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 AN EASTER MESSAGE
 From RAJPUR
 Chrysanthemum
 
      In our lead article, we share a beautiful Easter message from RAJPUR as channeled by Paul Tuttle of the Northwest Foundation for A Course in Miracles [nwffacim.org].
 
       At a Gathering in Carmel, California in 1986, which was called "An Evening with Raj: Speaking on A Course in Miracles",  it was announced  publically for the first time that the entity from which Paul had been receiving Guidance, and had been Channeling as Rajpur since February 1982, was also "the Individuality Who was known as Jesus". 
 
      Since that time, Paul Tuttle has continued to hold Gatherings all over the world, for the past 28 years, offering Guidance from RAJ to students of A Course in MiraclesThis Guidance, in question and answer format, has offered students a different syntax of the Course and the opportunity for a greater understanding of the Course's love-filled messages. These Gatherings are held free of charge. The student is merely invited to return the Gift as his Heart dictates.
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      The second article in our 'Easter' edition is titled, "AVATAR and the Easter Message [ACIM]" written by Janaki Joy Green [Reja], one of the founding members of CIMS. This article looks at an alternate view of the dramatic situation in the fantastically successful movie, "AVATAR", as seen from the perspective of A Course in Miracles. The article poses the question: "What if the conflict ...were one between the ego and the Son of God".
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      Carmen Cameron continues her ongoing Good Questions section this month with the question:
"One of the hardest things for me to deal with in the Course is its seeming rejection of everything of the world. I'm really into nature and seem to be closest to God in my garden. That seems to be a conflict for me. Any thoughts that might help me?"  
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      And finally, we are continuing to present Guidance from our Elder Brother as received and scribed by Sun~Rose. This article continues with commentary on the 53 Miracle Principles, as these principles appear in the original edition [oe] published by CIMS. The entire Guidance will be available in the forthcoming book by Sun~Rose entitled: "You Are Loved and Safe:Prep Notes for Awakening". 
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     One of the main pages on the Blog is dedicated to "The Spirit Light Outreach" program founded by Joe Wolfe. This program is facilitating the shipment of copies of A Course in Miracles to prisoners who have requested them. Currently they are in need of funds for POSTAGE. If inspired to give to this worthy endeavor, please click here.
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An Easter Message
From RAJPUR
Northwest Foundation for ACIM 
 
On this day,
I bring you confirmation of my love for you - not ringing down through the centuries in the remembrance of a single transforming event, but as a current demonstration that I am always with you.
 
Let gladness and joy flow from you because our relationship is real, right now - alive and well
 
In every moment, I am with you. Nothing about you escapes my attention, no matter how great your darkness and fear, your grief or suffering. My recognition of your purity and innocence embraces you, no matter how you see yourself, and patiently awaits your willingness to see yourself with me and with my sight.
 
Rejoice today - not that you have a distant sign to give you hope on a weary journey Home, but rather that the journey is already over,
awaiting your notice. 

 
FULL MESSAGE
 

*Visit Northwest Foundation for "A Course in Miracles", and access transcripts of past Gatherings, audio files of Raj Study Groups, join in Live Chats; Raj Contemplations; join the discussion Forum; download Raj's books, "You Are the Answer" and "Graduation".
 
AVATAR 
 and the Easter Message  [ACIM]
By Janaki Joy Green [Reja]
 

  Concept Art by Dylan Cole

       "Avatar" is a movie that was written and directed by James Cameron and has earned more in sales than any other movie has ever earned in the history of movie making. It is a film depicting the clash of cultures: between an aboriginal society  connected  not only to one another but to all of nature as well, and a civilized culture disconnected and alienated from one another and nature and in desperate need of natural resources.  As you can see, it's actually an ancient scenario.
 
       And yet, what if the conflict in James Cameron's movie 'AVATAR' were one between the ego and the Son of God. In other words, a replay of the crucifixion which illustrates that the Son of God is not a body and cannot be destroyed AND, that the Son of God has only love and appreciation for everyONE, as taught in "A Course in Miracles".

