilling to always support others.

Instead, they offer conditional support.

And then, they project that conditional outlook onto the world, believing the world is unsupportive.

But the world is only a mirror of your own mentality.

This is a journey I’ve explored deeply in my music.

My first album, IAMNOBODY, IAMSOMEONE, is a hip-hop guide to take someone from fear to love.

Each song is a lesson, a piece of the puzzle leading to personal revelations.

Since 2018, all of my music has been heavily influenced by A Course in Miracles.

In many ways, it’s a channeled work designed to resonate, guide, and uplift.

So here’s your invitation:

Explore the Course principles musically.

Let them reverberate in your mind as affirmations toward the life you desire.

And as you release fear and guilt, watch how love takes its place.

It’s inevitable.

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10. What does ACIM mean by “special relationships,” and are all romantic relationships problematic?

I won’t dive too deeply into “special relationships” here, as I’ve devoted an entire section to it in 7 False Idols Christians Unknowingly Worship.

But I will say this:

Either no one is special, or everyone is special.

We are all one.

Regarding romantic relationships, however, this is an interesting topic.

I’m currently married, and I can honestly say that the principles of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) have made my marriage better.

Why?

Because I was judgmental.

I was unforgiving over the most trivial things, literal stupid things.

And I predefined what marriage meant without including my partner’s thoughts in what I defined.

One of ACIM’s exercises involves surrounding your “enemy” with love and light.

Here’s the twist: it works tremendously well on your spouse.

No, your partner is not your enemy and never has been.

But when you’re used to judging everyone, you don’t realize that you apply the same behavior to a so-called loved one as you do to a so-called despised one.

Here’s what happens when you lead with love instead of judgment:

• You start loving everyone. Seriously.
• You realize how much you’ve been limiting love, both the love you give and the love you receive.

It’s a strange feeling.

You might even find yourself seeing romantic potential in people you would’ve judged harshly in your “judgment days.”

So, how do you handle it?

That’s a choice only you can make.

But it’s also an opportunity.

ACIM invites you to ask for guidance from Spirit. Bring the Holy Spirit into your decisions, and trust the wisdom received.

Are romantic relationships problematic?

That depends on your definition of “problematic.”

Relationships, like everything else, are what you make of them.

Creators create.

But here’s one thing to remember:

Have fun with it.

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11. How can I love someone unconditionally while setting boundaries?

You can’t.

A boundary is a condition.

To love unconditionally means exactly that—no conditions.

No matter the situation, circumstance, or behavior, you would love them wholeheartedly.

To do this, you must see past the body.

See them as they truly are.
See them as love itself.

As A Course in Miracles teaches:

Love needs no offense or defense.

• There’s no need to be offended (offense).
• There’s no need to guard yourself or be defensive (defense).

When you create a boundary, you’re not locking them out.

You’re locking yourself in.

Judgments work the same way.

Each time you judge against something, you box yourself in with the things you’ve judged in favor of.

Over time, this shrinks your happiness circle.

It gets smaller and smaller, leaving you less free, less open, less joyful.

But there’s another way.

Through forgiveness and by refusing to create boundaries through judgment, you set yourself free.

You open yourself to fully experience life.

You trust instead of fear.

Trust God.

God has your best interests at heart.

Every moment you find yourself in has already been vetted by God.

You don’t need to safeguard yourself.

You are supported.

You are loved deeper than you can imagine.

And nothing exists that can threaten that love.

So why lock yourself in, when you’re already free?

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12. If I don’t believe everything in ACIM, can I still benefit from it?

This is an interesting question.

The short answer?

Yes, you can benefit.

But here’s the thing, you might also be missing the point.

To seek out a teacher you don’t believe in is to fail before you begin.

Not because the teacher can’t teach, but because the student won’t receive.

That’s the beauty of A Course in Miracles.

It helps you recognize the conflict within your choices.

So yes, you can still benefit from it.

But to fully benefit, you must trust.

And here’s the catch:

Trust can’t be taught, it can only be chosen.

If you’re looking for a reason to give the Course a try, consider this:

You’ve gone through life picking and choosing as you see fit.

And yet, you’re not in the space you desire.

You’re not yet content with your life.

If you were, you wouldn’t be reading this article.

You’d already be in full realization of what you possess.

So maybe, just maybe, this is a clue.

A clue that you might not always have your best interests at heart.

But how could we, when we were taught to see through the eyes of fear?

It takes someone outside this space to show us what lies beyond it.

So give it a try.

The worst that can happen is the best that can happen.

You’ll understand that later.

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13. What does it mean to give “true perception” to another person?

Ooh, true perception.

I’m excited about this question.

Earlier, we talked about how we fail to see the present for what it is when we bring the past into it.

The present becomes tainted by our past interpretations.

But what if you didn’t see through the eyes of the past?

What if you weren’t indoctrinated into what everything means?

What if you withdrew your current meaning from all things not of love?

Ask yourself this:

Could fear exist without a viewpoint to reference it against?

How could you know something is scary if you’ve never defined what scary is?

If you could define it, scary might be this:

A negative reaction to what might happen.

But here’s the truth:

What you fear isn’t real.

Fear is simply the act of observing what isn’t really there.

True perception changes everything.

It doesn’t see the clouds of maybes or the shadows of imagined nights.

It sees the love that unites us all.

It bears witness to God and all of God’s expressions of love.

Want to see an example of true perception?

Observe how a child interacts with the world:

• Bright-eyed.
• Eager to learn.
• Excited to experiment.
• Always ready to have fun.

Even the meanest person cannot resist smiling when reflected in the loving eyes of a child.

Now let’s do a thought experiment.

Imagine you’re peacefully chillin’ in the center of the sun.

When you look out, the entire universe is bright.

You’d never believe something like darkness could exist.

You’d see everything in its full glory.

And you’d know that everything could see you in yours.

This is true perception.

It’s light.

It’s openness.

It’s love.

It’s oneness.

It’s not falling victim to the belief that you can be harmed.

It’s knowing you’d never harm another, and also, that harming another is impossible.

True perception is the recognition of what is real, without giving thought to what isn’t.

It’s the gift we give when we choose to see only love.

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14. How can I understand “time” as ACIM describes it, especially the idea that everything is happening now?

To understand time is to try to understand something that isn’t real.

And something that isn’t real cannot be understood.

If it could, it would be.

Let me ask you this:

Have you ever experienced a past moment?

I’m not talking about a memory you visited in the present; I mean a moment you truly experienced that wasn’t now.

Or have you ever experienced a future moment?

Every moment you’ve ever lived happened from the vantage point of now.

Nothing escapes the presence of now.

Now is the only time that matters.

Here’s a clue to time’s nonexistence:

It’s inconsistent even with itself.

• An hour without love feels like an eternity.
• But when love is present, an hour feels like seconds.

Even the idea of eternity can sound long and burdensome.

But now?

Now never seems too far away. And yet, you know it will always be here.

Want to experience another time?

Here’s your best bet:

Move to another country.

Depending on where you go, it might feel like they’re living in the past, or even the future (shout-out to Japan).

But even then, when you arrive, you’ll find yourself exactly where you’ve always been:

In the now.

Now is timeless.

It’s the thread that ties together everything you’ve ever experienced.

And when you let go of trying to understand time, you begin to understand truth.

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15. Why do I sometimes feel more frustrated or lost after trying to apply ACIM principles?

This is a tough question for me to answer because every time I’ve applied ACIM principles, I’ve felt freer.

But I can share this:

There were moments when I wanted to hold onto my grief or dislike for another person.

