INTRO: The How and Why of this ACIM blog

A post by way of an explanation of what you will find here. 

I have been a student of the spiritual and metaphysical since I was a kid - over 40 years now! And this blog is simply my space to share my metaphysical musings on my spiritual path. It's by no means, at this point, meant to be a comprehensive overview of the metaphysics of ACIM (but hopefully eventually!).

Disclosure: I am not a christian. I am spiritual, but do not subscribe to any one religion. While I can relate to J just fine, I cannot relate at all to the bible.

I also can't relate to a masculine God. Now, I KNOW, metaphysically, that God is genderless. I also know that "He" in ACIM is supposed to be a "genderless He" (if you read some of the better ACIM info sites). So, in honour of that, I will be keeping things either gender-neutral, or be using the "genderless She" ;) on this blog. I also know that this is supposed to be an opportunity for forgiveness - of the language and of my own apparent inability to not be mildly irritated by it... I am working on it, and in the meantime this blog can do the same for those of the male persuasion ;)

The word "God" also has too much biblical baggage for me - so I'm changing that to Spirit; sometimes Goddess - just to be provocative ;)

I am a great fan of the book "The Disappearance of the Universe" by Gary Renard - all of the metaphysical elegance of ACIM, but cuts through most of the unfortunate biblical language like a sharp sword. I am so happy I read that first, or I wouldn't have touched the biblical language of ACIM with a 10 foot pole. Actually, the book has presented itself to me several times, but I wouldn't take the bait until I read "DU" first.

Sooooooo.......

If this appeals to you, please hang out and share. If this does not appeal to you, please feel free to peruse the multitude of other more-traditional ACIM sites.

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A bit more if you are willing to keep reading...

This wasn't my idea!
Honestly, I was and still am, quite resistant to the idea. But I suppose this will help with my spiritual journey.

But...

I am to be "an illustrator for God/dess"...

There, I said it. A bit tongue in cheek, but I said it.

And yeah, it makes me squirm!

But the world is ready, according to the Shekinah, the Voice. I have been prompted to not only be a bit sassy about people getting used to the idea of God not being a He (but really an It), and parlay more of the metaphysical concepts (such as Arten and Pursah relayed in Gary's book). In addition, to use my artful gifts to create art/doodles/illustrations with metaphysical wisdom borne from ACIM and DU. I have been bombarded with ideas - colourful doodles and beautiful typography - all kinds! I am both excited and daunted. But I am trying to keep ego out of the way, and only listen to the Shekinah. I am a much better at being a student than a teacher, but I am told that this will be the perfect way to enjoy being a teacher for Spirit.

So, please wish me luck!

I welcome your participation on this blog :)