Pathways of Light Step 1 Courses -- Getting to Know and Trust the Real You

Step 1 Course Descriptions

Each course includes:

Guided meditations, processes and study material from the course on audio CD’s.
Work sheets which guide you through the study material and help you apply what you are learning to your daily life.
Laminated reminder cards that help you apply the course ideas.
Binder conveniently organized with all course materials.

When you take the credential courses with a facilitator, you also receive:

One-on-one telephone support and guidance through the course by a trained facilitator. Internet voice communication options are available.
Certification by Pathways of Light Spiritual College upon completion. This certification may be applied to meet the curriculum requirements for Ordained Ministerial Counselor.

132: Self-Image Transformations

132: Self-Image Transformations You may still feel plagued with fear, anger, resentment, self-doubt and guilt cropping up here and there. Intellectually you know better, but those old, subconscious tapes still seem to be around.

Self-image transformations means changing the way we perceive ourselves. To transform our self-image, we don’t need to change what we do. We need to change who we think we are. What we do comes from who we think we are. In A Course in Miracles we are taught to remind ourselves frequently, “God is but Love, and therefore so am I,” and “I am not a body, I am free. For I am still as God created me.”

This course will provide practice in becoming aware of the trance formations that make us act like robots, controlled by unconscious, habitual ego belief systems. You will learn to retrain your mind to develop new mental habits while releasing those old tapes which are limiting and painful.

Learn to feel more loved, accepted and loving.
Feel more relaxed for a greater experience of wellness.
Soften the grip of unwanted habits as your self-image changes.
Build the habit of recognizing tension and guilt and letting it go.
Open to greater possibilities and fulfillment as you move into your true spiritual purpose.

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Comments from Course 132 Participants —
This is a very powerful, invaluable course. It helped me learn to identify false self-image beliefs and transform these false beliefs to truth with the help of Spirit. — R.L.R.

I felt that through the readings and visualizations, I made a greater shift to the Light within. My self-image improved. I feel more open to love, joy and peace. I really felt that this was a major shift for me. — D.P.

I learned to look at how I think about myself and change that image with the help of Inner Guidance. — S.P.

This course allowed me to stop, and become aware of the gaps and differences between what I have manifested into my life and relationships to date, and what I consciously desire to focus on. I gained valuable insights into how and why I set up limiting relationship patterns. — K.B.

This course helped me realize at still another, deeper level that I make the trance scripts and I can let them go with the help of Holy Spirit. I also enjoyed the experience of deep peace and feeling connected with my Source in the meditations. — C.A.

This course brought me clarity and a sense of peace about where I am in my life. I was able to focus more clearly on differentiating between ego and my Higher Self, especially in relation to my own issues of worthiness. — K.M.

Also available without a facilitator or certification. More info.

112: Knowing Your True Purpose

112: Knowing Your True Purpose As you open to understanding your true purpose, you enter a new time — a time of looking at the concepts you are holding about yourself and others and letting them be replaced by the awareness of your unlimited True Self.

• Understand how the veils of forgetfulness can be lifted to give you a new sense of life purpose. • Learn how to change your beliefs about time. • Learn to access long-held thought patterns you picked up as a child, and heal these limited thoughts with the help of the Light within you. • Find out why it is important to quiet your mind and listen to your Self, and how you can better serve your true identity as Spirit in this life.

• Receive insight on new choices, new ideas, and learn how you can extend the qualities of your true Self in your life. • Take an inward journey to a Haven of Greater Awareness to connect and identify with qualities of Spirit, such as universal Love, and feeling deep inner peace. • Transcend time and communicate with your unlimited Self. • Imagine seeing life differently in the years ahead as you dissolve blocks to the greater awareness of Love’s Presence. • Practice seeing yourself knowing and expressing your true life purpose.

Comments from Course 112 Participants —
Wow. It was such a joyful, elevating experience. The meditations were deep and transforming. It was an enlightening experience, more than I expected. — A.G.S.

The exercises were created in such a way that they directly got to important life issues. I felt like I shook hands with myself and my unconscious self. I learned to create a bridge for conscious dialogue with Higher Self. — P.P.

For the first time in my life I found myself going very deeply into guided meditations. I always brought back some important new information, some new awareness. I was impressed with the gentle and nurturing approach. Growth doesn't have to hurt. — P.V.

I would recommend this highly as a powerful class for opening to the Higher Self. — M.F.

I love all the extra benefits of these courses -- how they are synchronistic with events in my life. I also love the little jewels in each course -- sentences that are profound. I increased my sense of peace. — A.S.

