A Course in Miracles
A Course in Miracles
A Course in Miracles came into my life probably 15 years ago. It has been a constant friend for the past 4 years. The first 11 years it was an on and off again read that I loved and hated.
It is a difficult book to get through, but for those that stay the course it is a deep treasure chest filled with riches beyond imagination.
I encourage you to seek it out if you are looking for spiritual transformation. If you like your life just the way it is, don’t bother reading this book.
Some of the main concepts in the book that change the way we think and relate to life are centered on: forgiveness, special love relationships, unity and sacrifice. The book is freeing. It identifies the errors in our thinking that trap us into limiting relationships and lifestyles.
For those of you working with the book, let me know how it is going. If you have not heard of it and are feeling brave and want a mind shift, I encourage you to go get the book. It may take a couple years before you really find the deep soul refreshing message that it has to offer, but you may be lucky and find the hidden treasure quite quickly.
For serious students of spirituality, this one can’t be missed!
A Course in Miracles by The Foundation for Inner Peace.
posted by Tina Heathers @ 10:33 AM
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2 Comments:
OK - so the book is in my grubby little hands freshly unwrapped out of the plastic wrap(?)
Some first impressions:
- For a book that states, "It is not intended to become the basis for another cult.", it sure comes across like a Bible with thin leaf pages, verse numbers, a "biblical" (if there is such a thing) language complete with capitalizations of all references to a diety and an optional Concordance to boot!
- It comes to us from a "...Dr. Helen Schucman...who heard a 'Voice' dictating the material to her." Yeah, right, where are the Golden Plates? Are we sure this is not another Book of Mormon? (a Great book-scripture, by the way)...Josephine Smith fer sure!!
- So, the prose is going to take a bit of getting used to as well as the masculine references to God et al; not to mention the Christian references that are stuck in my mind as to meaning and "ingrainnedness"; ahah, maybe that's why their there - to give new meaning. It's hard enough to get past that in other Scriptures. It would be nice (easier?) if the perspective was not such that another layer of wrapping (other than the palstic) has to be taken off.
- Ok, so we got the Bible part, the workbook part (a lesson per day for 365 days!), a teachers manual and a "clarification of terms" (Thank God!) Now what?
I LOVE IT!!
Any suggestions would be helpful on how to approach this or pitfalls to fall into, from someone such as yourself, a "Teacher", would be greatly appreciated. And I'm not being facetious...
Rana
I meant "plastic" not "palstic"
and yes "pitfalls TO fall into" :)
Rana
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