Forgiveness and Relationships Articles

As students of A Course in Miracles, we are all trying to forgive. But even before that, we are trying to figure out what exactly the Course's new kind of forgiveness is. One of the things we tend to struggle with about forgiveness is how to view other people in this...

In the final three sections of Chapter 17 and in the first section of Chapter 19, the Course discusses perhaps the most immediate problem in the holy relationship: our lack of faith that the relationship will actually reach its exalted goal. How can it, we wonder,...

So many of us have spent years trying to shed the negative self-images that were instilled in us by our parents or by other figures in our formative years. What does A Course in Miracles have to say about this? This issue is not addressed in the Course, but it was...

I. The true purpose of behavior is to give others a feeling of being forgiven and loved. Awake and be glad, for all your sins have been forgiven you. This is the only message that any two should ever give each other. (P-3.II.4:10-11) II. This is done by demonstration,...

Virtually all students of A Course in Miracles are aware that forgiveness is the Course’s central teaching. Yet this almost universal awareness is accompanied by a nearly universal complaint: “I don’t know how to forgive.” Is this not a strange state of affairs?...

I want to add my own voice to Greg's "The Holy Relationship: The Source of Your Salvation" article because I believe it brings up an important issue for us as students of A Course in Miracles. Holy relationships is a central topic in the Course, yet one that I believe...

Ordinary "chance" encounters have been arranged for the potential that lies in them There is no one from whom a teacher of God cannot learn, so there is no one whom he cannot teach. However, from a practical point of view he cannot meet everyone, nor can everyone find...

As you may know, I teach that a holy relationship takes two, not one. It means two people joining in a common goal, which invites the Holy Spirit to enter their relationship and take them on a journey to their goal and His goal. You may also know that this is not a...

There is a very profound teaching in A Course in Miracles about not making our brother's errors real. The Course says that this is actually how we forgive---something that should make us sit up and take notice. But how do we not make someone's errors real? What does...

Last week Michael suggested a class on special relationships. I thought it was a great suggestion, but the topic is so huge that I thought we might start at the beginning—with the whole notion of choosing our special partners. Now by using the term "special partners,"...

The author of A Course in Miracles gave us quite a challenge when he put forgiveness at the center of the Course and then defined it in a way that is dramatically different from its conventional meaning. This sends us students on a long journey, often lasting many...

Part I In a past issue of A Better Way I wrote an article on the Course's view of children. Though I hoped that article would be interesting and thought-provoking in itself, its ultimate purpose was to lay the groundwork for this article on parenting. I have been...