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I had an insight a couple days ago that I hope will prove extremely important for me. It started with me noticing that I've formed a habit of responding to the depressing nature of things here. When I feel weighed down with circumstances, I realized I've formed a...

Something one of my pupils and I talked about the other day sparked a new awareness in me. It started with our talking about how she believes that life for her (including her spiritual path) is all about her working long and hard before she can receive any benefits....

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In her blog describing her recent breakthrough, a student recently spoke of sadness she has recently been experiencing, and said, “The sadness has persisted,...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In our Sunday gathering this week, we discussed and practiced the lesson for the day, Lesson 193: “All things are lessons God would have me learn,” and in the...

The day before yesterday I was practicing Lesson 181, “I trust my brothers who are one with me.” Undergirding that lesson is the idea that whatever you focus on becomes real to you and defines your reality. A challenging point, but one that I think we all can see in...

As I have shared elsewhere, the early dictation of the Course has hit me like a ton of bricks. I feel clear on something that I've been clear on theoretically but haven't managed (despite years of trying) to translate to a personal level. That is that the whole Course...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] A fascinating passage in the Course’s original dictation explains why we feel imprisoned by other people. It begins by saying, “No one can be ‘taken over’ unless...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] After James’s and my backlash incident (Blog of June 8th), I thought a lot about how the ego operates. Then in the Workbook Companion, I read what Allen wrote in...

In my last Teacher blog, in which we discussed the topic of “Providing a safe space,” Gerry mentioned that he had found his training as a spiritual director helpful in his Course teaching. Martha asked, “Do you think that would a way for me to gain the necessary skills...

[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] On Sunday, the Unity church choir I sing in will be performing a beautiful song called "Seasons of Love," from the musical Rent. (For a U-Tube video of the movie...

I am so excited. For the first time ever, I have really got this lesson (165. Let not my mind deny the Thought of God)! Up until now, it's been rather ho-hum for me, a lesson to practice but definitely not one to get excited about. Today's practice changed all that. It...

(This is striking me as incredibly important. The centrality of first cultivating miracle-mindedness and then expressing that in the form of miracle doing should be the first thing people learn about the Course. This has been the focus of my practice the last couple of...