Before ACIM, those feelings would have come and gone without much thought.

But once I knew I had a choice, something changed.

I didn’t like what I saw.

I saw myself as the maker of all I dislike.

That’s not an easy thing to accept.

The frustrating part wasn’t the principle itself.

It was realizing that:

1. I was holding myself in a space of not-love.
2. I was refusing to do what was necessary to return to love.

As if I could truly leave it.

It’s easier to believe someone else is the problem.

But the truth?

It was me all along.

If this resonates with you, embrace it.

You’ve crossed a significant barrier in transitioning from the world of illusion to the world of reality.

Now, the final step:

Be willing to apply the principles.

The more you do, the harder it will be to hesitate the next time.

And that’s when the freedom begins.

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16. How can I reconcile the idea that the world is a classroom with its apparent injustices and suffering?

First, consider this:

How do you know it’s an injustice?

What are the person’s dominant thoughts?

• Are their thoughts aligned with attracting the situation that involves the “injustice”?

What is their life purpose?

• Is this so-called “injustice” contributing to the lessons they need to learn to fulfill it?

And what will the consequence of this “injustice” be?

• Will they suffer endlessly, or could it be part of a divine plan that leads them to everything they truly desire?

These are deep questions.

And here’s the truth: you can’t possibly know the answers.

So, without knowing, how can you say with absolute certainty that these are, in fact, injustices?

The same applies to suffering.

If you’ve applied ACIM principles, you’ve learned this:

Suffering ends the moment you command it to.

Do you think you’re special in this ability to command yourself out of suffering?

Or do you believe that others can do the same as soon as they value peace more than they value suffering?

I know I’ve answered this question with more questions.

But that’s the point.

If so much is unknown about the conclusions you’ve drawn, how can you be sure they’re true?

And if you’re living according to false conclusions, are you really living?

Here’s the shift:

Recognize that the ideas of injustice and suffering are just that…ideas.

They’re fueled by your imagination and contemplation of them.

Instead, focus on what you love about life.

The more you focus and appreciate these things, the more they’ll grow.

Your life will be filled with so much love that nothing can escape its presence.

Because where love is, injustice and suffering cannot remain.

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17. How do I handle relationships with people who seem to embody the ego?

You handle them with love.

Think about how you’d handle a 3-year-old who embodies the ego.

With patience.
With understanding.
With a gentle heart.

There’s no reason it should be any different with an adult.

From an ACIM perspective, the only step you truly need to take is this:

Invite the Holy Spirit into the relationship.

When you bring Love’s presence into the situation, something shifts.

True perception becomes available to you.

And in that moment, you’ll know exactly how to respond.

Because love never fails.

That’s it.

No complicated strategies.
No overthinking.
Just love.

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18. What does it mean to accept the atonement for myself, and how will I know when I’ve done it?

To accept the atonement for yourself is to accept that you are fully supported by Love.

You can’t go wrong because Love is always there to guide you right.

When you accept the atonement, you recognize this:

Every conversation and interaction is a holy one.

Love is present.

Love speaks to you through the other person’s words.

Love guides you in what to say through your own.

By embodying and extending this Love, you eliminate guilt and fear from your creations.

You live as an expression of Love itself.

How will you know you’ve done it?

You won’t.

At least not in the moments when you’re wrapped in Love.

Because in those moments, you won’t care how you got there.

You’ll just love for the sake of love.

Think back to when you were a kid.

Have you ever stopped playing to analyze why playing is so fun?

Of course not.

You just played fully immersed until it was time to play another game.

Don’t get caught up in the semantics.

You don’t have to define Love to express it.

Because, as we’ve said before:

To define is to limit.

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19. Why do I resist the peace and joy that ACIM promises?

You resist because you’re dumb!

I’m just playing.

The real reason?

You value pain over peace.

You still believe pain offers you something valuable, something peace can’t.

You’ve convinced yourself that pain has hidden powers.

Where does this belief come from?

Maybe it’s from how television dramatizes trauma and pain.

Think about reality TV.

They highlight a contestant’s past suffering as if to say, “They deserve to win because they’ve been through so much.”

Or maybe it started as a baby.

When you cried, someone likely came to comfort you.

You learned that pain brought attention and love.

And so, when you felt a lack of love, you unconsciously manifested pain to fill that void.

But here’s the problem:

What happens when that no longer works?

You try again.

And again.

You manifest more pain, thinking this time it will work.

But when will it be enough?

Let it go.

It’s not doing you any favors.

Peace is waiting.

And it doesn’t require pain to prove you’re worthy of it.

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20. Is it possible to truly awaken while still engaging with the demands of the material world?

Many answers reveal themselves in the way the questions are asked.

For instance:

What isn’t real cannot possibly make demands.

Have you ever seen a kadabulabapoo demand anything?

No.

Because kadabulabapoos don’t exist.

(And yes, I just made up that word.)

Here’s another twist:

You ask if it’s possible to awaken.

But truly, it’s not possible to fall asleep.

You only made yourself believe you did.

The truth is, you’re already far more aware of your wokeness than you give yourself credit for.

The game of giving your power to perceived outside forces is nearing its end.

You’re growing tired of it.

It was fun for a while.
New, different, even exciting.

But what isn’t real isn’t meant to last.

Because it never was.

So, here’s your next step:

Receive your power back.

Empower those around you.

See everyone as empowered, and you will not be separate from what you see.

Awakening isn’t somewhere you’re going. It’s who you’ve always been.

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Conclusion: Living the Questions, Becoming the Answer

As you’ve seen, the journey through A Course in Miracles is filled with questions.
Some profound, some challenging, all transformative.

But here’s the secret:

The answers don’t live in the words. They live in you.

Every moment you choose peace over fear, love over judgment, or trust over doubt, you become the embodiment of the principles ACIM teaches.

These questions aren’t just meant to be answered.

They’re meant to be lived.

So as you move forward, keep asking. Keep reflecting. And keep choosing.

Because every time you do, you awaken to more of who you truly are:

Love itself.

What questions do you have about A Course in Miracles? Share them in the comments. I’d love to explore them with you.

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I’ve read the books. Memorized what needed memorizing. Took notes. Received the highest of grades.

But I never found in a book what I always knew to be true.

I mean, how could I?

Books use words.

Words are symbols.

Symbols can never hold the vastness of what they represent.

Could your essence truly be captured by symbols?

How accurate would they be?

Would you rather eat a mango or read the letters that represent it?

You get my meaning.

The experience is the treasure. It is our gift. It’s the present.

Sure, you could read about me. But to truly know me… you’d have to be me.

Similarly, the only way for that present to be fully recognized is by being present.

In this article, I’m going to help you unlock the ultimate experience.

Where an apple is not just an apple.

A flower is not just a flower.

Love is not just love.

Everything is closer to how it’s intended to be experienced.

Beyond all senses.

Beyond all logic.

Shall we begin?

Let’s begin!

The World Is Drowning in Knowledge

Fifteen years ago, there were already over 130 million books in existence. That’s not even including self-published works.

To read every one of those 130 million books—without stopping, without sleeping—it would take over 62,000 years.

Even if a thousand of us read around the clock without sleeping and while sitting on the toilet, it would still take over seven years to finish.

And yet, with all that information…
Are we any closer to having that which is truly meaningful?

Are we any closer to having peace, experiencing endless love, and being in a constant state of bliss? What about joy?

Or are we simply recycling the same old paradigms that existed well before we were “born”?

The self-publishing sector alone saw 2.6 million new titles hit platforms in 2023.

But here’s the real question:

Do we need all of this information?

