A Course in Miracles Lesson 3
A Course in Miracles Lesson 3: I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. We think we know what things mean. This table is for holding my stuff and this chair for giving me a place to sit. This coffee cup is a vessel […]
A Course in Miracles Lesson 2
A Course in Miracles Lesson 2: I have given everything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me. On one hand, this seems obvious: “Of course I give things the meaning they have for me”. But as we look deeper, we […]
How to Overlook Sin
We’re often advised to see the good in others. Or to overlook the bad. To “notice the plank in our eye” before we see the speck of dust in theirs. All various attempts to overlook sin. These are all fine pieces of guidance. But do they really work? In general, they don’t. And the reason […]
A Course in Miracles Lesson 1
A Course in Miracles Lesson 1: Nothing I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] means anything. Now look slowly around you, and practice applying this idea very specifically to whatever you see: This table does not mean anything. This chair does not mean anything. And so forth. What […]
One of The Most Difficult Choices You Can Make
Ms. Zawistowska is going to die. It will be by suicide. It will be the last of many painfully difficult choices she’ll make. Many will argue that her boyfriend was responsible. The truth is that her devastating past relentlessly haunted her. It’s a tragic story of difficult choices and painful consequences. The Psychology of Choice […]
How to Move Through and Past Fear
In 1932 – during the Great Depression – the unemployment rate for the US was at a staggering 24%. This period of agonizing economic hardship was preceded by two tumultuous days of plummeting stock prices. Between Monday, October 28th and Tuesday the 29th, the stock market dropped 23% – essentially wiping out thirty billion dollars […]
We Choose Our Parents
I was born on August 23rd. Apparently I’m both a Leo and a Virgo. I never put too much faith in astrology, although when people describe some of the characteristics of Leo-Virgos, many seem to align with my nature. Coincidence? Proof? While a lot of horoscopes are written in such a generalized way applying to […]