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May 1

 

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May 2

 

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May 3

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MindShifters Radio – May 3, 2021 (First Hour – ACIM) Tim Hayes opens the show by grounding listeners in the daily discipline of forgiveness as taught through the MindShifters work and A Course in Miracles. He emphasizes that spiritual understanding is not achieved through belief alone but through repeated application of tools that undo the thought system of fear. The discussion centers on the idea that peace is not something to be earned or deserved but something uncovered as false perceptions are removed. Tim reinforces that the mind must be trained to recognize when it is using past data to interpret the present, and that willingness to question one’s own conclusions is the doorway to healing.

As the lesson is explored, Tim highlights how the ego attempts to preserve itself by convincing individuals that suffering has meaning or value. He reframes forgiveness as the active release of internal resistance rather than pardon of an external wrong. Listeners are encouraged to notice how judgment fragments awareness and how commitment to love as a singular truth restores internal coherence. The hour consistently returns to practice over theory and the importance of using the tools daily rather than seeking intellectual mastery.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/bpyU7_UR4eE

MindShifters Radio – May 3, 2021 (Second Hour – Why Is This Happening to Me Again?) Dr. Michael Ryce expands on the mechanics of perception and explains how the mind generates its experience of reality through stored emotional and cognitive content. He clarifies that what most people call “reality” is actually a projection created by unresolved internal energies. Michael challenges the belief that external events cause emotions, asserting instead that emotions are signals of internal material coming into awareness. This shift in understanding reframes life events as opportunities for healing rather than threats to survival.

He explains forgiveness as a precise internal process that removes the energetic charge behind perception, allowing the mind to return to clarity. Michael contrasts true forgiveness with suppression, denial, or spiritual bypassing, emphasizing that unresolved content will continue to generate pain until consciously released. The hour underscores responsibility without blame, teaching that creators of experience are not guilty but powerful. Healing is presented as inevitable when one is willing to face internal material honestly and consistently apply the forgiveness process.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/4Kw7nsbr8JM

May 4

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MindShifters Radio – May 4, 2021 (First Hour – ACIM) Tim Hayes continues the ACIM exploration by focusing on how the mind resists truth through subtle forms of distraction and spiritual compromise. He discusses how people attempt to keep fear “manageable” rather than letting it be fully undone, which results in cycles of partial healing. Tim emphasizes that love cannot coexist with fear and that attempting to blend the two results in confusion and instability. The lesson invites listeners to examine where they still bargain with fear instead of relinquishing it.

He also addresses the role of devotion, not as religious obligation, but as consistent attention to what one values. Devotion to truth means withdrawing belief from appearances and returning again and again to inner guidance. Tim reminds listeners that the Course is not about becoming special or spiritually advanced but about becoming honest. The hour reinforces that simplicity, humility, and repetition are essential to transformation.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/_JpkzqKe6SQ

MindShifters Radio – May 4, 2021 (Second Hour – Why Is This Happening to Me Again?) Michael Ryce deepens the conversation around unconscious dynamics, explaining how survival-based thinking trains the mind to misinterpret pain as danger. He describes how hostility and fear distort perception and literally change the body’s chemistry, reinforcing illness and emotional instability. Michael explains that the mind cannot heal what it refuses to acknowledge and that denial masquerading as positivity is a primary obstacle to healing.

He revisits the Aramaic understanding of forgiveness as a process of untying or releasing internal bindings rather than moral judgment. Listeners are guided to see symptoms, triggers, and emotional reactions as feedback rather than failures. The hour reinforces that healing is not achieved through control but through surrender to truth and the willingness to feel what has been hidden. Responsibility is framed as empowerment, not burden.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/sTAc4SnJDEA

May 5

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MindShifters Radio – May 5, 2021 (First Hour – ACIM) Tim Hayes emphasizes the necessity of consistency in applying forgiveness tools, noting that insight without action reinforces illusion. He discusses how the ego reasserts itself by turning spiritual ideas into identity markers rather than functional practices. The ACIM lesson is explored as a call to relinquish personal narratives and allow truth to replace interpretation. Tim reminds listeners that peace is not fragile but is obscured only by resistance.

