Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

Ultimately, A Course in Miracles points beyond itself, as all “solutions” and “methods” and “paths,” spiritual and otherwise, must. I say “must . . .” What I mean is, in this life as “I” have lived and observed it, all solutions, methods and paths have pointed beyond themselves. From that consistency I infer a law,Continue reading “After A Course in Miracles”

For a long time my answer to this question was: don’t be silly. And in a sense, that’s still my answer. It’s just a book with a year’s worth of lessons that most people never even finish, let along bring into application. What’s the risk? What’s the harm? But I think a better answer mightContinue reading “Is A Course in Miracles Dangerous?”

Even into this vale of tears – this shimmering illusion of a world – does the Infinite find a way to reach us. Escher drawings, Nisargadatta ramblings, Mertonian insights on the streets of Louisville. Truly, to see a goldfinch in the garden in mid-August is to see the Face of God and live. Nothing isContinue reading “Agape Love and A Course in Miracles”

I am reading Louis Dupré’s “Reflections on Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s The Religion of the Future” published in The Journal of Religion. I could care less about Unger’s book; Dupré is my bread and water these days. Specifically, Dupré helps me contextualize the challenge of living Christianly, especially when “Christianly” is so deeply entwined with A CourseContinue reading “Christian Living and A Course in Miracles”

A Coffee Mug If I give attention to the mug of coffee an arm’s length over to my right, what happens. I see a mug. The mug has a form which is amenable to description. The mug also has a story – where it came from, how everyone knows it’s “Sean’s/Dad’s coffee mug,” et cetera.Continue reading “Reality, Coffee and A Course in Miracles”

Yesterday, I talked about the so-called light episodes of Lesson Fifteen in A Course in Miracles. My basic position is: don’t worry about them. They aren’t important. I want to say more about why they are not important. Or maybe how. The world we see is a coarse-grained symbol of what A Course in MiraclesContinue reading “Seeing Lights in A Course in Miracles”