
A Course in Miracles
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Hearing the Holy Spirit
One of the most commonly asked questions is, “How do I know if it’s Spirit or ego?” We are interested in the answer because we’d like to follow the guidance, but we’re not familiar with the voice. A Course in Miracles helps us to remember to ask to receive Divine guidance and to learn how to recognize it. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to identify the voice of Love and to develop the strength of mind to follow it. Divine guidance is our most invaluable tool, and it’s ours for the asking! Listen as Rev. Jennifer shares this powerful message of healing and inspiration from A Course in Miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Listening to the Holy Spirit
Regina Dawn Akers started studying A Course in Miracles and began to tune in to the voice of the Holy Spirit. She has walked a beautiful journey of devotion and practical application, including raising her teenage daughter. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley interviews Regina Dawn Akers, author of Holy Spirit's Interpretation of the New Testament: A Course in Understanding and Acceptance. Regina shares her remarkable journey from fear to surrender; a practical testimony to walking the talk and living the love in everything from a total career change to raising a daughter as a single parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Body as a Means of Communication
A Course in Miracles is a curriculum to help us remember that we are pure Spirit—holy and free, and that we are not a body. The world seems to make it impossible for us to remember the truth of our spiritual nature. At least it seems impossible until we make up our mind to use our body to communicate the Truth and nothing but the Truth. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to identify the reminders to choose Love every day. This can actually be a natural anti-depressant. Are you willing to give up wanting and waiting? Would you like to heal the choices that lead to depression? Listen as Rev. Jennifer shares this powerful message of A Course in Miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mother’s Day Makeover!
Have you had challenges with your mother that are still unresolved? Or perhaps you have challenges AS a mother yourself. Do you recognize that your relationships with your children or your parents are filled with ego ugliness and difficulties? Jennifer Hadley has walked an amazing journey with her mother and with both her parents—particularly through her mother’s terminal bout with cancer over several years. Through it all, she had an amazing healing. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how she learned to do the deep forgiveness work and transform her relationship with her mother before her mother’s transition. Through her forgiveness work, she set them both free! Listen as Rev. Jennifer shares this powerful message of A Course in Miracles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Love Holds No Grievances!
Lesson 68, “Love holds no grievances,” is a favorite for many. Even the name of the lesson seems crystal clear to most of us, and yet, is that how we live? What does it really mean to hold no grievances? What is the cost of holding on to grievances? Is it really possible to let them go for good? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how she discovered the motivation to walk the talk and live the Love. Listen as Rev. Jennifer shares her understanding of how to let those grievances go and let God reveal itself in your heart! The Kingdom is within! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Miraculous, Magical and Mystical: What's the Difference?
There’s a substantial difference between the miraculous and the magical according to A Course in Miracles, and it’s valuable to understand the difference. Many people use the words mystic and mystical without really understanding what they are. Understanding the terminology helps us understand the teaching. ACIM teaches us that words are but symbols of symbols. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares insight into the teachings of ACIM and applying them to your life in a way that is easy and practical. Listen as Rev. Jennifer shares the difference between magic, miracles and the mystic. You’ll be glad to know the difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ask and It Is Given: Prayer Works!
Have you been “asking” and NOT receiving? Have you been praying and feeling that nothing is shifting? Are you feeling like you don’t really understand where you’re missing the connection? Are you feeling that abundance and prosperity elude you, endlessly? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to “ask” correctly in order to receive fully. Activate Divine guidance and inspiration. Become the one who has “eyes to see and ears to hear.” Listen as Rev. Jennifer goes into the details of how YOU can receive the answered prayer in its fullness! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dream Support!
A Course in Miracles, like many ancient spiritual teachings, reminds us that we are the dreamer of the dream. Our experience of life in the human realm is an illusion to which we are contributing and making. And still, we dream in our sleep time, and those dreams can be thrilling, terrifying, arousing, mystical and mysterious. Have you ever wondered what your dreams were trying to tell you? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley gets insight into her dreams and understanding the role our dreams play in expanding our spiritual awareness from Dr. Michael Lennox, author of Dream Sight: A Dictionary and Guide for Interpreting Any Dream. Lennox, who has his own program on Unity Online Radio is one of America’s most recognized and respected dream interpreters, having spent the past 20 years interpreting thousands of dreams in workshops, in the media and for corporate and private clientele. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It’s Always About Surrender!
