Agape Love and A Course in Miracles

Even into this vale of tears – this shimmering illusion of a world – does the Infinite find a way to reach us. Escher drawings, Nisargadatta ramblings, Mertonian insights on the streets of Louisville. Truly, to see a goldfinch in the garden in mid-August is to see the Face of God and live. Nothing isContinue reading “Agape Love and A Course in Miracles”

Christian Living and A Course in Miracles

I am reading Louis Dupré’s “Reflections on Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s The Religion of the Future” published in The Journal of Religion. I could care less about Unger’s book; Dupré is my bread and water these days. Specifically, Dupré helps me contextualize the challenge of living Christianly, especially when “Christianly” is so deeply entwined with A CourseContinue reading “Christian Living and A Course in Miracles”

Reality, Coffee and A Course in Miracles

A Coffee Mug If I give attention to the mug of coffee an arm’s length over to my right, what happens. I see a mug. The mug has a form which is amenable to description. The mug also has a story – where it came from, how everyone knows it’s “Sean’s/Dad’s coffee mug,” et cetera.Continue reading “Reality, Coffee and A Course in Miracles”

Seeing Lights in A Course in Miracles

Yesterday, I talked about the so-called light episodes of Lesson Fifteen in A Course in Miracles. My basic position is: don’t worry about them. They aren’t important. I want to say more about why they are not important. Or maybe how. The world we see is a coarse-grained symbol of what A Course in MiraclesContinue reading “Seeing Lights in A Course in Miracles”