Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

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”

Yet the essential thing is learning that you do not know (T-14.XI.1:1). To be a student of A Course in Miracles is in part to embrace humility and in part to develop a tolerance for uncertainty. It is not only these things, but these things help. They can buttress a spiritual practice that is bentContinue reading “Humility and Uncertainty: A Course in Miracles”

Generally we conflate inner peace with a good feeling – an ideal personal experience. It’s subjective, meaning it happens to us – it’s our experience of being. We have it. A lot of us know intellectually that’s an inaccurate representation, but underneath it remains a powerful belief. It’s part of the working algorithm of ourContinue reading “Present Moment Awareness and A Course in Miracles”

The Atonement is a total commitment (T-2.II.7:1). We don’t want to mistake those words – especially the phrase “total commitment” – for a kind of rallying cry. This is not Jesus in the role of a coach exhorting us to “give our all” or “leave nothing on the field.” He is not saying – norContinue reading “Atonement and Total Committment”