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”
Category Archives: Awakening
Between Easters: the Holy Instant
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”
Bodies of Light in the Mind of Love
(I shared a newsletter yesterday, if you’re interested). I remember once driving through light rain and growing increasingly scared of my relationships. I could not fit them together. I did not understand the demands they made on me. I could not bear the demands I made on them. They seemed shallow and dishonest. I couldn’tContinue reading “Bodies of Light in the Mind of Love”
Seeking the Law of Love
We have to reach the junction where we see our own specialness, which means being willing to understand that specialness is not love but hate. This is easy to hold as a spiritual ideal but hard to live out in terms of the body. Basically, if we see something in ourself that we believe makesContinue reading “Seeking the Law of Love”
Interlude: Looking is the Holy Spirit
Yesterday I talked about giving our mind over to the Holy Spirit, both in terms of its content and its function. In that way, our problems end. I suggested a next post would relate to how to give our minds over. That’s still coming, but here I offer a side note about what the HolyContinue reading “Interlude: Looking is the Holy Spirit”
Beyond Choice, Love
In a sense, to come to stillness is to see clearly that choice is the last illusion. There is nothing to choose between; there is only this: this this. The many choices that appear to us are always various forms of the one choice, which is the choice to remember God or not remember GodContinue reading “Beyond Choice, Love”
