Part of seeing special hate relationships clearly is making contact with my impulse to be in competition with various brothers and sisters. My perception that I am locked in a struggle for survival, and that there are only a few winners, is why I am a stranger to inner peace. Because God’s equal Sons haveContinue reading “A Stranger to Inner Peace”
Author Archives: Sean
In Relationship with Symbols of Truth
I do not believe that the historical Jesus dictated A Course in Miracles to Helen Schucman. Rather, I believe that Helen – in an action of profound love, profound willingness – accepted through the symbol of Jesus her real Self which, in conjunction with Bill Thetford, created the work that we now call A CourseContinue reading “In Relationship with Symbols of Truth”
Lucifer’s Error
The sin of Lucifer was called pride but in reality it was a simple error, a common mistake of thought to which we are all of us beholden: the psychological premise that what we are in truth is separate from what God is and that what God is is given unequally and that we areContinue reading “Lucifer’s Error”
ACIM and the Perennial Philosophy
I have been lately suggesting – thinking out loud, really – that A Course in Miracles is a particular expression of the perennial philosophy that may or may not be helpful as one works their way back toward God. In his book of the same title, Aldous Huxley defined the perennial philosophy as the metaphysicContinue reading “ACIM and the Perennial Philosophy”
Thought, Awareness and the Ability to Comprehend
Spring gesticulated; fell back. So it goes in March: one day you’re jacketless and whistling back at Robins, the next you’re watching gusts of wind blow thin streams of snow beneath the back door. The chickens huddle in beds of straw and the dog looks back at you, as if to say: really? Even inContinue reading “Thought, Awareness and the Ability to Comprehend”
Why I Switched to a Creative Commons License
Earlier this week I shifted the license on this website from a traditional copyright to a Creative Commons license, specifically an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. My reasons for doing this are important, and I want to share them. I’ve been aware of Creative Commmons licenses for some time and, in spirit, I have always preferredContinue reading “Why I Switched to a Creative Commons License”