Building the Immune System of the Mind
I’d like to share a short video clip from Ken Wapnick discussing the application of A Course in Miracles during the Swine flu pandemic that gripped the world in 2009. For those of you who never had the chance to meet Ken, he was an amazingly kind, loving soul who was part of the original […]
Fight Club and A Course in Miracles
How could there possibly be a connection between Fight Club and A Course in Miracles? A psychological action-thriller and a non-dualistic, deeply philosophical spirituality don’t seem to have much overlap. But there’s much more to Fight Club than meets the eye. There are some movies that have such a totally unexpected twist that your jaw […]
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 […]
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 […]