Decide first what you want, before the ego does !
Life has a habit of surprising us. Not always in the “how lovely” kind of...
Are there really ‘negative’ emotions?
We often speak about emotions as if they belong in two boxes. Positive ones we...
This morning I want to start with a story of a woman, that could be you or me…..
<< She was already five minutes late. Not dramatically late, just enough to feel that...
When mistakes become identity.
Notice how the world treats error: A child spills a drink. An adult sighs: “Honestly…...
Training Wheels
About religion, usefulness, and the gentleness of Love I saw on FB an image that...
Lucid World
Years ago I had a dream. I was flying. Effortlessly. First over a small city,...
When a country meets its own fear.
I know many people in the United States who are genuinely worried. Not the kind...
Why did I forget Who I am?
If I am truly the Son of God, whole, unlimited, safe, loved, eternal…then how on...
Pain…
Pain doesn’t knock politely, it kicks the door in. Physical pain, emotional pain, heart pain,...
The fear of being alone.
A Course in Miracles states, in one of its most confronting passages, that the ego...
Where does the past come from?
Most of us walk through life with a silent companion. Not a person, not even...
Holiness
When people hear the word holy, they often think of something elevated, distant and special....
The comfort of being Unhappy !
Most people say they want to be happy. Peaceful. Free. Light. At ease. And they...
Above the Battleground (T.23.IV)
We all know the feeling….. You are in the middle of a situation and it...
It’s snowing.
Everything looks soft, quiet, innocent. And that’s usually when you fall flat on your back....
Attack and Defense
When we look at the world, attack seems to be everywhere. Ukraine and Russia //...
Relationships.
We all have relationships : Romantic ones, family ones, friendships, neighbors, colleagues, ex-this and almost-that....
New Year intentions.
The tradition says that with the new year come good intentions. We promise ourselves to...
Yesterday I posted a sentence from A Course in Miracles that felt important to me:
“My birth in you is your awakening to grandeur. Welcome me not into a manger,...
“My birth in you is your awakening to grandeur.
Welcome me not into a manger, but into the altar to holiness, where holiness abides...
Only four days to go…
4… 3… 2… 1… What does Christmas actually mean? Why do we celebrate it? For...
What does it mean that the Holy Spirit “mediates”?
In the Workbook, A Course in Miracles says: “The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and...
The Metaphysics of A Course in Miracles
Let’s start with the word itself, because metaphysics often sounds like: “Careful now, this is...
Allow everything to be as It Is
There is a sentence that sounds almost too simple to be true: Allow everything to...
How do we give up attack thoughts?
This is one of those lessons that sounds very simple, and at the same time...
Nostalgia and the Now
The word nostalgia comes from Greek. It is formed from nostos, meaning “return home,” and...
How to live A Course in Miracles without turning it into an identity
One of the quiet traps for students of A Course in Miracles is giving yourself...
Heaven.
The word Heaven sounds familiar to almost everyone. Even people who say they are “not...
When talking about ACIM doesn’t feel safe
There is a moment many students of A Course in Miracles recognize immediately. You say...
The myth of “needing pain”.
We hear it all the time: “You must know fear to appreciate love…..You must suffer...
Where does the idea of SIN come from?
First of all, sorry if this post is a bit long, but it is not...
How one decision can change the whole world.
When we look at the world, it often appears as a giant pyramid of power....
What is a miracle?
A miracle is not a lightning bolt from Heaven, nor a dramatic healing scene reserved...
Family constellations.
Before “family constellations” became a therapeutic method, and before anyone used the word ‘morphogenetic field’...
“I Am the Holy Son of God Himself.”
When we say something so important, most of us will add a: “but”…. …but I...
Introducing the new layout of: nullity.nl
Nullity.nl is a place to explore and hopefully find : clarity, Light, self-inquiry. A gentle...
“The Rewards of God” (C4.VI)
There is a peculiar moment in the Course when you arrive at a heading that...
The cloud of guilt.
Some words carry a certain weight even before we understand them. ‘Guilt’ is one of...
How the Mind leaves the dream of time.
There is a saying in spiritual circles that often causes raised eyebrows: “The past does...
This body is just a radio.
Recently I found myself watching my own hands typing and I heard myself say: “My...
Saying…..“I” thousand times.
Every now and then you meet someone, on TV, at a birthday party, or while...
Fear
A few years ago I went for an evening walk around nine o’clock. Nothing unusual....
Acceptance
There is a simple truth that quietly changes everything: When you stop fighting what is...
Reincarnation, past-life memories & old souls”?
How does this fit within ACIM? This is one of those topics where two worlds...
Dear friends, I have something new to share with you…
Over the past few days, I’d such beautiful conversations about the “I,” about what happens...
I choose the second place…and suddenly I’m first!
There is a line in A Course in Miracles that always makes people raise an...
Seeing the ego : with love, clarity, and a big smile
There is something wonderfully freeing about learning to say clear and with a smile: “Ah,...
Forgiveness.
Did you know that in ACIM the word “forgiveness” is mentioned more than 600 times?...
Why do I feel “Inside” this body?
Why do I feel “Inside” this body? It’s one of those questions anyone ask. And...
What Is Awareness?
In the simplest words: Awareness is that in which everything appears. It is the Light...
Who is the Dreamer and who is the character?
Many students of ACIM say things like: “We are in a dream…the dreamer dreams us...
