A Course in Miracles teaches us that forgiveness is a way of being present in our lives that does not accept the world’s judgment of our nature and function. Forgiveness does not see sins and then choose to overlook them in the Name of God or some other kind of moral superiority. Rather, it doesContinue reading “What is Forgiveness”
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Psilocybin, Healing and A Course in Miracles
Content Warning: This essay may be triggering for folks recovering from addiction. It may be triggering in other ways as well. I am bearing witness to my own study and practice here; I am not defending that study and practice and I am not advocating for it. Forgive me. And be kind to yourself asContinue reading “Psilocybin, Healing and A Course in Miracles”
ACIM Miracle Principles: An Introduction
You can also skip to the full index. A Course in Miracles is not a handbook for a lifelong spiritual practice of nondual bliss. It is not a new age fantasy of oneness with the cosmos. Its lessons do not teach a form of post-Christian mysticism. It’s not a spiritual variation of “I’m okay, you’reContinue reading “ACIM Miracle Principles: An Introduction”
The Fiftieth Principle of A Course in Miracles
The miracle compares what you have made with creation, accepting what is in accord with it as true, and rejecting what is out of accord as false (T-1.I.50:1). This penultimate principle of miracles identifies us as creators, participants in God’s Kingdom, created to create as God creates. We do this when we think as GodContinue reading “The Fiftieth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
The Forty-Ninth Principle of A Course in Miracles
The miracle makes no distinction among degrees of misperception. It is a device for perception correction, effective quite apart from either the degree or direction of the error. This is its true indiscriminateness (T-1.I.49:1-3). There is no order of difficulty in miracles (T-1.I.1:1). This is another way of saying that the miracle does not recognizeContinue reading “The Forty-Ninth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
The Forty-Eighth Principle of A Course in Miracles
The miracle is the only device at your immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation transcends it, having nothing to do with time at all (T-1.I.48:1-2). The forty-eighth miracle principle extends the previous one, by making clear that miracles are not in any way subject to the constraints of time. They are interventions in andContinue reading “The Forty-Eighth Principle of A Course in Miracles”