As many of you know, I am a teacher. I came to this profession eight or nine years ago somewhat by surprise. I was required – as a condition of my Master’s Degree in Fine Arts – to conduct a teaching practicum. It terrified me. I was ready to quit the program rather than faceContinue reading “On Teaching and A Course in Miracles”
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Healing Wrong Perception
One of the salient qualities of the ego is its perennial dissatisfaction. No matter what happens, it wants something else. This is an example of what A Course in Miracles calls “wrong perception” or “misperception.” Healing it is a major focus of miracles (T-1.I.49:2). A miracle is a correction introduced into false thinking . .Continue reading “Healing Wrong Perception”
Imitation vs. Creation in A Course in Miracles
We can be creators or imitators. Most of the time we are imitators. But if we are truly interested in an experience of inner peace, in the transcendent Love that A Course in Miracles calls God, then we will have to become creators. It is not an impossible transition, but it can seem quite daunting.Continue reading “Imitation vs. Creation in A Course in Miracles”
Attention is the Holy Spirit
What A Course in Miracles calls the “Holy Spirit” is not separate from us. It is not like a teacher in front of a class, or the author of a book who lives across the country. Nor is the Holy Spirit one part of the larger whole we call the self – like a kidneyContinue reading “Attention is the Holy Spirit”
Attention to Detail Equals Heaven
I am watching finches out the window as I write. They crowd the feeder: flashes of bright yellow, pale red, dusky brown. Obviously it is a finch conference. Or maybe God told them I need a bolt of loveliness to keep going today. Who knows? Who cares? In their presence, I remember I am alreadyContinue reading “Attention to Detail Equals Heaven”
Radical Equality: A Spiritual Cornerstone
A Course in Miracles will not long tolerate our habit of self-debasement. If you glance at the table of contents in the workbook, you will see that one of its themes is our holiness and our loveliness and our perfection. We are blessed as children of God and our denial of this truth benefits nobody.Continue reading “Radical Equality: A Spiritual Cornerstone”