It is important that we not confuse the veil that obscures Christ’s face with the face of Christ itself. The veil terrifies us; but Christ integrates us instantly and wholly into Love. So long as we are scared, even to the tiniest degree, we behold the veil before Christ’s face, and not Christ itself. WeContinue reading “The Veil Before Christ’s Face”
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Krishnamurti and A Course in Miracles
I remember years ago picking up a copy of Krishnamurti’s slim but powerful book Freedom from the Known. Krishnamurti is a complicated figure, as likely to arouse conflict as anyone else, but I think beyond the level of opinion, his articulation of the human condition in relation to what might loosely be its spiritual searchContinue reading “Krishnamurti and A Course in Miracles”
A Course in Miracles: If You Knew Who Walked Beside You
A Course in Miracles is a challenging and rigorous spiritual path. It demands a level of attention and willingness that often feels foreign to us. It is not about seeking truth or beauty, but about finding those beliefs and idols that stand in the way of truth and beauty – and that level of seekingContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: If You Knew Who Walked Beside You”
What Does A Course in Miracles Teach?
Someone asked me the other day: what does A Course in Miracles teach? And I foundered trying to answer it because everything I wrote seemed bent on making the course attractive to new students or me attractive as a Course writer. How hard it is to be honest! How hard to accept how little theContinue reading “What Does A Course in Miracles Teach?”
A Course in Miracles: Please Take Notes
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”
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 –”