He also addresses the tendency to seek external validation for internal work, encouraging listeners to trust direct experience instead of comparison. The hour highlights how stillness allows truth to surface naturally and how the mind becomes quieter as internal conflict dissolves. Forgiveness is presented as the means by which awareness stabilizes and joy becomes sustainable.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/FsYajyNXNgs

MindShifters Radio – May 5, 2021 (Second Hour – Why Is This Happening to Me Again?) Michael Ryce focuses on the physiological impact of unresolved hostility and fear, explaining how chronic stress patterns originate in thought. He explains that the body responds to perception, not actuality, and that healing requires changing the internal signal. Michael challenges the belief that suffering builds character, instead describing it as a signal of misalignment with truth.

He reinforces that forgiveness is not about changing circumstances but about restoring the mind’s capacity to perceive clearly. The hour includes guidance on recognizing internal resistance and allowing it to soften rather than fighting it. Healing is framed as a natural outcome of alignment rather than an achievement.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/8jW9hMFO1AM

May 6

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MindShifters Radio – May 6, 2021 (First Hour – ACIM) Tim Hayes discusses how fear-based thought systems rely on comparison, judgment, and future projection to sustain themselves. He emphasizes that the present moment is the only place where healing occurs and that attempts to heal the future are ego strategies. The lesson invites listeners to relinquish expectations and allow guidance to emerge through stillness.

Tim highlights how gratitude arises naturally when resistance dissolves and how love does not need justification. The hour underscores the importance of gentleness with oneself during the healing process and the necessity of returning repeatedly to the practice without self-criticism.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/IZo7z9Ltx60

MindShifters Radio – May 6, 2021 (Second Hour – Why Is This Happening to Me Again?) Michael Ryce closes the day by reinforcing that awakening is not dramatic but practical. He explains how the mind gradually relinquishes distortion as forgiveness is applied consistently. Michael emphasizes that healing does not remove life’s challenges but changes how they are experienced. The ego’s fear of dissolution is contrasted with the peace that emerges when internal conflict is released.

The hour reiterates that truth does not punish but restores, and that love is the natural state revealed when fear is removed. Listeners are encouraged to trust the process, stay engaged with the tools, and allow healing to unfold without force.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/eftvnq_iOyw

May 7

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MindShifters Radio – May 7, 2021 (First Hour – ACIM) In this first hour, Tim Hayes opens the show by orienting listeners to the core MindShifters tools available through whyagain.org, especially the Reality Management Worksheet, also known as the Wake-Up Sheet. He shares how daily use of this forgiveness-based process transforms emotional pain into guidance, strengthens relationships, and restores clarity. Tim emphasizes accessibility, reminding listeners that the tools, app, and archives are free and designed for repeated practice rather than intellectual agreement.

The focus then shifts to A Course in Miracles Lesson 127, “There is no love but God’s,” exploring love as a singular, changeless force without degrees, opposites, or conditions. Tim unpacks the idea that believing love can change leads to judgment, separation, and confusion, while recognizing love’s oneness restores coherence and peace. Love is presented as the law that governs all of creation, not as an emotional fluctuation dependent on circumstance.

Drawing from Pam Grout’s reflection and cultural examples, Tim illustrates how releasing the past requires practice, much like refining a skill. He emphasizes that repetition and willingness—not perfection—are what free the mind from limitation. The hour concludes with encouragement to withdraw value from fear-based interpretations of the world and replace them with devotion to love as a lived experience, not an abstract belief.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/_AJp-R7Kd6A

MindShifters Radio – May 7, 2021 (Second Hour – Why Is This Happening to Me Again?) In the second hour, Dr. Michael Rice joins the conversation and continues a deep exploration of how human perception becomes trapped in what he describes as the “shadow,” a self-reinforcing loop where mind and appearance continuously generate each other. He reframes traditional ideas of original sin as original ignorance—the forgetting that perception is self-created—rather than a moral failing. This misunderstanding, he explains, keeps people believing life happens to them instead of through them.

Michael emphasizes the necessity of a true teacher—one who can see beyond the illusion—to help learners recognize their own creative power. He critiques religious and cultural systems that discourage inner responsibility by teaching submission instead of understanding. Central to this hour is the call to “repent,” understood in its original sense as rethinking, not self-condemnation. Forgiveness is framed as the scalpel that allows one to enter consciousness, remove false beliefs, and collapse the shadow they produce.

