A Course in Miracles

Mary Gerard Lenihan is Jennifer Hadley’s guest this week. Mary is a longtime student of A Course in Miracles and the author of several inspired books including Pause for Inspiration. Jennifer and Mary discuss their practice of nonjudgment, forgiveness, and willingness as keys to their being able to transcend suffering. 

They share Mary’s tool, The 4 Decisions, as a way to truly live A Course in Miracles in relationships and  day-to-day living.

Gary Renard and his wife, Cindy, are a beautiful example of a couple practicing A Course in Miracles together in order to have a truly holy relationship. They are two members of a family who are practicing together, including Cindy’s mother, Doris, her sister, Jackie, and brother-in-law, Mark. Together they are awakening to the power of a family practice and they have a lot to teach us. This week Cindy, Doris, Jackie, and Mark share with Jennifer Hadley their day-to-day application of A Course in Miracles in their relationships.

You may not realize it, but most spiritual students are trying to do it all themselves. They’re missing some of the key EASY BUTTONS along the way. A Course in Miracles lays it all out for us, but sometimes we miss the important details. That’s what friends are for! This week Jennifer Hadley is a true friend when she shares some of what she feels are the key points for successfully applying the teachings of A Course in Miracles. Let’s make it easier!

Feeling stuck? Do you feel as though you ought to be experiencing a lot more freedom in your heart and mind after all the spiritual work you’ve done, but you’re not there yet? Do you regularly seize up with anxiety and fear? Do you judge yourself for not being able to be consistently loving? A Course in Miracles is the teaching to help you move past each one of these states of mind, ways of thinking, and behaviors that lead you align with the ego and conclude that you are a spiritual loser. This week Jennifer Hadley shares her own experience of activating life-changing mental and emotional healing through applying the teachings of A Course in Miracles.  Application is the key!

If you don’t feel successful in your spiritual studies, you may be missing an important key. It’s as obvious as the nose on your face, but hardly a day goes by that someone doesn’t tell Jennifer Hadley that they never saw it before she mentioned it. Studying  A Course in Miraclesis brings profound benefit very quickly when you have this key. This week, Jennifer Hadley shares her own journey of unlocking the key to understanding the teachings of A Course in Miracles and applying them minute to minute to release fear and step into spiritual power!

Fear is not what most people think it is. How can you eliminate fear if you don’t understand it? You can find complete freedom from fear! In fact, A Course in Miracles is a course in how to do just that. The key is to really LIVE it. This week Jennifer Hadley shares her own journey of finding freedom from fear through living the teachings of A Course in Miracles and applying them minute to minute to release unprecedented relief and joy!

Patterns of false belief can become so strong that it seems as if they are true. A thought such as “I’m not good enough” can be the foundation for many false beliefs and negative patterns of thinking. A Course in Miracles guides us through the muck and the mire of false beliefs of negative patterns with record speed—when we’re willing. This week, Jennifer Hadley shares inspiration from A Course in Miracles, healing negative patterns no matter how entrenched they seem to be! You CAN find freedom in your heart and mind and bust loose from the past!

This week in the United States we’re celebrating Independence Day. As spiritual students, we know independence is not something that’s really possible. We’re one with each other and interdependent. FREEDOM is what we’re really interested in. That’s true liberation! A Course in Miracles is a pathway for remembering your true identity. This week, Jennifer Hadley shares insights from A Course in Miracles for truly liberating through holy relationship, building faith and taking responsibility. Liberation is at hand!

Worry is the negative use of faith. It is a faith in a power that is opposed to Love. Doubt is a belief in an alternate power. A Course in Miracles teaches us to lean not upon our own understanding, but to, as Jennifer Hadley says, “Partner UP!” 

Many spiritual students struggle with this issue of faith and don’t even understand why. Many advanced spiritual students secretly believe their own prayer power is limited, defective, or failing. In this way, doubt leads to even more doubt! 

Faith is a muscle. You strengthen it and then you have a resource to meet ANY challenge. Are you willing to build your faith muscle?

Becoming the “happy learner” is what A Course in Miracles teaches us. When we decide to really GO FOR IT, it’s amazing the results we can have. It is profoundly miraculous how much healing is possible for anyone, no matter HOW miserable they are. The question is: Are you willing to do what it takes in order to be happy?