Applying Section 27 of the Manual to the Asian Tsunami Disaster This article consists of class notes from a class given at the Circle of Atonement on Tuesday, January 4, 2004. The death and destruction spawned by the earthquake and tsunami in Asia has shocked and...
When one’s occupation is a spiritual ministry, how to deal with payment is a perennial dilemma. On the one hand, you don’t want to require people to pay. That seems to reduce what you are providing from a spiritual gift to a worldly commodity. On the other hand, you...
A Dialogue Between Mary Benton and Robert Perry This is a dialogue that took place between Robert Perry and Mary Benton on the subject of the special function, between September and December of 2004. Mary is an intelligent and articulate long-time student of the...
It is popular Course wisdom that a holy relationship takes only one, that a relationship is holy for us when we are in a state of forgiveness about it. Unfortunately, the Course never talks like this. It always speaks of a holy relationship as mutual, as a joining of...
Discussion: When we give a gift to someone, whether it's a tangible gift, or is the gift of our time, the gift of help, the gift of love, aren't we a little worried? What are we generally worried about? Anxiety around gift-giving is a universal experience. We wonder...
What is the special function? I have defined it this way: Capacity: our special abilities, talents, strengths Active role: a particular role through which we express our special abilities (e.g., Helen's role as scribe of the Course) Contribution: progress toward the...
The following questions are designed to help you identify any unhelpful, unloving content that is in your mind during a therapy session. Were you noticing the patient's physical appearance, and your reactions to it? Were you noticing the patient's personality and your...
All students of A Course in Miracles know that the Course consists of three volumes, a Text, a Workbook for Students and a Manual for Teachers. And everyone knows that these volumes have different purposes. The Text is meant to be read and studied. The Workbook is...
The Manual for Teachers outlines two major functions for experienced Course students (those who have completed the Workbook [M-16.3:7] and presumably the Text), two avenues for extending Course principles to others. Though both fall under the heading of "teacher of...
How to Do Course-Based Psychotherapy The Psychotherapy supplement says that "everyone is both patient and therapist in every relationship in which he enters" (P-3.II.1:3). This means that the process of psychotherapy is going on all the time. People are asking us for...
Our standards for how things ought to be are among our most prized possessions. In our eyes, the fact that we have high standards demonstrates that we are a quality person. Our high standards appear to elevate us far above those people who think anything is good,...
If the title of this article strikes you as incongruous, I’m sure you are not alone. People familiar with A Course in Miracles don’t usually think in terms of its social vision. Doesn’t the Course urge us to “seek not to change the world” (T-21.I.1:6)? Isn’t our sole...
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