And more importantly… is all this information actually knowledge?

Information vs Knowledge

Many have affirmed that knowledge is power. Then what’s information?

Google defines information as:

• facts provided or learned about something or someone
• what is conveyed or represented by a particular arrangement or sequence of things

Clearly, everything contained in books isn’t factual. Or could we be mistaken about what a fact actually is?

Google defines a fact as:

• a thing that is known or proved to be true

Now we’re getting somewhere.

Take a look at the following illustration.

The man on the left sees a 6 and knows it to be true. The man on the right sees a 9 and knows it to be true.

Both can prove their “truth”, but are either correct in their assessment?

You may be tempted to say a variation of, “Yes, they are both correct, and both things are true. It’s all a matter of perspective.”

So does truth rely on perspective?

Truly, I tell you, it does not.

Truth is truth.

It never changes.

What’s true cannot have a contradiction or contain variation, no matter the perspective, because that would render it untrue.

Yet we have words for this: opinions, beliefs, judgments, etc.

We’ve traded these words for phrases like:

• my truth
• in my experience
• it is my feeling that
• my grandma always said

…and then we treat these as law, which is another made-up concept.

Then we uphold this law and seek to punish those who don’t adhere to our laws, which aren’t even based on truth.

Woah!

I have lyrics from a song in the works that illustrate this point perfectly.

The jailed becomes the jailer

Enforcing rules he was teached

Too busy jailing more jailers

Jailer forgets that he’s free

Jailer calls everyone jealous

When they don’t care for his key

Jailer was sold on a cell

He tried to sell one to me

In other words, a lot of fuss and conflict is born out of non-truth.

What sense does that make?

We Don’t Lack Knowledge, We Lack Knowing

The real reason books remain so popular is that people are seeking knowing.

They’ve confused knowing with knowledge.

And so continues the cycle of seeking knowledge, finding it, being satisfied for a short time, and returning to a state of longing for more.

Knowing is different from feeling or believing. It goes deeper.
Knowing is total.

It leaves no room for doubt because doubt cannot exist in its presence.

It’s not sensed, meaning it cannot be understood through your physical senses.

Knowing is aligned with truth. And by truth, I mean the cosmic, unmoving principles that never change no matter who’s looking or when it is being seen.

When you know, you know.

You aren’t seeking.

You aren’t proving.

It doesn’t matter if everybody in the world displayed an alternative perspective. You would rest comfortably in your knowing.

Returning to Presence

As mentioned earlier, the present is called the present for a reason.
It is Creation’s Gift to Itself, and that includes us.

Knowing only exists in the present.
It cannot exist in the past or in the future.

The past and the future are shaped by perception, and often misperception, filtered through who you think you are and what you believe is possible.

Knowing never requires you to think.

To return to the present and to the state of knowing, you must loose the past and all of its causes.

I use the word loose instead of lose because it is too great of jump to go from believing in past events to realizing all of those events are being created now.

By loosening it, so to speak, you allow yourself to see new perspectives and welcome more ease into your life.

No longer will you be at the mercy of others and their circumstances.

It would be as if you unlocked a new world where all is like a beautiful lucid dream that you can see through and manipulate with your energy.

And that’s just the beginning!

The Hidden Curriculum We Were Never Taught

As soon as you were “born”, society has taught you to identify things in their separation.

It made a game of it, giving encouraging cheers, attention, and love to every correct answer you gave about perceiving the separate edges of light.

A spark is no longer a spark, but a pencil, a tree, or a person.

As you begin to recognize and perceive separateness, you identify with it. You start to possess it and assign ownership to all as you see fit.

You relegate yourself to being a body, separate, and living life unconsciously, so much so that you can no longer transcend time and space at will, except during your “dream” state, where you often return to consciousness.

Furthermore, you have learned to memorize and remember EVERYTHING except the most important of all, your divinity.

Instead of seeing the present as it truly is, you see your memories and your opinions displayed on the big screen.

Once you render judgment on an aspect of reality, you will only experience it as you judged it no matter divine the present truly is.

So the idea is loosen these judgments. Acknowledge that you may not truly know what everything means and the purpose it holds.

By loosening ideas of matter and what matters, you allow the truth to fill the spaces you held between yourself and All There Is.

The False Mind, The Ego

The Ego – a person’s sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

There are many misperceptions surrounding the concept of the ego.

The ego is the self that is formed as a result of you identifying as separate from reality.

And since the ego wants to continue to be, it will use whatever it can to keep you identifying with it, and to keep you separate for as long as possible.

But no worries.

This is where everything comes together.

If the ego is the self you created in separation, then knowing is the Self that exists only in truth.

And yes, truth is reconciliation – the remembering of your unity with All That Is.

Truth Is Experienced, Not Acquired

You permanently exist in a state of truth.
You don’t step into it, you are it.

It only seems otherwise because you’ve identified with the false.

What the false, bro?

The ego.

To witness the truth, you must first notice the difference between you and the voice pretending to be you.

Not because separation is real, but because seeing the illusion clearly helps you release it.

Here’s the essence:

• The ego’s entire thought system is unnecessary.
• You are not who the ego tells you you are.
• Truth is only available in the present, and the present reveals how absurd ego-thoughts truly are.
• The moment you recognize truth directly, you start hearing from the highest source … the one that has always been you.

Again, this isn’t something you memorize.

It’s not a technique you “remember” later.

Truth is something you experience.

And once you experience it, even once, nothing is ever the same.

There is a simple way to dissolve the ego and return to truth, however, it isn’t learned through words.

You don’t study it.

You do it.

You feel it.

You become it.

And when you do… you understand why no book could ever give you what presence reveals instantly.

If You Want to Experience This Shift for Real

Not in theory.
Not as a concept.
Not as a quote or a cool idea…

…but as your alive reality…

…I’ve created three paths.
Each one meets you at a different level of depth and asks a different level of commitment.

Let’s start with the deepest.

1. HOLY SHIFT Retreat – The Transformation

This is the big one.

HOLY SHIFT is where you step out of the intellectual world and into the direct experience of truth.

We dissolve illusion, loosen ego, and open the space for you to remember who you truly are.

You don’t “attend” this retreat.

You shift.

It’s the closest thing to stepping outside of the dream and realizing you’ve been awake the whole time.

If you’re called to this work — truly called — this is where to begin.

2. Private Coaching – Direct Guidance Into Truth

For those who want a more personal journey, I offer one-on-one coaching.

You get real-time guidance, reflection, and practical application of truth in your daily life.

I walk with you through clarity, alignment, ego dissolving, and returning to the presence you were born with.

If HOLY SHIFT is the spiritual immersion,
coaching is the integration.

3. The Music – Transformation in Rhythm

And for those who want to begin now…

The music is your entry point.

My albums carry the frequency of this work.

They’re coded with the principles of truth, presence, and inner peace.

You don’t just listen to them.

You shift with them.

They open your mind, soften the ego, and prepare you for the deeper work ahead.

Start here if you’re ready to feel different… even before you know why.

Final Word

You won’t find this in any book I’ve ever read.

Not because the books are wrong…

but because truth is too alive to fit on a page.

Truth is presence.

Knowing is presence.

You are presence.

This is why truth is experienced, not acquired. It reveals itself the moment you finally choose to be present

And the moment you stop trying to acquire truth

and start experiencing it…

everything becomes clear.

P.S. If this resonated, choose whichever path feels right for where you are.
Your shift begins the moment you say yes to yourself.

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Mass technology failures aren’t random and they don’t happen to “unlucky” people. There’s a reason. When I say “mass” I don’t mean the entire world, I mean most of your technologies at once.

