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Miracles are seen in light.

The Way

Miraclesareseen

“To be told that what you do not see is there sounds like insanity. It is very difficult to become convinced that it is insanity not to see what is there, and to see what is not there instead.

You do not doubt that the body’s eyes can see. You do not doubt the images they show you are reality. Your faith lies in the darkness, not the light. How can this be reversed? For you it is impossible, but you are not alone in this.” Lesson 91

Your awakening procedure, as you advance through the curriculum, must emphasize the fact that you are not alone. As long as you continue to try to organize, manage your affairs and make decisions by yourself, on your own terms, you will be frustrated and peace will elude you.

Changing our minds about our minds is the fundamental lesson, so that our reliance is on the power of Spirit, the Holy presence of God, His communication link to the eternal, that will bring about the impossible change necessary. And with Him all miracles are not only possible, natural but have already been accomplished!

It may not be obvious that this Course in the enlightenment of mind is wholly unacceptable to ego-mind. It is the opposite of everything the world believes and any and every belief which the mind has accepted as “truth”. Therefore experience is necessary. The human mind generally has no references for this whatsoever, new references are needed to give you faith in what seems an outrageous supposition. Yet, the light is there and can be seen and known. It is natural, the only natural experience, the only thing you bring with you from your Home (Lesson 188). Nothing beside it exists or can in fact be found if you cared to really examine your objective phenomenal paradigm.

“The body’s eyes see only form. They cannot see beyond what they were made to see. And they were made to look on error and not see past it. Theirs is indeed a strange perception, for they can see only illusions, unable to look beyond the granite block of sin, and stopping at the outside form of nothing. To this distorted form of vision the outside of everything, the wall that stands between you and the truth, is wholly true. Yet how can sight that stops at nothingness, as if it were a solid wall, see truly? It is held back by form, having been made to guarantee that nothing else but form will be perceived.” T.22.III.8

“Let yourself be brought unto your Self. Its strength will be the light in which the gift of sight is given you. Leave, then, the dark a little while today, and we will practice seeing in the light, closing the body’s eyes and asking truth to show us how to find the meeting place of self and Self, where light and strength are one.” W.92.10

Prayer:-

“I cannot see in darkness. Let the light of holiness and truth light up my mind, and let me see the innocence within.” W.111.1.(91)

What is the body?

Workbook Readings

Readings from the Workbook
Workbook pII. 5. What is the body?

Crossing the Bridge of Unknowing Retreat

Personal Experiences

A 16-day retreat with Tim Christopher at La Finca de Milagros, Benitachell, Spain.

“We are discovering the innate need of the spiritual adept as a student, or disciple of Jesus in A Course in Miracles, is to cross the bridge of unknowing that leads directly from the illusions of love to love’s reality, where all meaning lies. And this is no small step, for in it lies the complete escape from the strange attraction of the illusion of death. God awaits us on the other side, for the reality of love we share with Him, in Whom there is one life, without beginning and without end.”

“Waken from time, and answer fearlessly the Call of Him Who gave eternity to you in your creation. On this side of the bridge to timelessness you understand nothing. But as you step lightly across it, upheld by timelessness, you are directed straight to the Heart of God.”  T-16.IV.13

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‘Having a teacher like Tim, the presence of Lambie and her beautiful messages through art presentations, being with 23 brothers all day is incredibly powerful. In the Course I’ve often read about God’s gifts, well the whole retreat is a gift. Seeing all the brothers transformed from darkness in light and feeling grateful for all the gifts. It was not only the beautiful and clear sessions of Tim, but also experiencing the first 50 lesson reviews each morning, the vespers in the evening, the blue sky meditations, the energetic meditation, the day of fasting-discovering how much you care about your body, the silent day hearing yourself talking and talking inside, the collaboration in managing the house, the day off going to the sea to swim, the prayer-tent, the lunch and dinner time eating and being together. Every moment is a complete experience of love’

