Hope Johnson's Wisdom Dialogues

Hope Johnson
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An exploration of what causes the perception of separation and how to undo its cause. Hope "listens" energetically for what the participants are ready and willing to hear and she articulates that wisdom to the group in a casual, conversational style.Hope teaches no particular philosophy or conceptual system. She shares timeless wisdom and encourages the mind to resolve the conceptual world and restore sanity. To learn more about Hope and her offerings, visit https://HopeJohnson.org.

  1. JAN 29

    Body As A Device, Mind As Cause | A Course In Miracles Deep Dive | Chapter 3 · Section I · Paragraph 4 · Sentence 4 to Paragraph 5, Sentence 3 | January 14, 2025

    Send us a text Ever notice how quickly we blame our bodies for our feelings? We dig into A Course in Miracles’ bold reminder that mind is cause and the body is a neutral device for learning and communication. By returning cause to thought, we dissolve the exhausting loop where symptoms, circumstances, and biographies get treated as the source of fear. That shift doesn’t deny care; it frees care from panic and restores gentle responsibility: honest noticing, clear choosing, and willingness to let correction happen. From there, we tackle a subtle trap: awe. When admiration becomes awe among equals, hierarchy sneaks in. Pedestals feel inspiring at first, then quietly breed dependency, over-caring, and fear of loss. We share simple tells—monitoring someone’s state, feeling responsible for their peace, or shrinking around their perceived power—and offer a clean replacement: recognition. Equal worth, shared mind, steady respect, genuine gratitude. This clears space for guidance to lead without specialness distorting the bond. We also re-anchor awe where it belongs: with the Creator. Properly placed, awe doesn’t make us small; it confirms safety, source, and real power. Misplaced, it confuses awesome with fearful and keeps us braced against the very love that heals. Through stories, practical examples, and ACIM references, we show how to stop using the body as a defense, how to meet sensations as mirrors instead of meanings, and how to let miracles arise when defenses fall away. The result is less rumination, fewer bodily narratives, and more ease in everyday choices. If this conversation sparked clarity, subscribe, share with a friend who loves ACIM, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Your notes help others find the show and join the practice. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    2h 1m

  2. JAN 28

    From Tolerance to Truth | Wisdom Dialogues @ Lake Whatcom, WA | January 11, 2026

    Send us a text What if “being loving” has nothing to do with endurance—and everything to do with clarity? We dig into the sneaky ways tolerance masquerades as compassion, how that keeps cycles of disrespect alive, and why admitting “I had an experience of cruelty” is the key that unlocks genuine forgiveness. This isn’t about blame or shame. It’s about seeing the belief beneath the pattern—often the idea that love must be proven through sacrifice—and letting it dissolve. We share raw, human stories from marriage, friendship, family, and work, including how the empath–narcissist loop shows up far beyond romance. You’ll hear how grief, when allowed without justification, becomes a clean wave that clears fantasy and restores lightness. We explore Course in Miracles principles in a grounded way: “What I thought happened never happened” as protection for the mind, not a bypass. From there, we look at the “unwatched mind,” the habits that recreate the same dynamic with different faces, and how to collapse a pattern so it doesn’t require perpetual forgiveness. Expect practical shifts: recognizing calls for love versus tolerating harm, setting boundaries that reduce guilt for everyone, and dropping the ego’s equation of love with endurance. We question media-fueled sides and the conditioning that keeps us divided, returning instead to presence, trust, and the relief of not controlling outcomes. When we stop performing worthiness and start honoring the signals in our body, relationships change form naturally—sometimes deepening, sometimes ending—always moving toward more honesty and ease. If this resonates, follow along for ACIM deep dives, fresh writings, and bonus audios. Subscribe, share with a friend who needs stronger boundaries, and leave a review with one insight you’re taking into your relationships. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    2h 5m

  3. JAN 14

    What Causes Strain | A Course in Miracles Deep Dive @ Lake Whatcom, WA | January 7, 2026

    Send us a text Summary of Cameo 14 & Cameo 9, Chapter 3, Part I, Paragraph 4, Sentence 2 & 3 | Summary of Key Points in Chapters 1 and 2 A tiny, unwatched fear can hijack a whole day. We trace ACIM’s chain of miscreation from its first faint flicker—what Jesus calls a “will-o’-the-wisp”—through strain, irritation, self-protection, and the cascade of missed guidance that follows. Using vivid stories (a botched cab ride, a cold doorway, even cat-and-meat drama), we show how events are irrelevant; the real lesson is how the mind slides from fear to reaction when it isn’t watched. We lay down seven foundations that make everything else click: miracles are shifts in perception, not outcomes; cause and effect live in the mind; fear is self-generated; the body is neutral; guidance replaces control; circular miracles differ from corrective ones; and a unified will ends the sense of coercion. From relationships to sickness, we examine how level confusion turns bodies into causes and life into negotiation. Then we flip it: when the mind pauses and pardons, time shortens, efficiency appears, and action becomes light and clear for everyone involved. Along the way, we unpack a jarring but useful ACIM phrase—“mental retardation” as a defense—not to label people, but to name the tendency to feign confusion to avoid responsibility. The cure is simple willingness: study what matters, watch the first hint of strain, offer pardon, and let guidance carry you. If you’re ready to stop wasting time with urgency and start saving time with miracles, this conversation will give you language, tools, and lived examples to practice today. If this resonated, subscribe, share with a friend who studies ACIM, and leave a review so more seekers can find the show. Your notes and questions shape future deep dives—join us and add your voice. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    1h 55m

