I will be still an instant and go home. This lesson of A Course in Miracles conveys the idea that the world we seem to live in is not our true home. We are alien here. Yet in the recess of our mind, we know this. The memory of our true home haunts us, asContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 182”
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Introduction to ACIM Lessons 180 – 200
The introduction to the next sequence of lessons makes clear that we are yet beginners. The goal is to reinforce our willingness to commit to A Course in Miracles, and to bring our “scattered goals” into unified intent, by recognizing what we truly value. Inner peace and contentment arise because of this unified commitment. ThisContinue reading “Introduction to ACIM Lessons 180 – 200”
ACIM: Changing our Mind Together
In Monday’s newsletter I wrote about the way in which judgment arises as a replacement for Vision. As the course asks: why judge when you can see? Judgment is a form of interpretation, and interpretation is never without ego involvement (T-12.I.2:1). This is not a crime against God or Nature! It’s simply another form ofContinue reading “ACIM: Changing our Mind Together”
Thank You for Being My Savior
Yesterday I wrote about release from guilt, drawing on Chapter Thirteen of A Course in Miracles. The suggestion there is that we undo guilt by loving all our brothers and sisters equally, without condition or qualification. Good advice, hard to follow. Here I want to make a slightly different, more personal point about guilt: YouContinue reading “Thank You for Being My Savior”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 165
Let not my mind deny the Thought of God. It is not possible to be separated from God. But it is possible to deny our oneness with God. We can ignore grace but we cannot undo it. We cannot make what is true false. Our happiness and peace depend on a right understanding of whatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 165”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 164
Now we are one with Him Who is our Source. Judgment requires time. We evaluate the present by comparing it to the past in anticipation of the future. Today is better than yesterday which bodes well for tomorrow. Today, A Course in Miracles invites us to let judgment go, and discover in the Holy InstantContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 164”