Miracles are habits, and should be involuntary. They should not be under conscious control. Consciously selected miracles can be misguided (T-1.I.5:1-3). Since miracles are expressions of Love, which does not admit distinctions, they are not personal. Any attempt to make them into a thing that we do or that somebody else does reinforces the veryContinue reading “The Fifth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
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Review Period IV: ACIM Workbook
A Course in Miracles is about application – it is meant to be lived. In these bodies, in this world, we learn that we are not bodies and there is no world. The paradox is not something we solve intellectually. It is more like an optical illusion that we suddenly “get.” In this review, theContinue reading “Review Period IV: ACIM Workbook”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 140
Only salvation can be said to cure. We are either asleep or we are awake. If we are asleep in the dream of separation, then it does not matter what happens in the dream – if our cancer is cured, if we win the lottery, if we marry our true love and live happily everContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 140”
Choosing Peace over Fear
In yesterday’s newsletter (you can sign up here if you like), I mentioned that the world was made to make love homeless. In such a world do you feel fear or peace? One way to answer this question is to ask: am I aware of any needs right now? Have I made plans for futureContinue reading “Choosing Peace over Fear”
Another Kind of ACIM Teacher
I want to talk about non-public teachers of A Course in Miracles. These are often referred to as holy relationships. I am being more personal than usual in this post. Two points: first, if I am talking about a holy relationship here, then I am using “holy” in terms of the desert – stones forContinue reading “Another Kind of ACIM Teacher”
ACIM and Responding to Suffering
I sent out a newsletter yesterday – you can sign up here if you like. The metaphysics of A Course in Miracles are clear: there is no world (W-pI.132.6:2) and we are not bodies (W-pI.199.8:7-8). On this view, what happens merely appears to happen; it’s an illusion. It’s like winning the lottery in our dreamsContinue reading “ACIM and Responding to Suffering”