What do we do when we find ourselves resisting A Course in Miracles? Maybe refusing to do the lessons or not paying attention when we read the text? Coming to situations that call for forgiveness and brushing them off. I’ll get to it next week . . . What is this resistance? All resistance isContinue reading “Resistance and A Course in Miracles”
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Reading A Course in Miracles Introduction
Yesterday I took A Course in Miracles to work with me. I had a dozen meetings with students lined up which means – adjusting for the absent-mindedness of college students – that I was going to have five or six meetings with students and a lot of free time. I found myself reading the IntroductionContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles Introduction”
A Course In Miracles: How Simple The Solution
I think it is natural that at some point in their practice, most students of A Course in Miracles have to step back and ask themselves what they’re doing. You read the text, you work through all the lessons in the workbook, you throw in a couple dozen books by both well-known and less well-knownContinue reading “A Course In Miracles: How Simple The Solution”
Leaving the Catholic Church
I was writing this morning – reflecting on the evolution of my relationship with Jesus – and it occurred to me that I had never formally written about my decision to leave the Catholic church. In truth, leaving the Catholic church can seem painful and challenging – not to mention spiritually dangerous and impractical –Continue reading “Leaving the Catholic Church”
What Does Abundance Mean?
Before I began to practice A Course of Miracles, I accepted without question that one could measure their spiritual wellness by virtue of external conditions. What does abundance mean? A new age dynamic blend of spiritual health and wellness. Or something like that. And secretly – even though I actively campaigned against this idea inContinue reading “What Does Abundance Mean?”
Undoing the Narrative I
Certain movies and other texts can help one relate to and better understand the metaphysics and even the process of awakening described in A Course in Miracles. They can bring us into contact with the narrative I – the central actor and director of our story – and see how that self can be undone, simplyContinue reading “Undoing the Narrative I”