Vivienne Stallwood

This day means something different to me than it used to. Growing up I went to church (even played guitar in the worship band) and loved Easter services Loved the energy. The music. The community. Something about it felt so right. But there were also parts of it that felt so wrong. And my pastor at the time had some really bad answers to my questions. So I left my church and spent most of my 20s searching and studying. The Dao Te Ching. The Bhagavad Gita. The Quran. Plant medicine Breathwork Personal development Anything I could get my hands on to help me understand myself, life and death. All beautiful. All containing truth. All ultimately bringing me closer to God and understanding myself. But there has been one text that has had the most profound impact on me... It's called A Course in Miracles and I've Been studying it for 20 years now alongside the Bible. And there are certain distinctions in ACIM about Jesus and the bible that just make sense to me. For example. Most of Easter focuses on the crucifixion ... how Jesus suffering, sacrificing and ultimately dying on the cross for our sins is why and how we are saved. ACIM says it's the resurrection that illuminates WHY we are saved. An emphasis on the resurrection over the crucifixion. This distinction might seem small Or obvious because without the resurrection the whole Jesus story falls apart But to me... One says death saved me. The other says death isn't real. One interpretation keeps me in fear. The other is the foundation of my inner peace. The very first line of A Course in Miracles says: "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." I don't know which one is "right" I'm not a theologian. I only know which one brings me closer to feeling Gods presence in my life And what I've come to believe... for me anyways... is that Jesus wasn't the exception. He was the model. The guide. The one. The demonstration of what's possible when we fully surrender to God.

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