Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

I think this is the last in a series of posts on this little book. Previous posts here and here. Many thanks to those of you who read and shared and also who prompted me to come back to it. And always, love and gratitude to Tara Singh 🙏🙏. In “What is Relationship” in LoveContinue reading “There is Only One Relationship: Notes on Reading Tara Singh’s “Love Holds No Grievances””

In “Healing Relationship” in Love Holds No Grievances, Tara Singh talks about forgiveness as a process of becoming responsible for what is going on internally. The problem is never “out there,” but inside. Relationship is the site of learning how to forgive in this way. Relationship has no opposite to it . . . RelationshipContinue reading “Thought is Not the Problem: More Notes on Tara Singh’s “Love Holds No Grievances””

A Course in Miracles says that we come closest to our true self in holy relationships (T-20.V.1:1), which are holy because they are premised on what we can give, rather than what we can get. No one can give if he is concerned with the results of giving. That is a limitation on the givingContinue reading “ACIM: Heralds of Eternity”

Dear L___________, Another way to think about reality is that it’s this – this this. You can be confused about it, sure. You can deny it. You can even be cognitively or otherwise incapable of recognizing it. But you can’t not be in it. You can’t not be included. So a good question to askContinue reading “Another Way – an ACIM Way – to Look at Reality”

Miracles are expressions of love, but they may not always have observable effects (T-1.I.35:1). Most Christian traditional understandings of miracles imply observable effects that appear supernatural. Or at least spectacular enough that nobody could ever call them ordinary. Jesus walking on water, say, or turning water into wine. Closer to home, we win the lotteryContinue reading “The Thirty-Fifth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles restore the mind to its fullness. By atoning for lack they establish perfect protection. The spirit’s strength leaves no room for intrusions (T-1.I.34:1-3). Miracles – which are shifts in perception away from fear and towards love – testify to what mind is and therefore also witness to the creative power of mind. What mindContinue reading “The Thirty-Fourth Principle of A Course in Miracles”