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co-author is Greg Mackie We at the Circle, particularly those of us who write for the Circle (Robert Perry, Allen Watson, and Greg Mackie), have for years been regularly asked by students to clarify the relationship between our teachings and those of Ken Wapnick....

[Author’s note: This article was written for the Shroud of Turin Website (shroud.com) in 1998. Since then, the science of the Shroud has moved forward, especially in regard to the 1988 carbon-dating. At that time, the leading theory about the carbon-dating was the...

You may dismiss the title question as a real no brainer, but in so doing you may be closer to the truth than you realize. I recently encountered some remarkable research that suggests that at least for some people, the answer may be no. A British neurology professor...

Question: Does the Course say that we should be honest in the conventional sense? I know it talks about honesty as one of the characteristics of God’s teachers, but that seems to mean something different. Since honesty is really about behavior, why would the Course be...

Question: Let me play "devil's advocate" for a moment. What if it were discovered that Helen Schucman made up the claim that Jesus is the source of ACIM. Would that change your appreciation for the Course? Put another way, do you see the Course's ultimate value in its...

Vivian Blair asks: While doing Lesson 60, forgiveness jumped out at me. I particularly feel at a loss with it and struggle with finding an effective way to help me to remember and practice throughout the day. What are your thoughts on the one-two-three method for...

Question: Eckhart Tolle says that the mind is the greatest obstacle to awakening—that it's good to use my mind to deal with moving through this world, but that to awaken, I need to learn how to stop thinking. I think this is in harmony with the Course, but I'm not...

Question from one of our CCC members I don't think you have addressed this particular angle, at least in the things I've read and heard. Some critics charge that the Course is solipsistic. Maybe this is an anti-Boomeritis criticism, but you go to lengths to explain...

Question: How should I incorporate my daily lesson into my behavior? Let's say I am in a situation where I am a china closet and it has a bull. I have been thinking I need to escort the bull out. As I practice the first bank of lessons, I wonder if instead, I should...

Question: Is everything literally a projection from me? For example, if I witness a car accident from a distance, I either created that accident or choose to see it? My local ACIM group teacher says that we must constantly forgive ourselves for what we see, putting...