The eyes of a child.
When a little child walks into a room, something magical happens. The world hasn’t yet...
2025
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...
The bridge back Home
Imagine you are walking through a fog. Everything seems vague, shapes appear and disappear, and...
The Hardest Lesson of Love
There are moments when I feel completely lost…not in peace, but in helplessness. When ACIM...
The Promise Has Already Been Kept (Lesson 279)
Sometimes it feels as if the world has gone mad. You turn on the news,...
If I Am Bound, Then So Is God
It sounds dramatic, doesn’t it? “If I am bound, then my Father is not free.”...
Sexuality …. not a test …. but a dance
Many years ago, I spent a lot of time assisting in family constellations. And I...
Shifting Realities….A playful secret of the Mind
Bashar (channeled by Darryl Anka) tells us that we are not simply reading one book...
What Is the Christ…?
To be honest , the word Christ can trigger something in people. For some, it...
The Whisper behind the act.
A soft look at justification, guilt, and the quiet way home Sometimes we do something...
Shame: the veil that hides nothing.
We all know it. That moment when you want to say something… but you swallow...
A day in a woman’s diary
This morning, I stood in front of my closet. Same old thought, as always: What...
Disappointed? Good!
There’s a strange, hollow ache that sometimes hits us without warning. Someone says something… and...
The whisper beneath the dogma
Jesus taught love. But the church grew strong through fear. How did that happen? Let’s...
The Scapegoat… Are We Still Using One?
Long, long ago, before there was reality TV or political debates on every screen, the...
Creation
Let’s take a moment to reflect on that mysterious word: Creation. It sounds big… almost...
Where an ancient hatred has become a present love.
Today marks the beginning of autumn. A time when leaves let go, the sun softens...
The Mouse and the Lion – A Mirror Story of Magnitude
A little mouse walks carefully toward a pond. Inside, he often feels much larger than...
Where an ancient hatred has become a present love.
Today marks the beginning of autumn. A time when leaves let go, the sun softens...
Politics
This morning, I started the day by asking AI to write a political program. Yes,...
A Birthday Gift of Oneness
Imagine this: you wake up on your birthday, you check the mirror, and instead of...
What is the body?
A soft reminder for the ones who forgot who they are… Every time these lessons...
What is God?
God is pure abstraction, and therefore difficult to describe. It is easier to say what...
Let me remember God created Me
Suppose for a moment… You’re given the chance to reinvent yourself completely. A fresh start....
Peace is who you are….
Sorry if I repeat myself a thousand times, but honestly… does anything else truly matter?...
Control or Surrender
A few years ago, I took part in a plant ceremony: Ayahuasca, the teacher of...
A New Beginning
So many people wake up already tired, the weight of the day pressing down before...
Singularity…..the end of “others”
Near-death experiences are full of beauty. People leave the body, float in light, and suddenly...
Living in the Now
What does that even mean and is it really possible? Well, let me start here:...
Let every voice be still in me except God’s
(Inspired by ACIM Lesson 254) There are days when a lesson feels like a deep...
Accept Responsibility
(Based on Lesson 253 :My Self is ruler of the universe) What if we look...
Quantum Physics meets A Course in Miracles
We often think reality is fixed, that what we see is just what’s there. But...
The Body Is Not the Point
Let’s be honest. Most of us still believe the body is the main character in...
I…Ik…io…je…ya…ich…ana
How many times a day do you say the word I? Try counting. I want...
Cleaning
(Inspired by a post from Dakini …thank you, Dakini) You know that drawer in the...
Dear friends,
Maybe just as a little break, something to relax the mind… Did you know that...
To help or not to Help?
(A question ACIM students know better than anyone) Helping sounds so noble. Someone is struggling…someone...
Seeing Our Brother with New Eyes
It is easy to say, “I love God.” It sounds noble, even holy. But the...
Lesson 245: Your peace is with me, Father. I am safe.
Peace… yes, that is Love. When I look at young people today, I see them...
Attachment and Detachment — The Drop and the Ocean
Many spiritual paths, especially Buddhism, teach that attachment is the root of suffering. We cling...
The Final Barrier:
The fourth obstacle to peace: the fear of God C.19.IV.D Let’s take a breath, we’ve...
The Drama of the Ego:
The third obstacle to peace: the attraction of death (C.19.IV.C) This one takes us deeper....
The second obstacle to peace: the belief the body is valuable for what it offers (C.19.IV.B)
The second obstacle is a rough one. Let’s be honest. The Course doesn’t just poke...
Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.
Some lines are so short you could overlook them. And yet they carry the whole...
The obstacles to Peace.
(From Chapter 19.IV of A Course in Miracles) There are four obstacles but today I...
Don’t worry it’s just a dream… Really?!?
When I joined my first retreat 25 years ago, I was still fresh and new...
Spinoza and A Course in Miracles: A Smile Beyond Fear
Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), often called the philosopher of Amsterdam, was born into a Sephardic Jewish...
The Flow of Gratitude
Gratitude is not a polite word whispered after receiving something. It is a current. A...
Do We Really Need the Ego to Survive?
Stand in front of the mirror in the morning and listen carefully. That little voice...
The Voice of Truth
Helen Schucman, the scribe of A Course in Miracles, described what she heard as simply...
I rule my mind, which I alone must rule. (ACIM W.236)
Before we step into the royal halls of our inner kingdom….what means the Course with...
Sin or Mistake ?
Long ago in India, there was a man named Angulimala. His name means “garland of...
How the ego makes sense of all.
(Based on ACIM- Ch.23.II..The Laws of Chaos) Sometimes it’s almost impressive how clever the ego...
The end of Perception and the beginning of Peace.
(Based on ACIM: C.3, section V) You walk into a situation, a conversation, a memory....
When it feels like nothing’s working.
Sometimes I read a post or hear a student of ACIM say: “I keep asking...
Teacher of God…based on the Manuel for teachers.
Imagine you finished the text of A Course in Miracles… or almost finished. You’ve done...
Rich Inside – A Deeper Look
Tess, a friend on Facebook, wrote something simple yet profound: “The happiest people are they...
Parables and Levels of Consciousness
A gentle way of seeing what you’re ready to see The word parable comes from...
It Can Be But Myself I Crucify
This afternoon, I sat with my cup of coffee and did that thing we sometimes...
The Void
There are moments when everything feels full. And then there are moments when it doesn’t....
(A poem inspired by a text of Seth, read through the eyes of ACIM))
The Son of God walked through the forest of his own thoughts, believing he wandered...
Mirror, mirror… who’s really looking?
When a dog looks in a mirror, he barks. A monkey checks behind the glass,...
Lesson 224: God is my Father, and He loves me
Sometimes, just sometimes, something whispers inside us: “This is true.” Not because we figured it...
Awareness? Who?….me???????
How often do we say to ourself: When I think of myself, I feel like...
What if God never punished anyone ever?
(Ten days of unlearning with A Course in Miracles) Let’s be honest. Somewhere deep inside…way...