Category Archives: Separation

. . .  and am reminded that when we die nothing really happens: the whole loveliness of the world continues, the whole sufficiency of life – of us, together, one within the other – continues. Our subjective experience of life ends, yes, but nothing is contingent on our subjective experience – it is merely awarenessContinue reading “The Sufficiency of Life”

It is worth remembering that God’s will is not hidden, but that we have interposed our will before it, and thus are confused about what we are. A Course in Miracles is clear: alienation from awareness of God is not of God. It is simply the reflection of our decision to think apart from God.Continue reading “Alienation is not God’s Will”

A Course in Miracles does not offer a way “out” of the world. There is no way “out.” Rather, the course transforms our mode of perception, sharpening the distinction between what is real and what is false, so that we can choose – moment by moment – to be united with God. In that divineContinue reading “Transformed Perception is what Transforms the World”

Often when I am tired there is some slipping, as if the the energy necessary to sustain my fear and guilt and anxiety – that mode of thinking A Course in Miracles calls the ego – cannot be borne, and so is set aside, and in its place appears a quiet awareness, a natural andContinue reading “A Natural Serious Happiness”

Part of seeing special hate relationships clearly is making contact with my impulse to be in competition with various brothers and sisters. My perception that I am locked in a struggle for survival, and that there are only a few winners, is why I am a stranger to inner peace. Because God’s equal Sons haveContinue reading “A Stranger to Inner Peace”

A Course in Miracles explains the origins of our guilt and suffering in the world in terms of a mistaken belief that we are separated from God. In this sense, the separation is the only real problem that we have (W-pI.79.1:4). Thus, our separation from God is what we are trying to solve, or resolve.Continue reading “Light on the Separation from God”