Why the Circle Teaches the Way It Does At the Circle, we’ve had many Course students who have been drawn to our teaching approach and have benefited from it. Yet at times, we’ve also gotten the impression that at least for some, our teaching can be a bit of a downer....
You, and only you, are the creator of your own reality. The world is at your beck and call—your wish is its command. Whatever you think and feel, you will draw to you from the world; this is the law of attraction. Therefore, all you need to do is use this law of...
Why did Jesus dictate A Course in Miracles? What was his purpose? The Course can be seen as primarily a compendium of fascinating metaphysical ideas, or perhaps a helpful tool for shifting our own perception so we’ll feel happier about our lives. But for a long time,...
I really enjoy works of art—books, movies, plays and the like—that have Course-like themes. Even when they are fiction, the truths they convey move me and inspire me to walk the Course’s path with greater devotion. One of my favorite works in this regard is Victor...
Unleashing the Power of Conscious Commitment As Course students, we often regard ourselves as nonconformists who have freed ourselves from the influence of that illusory world out there. Yet I suspect that we are influenced by that world far more than we realize. Our...
Labeling oneself a Course purist can sound so restrictive. It calls to mind old images of religious purity, in which a righteous fence is erected that encloses a tiny piece of holy ground and shuts out the whole world. It sounds like a curb on our freedom, so that...
As you know if you've opened the book, A Course in Miracles is notoriously difficult to understand. Why is that? Is the author just bad at getting his message across? Is he purposefully opaque? Or are we just to feeble-minded to understand what he's saying? The author...
Have you ever had someone ask you this question, only to find yourself tongue-tied? I certainly have. That, in fact, is why I wrote that booklet, An Introduction to "A Course in Miracles," many years ago. I had a terrible time trying to tell people what it is. It...
As it turns out, A Course in Miracles has quite a bit to say about celebrating Christmas. It begins by flatly stating that we don't know how. "This is the season when you would celebrate my birth into the world. Yet you know not how to do it" (T-15.X.1:5-6). Strangely...
The Holy Spirit repeats His lessons The Holy Spirit will repeat this one inclusive lesson of deliverance until it has been learned, regardless of the form of suffering that brings you pain. (T-27.VIII.11:2) We need to be reminded often of certain things Yet I can tell...
I have come to believe that A Course in Miracles is a complete path, which means that it provides its students with everything they need for their spiritual journey. And the Course says this. It claims that "you are studying a unified thought system in which nothing...
A Course in Miracles is nothing but a series of words, which really amounts to marks on paper. Everything, therefore, hinges on how we interpret those words. Different interpretations lead to entirely different ways of understanding and practicing the Course. The...
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