Choice Archives - Opening to the Possibility

The Danger of Virtuous Intentions

January 1, 2019

ACIM, Choice, Commitment, Fitness, Forgive, Life

It’s the New Year and New Year’s Day is the perfect depiction of how good intentions can have a corrupting influence. I’ve long thought it a little insane to go out on New Year’s Eve and party so hardy that you wake up already on the wrong side of accomplishing your goals. It’s the “I’m […]

The Ear of Corn Saga

August 2, 2018

Choice, Expectations, Life

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I was eating an ear of corn on the cob when I noticed it – somewhere along the way, I had adapted the habit of comparing. I had forfeited that was in front of me to enjoy. I had flushed away the present moment’s joy by measuring it against the past; an epiphany that made […]

Dreaming of Exile (In the Name of Escape)

May 28, 2018

ACIM, Choice, Ego, Fear, Pain, Trust

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As much as I tell myself I want to heal my life, I find that I regularly slip into avoidance behavior. It is the home of addiction. It is hell, and even though I “know” that the path to healing it is to face it, it is the great battle of my life. I fritter […]

Impossible to Understand

February 9, 2018

ACIM, Choice, Ego, Fear, Life, Surrender

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I frequently repeat lesson 25 from A Course in Miracles: I do not know what anything is for. I recognize that I can only understand the benefit of things in hindsight. Or as Chuck Klosterman says in But What if We’re Wrong, “It’s impossible to understand the world of today until today has become tomorrow.” […]

The Edge of Awakening

February 7, 2018

ACIM, Atonement, Choice, Ego, Life, Peace, Sinlessness

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Sometimes I feel as if I’m almost there. Now, in truth, I recognize that I am already there and what I really mean is that there are moments when I can actually feel it, see it, savor it, enjoy God’s Peace and Love. Lately, I feel like my life is a test. The same old, […]

Global Warming: Awareness vs. Fear and What Do I Believe in?

February 6, 2018

ACIM, Choice, Fear, Life

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So, in my Unveiling Your Hidden Power class, as we study Emma Curtis Hopkins, the question of Global Warming came up (I may have been the one who started it!). I think about these things. If I believe is the unlimited power of the Divine (There is no order of difficulty in miracle) then it […]

Inventing Faith

February 1, 2018

ACIM, Choice, Faith, Fear, Life, Money

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My life is a testament to faith, yet that hardly means that I am living the life of Riley (does anyone still use that term!). I have had many, many opportunities to be surprised by things magically coming together, but I have also had plenty of doubts and fears and trepidation. This is when I […]

The Contagion Project

January 30, 2018

ACIM, Choice, Connection, Ego, Fear, Law of Attraction, Life, Love

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It’s flu season and the world at large seems to be enamored with fear of contagion. On yesterday’s news (and probably today’s – who knows, the TV isn’t on yet) there were accounts of death and disease around the dreaded virus. One woman failed to get a flu shot got infected while caring for her […]

There is No Death, but the Illusion is a Finite Gig

January 28, 2018

Acceptance, ACIM, Choice, Connection, Ego, Fear, Life, Life's too short

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One of the beautiful things about practicing the daily lessons from A Course in Miracles is that they acknowledge our humanity without condemnation. “You may feel hesitant about using the idea, on the grounds that you are not sure you really mean it. This does not matter.” “You will probably miss several applications, and perhaps […]

Everything Happens for You

January 25, 2018

ACIM, Byron Katie, Choice, Faith, Fear, Life, Life's Purpose, Life's too short, Overcoming resistance, Pain, Peace, Resistance

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Yesterday, a client of mine took me to lunch at a decent restaurant and when my food came, I caught myself criticizing it before I had even eaten a bite. The onions where supposed to be caramelized and since I cook, I know that caramelization takes time and patience. These onions had not been cooked […]

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