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God is with me. I live and move in Him. Often, our study and practice of A Course in Miracles leads us to states of metaphysical analysis that, profound and helpful as they can be, can also block the direct experience of happiness and inner peace to which that study and practice is given. WhatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 222”

Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still. Thought is inherently separative. A thought about the beach is not a thought about the city. A thought about what will happen at work tomorrow is not a thought about what happened yesterday. When we think, we divide, and we name what we divide, andContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 221”

I am not a body. I am free.For I am still as God created me. This is our last lesson before we begin the second part of the workbook. It is both a promise and  a cautionary note. “There is no peace except the peace of God” (W-pI.220.1:1). How shall we respond to it? InContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 220”

I am not a body. I am free.For I am still as God created me. Bodies are limitations on our function and identity. They are not inherently problematic; the problem arises when we think we are bodies, and accept their limitations as our own. Then, suddenly, we are faced with sickness, death and pain. Then,Continue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 219”

I am not a body. I am free.For I am still as God created me. If we seek the “I Am” – if we seek the experience of knowing God – what are some of the impediments? If it was easy, we wouldn’t need a course or gurus or how-to manuals. In truth, there areContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 218”

I am not a body. I am free.For I am still as God created me. Yet there is an important and helpful corollary to the truth that we can only crucify ourselves. If we are doing this to our self, then we can stop doing it. We can change the cause of suffering to theContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 217”