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”
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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”
Choosing between Two Teachers
I want to point out a two-step process that has been very helpful in my practice of A Course in Miracles specifically and, more generally, in my practice of becoming happy and peaceable to a Christ-like degree. The first step is learning to discern between the Voice of the Holy Spirit and the voice ofContinue reading “Choosing between Two Teachers”
ACIM and the End of War
There is no way to God, just like there is no way to the self. You are already fully present; so, too, is God. Wholeness is not waiting to be reconstructed; it is waiting to be recognized. The Wholeness of God, which is His peace, cannot be appreciated except by a whole mind that recognizesContinue reading “ACIM and the End of War”