by Robert Perry | Aug 12, 2010 | Blog
I had an insight a couple days ago that I hope will prove extremely important for me. It started with me noticing that I’ve formed a habit of responding to the depressing nature of things here. When I feel weighed down with circumstances, I realized I’ve...
by Robert Perry | Jul 7, 2010 | Blog
The day before yesterday I was practicing Lesson 181, “I trust my brothers who are one with me.” Undergirding that lesson is the idea that whatever you focus on becomes real to you and defines your reality. A challenging point, but one that I think we all can see in...
by Robert Perry | Jul 1, 2010 | Blog
As I have shared elsewhere, the early dictation of the Course has hit me like a ton of bricks. I feel clear on something that I’ve been clear on theoretically but haven’t managed (despite years of trying) to translate to a personal level. That is that the...
by Robert Perry | Jun 30, 2010 | Blog
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] A fascinating passage in the Course’s original dictation explains why we feel imprisoned by other people. It begins by saying, “No one can be ‘taken over’...
by Robert Perry | Jun 16, 2010 | Blog
(This is striking me as incredibly important. The centrality of first cultivating miracle-mindedness and then expressing that in the form of miracle doing should be the first thing people learn about the Course. This has been the focus of my practice the last couple...