A key theme is the failure to generalize healing insights. Michael explains that miracles—or moments of genuine perception—must be applied universally, not treated as exceptions. When insight is generalized, transformation accelerates across all areas of life. He concludes by exposing the ego’s curriculum of “seek but do not find,” encouraging listeners to abandon endless self-improvement strategies and instead embrace true internal change as the only path to lasting peace.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/FsGsvV9j4eM

May 8

 

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May 9

 

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May 10

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May 10, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM) In this first hour, Michael Ryce continues working with A Course in Miracles by focusing on how the mind uses judgment as a defense against unresolved fear. He explains that judgment is not a neutral evaluation but an active strategy the mind uses to avoid feeling pain stored in the body-mind system. When judgment is engaged, perception narrows and reality is filtered through survival-based interpretations rather than present-moment truth.

Ryce emphasizes that forgiveness in ACIM is a neurological and emotional process, not a moral decision. The mind cannot heal what it refuses to feel, and attempts to “think spiritually” while suppressing discomfort only reinforce the ego’s control. He invites listeners to notice how quickly the mind assigns meaning to events and how those meanings are shaped by unresolved memories rather than current conditions.

The hour highlights the distinction between intellectual understanding and lived experience. Ryce stresses that the Course is meant to be practiced internally by removing interference to Love, not memorized or debated. Healing occurs when the mind relinquishes its demand for control and allows hidden content to surface and dissolve.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/c8oY8aOVraI

May 10, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me… Again?) In the second hour, Ryce applies forgiveness tools to everyday emotional reactions and interpersonal conflict. He explains that emotional pain is a guidance system alerting the individual to internal disturbances rather than external threats. When pain is blamed on others, the opportunity for healing is lost and the cycle of conflict repeats.

Ryce explores how the mind uses stories to justify emotional reactions and avoid responsibility for internal states. These stories, often formed early in life, become automatic interpretations that shape adult behavior. Forgiveness is presented as the conscious act of dismantling these stories so the underlying emotional energy can be released.

The discussion also addresses the fear many people have of letting go of pain, believing it provides protection or identity. Ryce challenges this belief, explaining that true safety comes from clarity and presence, not vigilance. As the internal load is reduced, relationships naturally become less reactive and more authentic.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/7Jc2vmdKnfI

May 11

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May 11, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM) In this session, Michael Ryce examines how fear distorts perception and gives rise to a false sense of separation. Drawing from ACIM principles, he explains that fear-based thinking fragments awareness and reinforces the illusion that individuals are isolated, vulnerable entities rather than expressions of Love.

Ryce emphasizes that the mind’s attachment to fear is learned, not inherent. Fear persists because it has not been questioned or dismantled. Forgiveness is framed as the means by which fear-based thought structures are gently undone, allowing perception to return to coherence and accuracy.

The hour underscores that healing is not achieved by fighting fear but by understanding its origin. When fear is met with awareness instead of resistance, it loses its organizing power. Ryce encourages listeners to practice forgiveness as an ongoing internal discipline rather than a one-time event.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/2Cn9oYfmnsI

May 11, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me… Again?) The second hour focuses on how unresolved fear manifests as control, defensiveness, and emotional withdrawal in relationships. Ryce explains that many relational struggles are attempts to manage internal discomfort rather than genuine responses to present circumstances.

He discusses how the mind equates vulnerability with danger, leading to protective behaviors that actually block intimacy and healing. Forgiveness, in this context, is the process of reclaiming vulnerability by removing the internal fear that drives defensive reactions.

Ryce also addresses the role of the body in storing emotional memory. Emotional triggers are described as physiological responses to past events rather than reactions to current ones. By staying present with bodily sensations and releasing associated meanings, individuals can interrupt old patterns and experience greater emotional freedom.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/GxJq7A8d5rw

May 12

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May 12, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM) In this first hour, Ryce explores the concept of willingness as the foundation of healing. He explains that willingness does not mean effort or force, but a relaxed openness to seeing differently. The ego resists willingness because it threatens the structures built to manage fear and pain.

Ryce clarifies that ACIM does not ask individuals to deny their experience but to question the interpretations attached to it. Perception changes naturally when the mind stops insisting on its current narrative. Forgiveness is described as the doorway through which new perception enters.

