Reverse projection

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] The focus of my practice over the last few days has been what I will call, just to make it sound intriguing, reverse projection. We all more or less know what...

A way to evaluate people’s earthly persona

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I’m too negative. I don’t think that is any secret. I am inclined that way in the first place, but the more I learn about how things work in this...

What does it mean that attack is a call for love?

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] One of the Course’s most immediately practical notions is that attack is really a call for love or a call for help (which is how it’s usually put). I think most...

“The holy Christ is born in me today”

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Yesterday’s class was on “Christmas in the Course.” As some of you may know, I’m not a Christmas guy. Rather, I’m a “make...

What is the meaning of trust?

I have long pondered the word “trust.” For instance, when Lesson 181 says, “I trust my brothers who are one with me,” what does that mean? What does it mean to trust our brothers? What does it mean to trust God? What has hung me up is that I have associated trust with...