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RETREAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH TLC Ted and I were in Lyme, New Hampshire for a weekend retreat in mid-September held by the Quest Foundation for Tom and Linda Carpenter. In case you don’t already know them, Tom and Linda Carpenter speak with some authority on A Course in Miracles, a three volume spiritual treatise which has helped to change our lives. It is a newly discovered spiritual work that was written in the 1960's and it has been experiencing a great following over the last forty years. Tom and Linda are two of our favorite teachers in how to live in peace. They both walk their talk and totally come from the heart and not from ego, where most of us, including many spiritual teachers, reside. Tom and Linda live in Washington State and have traveled to many gatherings to speak on A Course in Miracles for a number of years. Ted flew to Hawaii to spend time with them almost ten years ago (which was where he met Leonard Jacobson, another of our spiritual mentors), and we have since made sure to join their gatherings whenever they are on the east coast. This last retreat was specially important to us since it was possibly the last time they will be coming to the east coast. During the retreat, a question was asked, as it is often, on whether we should participate in a protest against the war. The answer came softly: Any time you are against something you are not helping to heal things. To protest against war creates separateness and anger and reflects the fact that you are not at peace. If you want to be for peace, be peace, one person at a time. By being peace, you will give others the ability to experience peacefulness on a first-hand basis and perhaps they will join with you, until there is peace throughout the world. Tom and Linda have also written a book called Dialogue on Awakening: Communion with a Loving Brother. This book is a transcription of Tom’s channeling of Jesus Christ, whom he calls “brother”. It is a profound work. For those not familiar with “channeling,” it is as if another person from outside this realm is speaking through someone here without any editorializing being done by the person receiving the message. While this may seem very suspect or strange to many, once you’ve experienced it in person with someone of Tom’s stature, it becomes far more acceptable. continued below... |
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We truly have the power to be happy and at peace if we so choose. It comes down to our choices every moment of the day. It is important to listen to your feelings, allow them to move through you and not always put them to words, as words can never fully express how we feel. When we are angry, depressed, anxious, fearful, it is because the Ego mind feels separate from everything/everyone else. We feel alone in our pain. That is the true "hell" on earth. When we feel love, compassion, peace, empathy, that is the true "Heaven" on earth. We feel connected to all beings and "Source," whatever that might mean to us individually. When we are in the present moment, there is only peace. When we use the words “I can’t,” try replacing it with: “I am unwilling to” and see what you discover. It tends to moves you from feeling like a victim to being more empowered and responsible for your thoughts and actions. During the retreat, Tom asked us to answer two simple questions as exercises for our own insight. We now pass them onto you. We think the answers will give you a greater understanding of ourselves.
Tom and Linda are now taking time to stay in Washington to write another book. They will be doing gatherings on the West Coast including presenting their views at the Course in Miracles Convention to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah between April 22-24, 2005. If you have a chance to visit with them in person or by audio, we highly recommend it. They are an integral part of our lives and what we teach. If you wish to contact them, they also do phone sessions and we will be happy to share their number with you. Just give us a call. As always, the retreat was a wonderful experience. It was two days filled with peace and unconditional love. Words cannot fully explain the feelings we had being in their presence. Blessings, love and peace |
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