It sucks…maybe. But before we get into all of that, let’s recap.

In Part 1 we discovered why you may attract traffic jams into your reality and how they serve you. Then in Part 2, we simplified relationships in a way that you will never be bothered by difficult people ever again, if you so choose.

Today’s post is all about why your technology seems to fail often at the wrong possible time.

Let’s get into it.

Examples of Technology Fails

Just to get us on the same page, I want to point out some common electronic failures.

• Siri or Alexa starts randomly talking to you for no reason
• Smoke detectors only detect a low battery
• Vehicle dashboard shows random icons
• Computer is going super duper slow
• Brand-new batteries not lasting long
• Wi-fi does not get a high-five
• Cell phone not making calls
• Smartwatch said nope!
• Light bulbs are dim

Now, none of the above works forever, and it’s not expected to.

So when one or two of these malfunction, no big deal.

But…when about 5 or 6 go on the fritz at the same time, it’s no bueno.

It feels like you’re being targeted somehow, but who would go through all of the trouble to sabotage all these little things in your life?

You already know the answer I’m going to give. You would do these things.

I know you’re thinking, “Bro, I would not do that to myself. That’s dumB with a capital B.”

Well, it’s not for me to judge, and here’s why you shouldn’t either.

The Higher Self

Before I get into the explanation, I want to fill you in on some things about yourself that you may not know.

You are a multi-dimensional being.

That means you exist here and now as you believe yourself to be, but you also exist in other space/times right now. These can include other physical dimensions, spiritual dimensions, and other dimensions we can’t wrap our minds around yet.

Remember in the previous article, we spoke about the example of how to realize you are in a new awareness based on the beliefs you now believe? It’s similar to that.

You make a decision and then your reality bends to reflect the nature of that decision even though moments before, your world was totally different.

So it’s more like your consciousness hovered over the new reality even those the previous one still exists.

Still with me?

A little higher up (and somehow inner), you have what’s referred to as a higher self. You’ve embodied this self many times.

Some of the times you have been aware of and other times you haven’t.

When there’s been an emergency and you did some stuff that can’t be fully explained logically…higher self.

When you had a magical day where nothing bothered you even though there were plenty of opportunities to be bothered…higher self.

Even when you get a deeper understanding of something suddenly…higher self.

The Relationship Between You and Your Higher Self

We live in a 3D world. 3D is 3 dimensional or 3 dimensions (height, width, depth).

You exist in those 3, but also in one part of time….the present. You can believe you travel to the past and the future in your mind, but physically, you are always here now.

Your higher self on the other hand that isn’t tethered to physical reality in the same way, lives in one part of physical reality (you) and more parts of time reality.

It’s like they are 3D+ from a different perspective (past, present, future, all). You can even say 4D, 5D, or more.

I won’t get into the specifics of all of that yet. The important thing to note is that your higher self has a higher & better perspective of what’s to come for you.

And you are always being guided toward that more enjoyable reality in the most optimal way possible.

Site note: Sometimes people confuse God with the Higher Self. It’s not wrong to do because technically your Higher Self is closer to God vibrationally speaking…but also depending on Who you believe God Is.

The word God also sounds like Guide and your higher self is also a guide if you allow yourself to be guided.

Your higher self speaks to you in many ways: from the gentle whispers of inspiration, the effervescence of joy, the warmth of good feeling, the serenity of peacefulness, to the profound clarity of inspired thoughts.

It’s all your higher self gently guiding you towards actions to take or feelings to embrace, illuminating your path with purpose and clarity.

So when you hear phrases like, “Order my steps Lord” or “Jesus take the wheel” it’s an acknowledgment that you don’t know all and that you’re willing to be guided.

Trust

This brings us to trust.

For the relationship between you and your higher self to work properly, you have to trust it.

It’s not like you’re trusting a third party that you know nothing about. Your higher self is another part of you. Your higher self wants you to thrive because it’s in your higher self’s interest.

So every situation that you find yourself, is a hand-picked situation just for you. It’s a shortcut to get you what you want in the fastest way possible.

But every time you interfere with this, you delay things further because you miss what’s here for you in this moment.

So your higher self must try again and again and again and again and again.

Sometimes it’s tough when you’ve encased yourself in fear, doubt, and worry. You’re almost unable to hear your higher self.

The Part That Your Failing Technology Plays

I’m sure you see where this is going now.

When your technology fails, your higher self is saying, “STOP! Take a breath.”

That may seem like a lot of work for a simple message but don’t underestimate the power of taking a breath.

There are many gifts in the present. That’s why it’s called the present.

You can only experience (or in-sperience) those gifts when you are present.

The present moment when free of all of your judgements is real. Everything else is not. Be real.

The situation or circumstance you are encountering right now has a benefit to you. You may not know what this benefit is until many now-moments later,  but the benefit will always be here if you allow it to be.

Key Points

So as you go about your day and possibly explore this website further, remember these 3 things.

1. Listen to your higher self. Your higher self knows more about you than you do.
2. Never assume that a perceived inconvenience is a bad thing.
3. Enjoy every moment. That’s your true purpose.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this 3-part series.

Comment below if you have any questions.

Last, considering sharing this with the masses. But before you do, check in with your higher self.

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Previously on JClay.org, we talked about handling traffic jams like a pro and what they may signify in your life. Today, it’s all about dealing with difficult people and the role they play in you becoming the greatest version of yourself that you’ve ever experienced.

By these “difficult people”, I’m referring to those people who knowingly and unknowingly find creative ways to irk you … the ones that force you to take a deep breath … and the ones that rub you the wrong way, instead of, rub you the right way. 

Meet The Difficults

The challenges that come along with dealing with difficult people are quite different from those discovered within and amongst traffic.

Yes, traffic is caused by people, but mostly it’s by people you don’t know.

Difficult people, however, come in all shapes and forms as friends and strangers, as loved ones and enemies, and even as co-workers and business partners.

If it wasn’t for difficult people, life may not be so difficult.

This is true. What is not true, however, is your “innocent” role in the matter.

In many instances, you have been the difficult one to others and yourself…but more on that later.

What makes a person difficult?

If you were to break down the words “difficult”, you would have “diff” and “cult” joined by “I”.

And so, my definition would be – a different culture that I witness. In no way does this definition have a negative connotation.

But let’s see what others say.

According to MorningCoach, difficult people are those who:

1. 1. view everything as a competition.
   2. like to place blame on others.
   3. are usually close-minded.
   4. like to argue with others.
   5. are prone to outbursts.
   6. love to judge others.
   7. never compromise.

In many ways, I agree. This is society’s definition of difficult. And if I’m being honest with myself, I’ve dabbled in each of these behaviors upon a time.

Have you?

The answer is relevant because I’ve often wondered if people met themselves, would they like being around themselves?

Could you honestly be in your own presence 24/7?

Many seek escape on an hourly basis so they won’t have to deal with themselves and their thoughts.

Still, let’s play out this scenario. Let’s say that as you are now, you physically cloned yourself and had to interact with yourself all day long.

Would you find yourself judging yourself as judgy?

Would you become close-minded to how close-minded you are toward yourself?

Will the narcissistic behavior be apparent in that you want what you want more than the other you wants what the-other-you wants?

What I love about MorningCoach’s definition is that those with that behavior are displaying the same behavior by calling it out. I’ll explain.

How To Be Around Toxic Family & Friends

The Mirror

The hard truth is that everyone is a mirror to everyone else.

When I look at you, I may see confidence. When the person next to me sees you, she may see timidity, which is a fun word to say.

