Exploring A Course in Miracles

Inequality may seem like a strictly social issue, far from the concerns of the spiritual path. Yet according to A Course in Miracles , the desire and attempt to be unequal—above others—is at the very center of the ego. It was the root of the separation and even now it drives our personal lives. The inequality we see on a social level is just the end result of masses of individuals striving to be a...

The Course tells us that its goal is true perception, which it also calls Christ's vision, or usually just vision. All our learning, all our study and practice, all our forgiveness, all our giving of miracles, then, is meant to bring us to the point where we see with this vision. But what is vision? In this podcast, Robert and Emily explore the topic of vision to help you understand this central C...

Forgiveness is the Course's central teaching and yet there is a lot of confusion around this topic given that what we are often taught about forgiveness tends to be at odds with what the Course says about it. In this podcast, Robert and Emily explore the Course's conceptual approach to forgiveness and also offer a composite forgiveness exercise based on the Workbook's forgiveness teachings. To dow...

Meditation has been a significant part of the Course's history and practice from the very beginning. This, however, can be difficult to spot since the word itself doesn't appear much in any volume. Even so, the Workbook in particular wants to train us to use meditation to obtain a state of peace and, eventually, an experience of God and our true Self. In this podcast, Robert and Emily explore medi...

This conversation is a follow-up to A Course in Miracles Radio Episode 6 entitled "What is God's Role in the Trials and Tragedies of the World?" Based on the feedback received from that interview, there was some confusion around two seemingly conflicting ideas addressed: How can we choose everything that happens to us, and How can everything that happens be part of God's larger plan at the same ti...

How we view God colors how we view everything. If we see an angry God, we will always be looking over our shoulder waiting for Him to catch up with us. If we see a remote, indifferent God, we will always feel cast adrift in the open ocean. But what if we only saw a loving God? In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert Perry and Emily Bennington examine our attitudes toward God and, esp...

The Text of A Course in Miracles includes two words that have puzzled students since the book was originally published. Those two words are "our creations" and, while the Course calls them "our joy" and "our treasure", most of us are left wondering: what exactly are they? In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily discuss specific references to creations in the Course and expl...

Everywhere we look there are tragedies playing out around the globe and it's tempting to wonder "where is God" when faced with it all. How much does He know about our suffering and how involved is He in the pain that is so much a part of our everyday life? In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily explore the world as a meeting point of human mistakes and God's correction. As...

There are 15 references to angels in  A Course in Miracles  (including the Song of Prayer supplement) and angels also appear throughout scribe Helen Schucman's poems. Despite these references, however, angels aren't typically discussed in Course circles and, when they are mentioned, they are often considered symbols that represent the loving thoughts of God within us. But is this how the Course it...

The story of Course scribes Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford is one that embodies so many themes from the Course itself. In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily discuss the origin of A Course in Miracles and, specifically, what Helen and Bill's complex relationship can teach us about the path of the Course more broadly. To download the handout and follow along with this dis...

A Course in Miracles offers a unique approach to the healing of emotional suffering. Following an educational (versus religious) model of learning, the Course provides a pathway out of pain through the disciplined practice of love and forgiveness. In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily cover the final seven themes in a handout written by Robert entitled The Teachings of A...

A Course in Miracles offers a unique approach to the healing of emotional suffering. Following an educational (versus religious) model of learning, the Course provides a pathway out of pain through the disciplined practice of love and forgiveness. In this episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily cover the first six themes in a handout written by Robert entitled The Teachings of A Co...

In this first episode of A Course in Miracles Radio, Robert and Emily discuss the Circle of Atonement's ethos of representing  A Course in Miracles  as accurately as possible and how this is rooted in our view that the Course really was written by Jesus and represents a restatement in contemporary language of his unique message from long ago. To download the episode guide and follow along with thi...