WEBVTT - What Is a Miracle?

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<v Speaker 1>You found your way here to waking up with Ryan.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so glad that you pushed play. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>place you and I come to wake up together. So

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<v Speaker 1>let's take a deep breath and begin. Good morning, love.

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<v Speaker 1>We need miracles. Not just the big biblical events, but

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<v Speaker 1>true miracles. which are shifts in your thinking, shifts in

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<v Speaker 1>your belief system from fear to love. Because being human,

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<v Speaker 1>living on this earth is wrought with fear. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much to fear. There's so much to resent. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much pain that you've experienced or that you're experiencing right now.

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<v Speaker 1>the confusion of trying to do your best and it

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<v Speaker 1>never being enough, the separation you feel from people, the

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<v Speaker 1>wanting people or needing people to be different so that

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<v Speaker 1>you can be in healthier relationship with them. There's so

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<v Speaker 1>much complexity to being human in these bodies, in this world,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a world that is dominated by the thought

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<v Speaker 1>forms of fear and separation. And I don't say any

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<v Speaker 1>of this to be negative or pessimistic. I say it

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<v Speaker 1>so that we can be real. And I say it

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<v Speaker 1>because this is why we need a miracle. A miracle

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<v Speaker 1>is a shift in your thinking from fear to love.

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<v Speaker 1>It's that moment of When because you've said, dear universe, gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>this situation that I face, this problem that I face,

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<v Speaker 1>this challenge that's right in front of me, it's like

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<v Speaker 1>it's too big for me to hold on my own

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't know what to do. I've tried everything.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just too big. I'm too stressed. There's too much

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<v Speaker 1>on my shoulders. I need help. I'm willing to experience

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<v Speaker 1>a miracle. The more you do that, what will happen is...

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<v Speaker 1>The next time you are lost in thought and your

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<v Speaker 1>mind is spinning, rooted in fear, not knowing what you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do, confusion, loss, resentment, et cetera. One of

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<v Speaker 1>the reasons we say the mind is lost in fear

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<v Speaker 1>is that you're not even aware that it's happening. Just

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<v Speaker 1>like a fish has been swimming in water its whole life,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not aware of the water. You have been

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<v Speaker 1>aware of the thought forms of fear for your whole life.

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<v Speaker 1>So very often you're not even aware of when you're

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<v Speaker 1>walking through the world and the thoughts of fear are

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<v Speaker 1>loud because it just seems so normal. So a miracle

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<v Speaker 1>is this moment when it's like the universe kind of

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<v Speaker 1>taps you on the shoulder and says, hey, just watch

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<v Speaker 1>for a moment. Just kind of notice. The thought after

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<v Speaker 1>thought after thought that's happening right now that's pulling you

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<v Speaker 1>into and away from who you really are. It says

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<v Speaker 1>in A Course in Miracles that miracles collapse time. You

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<v Speaker 1>have all this time on the planet really to do

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<v Speaker 1>one thing which is to shift your mind from the

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<v Speaker 1>control of the ego of fear to the control of

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<v Speaker 1>love or spirit or God, or whatever you want to

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<v Speaker 1>call creation, grace, the highest self. This transformation is the

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate transformation where the mind no longer needs to be ruled.

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<v Speaker 1>by all that old stuff and that pain and that

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<v Speaker 1>the fear that dominates the world, it no longer needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be controlled by that. It can be transitioned and

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<v Speaker 1>exercised to become this receiver, to become a vessel through

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<v Speaker 1>which love pours. Your mind can be trained by this universe.

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<v Speaker 1>to be like a faucet through which love can pour.

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<v Speaker 1>And then those thought forms of love can become the

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<v Speaker 1>lens through which you see the world. And that journey

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<v Speaker 1>is going to happen inevitably because that's the journey your

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<v Speaker 1>soul showed up for, whether it happens in this lifetime

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<v Speaker 1>or another. you are walking the journey of the healing

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<v Speaker 1>of your mind and the miracle collapses time. And so

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<v Speaker 1>what might take you a thousand years to get to

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<v Speaker 1>the healing can take the universe one millisecond to offer

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<v Speaker 1>that healing to you. And so if you're in a

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<v Speaker 1>moment in your life where it just feels like too much,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels like you've done everything to try to make

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<v Speaker 1>it work and it's just not working. This morning, let's

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<v Speaker 1>offer you an opportunity to remember that you are not

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be doing that on your own. And that

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<v Speaker 1>maybe what's missing is the expression of your willingness to

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<v Speaker 1>have nature, love, this absolutely brilliant universe join you right

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of your struggle and walk you through it.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's take a deep breath. As we close our eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>deepening and widening your inhales and relaxing your body on

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<v Speaker 1>every exhale. Bringing to mind now that situation that just

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<v Speaker 1>feels impossible. Seeing the situation and everyone involved. Noticing how

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<v Speaker 1>hard you've tried to approach it. And recognizing now that

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps it's time to call on something bigger than yourself

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<v Speaker 1>for some help. Taking a deep breath and letting it go.

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<v Speaker 1>As you say aloud, dear universe, I am willing to

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<v Speaker 1>experience a miracle here. Again, dear universe, I am willing

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<v Speaker 1>to experience a miracle here. Let's take a deep breath

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<v Speaker 1>and let it go. Saying out loud, I welcome you

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<v Speaker 1>into my mind to help me see this situation differently.

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<v Speaker 1>To help me see this situation through the eyes of love.

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<v Speaker 1>To help my heart soften. To help me see more clearly.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's take a deep breath in and let it go.

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<v Speaker 1>Dear universe, I welcome your miracles. And I know that

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<v Speaker 1>you are on it now. Thank you. I receive. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Let's take one more deep breath in. And

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<v Speaker 1>let it go. Blinking your eyes open. Perhaps the most

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<v Speaker 1>difficult things happening in your life. Perhaps they're so hard

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<v Speaker 1>and seem so impossible to get through. so that you

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<v Speaker 1>at some point run out of steam, trying, forcing, and

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<v Speaker 1>instead let yourself get cracked open to allow this universe

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<v Speaker 1>to do the work with you, recognizing you can't do

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<v Speaker 1>it on your own. You were never supposed to. Miracles

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<v Speaker 1>happen when you express your willingness to be loved in

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<v Speaker 1>the way that this universe loves you. And I'm loving

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<v Speaker 1>you from here. Hi, I hope you're feeling even just

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit more prepared to take on the day.

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