Dreaming or Reality?

I have been a Course in Miracles facilitator for over twenty years.  In the process of facilitating I have grown, changed my mind, stretched my awareness and knowing until I became the philosophy of A Course in Miracles. Through the process I have come to remember love, to be joy, and to have the peace that I had always been seeking.  October 1st will end my journey as A Course in Miracles’ facilitator and I want to thank all of those who have joined with me on this journey, even if only for a short while, and those that have become my companions in truth.  Everyone has been part of my classroom and has helped me see beyond the appearances of duality and the nothingness of illusion.  Through each of you I have remembered the reality of my Being, and through you I no longer have a need to dream.  In knowing who I AM,  I also Know who each of you are!  In this knowledge I am free.  I am in tremendous gratitude for each of you, because I could not have ”Become” without each of you.  Thank You!

For those of you that still want to dream I understand the appeal of fantasy.  Being able to dream of traveling the worlds, experiencing other planets, living many different lifetimes, traveling through other dimensions and having the pleasure of making a play; be it a tragedy, comedy, or any the other genres, being the victim or the villian, the hero or the slave.  With the seasoning of duality the variations of the dream can be very entertaining.  With the ego as the producer and critic it becomes easy to believe that the dream is reality, rather than just entertainment, and that you can make it last forever.  So many are having so much fun making bodies and experiencing all the dualistic special effects that bodies need to assume and the costumes that they wear in order to enhance the play.  You even have found other dreamers to share in your drama and play different roles in your scenes of love, hate, sacrifice, jeaousy, betrayal, and…  The fantasy of being somewhere you are not and having experiences that are not real and being what you can never be is not your life…but it is entertaining and filled with drama.  Many dreamers are still seeking for their next play and are planning for their next life, where they will take the stage again and with the help of their ego they will produce their next drama set in the feared past and hoped for future.

There are many, now, who are having a difficult time directing their plays.  In their minds they hear a quiet still voice which says, ‘There must be more!”  That voice begins to interrupt their concentration on their play and makes it difficult to continue with their current script.  The voice is disquieting at first and only comes infrequently but soon it becomes more insistent in its’ words that there must be more than this!  Of course, your production manager, ego, is screaming that to listen to that “ voice” is foolish and you will lose everything!  The ego insists that only the dream is real and it acknowledges that you will die but then reminds you that you will be born again to dream again and for the ego that is eternity.  It reminds you that it has hundreds of plays that still need to be enacted and lived in the dream.  It reminds you that without the dream you will no longer exist but will fade into nothingness and cease to be.  Then that still small “voice” responds, “There is something more…you will find it in the present moment…get present and awaken.  Home is waiting for your arrival!”  Awaken and remember that you are not alone, remember who you are, remember what you father has created for you.  Awaken”.

Initially, the call to awaken brings up fear and extreme resistance.  After all, your production manager, the ego, does not want to be unemployed and retired to the position of nothingness which is its’ normal state.  It screams, “no you must die to awaken to dream again”.  It consoles and reminds you that in the next dream “ you can be powerful, rich, spiritual and great!  In the next dream you can be more and your future then will be what you have always longed for!”

The quiet voice is reminding you of peace, reminding you of another state where there is no death, loss, pain or separation.  The quiet voice is reminding you of reality, where there is no past, future, levels, dimensions, duality and pain.  It is only in reality that you will find what you are longing for, what your seeking has been hoping to encounter and you finally can be and know who you truly are.  Not a dreamer but a creator!  There are only two choices and you will either keep on doing what you are doing without the desired result or you will awaken.

The choice is yours to be the dreamer of dreams or to awaken to be a creator.

I stand in Reality, beyond the dream, and I am willing to be a channel for the truth of who we are.  This message will inspire many different reactions which either will be an acceptance or a denial of truth.  I am merely the messenger.  It is not my place to judge, condemn, re-joice or inspire the message that I bring.  You each will give it the meaning that it has for you.  I honor you with love, I extend to you peace, I know that as you are ready, you will join with me in Reality!

Many Blessings,

Danielle MScD, Doctorate in Metaphysics

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The Difference between Apples and Pears

This month is a celebratory one for me. Thirteen years ago I received my Doctorate degree in Metaphysics. Metaphysics is a thought system that explores reality beyond the physical. The study of “meta” has taken me on a journey far beyond that which I thought was possible. I began my study shortly after I had completed, for the first time, ACIM-A Course in Miracles. Since I began, they became my philosophy for living and experiencing this world. I am experiencing myself as very different.