In the Manual for Teachers, there is a list of the “Characteristics of God’s Teachers,” and it tells us the most important of these is Trust. Trust is the foundation of our spiritual awakening. Love goes hand-in-hand with Trust. Above all, we are placing our trust in Spirit. For many of us, this is the most challenging thing. Are you challenged to trust God? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares what it really means to let go and let God, and that it might be easier than you think. Learning how to trust IS developing your faith. Are you interested in developing an unshakable faith in the Divine? This is such a valuable learning experience for most spiritual students, and the section on Trust in the Manual for Teachers tells us so much. Listen as Rev. Jennifer goes into the details of how YOU can build your faith and deepen your trust today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You’re Never Upset for the Reason You Think!
Lesson 5 in the workbook is “I am never upset for the reason I think.” This is both super helpful and deeply challenging. It’s basic to our understanding A Course in Miracles—and it’s also primary in our healing the habits of being upset, frustrated, irritated, worried and distraught. Are you willing to give up the drama in order to feel the peace? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to create a new and practical habit of trading upset for peace and harmony. It takes a willingness to pay attention and to accept responsibility, but you really can have a much more peaceful life experience. Would you like to invest in more love and joy, and trade that for being upset? Listen to this week’s program and get some practical tips in walking the talk and living the Love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If It's an Illusion, Why Bother?
One of the most challenging things for ACIM students is the illusory nature of our experience in this 3-D reality versus eternal Reality, with a capital "R." Many people struggle with this understanding, and frequently people feel that it’s pointless to care if it’s all an illusion. How do you make sense of it and lead a fulfilling life if it’s an illusion? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to work through these dilemmas and feel good about your choices. ACIM tells us that the script has already been written; how do you work with that understanding and have a meaningful live that is creative and powerful? Check out this week’s episode and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Your Plans vs. The Divine Plan
Lesson 135 tells us “A healed mind does not plan.” What??? Can you really live without plans? What would that actually mean? Lesson 135 is the longest lesson in the workbook, and it’s packed with spiritual dy-no-mite! Are you willing to explode your attachments in order to set yourself free? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how we can make huge progress in ending our suffering through releasing the attachments we have to how we think things should be. Be willing to get in tune with the Higher Holy Spirit Self, which is constantly downloading the Divine Plan for your life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feel-Full-Ment v. Fulfillment
Do you find that there’s no end to the wanting and craving? Do you feel that time and again you’re experiencing a sense of lack and limitation? Does all the prosperity teaching and talk of being a master manifester leave you feeling like a loser? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how we can keep it REAL and put an end to the thoughts of lack and attack, limitation and separation. Jennifer brings us back to our heart where the true treasure is. Now and forever. Get ready for that deep sense of fulfillment that only Love can provide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stop the Suffering—Live the Loving!
Relationships are the greatest gift. Each and every relationship we have is a relationship we’re having with God, with Love itself. Are you willing to be the loving heart of God in your own life, in all your relationships—or are you choosing the tireless habits of blame, shame and judgment? What is your plan for living a life of Love? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley continues the conversation on transforming that special, egotistical relationship into a Holy Communion. You are born OF Love for a Holy Purpose and nothing else can satisfy you—do not seek to be content with false idols and imitations when true Love is already yours! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Relationship Transformation—Living the Love
Do you judge your loved ones and invest your precious life-energy into trying to manage, control and manipulate them to be what you think they should be and act how you think they should act? Is that loving? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how we can work with the Holy Spirit to have a Holy Relationship of Love. It’s not easy, but it is the only way to bring an end to relationship suffering. Jennifer breaks it down and makes it clear—you can have a healed relationship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Holy Relationship—Divine Valentine
It’s Valentine’s Day, that time of year when the “special” relationship competition is ON! Now is the time to make your sweetheart feel “special.” If you don’t have a sweetheart, you might not feel “special.” Let’s turn all the suffering from special relationships into a truly holy relationship with pure Spirit! In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares the simplicity of the holy relationship and the power YOU have to transform your experience of relationship—no matter where you’re starting from. If you’re willing to have a holy relationship, no one can stop you, but YOU. Let this year be the year your relationships are transformed forever! To learn more about A Course in Miracles, please visit JenniferHadley.com. For the transcript of this episode and more, please visit LivingaCourseinMiracles.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You're Already Complete!
As illustrated in the movie Jerry Maguire, there’s a romantic notion that our "soul mate" will complete us. People think that their job, their spouse, their bank account or their house might somehow "complete" them. In reality, each one of us is already complete. Wholeness is our nature—we have never been incomplete. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how looking outside ourselves for completion leads to an intense sense of deprivation and suffering. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, you can recognize—You ARE Complete! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Love Your Loved Ones—Give Up the Battle!
