A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a literary phenomenon that has affected the lives of many thousands of people. It is essentially a self-study curriculum that guides you toward shifting your focus from the external world of which you are at the effect of, to an internal world, where you are the cause of your own experience.
ACIM uses a theoretical approach combined with an experiential approach. It consists of a 622 page Text which describes the philosophical foundation upon which its thought system is based.
A 478 page Workbook for Students
365 daily lessons designed to train the student based upon the information within the text.
An 88 page Manual for Teachers
Answers many of the students frequently asked questions.
Clarification of terms used by ACIM.
It is recommended that students start with the Manual followed by simultaneously reading the Text and the Workbook, however, students should cover no more than one lesson and one section per day.
On one level, ACIM is a restatement of the core of wisdom found in every major world religion. However, the Course clearly identifies itself as a “teaching device” rather than as a religion. The Course makes no claim of superiority over any other teaching, but states that it is only one of many thousands of forms of “the universal course” that can be used for personal transformation. It does suggest, however, that students may progress faster by applying its principles in their daily lives.
The language of ACIM is extraordinarily rich and profound. The thought system of the Course is intellectually sophisticated and combines spiritual inspiration with deep psychological understanding of such phenomena as belief and defense systems, perception and identity.
ACIM is also practical. The daily Workbook lessons provide a systematic approach by which one can apply the principles of the Course. The lessons do not require a lot of time nor long practice periods, but they do require a willingness to question every value one has and to see things differently.
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Friday, March 18, 2011
Yesterday's Lesson: "I am under no laws but God's"
Amusingly, I was at a legal hearing in the morning. It went well too.
Take courage,
Aaron
Take courage,
Aaron
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Today I saw with my wife "The Adjustment Bureau"
I wasn't aware of what the story of the movie was actually about, only that the commercials suggested that it could have been a sci-fi story, not unlike Inception.
However, I was pleasantly surprised that it was a much simpler story.
I won't say what it's about; however, I will say that seeing it today coincided perfectly with today's lesson: Only God's plan for salvation will work.
Today's lesson is the 71st lesson, having (re)started the first lesson on January 1, 2011. The timing of the two is very reassuring and inspiring, considering that we were initially going to see Battle: Los Angeles. The reviews for TAB were a lot better, and last week we enjoyed another Matt Damon movie: Hereafter.
Take courage,
Aaron
However, I was pleasantly surprised that it was a much simpler story.
I won't say what it's about; however, I will say that seeing it today coincided perfectly with today's lesson: Only God's plan for salvation will work.
Today's lesson is the 71st lesson, having (re)started the first lesson on January 1, 2011. The timing of the two is very reassuring and inspiring, considering that we were initially going to see Battle: Los Angeles. The reviews for TAB were a lot better, and last week we enjoyed another Matt Damon movie: Hereafter.
Take courage,
Aaron
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Next 50 Lessons...
Just an update: I am indeed only reciting the next fifty lessons, starting with:
On to today's lesson now...
Take courage
Aaron
I am the light of the world. That is my only function. That is why I am here.
Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. I would fulfill my function that I may be happy. I would remember this because I want to be happy.
The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness. I am the means God has appointed for the salvation of the world.
On to today's lesson now...
Take courage
Aaron
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Day 51: After the First Fifty Lessons
I started again, on January 1, 2011.
My memory from last year was pretty good, but I've put in more time this year, in some ways.
Here are the first fifty lessons from memory:
[Start 16:09]
Nothing I see in this room means anything.
I have given everything I see in this room all the meaning that it has for me.
I do not understand anything I see in this room.
These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room.
I am never upset for the reason I think.
I am upset because I see something that is not there.
I see only the past.
My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.
I see nothing as it is now.
My thoughts do not mean anything. This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.
My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
A meaningless world engenders fear because I think I am in competition with God.
God did not create a meaningless world.
My thoughts are images that I have made.
I have no neutral thoughts.
I see no neutral things.
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.
I am determined to see.
I am determined to see things differently.
I only see the perishable. I see nothing that will last. What I see is not real. What I see is form of vengeance.
I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.
I do not perceive my own best interests.
I do not know what anything is for.
My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
Above all else I want to see.
Above all else I want to see things differently.
God is in everything I see.
God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
I am not the victim of the world I see.
I have invented the world I see.
There is another way of looking at the world.
I could see peace instead of this.
My mind is part of God's. I am very holy.
My holiness envelops everything I see.
My holiness blesses the world.
There is nothing my holiness cannot do.
My holiness is my salvation.
I am blessed as a Son of God.
God goes with me wherever I go.
God is my strength. Vision is His Gift.
God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.
God is the light in which I see.
