I have no neutral thoughts. Lesson 16 of A Course in Miracles is a wonderful opportunity to make contact with what a Zen Buddhist might call call “monkey mind.” Where recent lessons have asked us to bring up particularly frightening thoughts, this one asks that we make no discrimination whatsoever. It asks us to recognize thatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 16”
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A Course in Miracles Lesson 15
My thoughts are images that I have made. Few lessons in A Course in Miracles are as confusing or troubling as Lesson 15. For one thing, it’s a flat-out strange idea for most people – we only think we think the thoughts we think and we only take them seriously because they show up asContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 15”
Reading A Course in Miracles: Special Principles of Miracle Workers
We might consider this section a sort of adjunct to the Principles of Miracles. Yet the focus has shifted somewhat: from what miracles are to what miracle workers do. In a sense, this section is an early exposition about application. Miracles are shifts in thinking that facilitate love rather than fear; here is how we liveContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles: Special Principles of Miracle Workers”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 14
God did not create a meaningless world. We are scared because we believe in a world that does not exist. Reality is hidden from us because we insist that we – and not God – know what meaning is and where it is to be found. Lesson 14 is the calm reminder that the meaninglessContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 14”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 13
A meaningless world engenders fear. ACIM Lesson 13 is the first time in the workbook that we encounter the phrase “the ego” (W-p1.13.2:2). This is a significant textual development, because it subtly introduces the concept that we are not the “we” we think we are. As well, this lesson includes powerful language about our activeContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 13”
Reading A Course in Miracles: Healing as a Release from Fear
Healing as a release from fear introduces a key component of A Course in Miracles: Atonement, rightly understood, is a remedy (T-2.IV.1:5). It is a principle which guides the application of miracles. Miracles, in turn, are a means of delivering a remedy to that which is sick (T-2.IV.1:2). Thus, a sick mind – which isContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles: Healing as a Release from Fear”