Awakening Together Presents: Early Teachings & Classics with Regina Dawn Akers

This is the first recorded topic Regina Dawn Akers made. This forgiveness episode highlights the ease with which forgiveness occurs when you know the only forgiveness necessary is the one you give yourself for seeing things that are not really there. Regina Dawn Akers is the Founding Minister of Awakening Together. If you would like more information about Regina or awakening together, please visit awakening-together.org.

In these 2 one hour teachings, Regina Dawn Akers shares from her experience about what is termed "the two evaluations' ' from the book, A Course In Miracles (ACIM).  This teaching invites us to see that we are actually at choice about what we listen to and that there are always two choices, or two sources of narrative. One is from the Holy Spirit and the other is from the ego mind.  ACIM teaches that listening to the ego’s evaluation, i.e., the voice in the head that speaks first and loudest, is the cause of all suffering.  We often listen to that source because we have habitually and unconsciously allowed the ego to run our lives.  There is, however, a second choice which is sourced not in egoic energies but from the heart, referred to in ACIM as the Holy Spirit. This voice offers a different evaluation, another choice. Listen as Regina teaches from her real life experience how to hear the Holy Spirit’s evaluation and how to more consistently recognize and release the ego’s evaluation.

In these 2 one hour teachings, Regina Dawn Akers shares from her experience about what is termed "the two evaluations' ' from the book, A Course In Miracles (ACIM).  This teaching invites us to see that we are actually at choice about what we listen to and that there are always two choices, or two sources of narrative. One is from the Holy Spirit and the other is from the ego mind.  ACIM teaches that listening to the ego’s evaluation, i.e., the voice in the head that speaks first and loudest, is the cause of all suffering.  We often listen to that source because we have habitually and unconsciously allowed the ego to run our lives.  There is, however, a second choice which is sourced not in egoic energies but from the heart, referred to in ACIM as the Holy Spirit. This voice offers a different evaluation, another choice. Listen as Regina teaches from her real life experience how to hear the Holy Spirit’s evaluation and how to more consistently recognize and release the ego’s evaluation.

When the belief in rejection died, selfishness also died. Love replaced judgment (projection) as the primary way of being. Freedom, peace and intuitive authenticity became the experience. There was no longer a belief that healing was needed. The pathway was open for true Self realization because the obstacles that had obscured the way were gone. The Teachings of Inner Ramana and the practice of Self-Inquiry came as the next step.  Here is a link to The Teachings of Inner Ramana on Amazon. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/25/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

By keeping her eye on the actual cause of her pain instead of believing the stories or the appearance, Regina allowed the belief in rejection to be permanently healed. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/25/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Inner Wisdom helps Regina see the belief in her mind that is causing the current experience. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/25/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Inner wisdom guides Regina to let go of blame and look deeply at her emotions. This is an important step, because blame points outward, away from the one that is hurting. Emotions point inward to the cause of suffering in the mind. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/25/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Regina tells the story of personal rejection. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/25/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

The mistake in seeking approval is that seeking approval from others keeps the idea that you are fully unworthy, fully rejectable, alive in your mind. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/11/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Seeking approval is a conscious decision that we make, so we can look at it with clarity if we choose to. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/11/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

We can become stuck in the habit of seeking approval, because we confuse approval with love. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/11/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Seeking approval from others can distract us from following our authentic guidance. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 9/11/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

We are never perfectly content as we judge someone or something, because judgment is out of harmony with truth. This is part of a longer audio dated 8/21/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Whatever is happening now is a reflection of what has been believed in the past. However, we are never stuck with our old way of perceiving. Freedom exists now. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 8/28/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

If you feel resistance to spiritual practice, you can transcend that resistance by following the guidance in this audio. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 6/5/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Motives are like an undercurrent that color our experience. Living from pure motives leads to a light, joyous experience. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 6/5/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

As you are aware of the patterns of thinking, you awaken to the habitual doing you used to do. As you awaken to this doing and the patterns that have driven you, you will lose interest in listening to patterns that come only from habit. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/22/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Observing the mind without believing it enables us to see the tricks we usually fall for. By seeing those tricks, we become aware of the mental spinning that keeps us in confusion. The rest of the story about the confusion Regina experienced in this audio is told at this link: https://youtu.be/wxuk5Y0lWp4 This is part of a longer audio dated 5/22/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Willingness is always the first step in every new healing/awakening. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/22/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Confusion comes about because we are not yet fully ready to be consistently clear. Accepting this enables us to give willingness for consistent clarity. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/22/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Inner Wisdom lists types of awareness that are gratitude-worthy. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 5/15/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Since what we are grateful for expands, be grateful for increasing levels of awareness. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 5/15/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Trust the awakening process. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/1/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Since ego is a homeostatic system, it resists change. That means resistance is a good sign. It shows one is letting go of the ego thought system. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/1/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