She and I would both be correct in what we see because we can only see through the filter of our beliefs.

I can only see you for what I am. And what I am not, I know not of.

Let’s give an example.

Have you ever heard a new interesting word or phrase and thought, “Where did that come from?” Then the following days, you hear it multiple times from multiple sources.

You may think to yourself, “How does everyone know this phrase and I just heard of it? Was it always in existence?”

So you google it only to find that the word or phrase has been commonly said for many years. This is NOT a coincidence. 

This is a sign that you’ve stepped into a new level of awareness (a new reality).

Your beliefs changed, so what you now mirror has changed all perfectly in balance with what you dictated as the experience of your awareness as the master of your reality.

So let’s revisit MorningCoach’s definition from this mirrored perception.

Let’s bring back their definition.

…A difficult person is one who:

1. 1. views everything as a competition.
   2. likes to place blame on others.
   3. likes to argue with others.
   4. is usually close-minded.
   5. loves to judge others.
   6. is prone to outbursts.
   7. never compromises.

From the mirrored perception, you are exactly like the so-named difficult person in that:

1. 1. You are comparing yourself to or competing with that person.
   2. You are blaming that person for being difficult when that blaming can be seen as difficult for them.
   3. You want to be right and so you dislike when that person argues with what you’ve said.
   4. You are not willing to understand their viewpoint, instead just wanting yours to be understood.
   5. You are judging them for how they are being.
   6. You are having an in-burst of negative feelings toward that person.
   7. You don’t want to change how you feel about them and see them in a new light.

How Does This Help Me Deal with Difficult People?

Great question.

Hopefully, you are starting to realize that you are the difficult person that you interact with daily.

You are the one that gives meaning to the world around you. If someone were to ask you what’s the meaning of life, your unconscious answer based on your habits would be, “To be burdened by difficulty.” Or something similar.

Dealing with a so-called person of a different culture is a matter of dealing with yourself in understanding why you feel the way you feel.

For instance, let’s say you have a problem with people leaving you. To “protect” yourself, you may dismiss people out of your life prematurely thus perpetuating the cycle you don’t enjoy…leading you toward further un-enjoyment.

A better way would be to play the Why game so that you get to the root belief that you have allowed to show you a world of disbelief. Here’s how it would go in this situation.

Why do I hate when people transition out of my life?

Because it makes me feel alone.

Why does it feel bad to be alone?

Because it brings me closer to having to be with myself and I don’t like myself.

Why don’t I like myself?

Because I made bad decisions that I can’t forgive.

Why are those bad decisions?

Because I should’ve known better.

How could I have known better?

Because I was warned.

Why didn’t the warning matter?

Because it felt alive to act out my decision.

So do I regret the action or the consequences of my action?

Neither, I am happy about the experience and would happily do it again.

Then why can’t you forgive yourself?

I guess I can.

Many answers could have come from this and perhaps they did. The point is to play this game for yourself and go in as many directions as needed to reach the root.

Peace is here, it’s just been covered in judgments that we’ve ignorantly made in our youth that we have yet to re-explore.

So the more you deal with yourself, the less triggered you become by the words and actions of others.

Before you know it, you will be that happy person who laughs a warm and hearty laugh in every situation…that is until electronics and gadgets you depend on break down on you for no reason.

But there actually is a reason.

Technology Fails

Ahh, you know the drill. This article has become lengthy so we’ll conclude this topic next week.

As always, have some peace. It’s delicious.

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Is this you …

…when stuck in traffic jams:

• • “Why does this keep happening to me?”
  • “There’s no way this is is possible.”
  • “Move *expletive*!”

…when dealing with difficult people:

• • “Do you not read body language?”
  • “How are you this dumb?”
  • “REALLY?”

…when technology fails:

• • “God, why has thou forsaken me?”
  • “The one time I need this.”
  • “This is unbelievable.”

Then perhaps you’re suffering from:

• Chronic Impatience Syndrome (CIS): Symptoms include uncontrollable sighing, eye rolls, and muttering colorful language out of your window.
• Acute Intolerance Disorder (AID): Marked by sudden loss of composure, questioning the intelligence of strangers, and slapping people out of nowhere.
• Technological Tantrum Tendency (TTT): Characterized by explosive outbursts, a belief that devices have a personal vendetta, and a destroying of property.

DISCLAIMER: These are not actual medical conditions… but let’s be honest, they might as well be.

In this article, we are going to look at the cause and cure for each of these. More specifically, we are going to look at how YOU are causing each of these and how you can cure it all for good.

5 Ways to Make Your Mind Serve You

Traffic Jams

It’s a beautiful day out. The sun is waving at you and you have finished all of your work for the day. You can’t wait to get to your next destination and enjoy yourself.

All of a sudden…BAM, a traffic jam. You check your phone’s map app that shows there was an accident up ahead. There are no other roads to take and so you must wait it out.

What do you do?

You may curse. You might even slam on your horn, but the question remains. Why is this happening?

At one time or another, you may have asked this as well as, “Why me? How am I always attracting these types of situations?”

But tell me this…

…Have you ever cared to listen to the answer?

The answer is the most important thing to you at this point. Always listen for it.

If you were to listen, it may go something like this.

ANSWERER
Nothing is happening to you.

YOU
Yeah right.

ANSWERER
It’s happening “for” you.

YOU
How Answerer…how?

ANSWERER
What have you said you’ve always wanted?

YOU
What, peace? Simplicity? Ease?

ANSWERER
Yes, all of those.

YOU
How does that get me any of this?

ANSWERER
It’s easy to have peace when situations appear peaceful. But the truly peaceful demonstrate peace even when situations appear war-like.

YOU
That’s clever, but I’m not ready for all of that yet.

ANSWERER
You are and so it happens.

YOU
You mean to tell me that if I pass this test and be peaceful, then I won’t experience anymore traffic jams?

ANSWERER
I’m saying that if you are peaceful, you won’t care if there’s a traffic jam or not.

And so you decide to try it.
The next day you are excited to welcome the traffic jam.
Sadly, no traffic jam comes.

YOU
The one time I wanted a traffic jam, there wasn’t one. I was ready to practice. What gives?

ANSWERER
You stated you didn’t want to be stuck in traffic.

YOU
Yeah, but…

ANSWERER
First you were angry because there was traffic, then you were upset because there wasn’t. What changed?

YOU
My mindset.

ANSWERER
Ah haaaa.

And so, you live happily ever after…that is,
until you encounter a problem person.

Difficult People

Not so fast. This article is getting lengthy and you should reflect on the above.

And when you’re ready, here’s part 2.

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What if I told you that you have more control over your experience than you realize and that it’s all a simple math equation that you already have the answer to? Would you solve it? Let’s talk spiritual math.

I will attempt to keep this article as simple as possible so that a non-Math person can understand and apply these spiritual math concepts.

I will also cite sources where you can go deeper into math principles if you so choose.

What is Spiritual Math as opposed to regular Math?

Short for Mathematics, Math is a universal language and a fundamental tool for understanding the physical world around us. It is the study of numbers, quantities, and shapes, and their relationships to one another.

Math is used to describe and model the behavior of natural phenomena, from the smallest particles in the universe to the largest structures in the cosmos. It is the foundation of science, technology, engineering, and finance, and plays a crucial role in almost every aspect of our daily lives.

Similarly, Spiritual Math is a term that refers to the use of mathematical concepts and principles in exploring spiritual or metaphysical ideas. It recognizes that math is not just a tool for understanding the physical world, but also has the potential to illuminate deeper truths about the nature of reality and our place in it.

