Two works have been described as extensions of A Course in Miracles, Gary Renard's 2003 The Disappearance of the Universe and Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love published in 1992. The Disappearance of the Universe, published in 2003 by Fearless Books, was republished by Hay House in 2004.
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The healing of the Son of God lies in dismantling of the ego’s thought system that now dominates the world, and accepting instead the divine Alternative of the Holy Spirit’s love. The body of the course consists of five instructional videos from Marianne, where she guides us through the main principles of A Course in Miracles.
Here is the link for Mornings with Marianne. Commit to The Course in Miracles Student Workbook. Every morning you will receive the daily lesson, read by Marianne, by email. These daily audios can be streamed on demand, or downloaded to your computer and saved, so you can build the entire library and return to them again and again.
Working Miracles: The Plan of the Teachers of God. A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love, delivering us from the mental tyranny of obsession with past or future to the inner peace of a Holy Instant.
A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love, delivering us from the mental tyranny of obsession with past or future to the inner peace of a Holy Instant. All of us are called to be part of a Great Awakening on the earth today, as we change our thinking and thus change the world.
In my mind ACIM Original Edition is the absolute best version for self study, the additional material in the first eight or so chapters is worth having available.
There are 4 main editions out on the market: The Foundation for Inner Peace edition, published by the FIP. (Read online HERE) The Original edition, published by the Course in Miracles Society (Read online HERE)
1976A Course in Miracles / Originally published
This edition is the new 3rd edition by the original publisher. The text is 669 pages, with a 488-page workbook for students with a lesson for each day that clarifies the very complex text, a 92-page manuel for teachers, and a 22-page supplement.
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Other Christian critics say that ACIM is "intensely anti-biblical" and incompatible with Christianity, blurring the distinction between creator and created and forcefully supporting the occult and New Age worldview.
Helen Schucman. In 1965, Helen experienced what she described as a Voice which spoke clearly in her mind, saying "This is a course in miracles. Please take notes." Helen took down over a period of seven years some 1,500 type written pages which became A Course in Miracles.
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- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 91 A Course in Miracles teaches that you are not a body ('physical self'), nor a personality ('psychological self'). Furthermore, ACIM teaches that you have never separated from God, and this world is an illusion.
Quote by Marianne Williamson: “Nothing real can be threatened.
Jim Stewart narrates the first three volumes, and Brad Cahill narrates the fourth. Spanning more than 60 hours in total, A Course in Miracles inspires you to dive deep into the teachings and practices to experience your own spiritual awakening and find your own fulfillment.
The complete digital edition of Understanding A Course In Miracles Text: version covers the entire ACIM text which consists of 31 chapters. Because of publishing size restrictions, it is sold as two separate volumes in paperback.
Jim Stewart narrates the first three volumes, and Brad Cahill narrates the fourth. Spanning more than 60 hours in total, A Course in Miracles inspires you to dive deep into the teachings and practices to experience your own spiritual awakening and find your own fulfillment.
The complete digital edition of Understanding A Course In Miracles Text: version covers the entire ACIM text which consists of 31 chapters. Because of publishing size restrictions, it is sold as two separate volumes in paperback.
Quote by Marianne Williamson: “Nothing real can be threatened.
A Course in Miracles is a psychological mind training which teaches us to dismantle a thought system based on fear, and accept instead a thought system based on love. ezcol_1half_end] We’ve been mentally trained to solve problems at the level of effect — thinking if we had more money, a better partner, a different job, etc., we would be happy.
The body of the course consists of five instructional videos from Marianne, where she guides us through the main principles of A Course in Miracles.
Bonus Material Includes: The Basics of A Course in Miracles two-part lecture series in downloadable audio, Miraculous Relationships lecture on video, The Meaning of Forgiveness lecture on Video, Living Without Fear lecture on Video.
A miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love, delivering us from the mental tyranny of obsession with past or future to the inner peace of a Holy Instant. All of us are called to be part of a Great Awakening on the earth today, as we change our thinking and thus change the world. Miraculous Relationships.
Miraculous Relationships. Relationships are assignments, in which people are brought together with maximal opportunities for soul growth. Relationships are either conduits of love or conduits of fear, with the power to either heal or hurt. The Role of the Holy Spirit.
The Salvation of the World. The only thing to be saved from is our own fear-based thinking. The healing of the Son of God lies in dismantling of the ego’s thought system that now dominates the world, and accepting instead the divine Alternative of the Holy Spirit’s love.
