“And I forget all things”

The other day I was practicing Lesson 346, “Today the peace of God envelopes me, and I forget all things except His Love.” When I first said the second line—“and I forget all things”—something struck me. What I realized is that I...

One of the best “real question” stories ever

As we have been discussing this topic of real question (my definition: “real questions point us toward a truth, which they expect us to see for ourselves, and which will cause us to perceive our situation very differently”) I have remembered what is surely...

God is my refuge

I wrote a commentary on Lesson 261 the other day, “God is my refuge and security,” and it caused me to realize something important about my own journey. The lesson is a masterful example of Course teaching. It takes a line from the Psalms—“God...

Antidotes to criticism

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] One of my pupils and I have been talking in our meetings about a tendency we both have to find fault and to be critical and judgmental. It wasn’t pleasant to...

The sin-guilt-fear dynamic located

I made what feels like an important discovery a couple of days ago. It relates to a central claim of the Course. The Course describes a psychological dynamic that is central to its thought system but hard to find elsewhere. This is the sin-guilt-fear dynamic, in which...

Interview with Anita Moorjani

I wanted to alert you all to a powerful video that I highly recommend, especially in light of our dear friend John Perry’s situation. It is a 45-minute interview with Anita Moorjani from Hong Kong. She had one of the most powerful near-death experiences I have...