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Patricia Pearce

The Embrace #123: The Extraordinary Power of Blessing

While on a retreat recently I had a dream. In this dream I am a guest teacher of some kind for a group of students. …I tell them to go out and practice blessing people, and to come back the next day and share what that experience was like.

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The Embrace #32: My Greatest Experience – Ever

The Embrace #32: My Greatest Experience – Ever

My Greatest Experience - Ever By Miguel Carvalho It was the greatest experience of my life, what happened to me on August 14th, as I was exploring A Course of Love. And what is more, it was not a one-time occurrence, a fluke, a misinterpretation, or a figment of my...

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The Embrace #31: Accepting Feelings of ALL Kinds

The Embrace #31: Accepting Feelings of ALL Kinds

Accepting Feelings of ALL Kinds By Christine Fine I sing in the shower. Every morning. It’s a song of gratitude. There are so many things to be grateful for! I even made a list and laminated it so I could keep it in the shower with me. It helps inspire my morning time...

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The Embrace #30: Entering the Doorway of Acceptance

The Embrace #30: Entering the Doorway of Acceptance

Entering the Doorway of Acceptance By Susan Christine Greenwood “Simplicity, clarity, truth.” Words so beautiful that even reading them aloud brings peace and calm. For me, this is what ACOL has brought to my life. Complications are gone, replaced with simplicity....

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The Embrace #29: Beginning My Journey with ACOL

The Embrace #29: Beginning My Journey with ACOL

The Beginning of My Journey with ACOL By Juliana Kurokawa Editor’s Note: Juliana Kurokawa lives in São Carlos, Brazil. She is a professional translator who has recently begun translating A Course of Love into Portuguese. She says, “I could hardly believe that Spirit...

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The Embrace #27: My Dialogue with Jesus

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...

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The Embrace #26: A Portal to Wholehearted Living

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...

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The Embrace #25: I Was Created to Be Loved

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...

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The Embrace #24: Your Last New Year’s Resolution – Ever

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...

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