Do you find that you’ve given yourself permission to think thoughts of lack and attack about your loved ones? Do you judge the people with whom you’re in primary relationships? Do you find yourself affirming their limitations again and again? Perhaps you even notice that you CHERISH these thoughts of attack. It’s time to rise above the battleground! One of the most painful things spiritual students experience is the suffering caused by their own habits of attacking their loved ones. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares an awareness of the cost of giving ourselves permission to attack. Get some motivation to make that change, Partner UP with the Holy Spirit, and seek the Kingdom, which is within! BE the change in ALL of your relationships, starting NOW! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Leaving the Past Behind: Stepping Into the Unprecedented
One of the main teachings of ACIM is that most people are simply re-experiencing their history. If we don’t heal the past and get focused in the possibility of LOVE right NOW, then we’re doomed to view everything through the lens of our history. Love is the healer and LOVE is happening NOW. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how to get into the now and stay there. You can learn to live an unprecedented life and experience the true freedom that is your spiritual destiny. It takes strength and courage—are you willing? Say yes to LOVE now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stop Playing Small—Access Your Magnificence
So many lightworkers and spiritual seekers nurse a secret despair because they know they are not living up to their spiritual potential. Self-sabotage continuously gets in their way. Did you know that is the purpose of self-sabotage? The only purpose of self-sabotage is to slow down your spiritual growth and expansion. In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares how she decided to really LIVE A Course in Miracles and move out of the shadows and into the light. Get some clear insight about how to get out of your own way, partner UP with the Holy Spirit, and be your TRUE SELF! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Making the Most of the New Year Energy
Many people make New Year’s resolutions each year. For ACIM students, it often has to do with the workbook and starting ACIM once again with a greater commitment. How can you make a resolution that you can feel good about and keep? In this episode, Jennifer Hadley shares her perspective about making New Year’s resolutions. What is the greater opportunity? What is the highest possibility emerging in your life at this time? Are you willing to break free of the past and live in the presence of LOVE now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Occupy JOY! Harvesting the Wisdom Is Masterful Living
Many spiritual seekers send themselves round and round in circles collecting more information and spiritual practices without ever really living them. Joy is unconditional and is not related to circumstances. Joy is always present—omnipresent—and when we are willing to get out of our heads and into our hearts, we find a joy that is truly unprecedented! In this episode, Rev. Jennifer shares clear insight about living a life of unprecedented joy. This is your inheritance! Claim it. Here are some simple steps to begin accessing the true joy that is your Divine nature today! You can be joyously masterful—your willingness is all that’s required. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Occupy PEACE! Constancy Is a Quality of God
One of the most challenging things for all spiritual seekers is to become devoted and constant—you really can be masterful at “walking the talk.” Many seekers pursue the acquisition of more knowledge and information rather than deciding to BE the Peace because it feels too challenging. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer shows how to develop the commitment and devotion to become masterful and live the life of peace you were born to live. There are simple steps you can take to be the Peace in your life. Stop talking about it and BE it! Right now is the perfect time for you to OCCUPY your loving heart as never before! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Occupy LOVE! Being Masterful Through the Holidays
Are you keenly aware that the answer to your prayers is YOU? The answer is YOU being the loving presence you were born to be. Perhaps you still persist in making unloving choices, creating upset in your relationships, workplace, health and finances. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer offers inspiration and motivation as she shares about the life-changing opportunity that awaits you in building a spiritual discipline. This is what “walking the talk” is all about. We put one foot in front of the other in the direction of Love! The masterful life you know as your true identity awaits you! Be masterful! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You Can Be Masterful at Walking Your Talk!
Walking your talk is not a burden, although the ego will convince us that it’s impossible and ridiculous to try. Being willing to be masterful and cultivating the habits of masterful living is SO LIBERATING! Your heart knows the way if you’re willing to choose it! In this episode, Rev. Jennifer shows how to develop the motivation to become masterful. You can live a life of profound joy and cultivate a deep sense of peace. This is your true nature and you activate it through your willingness to be masterful. Don’t delay—start today! It’s easier then continuing to manage and cope with the regrets and resentments. Freedom is yours! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Self-Forgiveness
Self-forgiveness is releasing the judgment against yourself. The habits of recrimination, judgment, blame and shame take a heavy toll. Right around the holidays old regrets can get ignited and become a major burden. This is the perfect time to do the healing and forgive yourself. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer walks you through some self-forgiveness healing work and supports you in understanding how to continue to release the old regrets and the habits of self-medication that often accompany them. Set yourself free NOW. There’s no need to suffer anymore. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Harvesting the Wisdom, in Gratitude for the Good, and Opening to Receive Even More!
