I wrote a newsletter recently about not over-indulging metaphysical inquiry. A Course in Miracles makes all kinds of claims about reality and while it’s sometimes useful to understand what those claims are, we are not called to defend or attack them. Our ACIM practice is not about winning an ontological argument but rather seeing throughContinue reading “Attention Undoes the Dream which Hides Awareness”
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A Course in Miracles Lesson 175
God is but Love and therefore so am I. In the previous review lesson, we remember that the way to remember God is to greet – to relate – to one another in holiness. That is, we commit to knowing the other as God knows them, and we actively disregard those thoughts and feelings thatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 175”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 174
God is but Love, and therefore so am I. What does it mean to enter into the Presence of God? And is that even a good question? One of the ways that our practice of A Course in Miracles heals us is by inviting us to a new experience of being – to learn thatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 174”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 173
God is but Love, and therefore so am I This is a walking lesson. During my Buddhist phase, I was taught kinhin – walking meditation. It was in addition to zazen. I wonder if this lesson can be practiced in a similar way. Can walking in a purposeful, measured and intentional way be part ofContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 173”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 172
God is but Love, and therefore so am I. Yesterday I talked about how this sequence of lessons deploys a call-and-resonse model that is designed to gently nudge us byond the domain of reason and intellect and into the domain of faith. Faith is not superior to reason but it does allows for certain kindsContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 172”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 171
God is but Love, and therefore so am I. Our theme now is that God is Love and therefore, we are as well. The mantra-like nature of this sequence of lessons is a simple veil masking an exponentially deeper and more powerful idea: that we are not separate from God. This is not to beContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 171”