Course Meets World Articles

When we first decided to do this newsletter on the theme of "miracles," I wasn't sure what particular topic I wanted to write about. I considered several ideas, and even made starts on a couple of them. But then, like everyone else, I was shocked out of my daily...

What Would the Course Have Us Emphasize?   I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the relationship between individual responsibility (our responsibility for our-selves) and communal responsibility (our responsibility for others). These thoughts have been spurred...

I love the movie Groundhog Day, with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. (And if you haven’t seen it, you probably don’t want to read this article until you have—warning, spoilers ahead!) This movie has become a bit of a...

The entire world has been shocked by the news of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. The numbers are staggering: Some estimate that the death toll will eventually reach 200,000, with countless more injured, left homeless, or affected in some other way. An entire...

I have always enjoyed good fiction, be it books, movies, or television. But recently I had an experience that took me aback. I was watching a favorite television drama. It’s a show that always grabs me, and I found myself riveted by the action. But then something odd...

How Would the Course Have Us Regard Modern Physics? The idea that modern physics proves or at least strongly supports a spiritual worldview is one of the pillars of alternative spirituality. Countless books on this theme have been written, from Fritjof Capra’s The Tao...

Parallels between Distance Running and the Course When I was younger, I was a competitive distance runner. I’m very grateful now for that time of my life, because I’ve since discovered that the basic principles I learned in my athletic training apply directly to the...

This article was originally written and posted onto the Circle’s website the week the war in Iraq began. The “Addendum” part that follows the main article was written for A Better Way Summer 2003. ***** Along with many people around the world, we at the Circle have...

A Course in Miracles is famous for its wisdom about how we can transform our entire experience merely by chang­ing our minds. But does it have anything to say about what should happen beyond our individual minds? Does it have a vision for how the world as a whole...

This article consists of Robert's notes for a class he taught in Sedona on September 6, 2005, about Hurricane Katrina, which was a big news story at the time. It includes his record of class responses to some of the exercises. In the past week, Hurricane Katrina has...