I will not be afraid of my love today

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I recently taught Lesson 298, which begins with the line “My gratitude permits my love to be accepted without fear,” and ends with “And I am...

Appearances will not deceive me now.

I have found myself thinking about appearances lately. Everyone knows that appearances can be deceiving. Yet I find myself quite taken in by them, especially when it comes to people. People appear to be separate bodies motivated by an extremely narrow concept of...

My Experience with Frequent Reminders

The frequent repetitions in the Workbook have been nothing short of a godsend for me. I had been with the Course for about eight years before I finally got it into my head that I was supposed to be repeating the idea really frequently throughout the day, and that this...

I can be free of anxiety today

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Like Greg, I’ve been working on anxiety lately, triggered by a local class I led on the well-known “lilies of the field” discourse in the...

A New Insight about How to Live the Course

Recently, I feel I have realized in a slightly more complete way the kind of day the Workbook is aiming for, and this realization is captivating me and fueling my practice. What I have realized is that today (or any day) is supposed to be about living in the state of...