 

“Every moment is a complete experience of love”

gonny

Gonny

“It has been an increasingly deep and firm experience”

 
‘It has been a sublime experience for me, from the words received by Lambie’s email, which were a challenge to decide whether or not to attend this retreat, to the demonstration of Christ through Tim.
I am grateful to Tim, for sharing his faithful message of the Truth and for taking me to an experience that is dethroning every personal idol. I am grateful too for his insistence, his clarity, and for his 70 times 7 ways to take us by the hand and lead us Home. I also had a personal experience of the light induced by Philly, which has instilled certainty in me. It has been an increasingly deep and firm experience. THANK YOU.’
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Rosa

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“I have always experienced something new.”

‘Saying “yes” to be there at a retreat is a willingness to put aside all my negative thoughts and to remember that I have always experienced something new. Something that I could never have expected but something I truly want.’

           Steve

‘Imagine a space where you can really be yourself, where you can find a sanctuary where you can stay focused on the continued remembrance of Who you are, and the unraveling of the illusions of pain, through the teachings of Jesus transmitted in his purity by Tim C. Imagine a space where all your processes in that awakening will be received with total understanding and love, where love is reflected in each person who attends there, where each assistant – some with awakened minds share their experiences of light with you. That’s what the retreat experience is. And it’s an experience that is really hard to put into words. Its fruits are exponential and continue unfolding afterwards. Immense gratitude.’

“Its fruits are exponential and continue unfolding afterwards.”

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          Maribel

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           Allan

“La Finca retreats with Tim Christopher are a celestial speed up extraordinaire ..”

‘For those of you who want to actually experience the amazing truth about Who you really are, and have direct communication with God Himself, as promised in our amazing ‘Course in Miracles’, La Finca retreats with Tim Christopher are a celestial speed up extraordinaire ..
Tim’s uncompromising teaching of the Course, coupled with the incredible power of other minds (some already advanced) joining in true purpose, produces an energy not of this world and you will feel it. Come to La Finca and you will have an experience I can guarantee you that . I most certainly did and continue to have. No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth. Love and Light’
 
 
 
‘This retreat offered a wonderful opportunity to join in true purpose with brothers in a singular and intensive experiential immersion in the teachings of a Course in Miracles in a beautiful and quiet sanctuary of sanity set apart from the world. The Holy Spirit simply pours through Tim who is a Course teacher of great vision, integrity, clarity and dedication.
There were many opportunities throughout the retreat experiences for service and for applying the Mind training in a supportive environment.
I can say without a doubt that the accumulative effect of these ongoing retreats and events has helped me to increasingly remain within the safe protection of the holy instant regardless of what seems to be happening in the dream, and brought about much deeper and more consistent experience.’

“There were many opportunities throughout the retreat experiences for service and for applying the Mind training in a supportive environment”

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           Garry

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         Carlos

“It is a special place of transformation to look beyond the bonds of space-time.”

‘My experience of this retreat at la finca has been of a great transformation, wrapped in a love for all the brothers that supported me at all times. It is a special place of transformation to look beyond the bonds of space-time. Thank you very much to everyone who makes this possible. A hug.’

 
 
‘My experience of the retreats and events with Tim is that they are enormously helpful on many levels for the purification of my separate self-identity, whilst also giving me direct experiences of what I am in my real identity in the perfection of whole/Christ mind. 
On a personal level the events offer me clarity as to the ways in which I am blocking myself from receiving love. A level of honesty and awareness becomes available that I can’t access on my own. I then become acutely aware that I need healing, and become available to the teachings, to the miracle.
 

“My experience of the retreats and events with Tim is that they are enormously helpful on many levels, and completely mind-blowing on others!

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           Holly

“I will never be the same…which is both scary and exciting!!”

