by Robert Perry | Oct 26, 2010 | Blog
I have long pondered the word “trust.” For instance, when Lesson 181 says, “I trust my brothers who are one with me,” what does that mean? What does it mean to trust our brothers? What does it mean to trust God? What has hung me up is that I have associated trust with...
by Mary Anne Buchowski | Sep 17, 2010 | Blog
In this week’s class, Robert broached the topic of “Helping students whose lives are a mess in spite of/because of their spiritual path.” This is such a vast topic that we thought we’d continue the discussion here in this forum. I had brought the topic up initially...
by Robert Perry | Sep 7, 2010 | Blog
Friday I was working on the famous “lilies of the field” discourse, in which Jesus speaks to peasants and beggars who are realistically worried about not having food or clothing. His response is that in the face of these fears, they can be carefree as the...
by Robert Perry | Sep 2, 2010 | Blog
This is my answer to the title question, but also to another question: Have you ever tried to really internalize a Course teaching and it just seemed impossible? I have been pondering this question since early in my time with the Course. If healing our minds just...
by Robert Perry | Aug 28, 2010 | Blog
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I just posted this on the COA homepage—some of my latest thoughts about this whole topic of vision. We rely on our eyes all the time, so completely that...
by Robert Perry | Aug 24, 2010 | Blog
It’s been over a year now since I have been seeing miracles in a new light. It began last year in May, I think, when I noticed how many examples there were in Helen’s notebooks—stories from her life that Jesus labeled miracles. That whole experience...
