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Have you ever considered that your fears might be completely unjustified—not because the situations aren't challenging, but because fear itself has no foundation in truth? This profound session explores Lesson 240 from A Course in Miracles, which boldly states: "Fear is not justified in any form."

We begin by examining a simple yet powerful litmus test for identifying fear in our lives: does the thought or feeling lack gratitude? This practical approach helps us quickly recognize when we've slipped into fear-based thinking. From feeling rushed and anxious to worrying about loved ones or global events, we discover how all forms of fear stem from seeing ourselves as less than who we truly are.

The conversation takes a fascinating turn as we explore the nature of projection versus creation. Everything we perceive in this world—both seemingly good and bad—is actually a projection of our minds, not eternal creation. When we recognize this fundamental truth, we can redirect our psychic energy from miscreation (fear) to creation (love). This isn't just philosophy; it's a practical approach to transforming our daily experience.

Perhaps most challenging is the distinction between true compassion and false empathy. We explore how feeling sorry for others often reinforces their suffering rather than supporting their healing. True compassion recognizes the divine power in everyone, seeing past appearances to the truth of who they are. This doesn't mean we don't take action to help others physically, but our actions come from a place of recognizing wholeness rather than victimhood.

Through practical examples and personal stories, we learn how to witness our reactive patterns, change limiting beliefs, and recognize the power of our minds to transform our experience. The teaching culminates in the liberating understanding that "not one thing in this world is true"—and far from being nihilistic, this realization sets us free to perceive differently and create anew.

Ready to experience the profound peace that comes from recognizing that fear has no justification? Listen now and discover how to live from this liberating truth.

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The creative power of the mind stands at the center of our human experience – a power so profound that it shapes our entire perception of reality. In this eye-opening exploration of A Course in Miracles teachings, we unravel the fundamental distinction between creation and miscreation, revealing how every thought carries energetic force.

What if your thoughts aren't just passive mental activity but active creative expressions? Both creation (love) and miscreation (fear) draw from the same divine wellspring of creative energy, but lead to radically different experiences. When we direct our mind's power toward love, we naturally express patience, kindness, and peace. When misdirected toward fear, we become defensive, judgmental, and conflicted.

The breakthrough insight here isn't about controlling or suppressing thoughts, but recognizing their source and purpose. Those moments of irritation, anxiety, or judgment aren't failings – they're opportunities to witness your creative power in action and redirect it. Instead of feeling guilty about "negative" thoughts, we learn to see them as misdirected energy waiting to be returned to love through the Holy Spirit.

We explore why modern psychological approaches often fall short by attempting to reinterpret or manage mental conflict rather than heal it at its source. True healing doesn't come from analyzing why we feel fear or explaining it away through past experiences. It comes through the present-moment choice to redistribute energy from miscreation back to creation.

This teaching liberates us from both the tyranny of thought-policing and the trap of believing we're powerless over our mental states. The mind's creative power is never diminished – it's only ever misdirected. When we recognize this, we can practice the art of miracle-making: bringing every miscreative thought to the Holy Spirit for transformation.

Ready to reclaim your creative power and shift the balance toward love? Join us in this profound journey from conflict to peace. Visit hopejohnson.org for daily lessons, one-on-one sessions, and more resources to support your spiritual awakening.

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What if nothing could ever go wrong in your life? What if every challenging experience—betrayal, loss, conflict—was perfectly orchestrated for your awakening? In this profound exploration of mind and perception, Hope Johnson invites us to recognize that the foundation of every thought is love, though fear often distorts our recognition of this truth.

Hope shares personal stories that illuminate how we unknowingly assign "special functions" to others in our relationships, creating suffering when they don't fulfill our expectations. Through vulnerable examples from her own marriage and intimate relationships, she demonstrates how releasing these expectations transforms our connections and brings us into alignment with joy. Rather than seeing ourselves as victims of others' behaviors, we can recognize how we're projecting our fears and limitations.

One of the most liberating insights Hope offers is that no one is affected by their past—because there is no past. All trauma is being projected right now, in this moment. This recognition frees us from using past experiences as justification for current pain and opens us to the "holy instant"—a moment of perfect clarity where illusions dissolve and we experience the ecstasy of truth.

The conversation takes fascinating turns into how our bodies are merely projections of thought, not actually affected by food, aging, or past events. Hope challenges common spiritual misconceptions, particularly the idea that spiritual advancement means denying natural human experiences like sexuality or pleasure. Instead, she suggests allowing the Holy Spirit to orchestrate all aspects of our lives without judgment or control.

Whether you're struggling with relationship conflicts, physical limitations, or simply feeling stuck in patterns that don't serve you, this wisdom dialogue offers a radical reframe: everything is being orchestrated for your awakening. Listen closely, and you might just discover a deeper peace than you've known before.

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Hope Johnson guides us through a profound exploration of ACIM Lesson 234 – "Father, today I am your son again" – inviting us to remember our true identity beyond the illusions of this world. This seemingly simple declaration opens a gateway to understanding our unbroken connection with the Divine.