The discussion highlights that healing unfolds in layers and that repeated emotional disturbances indicate deeper content becoming accessible, not failure. Ryce encourages patience and gentleness with the process, emphasizing that transformation is cumulative.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/1mJ1wcx6MkE

May 12, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me… Again?) In the second hour, Ryce applies willingness to real-life challenges, particularly moments of emotional overwhelm. He explains that overwhelm occurs when suppressed material surfaces faster than the mind wants to allow. The instinct to distract, suppress, or intellectualize is identified as a barrier to healing.

Ryce encourages listeners to slow down and stay present with internal sensations without labeling them as good or bad. This presence allows the nervous system to release stored energy safely. Forgiveness is framed as cooperation with the body’s natural healing intelligence rather than a mental technique.

The hour concludes with reassurance that emotional intensity is not a sign of regression but evidence that healing is active. With continued willingness, the system gradually stabilizes and clarity increases.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/EPUlwzbqMwU

May 13

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May 13, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM) In this hour, Tim Hayes discusses how identity is constructed through memory rather than truth. He explains that the ego builds a sense of self based on past experiences, beliefs, and emotional reactions, which limits perception and reinforces suffering.

Hayes emphasizes that ACIM invites individuals to loosen identification with these mental constructs. Forgiveness allows the mind to disentangle from false identity and reconnect with its original state of Love. This shift does not eliminate individuality but restores flexibility and creativity.

The hour stresses that identity rooted in Love is responsive rather than reactive. As old definitions dissolve, perception becomes clearer and life feels less burdensome.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/UZR6oJKGQgQ

May 13, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me… Again?) In the final hour of this sequence, Ryce integrates identity work with practical forgiveness application. He explains that many conflicts persist because individuals unconsciously defend identities formed in pain. These identities demand validation and react strongly when challenged.

Forgiveness is presented as the process of releasing identification with pain-based self-images. As these images dissolve, emotional reactions soften and relationships become less adversarial. Ryce highlights that healing does not require changing others, but changing the internal reference point from memory to presence.

The hour concludes with an invitation to live from conscious choice rather than automatic reaction, allowing Love to function as the guiding intelligence of daily life.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/igDb6zuK3Yk

May 14

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May 14, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM, Tim Hayes) In the first hour of May 14, 2021, Tim Hayes centers the discussion on the daily A Course in Miracles lesson and its practical application through the MindShifters tools. He reiterates that ACIM is not a philosophy to be believed but a mind-training system meant to be lived. Tim emphasizes that emotional upset is never caused by events themselves, but by the interpretations and goals the mind attaches to them. When these goals are threatened or unmet, the mind generates pain as a signal, not as a punishment.

Tim explores the idea that sickness and distress function as alarms indicating misperception. He explains that the Course’s concept of forgiveness is not pardon or tolerance, but a process of removing false meaning projected onto the world. The hour reinforces that healing occurs when perception is corrected at the causal level rather than managed at the level of symptoms. Tim invites listeners to actively question their internal narratives and to use worksheets as a means of restoring clarity and responsibility.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/4C3DkPJ2Xys

May 14, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, Michael Ryce) In the second hour, Michael Ryce expands on the mechanics of perception and emotional generation as described in Why Is This Happening to Me Again?. He explains that human beings are designed as creators, continuously generating internal states that then shape experience. When unresolved trauma or hostility remains active in the mind, it colors perception and drives behavior without conscious choice.

Michael discusses how forgiveness functions as a neurological and energetic reset rather than a moral act. By canceling goals rooted in control or fear, individuals can dismantle the internal stress patterns that keep pain recycling. He stresses that healing requires willingness to feel and release internal content rather than projecting it onto others. The hour emphasizes responsibility as empowerment, not blame.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/CX25bb5yQsQ

May 15

 

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May 16

 

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May 17

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May 17, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM, Tim Hayes) During the first hour on May 17, Tim Hayes highlights ACIM’s teaching that the world we perceive is an effect of thought rather than an objective reality. He explains that the mind constantly seeks evidence to validate its internal state, whether loving or hostile. This means that perception is always self-referential unless consciously corrected.

Tim underscores the importance of slowing down and becoming aware of subtle emotional signals before they escalate into overt conflict or illness. He reframes discomfort as an invitation to inquire rather than react. The hour focuses on cultivating willingness to question one’s own certainty, noting that rigid belief systems are a primary barrier to healing.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/dAqf0vtEmTI

May 17, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, Michael Ryce) In the second hour, Michael Ryce delves into the relationship between memory, trauma, and present-moment reactions. He explains that unresolved experiences stored in the mind can be restimulated by neutral events, creating emotional responses that feel immediate and justified but are actually historical.

