A Course in Miracles and the Traps of Language
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Ok, so Rana, thanks for your comments! The Course in Miracles can look daunting. In fact there is debate amongst the Course fans that it should be changed to eliminate all the Christian references. Some say that it just trips people up. They want it to be a universal curriculum and skip the Christian references.
I myself come from a strong Christian background and it is a challenge to read the material with clear eyes and not always put the statements into the perspective I was raised with.
In fact it is the process of constantly pushing the material through our conditioned filters that helps us break them down.
It is only our filters that get ruffled by the terminology not our spirit. If you continue to read and push through the language of the course and your own personal resistance, you will discover an amazing result. In order to push through you are also tearing down. You are subconsciously unwinding your conditioning. Before you know it things are changing for you. And in you.
It almost seems miraculous. Just reading it constantly is like a call to the soul. The soul hears even when the conscious and subconscious mind fights it. But the soul hears and responds.
It is like a medicine that you take in and it just starts working behind the scene. I can not adequately explain the wonderful life changing effect this book can have – even if your mind fights it – keep going.
It is written in seeming old English and often the sentences don’t seem to make sense. But the truth is the logic brain can’t get a hold on the information, but the soul can. So you feed the soul its own truth while the logic brain flounders around trying to get you to stop this insane reading material.
But push on dear friends; you will awaken something deep within you that will transform your life, quietly and consistently. Just keep going, don’t listen to your logic brain and ego based thoughts they are meant to keep you lost.
posted by Tina Heathers @ 10:42 AM
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I don't see what anonymous's response has to do with the original post. Interesting enough information, but I don't think this was the place for it. It felt intrusive to me--like someone butting into a private conversation with a complete change of subject. But that's just my opinion.
Tina, I have had the book "A Course in Miracles" for a couple of years or more now and because of your posts, I am just now starting to read it. I tried doing the lessons first, as I think you suggested at the time I got the book, but found I kept forgetting to do the stuff throughout the day, so eventually gave up at about Lesson 22. So this time, I thought I would start just reading the text.
I am finding it difficult to get past the language of Christianity as well as the masculine pronouns, but I'll keep trying and see where it takes me! :-)
Namaste,
Jaye
...So my ego says to me,"What are you saying to my soul?...I wannna know!...I don't want anything to slip by me unnoticed...I don't wanna be left out or bypassed here!" ...And my soul says,"Let her talk...it'll do us both good." ...and so the "I" will let "her" talk.
Even the first lesson was an eye-opener. I kept thinking it said,"This table has no meaning" when it said, "This table does not mean anything". The table may have some reason for existence but it has no ulterior motives for being what it is. "I yam what I yam," a very famous sailor once said. It is what it is. The distinction is a fine one and very important. First lesson learned...I think.
The language of the text is hard for me so far but I do agree with Tina that there are certain things, texts, books, images, etc that speak to the soul...whether this is one, the jury is still out.
I do feel, like Jaye, that what anonymous says has validity but is out of place and more of a sales pitch when you click on the link at the end of it...and I'm wary of those with testimonials and courses et al... and there's never been a "sure fire" way for anything and nothing is "simple". Life's too complex and has a habit of throwing incredibly distracting wrenches into the mix that make it all the more interesting...
-Rana
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