In 1980 I
came across A Course in Miracles. I remember starting to read the
Text. All the words made sense. There was a spiritual message
in every sentence of every paragraph and in every chapter. I read with caution, as I expected at any moment the story line would
change and there would be some weird cosmology or a fearless leader to
follow. It was with great relief when I finished all three books and
found them to be a meaningful and coherent spiritual path.
The Course is a pure spiritual path of itself. It has the single
purpose of teaching us the complete escape from fear. But experience
has shown me that the students of the Course are not as single
minded. Almost everyone new to the Course comes with expectations of
how to improve relationships and career, make more money, learn new
healing techniques, and make new friends. It is the pursuit of
"worldly healing" which has fractured the Course
community.
It is my belief that the Course community needs to come together and
formally organize a religion based on A Course in Miracles. I know
this sounds frightening considering the track record of religion for the
past 6000 years, but the truth is that the alternative would likely be
much worse. I go into more detail with the link on the right.
"The Key" link at the left shares some of my thoughts on the
Course and how I
found it easy to practice and apply its teachings. For all the pages
between its covers, ACIM has a very simple and clear message. The
message cannot be repeated in a simple phrase, but it can be understood as
a simple idea. Our language has evolved in such a way as to hide
this simple idea, hence many words are needed to teach it.
