Category Archives: ACIM Daily Lessons

God is but Love, and therefore so am I This is a walking lesson. During my Buddhist phase, I was taught kinhin – walking meditation. It was in addition to zazen. I wonder if this lesson can be practiced in a similar way. Can walking in a purposeful, measured and intentional way be part ofContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 173”

God is but Love, and therefore so am I. Yesterday I talked about how this sequence of lessons deploys a call-and-resonse model that is designed to gently nudge us byond the domain of reason and intellect and into the domain of faith. Faith is not superior to reason but it does allows for certain kindsContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 172”

God is but Love, and therefore so am I. Our theme now is that God is Love and therefore, we are as well. The mantra-like nature of this sequence of lessons is a simple veil masking an exponentially deeper and more powerful idea: that we are not separate from God. This is not to beContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 171”

Do you know the Taung Child? This child lived approximately three million years ago. Its skull – all we have to remember it – indicates that at about four years of age its eyes were plucked out by a great eagle. Imagine its terror – being held down by a bird twice its size. ImagineContinue reading “Review Period V: ACIM Workbook”

There is no cruelty in God and none in me. Lesson 170 asks us to consider that we are confused about the difference between fear and love – that we are calling fear love, and worshipping it accordingly, and as a consequence are actually afraid of love. This reversal divides us against ourselves, making peaceContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 170”

Let not my mind deny the Thought of God. It is not possible to be separated from God. But it is possible to deny our oneness with God. We can ignore grace but we cannot undo it. We cannot make what is true false. Our happiness and peace depend on a right understanding of whatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 165”