So much of the stress of life comes from not accepting what IS. Anytime you look at your life and think it should be different, you’ve lost your alignment with Love and create an endless loop of suffering. Accepting what is and consciously connecting with Divine insight and guidance is your ticket out of that suffering. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer shows how to accept that good is unfolding for you right now, and how to receive it by moving into gratitude for what IS. Be willing to release your opinions so you can see what is really there for you! Listen in and realign with your true nature: to be abundant, joyFULL, peaceFULL, harmonious and awake to the good in your life. To learn more about A Course in Miracles, please visit JenniferHadley.com. For the transcript of this episode and more, please visit LivingaCourseinMiracles.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finding God’s Good in Your Finances
Too many smart, spiritually connected, talented individuals are blocked by subtle or obvious anxieties and resentments, and feeling overwhelmed in their money lives. This suffering is not necessary. Our money lives can be an area of self-forgiveness, healing and inspiration! Rev. Jennifer’s guest in this episode is Karen Russo, the award-winning author of The Money Keys: Unlocking Peace, Freedom and Real Financial Power. With her unusual blend of experience as an MBA from Columbia University, an accomplished corporate trainer, top-selling salesperson, and an ordained interfaith minister, Karen shares insights from more than 25 years of spiritual and secular success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Finding Freedom
So many spiritual seekers would like profound insight, healing and wisdom. They dream of true and lasting transformation—but they don't have any intention around being consistent. God's very nature is to be consistent. Spiritual law is always consistent. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer shares how becoming consistent and devoted to her spiritual practices opened the door to spiritual growth that blew her hair back! Join us and find out how to bring on your own spiritual breakthrough. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Self-Forgiveness
It is far more difficult to forgive ourselves than to forgive other people, and yet self-forgiveness seems a required step on the path to self-acceptance and the sense of peace that it can provide. In this episode, Rev. Jennifer Hadley welcomes Colin Tipping, the creator of a powerful leading-edge technology for personal and spiritual growth. A lively and entertaining speaker, he is the author of many groundbreaking books including Radical Forgiveness; Radical Manifestation; Getting to Heaven on a Harley, and his latest book, Radical Self-Forgiveness: The Direct Path to True Self-Acceptance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Embodying Wisdom
When you discover a new idea, it is easy to adopt it as an espoused theory. The real question is how to go from having an espoused theory to a theory living within you. When you embody wisdom, ideas become habits in your behavioral repertoire. The key to this transition is implementing a deliberate practice. Rev. Jennifer’s guest for this episode is Paul Scheele, who has activated the natural brilliance within millions of people around the globe over the past 30 years. He offers a unique blend of expertise combining neurosciences, psychology and spirituality, and shows us how individuals can go beyond the limits of conventional thinking into what is truly possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Undo the Ego and Put an End to Suffering
To create a fulfilling relationship with the Divine, you must gently unwind the ego and its subtle ways of creating suffering. Rev. Jennifer’s guest this week is Dr. Jon Mundy, an author, lecturer and the executive director of All Faiths Seminary in New York City. He publishes Miracles magazine and has written nine books including his newest book Living A Course in Miracles. Jon taught university courses in philosophy and religion from 1967 to 2009. He met Dr. Helen Schucman, the scribe of A Course in Miracles, in 1973. Helen introduced Jon to the Course and served as his counselor and guide until she became ill in 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Making It Personal With A Course in Miracles
Some people may feel discouraged when studying A Course in Miracles, because it often seems dense or challenging. You’ll feel new wind beneath your wings when you strengthen your commitment and make the practices personal. Rev. Jennifer’s guest for this episode is Chris Cade, a former software product manager who reaches tens of thousands of people worldwide through his network of spirituality websites. Chris left his techno-corporate life behind when an inner voice challenged him to embrace his passions, serve others, and make a difference. Join us as he reveals new ways to connect A Course in Miracles to your passions and spiritually soar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
ACIM Around the World
Rev. Jennifer’s guest this week is David Hoffmeister. Traveling for 19 years in 26 countries to share the experience of God’s unconditional love, David has become a living demonstration of the principles of A Course in Miracles. Join us as he reveals new perspectives on AICM from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ken Wapnick
Rev. Jennifer Hadley interviews Ken Wapnick, Ph.D. Ken has been writing and teaching about A Course in Miracles since 1973. He was a close friend of Helen Schucman and William Thetford, the two people who collaborated on the scribing of the Course. He's also very funny! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Inaugural Episode: Forgiveness and Relationships
Are your closest relationships your workshop for practicing your forgiveness skills? In this inaugural episode, Rev. Jennifer Hadley and guest Gary Renard, best-selling author of The Disappearance of the Universe: Straight Talk About Illusions, Past Lives, Religion, Sex, Politics, and the Miracles of Forgiveness, discuss how you can strengthen your bonds and skills at the same time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices