Who Do You Think You Are?

By Brian D. Jones

“Who Do You Think You Are” is a treasure trove of spiritual wisdom. Open it to any page and find a message for you.
—James Lloyd Dunn, author of A Tree By The River
“Do you like poetry, and how it can help you see things differently? Brian’s poetry both comes from and points us to our inherent oneness as it encourages and gives permission for us to soften, to empathize, and to validate both our human and divine realities. I love reading a poem, drinking it in, and not being in a big rush to digest another. The book encourages the opposite. It reminds us to slow down and have reverence for each moment. I imagine it could be a perfect bedside book, where you can go to sleep and wake up by reading a poem. Let Brian’s gifts nurture and refresh your soul.”
—Scott Grace, author of How To Evolve During The Trump Experience Whether Humanity Joins You Or Not
“One purpose of poetry is to help us awaken out of a dream of false reality. Brian’s poems do just that, offering a tasty tidbit of a higher reality in each one.”
—Barry and Joyce Vissell, authors of The Shared Heart, Risk To Be Healed, How To Love A Man, & How To Love A Woman. (SharedHeart.org)
“Occasionally, though rarely, we find a work of words that touches our “forgetting mind,” and we remember the truth of Who we really are. Brian’s way of expressing his poetry is such a rarity. Thank you Brian for walking the path and with your words helping us to find the Light to follow you.”
—Tom Carpenter, author of Dialogue On Awakening,
The Miracle Of Real Forgiveness, & Let Love Find You

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jul 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9781532076626

Brian D. Jones

Brian D. Jones has been in a twelve-step recovery program for the past thirty-five years and has been a spiritual student of A Course in Miracles since 1986. He currently resides in Washington State, where he keeps busy serving as a member of several spiritual study groups and writing his next book. He currently works as a real estate agent in western Washington.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Dedication

Preface

A Dream

A Meditation

Warriors of Love

The Man I Was

Keep Coming Back

Recovery Still Spoken Here

This Special Room

Building the Arch

My Purpose

Denny’s Strange Odyssey

Adrienne

Meditation Writing I

Meditation Writing II

Abandonment

Choose Once More

Cobwebs of the Mind

Focus

I Am Not a Victim

The Way We Live

This Belief Must Be Undone

Ain’t It Awful?

The World of Spirit

I Am Not the Thinker

I’m Still at Home

The Oldest Trick in the Book

It Isn’t Even Real

Separation Is Not Real

The Road to Nowhere

Gratitude

Be Your Own Guru

Meditation Writing III

Meditation Writing IV

Be Happy

The Monster in My Closet

Here Come the Judge!

Case Dismissed!

Beware the Temptation

Meditation Writing V

Meditation Writing VI

Let Go!

Let It All Just Be

Give Up Control

Meditation Writing VII

Meditation Writing VIII

The Holy Spirit

Spirit’s Call

Spirit’s Class

Spirit, Let Me Be Your Light

Meditation Writing IX

Meditation Writing X

God Is

How Holy You Must Be

Thanks from God

Presence

In the Golden Light of God

Meditation Writing XI

Meditation Writing XII

One with God

God’s Son Is One

God’s One Creation

God Is Within

Old Ideas

Wholeness

The Witness

Let Me Be Your Light Today

Problems Are Us

God’s Declaration

Meditation Writing XIII

Meditation Writing XIV

Stop Running

Be You in Charge

Meditation Writing XV

Meditation Writing XVI

Don’t Drop the Baby

Finding the Peace of God

Peace Is the Way

Peace

Victim of Delusion

Journey to the Yucatán

Hourly Remember

Meditation Writing XVII

Meditation Writing XVIII

Wake Up!

The Disguise

Dream Characters

The Dreamer Is Me

It’s Only a Game

Looking Inward

Looking Within

This Children’s Game

A Flicker in Eternity

Simply Ignore It

Roller-Coaster Ride

We Are Whole

Sleepwalkers

The World of Illusion

Bless Them, Change Myself

Can the Perceiver Be Perceived?

Disappearance of This World

Hallucination

How Long?

It Just Doesn’t Matter

I’ve Been Mistaken

Nothing Real Can Be Threatened

The Other Road

Our Soul’s Purpose

Psycho Planet

This Darkened Land

The Tiny Mad Idea

Gnucci

Meditation Writing XIX

Meditation Writing XX

The Choice

The Game

The Watcher

The Cowboy

Cowboys and Indians

God’s Movie

At the Movies

Charade

The World’s a Stage

What Dreams We Do Dream

The Driver

It’s Just a Play

Characters in the Play

The Cast Party

Let’s Not Pretend

Life of Brian

Journey without Distance

Our Big Mistake

Tell a Different Story

To Shirley

Meditation Writing XXI

Meditation Writing XXII

Actions of the Insane

A World That Is Insane

Insanity

Grievances

I Need Help

Meditation Writing XXIII

Meditation Writing XXIV

Forget the Past

The Past Is Over

Time Is Nothing

Our Treasured Wounds

We Must Forget

Meditation Writing XXV

Meditation Writing XXVI

Nothing Matters!

