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Lesson 15 Did the sun really shine?

‘My thoughts are images that I have made’ Today’s lesson is really about the fact that we project our thoughts as images into the world, so we are not really seeing something ‘out there’ we are seeing our thoughts. I … Continue reading

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Lesson 14 – Is it really not real?

‘God did not create a meaningless world’ The idea for today is, of course, the reason why a meaningless world is impossible. What God did not create does not exist. And everything that does exist exists as He created it. … Continue reading

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Lesson 13

‘A meaningless world engenders fear’ ‘I am looking at a meaningless world’ ‘A meaningless world engenders fear because I think I am in competition with God’ I am living in a world where fear is so prevalent that today I … Continue reading

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Lesson 12

‘I am upset because I see a meaningless world’ The importance of this idea lies in the fact that it contains a correction for a major perceptual distortion. You think what upsets you is a frightening world, or a sad … Continue reading

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Lesson 11- A Course in Miracles

I’ve decided to do A Course in Miracles (ACIM)again. When I completed it the first time in 2005, I couldn’t understand why anyone would want, or need, to do it again. Surely, I thought, if one followed all the lessons … Continue reading

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Book 2

The year is whizzing by. January 10th already. The dearth of blogging is because I’ve started writing my second novel. Using a different approach. Have done all the characters and plot before beginning to write. It will still be organic, … Continue reading

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Happy New Year

Started the year in Just the Tonic in Nottingham with three excellent comedians – including one of my favourites, Matt Brigstock, and about three hundred other people. After the tables were cleared away to make way for the dancing, we … Continue reading

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Belly dance Chinese Style

No belly dance costume in sight, but that’s because we’re having a night off. Our teacher is on the far right and you can just about see me on the back left. The food was plentiful and the stomachs empty, … Continue reading

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Getting into the Christmas spirit

Today, Tuesday 13 December, the ship carrying 200 copies of Dare to Love sails for Barbados. A barrel was the best option in the end. It’s a relief to know they are on their way and I can truly relax … Continue reading

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Jerk chicken, paella and dumplings

In my last blog I said that Birmingham had a festival of European foods. I take it back. I just hadn’t explored far enough to see the Chinese, Indian and Jamaican stalls. It seems crazy after the event, but Andrew … Continue reading

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