See only love for that is what you are.
Author, Speaker, Counselor, Teacher
What happens when crazy becomes real?
I was twenty-two, a victim of abuse, when suddenly one morning I left my body and was swept up by prophetic visions of unfamiliar places nestled in warm kaleidoscopic light. Life in this light was ecstatically wondrous — all I could do was laugh. Thinking I was crazy, my husband placed me in a mental hospital for nine days. Coming out of that exquisite world of light, I saw earthly life as crazy; a circus of greed, betrayal, fear and war! That is the insanity — not me! Although I told no one, I realized that Sanity is the love I came to know in the kaleidoscopic light!
But then, the scenes in my visions actually happened! I began to see my entire world prophesied. Visionary places served as markers, guiding me to release my blocks to love, and to discovering a joyous life I didn’t realize existed. A power within me — but not of me — was lighting the way out of a secret life of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse to my realization that — that was what was done to me — but that is not who I am. Grace Avalon is a teacher and counselor who gives presentations and workshops for anyone who has known abuse, thought they were crazy, or wants to live a meaningful life. (Pictures of her visionary places are included in my book).
Follow Grace’s journey.
Thank God I’m Crazy: My Journey to Sanity
In Thank God I’m Crazy, Grace tells her story of abuse, and her unworldly road to a greater, more joyful life, as she began to feel that this life was actually a dream. Her view of the absurdity of this world showed her that nothing means anything, yet there is a holy purpose. She wants everyone to know that we are not the victim of the world we see. It was in losing herself that she found herself. Like many of us, her life had been a struggle until she was shown the way to peace — is to give up the struggle. Ironically, Grace also discovered that her path out of hell is a real-life dramatization of the lessons taught in A Course in Miracles, a self-study spiritual thought system that teaches how to forgive and to let go of fear.
“So, when I find myself staring into the headlights of fear, I stop, tell myself — I am insane right now — then laugh and say. . . Thank God I’m Crazy!”
What Readers Say About Thank God I’m Crazy
I have never read anything quite like it. The way Grace writes reminds me of what someone once told me about the Sanskrit language. I was told that it is so close to the thing that it describes that it would almost manifest that thing as you speak it—that is probably the best way I can describe for you my experience of reading Thank God I’m Crazy!
Mary Curtis (CCH, Emotional Eating Counselor)
“Our women’s group loved your open, generous, compassionate story about your trauma transformed to health, healing and acceptance. I am sure that it is true for many others.”
Petra Sovella (RScP, Teacher, Women’s Book Study Circle)
“I was able to suspend the boundaries of ordinary perception and to allow for the possibility of pure wonder, as Grace asks of the reader. What stood out for me was the authenticity of her voice. Her story of an excruciating, blinding, debilitating, and yet hopeful journey, is promising and full of self-discovery.”
Joan Newman, MA Education
GRACE’S PROPHETIC SYMBOLS
One by one, over several decades the images from my visions served as road signs, guiding and marking critical turning points . . . each one pointing me towards a way out of my darkness.
“Symbols are a psychological mechanism that transforms energy.”
Carl Jung
“Grace Avalon has written an amazing story. Her trust in her own inner voice — using love to guide her during situations more painful than most of us can even imagine — inspires all of us to trust the wisdom of our hearts. Here is spirituality in practice. I found her journey a clarion call for renewed courage to live an illumined life.”
Marianne Williamson (NY Times bestselling author of Return to Love, teacher, and internationally renowned speaker)
“Growing up is not the end of innocence. Growing up is finding our innocence! I invite you to suspend the boundaries of ordinary perception, and allow for the possibility of pure wonder.”
— Grace Avalon, Thank God I’m Crazy
