Our need for help is obvious. Our own efforts are insufficient and likely to spill and roll in chaotic directions, like marbles spilling across the floor. We need texts and teachers - Zen masters, the Psalms, A Course in Miracles, good … [Read more]
Putting Aside the Metaphor
I have been reading Krishnamurti lately. Tara Singh - the only ACIM teacher that I read with any frequency - was an associate of Krishnamurti's and often refers to him and his teachings with great respect. Somewhere on the FACIM website - probably … [Read more]
Reading Marianne Williamson
One of the first “miracle” writers I ever read was Marianne Williamson. I found A Return to Love in the local library, and because it was the only book about A Course in Miracles they had, I took it out. It's Williamson's flagship book – contains … [Read more]
A Course in Miracles Text
When Helen Schucman wrote A Course in Miracles, what came first was the text. This is the extensive bedrock of the ACIM program – a massive tome that outlines with great clarity and precision the theoretical underpinnings of the course's … [Read more]
A Course in Miracles: Cult?
Is A Course in Miracles a cult? One of my students asked me this other day. His question was genuine, but troubling. After all, the word cult has nothing but negative connotations (unless you're a fan of this band, of course). Generally, we … [Read more]
Course in Miracles Daily Lesson
I tend to read the ACIM daily lesson in the morning. Somewhat following the suggestion of Tara Singh, I spend a few minutes coming to a place of stillness. I don't want to rush into the lesson, turn the workbook into just another item on the day's … [Read more]
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