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The Embrace #27: My Dialogue with Jesus
My Dialogue with Jesus By Celia Hales In both A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love Jesus says that he is with us when we ask for him. So I took him at his word. It works. I have an ongoing dialogue with Jesus. In ACIM, he says that he will come upon “a single...
The Embrace #26: A Portal to Wholehearted Living
A Portal to Wholehearted Living By Elliott Robertson A few years ago I began a practice of communicating with my heart. I open my notebook to a fresh page and ask my heart an open-ended question, inviting my heart to give counsel. I may write something like, “My dear...
The Embrace #25: I Was Created to Be Loved
I Was Created to Be Loved By Sebastian Blaksley Editor's note: This past year has been an extreme year for Sebastian Blaksley of Buenos Aires, Argentina. At Eastertime the book A Course of Love appeared before him miraculously with a powerful feeling that he was to...
The Embrace #24: Your Last New Year’s Resolution – Ever
A Christmas Message: Your Purpose Is to Be Loved By Laurel Elstrom Editor's note: the following message was received in meditation. Do you not realize that your entire purpose is to be loved? Will you allow creation to love you? You think that you lack love, that love...
The Embrace #23: A Chrstmas Message: Your Purpose Is to Be Loved
A Christmas Message: Your Purpose Is to Be Loved By Laurel Elstrom Editor's note: the following message was received in meditation. Do you not realize that your entire purpose is to be loved? Will you allow creation to love you? You think that you lack love, that love...
The Embrace #22: Donald Trump: Man of My Dreams
Donald Trump: Man of My Dreams By Paula Payne Hardin November 13, 2016 What could my inner dreamer be saying by sending me a series of five startling—even shocking—dreams over the year preceding the election of Donald Trump? Dreaming is rare for me these days but I...
The Embrace #21: The Election: Moving from Shock to Love
The Election: Moving from Shock to Love By Michael Mark Voting this year felt like trying to distill years of carefully-gathered hope and passion into a single, oval-shaped grunt. It was like trying to create a landscape painting with a single prick of ink. It's not...
The Embrace #20: Matthew, the Hurricane, Meets A Course of Love
Matthew, the Hurricane, Meets A Course of Love By Paula Payne Hardin October 14, 2016 There is an afterglow bathing my community of Vero Beach, Florida. The Category 4 hurricane named Matthew, due to make a direct hit sometime during the night of October 6 through 7,...
The Embrace #19: The Politics of Acceptance
The Politics of Acceptance By Michael Mark It's that time again here in the US. I'm increasingly confronted by discussions of politics. They're coming into the home, the office, the car. With the menu, the memo, the mail. And why not? We're saturated by it right now....