Responding to Violence with Radical Love How can we respond to violence in a truly helpful and healing way? For me, this is no idle question. I am currently living in Mexico, where violence is a growing problem. Since 2006, when the government declared war on dueling...
Letting Go of Our Defenses Against Our Brothers Virtually all of us admire people who demonstrate a spirit of openness, love, and defenselessness in their lives. We are inspired by great teachers of nonviolence like Jesus and Gandhi. Yet we find it difficult to...
Reflections on Approaches to Mental Healing, Based on a Transformative Healing Experience I had a remarkable healing experience recently that truly felt like a miracle: a dramatic reversal in which the darkness which had enveloped me was shined away by the light of...
The Light That Shines Away the Darkness of Suffering Those who have read my writings know that the problem of suffering has been an ongoing concern of mine. You might even say it is a passion of mine (if you'll forgive the pun). Really, it never leaves my mind. Not a...
In personal comments from the author of A Course in Miracles to Helen and Bill, we learn that a miracle need not be a dramatic act like healing the sick or raising the dead. While these things can happen and they are wonderful when they do, a miracle can also take the...
In an earlier Course Meets World Commentary, "Give 'Til It Feels Good," I reported on a scientific study which showed that giving money to others increases the happiness of those who give. This week, I read about another study that has reached the same conclusion....
Fans of The Simpsons will recognize my title as one of Bart Simpson's favorite lines, and it is an apt description of our basic stance toward life. I've recently read two articles which show how ingenious we human beings are at using self-deception to both blame...
A Story of Guidance Recently, I had a frustrating week that turned out to be a rewarding week, and I hope even a transformative week. The centerpiece of it was powerful guidance that I received quite unexpectedly, guidance that I had the opportunity to put to the test...
Trusting in the Process of Positive Change I’m in the midst of preparing a talk on “How to Work Miracles,” to be presented this April at the Community Miracles Center Conference in Las Vegas. In a nutshell, my talk is about how to become the living, breathing miracle...
The Course’s Promise of a Carefree Life I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea of living a carefree life, a life free of the cares (in the sense of anxieties, worries, and burdens) that normally plague us. Like so many people, at times I feel the burdens of...
The Liberating Problem-Solving Approach of “The Quiet Answer” (T-27.IV) Life is full of problems, isn’t it? We have countless decisions to make every day, and we are often conflicted inside as we ask ourselves the questions we think need answers—which choice will...
The Foundation for a Fulfilling Life I don’t know about you, but I find the world a complicated and uncertain place, at times even overwhelming. It just seems like too much to deal with. Because of this, the burning question for me every day is this: In the midst of...
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