Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

I sent out a newsletter yesterday – you can sign up here if you like. The metaphysics of A Course in Miracles are clear: there is no world (W-pI.132.6:2) and we are not bodies (W-pI.199.8:7-8). On this view, what happens merely appears to happen; it’s an illusion. It’s like winning the lottery in our dreamsContinue reading “ACIM and Responding to Suffering”

All miracles mean life, and God is the Giver of life. His Voice will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you need to know (T-1.1.4:1-3). Understanding how A Course in Miracles uses the concept of specificity is essential to its effective practice. It really goes to the heart of the problem ofContinue reading “The Fourth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

I sent out a newsletter today – first in a couple months – talking about how to forgive Jesus, who is just another projection in our projection-addled lives. You can sign up here if you like. In this post I want to think through a related idea: there is only one will and that isContinue reading “The Will of God is Love”

Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong (T-1.I.6:1-2). The suggestion that miracles are natural is important. It is an implicit argument against miracles being supernatural. In A Course in Miracles, we do understand miracles to mean walking on water, turning water into wine, or traveling through space and time, ourContinue reading “The Sixth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles as such do not matter. The only thing that matters is their Source, which is far beyond evaluation (T-1.I.2:1-2). In A Course in Miracles, atonement corrects the error of mistaken self-identity. We are confused about what we are, and our confusion creates illusions – including the illusion of problems. Atonement is the overall processContinue reading “The Second Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Someone asked me recently if I could say for certain that God has given us the answer to all our problems and we have ignored it. My answer is: yes, with a slight amendment. “God had given us the answer to all our problems but we have forgotten it.” The difference in framing is nontrivial.Continue reading “Remembering the Playfulness of God”