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           Philly

‘I recently attended a 2 week retreat in Spain at La Finca where Tim Christopher was teaching the teachings of Jesus Christ as we know him from his Course in Miracles and my real experience was ….I felt I received an injection of Jesus Christ so I could really hear him clearly…what a treat!! Remember when Jesus told us 2000 years ago to love our neighbor as ourselves?..I struggled with that idea for a long time….and now I caught a glimpse ….a real glimpse ..into the possibility of truly being able to actually do that…this is the miracle!! and it’s just the beginning of really knowing Jesus …God….myself…my neighbor…and you!! Thank you Tim for an amazing retreat..and I know I will never be the same…which is both scary and exciting!!….Love from Philly..who continues to be grateful for all the gifts I have received through the grace of God!’

‘So if you are reading this then you must be thinking what it is like to be in in Tim’s Course of Miracles retreat. Lets just say you have to be in acceptance in order to get the most out of everything. The only prerequisite is to be of flexible mind and active with the course. Tim is an advanced teacher, not many teachers will get you out of a world of suffering into a world of a happy dream. The progress you make towards this happy dream and further is what ascension is. You realize that Truth is True and only Truth is True. Tim is a Course of Miracles teacher that will take you to the top of the ladder and fly. For that is the only experience that the Holy Instant brings. Experiences are of elation. This is why brothers all love being at One in Tim’s illuminated mind retreats. The only imperative is “come as you are”, and remember God is incomplete without you.’

“Experiences are of elation. This is why brothers all love being at One in Tim’s illuminated mind retreats.”

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           David H.

“When I join in mind with my brothers, powerful forces, unlike anything I could begin to explain are brought into being.”

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          David R.

 
 
‘I am aware that I am undergoing a process to heal the schism in my mind. As testament to the efficacy of my healing certain truths are being revealed to me as I learn to remove the blocks to loves presence. When I join in mind with my brothers (whom it transpires are not ‘the others’ I had previously perceived them as) powerful forces, unlike anything I could begin to explain are brought into being. And when I commune with those brothers, I perceive myself as whole and loved. That in itself fills me with gratitude and the joy it provides is palpable but there is so much more and it is at our retreats such as the recent La Finca in Spain, when our minds are joined in common purpose, where I undergo the most radical processes of healing.
I wish I could bottle this love medicine and give it to everyone, however it doesn’t work like that because ‘you’ have to want it, and then ‘you’ have to turn up and experience it. I could not recommend this action more highly, indeed it is my salvation.’
 
 
‘I always have great experiences when I go to the finca to a retreat with Tim and brothers. In fact, the best; is having an out of world experience which has nothing comparable with time and space . Every single time I go to la finca, I empty myself completely in order to receive eveything and remember my true identity. Nothing gives me a bigger buzz than a holy instant.
This last retreat I went down on my knees and I asked for help because I was sick of having the same issues with my daughters evey single day. The help was given inmediately; I had a revelation and I experienced that my daughters are memories of the past. They are not truly here. They are here for my salvation and for me to remember the truth about myself. So, that was a great experience that goes with me wherever I go. The tendency that I have to be in conflict as a human being is huge, but now there are not excuses; I know about the truth, therefore, I can inmediately step back if I wish to keep at peace. It´s about taking responsibility for my dream.’

“Every single time I go to la finca, I empty myself completely in order to receive eveything and remember my true identity.”

juani

          Juani

begonya

        Begonya

“Tim creates a safe place where you always find true support in your process and where all kinds of miraculous experiences happen, before, during and after his retreats.”

‘My experience in a retreat with Tim Christopher always exceeds my expectations. I always heal what I have to heal in every moment. We heal with contrasts and there you experience so much light that it is almost impossible not to see the blocks that prevent us from experiencing the greatness of our Self. Tim creates a safe place where you always find true support in your process and where all kinds of miraculous experiences happen, before, during and after his retreats.’

“I am observing the fruits and I am immensely grateful for the gift you gave me.”

