Cate begins this Satsang with a reminder that we are all equal so teachers should not be idolized. See them as part of your journey. We all have an equal part to play and it’s always Holy Spirit/Jesus that have the authority no matter what.

She continues by reminding the group that freedom is in the mind. It has nothing to do with what the body does. Freedom cannot be found in the world.

She explains that Jesus wants us to sit and contemplate what he’s presenting in this section (The Second Obstacle - The Belief the Body is Valuable for What it Offers). What is the body for? What does it offer me? What am I valuing the body for? And what am I trying to get from it? Have I ever gotten what I’m trying to get? Opening our minds to really look at this will help to let go of attachments.

Cate then brings clarity to this quote in the Course, “It is impossible to seek for pleasure through the body and not find pain.” (T-19, IV, B, i, 12). She gives so many helpful personal examples of how she let go of seeking for pleasure through the body by forgiving all of the ideas she had around food (pleasure from eating it and beliefs around what it would do for her body from a health perspective), a desirable job, in relationship to others, and many other examples.

At 1:24:10, she takes everyone through a meditation on paragraph 9 of Lesson 138, Heaven is the decision I must make.

Gratitude & Blessings!

Cate starts this Satsang with an overview on healing and shares about her journey of forgiveness and healing. She elaborates on her experience of ‘everything is God’, or awakening to Truth, where everything moved into one big blessing.

Healing is through the Love and peace of God that is within us. We bring our brothers into our rest and peace.

Cate shares that when we follow guidance and get into that flow, there’s no trouble. We stay centered and demonstrate peace.

Cate then reads a poem from The Gifts of God by Helen Schucman, called ‘Healing’.

Then Cate & Shannon read through the last two sections of the Song of Prayer, ‘Separation versus Union’ and ‘The Holiness of Healing’.

The ‘false healing’ Jesus speaks of in the ‘Separation versus Union’ section encompasses looking for healing in the world from someone who ‘knows better’. True healing is in unity.

The last part of ‘The Holiness of Healing’ is directly from God. Cate reads parts of this as a meditation, opening the group up to the song of prayer, the beautiful song the Father shares with his holy Son.

The meditation is at 49:53.

So much gratitude to everyone who joined.
Blessings
xoxo

Healing the Idea of Sickness & Death, Song of Prayer, Part 8, Satsang with Cate, 20MAR22

Cate begins with “going through the eye of the needle”. She explains that nothing in your mind comes with you. On the other side of the needle is just infinite Love blessing and knowing itself.

She then reveals the topic of this Satsang…that we will be discussing sickness and death. She shares how Jesus took her through a complete healing of these ideas, using her experiences to point the way. She shares with such certainty that sickness is not in the body. It’s unforgiveness in the mind. If you can, look for the unforgiving thought. Join with Him and let Him heal it. He is available to all minds all the time.

Then Cate & Shannon read through the first 2 sections of ‘Healing’ in the Song of Prayer. Some good quotes from these sections are:
“…healing is a sign or symbol of forgiveness’ strength…”
“The body’s cause is unforgiveness of the Son of God.”
“The body can be healed as an effect of true forgiveness.”
“This is what death should be; a quiet choice, made joyfully and with a sense of peace, because the body has been kindly used to help the Son of God along the way he goes to God.”
Throughout this reading, Cate shares what worked for her to let go of the ideas of sickness and death. She reminds everyone we cannot do this alone. We have to let ourselves be shown that it is false.

Cate then reads through the last 3 paragraphs of section 27 of the Manual for Teachers, “What is Death?” She points out that the first sentence in paragraph 5, “The “reality” of death is firmly rooted in the belief that God’s Son is a body.” is the crux of the teaching.

At about 1:16:00, Cate takes everyone through a meditation where we say “I am listening” and open our mind to be illuminated with this teaching.

So much gratitude to everyone who joined!
Blessings!
xoxo

Obstacles to Peace, Part 7, Satsang with Cate, The Way to a Different Perception, 4OCT20
This Satsang begins with Cate expanding on the idea “become like little children”. She explains that little children don’t judge. They haven’t put a meaning on anything. She asks us to think of a time when we didn’t have any cares or concerns and to move into that state of mind. That mind of wonder.

She tells us that we’re doing a course with Jesus/Holy Spirit to change our perception of everything. It’s a 24/7 course. A course to see unified perception rather than separation. A course that brings us to unified, infinite Love.