Spiritual Math can involve the use of geometry, numerology, and other mathematical techniques to explore concepts such as the interconnectedness of all things, the nature of consciousness, and the relationship between the material and spiritual realms.

It can be seen as a way to bridge the gap between science and spirituality and to provide a language for exploring the mysteries of the universe beyond what can be perceived through our physical senses.

Are you ready to add more to your life or would you simply like to remain equal to the negativity that seems to exist?

0 and 1

0 and 1 are the basis of all computing systems and operations, including circuitry. Often referred to as the binary number system, 1 and 0 represent two choices, which can be displayed in a myriad of ways…yes & no, true & false, on & off, ok & cancel. You get the idea.

I won’t get into the details of binary, but if you want to learn more, check this article on How To Read Binary.

As I said earlier, 1 and 0 can be used to represent true and false, which means only one of these numbers is true, 1.

0 does not exist. It’s imaginary.

Mathematically speaking, since zero is both nonpositive and its own square root, then zero can be considered imaginary.

But I’m speaking logically. If 1 represents true, then zero represents false.

They can never be equal. And if both existed equally, we would not.

What is true can never be false. What is false can sometimes seem true, but it can never be.

Since falseness is inconsistent with itself, it has no foundation of truth to stand on. It is imaginary.

Truth on the other hand, or 1, is always true no matter what.

This is the basis of spiritual math.

If something truly exists, it shares the same properties as 1 or as truth.

Now we can begin to understand the expressions, “All are 1” and “Everything is one.”

So what is 0 really?

0 is more like “not 1”.

For example, if 1 represents all that is right, good, true, holy, and magnificent, then what is its opposite?

It has no opposite, but more on that later.

For now, we’ll accept the usual representation of the opposition, which would be considered wrong, sinful, false, unholy, and weak.

So for example, if something is “not good”, many would say it’s bad or sinful.

In other words, “not good” is to sinful as “not 1” is to 0.

What should begin to be clear now is that what is “not” is not. “Not” is not real and you shouldn’t let the idea of what’s not real take up real space in your mind.

The Introduction of 0

Quick history lesson.

It’s hard to say exactly when the concept of 0 was introduced into the world’s mathematics. Just know it wasn’t there from the beginning.

Some say it was first introduced in India around 500 AD. Others say zero dates back to the 7th century in a manuscript called the Bakhshali manuscript that was eventually transmitted to the Islamic world, where it was further developed and eventually introduced to Europe in the 12th century. And still, others say zero was first recorded in Mesopotamia around the year 3 B.C.

Regardless of when it was first brought into awareness, zero has had a profound impact on the development of mathematics, as it enabled the creation of the decimal system, which is still used today.

The introduction of zero also paved the way for the development of algebra and calculus, which would later revolutionize the fields of science and engineering.

And as such, the concept of zero is now considered to be one of the most important contributions to human civilization, as it has had a profound impact on the way we understand and interact with the world around us.

All of this from a false/imaginary number.

Is this to say that algebra and calculus are also false? That’s not for me to say.
I will say, however, applying this technique to the words above, we get some interesting combinations.

Understanding “Not 1”

To put this in full perspective, not 1 can be represented as:

• Not complete
• Not good
• Not truth
• Not real
• Not rich
• Not life

Or:

• Incomplete
• Sinful
• False
• Imaginary
• Poor
• Death

By making “not 1” a thing, many are able to react to it as if it is real and engage with this non-realness on a regular basis.

By this same logic, people are able to react to “not good” as if it were a real thing claiming that “sin is real”.

In the same way that the concept of zero has spawned algebra, calculus, engineering, science, and more….the concept of sin or evil deeds has spawned sickness, death, judgment, mental illness, etc.

This may be a stretch, but then again, it may “not”.

That is the power of “not 1”. It forces you to look at what is not there and experience it as if it was.

Understanding 1

We see what “not 1” is, but what exactly is 1?

Here’s the irony. 1 cannot be fully understood alone, which is also why it’s not good for man to be alone.

To really understand and know anything, you have to live it. And what better way than to live in oneness?

It’s not possible to live in none-ness or zero-ness because then nothing would exist. But with oneness, all things are the same. I’ll explain.

Anything that means anything to you, you have given meaning to it.

I’ll repeat. Anything that means anything to you, YOU have given meaning to it.

Now, look around you. From your body to the room that you’re in, you’ve given some sort of meaning and even value to it.

Without you giving the world meaning, it would in a sense to you be formless and void. A human body would just be clay and a building would just be sticks and stones.

Yet even those comparisons have meaning that you have also given.

Because of your core rootedness in truth, you have the ability to imagine and even use this imagination to project meaning onto that which has none.

Living In Oneness

When oneness is truly lived, you recognize that what is on the inside is also reflected/seen on the outside.

However, when oneness is falsely lived, what you see seems imbalanced or unequal.

The reason is that the oneness law is inescapable. It is what you are.

Even in an imagined conflicting world of 1s and 0s, you still live in oneness because the laws & rules you apply to others, you are also subjected to.

1 = 1. Always.

1 represents All. And within All lies even the possibility/illusion of not, or 0.

This is why you could judge someone as naive or ignorant when they don’t believe what you believe, and yet in this misbelief, they don’t share the consequence that would befall you, had you lived their beliefs.

This is also why you may perceive certain friends as lucky or able to get away with what you could never. Your perceived oneness within does equal another’s perceived oneness within. Each are mixed with a combination of 1s and 0s.

Even though neither of you may be living 100% aligned with truth, both of you are still experiencing aspects of the law of oneness in your own way.

So what is within always appears without.

Opposite vs Equal

You may have heard that you live in a world of duality. Binary language is a representation of duality meaning there are two sides to all. But as I said earlier, 1 has no opposite. This is because it has no other sides. It’s all-encompassing. 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1, forever and ever.

Modern math represents opposite numbers as their negative counterpart. So it would claim that the opposite of 1 is -1.

However, -1 is also an imaginary number. It can’t be represented physically.

If an imaginary number is not real then it is equal to every other imaginary number in its not-realness.

What’s imaginary is equal to what’s imaginary.

To claim that something is opposite another is another matter indeed.

An opposite must be as powerful as the other to be considered a true opposite.

One wouldn’t judge another as their enemy unless they believe this person is as capable or even more capable than them.

Mathematically speaking, stating that 1 = 1 or 0 = 0 is a true representation of equal and opposite.

Saying that 1 ≠ 0 is not representing opposition or equality, but just stating the obvious.

So while you’re continuing to give parts of your world a negative meaning, recognize that these parts or circumstances should have no power over you because firstly, you’ve given meaning to it thus making you its maker. And secondly, what has no power or what has imaginary power shies away when in the presence of true power, you.

1 Division

Sounds like a singing group, huh?

Now that we understand the all-encompassing nature of 1, what would happen if 1 could be split?

Let’s divide.

Why divide? Because again, to truly understand something, you have to live it, being within it and it within you.

To keep it simple, we’ll divide 1 evenly.

We’ll say 1 divided by 2.

Commonly in math, 1 divided by 2 is considered one half, but let’s use the symbol … ½.

But actually, it’s ½ + ½. The other half didn’t magically disappear. It’s just that for some reason, mathematicians were focused on the subset.

So now we have 2 equal parts of ½.

Since we know that 1 is considered good, let’s restate that. 1 is good.

Now we split 1 (or good) into 2.

You now have 2 parts good. Yet each one represents half of good.

If we took one of the halves and regarded it as whole, what is it made up as?