Michael guides listeners to recognize that blame is a defense against feeling one’s own pain. Forgiveness, he explains, is the act of turning inward and dismantling the internal generator of suffering. He emphasizes that choosing love is not a moral requirement but a physiological and psychological necessity for health.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/hn_bPaWZrHY

May 18

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May 18, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM, Tim Hayes) The first hour of May 18 continues the ACIM exploration of responsibility for perception. Tim Hayes explains that the ego’s survival strategy depends on maintaining the illusion of external causation. By contrast, the Course invites learners to reclaim authorship of their inner experience.

Tim discusses how spiritual bypassing can occur when people use metaphysical ideas to avoid emotional work. True healing, he notes, requires direct engagement with uncomfortable feelings rather than denial or spiritual justification. The hour emphasizes honesty, humility, and consistent practice as the foundation for transformation.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/ucE5wIvSJQ4

May 18, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, Michael Ryce) In the second hour, Michael Ryce addresses the difference between intellectual understanding and lived change. He explains that insight alone does not dissolve emotional patterns; only experiential forgiveness does. When people attempt to “think their way out” of pain, they often reinforce suppression rather than release.

Michael speaks about the importance of community and support in the healing process, noting that isolation strengthens denial. He encourages listeners to practice forgiveness daily, not as a reaction to crisis but as preventive maintenance for the mind and nervous system.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/WLNobHDTpCs

May 19

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May 19, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM, Tim Hayes) On May 19, Tim Hayes focuses on the ACIM theme of peace as a decision rather than a result of circumstances. He explains that peace emerges naturally when internal conflict is resolved, not when external conditions align. Attempts to control the world, he notes, are always substitutes for internal healing.

Tim encourages listeners to notice how quickly the mind seeks to judge, categorize, and defend. These habits, he explains, are learned and therefore reversible. The hour highlights gentleness and patience as essential components of undoing deeply ingrained mental conditioning.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/GVDmgws9pnA

May 19, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, Michael Ryce) In the final hour, Michael Ryce integrates the week’s themes by returning to the concept of choice. He explains that while people often feel trapped by emotional reactions, the capacity to choose differently is always present once awareness is restored. Forgiveness opens the door to this choice by clearing internal interference.

Michael emphasizes that love is the natural state of human life, not an achievement. When fear and hostility are removed, love simply emerges. He closes the hour by encouraging listeners to trust the process, practice consistently, and remember that healing is cumulative and irreversible once perception shifts.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/1DecaxLp88E

May 20

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May 20, 2021 – First Hour (ACIM focus, hosted by Tim Hayes)In the first hour of MindShifters Radio on May 20, 2021, Tim Hayes introduces the day’s work by grounding listeners in the practical tools of MindShifters, particularly the Reality Management Worksheet developed by Michael Ryce. He emphasizes that these tools are designed to transform negative emotional experiences into guidance rather than problems, highlighting their accessibility through whyagain.org and the Heartland Aramaic Forgiveness app. Tim frames the show as an interactive learning space, inviting callers to engage directly with questions and lived experiences.

The core teaching of the hour centers on the A Course in Miracles lesson for the day, “Only salvation can be said to cure.” Tim unpacks the Course’s distinction between true healing and the world’s concept of cure, explaining that physical or psychological fixes merely substitute one illusion for another if the underlying guilt-based perception remains unaddressed. Healing, in this framework, occurs at the level of the mind through awakening from false perception rather than repairing the body as an object.

Tim further clarifies that sickness is portrayed in ACIM as a manifestation of guilt and separation, not as an objective reality. Atonement, he explains, is not punishment or penance but a gentle correction—an awakening that restores true perception. When guilt is released, sickness has no cause and therefore no place to remain. He challenges listeners to reconsider culturally ingrained beliefs about healing, magic, and external solutions, emphasizing that real change occurs only when illusions are brought to truth.

