“Try to Remember”

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In a response to a comment on my recent blog, “Sitting at the feet of my teacher,” I mentioned an article  I had written about my favourite song, “Try to...

Reflections on the term “Son of God”

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Yesterday I was thinking about the term “Son of God.” That term can easily seem uncomfortably problematic—too Christian, too sexist. Or it can...

Sitting at the feet of my teacher

A while back, I wrote a blog about resigning as my own teacher and letting myself be a pupil to Jesus (“Learning Disabled,” posted May 10). Several weeks went by with me all but forgetting my decision. Obviously there was some resistance to letting go, so when I went...

Perfect trust

I’ve been really into trust lately. I did a class on the teachings of the historical Jesus about the theme of trust in his teachings, and it really grabbed me. In those teachings, trust comes up repeatedly in almost stunning terms. Jesus acts as if we can trust...

Addiction as a barometer

I recently had an amazing teacher-pupil meeting with Kathy, and we both want to share it with you. The meeting was preceded by an email from Kathy, in which she said that she had just realized that, following an earlier discussion on “resistance” and “decision,” she...

It’s not about me

I had a nice insight last night. I was driving to the supermarket and observing my state of mind, and I realized that my mood and feelings are almost entirely bound up with me doing quality things that result in favorable conditions specific to me. In other words,...