Innocence

I Must See Your Innocence

The Truth

Meditation Writing XXVII

Meditation Writing XXVIII

The Hush of Heaven

It’s All Untrue

My Sinless Brother

The Old Ball Game

True Forgiveness

Meditation Writing XXIX

Meditation Writing XXX

In the Deep

The Ego’s World

The Ego’s Evil Brew

Ego or Spirit?

What of the Ego?

Above the Battleground

Avatar

Deception

Hatred

I Am Determined

It’s Up to Me

This Dusty Road

You Have the Power

A Faulty Decision

Is It Not Myself?

Goodbye

The Ego’s Defeat

Meditation Writing XXXI

Meditation Writing XXXII

Who Do You Think You Are?

This Idiotic Tale

The Prodigal Son

Acceptance

Truth Comes from the Heart

To Love or to Judge

It’s God’s Love

This Ancient Wanderer

There Is No World

River of Life

May You Be Blessed

Master or Slave

The Guardian at the Gate

The Dash

Blame or Heal

Adventure in Loving

Your Presence

We Never Left

We Are Worthy

Warriors of Love

This Strange World

Staking Our Claim

The Sentry

Seated in the Lap of Love

Programming

My Birthright

My Precious Child

Kindness

Isle of You

I Am the Light within You

I Am Not a Body

Horse Behind the Cart

The Greatest Gift

The Bubble

Ancient Wisdom

Where Is the Love?

What Is Love?

We Are Love

True Love

Teach Only Love

Only Love Exists

Only Love

My Little Cup of Love

Love

Love Is

Love Is All We Really Need

Love Is Kind

Love Is My Goal

Love Is the Glue

Love Is What We’re Yearning For

Love Is Who I Am

Love or Fear

Love Sees Only Innocence

Love What Is

You Are Tremendously Loved

Caught in the Web

Heaven’s Song

The Master

My Offering

Today Is the Day

’Tis the Season

Let’s Make a Deal

Sweet Love’s Glory

Meditation Writing XXXIII

Meditation Writing XXXIV

My Big Brother

The Busted Toy

Ode to My Dad

Ode to Myself

The Girl on the Butterfly Wing

Celebrate

Thoughts upon Awakening

Acknowledgments

I gratefully acknowledge the writings of many spiritual teachers, including Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, Gregg Braden, Marianne Williamson, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Renard, Gary Zukav, Edgar Cayce, Tina Louise Spalding, Tom and Linda Carpenter, Robert Holden, and Barry and Joyce Vissell.

I would also like to thank all the various members of A Course in Miracles groups I have attended, as well as those of other spiritual study groups I have been a part of. A special thank-you to Scott Wilcox, who has been instrumental in getting all these writings ready for publication.

Dedication

I dedicate this book of inspired writings to my teachers, Jesus (author of A Course in Miracles and Jesus—My Autobiography), and Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith (cofounders of Alcoholics Anonymous).

Their teachings have been passed down to me lovingly by too many persons to mention here.

Preface

This is primarily a book of poetry, but I decided to include several experiences I have had, such as a song that I dreamed and several inspired writings I received during meditation. I have also included several other songs that just came to me by way of some inspiration. I don’t sit around writing poetry. In fact, I have no training in writing and have never written anything before this.

All of these experiences and compositions have spoken to me and are indicative of where I was on my journey at the time I wrote them. But I find that when I share them with others, they often speak to them as well.

All I ever wanted from life was to love and be loved. So, a few of these writings deal with love. Several of them deal with my recovery from alcoholism through a twelve-step program. Some of them use lines or ideas taken from a twelve-step book. Many of them deal with the teaching of A Course in Miracles, and you can also find lines and ideas taken from that book.

The poem titled Recovery Still Spoken Here lists many people and what they actually said. I have taken a small amount of liberty in this poem in order to maintain the rhyme scheme. But each one of the people mentioned literally said what is recorded or put forth the ideas set down in this poem.

In my meditation writings, I address my questions to Jesus, whom I refer to as J.

The cover photo of a sunrise is meant to symbolize the light that is coming on inside me and throughout the world at this time.

When I reread these poems, they again speak to me, just as they did to begin with. I hope the ideas expressed here speak to you as well.

A Dream

I went to a party at a friend’s house with another friend, Barry. Upon leaving the party, Barry was seated in the front passenger seat of my car. As we went up the hill from the house, we encountered a large pile of sticks and branches in the middle of the road. I got out of the car and cleared them out of the way. I returned to the car and again started up the hill. I looked over at Barry and saw that he was no longer there. The hooded figure of death was sitting in his seat.

I continued up the hill and came to the main road. When I applied the brakes, there were none. We continued onto the road and drove directly into oncoming headlights. I felt myself rise up out of my bed as if I were a balloon. I gently bounced off the cathedral ceiling in my bedroom, and I heard myself say, Is that all there is?

I woke up, and the fear of death left me at