INTRODUCTION TO: A COURSE IN MIRACLES
A Course in Miracles, by its’ own definition, is a mind training program.
It is its’ position is that the reason there is pain, disease, suffering,
guilt and attack present in this world is because mankind has forgotten it
natural being as Sons’ of God. The remedy for this is to retrain the mind
to a different way of perceiving the self, others and God. A Course In
Miracles would assert that all of the answers to individual dilemmas are
held in the mind and with different perceptions not only would these
dilemmas change but so would the whole world. In the workbook section, of
The Course, the curriculum is given for retraining. There are 365 lessons,
which are to be done consecutively, one a day. You are not asked to
understand the lessons, nor are you asked to believe the lessons you are
asked just to do them and they will led to a greater experience of peace,
joy and connection with God.
In 1961 there was a need for me to have an emergency surgery. While the
surgical team was getting ready for the procedure, having been administered
a sedative, I was left alone in the operating room. I remember being very,
very cold and while still being unconscious decided that I needed to know
why. I found myself outside of my body looking down and saw that I had been
left on the table without any clothes. I was not happy! I had nothing on
but a pair of bright rust knee high stockings. Not only was I embarrassed
by my nakedness, those socks looked absolutely ridiculous without the
accompanying garments.
Suddenly my nakedness was not my only concern as I realized that I wasn’t
were I thought I should be…in my body! I realized that I probably wasn’t
going to be able to get something to cover my body until I got back into it.
While pondering my dilemma I became aware of the most wonderful celestial
music and anything else suddenly became unimportant. I had to go and find
the source of the sounds. I saw myself enter into a tunnel that literally
just pulled me up into a different dimension. In this place I felt a sense
of peace and love that was completely familiar. Before I had totally become
acclimated I saw coming towards me hundred of light forms and realized that
they were beings that I knew and loved. I was surrounded in the presence of
love and in that love I was joyous. It was a celebration and reunion that
made my whole being sing.
After a time of joyous reconnection, I was told that I needed to return to
this world. Just the thought of coming back into this world brought about
feeling of tremendous pain and sadness…I refused to come back! In the
conversations that followed my refusal was detailed. I was reminded of my
mission and the purpose that I was born into this world at this particular
time. I was told that I had not completed what I had come to do and was
reminded that the contractual agreement was decided by me. I was very
concerned that when it was time to fulfill my mission I would have
forgotten, because I had already begun to forget so many things that I once
knew. I was assured that there where many events in place already to ensure
that I would not forget. When I stubbornly resisted, I was told that when
it was time a man would bring me a book that would be the beginning of my
remembering. I asked if I could see the book, it was The Course in
Miracles. Thinking that I could get a head start on remembering, I asked
who the author was and who had published the text? I was told that the book
had not yet been written but when it was time for that to be done the author
would be Jesus the Christ. I immediately went into a more determined state
of stubborn resistance and vehement protest. The next thing that I remember
I was falling and screaming back through that tunnel. Screaming, not
because I was afraid, but because I felt tremendous and overwhelming pain in
the separation from that loving energy.
When I finally awakened in my hospital room I still had the awareness of my
strange dream-like experience. The nurses came in to get me up and they
quickly pulled the covers off of me to discover to everyone’s surprise that
I was totally naked except for my
bright rust colored socks. (The nurses didn’t totally understand why I was
still wearing them either.)
The Course in Miracles was published in June 1976. The author is Jesus the
Christ as received by Helen Schucman and edited by both Helen and William
Thetford, Professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia University’s College
of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.
In May of 1990, a very wonderful male friend, brought to me The Course in
Miracles. He knew that I knew of the text and he also knew that I had
stated repeatedly, for many years that I was not interested in studying it.
He explained to me that during his previous evening meditation a voice
spoke to him and told him that he should bring me the text, even though I
had clearly stated that I did not want it. I received the text. I remember
sitting and holding it and asking my inner voice exactly what I was supposed
to do with it?
I was reminded that I had been asking for an experience of peace and since
it was very obvious that I did not know how to get it for myself, I needed
to study The Course. I agreed, with the provision that if I did not find
peace by the end of the 365 days, that I would tear up the book and burn it.
The last thing that I wanted in my life was another book that said a whole
lot of words but didn’t provide experience or knowledge of accessing higher
realms of peace and love.
I completed the Course in May 1991, and it was the most profound, life
altering, spiritually expansive experience of my life. The journey since
that time, has brought me peace and a sense of oneness and love that I never
believed was possible in this world. In being willing to shift my
perception, everything has become a reflection of the immense love that God
has for all of his children and it has been a joy for me to extend this love
and message of the Course to everyone that I encounter.
The sole purpose of writing about The Course in Miracles is not to replay
the words that are already to eloquently written but instead to offer ideas
on how to live The Course in Miracles. Next months’ article: What The
Course in Miracles is not!
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