Presently I am between Easters. We celebrated Easter with the Catholic side of the family last week and we will celebrate Orthodox Easter with the Greek side tomorrow. It is a happy time. Of course, as a student of A Course in Miracles, and a half-assed Teacher of God, Easter – the resurrection inherent inContinue reading “Between Easters: the Holy Instant”
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Beyond the Specialness of Jesus
We always meet Jesus in a context – one that is shaped by our body and our relationships, i.e., the world. And our context is always alien to the historical Jesus’s context. He was a charismatic peasant Jew living in the chokehold of Roman empire, during a phase of human history that was more brutalContinue reading “Beyond the Specialness of Jesus”
A Course in Miracles: What are Miracles?
Miracles are shifts in perception away from fear and towards love. Miracles are specific. They are responsive to our perception of separation, uniting our will to heal (however faint) with God’s Knowledge that there is nothing to heal and never was. Miracles emphasize the role mind plays in creating reality; when mind updates its falseContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What are Miracles?”
A Course in Miracles: What is Salvation?
Salvation is awakening from the dream of separation, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It is the recognition that we share an interest in peace and happiness with all our brothers and sisters, and that this shared interest reflects the truth that there is only one will in Creation. Thus, salvation is the processContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What is Salvation?”
A Course in Miracles: What are Illusions?
An illusion is an error in perception that we hold both about ourselves and the world. Illusions arise from the ego’s separation-based belief system. When we accept this system as real, and do not seek alternatives, the world resembles and behaves exactly as if separation were real. We act as if we are separate beingsContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What are Illusions?”
The Twelfth Principle of A Course in Miracles
Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher or spiritual level of experience. One makes the physical, and the other creates the spiritual (T-1.I.12:1-3). The twelfth miracle principle emphasizes that miracles are not external events that “get” us something, but rather shifts in perception that bring ourContinue reading “The Twelfth Principle of A Course in Miracles”