Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

The first paragraph in Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit (in chapter 14: Teaching for Truth of A Course in Miracles) is a concise and insightful unit of writing. It begins with a simple question: What do you want? (T-14.VII.1:1) Tara Singh used to say that when one reached a moment in the ACIM textContinue reading “Merging Opposites as Spiritual Practice”

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”

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”

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”

I had a nice long talk once with an individual who teaches ACIM professionally. They were smart and committed, and had reflected a lot on their practice and comprehension of A Course in Miracles. I learned a lot. Near the end, this individual advised me to stop following politics and to stop being politically active.Continue reading “Politics and A Course in Miracles”

Years ago a fellow student who had spent time with Tara Singh criticized Singh for using the phrase “bring into application.” Singh meant that it was not enough to study and learn: one had to actually embody that learning, to make it the fact of experience rather than an a mere ideal. The student feltContinue reading “On Playing Well With Others”