What if you’ve never actually done anything—and everything that seems to happen is Love moving through you effortlessly? This Wisdom Dialogues gathering in Sedona explores a profound A Course in Miracles truth: our lives are not the result of personal effort or control, but the expression of divine grace already at work. In this session, we don’t learn how to awaken—we remember that awakening is already accomplished, and Love is doing everything through us.
Change can feel like a storm, yet sometimes it’s a soft pivot: a move to Sedona, a roommate dynamic, a cluttered desk beside your bed. The details look mundane, but the lesson is luminous—peace isn’t held hostage by circumstances. The central thread here is the distinction between problems and obstacles to peace. A problem seems external and fixed; an obstacle to peace is internal and optional. When we catch thoughts that say “this is wrong,” we spot the true obstacle. From there, the practice is simple: bless the perception, deny the thought’s authority, and return to the felt sense of ease. Whether it’s a messy workspace, someone’s mood, or your own sensation of discomfort, the correction lives in seeing projection at work and choosing unity over blame.
Transformation deepened through seven weeks of shared study and daily dialogue. Not theory, but application: non-dual insights brought to the friction of living together. The shifts were tangible—less taking things personally, a dissolving sense of lack, a slide from frugality to juicy enjoyment. Integrity moved from performance to presence: unity of all and trust that form serves awakening. Health followed the same arc. Instead of rigid rules and pride-shame loops, choices flowed from peace. High-fat foods, whole milk, compression work, fascia release—tools, not idols. The body became a reservoir reflecting current thoughts; breath and attention softened the knots. The guideline stayed clear: listen, feel for peace, and do nothing against yourself.
Non-doing isn’t passivity; it’s devotion to the one real choice: truth or illusion. The ego narrates productivity, schedules, and agreements as moral debts. Spirit reframes it all as minutiae, already handled when the mind stays quiet. Even “demons”—whether midnight fears or a neighbor’s agitation—lose power when met as projections. Invulnerability arises not from fighting images but from recognizing their source and embracing the feeling without believing the story. Heartbreak gets transmuted the same way. What seems taken was always within; longing spotlights the love we forgot we are. When thoughts say “you won’t be okay,” we feel the ache, deny its argument, and reclaim the qualities we thought lived in someone else.
Food mirrors the same mind game. Diets, macros, and calendars masquerade as control; joy evaporates. The middle path is spiritual listening: eat what feels peaceful, stop when the pleasure fades, and drop the post-meal tribunal. No item is salvation or sin. Lasers, spliffs, coffee—permission slips that borrow power from belief until we return causality to mind. If something seems helpful, use it lightly; if something seems harmful, withdraw that verdict. Presence is the only nutrient that never backfires. At a 7-Eleven or a feast, the practice is the same: feel, choose the most easeful step, and let gratitude flavor each bite. In that posture, even errands and customer support become sensual—posture lifts, breath deepens, and life unstiffens.
Abundance myths also unwind here. Wanting a house, a trip, or more followers corners us into “not enough.” The correction isn’t austerity; it’s recognizing that desire actually wants wholeness now. When we become both desire and fulfillment, urgency collapses. We stop fighting calendars and chasing agreements because the real agreement is with listening. Clarity spreads through relationships by example, not force. Cattiness loses its stage when we won’t compete; unity becomes the room’s gravity. This is how awakening ripples: one peaceful choice animates millions. We don’t need to fix the movie; we need to remember we’re projecting it and extend love through every scene. Then nothing in the world is a big deal, everything serves, and peace feels like the most natural thing in the room.
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