 
FULL ARTICLE
    
 

* Janaki Joy Green [Reja] is a founding member of the Course in Miracles Society [CIMS]; She has been a student of the Course since 1983 and a student of Rajpur's since 1986. She facilitates the local ACIM study group in Omaha Nebraska where she lives with her husband, Chris Green.

 
Good Questions ~ Q & A~
By Carmen Cameron
 
carmen
 There is nothing I like more than a good question about the Course.  And by "good question", I mean a thought provoking one - a question that makes me reassess what I currently believe and perhaps come to see it in a new light. As a result, we have a very interactive study group of Course students here in Louisville where everyone is encouraged to share their insights and questions. It is also a very diverse group with people from widely varying religious backgrounds so we get a lot of very insightful questions and I've been making a note of them for the last 15 years. 

QUESTION: One of the hardest things for me to deal with in the Course is its seeming rejection of everything of the world. I'm really into nature and seem to be closest to God in my garden. That seems to be a conflict for me. Any thoughts that might help me?

  
ANSWER

*Carmen Cameron, who is a founding member of Course in Miracles Society, has been teaching classes in A Course in Miracles since 1994.  She was a presenter at the 2009 Miracles Conference in San Francisco and is scheduled to present again at the 2011 Conference. Carmen's website is:  http://peaceful-path.blogspot.com
 
  YOU ARE LOVED AND SAFE 
Jesus Expanding The Miracle Principles
Given In His Course In Miracles


as received and transcribed by Sun~Rose*
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Angel Glitter
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The text is taken from the JCIM edition <now referred to as the original edition>of A Course In Miracles.  The Course is a Miracle in itself, and I have so much appreciation for Helen Schucman's ability to hear and express His Voice with such supreme beauty.
 
I have not changed the Course text at all, except as it is interspersed with Jesus' current Guidance on it.
 
The Course text is in bold face and slightly larger font.  The Guidance is in normal type, slightly smaller.
 
In His Guidance here, He has asked Me to capitalize the pronouns You and We as an acknowledgement of the Divinity of All of Us, an acknowledgement of Equality, an expression of His Love and respect for You.   When You see the word 'You'  capitalized in the Guidance, know that He is not just speaking to You, He is honoring You.  
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 Course In Miracles ~ original edition 

May 13, 2006  

15. Each day should be devoted to miracles.  
Oh, yes!  Indeed. Creation Itself is miraculous, teeming with Good.  Would not the learning of this Good, the vision of miracles, be a more interesting use of your time than the pursuit of more and the hours spent zoning out?  Rather than: how much money did I make today? - how about: how many times did I notice God supplying my All today?  Lest those of You in finance feel unfairly judged, let Me say here that I have nothing against money. It would be cumbersome - for the ego, that is - to buy houses hotels in Monopoly with good deeds and miracles. 

Let Us be sure to remember, though, that the symbol is never a true substitute for the Real.  You exist eternally by the Movement of God - the Presence-ing of God - and your Existence is ever complete.
 
The purpose of time is to enable man to learn to use it constructively. Time is thus a teaching device, and a means to an end.  It will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating learning.  
When You all turned your backs on God, You suddenly found no stability to your experience - like an astronaut free-floating in space, unable to control movement.  Eternity and Heaven include no rules of gravity, and yet there is a Divine Order in which We all fit with joy.

Everyone is absolutely essential; and that Order - which in no way imposes Itself upon You, but rather You are an integral part of It - that Order is your Basis - the ... there is not a word for It that is suitable.  Even Source does not give the idea of just how ... harmonious ... Reality is and how Inclusive - All-Inclusive - and therefore, just how important YOU are. 

Lacking memory of this framework of Heaven, You have instead time and space, poor, poor substitutes for Now and Here.  Actually, there are no substitutes for Reality; time and space simply give You a strange framework in which to play your games. 

The only proper use of the word 'time' is that it's time to give this strange view of the world up and take on My yoke - My Way of seeing things.  It is a beautiful View.  I wish You could all see your own magnificence. 
 

CONTINUED
 
*Sun~Rose is the scribe of this soon to be released book, "YOU ARE LOVED AND SAFE: Prep Notes for Experiencing God's Love." She is also author of, "A Radiant Life: Raw Food and the Presence of Love", available on amazon.com
 
 
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