The conversation unfolds around a radical perspective: nothing we perceive in this world can disturb our peace unless we allow it to. When feelings of regret or unworthiness arise, Hope suggests an immediate pivot toward gratitude rather than dwelling in sorrow. This shift isn't spiritual bypassing but rather a recognition that beneath every experience lies an opportunity to remember who we truly are – perfect extensions of God's love.

One of the most liberating insights shared is about releasing our need for others' approval. Many of us unconsciously structure our relationships around validation-seeking, creating cycles of dependency and disappointment. Hope offers a refreshing alternative: "Don't try to get other people to see you differently. You want to see them differently." When we stop making others responsible for our sense of worthiness, our relationships transform from possession to freedom.

The discussion takes a fascinating turn when participants share mystical experiences of light and oneness, glimpses beyond the veil of separation. These experiences point to what the Course describes as "the holy peace we never left" – the reality that exists beneath our dream of exile. As one participant realizes, even her concern for leaving loved ones behind dissolves in the recognition that "all the children of God, all the sons of God, we will be there, connected in that light of happiness."

This episode doesn't shy away from addressing how we can extend forgiveness to seemingly "unforgivable" acts in the world. Hope challenges us to recognize that maintaining any exceptions to forgiveness keeps us bound to the very separation we seek to transcend. The pathway out of suffering isn't through fixing the world but through changing how we see it – recognizing everything as either love or a call for love.

Join us for this transformative conversation that illuminates the journey from the dream world of separation to the real world of unity consciousness, and ultimately to eternity beyond all form. Your peace is waiting to be reclaimed, right now.

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What happens when we surrender everything—our thoughts, our actions, even our annoyances—to divine guidance? In this profound exploration of A Course in Miracles Lesson 233, we discover how giving our life to God transforms our perception of reality itself.

The session begins with a radical proposition: God's will for us is perfect happiness, while the ego's purpose is to keep us trapped in fear. Every moment presents us with this choice. Do we listen to the voice that leads to peace, or the one that perpetuates suffering? This isn't about judging our actions or following rigid spiritual rules—it's about recognizing the purpose behind everything we do.

One of the most liberating insights shared is that our bodies don't actually feel anything. All sensation, whether pleasant or painful, stems from our thoughts about separation. When we believe something external can harm us, we experience that belief as physical discomfort. A powerful testimony about painless childbirth demonstrates how fundamentally different our experience becomes when we release fear.

The discussion challenges conventional wisdom about spiritual practice. Rather than spending years trying to reprogram our subconscious, A Course in Miracles offers a direct path to truth—bypassing mental noise and connecting with what it calls "miracle-mindedness." This foundation of our being remains untouched by illusory experiences and remembers our oneness with God.

Perhaps most touching is the revelation about our relationships. Those who trigger us aren't enemies but teachers, showing us exactly where we still believe in separation. As we heal these perceptions, we begin to see beyond bodies to the divine light in everyone. We cannot go home alone—the journey back to God includes all our brothers.

Ready to experience the freedom of complete surrender? Join us in this practice of giving everything to God, moment by moment, and discover the joy that has been waiting for you all along.

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What if every problem you face—relationship struggles, health concerns, financial worries—stems from a single choice in your mind? In this illuminating deep dive into A Course in Miracles, Hope Johnson unravels the profound concept of "the basic conflict" between creation and miscreation, love and fear.

When psychologists like Freud and Rank developed theories about human suffering, they missed something crucial. They located the cause of our pain in physical events like birth trauma or childhood experiences, developing therapies that attempted to abolish fear directly. But as Jesus reveals through the Course, these approaches never address the real source of suffering.

"When you miscreate, you are in pain." This simple statement revolutionizes our understanding of suffering. Pain isn't random or inflicted from outside—it's a direct signal that our mind is choosing separation over love in this moment. Rather than an enemy to be eliminated, fear serves as a spiritual warning light showing us exactly where healing is needed.

The world can never satisfy us, and that realization might initially bring grief. I've recently experienced this myself—releasing the hope that special relationships or circumstances could fulfill me. There's a bittersweet freedom in recognizing that nothing external can give us what only love provides. When we stop seeking substitutes in the world for what only comes through alignment with truth, we discover a joy that doesn't depend on changing circumstances.

In truth, "cause is a term properly belonging to God, and effect is His Sonship." Everything else is temporary, illusory. By recognizing that our fear and pain signal miscreation rather than resulting from external events, we reclaim our creative power. This understanding collapses time by addressing the root cause rather than endlessly managing symptoms.

Ready to transform your approach to healing? Join our community and discover how to use every moment of discomfort as an opportunity to choose again, to align with love instead of fear. Together, we're learning that true freedom comes not from changing the world, but from changing our minds about the world.

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Have you ever questioned whether death is truly inevitable? In this illuminating episode, we explore the radical difference between conventional non-dual teachings that accept death as "part of life" and the deeper understanding that allows us to collapse time and transcend the entire illusion.