A simple step on the path of awakening is noticing when I think I know something, and then accepting the idea, "I don't know" in its place. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/1/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

A simple step on the path of awakening is giving willingness for what comes next. This is part of a longer audio dated 5/1/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Regina shares an example of how she noticed when false ideas were blocking her way of seeing.  This audio is part of a longer audio dated 4/7/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

The desire for truth realization (awakening) is the desire that helps us let go of wanting to see the false as true. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 4/7/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Regina shares a story about letting go of fear through Rest, Accept and Trust. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 4/7/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

There are two paths to letting go of the person as who you are: 1) Letting go of the concepts and values that make up the person. 2) Letting go of the fear that defends/protects the person. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 4/7/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC 

Inner wisdom guides Regina to let go of "Regina" as who she is. Two obstacles to this guidance are desire and fear. This audio is part of a longer audio dated 4/7/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Peace is acceptance of all things. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Rest makes us happy; not resistance. Acceptance makes us happy; not judgment. Trust makes us happy; not fear. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Resting, or relaxing, is the antidote to resistance and raises one's vibration. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Acceptance is the antidote to judgment. Choosing acceptance raises one's vibration.This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Trust is the antidote to fear and doubt. Choosing trust raises one's vibration. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

This is the first message that was given to Regina from Inner Wisdom after "The Code." This message tells how to choose from the code in order to rise higher in vibrational consciousness, which is to move from persistent wrong mindedness (false perception) to a state of right mindedness (true perception). This is part of a longer audio dated 2/20/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC Here is a link to the teaching, beginning with "The Code, Part 1": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXbgbaVxDxs&ab_channel=AwakeningTogether

Acceptance of one's current state of mind and acceptance of one's choices from the code is a higher vibrational choice than judging one's self for the current state of mind or current choices. Since acceptance is a higher vibration than judgment, acceptance leads to even higher vibrations with more enlightened code. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/13/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

By choosing the highest right-minded option that is available in the mind, we raise ourselves in vibration, which makes higher options available. This is also how we help to raise the vibration of the world. This is part of a longer teaching called, "Bonus: The Code Taught Again in 2014," which is available on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/the-code/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Regina shares how she let go of "hate" using the practice taught in the Code. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/13/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

You can use discernment to choose which code to accept into experience and which code to let go of by seeing it as merely code. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/6/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

The way to "rewrite" destiny is to choose a forgiving or peaceful perception of the current experience. That could also be a loving, accepting, or compassionate perception, for example. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/6/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Both destiny and free will have a part in your experience. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/6/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Thoughts, feelings and perceptions are the potential driver of experience, but they only drive your experience if you believe them. This is part of a longer audio dated 2/6/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Regina tells the story about how the message of "The Code" came to be and how practicing it with consistency changed her way of being. Here is a link to the teaching, beginning with "The Code, Part 1": https://youtu.be/jXbgbaVxDxs This is part of a longer audio dated 2/13/11 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2011-part-1/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Awakening is not becoming a better, happier person. It is shifting identification from the person to That which you are: the flow & the formless light. Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

The flow is our oneness, and everything is part of the flow. Therefore, everything is perfect.  This is part of a longer audio dated 12/12/10 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2010-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

To let go of making decisions with the thinking mind, and to follow intuitive prompts instead, is letting go of seeing yourself as an individual. This is part of a longer audio dated 12/5/10 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2010-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Judgment, even as a process for making simple decisions, puts one option higher and one option lower in the mind, which keeps the idea of worthy and unworthy intact. This is part of a longer audio dated 12/5/10 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2010-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC

Judgment hurts, not because an outside person thinks it or says it, but because the judgment is in one's own mind. This is part of a longer audio dated 12/5/10 and found on the Awakening Together website at this link: https://awakening-together.org/holy-spirit-guides-2010-part-2/ Here is a link to the full Regina Dawn Akers Early Teachings playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcCb8qlmwtFlVb8bsgGORe8JBM0-H57oC