A Course in Miracles Lesson 153

In my defenselessness my safety lies. Few lessons upend our innate understanding of how to live as this one does. Self-defense is firmly established as a right in our mind, to be justly wielded in the service of righteousness. The idea that one would just surrender it and live without recourse to defense of anyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 153”

The Eighth Principle of A Course in Miracles

Miracles are healing because they supply a lack; they are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less (T-1.I.8:1). A Course in Miracles is a wordy project, right? Helen Schucman’s Jesus is nothing if not talkative. But the first chapter of the Text is an exception to that style. ThereContinue reading “The Eighth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

A Course in Miracles Lesson 152

The power of decision is my own. The first paragraph of this lesson is in many ways the essence of A Course in Miracles without any softening or spoon-feeding. You’re suffering because you choose to suffer, and you can choose not to suffer. It’s on you, brother. It’s all on you. We tend to respondContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 152”

ACIM: The Conditions of Inner Peace

Faith is the condition of inner peace, because it accepts all aspects of experience equally. It trusts God entirely, and allows only the Holy Spirit – not ego – to determine what a given situation or relationship means. To be faithful is to be quiet and still, completely confident that God’s Will is Love, evenContinue reading “ACIM: The Conditions of Inner Peace”