How do we conceive of the spiritual life?

I have been thinking lately about the spiritual life. How do I conceive of it? What is my basic attitude toward it? I find that I am very slowly inching my way along a spectrum between two poles. At one end of the spectrum, I see the spiritual life as an unreasonable...

I thank my Father for His gifts to me

Yesterday, for some reason, I made my lesson for the day Lesson 123, “I thank my Father for His gifts to me.” Each time I said this line, I tried to get in touch with something I’m thankful to God for. I realized two things, both important. First, I...

I will manifest Him through me to know He is in me

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I read a section in the Text yesterday that really grabbed me. It is called “Looking Within” (T-12.VII) and the point I took away was that I will...

A reality to be affirmed

I’ve been having a series of thoughts I have decided to put in the blog. I have been getting in touch with how profoundly wonderful the Course’s view of reality is and have had a lot of thoughts around that and my own relationship with that. I believe that...

Uncovering the ever-present miracle impulses

I had a really fruitful day of practice yesterday. As you probably know, I have been focusing a great deal on the idea of giving miracles—understood as taking the form of an almost constant stream of kindnesses and helpful messages. This can easily seem to...