Hello Miracle Family,

This is the time of year when the world gets loud. New plans. New habits. New you. It all sounds empowering, but the message underneath is the same: You’re not enough yet. And even for devoted spiritual students, that message can sneak in quietly—wrapped in conscious language, cloaked in the pursuit of healing, growth, or spiritual refinement.

It sounds like: Maybe this is the year I’ll finally get it. Maybe if I forgive more, work harder, meditate deeper… I’ll feel the peace I’m looking for. But A Course in Miracles gives us a very different starting point.

Lesson 189 says, “I feel the Love of God within me now.” Not later. Not once you’ve healed. Not after you’ve figured things out. Now. This isn’t a motivational slogan. It’s a direct correction to the core illusion most of us are still operating from—the belief that we need to change in order to be loved.

You’re not being asked to fix yourself—you’re being asked to notice what’s already there. The love of God isn’t waiting for you to improve. It’s not a reward for effort. It’s what’s already true, right now, beneath all the stories you’ve picked up about what needs to happen first.

This is the year we give up the idea that something about us has to change in order to be worthy of love. This is the year we stop using spiritual effort to delay spiritual experience. This is the year of Divine Remembrance—not remembering an idea, but remembering a felt truth: that nothing real has changed about who you are. You don’t need to get anywhere to feel God’s love. You just have to stop running away from it.

Practice This: Let the Love That’s Already There Reach You

This isn’t a practice of striving. It’s a practice of letting go. Let each step be simple, honest, and quiet.

1. Be still without preparation. Sit for a few moments without trying to get ready. Don’t fix your posture. Don’t try to feel anything special. Just pause. Let it be enough.

2. Lay down who you think you are. Say silently, “I lay aside all thoughts of who I am and what the world is.” Let yourself be empty. Let go of every idea of what needs to be healed or understood before you can feel peace.

3. Repeat the idea gently. Say: “I feel the Love of God within me now.” Repeat it slowly. Don’t try to believe it. Let the words do their own work. If your mind wanders, come back kindly. No force, just rhythm.

4. Notice what arises. You may feel peace. You may feel resistance. You may feel nothing at all. It doesn’t matter. This isn’t about results—it’s about remembering. Let everything be welcome.

5. Trust that love is already there. You don’t have to believe it. You don’t even have to like it. Just use it.” You’re not creating love. You’re letting it through.

This isn’t the year of becoming better. It’s the year of surrendering what was never true. You don’t need to earn the love of God. You don’t need to seek it. You just need to stop blocking it. It is here. It is now. And it has never left you.

With love,
Earl

P.S. If you need anything, I’m here. Just reach out: earlpurdy@earlpurdy.com