A Course In Miracles

A Course in Miracles, aka "the Course," is a spiritual path that focuses on peace and forgiveness. It is not a religion; there are no rituals and no clergy; it is a course of individual study and practice that helps us to remember God through forgiveness. Although the Course utilizes many biblical terms, they have a very different meaning then the traditional meaning as presented in the Bible. The theology of the Course and that of Christianity are mutually exclusive and represent two distinctly different spiritual paths; it is best not to confuse the two or try to integrate them in any way.

The language of the Course is an integration of non-dualistic metaphysics with a sophisticated psychology heavily based on the insights of Freud and his followers. It is written on two levels: metaphorical and practical. It unfolds into a unique spiritual thought system, and teaches that the world is an illusion; nothing but a dream, outside the Mind of God. And that not only is the world an illusion, but that it is a purposive illusion; the purpose being to make a world of bodies, thoroughly focused on solving the myriad number of physical and psychological problems that beset us daily, clamoring for attention and solution. In this way the mind, the true source of our problems, is kept hidden from awareness.

In addition, A Course in Miracles insists(6) that we look at the ego, referred to as the dark side, as "the" way of moving beyond to the light. Its focus, therefore, is not on the truth, but instead on removing our ego’s thought system of guilt, fear, and attack, which are the obstacles to the light of truth.

T-9.V.9. "This course offers a very direct and a very simple learning situation, and provides the Guide Who tells you what to do. 2 If you do it, you will see that it works. 3 Its results are more convincing than its words. 4 They will convince you that the words are true. 5 By following the right Guide, you will learn the simplest of all lessons: 6 By their fruits ye shall know them, and they shall know themselves."

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