God is the Love in which I forgive. This is the first lesson of the workbook where forgiveness appears in an active way. We cannot meaningfully study A Course in Miracles without encountering forgiveness – it is the backbone of the healing the course both teaches and brings forth. Forgiveness is the means by whichContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 46”
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A Course in Miracles Lesson 45
God is the Mind with which I think. Two things about this lesson of A Course in Miracles jump out. First are a couple of lines set about halfway through the lesson suggesting our egoic thoughts are actively working against God’s Will. We will not let the beliefs of the world tell us that whatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 45”
Reading A Course in Miracles: The Decision for God
In earlier, less-edited versions of the text, this section was referred to as “The Eternal Fixation,” and included a fairly lengthy riff on Freud and his ideas about fixation. While I think the revised text is a bit jumpy, I very much like the new title. Fixation was meant to imply that our minds wereContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles: The Decision for God”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 44
God is the light in which I see. Last night I was walking my dog. We live right on the edge of the village – if I turn east, within a hundred yards or so it’s as if I have left civilization all together. Yet there are houses there – some well-lit – and someContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 44”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 43
God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him. This is the first lesson in which the Holy Spirit appears. Its role in our healing is as a mediator between God and the self which believes it is separate from its Creator. The Holy Spirit sees as God sees and purifies our seeing inContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 43”
A Course in Miracles: The Ego’s Use of Guilt
This section contains an early and clear outline of the origins of our guilt and fear. Ego argues that you deliberately and permanently separated yourself from God – effectively taking part of God away from God – and then set up spiritual shop on your own. We feel guilt for having done this and weContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: The Ego’s Use of Guilt”