I'm reading Sue Watkins' book about the class sessions Jane Roberts held and in one of them Seth encapsulates our basic challenge of thinking of our self as elsewhere of thinking of All That Is as elsewhere, when it's here now and really cannot be anywhere else.

This is something I saw from the moment I started giving psychic readings. It was astounding. I literally saw the person looking everywhere for himself for God, for answers while sitting right in them. This knowledge has changed my life.

It was a matter of awareness, being able to notice what is.

Anyway, here is what Seth says:

"You cannot project psychic reality elsewhere. It is one thing to project a God outward into another universe and then try to find it. You realize by now that this is a futile attempt,  but it is also futile to try to reach yourself by imagining that your self is somewhere else in another universe--you are doing the same thing.

The self is immediate as All That Is is immediate, and your quickest entry point is at the point of your present feelings, and there is no other way. The door to your feelings [is] open by accepting your feelings at this moment or at any moment as they apply to yourselves and to others in the room." (Page 77-78, Conversations with Seth, Susan M. Watkins.)

This lovely passage is from A Course in Miracles, from a section called "Beyond All Ideals." See online at www.courseinmiracles.com from where I copied this passage.

If you're new to A Course in Miracles, "idols" here mean material things. They're seen as temporary, not real, in comparison to eternal qualities.

Here the oneness of all is expounded. See if you can feel it.


"The Thought God holds of you is like a star, unchangeable in an eternal sky. So high in Heaven is it set that those outside of Heaven know not it is there. But still and white and lovely will it shine through all eternity. There was no time it was not there; no instant when its light grew dimmer or less perfect ever was. Who knows the Father knows this light, for He is the eternal sky which holds it safe, forever lifted up and anchored sure. Its perfect purity does not depend on whether it is seen on earth or not. The sky embraces it, and softly holds it in its perfect place, which is as far from earth as earth from Heaven. It is not the distance nor the time which keeps this star invisible to earth. But those who seek for idols cannot know this star is there.

Beyond all idols is the Thought God holds of you. Completely unaffected by the turmoil and the terror of the world, the dreams of birth and death that here are dreamed, the myriad of forms that fear can take, quite undisturbed, the Thought God holds of you remains exactly as It always was. Surrounded by a stillness so complete no sound of battle comes remotely near, It rests in certainty and perfect peace. Here is your one reality kept safe, completely unaware of all the world that worships idols, and that knows not God. In perfect sureness of Its changelessness and of Its rest in Its eternal home, the Thought God holds of you has never left the Mind of its Creator, Whom it knows as Its Creator knows that It is there."

This is from A Course in Miracles. After yearning, craving, seeking, wanting . . . this is where eventually we all arrive:

"LESSON 251

I am in need of nothing but the truth.

1. I sought for many things, and found despair. Now do I seek but one, for in that one is all I need, and only what I need. All that I sought before I needed not, and did not even want. My only need I did not recognize. But now I see that I need only truth. In that all needs are satisfied, all cravings end, all hopes are finally fulfilled and dreams are gone. Now have I everything that I could need. Now have I everything that I could want. And now at last I find myself at peace.

2. And for that peace, our Father, we give thanks. What we denied ourselves You have restored, and only that is what we really want."

I thought I'd share this great car place with the locals.

As many of you know, it is really difficult to find a good place to get your car taken care of--knowledgeable people that you can trust and that charge reasonably.

Decades ago I somehow stumbled upon H & J Tire; that was 4 cars ago :-)

They are a family-owned business and have been in business forever. In fact, when I first went in there, Dennis, then a young man, was being trained by his father. Today Dennis is training his son, Chris, to run the business. Yup, we were young back then, Dennis and I :-)

Anyway, if you need an oil change, tire rotation, new tires, tune up, etc., they can do it.

I am very interested in having them prosper in their business so I can be sure they're there to work on my car. Not only have they been there for all my car stuff over the decades, but also in emergencies when I could just drive up and they're there to immediately look at the car, assure me it's all okay (that happened recently when my engine light went on, rather scary), or fix the flat (that's happened a couple of times), or change the bulb in my headlights (that happened once). So comforting to know there is someplace to go in these types of situations.

Go say say hello and next time you need anything for your car, take it in.

Here's a great guided meditation by Sanaya Roman and Orin, A New Chapter in Your Life, that is all about new beginnings.

If you feel you are entering a whole new dimension of your being, this guided meditation is a wonderful support.