It’s still good because, from the perspective of all of good, it’s half of itself.

Some would even say it’s just half good. To which I would ask, then what’s the other half made up as?

This is where things get confusing to individual minds, similar to halved minds.

It believes that part of itself is missing or cut off simply because it chooses to be halved or not connected.

So instead of regarding itself as whole, it seeks another half.

Now it’s getting interesting.

But let’s say this ½ judges its other ½ as being bad.

From the judgment of the first ½, this half now unknowingly sees itself as bad simply because, ½ = ½.

And since what’s bad could never equal what’s good, the self-judged divides again to search for ½ good, but each half is halved making it a fourth, an eighth, a sixteenth, and so on.

Are you with me?

Plugging In Real Values

Let’s look at this another way.

Good = ½Good + ½Good

If we subtract ½Good from both sides, we get…

Good – ½Good = ½Good

So:

½Good = Good – ½Good

Since it’s getting confusing, let’s give these all names to simplify.

We’ll name Good as Christ. The first ½Good would be Adam and the other ½Good would be Eve.

Let’s list all the equations we can to represent this using basic math.

Christ = Adam + Eve
Adam = Christ – Eve
Eve = Christ – Adam
Adam = Eve

Now Adam and Eve both feel incomplete. They’ve been cut off in a sense from each other. Yet from the perspective of Christ, nothing has been lost. Christ still has all parts of himself.

From the perspectives of Adam and Eve, something is not right.

So Adam attempts to join with Eve and the two feel good together.

Then Eve does something Adam does not agree with and he judges her as bad. But Adam equals Eve? So Adam has unknowingly or unconsciously judged himself as bad.

Since they are all that is, they still mix and mingle. They have two kids together.

From the perspective of Christ, nothing has been lost.

Christ = Adam + Eve + Child 1 + Child 2

It may seem like Christ has gained. This is true, but not in the way you think. The energy or value of Christ is still the same, however, the energy that makes up Christ has shifted and new possibilities are formed, but still all within the 1.

Now from the perspective of Adam, he may believe he’s greater than the others.

Adam < Christ

Yet, Adam believes:

Adam > Eve
Adam > Child 1
Adam > Child 2

But truly:

Adam = Eve

And now also:

Adam = Child 1
Adam = Child 2

But because Adam believes he is greater, then he unknowingly or unconsciously made others greater than he in his mind. So to even the playing field or to even out the equation, he has thoughts of attempting to belittle the “others”, not realizing that they are also himself.

This cycle repeats and repeats for each.

Yet Christ is still a happy 1.

And within, the perceived individuals are not ready to accept that the sum of all its parts equals the whole.

In other words, you plus me plus everyone else in existence make up this oneness.

And since all the parts are equal, having a good life is as simple as recognizing the good in all. Because to judge one is to judge yourself.

To state that another way, since you’ve given meaning to all you see, you’re really only seeing yourself. And to then judge against what you see, would directly be judging against yourself.

Bad Math or better yet ‘Not Math’

It’s easy to believe that you’re greater than another because of a misinterpretation of the following equation.

Remember how:

Christ = Adam + Eve

Then to solve for Adam would be:

Adam = Christ – Eve

The misinterpretation comes from the above. Adam may feel that if he gets rid of Eve, then he will be equal to Christ.

But again remember that since Adam is equal to Eve, we can substitute Adam for Eve. So to represent this perceived equation accurately would be:

Adam = Christ – Adam

From Adam’s perspective, he would lose himself in the process.

But since 1 is always 1, Adam would only imagine that he’s lost himself.

Again, from the viewpoint of Christ, the equation is still balanced, we see that:

Christ = Adam + Adam

Going back to this equation and looking at it differently, we have:

Adam = Christ – Eve

Now Adam attempts to remove Eve and…

Adam – Eve = Christ – Eve – Eve

Since Adam equals Eve, we have:

0 = Christ

Since Christ represents 1, we see how untrue this statement is:

0 = 1

It doesn’t and it won’t. Yet that is what happens when you attempt to go against a fellow self.

Takeaways One

What can be concluded from this?

1. We truly are all connected.
2. If you judge me, you judge yourself.
3. If you praise me, you praise yourself.
4. Negativity has no power because it’s imaginary.
5. Division is impossible because all parts of the 1 still remain.
6. What I see has always just been me, so why don’t I start seeing through the eyes of the 1.

If you’ve enjoyed this, here’s another fun thing with numbers tailored to exactly who you are.

Last, check out this rap song 123 which represents both the halved side and then the whole side as outlined in this article.

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We all have conflicting thoughts. Well, I should say we all keep conflicting thoughts for the time being.

Conflicting thoughts are thoughts that are opposite in meaning, yet we believe them both.

Even defining it so plainly reveals how crazy it is to have these conflicting thoughts.

Yet every day we entertain one or more.

Some common conflicting thoughts include:

• “I don’t know why bad things happen to me” vs “I love drama”
• “The mind controls the body” vs “my body is sick”
• “People really are nice at heart” vs “people suck”

The purpose of this article is not to list out all of your conflicting thoughts, but to help you live more in harmony with yourself.

This can be accomplished by first recognizing what your conflicting thoughts are. And secondly, by choosing just one (hopefully the thought aligned with truth).

Let’s jump in!

Others will tell you

We can sometimes become so wrapped up in our own ego that we become unconscious of what we actually believe, think, and say.

Luckily, we have mirrors (those around us) to remind us.

For whatever reason, people love proving others wrong and calling out their faults, especially kids.

So you’re surrounded by amazingly eager participants willing to show you your conflicting thoughts.

When confronted openly about these conflicting thoughts, there’s a tendency to react by directing anger toward the messenger.

But when you see the reality of this situation, you can understand that the messenger just did you a HUGE favor.

They have just brought to light some conflicting thoughts that you were unaware of.

At this moment you have a choice. You can defend your beliefs as if truth itself needs someone to fight for it. Or you can take a moment to reflect and see if there is some truth to what the person is revealing to you.

It takes practice, but you’ll get it.

You find yourself feeling uneasy, angry, or sick

Despite the common belief, sickness is not normal.

Seeing the above statement now is so blatantly obvious to me, but there was a time when it wasn’t. I believed that it was natural to get sick and that there was nothing I could do about it.

I believed that something was natural that could never be natural. It’s like living death, fighting peace, or lying for the truth…obvious conflicts that we’ve merged into one.

Since as so above, so below…what you believe inside is reflected outside.

In this case, this inner mental conflict reveals itself as bodily conflict reinforcing that the mind controls the body. Yet we sometimes believe that the body has a mind of its own. And it does. It’s yours. 

This conflict also reveals itself in anger and uneasiness.

You would only be angry if someone reveals something that goes both against your belief and for your belief.

For example, let’s say someone calls you stupid.

If you’re content in your genius-ness, then you would brush off this attempt at an insult because it’s obviously absurd.

Yet if deep down you believe that you are stupid, then conflict or anger will arise. There’s conflict because you are trying to prove to others that you are smart without having truly accepted it for yourself.

It’s time to start using these perceived anger and/or sick times as triggers to practice seeing the miracle of moving toward a united mind.

Being present with what you’re teaching/saying (the advice you give others)

You are always teaching. You are always sharing. They are one and the same.

If for example, I say, “Eating chicken is bad for you.” You may be quick to teach or share why it is or isn’t.

We unconsciously do this. And by doing this unconsciously, we are setting up our own limits.

We are making the parameters for how we are to live. And if we don’t abide by these, conflict arises.

