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What is the part and what is the whole?

I had an insight while meditating this morning. (I always wonder if these insights are a case of mind-wandering or a case of guidance from the Holy Spirit, which is supposed to come in during meditation.) The gist of it was this: We can view our lives in one of two...

"You who are now His means must love all that He loves"

Have you ever read something in the Course that you didn't even consciously note as you read it, only to have it come back to mind later as something deeply meaningful? That happened to me recently. I was reading in Chapter 22 in the Text. I wasn't all that engaged and...

The Course as a snowball

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] We've all heard the Course's style of writing described as "symphonic." This was first observed by Ken Wapnick, who spoke of how, in the Course, themes are...

"There is no safety in a battleground"

An 1862 photograph of soldiers standing beside a lone grave after the Battle of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland. Ken sent me this picture. He said, "I couldn't help myself after seeing this photo. This 1862 photo shows soldiers next to a lone grave after the Battle...

Belonging to God

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I've always like the prayer to Lesson 244 ("I am in danger nowhere in the world"), but the best part of it, in my view, is the final sentence, which,...

Miracles are natural: Our visit with Mother Antonia

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] With Mother AntoniaOn August 21, Patricia and I had the great honor of visiting Mother Antonia, the “prison angel of Tijuana.” It was a beautiful experience. As...