Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

Miracles are associated with fear only because of the belief that darkness can hide. You believe that what your physical eyes cannot see does not exist. This leads to a denial of spiritual sight (T-1.I.22:1-3). The ego advocates for reliance on physical perception as the sole means of understanding reality. If the body cannot senseContinue reading “The Twenty-Second Principle of A Course in Miracles”

True safety resides in our willingness to offer only empathy and compassion to our brothers and sisters. When we love even our enemies – when we are even willing to love our enemies – then we no longer have enemies. Love is our protection. Love is the secret to true safety. And Love holds everything.Continue reading “The Secret to True Safety”

Miracles are natural signs of forgiveness. Through miracles you accept God’s forgiveness by extending it to others (T-1.I.21:1-2). Again, the emphasis here is that miracles are natural rather than supernatural. They are not spectacles. They are shifts in our understanding of perception that make us and others happier. This happiness is self-replicating. To be miracle-mindedContinue reading “The Twenty-First Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles reawaken the awareness that the spirit, not the body, is the altar of truth. This is the recognition that leads to the healing power of the miracle (T-1.I.20:1-2). The confusion that A Course in Miracles is given to correct is our identification with the body rather than spirit, and the various arguments and rationalesContinue reading “The Twentieth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles make minds one in God. They depend on cooperation because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore reflect the laws of eternity, not of time (T-1.I.19:1-3). Miracles unify all minds who yet believe they are separate and personal in God Who created all minds as one. In essence, theContinue reading “The Nineteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbor as yourself. You recognize your own and your neighbor’s worth simultaneously (T-1.I.18:1-3). Service is a form of love. It is a way of saying to our brothers and sisters that we loveContinue reading “The Eighteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”