I share a powerful encounter at a satsang where I felt compelled to challenge a spiritual teacher who was telling her students that life and death are intrinsically connected. This sparked a profound realization: most spiritual teachings, even those claiming to be non-dual, still implicitly worship death by treating it as unavoidable. But what if life has no opposite? What if death is merely a denial of truth rather than an intrinsic part of reality?

Through personal stories of heartbreak and transformation, I reveal how our painful experiences create cracks where light enters—opportunities to recognize how we're creating our own suffering through our beliefs. I describe my recent discovery of the "sacred heart" meditation that offers satisfaction far deeper than anything external in the world could provide. This internal communion with Spirit becomes available precisely when we stop projecting specialness onto others and release our attachment to worldly satisfactions.

The episode weaves together insights about how we manifest relationships specifically to show us what we need to see, how progress on our spiritual journey is saved between lifetimes, and why inviting Spirit to look with us at our most difficult thoughts transforms our perception. Whether you're new to spiritual concepts or a seasoned seeker, you'll find valuable guidance for using every experience to strengthen your recognition that separation never happened.

Ready to go beyond conventional spiritual comfort and discover what it means to truly collapse time? Join me in this wisdom dialogue that points to eternal truth beyond all appearances.

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What if everything we've learned about psychology and fear has been missing the essential truth? In this transformative ACIM Deep Dive, we venture into Chapter 2, Section 11, where Jesus directly addresses Freudian psychology—acknowledging its insights while revealing where it fundamentally missed the mark.

The conversation opens a revolutionary perspective on fear and healing. While Freud correctly identified mechanisms that protect consciousness from fear, he mistakenly believed these psychological compartments were necessary. Jesus reveals a more liberating truth: "It is essential not to control the fearful, but to eliminate it." This single insight transforms our approach to anxiety, trauma, and psychological healing.

We explore Otto Rank's concept of "birth trauma" and discover that physical birth itself is not traumatic—the real trauma is the mind's belief in separation from God, an event that never actually occurred. This revelation shifts everything, showing that fear originates not from life events but from a mistaken belief that can be completely undone.

The session takes a fascinating turn when examining Rank's "will therapy," which Jesus calls "potentially very powerful" but limited because it didn't extend to "its proper union with God's will." This leads to a profound exploration of the "deprivation fallacy"—the belief that another's success diminishes our own—which underlies all competition and defense.

Throughout our exploration, practical examples bring these concepts to life: from childbirth experiences transformed by mind-training to everyday fears seen through new eyes. Listeners will gain fresh insight into how we project our unconscious fears onto the world and how, with gentle patience, the Holy Spirit helps us bring these shadows to light for healing.

Ready to see beyond traditional psychology to miracle mindedness? This episode offers a roadmap for tracing all fear back to its source, where it can be completely undone rather than merely managed. Join us for this journey beyond the ego's protective mechanisms into the freedom of a mind unified in love.

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The real world is where everything is forgiven and where aging, sickness, and conflict dissolve because we stop tolerating them – and it's available right now through our willingness to see through illusions.

• When we perceive sickness or problems in the world, we're actually looking at reflections of sickness in our own minds
• Nothing is inherently poisonous or helpful – these are projections we make that either collapse time or extend it
• Fear is the fundamental misperception keeping the world going, originating from the shock of becoming self-aware
• Forgiveness is about undoing the mortal images we made and returning to the distinct abstraction God created
• Every difficult situation is an opportunity to recognize it's just an echo of the original sense of abandonment
• All relationships are classrooms, not sources of connection – they're meant to reveal patterns for forgiveness
• Our function in dreaming is to use everything as means to collapse time, not for personal gain
• Pain isn't avoided on the spiritual path – it becomes useful when given to the Holy Spirit's purpose
• We're sustained by the love of God alone, not by any structure, person, or circumstance in the world

For more content, visit hopejohnson.org where you can sign up for my free Substack or get a paid subscription for bonus audio content. One-on-one sessions are available starting at 15 minutes, where we can look at your specific situation through the Holy Spirit's eyes.

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Jesus illuminates the true nature of the unconscious mind while acknowledging and correcting common psychoanalytic theories. The deepest level of the unconscious is not shared in content but in function - as the mind's ability to perform miracles.

• Psychoanalytic theorists like Freud and Jung glimpsed the dynamics of the unconscious but missed its full power to choose miracle or miscreation
• Jung's concept of archetypes has value when recognized as symbols to be forgiven, not parts of identity to be integrated
• The collective unconscious is not filled with shared content but is a shared miracle-working ability
• Miracle-mindedness is a state of mind, not specific actions, and all miracles are directed by Jesus
• True healing comes from recognizing illusions as false, not from analyzing unconscious content
• The pre-conscious level is where we can easily bring thoughts into awareness and choose forgiveness
• Our mind is all-powerful and energy comes from awakening, not sleeping

I invite you to recognize patterns in your life not to integrate them but to be released from them. Your only function is forgiveness, and every miracle shifts perception from fear to love.

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