God is the Mind with which I think.
God is the Love in which I forgive.
God is the strength in which I trust.
There is nothing to fear.
God's Voice speaks to me all through the day.
I am sustained by the Love of God.
[16:17:37]
whew!! You'll notice that for about two or three of them, I wrote down the applied idea of the day, than just the Lesson title of the day.
I made more a commitment this year to type out the lessons each day, and add the lesson of the current day. It helped. A few times, I tried doing it backwards, which was much harder, since the lessons are in a logical order. Going forward, you can almost deduce the next lesson (or tease it out of memory). Going backwards, you have to induce it, and I felt it just took too much time.
Given the lessons are to save time, I stopped anything that was taking more time that asked.
As I may have mentioned before, I fairly new to practicing mind training, and being quiet and in the Now. Up to lesson 50, I found having a quiet mind difficult. If I waited too long into the night, I was too tired.
But yesterday, day fifty, I had a breakthrough. I got into a very conscious zone, where I was both very awake, very quiet, and very much at peace. The exercise was for ten minutes. I easily went for 20, and could have gone longer, but felt I had to emerge to be with my wife.
If I could recommend anything, try to get regular sleeping habits. It make the evening/before sleeping exercises easier, as you're not exhausted.
Over the next ten review days, I'll decide whether to keep reciting all the lessons from Lesson 1, or just start from Lesson 60 to the next review period. As you can see, it took 8 minutes to type out the first 50. That's 8 minutes out of the day that could be applied to the current batch of lessons, which are as logical a set as the first 50.
I'll make you aware.
Take courage,
Aaron
My memory from last year was pretty good, but I've put in more time this year, in some ways.
Here are the first fifty lessons from memory:
[Start 16:09]
Nothing I see in this room means anything.
I have given everything I see in this room all the meaning that it has for me.
I do not understand anything I see in this room.
These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room.
I am never upset for the reason I think.
I am upset because I see something that is not there.
I see only the past.
My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts.
I see nothing as it is now.
My thoughts do not mean anything. This idea will help to release me from all that I now believe.
My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.
I am upset because I see a meaningless world.
A meaningless world engenders fear because I think I am in competition with God.
God did not create a meaningless world.
My thoughts are images that I have made.
I have no neutral thoughts.
I see no neutral things.
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing.
I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.
I am determined to see.
I am determined to see things differently.
I only see the perishable. I see nothing that will last. What I see is not real. What I see is form of vengeance.
I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts.
I do not perceive my own best interests.
I do not know what anything is for.
My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
Above all else I want to see.
Above all else I want to see things differently.
God is in everything I see.
God is in everything I see because God is in my mind.
I am not the victim of the world I see.
I have invented the world I see.
There is another way of looking at the world.
I could see peace instead of this.
My mind is part of God's. I am very holy.
My holiness envelops everything I see.
My holiness blesses the world.
There is nothing my holiness cannot do.
My holiness is my salvation.
I am blessed as a Son of God.
God goes with me wherever I go.
God is my strength. Vision is His Gift.
God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him.
God is the light in which I see.
God is the Mind with which I think.
God is the Love in which I forgive.
God is the strength in which I trust.
There is nothing to fear.
God's Voice speaks to me all through the day.
I am sustained by the Love of God.
[16:17:37]
whew!! You'll notice that for about two or three of them, I wrote down the applied idea of the day, than just the Lesson title of the day.
I made more a commitment this year to type out the lessons each day, and add the lesson of the current day. It helped. A few times, I tried doing it backwards, which was much harder, since the lessons are in a logical order. Going forward, you can almost deduce the next lesson (or tease it out of memory). Going backwards, you have to induce it, and I felt it just took too much time.
Given the lessons are to save time, I stopped anything that was taking more time that asked.
As I may have mentioned before, I fairly new to practicing mind training, and being quiet and in the Now. Up to lesson 50, I found having a quiet mind difficult. If I waited too long into the night, I was too tired.
But yesterday, day fifty, I had a breakthrough. I got into a very conscious zone, where I was both very awake, very quiet, and very much at peace. The exercise was for ten minutes. I easily went for 20, and could have gone longer, but felt I had to emerge to be with my wife.
If I could recommend anything, try to get regular sleeping habits. It make the evening/before sleeping exercises easier, as you're not exhausted.
Over the next ten review days, I'll decide whether to keep reciting all the lessons from Lesson 1, or just start from Lesson 60 to the next review period. As you can see, it took 8 minutes to type out the first 50. That's 8 minutes out of the day that could be applied to the current batch of lessons, which are as logical a set as the first 50.
I'll make you aware.
Take courage,
Aaron
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