Being open-minded is something most of us value. We may hold our point of view, but we probably realize that being open to other points of view is good. It improves our chances of arriving at the real truth. After all, out of all the people and all the views out...
As the new year arrives and you ponder making yet another set of resolutions, it may interest you to know that A Course in Miracles has its own ideas about the new year. In the final days of 1966 and the initial days of 1967, Helen Schucman took down a series of...
Recently, I was looking at some material in Helen's notebooks about Bill: You, Bill, have not made consistent efforts to change your mind except through applying old habit-patterns to new ideas. But you have learned, and learned it better than Helen has, that your...
As God created you, you have all power. The image you made of yourself has none. The Holy Spirit knows the truth about you. The image you made does not. Yet despite its obvious and complete ignorance, this image assumes it knows all things because you have given that...
The following is a series of Course passages instructing one to go beyond self-concepts to the truth of Who we really are. Please treat them as actual instructions and attempt to do what they say. Thus, when you read "put away your foolish self-images," attempt to do...
We all love to be on the receiving end of gentleness. It feels wonderful to be treated gently. Yet, on the giving end, we wonder if being gentle can get the job done. We live in a world resistant to change, even change for its own good. If we are going to make a...
Honesty is a central topic in human relationships. We all want to be told the truth, and we all try to think of ourselves as honest persons. Even so, the fact remains that we all lie, even if only in little ways. We offer excuses that are not the real reasons for not...
The following four exercises are meant to foster a sense of connection with Jesus. "I Take the Journey with You" Workbook, Review V, Introduction, Paragraph 6 Fill in the blanks either with your name, or with the object of various negative emotions in you, as...
Think of someone in your life, it does not matter who. Just pick someone. Notice that you immediately think of this person's body, its good points and its flaws. You also think of their personality, but that amounts to the patterns that run through their various...
Chapter 15 says, "Begin to practice the Holy Spirit's use of time as a teaching aid to happiness and peace." It then gives instructions for fully entering the present moment and so entering the holy instant. The following Course passages have been collected together...
The context one places the Course in has a great deal to do with how one sees it. I got into the Course because I was attracted to channeled material. For many years, then, I saw the Course through that lens: as part of the recent spate of channeled material. This...
This exercise is comprised of a series of passages from the Course that are either injunctions, instructing you to enter the holy instant, or descriptions of the experience of the holy instant. With the instructions, attempt to do what they say. With the descriptions,...
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