A meaningless world engenders fear. ACIM Lesson 13 is the first time in the workbook that we encounter the phrase "the ego" (W-p1.13.2:2). This is a significant textual development, because it subtly introduces the concept that we are not the "we" we … [Read more]
Reading A Course in Miracles: Healing as a Release from Fear
Healing as a release from fear introduces a key component of A Course in Miracles: Atonement, rightly understood, is a remedy (T-2.IV.1:5). It is a principle which guides the application of miracles. Miracles, in turn, are a means of delivering a … [Read more]
A Course in Miracles Lesson 12
I am upset because I see a meaningless world. Again, with this lesson we build on previous lessons - working increasingly to both understand and take responsibility for the role our minds play in creating the world that we see and experience. Lesson … [Read more]
A Course in Miracles Lesson 11
My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world. The first ten lessons are essentially an introduction to how our bodies function with respect to meaning and purpose. We are being invited to rethink - literally - the way in which mind … [Read more]
Some Keep the Sabbath . . .
One of my favorite Emily Dickinson poems is #236 - Some Keep the Sabbath. It captures for me several of the qualities that I admire most in her work: playfulness, irreverence and - deeply related to the first two qualities - a profound awareness and … [Read more]
Reading A Course in Miracles: The Atonement as Defense
The "Atonement as Defense" is a section of A Course in Miracles that calls us to defend the truth by denying the power of error to hurt us in any way. We know that we are deferring to error - or the power of wrong-minded thinking - whenever we feel … [Read more]
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