‘What I experienced with Tim and Lambie was very intense (and at the same time I was terrified and wanted to run away) where I stayed until the last day. Tim showed me from the first day. I’d met him at a different retreat and I’d had several experiences with him which in this retreat were intensified much more. I’m still settling into everything I’ve experienced in the retreat. I am observing the fruits and I am immensely grateful for the gift you gave me. Thank you for allowing it to be so. I love you.’

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          Yessica

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          Debra

“It was a beautiful and life changing experience”

‘It’s indescribable really but if I had to write a sentence it would be that it was a beautiful and life changing experience that bought about a huge undoing from my fixed ideas about what I think love is.’

 
 
When I read the possibility of a retreat at la finca, I felt an impulse from within that told me ‘yes’- to go.
I started my stay at the beginning of 4 days, and on my second day, I was very clear that I wanted to be there for the whole retreat.
THANKS to Tim, Lambie and the whole team of the Illuminate Mind Foundation and the rest of the participants, I have been able to live the most wonderful experience of my life.
There were many moments of tears, but they were tears of happiness, well-being, inner peace, immense gratitude.
At La Finca I have “seen” better than ever, I have “felt” like never before and I have felt with a lot of Light and Love.
This Holy Place marks a before and an after, with a commitment to the Father, of “service and attention” to the other brothers.

“THANKS to Tim, Lambie and the whole team of the Illuminate Mind Foundation and the rest of the participants, I have been able to live the most wonderful experience of my life.”

 

julian

            Julian

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A part of Lambie's multimedia art class and vespers session.
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A late night vespers
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Rafa on drums
the grounds at la finca de milagros
The grounds at la finca de milagros

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a day out in moraira
A day out in Moraira
tea with philly
Tea with Philly

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The surrounding area at La Finca de Milagros
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Tim with Philly
the sun rising
The sun rising
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Light session

blue sky meditation
At this retreat (and others) we practiced blue sky meditation which comes from a meditative tradition called Dzogchen - which strongly emphasises resting in a natural state free from conceptual elaborations. This natural state is wide open, clear and lucid; it neither rejects anything or clings to anything and is sometimes referred to as spontaneous awareness.

 

Non-judgment

Charity

Non-judgment –the entire mind-training is directed towards the undoing of the judgmental mind of the ego-self-construct. Learned perception is inherently judgmental, therefore a new perception of everyone and everything is required if we are to see truly and learn to appreciate our brothers as the holy and beloved Sons of God they are.

  • “You have no idea of the tremendous release and deep peace that comes from meeting yourself and your brothers totally without judgment. When you recognize what you are and what your brothers are, you will realize that judging them in any way is without meaning. In fact, their meaning is lost to you precisely because you are judging them.”  T-3.VI.3

  • “How can you estimate the worth of him who offers peace to you? What would you want except his offering?.. What is in him will shine so brightly in your grateful vision that you will merely love him and be glad. You will not think to judge him, for who would see the face of Christ and yet insist that judgment still has meaning? For this insistence is of those who do not see. Vision or judgment is your choice, but never both of these.” T-20.V.4

  • “Without judgment are all things equally acceptable, for who could judge otherwise? Without judgment are all men brothers, for who is there who stands apart?”  M-4.III.1

  • “It is necessary for the teacher of God to realize, not that he should not judge, but that he cannot. In giving up judgment, he is merely giving up what he did not have… This is no sacrifice. On the contrary, he puts himself in a position where judgment through him rather than by him can occur. And this judgment is neither “good” nor “bad.” It is the only judgment there is, and it is only one: “God’s Son is guiltless, and sin does not exist.” M-10.2

Tolerance

Charity

Tolerance – “the attitude of someone who is willing to accept someone else’s beliefs, way of life etc without criticizing them even if they disagree with them.” Macmillan Dictionary.

