A small group of friends and I have committed to doing the ACIM workbook this year, a lesson a day, and meeting once a week online to talk about how that experience is going, what we are learning, what is being revealed and so forth. Today I did lesson one, which is a kind ofContinue reading “ACIM and New Beginnings”
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Rethinking Separation: ACIM Lesson 30
There is a fun exercise in some contemporary nondual circles that basically revolves around the following: instead of seeing space as what separates you from a distant object (a lamp, a bed, a star), try to see it as what connects you. This can be a powerful way of reframing one’s sense of separation, basicallyContinue reading “Rethinking Separation: ACIM Lesson 30”
Notes in Late December
I sent a newsletter out today which explores the second principle of miracles. Although the early parts of the text can be choppy, the section outlining the fifty principles has always felt clear and helpful to me. The second principle asks us to look beyond the miracle to its Source, reminding us that what mattersContinue reading “Notes in Late December”
The First Principle of A Course in Miracles
There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not “harder” or “bigger” than another. They are all the same. All expressions of love are maximal T-1.I.1:1-4). Imagine I set four photographs on a table before you: one is of a 1-pound weight, one of a 10-pound weight, one of a 100-pound weight, andContinue reading “The First Principle of A Course in Miracles”
Lesson 23: ACIM in a Nutshell
We might reframe ACIM Daily Lesson 23 this way: if you want to know peace, then give up projection. Indeed, in a sense, this lesson encapsulates the whole function and thus our whole practice of A Course in Miracles. There is no point in lamenting the world. There is no point in trying to changeContinue reading “Lesson 23: ACIM in a Nutshell”
On Letting Go and Letting God
We are not really capable of full alignment with the metaphysics of A Course in Miracles. To even recognize ACIM – as a book, a method, a community – is to be separated. So I think that while being clear about the underlying metaphysics is helpful to our practice, it’s not – in and ofContinue reading “On Letting Go and Letting God”