3 years ago hanomo3284
hanomo3284 5876 posts

A Course in Miracles: Combined Volume

The Course says of itself that it is only one among many tens and thousands of other kinds of the universal course (M.1.4). It generally does not need to be for everyone. Some religions have claimed that theirs is the only real true religion, the only way to be reconciled with God. A Course in Miracles isn't among them. Rather, the clear implication through the Course is that most people could eventually look for a path that may lead them to God. It doesn't need to be this one.

Finally, the structure and flow of the writing can be likened more to a symphony with themes introduced, put aside, reintroduced, and developed than to the linear progression of ideas usually found in an aca­demic textbook, which systematically increases in complexity. This results in a interlocking matrix where every part is integral and necessary to the whole, while implicitly containing that whole within itself.

Thus, exactly the same material consistently recurs, both within the Course as a thought system along with in the learning opportunities inside our personal lives. The procedure of learning, therefore, resembles the ascent up a control staircase, with the reader led in a circular pattern, each revolution leading higher before the top of spiral is reached, which opens unto God. The lovely rhythm of blank verse in much of the text enhances the impact of recurring themes.

The only real specifications for the workbook lessons receive in its Introduction: “Do not undertake to complete multiple pair of exercises a day” (W.in.2:6). students should read this Introduction before you begin the lessons, and to reread it occasionally thereafter. Another important principle in the Introduction pertains to the student's orientation: 

Remember only this; you'll need not believe the ideas, you'll need not accept them, and you will need not really welcome them. Many of them you might actively resist. None of this will matter, or decrease their efficacy. But don't allow yourself to make exceptions in applying the ideas the workbook contains, and whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. Nothing more than that is required” (W.in.9).

Lessons might be repeated if desired. If it is a really meaningful or difficult lesson, maybe it's a good idea to stay with it for a couple of days or so. However, there is a risk in thinking that a lesson needs to be done perfectly before moving on to another one. This would be a trap because it's unlikely that many of us will ever do some of the lessons perfectly. If we could, we'd have reached such an advanced state of spiritual growth that we wouldn't need the lessons at all.

The center of Lesson 95 helps know how to proceed if several days or weeks are missed in practising the lessons. Importantly, it is not necessary to begin around again. The instruction in Lesson 95 centers on recognizing the way the ego creeps into the procedure, and that we must answer “our lapses in diligence, and our failures to follow along with the instructions” (W.pI.95.8:3) with forgiveness. That is the key.

3 years ago hanomo3284
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