Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

Miracles bear witness to truth. They are convincing because they arise from conviction. Without conviction they deteriorate into magic, which is mindless and therefore destructive; or rather, the uncreative use of mind (T-1.I.14:1-3). The miracle represent a shift in perception, away from fear and towards Love. The miracle is an effect of allowing the HolyContinue reading “The Fourteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles are both beginnings and endings, and so they alter the temporal order. They are always affirmations of rebirth, which seem to go back but really go forward. They undo the past in the present, and thus undo the future (T-1.I.13:1-3). The thirteenth principle of miracles in A Course in Miracles is an early introductionContinue reading “The Thirteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Miracles are shifts in perception away from fear and towards love. Miracles are specific. They are responsive to our perception of separation, uniting our will to heal (however faint) with God’s Knowledge that there is nothing to heal and never was. Miracles emphasize the role mind plays in creating reality; when mind updates its falseContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What are Miracles?”

An illusion is an error in perception that we hold both about ourselves and the world. Illusions arise from the ego’s separation-based belief system. When we accept this system as real, and do not seek alternatives, the world resembles and behaves exactly as if separation were real. We act as if we are separate beingsContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What are Illusions?”

Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher or spiritual level of experience. One makes the physical, and the other creates the spiritual (T-1.I.12:1-3). The twelfth miracle principle emphasizes that miracles are not external events that “get” us something, but rather shifts in perception that bring ourContinue reading “The Twelfth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator. Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed (T-1.I.11:1-3). A Course in Miracles, located in the Christian tradition, offers students a non-dualistic approach to understanding and living in reality. It emphasizes a practice ofContinue reading “The Eleventh Principle of A Course in Miracles”