Are You There God? It's Me Torri - A Course In Miracles Lessons 40, 41 and 42 AND Shout Out Saturday

Ok here they are! For those of you that visit my blog somewhat regularly and are disappointed when you don't see my daily lesson notes i apologize. (I know i sound like a broken record). But hey, at least they do get up here eventually... that has to count for something right?

Haha, as you could tell i had a little bit of difficulty with this one. At least it was a lesson 8, make me want to throw my book across the room kind of difficulty, i just couldn't think of how i am blessed as a "son of god." But that could be because i (right now) am having difficulty with the religious terminology that is becoming more prevalent in the lessons now. (Was not much of a church person growing up even though my parents forced me to go).

So Friday (when i did lesson 41) me and my roomie watched the movie "Girl Interrupted" and it inspired the note i made up above. Lesson 41 tells us that depression, anxiety, etc is inevitable because of our separation from god (the universe, or whatever you chose to use to help you get through the lessons). So were the girls in the movie "nutz" because of their separation or was there something else at play? Also for people now a days that develop/have mental illnesses. We have scientific explanations for why they happen so does this "separation" have any part in the illness? Kind of confused but its also something id like to research further when/if i can come up with the time.

I was actually having a mini 6teen (one of my favorite cartoons) marathon on netflix when i felt compelled to do todays lesson. So i paused my Wii to sit and do todays exercise.

"Begin these practice periods by repeating the idea for today slowly, with your eyes wide open, looking about you. Then close your eyes and repeat the idea again, even slower then before. After this, try to think of nothing except thoughts that occur to you in relation to the idea for the day." 


My problem was when i was doing this, nothing actually came to mind at first. So i followed the suggestion the book gave:

"... spend the practice period alternating between slow repetitions of the idea with eyes open, then with eyes closed..."


So thats what i did. And what happened to come to my mind?

Yup! This song again. More so just the refrain and right before the refrain when she is saying "I'm alive." Is there a meaning behind this? I'm sure there is something and its another one of those things i want to contemplate during meditation hopefully tomorrow (if i get home at a decent time).

Also, since i kind of skipped my regular "Shout Out Saturday" because of my lack of ACIM posting...

ShineSister is hosting a call February 23 with Gabby Bernstein! (Click here for more detailed info). For those of you that can't afford her group coaching (like me) the $27 (ish... the price is given in canadian dollars but paypall will convert it for you) for the hour long call is a steal! Plus, if you sign up for the call you get:

• 1 hour live call with Gabby with 15 minute interactive Q&A session
• The recording of the call and notes to refer back to
• The full Medidating Album (Brand New Meditation Album from Gabby!)
• 30 Minute Follow up coaching with Christa! 

In my opinion a total worth while investment (and no im not getting any kind of perks for "plugging" this. I just want to share this opportunity with everyone). I was worried because the call falls during the one day a week i have work and class (all other work/class days fall independently of each other) but the call happens the hour before class. (Thank you universe!) So can't wait for this event!

Shout Out Saturday

Good afternoon everyone! I literally just walked in the door, put the kale i bought in the fridge and opened up my laptop so that i could get my 1st of 2 posts for today up. So who am i giving a shout out to this weekend?

My first shout out goes to the wonderful and oh so inspiring Gabrielle Bernstein. On February 8th she is having her launch for her MediDating meditation album. You can attend the launch in person if you live in NY or you can attend it online. (Click the link for more info).

You can thank my boyfriend for the next shout out, because it is going to the youtube series My Drunk Kitchen. It is freekin hysterical! I've heard of them before but never watched any of their videos till he sent me the link for their Raw Vegan Cheesecake video (he said it made him think of me... awww).

And last but not least, my final shout out of the weekend goes to the A Course In Miracles study group on HerFuture. Every wednesday from 8:30-9:30pm there is a free conference call style study group. We're currently going through the manual for teachers so if you are an ACIM student i would highly recommend joining us for the calls!

Shout Out Saturday

So im changing up the format of my Saturday posts. For the first two weeks that i did it (since i took last week off because my mom came to visit) i focused on one specific person and told you guys why i think they're awesome and why you should know them. Then i got to thinking, in addition to people there are online sites, and books, and forums, and companies and products, etc that i have come across that i think are fantastic. They should be able to get a shout out too! So now instead of saturdays being "people you should know" they will now be "shout out saturdays" where i will give you guys a heads up on people/places/products i think are awesome.

This weekends post features some people i may have already introduced to you but that i want to help out in their endeavors and others who i have not featured but have been doing awesome things.

You still have three days from today to buy a raffle ticket to help Katie Hoffman launch iAmKatieHoffman.com! Tickets are $5 a piece with a portion of each ticket going to FeedingAmerica (and the winner getting an awesome iPod touch). If you donate $25 you get 5 tickets and a custom made inspiration card and if you donate $100 you get 20 tickets and a free 1 hour life coaching session!

One of my favorite people on twitter, PureGlow16 is in the Hot Raw Chef Valentines Day contest and could use her vote. In her 5 minute video she teaches you how to make a wicked simple fudge recipe that i can not wait to try out. (And her newest post on her blog has a ton of mouth watering recipes).

(I hope its ok i borrowed your photo, if 

not i will take it down asap!)

I actually came across Jenny Sansouci of HealthyCrush via a twitter suggestion when i was asking about juice recipes (i am still madly in love with my roomies juicer). When i came across her site she had just finished a juicing fast and had so many amazing recipes that it was the perfect resource for me. She is also a health coach that just released a short e-book called "The Burning Questions."

In it she answers some of the most frequently asked questions she gets as a health coach and a listing (including links) of some of her favorite healthy resources. Best of all, it is only $4. Much cheaper then a healthy coaching session (which i would love to do with her some day when i have the funds).

And in case you were wondering, no i am not getting a commission by talking about this and no i was not given a copy of this e-book. I bought it myself because i think she has an awesome site with great information and i really wanted to read it.

Later on today (as in saturday the 28th) Goddess Leonie of GoddessGuidebook.com is having a free tele-seminare on how to make your 2012 divine. It starts at 5pm EST so hopefully some of you will see this post before then. I got the email a few days ago about the call info so for those of you that are interested here you go!

Call in details ::

(530) 881-8300

Code to get in: 435600

(This is a US based #)

Well, i hope you all have an enjoyable weekend! I actually need to get ready for the Washington DC area HerFuture meetup! (Am so excited to meet so many amazing women that are on a similar path that i am on).