Author Archives: Sean

I am the light of the world. Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. Our function as the light of the world is related to truthfulness. Light reveals what is true – light shines on reality. It undoes what obscures – what darkens – reality. When we accept that our function isContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 81”

Let me recognize that my problems have been solved. Lesson 80 of A Course in Miracles is so entangled with Lesson 79 it feels wrong somehow to take them separately. Yet without the clarity of the prior lesson, this one would lose some of its power. In practice, they merge together in a way thatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 80”

Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved. Few sentences in A Course in Miracles as neatly sum up the problem the course is given to solve as these from the first paragraph of Lesson 79: The problem of separation, which is really the only problem, has already been solved. Yet the solutionContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 79”

Let miracles replace all grievances. A miracle is a change in perception which allows us to see reality with greater clarity, in turn moving us away from fear and towards love. Grievances obstruct miracles by doubling down on the body as vulnerable and subject to attack. So long as the body – and not spiritContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 78”

I am entitled to miracles. Many years ago I read a brief article about a woman practicing Lesson 77 of A Course in Miracles in conjunction with EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, a tapping-based healing modality). She would work through the ritual of tapping, while repeating “I am entitled to miracles.” Within days, she had a newContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 77”

I am under no laws but God’s. Lesson 76 of A Course in Miracles brooks no middle ground. It is like Bob Dylan’s song Precious Angel: “You either got faith or you got unbelief and there ain’t no neutral ground.” Yet the absence of wiggle room is a gift, for it forces us to confrontContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 76”