The cosmos exists because you are asleep and dreaming (T-10.I.2:1). When you wake up the cosmos will no longer exist and since you are part of the cosmos, you will no longer exist either. And since you no longer exist, there will be no memory of any dream. The cosmos is merely what nothing wouldContinue reading “Your Dream of Nothing is Nothing to God”
Category Archives: Nonduality
Attention Undoes the Dream which Hides Awareness
I wrote a newsletter recently about not over-indulging metaphysical inquiry. A Course in Miracles makes all kinds of claims about reality and while it’s sometimes useful to understand what those claims are, we are not called to defend or attack them. Our ACIM practice is not about winning an ontological argument but rather seeing throughContinue reading “Attention Undoes the Dream which Hides Awareness”
Waking up in the Planck Epoch
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particles of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together . . . We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of allContinue reading “Waking up in the Planck Epoch”
Distinguishing Between Illusion and Hallucination
A hallucination is, I can put my hand through a chair because it’s not really there. There is no chair. But an illusion is, something is there but I am not seeing it. I’m seeing something else. I see a chair but it’s actually atoms. Or information. Or Jesus teaching me how to forgive theContinue reading “Distinguishing Between Illusion and Hallucination”
ACIM and Christian Nonduality
The World is Real Imagine you are sitting by a brook. The water is clear and clean. A day or so later, the brook is clouded and full of trash, sluggishly working its way between muddy banks. Then, a day or two after that, it is clear again. In this example, the brook’s cleanliness andContinue reading “ACIM and Christian Nonduality”
ACIM: Beyond Perception
In the separation, mind became “a perceiver rather than a creator” (T-3.IV.2:1). It can be helpful in our ACIM practice to look closely at this distinction. Sit quietly for a few minutes and give attention. Here, snow falls. Blue jays jaw in the hemlocks. Images of my father playing catch with me appear. Feelings ofContinue reading “ACIM: Beyond Perception”