God’s teachers have learnt to be tolerant of all who they meet, regardless of any differences in ideas, culture, religion, politics or sexuality, age difference etc. They have accepted the lesson that judgment is tremendously harmful to the appreciation of others and completely destroys our ability to discern the truth.

  • “Judgment without self-deception is impossible… Without judgment are all things equally acceptable, for who could judge otherwise? Without judgment are all men brothers, for who is there who stands apart? Judgment destroys honesty and shatters trust. No teacher of God can judge and hope to learn.”   M-4.III.1

  • “He [gives] himself to Him Whose judgment he has chosen now to trust, instead of his own. Now he makes no mistakes. His Guide is sure. And where he came to judge, he comes to bless.”  M-10.5

Goodness of Jesus

Charity

Charitable living and purity of purpose comes through faith and trust in our relationship with Jesus and His goodness. Jesus is reminding the student throughout the books of this Course, that He is with us; He understands the spiritual journey along with its trials and tribulations, its challenges and its rewards. And if we would take His hand he can help us and save us time in overcoming the obstacles to the awareness of Love’s Presence, the Love that comes through Him from God. Through our relationship with Him this Love enters into all our relationships and through us it also goes out into the world.

  • “If I am with you in the loneliness of the world, the loneliness is gone. My purpose, then, is still to overcome the world… If my light goes with you everywhere, you shine it away with me. The light becomes ours, and you cannot abide in darkness any more than darkness can abide wherever you go. The remembrance of me is the remembrance of yourself, and of Him Who sent me to you.”   T – 8.IV.2
  • “By uniting my will with that of my Creator, I naturally remembered spirit and its real purpose. I cannot unite your will with God’s for you, but I can erase all misperceptions from your mind if you will bring it under my guidance. Only your misperceptions stand in your way. Without them your choice is certain… I cannot choose for you, but I can help you make your own right choice.” T – 3.IV.7.

  • “Jesus is for you the bearer of Christ’s single message of the Love of God. You need no other. It is possible to read his words and benefit from them without accepting him into your life. Yet he would help you yet a little more if you will share your pains and joys with him, and leave them both to find the peace of God.”
    C – 5.6

Brotherhood of Christ

Charity

The love of the brotherhood of Christ implies respect for the fundamental nature of the ‘social contract’, a responsibility for those who are in need and dignity and honour for the inherent equality of every member of society.

  • “Pray that the Second Coming will be soon, but do not rest with that. It needs your eyes and ears and hands and feet. It needs your voice. And most of all it needs your willingness. Let us rejoice that we can do God’s Will, and join together in its holy light. Behold, the Son of God is one in us, and we can reach our Father’s Love through Him. “ W – part II.9.5

  • “If you will accept the fact that I am with you, you are denying the world and accepting God. My will is His, and your decision to hear me is the decision to hear His Voice and abide in His Will. As God sent me to you so will I send you to others. And I will go to them with you, so we can teach them peace and union. “   T – 8.IV.3

  • “Do you not think the world needs peace as much as you do? Do you not want to give it to the world as much as you want to receive it? For unless you do, you will not receive it. If you want to have it of me, you must give it.”   T – 8.IV.4.

The self-less individual

Charity

The self-less or ego-less individual does not pursue self-interested goals; they have no such selfish desires. They pursue instead, only those interests that benefit others and the whole. And this is how a disciple of Jesus in A Course in Miracles learns to live their lives, by turning to God’s Voice as the Teacher who directs and guides us through our daily undertakings. His guidance in decision-making brings about solutions where everyone gains as opposed to the selfish individual who struggles just to have their own needs met.

Those who practice the teachings of Jesus in A Course in Miracles undergo a complete spiritual metamorphosis, renewal or rebirth. Strangers, other human beings, are no longer strangers but friends and brothers. They are now ourselves not apart from us, and our sensitivity to and identification with their distress compels us to act to help them. We are one family under God and to love God is to love our brothers and ourselves. This is a basis for charitable efforts of all kinds in the home, in the family, in the neighbourhood and in the greater community. The recognition of suffering obliges us to take action to alleviate it, to send relief overseas or to find shelter for the homeless. We cannot love God without caring for His Son who lives in everyone.

