Episode 16 - Accepting

Money. Our first big argument. We are only three weeks walking together – strangers really still – and yet touching on one of the most intimate and delicate topics. Alberto wants us to accept the money that people, in loving support of our pilgrimage, are offering. I vehemently resist, citing many outer reasons, all of which are threatening to unveil my many inner fears: Not wanting to be perceived as poor. Not knowing how to receive without feeling indebted, obligated to pay back. Not willing to release the image of the independent, self-sufficient woman I believed myself to be. Pride. Arrogance. And so much more. In the affluent town where we spend the night, on tables in a cold room with yellow running water, we contend with how to resolve this issue. Looking at this experience now through the lens of A Course in Miracles, we understand that this is yet another opportunity to undo all of the fears and beliefs we have about scarcity, lack, and safety; the meaning we have attached to symbols like money; and, ultimately, the release of the identity we have accepted as who we are: What God created (His Son, our True Self) is already abundant, whole and complete… just like Him. What we believe we are (bodies, separate from one another and from God, limited in so many ways) is a mistake we have made, and that awaits correction. Accepting our True Identity is all we are being asked to do. May these words serve our shared journey Home. Offered, as always, with love, Mony and Alberto * * * P.S. You can also listen to the podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music, searching for my name or the Walking for Peace Podcast. A new episode every Sunday. Follow, Like and Share! * * * To purchase our WALKING series books, in English or Spanish, in all popular formats, please visit the Amazon site in your country: WALKING FOR PEACE, AN INNER JOURNEY https://a.co/d/09kS3w6u WALKING ALONE, A PILGRIM’S GUIDE TO THE INNER JOURNEY https://a.co/d/00PBr55O WALKING A COURSE IN MIRACLES, A PILGRIM’S SPIRITUAL COMPANION https://a.co/d/0gCyZD7h * * * #walkingforpeace #innerjourney #walkforpeace #monydojeiji #albertoagarso #pilgrimage #caminodesantiago #camino #peace #rometojerusalem #acim #acourseinmiracles #podcast #spirituality #spiritualpodcast #money #abundance