Cate then takes some time to answer some questions that were typed into the chat:
* How do you undo separation? When you see a water bug or mouse in your home, and you see love, how do you get them out of your home?
* Let’s say that someone gets a message from what appears to be the outside world that you are a problem? How does one forgive this? Or join with this in love and in atonement for the healing of all?
* Can you give us an example of how the ego sees a house vs. how love sees a house?
* Are all thoughts from the ego or Holy Spirit? I understand egoic thoughts are about separation and Holy Spirit’s thoughts are about love. I am trying to understand where what seems to be neutral thoughts come from. Such as, “I think I should brush my teeth”.
* What has been helpful for you in joining with the Holy Spirit thoughts and seeing everyone as innocent and thinking only loving thoughts?
* Can you talk about the Holy Spirit?
Cate addresses these questions beautifully while pointing to truth in such a lighthearted way.

She then asks the group to answer these questions throughout the week. She asks everyone to really quieten their mind and dive deeply into these questions.
1) What does the body offer me?
2) What do I think I’m getting out of identifying myself as body?
3) Can I see that these things I’ve answered in the first two questions are the belief in death?

At 1:18:00, Cate takes the group through a Face of Christ meditation.

Thank you to everyone who joined!
Blessings!
xoxo

Song of Prayer, Part 7, Forgiveness-for-Salvation
Cate starts with an overview of forgiveness-for-salvation, explaining that it is forgiveness for happiness, for peacefulness. We’re either out of peace through joining the ego or we’re in peace through joining the Holy Spirit’s & Jesus’ guidance.

Jesus is there for everyone…not just for the “special” ones. He is there for you. Always.

Cate expands on this sentence in paragraph 5: “What should I do for him, Your holy Son? should be the only thing you ever ask when help is needed and forgiveness sought.” She shares her experience with her dad. He asked her to be his carer and she was guided not to do this so she didn’t do it. This allowed her brother to step in and there has been a beautiful healing with her brother and her dad.

She explains that this is the practice. This is what we’re being asked to do as miracle workers. To follow guidance on what to do. And, if she were in the ego mind, it would have told her she’s responsible for her dad and would not have had the miracle/healing as its goal.

The only key to open the door to true forgiveness is to let Him lead the way. Let the Holy Spirit/Jesus do it for us. There is no way we can do this on our own. We can’t get to freedom by ourselves. We say, “You decide for me”.

About 38 minutes in, Cate takes everyone through a meditation using the words from this section to allow it to illuminate in the mind.

Then, Shannon reads through lesson 121, ‘Forgiveness is the key to happiness’ to lead into the meditation of this lesson, led by Cate at the 1:02:00 mark.

So much gratitude to everyone who joined! Blessings!

Song of Prayer, Part 6, Forgiveness-to-Destroy, Satsang with Cate Grieves, 6MAR22
Cate begins this Satsang reinforcing that our true Self is infinite Love. She encourages everyone that practicing forgiveness leads to an experience of being the joy of joy…the happiness living in the happiness…the infinite peace in the infinite peacefulness of God.

Cate reminds everyone that this path does take a lot of dedication. You don’t have to give up anything, though, you just do it with forgiveness. You can still do everything you enjoy doing.

Cate & Shannon then read through the Forgiveness-to-Destroy section of the Song of Prayer. In this section, Jesus gives us all the ways the ego comes in so we can see where we do it. He says right in the beginning of this section, “Forgiveness-to-destroy has many forms, being a weapon of the world of form.”

Cate really shines a light on what these forms are and gives clear examples of how they show up in our experiences.
Here are the forms that Jesus describes in this section:
1. “…a “better” person deigns to stoop to save a “baser” one from what he truly is.”
2. “…here is one whose sinfulness he shares, since both have been unworthy and deserve the retribution of the wrath of God.”
3. “…those who seek the role of martyr at another’s hand.”
4. “I will forgive you if you meet my needs, for in your slavery is my release.”

Jesus then says toward the end of this section, “All forms forgiveness takes that do not lead away from anger, condemnation and comparisons of every kind are death.” Cate expands on this and shares how we can watch our mind to see if any of these specific things are there and let them go.

Then Cate takes the group through two meditations. The first is from the last few sentences of this section. The second is from Lesson 37, “My holiness blesses the world.” Cate also suggests at the end to practice blessing the world with our holiness anytime we remember to do so. This opens up true Vision as we practice it.

Thank you to everyone who joined!
Blessings!
xoxo