Category Archives: A Course in Miracles

The authority problem is related to judgment. When we judge another, it is because we believe that judging is our right and that judgment has value. This belief reflects an even deeper belief – that we are the author of self and world, that we are in charge of Creation. This belief arises in –Continue reading “A Course in Miracles: What is the Authority Problem?”

Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a teaching device and a means to an end. Time will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating learning (T-1.I.15:1-4). In A Course in Miracles, the statement “eachContinue reading “The Fifteenth Principle of 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?”