It made me aware of my issues and my solutions. I gained insight into the changes I need to make to get back to my True Self. The experience was relaxing, rejuvenating, profound and very enjoyable. The materials are simple, direct and precise. — N.T.

I have the knowledge and the ability to change my present experiences by changing my thoughts and beliefs about the past, and to have a future of Love, peace and joy. It helped me a lot with meditation. The tapes and the course brought the wisdom I needed to access my Inner Truth. — J.S.

This course helped remind me why I am in this world and assisted me in remembering/discovering how to return to the reason: My purpose. It has come at an extremely difficult time in life, thus proving extremely beneficial. — V.R.

I believe that the course opened areas of forgiveness for me to a greater degree than ever before. It allowed me to review and release situations in my life which I still held judgments about. I am aware to a greater extent that my Higher Self is always there to help and comfort me. — K.L.F.

Also available without a facilitator or certification. More info.

111: Awakening to Your True Self

111: Awakening to Your True Self In this course you will look at core aspects of your personality which are holding onto ideas that do not come from your true Self. Some of the ways these aspects express themselves include self-righteousness, suffering, victimhood and projecting guilt and blame onto others. If you still find yourself sabotaging your innate happiness, this course will give you practice in identifying and healing those self-defeating aspects. You will learn how to quiet your mind to let your true Self lovingly transform your mind — your thoughts and feelings — to higher levels of awareness.

As you learn to quiet your mind and listen, you awaken to the real you • to your true Self. As you gradually welcome awakening to your inner Spirit, your experience changes to allow in more joy, love and the knowing that you are safe in God. Your true Self is your true nature, the essence of what you are. You will learn to allow in the awareness of your true Self more fully and receive helpful insight. Your true Self is your inner Teacher and will help you transform your thinking to see the outer world differently to live a happier and more purposeful life.

As your thinking increasingly comes from your true Self, you become more gentle with yourself and others. You are able to see past the fearful thinking and resulting behavior in yourself and others, to see the true reality of Love that lies behind all fear. You are able to make choices and decisions from a place of Wisdom and peace.

Comments from Course 111 Participants —
It really helped me look at areas in my life that I wasn't facing. The meditation tapes are wonderful and I enjoy listening to them more than once or twice. This course reinforced my values and beliefs in my spirituality. — D.S.

By becoming aware of the limiting aspects in my personality, I can more clearly choose to hear my Inner Guidance. Receiving the guiding vision of my True Self was very moving and powerful. — D.L.

This course reinforces the work I am doing with A Course in Miracles. The CD's facilitated getting in touch with my True Self and receiving a vision of the next evolutionary step of my "practice." — M.S.

This course helped me clear away the blocks that prevented me from discovering my true Higher Self and has freed me to proceed with my personal growth. It has a helpful, building block approach of recognition, healing, cleansing and awareness. The excellent recorded meditations were so helpful in guiding me through inner explorations. — J.C.

This course is more far-reaching in its scope than I anticipated. It facilitated a change that is an ongoing process. My experience can only be described as miraculous. I stand a changed person on the inside, thereby creating a changed perception on the outside. I gained a deep sense of union with myself and an absolute conviction that I am never alone. — K.L.F.

It helped me return to the fundamental aspect of life: Love. With all the information available to us these days, it's easy to forget that we have all the answers to serenity within ourselves. — V.R.

All the exercises brought me to deeper and deeper levels of my being. The meditations were profound and moving. I was able to see things so clearly. — A.G.

The meditation CD helped lead me to the Holy Spirit (inner guidance) naturally, to a profound depth of inner insight, with peace and Love. — J.S.

There were many ah-ha's, such as: All need for "specialness" is a belief in scarcity -- a belief that there's not enough goodness or universal abundance to go around. — K.

I realized that my abundance is so incredible that I couldn't even really imagine how great it is. And the Holy Spirit is there to guide my creativity. Each session was so right on. It amazed me how effective they were. — T.P.

Also available without a facilitator or certification. More info.

114: The Transforming Power of Trust

114: The Transforming Power of Trust This course will help you feel more confident about trusting your Inner Guidance, spiritual intuition and your ability to know what is right for you. Trust opens the door to living a purposeful life, following Spirit. Trust helps you experience the quiet peace that comes with letting go of fearful thinking. When you trust that your Source is working for you and with you, you relax and allow It to lead you.

