January - 2022

Jan 31, 2022
2 min

Ditching the Story...Lesson 31 ACIM

I am not a victim of the world I see. Lesson 31 is a wonderful mantra to use when sh** hits the fan. I tend to think of my life on the external. That what I see is the all there is. When my car won’t start, I growl at the car. When my partner leaves the dishes out, I roll my eyes at his supposed negligence. What I often forget to do. What I sometimes forget to factor in. Is my thoughts about what is happening, during the triggers. Lesson 31 asks me to be indiscriminate about

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Every Day I'm Stuffin' It!....ACIM Lesson 30

Estelle Kristy

Jan 30, 2022
2 min

Every Day I'm Stuffin' It!....ACIM Lesson 30

God is in everything I see because God is in my mind. Whoa. Mind blown! Lesson 30 can either feel like a revelation. Or a confusing mind game. Depending on where I am today. God is in my mind. Is THAT where the Divine really lives? I’ll use an example. Whenever I go camping in the woods I sleep in a sleeping bag. It is cushy. It is warm. It is comfortable. After said trip I sleepily roll up my sleeping bag and attempt to stuff it back into its carrier bag. It. Never. Fits.

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What You See...Is Not Always what You Get-ACIM Lesson 29

Estelle Kristy

Jan 29, 2022
2 min

What You See...Is Not Always what You Get-ACIM Lesson 29

God is in everything I see. From the time we are children we are taught to categorize things. This is a shoe. This is a table. These are my mean sisters chasing me around with the vacuum cleaner (sorry sisters, couldn’t resist ; ) ). Good. Bad. Neutral. From a very early age we are taught these things. To keep us safe. To keep us well. To protect not only our physical forms, but also our tender hearts. And, while this process is stellar for avoiding scary situations in dark a

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 28, 2022
2 min

I can see clearly now....ACIM Lesson 28

Above all else, I want to see things differently. Lesson 28 is another of my ACIM (A Course in Miracles) greatest hits. It is a go-to for me when things get a little heavy in life. When I get triggered by big, important things. Like the dishes on the counter, or the stack of mail piling up on my counter. It asks that I simply ask to see things differently. And assures me that the Universe will serve up a different perspective lickety-split. Because, when I see the mail or th

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 27, 2022
1 min

The Monsters in my Head-ACIM Lesson 27

Above all else I want to see. Lesson 27 is one of my ACIM favorites. Above all else I want to see. It reminds me of when, as a kid, the boogey-man loomed beneath my bed. Scared. Desperate. I would hold my little hands over my eyes and hope what I was imagining would spontaneously fade away. Lesson 27 asks us to not be afraid. To put our reservations aside and to see the truth behind all thoughts. That love reigns and that we can choose to see love or fear. Peace or war. Kind

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 26, 2022
2 min

Perfecting the Ricochet- ACIM Lesson 26

My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability. Lesson 26 is, yet another, of those-Whaaaaattt?!!? ACIM lessons. My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability. Seems to contradict itself, doesn’t it? Hang with me. When I was a kid Dodge ball was a big thing in gym class. We would get out these big red rubber balls and place them in the center of the gym floor. Line up on the edges. And run to grab a ball and throw them at one-another. In retrospect this does seem

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 25, 2022
1 min

Check-It-ACIM Lesson 25

I do not know what anything is for. This might be another of those WHAAAT?!?! lessons from A Course in Miracles (aka ACIM). We don’t know what anything is for? What does that mean? Here’s the skinny. My ego loves to give me a good to-do list. I have mentioned my struggle before. My ego tells me that accomplishments, accolades, even the occasional “You’re the bestest!” I imagine my cats or partner saying, are what life’s all about. My ego asks that I keep right on making my

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 24, 2022
1 min

I AM-Lesson 24 ACIM

I do not perceive my own best interests. Intentions are asks from the Universe. They are clear statements about what we want in life. Some intentions begin with ‘I am’ (i.e. I am full of health and vitality, I am fearless). Some simply state what a person really wants (i.e. I intend to not eat a whole sleave of Oreo cookies tonight). Intentions can be simple. Complicated. Divine. I make intentions all the time without realizing it. One of the ways I make unintentional intenti

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 23, 2022
1 min

ACIM Lesson 23

I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts. Some friends & I love to go to Boothbay Maine every year. Far from go-go-go, this trip is relaxing. We sit. We chat. We eat amazing food. And we chill. Aaaaaand we puzzle. Puzzle? Yup, we put together at least two- or three, thousand-piece puzzles. Some are easy. Some pieces look exactly the same and are hard to differentiate. Even when we think a piece of the puzzle can’t possibly belong, eventually we see jus

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Traffic, Expletives, & Sassiness-ACIM Lesson 22

Estelle Kristy

Jan 22, 2022
2 min

Traffic, Expletives, & Sassiness-ACIM Lesson 22

What I see is a form of vengeance. I have been known to be a somewhat…assertive driver. Ok, truth bomb. Sometimes I get aggressive. When I was in college I even kept a cursing jar in my car to try to curb my driving angst. I would gripe about people driving slow in the fast lane. Let a string of expletives loose when someone would drive too closely behind me. I even posted on Facebook about it to solicit others to my cause. The thing I didn’t understand about these “other” d

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 21, 2022
1 min

Double Take-ACIM Lesson 21

I am determined to see things differently This idea may seem the same as yesterdays-I am determined to see. The difference is in the application. Today we get to look (and, yes I did say GET to look) at things differently. Specific things. Like when my partner sings in the morning. Instead of my typical response-irritation. I can choose again. I can say: I am determined to see my partner differently I am determined to see song as beautiful, no matter what the source( o.k.

