ACIM Conference
2013
Chicago, IL
A Gift of Lilies
April 26, 27, 28 - 2013
(Fri. to Sun.)
Price will be $649 on Apr. 13 2013
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Gabrielle Bernstein
Guest Presenter
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Author of the new bestseller:
May Cause Miracles plus
Spirit Junkie and Add More ~ing To Your Life
http://gabbyb.tv/home
This will be an "exclusive" appearance for Ms. Bernstein. It will only be available to conference attendees. There is no "partial admission" to the "A Gift of Lilies" conference which is a "full immersion" 3 day *ACIM* experience!
Our Exciting Line-Up of Speakers
| Row 1 Warren Wertheimer David Fishman & Regina Dawn Akers Jubi Onyeama & Clare Lamanna Rev. Tony Ponticello Tom Whitmore & Carmen Cameron Row 3 Donna Marie Cary DavidPaul Doyle & Candace Doyle Mary Gerard Lenihan Rev. Jennifer Hadley David Hoffmeister |
Row 2 Jon Mundy Ph.D. Rev. Deborah Phelps & Rev. Paul Phelps "A Gift of Lilies" Logo Rev. Myron Jones & Rev. Larry Glenz Rev. Tony Senf Row 4 Earl Purdy Mark Anthony Lord Cindy Lora-Renard & Gary Renard Rev. Jerry Stefaniak Joe Wolfe |
How Healing Is Accomplished
Written by Sandy Levey-Lunden Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:00
A part of A Course in Miracles that I have felt very drawn to is the section called “How is Healing Accomplished?” (OrEd.Mn.5) I have found little written about this section, and I have always been surprised that more teachers do not focus on it. Some ACIM students might believe that the Course does not support physical healing, since the body is not real, but I think an important part of ACIM is to support healing on all levels: mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical.
For the 20 years that I have been a student and teacher of ACIM, I have constantly returned to this section whenever I, or anyone else, has a negative feeling in their body that was disturbing their peace of mind. In my course, “Choosing Freedom: The Way Out of All Pain and Suffering and the Way Into Who You Really Are,” I use this section as part of a process for freeing anyone from the illusion of illness.
When I work with students, I ask them to go deeply through eight questions about the condition. Even though A Course in Miracles says that we do not have to remove the condition to prove that healing took place, in 90% of cases the condition totally disappears through working on the student’s mind. Perhaps it disappears because it is my belief that it will disappear, and the student and I join in the purpose of fully releasing the meaning the condition has for us.
Accepting Our Role As Miracle Workers
Written by Rev. Peter Graham Tuesday, 28 February 2012 12:00
On Sunday January 24, Rev. Peter Graham addressed the congregation at the Community Miracles Center in San Francisco, CA. It was a wonderful bright and sunny day. What follows is a lightly edited transcription of that lecture.
It’s great to be here today with everyone. I’m enjoying the weather break that we’ve got with some sun. That’s always good. If nothing else, A Course In Miracles should bring some more sunshine into our lives – right?
The title of my talk is “Accepting Our Role As Miracle Workers.” A Course in Miracles says this, “‘Many are called, but few are chosen’ ...” which is from the Bible, “... should read, ‘All are called, but few choose to listen. Therefore, they do not choose right.’” (OrEd.Tx.3.49) What inspired me to give this talk today about being, myself, more willing to embrace this role of a Miracle Worker – and also the hope of being able to pass that identification along to all of us – is because about a year ago I decided that I would teach the Community Miracles Center’s ACIM-1 class on Wednesday afternoons. Being in the ACIM-1 class means that you take the whole year and you go through the Text. You read it out loud with people who call in on the telephone. We read a section at a time, and then talk about it. Within a year, in 52 weeks, you read the whole Text. I found the class very inspiring, because there were some very knowledgeable and serious ACIM students in the class.
Daddy's Little Girl
Written by Lorri Coburn, MSW Tuesday, 31 January 2012 12:00
One of my biggest forgiveness lessons has been the special relationship with my dad. My earliest memory is of Dad bouncing me on his shoulders down the hall at bedtime. He crooned his rich baritone, “She’s a dear little dolly.” On my office desk I had a picture of my daughter on Dad’s shoulders, but I didn’t make the connection for several years.
Dad once told me, “Of all my eight children, you’re my favorite.” That’s because I fulfilled his lost dreams. Education was supreme on his list. He had to quit the University of Michigan when he was drafted into World War II, so he was ecstatic when I got my Master’s degree there. To this day he crows about my high-school valedictory speech. In his private world of dementia, the speech has grown to a standing ovation in front of an audience of 20,000, including famous dignitaries. The hospice worker who visited Dad recently remarked, “You’re the apple of his eye.” Still, after all these years.
The special love relationship is about filling our inner vacuum with someone who seems more special or has the qualities we think we lack. We feel incomplete without those qualities and hope to capture them from that special person. We don’t love ourselves, so that special someone becomes our hope of salvation. It’s a ruse, though. It’s a set-up to fail. Underneath the seeming love we hate that person for being “better” than us. This hate springs forth when the person disappoints us and doesn’t save us from our misery.
Politics And Spirituality
Written by Reverend Tony Ponticello Saturday, 29 September 2012 20:16
On September 9, 2012, Rev. Tony Ponticello addressed the congregation at the Community Miracles Center in San Francisco, CA. The United States had just completed two weeks of intense political focus, first with the Republican National Convention in Tampa, FL and then with the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, NC. What follows is a lightly edited transcription of that talk.
Good morning everybody! “Politics and Spirituality,” one of my favorite topics. Both conventions are now over, and I watched as much as I could of both conventions. I really tried this year. It was my guidance. I needed to not just watch the convention of the party that I tend to resonate with. I actually needed to watch as much of the convention as I could, of the party that I don’t resonate with. That would be good for me. That would be my challenge, to see if I could stay open minded and find things that I liked, find commonalities, to stay immersed in the process, with a creative open mind.
I think, pretty much, I was successful. I can at least say that I really enjoyed watching both of them. I always found something that was interesting, or that made me smile, with everything that I heard. I connected with the spirits of the people who were speaking.
