Category Archives: Awakening

I stepped outside last night at about eight or so and the snow had already begun. Douglas used to say, you’ve got the writing part down. The question is, what do you want to do with it? I had hoped for a quiet snow gently falling so I could use “sussuration” in today’s writing, butContinue reading “Advent Travels: The Posture of a Guest”

The rule is, don’t lie. And related to that is the understanding that I don’t always know when I’m lying. This game we are playing – this work we are doing – is not for the faint of heart. “Lying” is a bad word because of its moral and negative connotations. “Fantasy” is better. AsContinue reading “Advent Travels: The Rule is, Don’t Lie”

I say travels, but I am not going anywhere. Most of my life I projected a future that – although it never came – kept me passionately focused on tomorrow rather than today, there instead of here. It felt optimistic and forward looking. It privileged dreaming over any other activity. A different house, different land,Continue reading “Advent Travels: The Raspberry Patch”

The other day I re-read part one of Love Holds No Grievances by Tara Singh. It is a beautiful book, not quite 100 pages, and so full of wisdom and insight that even a handful of sentences can change your life. If you give the words the attention – which is to give yourself theContinue reading “Joining with You: Notes on Tara Singh’s “Love Holds No Grievances””

Truth needs no interpretation, because it needs no defense (T-17.IV.10:2). It is one without another, perfect in its simplicity (T-26.III.1:8). That’s the suggestion A Course in Miracles makes. In truth there is no choice, because there is nothing to choose between (T-26.III.1:10). Thus there is no conflict anywhere in the system. That’s not the wayContinue reading “Awakening to Truth through A Course in Miracles”

Presently I am between Easters. We celebrated Easter with the Catholic side of the family last week and we will celebrate Orthodox Easter with the Greek side tomorrow. It is a happy time. Of course, as a student of A Course in Miracles, and a half-assed Teacher of God, Easter – the resurrection inherent inContinue reading “Between Easters: the Holy Instant”