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 20, 2022
1 min

The Big Reveal...ACIM Lesson 20

I am determined to see. Sometimes it’s easy to get distracted methinks. To let the worry and the busy of life dictate what I think & say & do every day. I LOVE a good to-done list. Lesson 20 reminds me, however, that we can give in to the busy or we can choose to see things in a higher way. We can take off those busy-colored glasses for a second or two throughout the day, and ask to see the world beyond the known. Beyond the expected. Today’s lesson invites us, twice an hour

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Ellen, Roku TV's & Howdy Neighbor!-ACIM Lesson 19

Estelle Kristy

Jan 19, 2022
1 min

Ellen, Roku TV's & Howdy Neighbor!-ACIM Lesson 19

I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts. Although today’s idea is really an extension of yesterdays (I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing), nonetheless there is what I believe is an essential idea introduced-There are NO order in miracles. Whether it is a miraculous thought or perception (i.e. seeing), moving a mountain, or just refraining from throwing the finger at someone in traffic, miracles (aka choosing to know things differently) ar

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 18, 2022
1 min

I Can See Clearly Now...ACIM Lesson 18

I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing. There is a principle in New Thought that states that we are always co-creating. Whether you resonate with this or not, what co-creation means to me is that we live in a collective. Just as a butterfly across the world can supposedly change the weather (aka Chaos Theory) in San Francisco, what we do matters. Together. And this extends to what we see. We agree something is a chair-and we call it a chair. But is this Univ

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Step Away from the Suspenders-ACIM Lesson 17

Estelle Kristy

Jan 17, 2022
1 min

Step Away from the Suspenders-ACIM Lesson 17

I see no neutral things. Lesson 17 follows from the previous lesson: I have no neutral thoughts. It reminds us, again, that our thoughts become our reality (aka the things that show up in our lives). And while I may think that my thoughts about say neon green suspenders, are neutral-the truth is I definitely have a stance. So what’s wrong with my hard pass on neon green suspenders? Well, it seems ok until my bestie starts wearing them. Then arises conflicting feelings and ju

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 16, 2022
2 min

No Need for Alarm-ACIM Lesson 16

I have no neutral thoughts. Lesson 16 may be another of those Whaaaaaat? Lessons. I thought we just spent the past two weeks discussing how our thoughts don’t mean anything? Now you’re telling me they are neutral? WTF! Here’s the deal. As I see it, every thought I have contributes to my big bad illusion of reality. It creates what I choose to see before me. And in each thought, I decide to choose love or fear to express this illusion. So while there is most definitely more t

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 15, 2022
2 min

I Like Pictures! ACIM Lesson 15

My thougts are images which I hae made. There is a tenant in New Thought that states, Our thoughts create our reality. I often argue this has some scientific basis. That we have tons of thoughts & bits of information that come at us every day (to the tune of 11 million per second, according to some experts). But we can only process so much (closer to 50 bits). So we naturally select certain thoughts that resonate with what we have seen in the past. The ones that affirm the

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 14, 2022
2 min

What a Wonderful World-Lesson 14 ACIM

God did not create a meaningless world. I’ll admit, Lesson 14 can seem a little out there at first-What God did not create doesn’t exist?!! Whaaaaaat? Certainly, there must be war. Certainly we see poverty in the world. Certainly there is greed and unrest….or is there? Hang with me here. When we wake up in the morning, we can choose to believe the news headlines. That the world is a fearful place full of landmines and angry people. Or we can choose to take a look for ourse

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Estelle Kristy

Jan 13, 2022
1 min

To Fear or Not to Fear...Lesson 13 ACIM

A meaningless world engenders fear. When I was 12 years old I was an insomniac. I would lie down in bed, eyes wide open. Unable to sleep. I would draw quite a bit of comfort from the trucks traveling the road outside our house at all hours of the night. Feeling a certain kinship with the night travelers. But some nights, when the dark was deep and there were no sounds of comfort to be had…well I became frightened. Every noise was a threat. I swore I hear something laughi

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Lions & Tigers & Bears-Oh My!-Lesson 12 ACIM

Estelle Kristy

Jan 12, 2022
2 min

Lions & Tigers & Bears-Oh My!-Lesson 12 ACIM

I am upset because I see a meaningless world. Byron Katie’s The Work is based on an idea of accepting what is. Of neutrality. Of taking a look at any situation, and detaching from meaning that isn’t completely transparent. Here’s an example of the process*. My cat shouldn’t projectile hairballs on the floor. Is it true? The cat DID, indeed projectile right? Yes. There is, in fact, tangible proof. Who would I be without this thought? Cleaning up, moving on with my day. Is

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