Several weeks past I had a short but very interesting email exchange with a dear friend. The topic was about “spirituality”. I realized that my friend and I had very different ideas about what spirituality was/is! But at that same instance I also realized that there are numerous definitions of the term and I also knew that I did not personally identify with most of these definitions. To me, spirituality is the search, exploration and experience of what it means to be spirit. If there has been any purpose in my life, even at times that I didn’t recognize my search, it has been this one thing. I came into this life with a strong remembrance and experience of being spirit. Throughout my life, I have experienced thousands of events that have given my experiences further affirmations of what I am…spirit.

During the course of the email dialogue with my friend she asked me several questions. 1). Did I not need the same things that everyone else needed? 2). Was I so different or “special”? My only reponse at that time was to tell my friend that I loved her! My response was not meant to minimize or disregard her questions but I needed some time…time to really sit with the questions. The questions brought up several responses within me and I wanted to answer without offense or to paint a picture of my “specialness”. I do not believe that I am special but I do know that my intentions and purpose are not popular nor accepted beliefs. If I was not totally aware of this, my sitting with these questions brought about a clarity that left little doubt about my non-traditional thought system.

The answer to the first question is both a yes and a no. Yes, I do have a physical form and exist, primarily, in this world and so many of my needs are the same as anyone else. More importantly for me, in having come into an awareness of my spiritness, my needs are fulfilled completely. I am complete. The answer to the second question is an answer of differences…The difference between an Apple and a Pear. An Apple seeks to know, experience and understand what it means to be spirit. A Pear seeks to re-affirm their idenity as a physical being (human) in a physical environment (earth), and within a cultural framework that defines their right to participate in goods and services.

An Apple, may be aware that it is spirit, but this awareness is not enough to fully embrace what it believes that it is and so it seeks for knowledge that will affirm that existence. This knowledge may not be readily available for the awakening apple but if its’ desire and intentions are firm and their seeking is sincere, the knowledge will open up to them and their thoughts and beliefs will change. They will connect and allow themselves to be guided and directed by their inner voice and in time they will begin to phase out the voice of the ego. They will begin a practice of being present, moment by moment, and will begin to a experience peace within them that removes fear, sadness and pain. As they continue their practice they will begin to focus less on their physical body, less on the appearances of all physical things and their practice will become one of gratitude and praise and their life will become very different because of this. The apple will gradually become aware that the world that they thought they were living was just a dream (illusion). A dream that they are beginning to awaken from. A dream that far surpasses their memories of all that they thought they were and opens up the door of infinite reality of their creation. They begin to experience a freedom that expands far beyond their previous limited perceptions. They know that they are supported, loved and guided through the assistance of all of the Awakened Ones, they are never alone.

A Pear only knows what it is as a body(human), defines that body as a personality(ego) and experiences that body in the realm of its’ environment.
The Pear may know that some part of it is spirit but has a very difficult time defining or locating that spiritness of itself. The Pears’ primary goals and needs are based on what is required for the well being of the body and fulfilling their personality(ego) needs. They base their existence on doing, accomplishing and success with the fear of potential failure. They believe that they are alone in their efforts and have little or no experience of a presence beyond what they recognize as reality. To the Pear this is reality. To think or believe anything different is foolish. They rely heavily on their memories of the past and view the future as something holding potential fear which they work to avoid. To the Pear peace, love and happiness all lie outside of their ability to control and at best, these concepts, are temporary.

These thought systems are completely opposite and the only commonality that they share is an experience of being in a body. For both of these thought systems the experience and perception is total. The Apple sees and experiences only other Apples; the Pear sees and experiences only Pears. The Apple holds no thoughts of “specialness”. Apples’ know the totality of creation. They know that “Pears” are merely Apples pretending to be something other than what they are. Apples’ can express only love toward Pears (recognizing the divinity of all creation); or compassion knowing that they can change their experiences whenever they choose. The thought systems are different and so are the experiences. The one offers only limitation, struggle and pain; the other offers freedom, joy, peace and a knowing of love.

The path of the Apple is very simple but it requires a total surrender of the past. It requires the willingness to be present moment by moment and to receive and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit-the voice of God. The surrendering of the past is merely the willingness to surrender nothing in order to receive everything.

Blessings,
Danielle