We can have a grievance or we can have a miracle, but we cannot have both. When we’re willing to overlook the guilt in our brother to the innocence which lies beyond, we are freed from the pain of guilt that we otherwise project onto ourselves. The Salvation of the World.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I first heard about “ A Course In Miracles” (ACIM) from two authors, Marianne Williamson, and Jerry Jampolsky. Jerry’s first book “Love is Letting go of Fear” and stories of his work with his Center for Attitudinal Healing propagated through the metaphysical study group (Creative Dynamics) that I was both attending and teaching through local adult schools in the northern California foothills. Later during that same era – on multiple occasions – Oprah Winfrey had Marianne on her popular TV show talking about her book “A Return To Love” so there were at least a couple of mass culture promptings for me to explore ACIM, not the least of which was the fact that my mother had a copy of the (then 3) volumes in her considerable metaphysical library, just waiting for me to open and read them.
Realizing that peace is the result of changing how we see others which becomes how we see ourselves
ACIM certainly isn’t pessimistic – actually, it’s anything but that! However, it doesn’t place unwarranted hope where none exists. In fact, it’s very premise is that we each need to look at our own thoughts … moment to moment – particularly our grievances, victimhoods, and even the most seemingly minor annoyances – to gently observe our complicity in keeping our identity in a state of perpetual hellishness (helplessness) by clinging to our miserable self-assessments with their vexing issues. ACIM suggests that we wander the world “ … uncertain, lonely, and in constant fear ” (T-31.VIII.7:1) by equating ourselves with our personal pet peeves and silly seemingly separate self-interests. Beyond these horrific, but ultimately silly and completely forgivable misunderstandings, our True Nature waits patiently for our decision to leave the battlefield of trying to force and manipulate the world to do our (ego’s) bidding.
Marianne Williamson’s recent US presidential candidacy, combined with several related New York Times (and other) articles (such as this June 5, 2019 article by Sam Kestenbaum) has again put ACIM in front of millions of potential new readers. I’m again grateful for the possibility that many might be curious enough to directly explore this primary inspiration behind Marianne’s multi-decade career outside of politics. It seems timely to reflect on the principles of A Course In Miracles – what they address, and perhaps at least as important – what they do not address. Hopefully, what follows here might help new ACIM students avoid needless detours and misunderstandings right from the start. These clarifications might also actually dissuade some from reading the book – perhaps those who aren’t quite ready to abandon the notion that the outer world will someday provide what seems to be lacking inside. No matter, says ACIM: We’re all “… home, dreaming of exile but perfectly capable of awakening to reality. ” T-10.I.2:1. At some point, we’ll all tire of “beating the dead horse” (our belief in separate interests) and realize we cannot find peace in self-imposed isolation.
There’s nothing “wrong” with wanting specific outcomes in the world. In fact, ACIM suggests that not using the feedback from the world (including our bodies) as an integral daily – even moment to moment – part of our forgiveness classroom is a “… particularly unworthy form of denial ” T-2.IV.3:11. The challenge is to keep from crossing the “no big deal” line of mere preference … to the “them’s fightin’ words” turf where we make a fuss (we compromise our peace) for the sake of an outcome that has no power in truth to either give or take away happiness from our mind.
So how does Marianne Williamson fit into this wonderful classroom? Because she is (by many already) perceived as a symbol or representative in mass media for ACIM, even though she doesn’t claim to be an official (or unofficial) spokesperson for either FIP or ACIM. The likely tendency of many will be to assume that everything she says represents ACIM’s teachings, and equate her personal opinions, values, and now political platforms with ACIM, or assume that her activist values, words or interests somehow represent FIP or ACIM. (BTW, any comments I, Bruce Rawles, make on ACIMblog.com or elsewhere do not necessarily represent those of FIP, FACIM, ACIM, or anyone else for that matter.) It’s all to easy to equate message with messenger, and when there are messages on multiple levels, the task of keeping them straight becomes even more challenging. It’s not easy to always specify when one is speaking from personal opinion and then clearly state when one is quoting from a source such as ACIM. Even if that were the case, messages on multiple levels can get wires crossed when we’re not paying attention. Not to worry, Marianne, we all send out mixed messages, as we vacillate between the two thought systems ACIM talks about. This just seemed like a particularly convenient time to provide a reminder that clarity requires mental vigilance to keep levels and messages clear.