by Robert Perry | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog
I wrote a commentary last Friday on Workbook Lesson 344 that deeply affected me. That lesson is “Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me.” Much of what the commentary focused on was that phrase “the law of...
by Robert Perry | Nov 28, 2011 | Blog
I’ve spent many years reflecting on the Course’s teaching that we are Sons of God who are merely dreaming we are human beings. In the last few days, the topic has been very much on my mind, and I’m relating to it in a new way, not conceptually but...
by Robert Perry | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
Monday, after writing about accepting our place as junior to God—in how we see things, what we want, what we decide, and how we came about—I had what felt like a big realization. My realization was that two assumptions I walk around with just don’t go...
by Robert Perry | Oct 20, 2011 | Blog
In a recent post about the power of discouragement to stop our practice, I said I planned to use the approach from Lesson 95 to defuse my discouragement. I summarized that approach in this way: Forgive yourself for missing; be tolerant of your weakness. This deprives...
by Robert Perry | Oct 18, 2011 | Blog
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Yesterday my practice focused on the idea of “home” in the Course. You probably know that the Course says this world is not our home, that...