I have become curious lately: when I am judgmental towards another (angry, fearful, vengeful et cetera), why that and not empathy? That is, when someone is behaving in a way that offends or troubles me, why do I see only the misbehaving other? Why do I not see myself? When I am judgmental in aContinue reading “Empathy and A Course in Miracles”
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ACIM Drama: A Pep Talk
When I briefly explored one-to-one teaching of A Course in Miracles a few years ago, I found that people were not really interested in the course so much as they wanted strategies for dealing with what was coming up in their lives. Questions about work, family, health, psychological wellness . . . I thought itContinue reading “ACIM Drama: A Pep Talk”
Forgetfulness and A Course in Miracles
To remember is merely to restore to your mind what is already there (T-10.II.3:1). This is an important concept, integral to practicing A Course in Miracles. We aren’t really learning anything – as in acquiring missing information in order to reassemble a puzzle. We are simply remembering what we know but forgot. Yet I wantContinue reading “Forgetfulness and A Course in Miracles”
Helpful Spiritual Junctures
For a long time I wanted to be right about A Course in Miracles. Eventually, this desire was superseded by the recognition that what actually mattered was helpfulness. If studying Gary Renard was helpful to someone, what did it matter if I thought he was peddling lies? A focus on helpfulness is sustainable because inContinue reading “Helpful Spiritual Junctures”
Life Requires No Rehearsal
Life does not require rehearsal: it executes itself perfectly continuously, never pausing to reconsider, never begging a do-over. This does not mean that our response will always be one of pleasure or amusement or enjoyment; it might be the opposite. But our response is just more of life happening: whatever label we assign it, it’sContinue reading “Life Requires No Rehearsal”
Against Declarations of Oneness
We are not prohibited from making observations about experience. Obviously it lends itself to that phenomenon – talking about what shows up, judging it, interacting with it, ignoring it, et cetera. But this is not the same as being outside experience in order to evaluate it as a whole. Imagine I am on the danceContinue reading “Against Declarations of Oneness”