It is common in our culture, especially in the counterculture, to say that hierarchy is bad, so we should aim to create human communities with no hierarchy at all. Given the unfortunate human propensity for creating "domination systems" in which small groups of elites...
This question has been in my mind a lot as I've witnessed all the excitement around the movie Avatar. Personally, while I thought the movie was technically brilliant and enjoyable (though predictable) as entertainment, I didn't see anything especially spiritual about...
A number of recent scientific studies have explored the question of whether one person can heal another at a distance. While the results of these studies have varied, I recently read about one such study which offers strong evidence that distant healing is truly...
Many people point to the beauty and order of nature as evidence for God. Just today, in fact, I was reading a Time Magazine article about Albert Einstein's spirituality—his belief in a "God who reveals himself in the harmony of all that exists." What better evidence...
 A Course in Miracles claims that the mind has abilities far beyond what our modern worldview deems possible. Stories of things like extrasensory perception (the ability to mentally receive information without the use of conventional channels), precognition (the...
The innocence of children is a truism. We tend to view children, especially very young ones, as pure, guileless little angels. It is even said that children are our teachers, egoless beings of light who remind us of the innocence we lost when we grew up and entered...
The economic crisis has made us all feel vulnerable. In these difficult times, many of us have felt our sense of security pulled out from under us as our jobs, houses, and savings have vanished in the blink of an eye. But according to A Course in Miracles, these...
The idea that the world will end in a cataclysmic apocalypse that ushers in a new age is one of the most enduring human ideas. It is all the rage today. From fundamentalist Christians awaiting a Left Behind-style Rapture and Tribulation, to Shiite Muslims preparing...
A Course in Changing Your Mind, Changing the World, and Finding Your Ultimate Release A Course in Miracles is, I believe, exactly what it says it is: a course in how to work miracles, quite literally. It is all about how to 1) receive miracles into our minds, 2) give...
Does This Line Force Us to Choose Between Rightness and Happiness? "Do you prefer that you be right or happy?" (T-29.VII.1:9). This is surely one of the most frequently quoted lines in the Course, especially when Course students are engaged in a debate of some sort....
As those of us in the United States celebrate Independence Day on July 4, I've been reflecting on the nature of freedom. What does freedom really mean? Who is free? What is he or she free from? How is freedom acquired, and at what cost? The answers to these questions...
A New York Times article describes a recent study that provides physical evidence for a major theory in cognitive studies: Blocking distracting memories—forgetting them—is a key part of the process of remembering new things that we want to remember. In other words, to...
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