Miracles

I've recently discovered audio books.  Yes, I know they have been around for sometime now but I've been slow on the uptake.  You see I love my paper books.  I love a good library of them too.  The kind of library where books exist on shelves up to the ceiling and reading lights, coffee and comfy chairs are plentiful.  The problem is that I have not read a great deal since coming to Australia.  Time has sped up and slipped away and the hours I used to spend, absorbed in the pages of a great book, just can't be found. 
​So audio books have taken up a place on my phone.  I can plug in and listen whenever I have time and I get notifications on newly published gems on a daily basis.  And so I've listened to more books than I've read in the past 5 years. 
One of those books, I have yet to finish.  I hit play on "A Course in Miracles" by Dr. Helen Schucman almost 2 years ago now.  This book is a bit of a marathon and I still have over 14 hours of it left to go.  It contains a lifetime of work that I need to do on my personal growth and so the going has been a bit of a journey.

"Miracles" by Cory Acorn

Miracles
You are worthy of miracles. You are a miracle.
​This painting has a beautiful butterfly fluttering into a garden of flowers. Both miraculous in their own right.
The painting is a mixed media piece finished in oil and of course, it is on fine art paper.

Here is but one example of the lessons from this great book (again, if you missed it, " A Course on Miracles" by Helen Schucman).   I just listened to this lesson today and I'm still stewing on it.  The following contains some of the key statements strung together and not necessarily in the order presented.  

Lesson 91: Miracles are seen in the Light.
Miracles and vision necessarily go together.  The miracle is always there. Its presence is not caused by your vision. Its absence is not as a result of your failure to see it.  It is only your awareness of miracles that is affected. You will see miracles in the light and you will not see miracles in the dark.  Light is crucial.  While you remain in darkness, the miracle remains unseen and thus you are convinced it is not there.  On top of this, to be told what is not seen, is there, sounds like insanity.  Faith lies in the darkness, not the light.  Miracles are seen in Light and the body's eyes do not perceive the Light.  You are not a body.  What am I?  What you think you are is a belief to be undone.  What you really are must be revealed to you. The mistake of your belief is what is to be revealed.  If you are not a body, what are you?

I am certain the you understand why it is taking me so long to get through these deep passages.  There is a lot to unpack in a few short statements.

Anyway, along with audio books, I've also been listening music online too.  I've always been a fan of the radio.  Something about not knowing what will play next and the effortless aspect of radio has always appealed to me.  The trouble with radio is the chatter, both the announcers ramble and commercials.  I just want to listen to music.  Online at least rids me of the announcers if not the ads. Ok, so back to my point.  I stumbled on a gem the other day.  A song about miracles.  It is a funny, silly song but has a heart felt message and a catchy tune.  The songs main message is "It's a miracle that you are here at all." and "... don't waste it".  Check it out, you might add it to one of your playlists. It is called,  "Dissect the Bird" by John Craigie.  You'll get a chuckle if nothing else and everyone needs a chuckle right now.

So I guess my point today is that even when you are down, when you feel like you've missed out, are missing out, or just forgotten, remember that you are a miracle and on top of that you are worthy of miracles.  So get out there and like John says, don't waste it.

Author

Cory Acorn is a fine artist living and painting in Port Stephens, Australia.

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