Let’s say – more or less adopting Humberto Maturana’s phrasing – that love is the consensual coordination of doings among observers, each of whom could be the other. On this view, love is basically the embodied enacted agreement, tacit or otherwise, to cooperate with one another in the activities that are our living and giveContinue reading “Loving the One and the Other”
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Keeping it Simple: A Way of Looking at A Course in Miracles
What leads one to – and sustains one through – a serious study of A Course in Miracles? There is no one answer to this question; indeed, there are as many answers as there are ACIM students. We might subsequently group the answers together based on perceived similarities but this is a matter of convenienceContinue reading “Keeping it Simple: A Way of Looking at A Course in Miracles”
Letting Happiness be Our Spiritual Teacher
Stability and durability are user-generated illusions that are helpful. They facilitate happiness and happiness – like attention – can be our spiritual teacher if we want. What do I mean when I say that “stability and durability are user-generated illusions that are helpful?” Well, I don’t perceive the back stairs as clouds of atoms whichContinue reading “Letting Happiness be Our Spiritual Teacher”
Accepting Uncertainty: Practicing ACIM Lesson 61
I want to make an observation related to Lesson 61 of A Course in Miracles. It has to do with the question of the extent to which understanding the course intellectually matters to our practice. I think this lesson is one of the times when the course implicitly suggests that intellectual grasp isn’t so important,Continue reading “Accepting Uncertainty: Practicing ACIM Lesson 61”
Giving Attention to Nonduality
If we study nonduality – through the lens of A Course in Miracles, say – because we believe it’s right or true, or more right and more true than some other spiritual concept – then we are likely to end up disappointed. Nondual spiritual practice may be helpful according to the context in which weContinue reading “Giving Attention to Nonduality”
Loving God Means Loving Others
I am moved by these lines from Matthew’s Gospel: You shall love God with all your heart, all your soul and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. The second commandment is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.Continue reading “Loving God Means Loving Others”