Often when I step back a bit from A Course in Miracles – disentangle myself from its metaphysics, the demands a sincere ACIM practice makes (or seems to make) – I am struck by its simple origins. It began when two people agreed to try and find a way out of mutual conflict. And itContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: Please Take Notes”
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Tell all the truth but tell it slant –
In 1872, Emily Dickinson wrote a poem (1263 – “Tell all the truth but tell it slant”) that neatly sums up how human beings awaken to knowledge of God. When she wrote this poem, Dickinson’s greatest work was behind her; there is a sense in which these eight lines feel almost like an afterthought. ButContinue reading “Tell all the truth but tell it slant –”
How A Course in Miracles Changed My Life
People ask sometimes how A Course in Miracles changed my life. There are simple answers I give: I smile more. I share more. I’m more patient and gentle. Not perfectly so, but noticeably so. On the other hand, I don’t know if that’s really true. I don’t keep smile records. And it’s hard sometimes toContinue reading “How A Course in Miracles Changed My Life”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 169
By grace I live. By grace I am released. Kindness is not complicated – really it is just a question of putting another’s needs before our own – and that service becomes the light by which we are find our way back to Heaven. We need each other so that we might learn how toContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 169”
Reading the Rules for Decision: On Sitting By
One of the reasons A Course in Miracles is so effective is its insistence there are only two options available to us: we can be right or we can be at peace (T-29.VII.1:9). There is no middle ground. The clarity of that will save us, once we stop fighting it. Rules for Decision is clear thatContinue reading “Reading the Rules for Decision: On Sitting By”
Reading the Rules for Decision: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Sometimes it feels like the dance of A Course in Miracles could be called “one step forward, two steps back.” There are good days and bad days, and some of the good days are amazing to the point you can hardly talk about them with words, and some of the bad days are very badContinue reading “Reading the Rules for Decision: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back”