Light Episodes in Lesson Fifteen of A Course in Miracles

I want to talk briefly about the so-called “light episodes” in Lesson Fifteen of A Course in Miracles. We get worked up about them – people see the lights and worry why are they seeing lights, or are secretly proud they’re seeing lights, or they do not see lights, and worry why are they notContinue reading “Light Episodes in Lesson Fifteen of A Course in Miracles”

A Course in Miracles: The Guide to Salvation

The Holy Spirit, which is our Guide to Salvation, is the idea of healing (T-5.III.2:1), which is to say, both the “Call for God” and “the idea of God” (T-5.III.2:3). And, because we are not apart from God, but live as God’s creations, the Holy Spirit is also the idea of our own self (T-5.III.2:4).Continue reading “A Course in Miracles: The Guide to Salvation”

Birds, Coffee and Void: Last Thoughts

But all this is silliness. I enjoy being outdoors in the morning listening to birds. I enjoy the light of dawn: its shy secretive blue, its slow but steady reveal of the world. I love coffee, even bad coffee. No more than all this! And no less either. No mysteries. No secrets. Just this. ThisContinue reading “Birds, Coffee and Void: Last Thoughts”

Listening to Birds with Jesus in the Void

Less poetically. Less biographically. As a matter of experience – lived experience prior to settling into this or that language or mode of expression (science, philosophy, advaita, historical et cetera et cetera et cetera) – what happens when you listen to the birds and to the silence in which their song appears? As an exercise,Continue reading “Listening to Birds with Jesus in the Void”