This morning, I was reflecting on what I am truly teaching these people and the universe about creativity. I think that creativity is made from attention to the present moment and not judging anything you do; not judging allows for Real Communication to happen. It allows for Silence to teach Its message.
There are no words, patterns, colors, or shapes involved, as they mean nothing—just images. Yet Communication is everything. Honest creativity coming from real silence will guide you, inspire you, and make you smile. It is an eternal space of freedom.
Creativity is the ultimate freedom, a place where you can endlessly play and have fun. And that is about it.
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Allow yourself to elevate to a state devoid of personal purpose or direction, avoiding interference from the past and the mind chatter; hear the music, listen to the book, the rain, or the cars going by. Allow the endless process of surrendering to whatever emerges. Just focus your mind somewhere else. And let it happen.
Follow a trail, listen to the music, a guitar tune, a singing voice, and get into complex compositions to take your mind over. Allow painting to flow deeply into the paper; surrender to the colors, play with them. Take all solemnity out of it. You are not the painter; you are just a tool to be used by Life to teach endlessly about Beauty and Freedom. Let it Be. It is Love.
Then, should I say that I am here to teach people to go back to being children? It is incredibly presumptuous, isn’t it?
No, that is not it.
They are not going back; they are beginning a way to see Life for the first time at every glimpse. Be in the present moment not to miss the breathtaking show of here and now. The sounding guitar, the texture of rusted metal, the miracle of color wherever it is found. Here and Now. And let the body act as it does. Surrender. No judgment, no interpretation: Let it Be.
Open up to a different view coming out of your hands and perceptions. You are in your mind, and when you surrender, Life shows itself in an astounding celebration of joy.
Talking about A Course in Miracles always causes me some discomfort. I deeply resist the idea of convincing anyone that what I believe is the truth. However, in my life, writing and A Course in Miracles are two constants and I feel the need to unite the two in this ancient instrument we call “blog”.
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Introduction to this blog: Talking a Course in Miracles.
Hello,
This is not a blog meant to be read. It’s meant to be written… In my universe, obviously. In that universe too, almost nobody “reads” anymore. However, if you’re reading this, it’s for a reason, right? Maybe.
Here it is. I welcome you and my infinite gratitude for opening you to see one more interpretation of A Course in Miracles. In its new edition.
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Who am I to talk about A Course in Miracles?
No one really. Or so I think. what do I know!
My name is Olga Sáenz. I like to be called O.
O. is a reminder in a way. It reminds me that in my innermost reality I am a zero that can go anywhere on the dot; it reminds me that I am here to be useful and not to serve a thought that says I am an individual and separate being. And that furthermore, I am the center of all that I perceive.
I am a circle that always goes back to the same places, a spiral that does not know if it is going in or out. An infinite movement that believes that it is the landscape that moves. As a character, I can tell you a lot of stories about this identity. Useful stories that serve me to remember. Stories that can be tools or weapons for genocides. In a good way I don’t exist, not even as a dust particle thrown in a black hole. In a hundred years I won’t even be a memory.
My job is to light the beacon, to open the door, to belly flop and be the bridge. That’s what I think I really am. A zero, which can be useful, but which, by itself, has no value whatsoever.
The story I can tell you about the character does not exist except in fantasies that I call memories. I am a student in first grade, kindergarten, maybe nursery school. I know nothing. I never know anything. I don’t even know what I really KNOW, because I don’t remember it.
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And from that awareness of absolute emptiness, I intend to comment on A Course in Miracles. And I start at once. I follow neither an order nor a pattern. I open the app, the book, the audiobook and whatever comes out I comment on it. Here I blindly follow the instructions of my Inner Voice (Yes, if you are a student of the CM you will know that it is Holy Spirit).
I will base these comments on the Complete Annotated Edition of A Course in Miracles (the purple book).
I have not yet managed to find the complete translation in Spanish. I don’t know if there is any translation yet (I wish!). However on the“Circle of Atonement” site I found this partial translation:
A Course in Miracles is a modern spiritual classic. Dictated to Dr. Helen Schucman by an inner voice between 1965 and 1972, A Course in Miracles has profoundly impacted the lives of millions of people around the world.
However, what many students do not know is that Helen’s original handwritten notes for the Course-which remained hidden for decades-contain approximately 45,000 words that are not included in the 1976 edition of the Course.
This Complete and Annotated Edition (C&A) of the Course is based on those notes, attempting to recover as many of the original words as possible and as much of the original wording as possible. It also contains extensive footnotes that clarify difficult passages and, in addition, contains an appendix of 33 cameo essays that reflect the guidance Helen Schucman and William Thetford received on how the Course should be applied in everyday situations.
We are very happy that the first part of this edition of the Course can now reach the Spanish-speaking world, which has a large number of students of this pioneering path. This project would not be possible without the dedication and tireless effort of our team of Spanish translation volunteers and their leaders, Carolina Alonso and Miguel Carrera. We are very grateful to all of them for their dedication and the care with which they have undertaken this project. We know it will be a valuable resource for generations of students of this spiritual masterpiece.