  • “And to see me is to see me in everyone, and offer everyone the gift you offer me.”
    T – 15.X.2

  • “I am your resurrection and your life. You live in me because you live in God. And everyone lives in you, as you live in everyone. Can you, then, perceive unworthiness in a brother and not perceive it in yourself?”  T – 11.VI.4

  • “The Christ as revealed to you now has no past, for He is changeless, and in His changelessness lies your release. For if He is as He was created, there is no guilt in Him. No cloud of guilt has risen to obscure Him, and He stands revealed in everyone you meet because you see Him through Himself.”  T – 13.VI.3

God only gives

Charity

God only gives and therefore so do we: A Course in Miracles sets out firstly the absolute value of Truth, God’s unchanging Truth, which is also Love. This Truth is undivided, all-encompassing and has no opposite. God only gives, extending Himself and His Truth and this is Life, this is Creation. His Son is like God the Father in every way, excepting the Son was created by the Father. Secondly, A Course in Miracles shows that to awaken and remember God’s Truth, and that we are His holy Son, we must once again, learn to give as God gives. To give as God gives is to become like Him and be restored to Wholeness. In the world this means that to give and receive are one, therefore to have and to know the truth one must re-learn to give. Forgiveness is the means by which we re-learn to give on earth, as a counterpart in time for the way God gives, or creates, in eternity.

  • “In the creation, God extended Himself to His creations and imbued them with the same loving Will to create. You have not only been fully created, but have also been created perfect. There is no emptiness in you. Because of your likeness to your Creator you are creative.”  T- 2.I.1

  • “Forgiveness is an earthly form of love, which as it is in Heaven has no form. Yet what is needed here is given here as it is needed.” W – 186.14.3

  • “To give is how to recognize you have received. It is the proof that what you have is yours.”  W – 159.1

  • “You understand that you are healed when you give healing. You accept forgiveness as accomplished in yourself when you forgive. You recognize your brother as yourself, and thus do you perceive that you are whole. There is no miracle you cannot give…”  W -159.1.7

  • “Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me…. he whom I forgive will give me gifts beyond the worth of anything on earth. Let my forgiven brothers fill my store with Heaven’s treasures, which alone are real. Thus is the law of love fulfilled. And thus Your Son arises and returns to You.“ W – 344.1

Joy

Charity

Joy – God offers only His joy to all who would unite with Him in His purpose to bring only joy to His beloved children who have fallen asleep into a dream of misery and pain. Miracles awaken the call to joy and that joy calls to everyone to share in it, to unite in healing and in peace.

  • “Just as your light increases every light that shines in Heaven, so your joy on earth calls to all minds to let their sorrows go, and take their place beside you in God’s plan. God’s messengers are joyous, and their joy heals sorrow and despair. They are the proof that God wills perfect happiness for all who will accept their Father’s gifts as theirs.” W – 100.4.2

  • “God asks you to be happy, so the world can see how much He loves His Son, and wills no sorrow rises to abate his joy; no fear besets him to disturb his peace. You are God’s messenger today. You bring His happiness to all you look upon; His peace to everyone who looks on you and sees His message in your happy face.“ W – 100.6

  • “The world you see does nothing. It has no effects at all. It merely represents your thoughts. And it will change entirely as you elect to change your mind, and choose the joy of God as what you really want. Your Self is radiant in this holy joy, unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable, forever and forever.”  W – 190.6.2

  • “O my child, if you knew what God wills for you, your joy would be complete! And what He wills has happened, for it was always true. When the light comes and you have said, “God’s Will is mine,” you will see such beauty that you will know it is not of you. Out of your joy you will create beauty in His Name, for your joy could no more be contained than His.”  T – 11.III.3
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