  4. JAN 13

    Grief, Fantasy, And Letting Go | Wisdom Dialogues | January 4, 2026

    Send us a text Grief doesn’t start with a story—it starts as a feeling that we rush to explain. From three quiet days of no notifications to a New Year’s dance-floor synchronicity, we unpack how loss, sweetness, envy, and scarcity rise first, and how the mind stitches them to convenient narratives. When we flip that script and simply watch, patterns surface on their own: resistance to being seen, the tug of fantasy, the fear of not-enough. The relief isn’t in fixing feelings—it’s in relaxed, honest attention. We go deep on relationships as living mirrors. Instead of making a confession to the person we think caused our pain, we explore a gentler path: stop, look, listen. Choose who you’re looking with—ego or Spirit—and let the next step reveal itself. Money becomes a neutral symbol, not a verdict. Scarcity loosens when trust grows. Timelines and choices feel less linear and more like threads you can stop gripping. And yes, we talk sex: why fantasy numbs presence, how grasping narrows awareness, and how real connection expands when we drop performance and return to the senses. Annoyance, “robotic” moments, missed strokes—all become invitations to laugh, breathe, and reconnect. This isn’t bypass. It’s practical forgiveness that you can use anywhere: at a coffee shop when the machine breaks, in bed when the mind chases an outcome, or when envy whispers that someone else got the life you wanted. We share the “succubus” dynamic that often hijacks fresh openings, and how remembering a single purpose—letting Spirit repurpose everything—keeps you anchored. The takeaway is simple and bold: every upset is a doorway. Relax, notice, forgive, and let joy return. If this lands, subscribe, share with a friend who needs it, and leave a review telling us which pattern you’re ready to retire. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    1h 55m

  5. JAN 12

    Behavior-Will Conflict | A Course in Miracles Deep Dive @ Lake Whatcom, WA | December 31, 2025

    Send us a text Ever act from your heart and still feel torn inside? We unpack a core ACIM insight: behavior–will conflict. The twist isn’t moral—your true will already aligns with peace. The friction comes from mistaking ego preferences for what you actually want. That misrecognition creates strain, hesitation, and guilt, even when you choose rightly. The remedy is gentle and practical: steady attention, honest study, and mind watching that invites perception to be corrected in the moment. We explore how study periods are cooperation with guidance, not homework for spiritual overachievers. Attention becomes the doorway to sane perception, where “right action” flows without force. Fantasies about a “perfect life” are exposed as distractions that occupy the mind and delay peace. Instead, we return to the holy instant—recognizing that discomfort is a signal to look again, not proof that we’re off-path. From this place, everyday choices reorganize around truth. Cameo 14, “The Chain of Miscreation,” offers a vivid, relatable story: a missed nudge to offer a cab ride cascades into delay, cold, and compensatory “atonements” that make things worse. The lesson is concrete—countering error with error multiplies fear; asking for guidance collapses time. Even irritation at a stranger can become a miracle when we build confidence instead of joining in error. By meeting attack as a call for love and seeing innocence in all players, we dissolve strain at its source. If you’re ready to trade efforting for clarity, this deep dive brings theology down to street level—how to spot ego scripts, decline them kindly, and let peace lead. Subscribe, share with a friend who overthinks “right action,” and leave a review telling us where you felt the biggest shift. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    2h 1m

  6. JAN 8

    Hooks And Holy Relationships | Wisdom Dialogues @ Lake Whatcom, WA | December 28, 2025

