Ten years ago when my relationship with A Course in Miracles was just beginning, people talked about Gary Renard a lot. Were his ascended masters real? Was he a big liar? It seemed to matter that one take a stand on that question. And lingering behind a lot of the conversations was an implicit longingContinue reading “Easter Love and Last Steps Home”
Author Archives: Sean
Hands to Work, Hearts to God
I say not that the body is real or unreal, but that I am not a body, and so the body as such is not really my concern. But what am I then? What is my concern? This is an old question which is amenable to many different answers. If you are reading this, itContinue reading “Hands to Work, Hearts to God”
Late March Musing
I sent out a newsletter this morning. Being the socially clumsy and poorly-organized man that I am, I don’t know the precise overlap between who reads what I post here and who reads there. If you’re not signed up and you’d like to be, please feel free. And if not, no worries. I have beenContinue reading “Late March Musing”
We are not Bodies
The body’s adventures always end in death. There is no way out of this. Death touches every aspect of the body’s experience: whatever happens, be it good, bad or in-between, is always terminal. There is nothing that is permanent or consistent in the body, what the body makes, or what the body does. Thus, soContinue reading “We are not Bodies”
A Practice of Forgiveness: A Course in Miracles
Introduction A nontrivial aspect of A Course in Miracles is that as its students we are given a specific (and specialized) language. For example, “forgiveness” in A Course in Miracles means something different than when used in other settings. Use of this shared specific language allows us to be present to one another in waysContinue reading “A Practice of Forgiveness: A Course in Miracles”
Note
This part of the website – posts dedicated to the daily lessons of A Course in Miracles – has gone slowly. Like, very slowly. Part of the reason is time. There is only so much writing and rewriting I can do, given other projects, family, et cetera. Part of it is that I often haveContinue reading “Note”