The hour concludes with encouragement to apply these ideas experientially rather than intellectually, using forgiveness and self-honesty to dismantle distorted perception. Tim reiterates that true healing is not about fixing what is “wrong,” but about recognizing that separation, blame, and sickness were never realities in the first place.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/BeiVGwst_xQ

May 20, 2021 – Second Hour (Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, hosted by Michael Ryce) In the second hour, Michael Ryce joins the show and transitions the discussion into Chapter 12 of Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, focusing on the concept of “holding a space of love.” Michael reframes love not as an emotion that comes and goes, but as the natural, conscious state of human beings before cultural conditioning interferes. He explains that most people have lost access to this state due to habitual thought patterns rooted in fear, hostility, and control.

Michael guides listeners through a simple internal exercise, inviting them to quiet the mind and reconnect with an experience or sense of active, present love. He explains that conscious love is not passive but directional, involving intentional stewardship of one’s internal energy. When individuals operate unconsciously, they simply replay whatever emotional programming has been installed. This work, he notes, is about reclaiming creative responsibility for the flow of energy in one’s life.

Addressing the common concern of feeling “nothing,” Michael points out that nearly everyone remembers a time in childhood when they knew life was about love and wondered why adults chose fear and conflict instead. He suggests that each generation is subtly trained to abandon love in favor of manipulation and survival strategies, believing these are necessary to function in the world. This conditioning eventually makes lovelessness feel normal and unavoidable.

Michael illustrates these principles through observations of early childhood development, describing how even very young children can learn to recognize that upset is caused by unfulfilled goals. By canceling the goal rather than escalating emotion, a child can return to peace. He proposes that this same mechanism applies to adults: healing occurs when we willingly release demands on reality and restore alignment with love. The hour emphasizes that forgiveness is not about others, but about dismantling internal conditions that block awareness of love’s presence.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/sNvrY93FxAQ

May 21

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May 21, 2021 — ACIM (1st Hour) The May 21 ACIM hour focuses on reinforcing the idea that perception, not external circumstance, determines emotional experience. Tim Hayes walks through the Course’s emphasis on recognizing that upset is always internally generated and therefore internally resolvable. He emphasizes that the mind uses past memory to interpret the present, and when those interpretations are left unexamined, they produce fear, hostility, and confusion. The discussion highlights that willingness to question perception is the doorway to peace, and that responsibility is not self-blame but empowerment. Tim underscores that ACIM is a practical mind-training discipline designed to interrupt automatic judgment and return awareness to the present moment, where healing can occur.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/jYuNzmS6sEg

May 21, 2021 — Why (2nd Hour) In the second hour, Dr. Michael Ryce expands on the physiological and energetic implications of perception and language. He explains how unresolved emotional patterns stored in the body distort perception and drive repetitive life experiences. Drawing from Why Is This Happening to Me Again?, Dr. Ryce clarifies that forgiveness is the active removal of internal energetic patterns rather than an act of pardoning others. He discusses how denial and projection keep individuals trapped in cycles of pain and how conscious forgiveness restores clarity and vitality. The hour reinforces that healing is an inside job requiring courage, honesty, and a willingness to feel what has been suppressed.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/jYyUCcatzB4

May 22

 

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May 23

 

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May 24

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May 24, 2021 — ACIM (1st Hour) This ACIM hour centers on dismantling fear through awareness rather than suppression. Tim Hayes emphasizes that fear is not caused by present events but by unconscious interpretations rooted in the past. He explains that ACIM teaches a method of stepping back from mental narratives and allowing perception to be corrected. The conversation stresses that peace is not something to be achieved but something revealed when mental interference is removed. Tim encourages listeners to notice emotional reactions as guidance signals rather than problems and to use them as invitations to forgiveness and re-alignment with truth.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/VELrFbiZn-s

May 24, 2021 — Why (2nd Hour) Dr. Michael Ryce uses the second hour to explore how survival-based thinking dominates human behavior when unresolved trauma remains active. He explains that the mind will default to control, blame, and defense unless consciously retrained through forgiveness. The show addresses how generational patterns are passed on through unresolved emotional energy and distorted language. Dr. Ryce reinforces that true freedom emerges when individuals stop attempting to manage the external world and instead remove the internal causes of distress. Healing is presented as a return to the natural state of love rather than the acquisition of new beliefs.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/ih0ZwNCNtC8

