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I was reading Lesson 123 today, “I thank my Father for His gifts to me.” What struck me in that lesson, as it always does, is that the list of things to be grateful for to God is so not what you’d expect. You’d expect that we are supposed to mentally scan our lives and...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] The other day I came across a place in Helen’s notes (also found in edited form in the FIP Course) which said, “Eating of the tree of knowledge is a symbolic...

I am now back in Ottawa after participating in the Circle events in Sedona and Robert, Allen, and Greg’s retreat on “A Day in the Life of a Miracle Worker” in St. Louis. I want to share with you what happened to me during the St. Louis retreat. I think that it was a...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] How have you been affected by Robert’s recent exposés on Jesus’ comments about Edgar Cayce and Bill, specifically about their egocentricity and grandiosity...

I apologize for being away from blogging for so long. I have been obsessed with a project that I believe is vital for the Circle and for the Course, and the truth is I've just lost track of time. About a week ago I had a realization that has had a huge effect on me...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] For some time now I have been practicing a new technique whenever I awake in the middle of the night or when I awake early with a sense of anxiety. I lie on on...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I just posted this on my Robert's Latest Thoughts blog, but it was inspired by our CCC class last week about the miracle principles as originally dictated. We...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Last month, I think, I wrote about the concept of not making error real. That idea still has me in its grip. It is such a powerful idea. The idea being that the...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Over the past week, several seemingly unrelated things happened, but they turned out to be part of another undoing for me. It was all in relation to a lifelong...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] As we go through these early sections in the Text, I am realizing how much Jesus is not only teaching us, but also training us. He’s sharing his teachings with...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Two years ago at this time, when I was taking a group of students through the Text Reading Program, I had an important insight into the “chalice of the...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] The focus of my practice over the last few days has been what I will call, just to make it sound intriguing, reverse projection. We all more or less know what...