Learn how to let go of the doubt that cuts you off from experiencing trust in areas of:
• Knowing your innate abundance
• Allowing loving relationships
• Becoming increasingly aware of quieting your mind to listen to Inner Wisdom.

Learn what pushes your buttons, causing you to lose your trust, and how to get back to trusting your true Self as your source of Guidance. Trusting your inner Teacher changes how you see everyone and everything. This trust allows you to see the world from a new perspective of oneness. As you place your trust in your true Self, you see through the false veils of ego thoughts of conflict, limitation and lack. You are unlimited Love and Light. The more you can trust in the Christ within, the more it will be reflected in your life.

Comments from Course 114 Participants —
I increased my awareness, commitment and TRUST in Spirit, learning to see that Spirit does the work and I just need to be mindfully connected in a place of peace, allowing it to take place. — T.R.

I learned so much about myself. This has been the best course for me yet. I learned to locate the things that trigger mistrust for me and how to trust Spirit more. — Y.S.

I was reluctant to take a correspondence course, preferring the group sharing environment. I was very pleased with the opportunities and insights I received by doing individual and guided facilitated study. I would now recommend correspondence as a very valuable experience, and I would correspond again in the future. — E.O.

Trust has been an issue with me in the past. I believe that by doing this course, I attained a new level. The experiential work allowed me to feel trust in a way that is wondrous and new. It is the experiential meditative exercises which made this course come alive for me. — K.L.F.

The meditations are profound. I play the meditation tapes over and over, and each time I hear them differently. So I have an actual "physical way" to realize the layers that exist and work with myself at each level. — C.S.

I gained a renewed trust in Self, extending that trust to everything and everyone. I became aware of areas I want to let go of and areas I want to focus on to make stronger in my life. — T.A.W.

It helped me realize how powerful my thoughts are and how important it is to monitor my thoughts. I was able to release some doubt I had in communicating with my Higher Self. — A.S.

It helped me let go of doubt and fearful beliefs of separation, and to trust my inner powerful Light and true Self. I can trust in Love to heal all things. — J.S.

I learned to trust my inner Self, listen to It, and relish the beauty It gives me. Simply amazing! — J.K.

Also available without a facilitator or certification. More info.

115: How to Be Loving, How to Be Loved

115: How to Be Loving, How to Be Loved Within everyone is a desire to return to Love, our Source. In our search for Love, we may look to someone outside of ourselves to give it to us. In this stage we are not aware of the Love within. We don’t recognize our inner worth, our Light, our own perfection. As long as we continue to look outside ourselves to fill this sense of emptiness, we will feel unfulfilled.

When you realize that you have not found Love by looking for it from others, you are ready to go into a new stage of your life. You are ready to walk into an expanded awareness of Love. You are ready to consistently express your true unconditional loving nature. You are ready to wake up to What you are. In this course you will practice healing and releasing your barriers to Love. With the support of others, you will experience the depth of unconditional Love which lies within you. You will learn how to tap into this reservoir and bring Love to situations in your life which need healing.

You will learn to let go and let Love take over, seeing the world from a new perspective. You recognize that Love is giving, not getting. As Love extends from you, the sense of scarcity and lack gently falls away. Extending the Love that you are is your top priority. It is what you are here to learn and teach. You will focus on opening up to that Love and letting It shine through. Love is the healer. It will change your life.

Comments from Course 115 Participants —
It helped me remember that love is everywhere and that I can share love without fear or anxiety. The processes were uplifting and inspiring. I feel peaceful all over again. — T.

This course helped me remember that everyone, including myself, perceives the world based on our fears, feelings of lack and inadequacy, etc.... That we can only allow in the amount of love that we feel we desire. This allows me to see situations in a manner that is more serene for myself and others. This is a course I will definitely repeat for myself. — V.R.

It was a very love-filled experience. I absolutely loved the material and exercises. It had a nice balance of meditation, processing and reading material. — A.G.S.

This course helped me feel more comfortable in expressing the positive things I feel about other people. It also provided an unusual opportunity to receive positive comments about myself in a comfortable, safe environment, which helped lower my defenses. — M.K.

I realized that I have looked for love outside of myself and do not see myself as a vessel of love. The experience of having the group tell me that I am worthy and deserving of love was profound. I truly value this experience. — S.F.

The sharing with my inner child experience helped me recognize that I am love and loving. — R.M.

My inner child received a healing and incorporated some new, healthy qualities. I now have a greater desire to love others. It helped me move through resistance to receiving love. It also helped me realize the value of extending love at all times. — A.S.

Also available without a facilitator or certification. More info.