May 25

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May 25, 2021 — ACIM (1st Hour) The ACIM hour on May 25 revisits the Course’s core teaching that nothing outside the mind has the power to disturb peace. Tim Hayes explains how the ego resists this idea because it undermines blame and victimhood. He discusses how willingness, rather than effort, is the key to change and how quiet observation allows mistaken thoughts to dissolve. The hour emphasizes consistency in practice and reminds listeners that even small moments of willingness create significant shifts in perception and emotional stability.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/P1OplAbRLLE

May 25, 2021 — Why (2nd Hour) In the final hour, Dr. Michael Ryce integrates Aramaic linguistic insights with practical healing tools. He explains how mistranslations of spiritual teachings turned forgiveness into a moral act instead of a physiological process. Using clear examples, he illustrates how emotional pain persists when individuals seek relief through external change rather than internal cleanup. Dr. Ryce reinforces that the body reflects the mind’s unresolved content and that forgiveness restores coherence at every level. The show concludes with a reminder that love is not an emotion but a state of being accessible when internal interference is removed.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/co0XGU46B2U

May 26

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May 26, 2021 — First Hour (ACIM) with Tim Hayes In the first hour of MindShifters Radio, Tim Hayes welcomes listeners into a continuation of the Course in Miracles workbook review, focusing on Lessons 131 and 132 and their core theme that the mind holds only what it thinks with love. Tim emphasizes that failure is impossible when one sincerely seeks truth, and that loosening one’s rigid interpretations of the world allows perception to soften and expand. He weaves Pam Grout’s reflections into the discussion, reinforcing the idea that perception is learned, unstable, and often inaccurate, and that choosing curiosity over judgment opens the door to joy in the present moment.

Tim illustrates these principles with lived examples, including a story about judgment dissolving when kindness unexpectedly appears, underscoring how quickly perception can be corrected. He highlights the Reality Management Worksheet as a practical tool for turning emotional pain into guidance, reminding listeners that mental and emotional hygiene deserves the same daily attention as physical care. Throughout the hour, Tim discusses the importance of developing what Dr. Michael Ryce calls a viable, conscious spiritual body, drawing connections to neuroscience, near-death experiences, and the limitations of materialist explanations of consciousness.

Listener interactions deepen the conversation as callers share real-time experiences of using the worksheet to resolve intense emotional distress, often leading to immediate relief and clarity. Tim reinforces that one does not need professional credentials to facilitate healing work, only willingness, presence, and fidelity to the tools. The hour closes with encouragement to engage forgiveness as a daily practice, to recognize emotional pain as feedback rather than failure, and to remain open to transformation through conscious awareness and responsibility.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/DFxAt9zArtw

May 26, 2021 — Second Hour (Why) with Dr. Michael Ryce In the second hour, Dr. Michael Ryce opens a deep exploration of the concept commonly translated as “sin,” reframing it through its original Aramaic meaning as an archery term that simply means “off the mark.” He explains that this term was never intended to imply moral failure or guilt, but rather to provide accurate feedback about energies that are incompatible with the human system, which is designed to function in love. From this perspective, correction is not punishment but adjustment, and forgiveness becomes the method by which harmful energetic patterns are removed from the body and mind.

Michael contrasts this Aramaic understanding with later Greek distortions that turned practical guidance into moral condemnation, emphasizing that forgiveness has nothing to do with excusing others or being absolved by an external authority. Instead, forgiveness is a self-applied process that frees the individual from internalized pain, hostility, fear, and trauma. He discusses how mistranslation of key words has inverted the original teachings of Y’Shua, leading to confusion about responsibility, healing, and human potential.

Callers bring forward deeply personal experiences, including healing emotional pain tied to anxiety, relationships, physical symptoms, and self-abuse. Michael responds by repeatedly guiding listeners back to responsibility without blame, stressing the necessity of dismantling thought disorders through structured forgiveness work rather than storytelling or self-judgment. He introduces the Aramaic concept of Rukha d’Qudsha as an internal feminine life-force that undoes the effects of error and teaches truth when consciously invited into activity.

