Removing the bricks #4: What do you want? Sat, Sept 8, 2-5pm. Coburg.
“I want the peace of God. To say these words is nothing. But to mean these words is everything. If you could but mean them for just an instant, there would be no further sorrow possible for you in any...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #5 – There has to be more. Sat, Oct 13, 2-5pm Coburg
When presented with a statement such as “the salvation of the world depends on me” either our ego jumps for joy or counsels us to hide in fear. Given our desire for specialness we can’t help be drawn...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #6 – What sacrifice can you make? Saturday 10 Nov, 2-5pm...
Getting, giving, having, being, our confusion about what we are, what we need and how we obtain it. The seemingly intractable belief in sacrifice as a mask to guilt and a defence against our acceptance...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #7 – What are you waiting for? Saturday, 8 Dec, Coburg,...
Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all. W.p1.188.1:4 Is it time to realize our mistake? Is it time to cease looking for something we already have? Our denial of the truth is what is...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #8 – What will I choose to feel? Sat W’shop, 9 Feb 2-5pm...
I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve. And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and receive as I have asked....
View ArticleMarch w’shop cancelled
Due to unforeseen circumstances (I fell off my bike) we will cancel this coming Saturday workshop and return in April. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. James
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #9 – Our STAR witness. Sat W’shop, 11 May 2-5pm Coburg
Pain is the ego’s star witness to our “reality” as a body. It supports the illusion of separation, the seeming “cause” of our guilt and the motivator to project on to others or our self. Both the...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #10 – Mistaken Identity. Sat W’shop, 8 June 2-5pm Coburg
The course is trying to teach us we have a choice. Only one choice. We are making it every second of our apparent life here. This is the choice of who we are. Jesus tells us we have got it wrong, and...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #11 – It really is that simple. Sat W’shop, 13 July 2-5pm...
Today we will look at two lessons that speak to the core of what the Course is asking us to do while we seem to inhabit this world. We are not asked to leave our jobs, our families or do anything...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #12 – Time to let go. Sat W’shop, 10 Aug 2-5pm Coburg
What is the future to you? Most likely an escape or way to atone for what you believe you have committed in the past. The pain of loss, of aspirations and goals missed. Yet to God the past, present and...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #13, Sat 14 Sept, Coburg 2-5pm
What’s the question? What do I have to be grateful for? A question we all ask at different times in our lives. Invariably a question asked from the point of view of one who seems to be victim of some...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #14, Sat 12 Oct, Coburg 2-5pm
Just who is the victim here? I am responsible for what I see.I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #15, Sat 9 Nov, Coburg 2-5pm
True giving receives rather than takes back. You child of God, the gifts of God are yours, not by your plans but by His holy Will. His Voice will teach you what forgiveness is, and how to give it as He...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #16, Sat 14 Dec, Coburg 2-5pm
A line in the sand. How many times have you drawn “a line in the sand”. A demarcation between you and another. We are taught that this is a necessary action, defense if you will, to ensure what we hold...
View ArticleRemoving the Bricks #17 – What do you want to be today? Sat 8 Feb, Coburg 2-5pm
An innocent, perhaps playful question. so we think. But in a real sense you ask it everyday. What we are really asking and deciding upon is not so obvious however. Perhaps you answer “a good friend”,...
View ArticleRemoving the bricks #18 – Where to now? Sat 14 Mar, Coburg. 2-5pm
So, what is it you really want and what does it tell you about your beliefs? We are asked in the course to always ask “What is it for?” What is the purpose behind what I am doing? We are also extolled...
View ArticleTemporary Hiatus
With the isolation and safe distancing restrictions currently in place we will be unable to hold our regular monthly workshops nor weekly study groups. And so we will enter a temporary hiatus and think...
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