CATALYST NEWS

Eva Dahm, CPCC, MA

December, 2006

Dedicated to your growth and exploration.

EVERYDAY MIRACLES

Do you experience miracles every day? Would you like to feel daily miracles?

I organized a weekend retreat on this topic this fall. As co-chair, I always intend that we will inspire and lift up the attendees with our words, actions, thoughts or exercises. This year the attendees inspired us all with stories of their personal miracles. Triumphs over illness, addictions, losses, and more were shared. We were all moved and touched.

It is safe to assume, I now believe, that anyone you meet has experienced a "miracle" healing in their lifetime. Perhaps this viewpoint is a good way to increase your compassion as you meet new friends or business associates. Assume they needed a miracle at one time or now and be gentle.

"A Course in Miracles" is a set of books that combine spiritual teachings with modern psychological knowledge. The books modernize spiritual ideas and connect them more easily to our world. One teaching from ACIM it that there are only two emotions, love and fear. Many people have popularized the ideas of ACIM in their books (Marianne Williamson, Wayne Dyer, Jerry Jampolsky, etc.).

CHANGE YOUR MIND

ACIM says "Miracle is a device for perception-correction…" So whenever you change your view of a person or situation, it is a miracle. Perhaps that job you lost several years ago now looks like the best loss you ever experienced because it brought you a new career. An end to a relationship several years ago can now be viewed as the start of learning to stand on your own two feet. I am certain you have an example that comes to mind.

The key is to be able to shift to this positive perception more quickly and perhaps even during the loss when you are mired in the experience. So how is this accomplished?

CREATE MIRACLES

First, talking to others is helpful. They provide an objective perspective that can be just the key to your change of heart. Be open to their viewpoint and be clear about their role. You do not need them to fix you or the situation. Simply ask them to share possible future views of this same experience as a positive lesson for you.

Second, when you nurture an impartial witness within your mind in every part of your life, you are detached from happenings. This detachment allows you to see situations differently. If you are not 100 percent in the hurt or sadness or anger, you can have or create a perspective that is positive and helpful. In short, being detached gives you the space to perform a miracle.

Third, I ask my coaching clients to imagine that time has passed and they are looking back on the event. When they can successfully do this, it gives them new eyes with which to see and evaluate the happening. Some of the sting is gone.

Fourth, another method is to routinely ask for the lesson in the events in your life. Question what the symbolism might be in an occurrence. Do this regularly in your life. You will be surprised what you can learn from a flat tire or a missed meeting. Always running late for a certain appointment? Ask yourself if you really want to be there.

ACIM says "Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong." So begin to observe your daily happenings. Look for the miracles-smiling faces just when you need them, calls from others that shift your mood, or the singing of birds to lift your spirits. Create miracles for others by offering kindnesses.

"Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle." ACIM

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