    Send us a text What if the “demons” you glimpse in the corner of your eye are just repetitive attack thoughts asking to be seen? This conversation travels from a quiet lakeside room to the most charged places in the heart, showing how relationships mirror our unwatched mind and how real peace arrives when we stop trying to fix people and start listening for guidance. We unpack masculine–feminine dynamics, the hooks that appear in close intimacy, and the subtle ways neediness turns love into a transaction. Through stories of a lava evacuation, near-violence diffused by presence, and the courageous choice to end a decades-long marriage, we explore the practice of staying in the eye of the storm. Apparitions, archons, and “dark spirits” become metaphors for looping thoughts; when we look at them without fear, they dissolve. From there, we pivot into daily frictions—trash in the car, a partner’s low mood, family gossip—and use them as micro-trainings for forgiveness that collapses time rather than circles it endlessly. We also redefine holy relationship as a shared purpose, not a romantic label. A mighty companion meets you in innocence, asks “How can I help?” and joins you in remembering the truth when ego stories bite. That shift loosens sentimental attachment, frees us from productivity myths, and opens space for inspired action that feels anointed—whether that’s a hard conversation, a gentle exit, or a joyful hug. If you’ve ever felt trapped by patterns, haunted by thoughts, or torn between comfort and depth, this talk offers clear, practical mind training to move from transaction to truth. If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. Then tell us: what pattern are you ready to release next? Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    2h 2m

  7. JAN 7

    Sane Perception: When Confusion is Really Unwillingness to See | ACIM Deep Dive @ Lake Whatcom, WA | December 24, 2025

    Send us a text What if the moments you call “confusion” are actually choices that keep you small? We dive into Chapter Three’s teaching on sane perception and uncover how the ego turns “I don’t get it” into a shield against growth. Rather than treating study as strain, we frame it as mind training: watch the thought, question the meaning, and listen for the voice that loves you. That simple shift closes the gap between reading wise words and recognizing truth in the heat of your day. We also tackle a challenging idea with care: cognitive limitations can be seen as temporary safeguards agreed upon at the level of mind—limits that check a strong but misdirected will. Through this lens, disability becomes a classroom for everyone involved. Parents, siblings, caregivers, and friends are invited into lessons of compassion, non‑comparison, and acceptance. The person with the limitation teaches innocence simply by being, while others practice seeing beyond form. Crucially, the same appearance can serve healing or harm depending on purpose; pity and labels reinforce separation, while love recognizes unbroken awareness. Then we name a slippery defense the ego loves: pseudo‑retardation, the posture of “I can’t learn this.” That stance quietly attacks both you and your teacher—making your mind appear weak and your guide appear unclear—breeding anxiety and distrust. The fix isn’t force; it’s willingness. Catch the reflex, decline to identify with it, and let clarity meet you. When you stop claiming incapacity, you remember what is truly willed: peace now, not someday. Instead of extending time through detours, you collapse it by choosing the purpose you share with your inner teacher. Study gets lighter, practice gets honest, and recycled problems lose their grip. If this conversation helps you see one defense and set it down, share it with a friend, subscribe for more deep dives, and leave a review with the biggest belief you’re ready to reinterpret. Your clarity helps all of us grow. Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    1h 59m

  8. JAN 7

    Sane Perception, Real Freedom | A Course in Miracles Deep Dive | Lake Whatcom, WA | December 21, 2025

    Send us a text What if the simplest habit—assigning yourself a daily study period—could collapse years of recurring patterns? We dive into Chapter 3 of A Course in Miracles, “Sane Perception,” and explore how attention, curiosity, and willingness retrain the mind at the level where problems begin. Instead of polishing behavior or trading spiritual jargon, we lean into experience: noticing contraction in the body, asking “What is this for?” and letting guidance reframe the moment. The result is a practical approach to healing that you can use right away, even for the messy, very human situations that most of us would rather avoid. We get candid about charged encounters and the freeze response, and how clarity—not control—creates authentic communication and clean boundaries. You’ll hear why “good students assign study periods,” how even one minute of practice can outweigh hours of conditioning, and why the Course works best when treated as mind training rather than philosophy. We also examine sensation chasing—doomscrolling and internal arguments—and show how to turn those spirals into live study periods that restore neutrality and choice. Another key shift: reinterpreting limitation as a call for love. We revisit a dated term from the 1960s text to reveal a timeless principle—any defense can be repurposed for truth. Nothing the ego made is beyond the Holy Spirit’s use. When you stop consulting the same mind that made the confusion and start asking for help, many “unsolved” problems reveal themselves as already answered. Readiness is the real threshold: are you willing to be taught, to schedule your practice, and to let meaning be given rather than manufactured? If this resonates, subscribe, share with someone who needs a gentle nudge toward sanity, and leave a review to help others find the show. Your reflections keep this community vibrant—what will you schedule for your next study period? Support the show 🕊️ Go deeper with me Book a 1:1 Session 🌸 Give and Support my Ministry: Donate 📙 Read, Watch, or Listen Substack

    1h 57m
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An exploration of what causes the perception of separation and how to undo its cause. Hope "listens" energetically for what the participants are ready and willing to hear and she articulates that wisdom to the group in a casual, conversational style.Hope teaches no particular philosophy or conceptual system. She shares timeless wisdom and encourages the mind to resolve the conceptual world and restore sanity. To learn more about Hope and her offerings, visit https://HopeJohnson.org.

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  • Creator
    Hope Johnson
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    437
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Hope Johnson's Wisdom Dialogues
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