Thanking God for the abstract

I was reading Lesson 123 today, “I thank my Father for His gifts to me.” What struck me in that lesson, as it always does, is that the list of things to be grateful for to God is so not what you’d expect. You’d expect that we are supposed to mentally scan our lives...

Don’t take a bite of that apple

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] The other day I came across a place in Helen’s notes (also found in edited form in the FIP Course) which said, “Eating of the tree of knowledge is a symbolic...

Resigning from the egg-and-spoon race

I apologize for being away from blogging for so long. I have been obsessed with a project that I believe is vital for the Circle and for the Course, and the truth is I’ve just lost track of time. About a week ago I had a realization that has had a huge effect on...

The unreality of error

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Last month, I think, I wrote about the concept of not making error real. That idea still has me in its grip. It is such a powerful idea. The idea being that the...