The conflict is there because you’ve set a rule yourself to live by, but you don’t live by it.

See how sneaky conflicting thoughts can be.

It’s not just there. It’s in the debates you have.

You may be so wrapped up in being right, that you don’t realize you’re righting something that you never wanted for yourself while denying what you do.

Fortunately, the fix is the same.

Be present at this moment.

Observe your thoughts as you think them.

Observe your words as you speak them.

This also takes practice. But once it’s perfected, nothing will ever bother you again.

You will be in perfect harmony within yourself always.

In conclusion

On this harmonic journey, try not to get frustrated if you don’t always succeed at overcoming the conflict.

To get frustrated would be to make further disharmony (more conflicting thoughts).

No more!

Here’s a song of mine to help.

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These journal prompts will quickly get you in alignment with what you truly want, not just with what you think you want.

I first got introduced to journaling from the book The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. In it he spoke about doing SAVERS daily…

• S – Silence – Sitting in silence or meditating
• A – Affirmations – Saying affirmations
• V – Visualizations – Visualizing yourself receiving/achieving what you want
• E – Exercise – Exercising
• R – Reading – Reading books toward what you want to learn
• S – Scribing – Journaling

I had experience with all of the above except journaling. I knew how the others were helpful so it made it easier to trust the recommendation to add journaling to my repertoire.

So I “borrowed” a notebook from my then job’s supply cabinet and got ready to journal.

The only problem was, I didn’t know what to write.

I probably actually wrote, “I don’t know what to write in here.” next to that day’s date.

Yet this is a new day. With more experience and knowledge around the subject, I’m here to provide you with the journal prompts that will help serve you the most.

Journal Prompts You Should Be Using

1. What can I do today (or tomorrow) that will make me super happy?
2. What do I love about my life?
3. What’s something that sucks and is there a way of looking at it where I no longer think it’s sucky?
4. If money was never an issue, how would I spend my day?
5. Make a list of people that have wronged me and explain why I’m scared to forgive them.
6. What does God want me to do that I’m avoiding?
7. It’s been said that … “How you do anything is how you do everything.” … How does that make me feel about my life?

What journal prompts do you use that are the most transformative?

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Living in today’s world, death seems inescapable. Many have even accepted it for themselves and look forward to approaching that day at a future time.

However, many have not accepted it for their loved ones. When a death occurs, it can feel like nothing makes sense and that the world is unfair.

If you are a follower of this blog or my music, you know that I don’t believe in death in the way that many others do.

The intent of this article is not to change your beliefs regarding death. That’s what There Is No Death, No Pain, and No Evil is for.

This article is to show how you can be alright at this moment when the thoughts of loss seem too great.

There may be some things in this article that seem to strike a nerve, but continue to read it in its entirety. This will help you.

Let’s get into the 5 ways to easily get over the death of a loved one.

1. It’s All About You

This is going to come as a shocker, but know that I am saying this with love.

When someone dies, it’s not about you.

That person supposedly lost their life, but you didn’t lose anything.

So if you’re going to feel sad, don’t feel sad for yourself. You’re still here and get to live it up.

Instead, feel sad that they won’t get to live it up, which has nothing to do with you. And then, remember that you don’t need to feel sad at all.

I’m not suggesting that you hold back your feelings. Let them out in a huge cry if you need to.

But then celebrate and honor your memory of them by feeling good that you crossed paths and that the best parts of them are with you always.

2. A Loved One’s Purpose

There is a belief that people exist in this world only for your will. I know, it’s a hidden belief.

You lay claim to these people through your words, i.e. your friends, your family, your this, your that, etc.

Within this belief, you think you know what’s best for them all. You know their highest capabilities and even their incapabilities.

Additionally, you know that whenever you call them, it’s best for them to fulfill your request. That request could be to entertain you, make you feel better, be good company, whatever.

But do you really know this? Do you even know that you think you know this?

Everything and everyone that exists has a purpose or else they would not be here.

In terms of items, when you no longer have a purpose for one, you either throw it away or give it away to be repurposed.

Many of us still don’t even know our own purpose, let alone the purpose of another.

How To Discover Your Purpose

What does this mean?

When you perceive a person’s death, you don’t know if their purpose was fulfilled or not.

You also don’t know if the circumstances surrounding their death were a manifestation of their commonly repeated thoughts.

The person may have gotten exactly what he or she wanted out of life and was ready to transition to something else.

Again, you don’t know.

There’s no sense in being mad or sad over something that you don’t know.

Furthermore, for those that believe in God, as I do. Do you really believe that God’s Will could not be done? Trust It. Trust Him.

He knows what’s best for you and He wants to give it to you. But it’s hard to receive something when you’re denying it.

3. Closing Off Yourself From New Experiences

When you’re a kid, everything is exciting because it’s all-new.

Everything is also exciting because it stays new.

No moment is like the previous one nor do you try to make it that way.

But as you get older, you try to recreate past moments that you felt were great. You deny this moment in favor of one that already happened.

You no longer trust that exciting experiences will be brought to you so you invest in what could never be, the past.

When you live in the past, you try to hold on to everything and everyone exactly as they were in that moment.

Yet you know as well as anyone that people’s thoughts, feelings, and bodies change every second of the day.

This means that by holding on, you are essentially setting yourself up to remain disappointed at all times.

It’s almost like your thoughts of choice are, “I want what I could never again have because I know everything about the world including that everything else would suck in comparison.”

If your thoughts, feelings, and body is changing all the time, that means that what you would enjoy changes all the time as well. God and the universe are always wanting to give to you that which you would enjoy.

But by holding onto one tiny moment that happened infinity moments ago, you are choosing littleness instead of abundance.

In doing this, the only thing that can make you happy is that which could never be.

Let go of the past so that you can experience all that the present has to offer in its glory.

This is not to say to forget about your loved one. This is to say to live now for you both.

4. Communicating with Your Loved One

The loved one is still with you now. Who you are is a combination of yourself and their influences over you. So literally, you are no longer just yourself.

In addition to that, you can actually communicate with your loved ones now as if they are here because, in reality, they are.

Here’s how.

Sit in a comfortable position. Relax completely being fully grounded in the present. Feel your toes touch the floor or your shoes. Let go of any past thoughts or experiences. Make only this moment your focus.

Close your eyes and think of the love shared between you and your loved one. Now say what you would say to them either out loud or to yourself.

Listen to what you receive back from them. It may not be heard with the body’s ears, but it’s definitely felt.

You can do this any time of any day for any length of time. So have at it. Enjoy a full dialogue.

A quote from one of my favorite books A Course In Miracles (ACIM) perfectly sums up why you are able to do this.

“Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.“

And in case you want a bible quote, check out Luke 20:38.

“He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.“

5. Holding Onto Form Weakens You

As I mentioned above, you are choosing littleness instead of abundance.

You already accept that your thoughts, beliefs, and body are endlessly changing. And throughout all of these changes, you’ve still always been you.

So what version of your loved one are you trying to hold? And why would you want them to be stuck in a changeless form for your benefit?

There are so many people in your physical awareness right now that would love for you to enjoy them.

But it’s impossible to experience both loss and abundance. Each denies the other and so only one can be true.

If loss was real, then you would be happy to receive it. However, since abundance is real, even the illusion of loss can be.

To believe that your loved ones are only a body is to believe that you are an insignificant speck incapable of anything real.

This is not true. You are the light of the world. Your rays extend beyond any and everything ever-flowing for eternity.

In Conclusion

In conclusion, your loved ones didn’t die. Only your perception of who they were, died.

Let go of this perception so that you can LIVE with them always.

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