Is it necessary to share what we learn?
Sometimes I ask myself a simple question: Is it really necessary to share what I...
I want to see things differently.
At some point in our journey with A Course in Miracles, we all arrive at...
Being willing to accept the Oneness.
It’s interesting how often we say we want peace, love, awakening… yet the moment the...
An after-death life review?
Some people love the idea of a “life review.” A great cosmic cinema where, after...
Is A Course in Miracles a religion?
If you look at the world from a little distance, not too far, just enough...
Could we live without ghe ego in this world?
Most people like to say: “We cannot live in this world without an ego.” And...
The quite strength of Compassion.
Some years ago I found myself sitting in a hall filled with five thousand people....
The Voice.
Some people open A Course in Miracles, read the first sentence, and immediately close the...
When the ‘symbols’ fell asleep.
It’s 2025. We have quantum computers, telescopes, and people training robots to do the dishes…...
Now let a new perception come to me (L.313)
Some mornings begin in a gentle fog. Not the kind you see outside your window,...
This afternoon we’ve added my latest booklet to our website nullity.nl
titled : “The Great Forgetting.” It’s a collection of personal reflections, quiet contemplations about how...
Dreams in the Dream
There once was a man who loved to understand things. He read books, analyzed symbols,...
The eyes of a child.
When a little child walks into a room, something magical happens. The world hasn’t yet...
Awakening
We’ve all heard the word awakening. It sounds noble, mysterious, even a little intimidating. As...
When stillness speaks.
The Western world isn’t exactly famous for stillness. We’re trained to move, fix, plan, analyze,...
The body doesn’t exist… but It still sneezes.
It’s a curious thing to be a student of A Course in Miracles. One day...
Loving yourself.
How can I truly love another if I don’t love myself? That’s the question that...
Getting off the cross.
(In preparation for the rebirth of innocence) Christmas is still a month and twentyfour days...
Atonement
When people hear the word Atonement, they often think of punishment, guilt, or paying a...
The Last Step (T.7)
Sometimes, when life feels like a long uphill road, it’s comforting to imagine that something...
The sweet return to innocence.
Have you ever looked into a baby’s eyes and thought : wow, you are so...
When someone suffers
This morning I read, on Facebook, a quote from Eckhart Tolle: “Wouldn’t it be wonderful...
When the Ego Learns the Course Too
Let’s be honest, none of us started reading A Course in Miracles from pure awareness....
Small lessons…big lessons, both big teachers.
Some people learn from a whisper, others need an earthquake. And the Universe, being infinitely...
The man who refused to be a teacher
Through a dear Facebook friend Frank Noronha, , I recently stumbled upon the name Uppaluri...
A few days ago I placed some posts about U.G.Krishnamurti.
For those interested, I will place the three posts all together, on our website nullity.nl....
Who is the “You” Jesus speaks to?
If you’ve ever read A Course in Miracles and thought, “He’s talking right to me!”...
Asking within an illusion to prove the illusion is real.
That’s what happens every time the ego tries to understand itself: illusion asking illusion for...
The Holy Spirit
After my last article “God doesn’t know you exist”, quite a few people asked: “Then…...
God doesn’t know we exist!
It sounds shocking, doesn’t it? But in fact, it’s the best news we’ll ever hear....
The house that things built.
We all know someone, or perhaps we are that someone, who can’t quite resist collecting...
Eye gazing…or holy laughter?
There we were…me and my partner…sitting face to face, ready for what we had heard...
Teachers of God
I once had a teacher who could talk about death for hours. He repeated, quite...
A month ago I watched a serial on Prime “The Chosen”, and something in me moved deeply.
A month ago I watched a serial on Prime “The Chosen”, and something in me...
The Past Is Over…..So why are we still carrying it? (L.289)
Imagine you’re walking through your living room and stub your toe on the same chair...
Who was Mary Magdalene?
The name Magdalene literally means “from Magdala,” a town on the Sea of Galilee. But...
The Gospel of Thomas – Reflections in the Light of A Course in Miracles
For almost two thousand years, the Gospel of Thomas lay hidden beneath the sands of...
The Stillness that knows
There is a hush beneath all sound, a breath before the world begins again. It...
Man Woman I Am
During the months of the Covid lockdown in Italy, the world suddenly became very small....
THE ONLY REAL NEWS
Turn on the TV. Scroll through your feed. Open the newspaper. What do you see?...
Man Woman I Am
During the months of the Covid lockdown in Italy, the world suddenly became very small....
The Quiet of Heaven (L.286j
There are moments when it works…when I see through the stage lights and realize this...
The lost sheep.
(Matthew 18:12–14) “What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one...
Seeing with the Light on (L.285)
You probably know this story… A man enters a dark room, he notices something curled...
Despair – when the road seems to disappear
There are moments in life when everything feels too big. The days feel heavy, the...
How to change a thought (Without wrestling It to the ground) (L.284)
The mind loves to complicate things, doesn’t it? We read: “I can choose to change...
Why do we keep making the same mistakes?
Sometimes I wonder if humanity is stuck in a cosmic rerun. Different fashion, new gadgets,...
My true identity abides in You (L 283)
There’s something deeply funny about the word ‘identity’. We spend half our lives building one….and...
I will not be afraid of Love today (L.282)
It sounds almost absurd, doesn’t it? To be afraid of Love. As if a flower...