Throughout the hour, Michael underscores that healing is not about perfection or quick fixes but about persistent willingness to remove what does not belong in the system. He invites listeners to engage the forgiveness process repeatedly, likening it to refining aim rather than condemning oneself for missing the target. The hour closes with a strong reaffirmation that love is the natural state of the human being, that guidance is internally available, and that forgiveness is the key technology for restoring alignment with life.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/QNnUk2yglco

May 27

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May 27, 2021 – 1st Hour (ACIM – Tim Hayes) Tim Hayes continues the daily Course in Miracles workbook practice, emphasizing how perception, not external circumstance, generates emotional experience. The discussion centers on recognizing the unreliability of the senses and the mind’s habit of interpreting incomplete data as absolute truth. Tim reinforces that judgment based on perception keeps the mind trapped in fear, while willingness to pause, question, and listen inwardly opens space for healing. He repeatedly invites listeners to use the Reality Management Worksheet as a practical means of interrupting reactive thought patterns and choosing again from love rather than fear. The show highlights personal responsibility as empowerment, not blame, and frames emotional upset as guidance pointing toward unresolved inner material rather than external fault.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/P51cqEJk2iw

May 27, 2021 – 2nd Hour (Why – Michael Ryce) Michael Ryce deepens the conversation by exploring how the mind’s internal content is projected outward and mistaken for objective reality. He stresses that healing occurs only when individuals reclaim responsibility for their internal states instead of attempting to control or fix the external world. Ryce revisits core principles of Aramaic forgiveness, clarifying that forgiveness is the removal of internally stored hostility and fear, not the pardoning of others’ behavior. The hour emphasizes how denial, blame, and justification preserve suffering, while willingness to feel and release emotional pain restores clarity and peace. Listener questions are used to illustrate how unconscious belief systems drive recurring life patterns until consciously addressed.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/ENkcaiYvIQo

May 28

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May 28, 2021 – 1st Hour (ACIM – Tim Hayes) Tim Hayes guides listeners through the ongoing Course in Miracles lessons, focusing on the idea that peace is always available when the mind relinquishes judgment. He discusses how the ego depends on certainty built on false perception, while true peace arises from admitting “I do not know” and listening for guidance beyond conditioned thought. Tim connects ACIM teachings with practical application, encouraging consistent use of worksheets and mindful pauses throughout the day. He highlights that healing is relational and collective, noting that when one person chooses clarity, it subtly affects the whole. The hour reinforces that awakening is not an intellectual achievement but a willingness to undo false conclusions.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/qGxPqRXV_0Y

May 28, 2021 – 2nd Hour (Why – Michael Ryce) Michael Ryce expands on the mechanics of perception and memory, explaining how unresolved emotional energy stored in the nervous system colors present-moment experience. He reiterates that pain is not caused by current events but by resonance with past trauma held in the body-mind system. Ryce explains the physiological and energetic aspects of forgiveness, emphasizing that releasing emotional content restores access to intuition and choice. He also addresses cultural conditioning around blame and punishment, contrasting it with a forgiveness-based model of healing rooted in responsibility and compassion. The hour encourages courage in feeling rather than suppressing pain as the doorway to freedom.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/ntXTesmEUK0

May 29

 

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May 30

 

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May 31

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May 31, 2021 – 1st Hour (ACIM – Tim Hayes) On Memorial Day, Tim Hayes reflects on Course in Miracles Lesson 151, emphasizing that all perception is interpretation and that judgment based on sensory evidence is fundamentally unreliable. He explores the idea that the ego uses false certainty to hide deep doubt, while true healing comes from surrendering judgment to a higher awareness rooted in love. Tim weaves reflections on peace, nonviolence, and honoring life without perpetuating conflict, suggesting that genuine peace cannot arise from violent means. He recommends gentle inner-child work and references Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings as complementary to forgiveness practices. The hour underscores that choosing peace internally is the most powerful form of service.

YouTube 1st hour https://youtu.be/1D19i-oPCJ0

May 31, 2021 – 2nd Hour (Why – Michael Ryce) Due to illness, Michael Ryce shares recorded teachings focused on listening to the “Voice for God,” highlighting the distinction between ego thought and true guidance. The material emphasizes that healing is the restoration of awareness of what has always been true, rather than fixing something broken. Ryce explains that the Holy Spirit represents the mind’s capacity to choose truth, peace, and unity over fear and separation. The recording reinforces that peace is the litmus test for alignment, and any state lacking peace indicates ego interference rather than failure. The hour gently invites listeners to notice without judgment and to allow healing rather than force it.

YouTube 2nd hour https://youtu.be/Ht-6v8Z5MOY

 

 

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