The Practice of A Course In Miracles

A Course In Miracles says of itself that it is first and foremost a “curriculum,” a “course” of study that contains a Text, Workbook, and Manual for Teachers. According to the Course, it is vital that we learn the theory that the Text lays out, but it is just as important that we learn how to practically embody the lofty principles and psychological dynamics and apply them to the nitty gritty situations in our everyday lives.

This brings us to the purpose of this group study. We are going to learn how to deepen our practice of the Course. Ken Wapnick will be our guide, as we explore his clear and expert teaching on “releasing judgment,” and “forgiving our limitations.” Each topic is discussed in two small volumes that we will have no problem throughly covering in eight Zoom sessions.

Ken’s instruction is so poignant and transformative, because it has us focus on our inner state of mind through a process of careful reflection that applies the Course’s unmatched insight into our judgmental beliefs and behaviors.

In volume one we will approach our negative attitudes and hypercriticism of self and others in such a way that helps us to break the invisible chains that have us feeling stuck in these habitual tendencies. We will practice “the one simple rule,” as Ken calls it, that of being kind. We will also see what stops us from being kind.

Be kind. If you are not kind, then are you not only not practicing the Course, but there is no way you can begin to understand it. No matter how brilliant your understanding of its metaphysics may be, if you are not being kind toward another person, especially when that person is in trouble – in fear, pain, or whatever – you are not doing what this Course is asking.

In the second volume, Forgiving Our Limitations, we follow Jesus’ guidance as he has us look at the secret purpose that our limitations serve. In the dream of separation, we have gone to sleep as the limitless mind that God created and awoke within the limited body that the ego has made. It is here in the world of limitation where we are subject to another curriculum. Now identified as the body, the sleeping Son of God is conditioned to believe that he is too little and insignificant to ever overcome the titanic forces of chaos that rule the world. But it is here, in abject hopelessness, where Jesus provides the alternative Answer that sets us free:

[I]f we let ourselves be taught by our new teacher that the body and the world are simply symptoms, shadows, or projections of a decision for the limited thought that we are an ego – the real problem – our world and life will change. We will then perceive everything as a classroom in which we learn the only lesson right-minded people came to learn: limitations are the projections of a decision to be a limited self instead of the unlimited Self that God created.

This class promises to be a heart-opening opportunity that will have us uncover our blindspots, expose the deep-seated patterns that have us feeling at odds with others, and heal the inner wounds that have kept us at war with ourselves. The invisible enemies of judgment and self-limitation do not stand a chance when we put our trust in the Holy Spirit’s guidance. This is a class centered on the direct experience of this miraculous Curriculum.

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Study Offering

Join us for 8 weeks on Zoom, beginning Tuesday May 5th from 7:00-8:30pm EST.

• Tuition: $150

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