. . . in the relational domain of love the other is not asked and is not expected to justify his or her existence . . . love is unidirectional, and occurs as a spontaneous happening of accepting the legitimacy of the other as a matter of course . . . ~ Humberto Maturana InContinue reading “On Holy Relationships and Love”
Category Archives: A Course in Miracles
Keeping it Simple: A Way of Looking at A Course in Miracles
What leads one to – and sustains one through – a serious study of A Course in Miracles? There is no one answer to this question; indeed, there are as many answers as there are ACIM students. We might subsequently group the answers together based on perceived similarities but this is a matter of convenienceContinue reading “Keeping it Simple: A Way of Looking at A Course in Miracles”
A Course in Miracles: The Immediacy of Salvation
In The Immediacy of Salvation,” A Course in Miracles makes the reasonable point that all our plans for safety are forward-looking, and since we can’t actually know what the future holds, our “plans” as such are essentially useless. Yet the course also recognizes that some fear exists in us that causes us to make thoseContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: The Immediacy of Salvation”
The Other in A Course in Miracles
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us (John’s Gospel 1:1, 1:14) One of the more helpful insights in western and Christian thinking – which Helen Schucman understood well, at least intuitively – is thatContinue reading “The Other in A Course in Miracles”
Self Setting Aside Self
A non-trivial aspect of my spiritual practice – that is rooted in A Course in Miracles but diverges in thoughtful applied ways – is to set gently aside questions of mystery in favor of engagement with what appears, or what seems to be, the case. That is, when I am mucking the horse pasture, orContinue reading “Self Setting Aside Self”
Who Was Helen Schucman?
Was Helen Schucman psychic? In my view, that question functions as gossip – akin to speculating about someone’s sexuality. We are all intuitive to one extent or another. We all express our intuitions in deeply personal ways. Singling out one person’s expression for analysis – especially without their consent and participation – feels intrusive andContinue reading “Who Was Helen Schucman?”