A few days ago I came across an account of a near-death experience that I've been thinking about ever since. (It's actually the same one Greg wrote about yesterday. We both wrote our posts at the same time and so I pulled mine for a day so that we wouldn't double up.)...
Continuing on with the theme of nonjudgment, what I have been doing each morning is going through a list I made a year or two ago. I was on one of my nonjudgment kicks and I pulled out of the Course every good line I could find on the subject, and then converted each...
It seems like every year or two I rediscover the topic of nonjudgment. At that point I feel a deep connection with it, make it the focus of my daily practice for several weeks, and then it slowly recedes from view, to be rediscovered again in another couple of years....
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] In September, I went on a six-day retreat, which was one of the most profound spiritual experiences of my life. In those six days I felt closer to God than ever...
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Today I am practicing the line, "It is impossible to overestimate my brother's value." What a powerful line! My brother's value, strictly based on outer...
In the last several weeks, I have been focusing a great deal on the interpersonal side of the Course. My basic focus has been on realizing that the other person is a subject in their own right, and that I gain by bringing about their gain. In focusing on this, I feel...
One thing I have been thinking about lately is capacity. I have realized that subtle labels about my lack of capacity end up erecting invisible barriers to my progress. The first time I remember encountering this issue was about sixteen years ago. I was embarking on an...
How different do you feel in relation to your students and pupils? How the same? What kind of judgments do you have of them that contribute to keeping you apart? How willing are you to truly join? A couple of recent encounters with students brought these questions...
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I have always enjoyed good fiction, be it books, movies, or television. But I recently had an experience that led me to reflect on the whole nature of fiction,...
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] I did an interesting lesson yesterday. I chose a line repeated four times in the Workbook: "My will is Yours." This is a central concept in the Course, one that...
[Please note: ACIM passages quoted in this article reference the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) Edition.] Earlier today, I had phone meeting with one of my pupils, which left both of us reeling. I am so excited about the way the Holy Spirit worked with us and about...
I had a thought bubble up in meditation yesterday: I can stop worrying about me. I'm not what you might call an active worrier. I don't dwell on and mull over worried thoughts. But I do carry worry about a lot of things: the people in my life, the Circle, the Course,...
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