New Day

Well, I guess every day is new, but lately it's been feeling like every day is the same. I know it's because I've just been going through the motions and have forgotten to enjoy the experience of being alive. I've gotten tired of feeling that way so today I started "A Course in Miracles". I've had the book for about five years now. It was given to me by a correspondence student I used to teach spiritual disciplines to when I was spiritually disciplined. That is a long story I will reserve for a day I have more time to write. I didn't even open the book for about three or four years. When I did I couldn't believe that I had been keeping this "miraculous" book from myself all this time. But I think things happen when they do for a reason. I have read quite a bit of the text and it has given me great insight and also started the course at one time but wasn't totally committed to following through with it. I feel like now is the time I need it the most.

The course takes one year to complete; one exercise each day. There is also the text which is 666 pages (not the number of the devil by the way, it represents the highest level of service you can give to humanity, that's how I understand it anyway). So, reading 2 pages of the text each day will allow me to also finish the text in a year. I might read more pages each day, but 2 pages is the minimum.

Anyway, I've done my lesson today and read three pages. The lesson was so simple but had an amazing effect on my consciousness. I felt completely in the moment and experienced a temporary release of attachment to everything in my environment. I felt free, no worries, no pain, no stress. It was wonderful even if only for a minute or so.

I will do my best to write about my experiences with these lessons every day. I have no one to study with anymore, but I think it is important to get my thoughts out however I can. It helps me to learn better.

By the way, about my last post on my religion. I know it was kind of a silly post, but I have realized over the last month that I don't need to identify myself with any particular religion. God exists no matter how or where you worship, what you believe or don't believe. If any one asks what church I go to or what my religion is I can confidently tell them that my religion and church is my own direct experience. I am fortunate though that my direct experience has provided me with plenty of proof that God exists. Why would I need a priest or minister to consult about God when I know that if I have any spiritual questions I can ask God myself and he always answers.