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This book and its teachings came into my life at the exact moment I needed it. My awakening process has begun. Life is Dearest. All else is an illusion made "real" by our ego which thrives on fear. Love yourself, love everyone, for we are all one ❤ The Holy Spirit lives within each of u.s. for nosotros are not separate only whole. Ane consciousness ❤ Love is the answer and the merely matter that is truly real. Love yourself kickoff and everything else will fall into identify. This volume and its teachings came into my life at the exact moment I needed it. My awakening process has begun. Life is Love. All else is an illusion made "real" by our ego which thrives on fear. Dear yourself, love everyone, for nosotros are all one ❤ The Holy Spirit lives within each of usa for nosotros are not split just whole. One consciousness ❤ Love is the answer and the only thing that is truly real. Dearest yourself offset and everything else volition fall into place. ...more

May 04, 2017 Amanda rated it information technology was amazing

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At that place were so many quotes in this book that I loved. Here's 1 of my favorites:

"You thought you lot were hither to go stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love yous. Instead you are hither to get peace, be yourself, and find people to dear. You idea yous were here to prepare the earth. Instead you are here to appreciate what is earlier you and see the earth through new eyes. You idea you were here to teach, while y'all are here to learn. Ultimately teaching and learning
are one. Yous cannot teach without learning and you cannot larn without education. When you lot teach but love, you learn only love. So you graduate from the school of illusion and take the diploma of inner peace, the existent degree nosotros are all here to attain."

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I am then glad I fabricated the choice to kickoff with this book before wading into ACIM. By having an overview (and commentary) I experience meliorate prepared for the delivery I am making to myself - even though I am eight lessons into the workbook at this time.

I like the content of this volume, is really easy the way it
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I've heard a lot near A Course In Miracles for many years and accept always been curious. It is a formidable book requiring at least a year of study. This book inappreciably makes information technology like shooting fish in a barrel, but easier for sure. There are plenty of spiritual principles, and I hope to dive more than into them some day. Basically cull love over fright every fourth dimension and you come out okay.

The guy who narrates the audiobook talks veeerrrry slowly, but is advisable to the importance of the concepts here. A great intro to ACIM.

I've heard a lot well-nigh A Course In Miracles for many years and have ever been curious. It is a formidable book requiring at to the lowest degree a year of study. This book hardly makes it piece of cake, but easier for sure. There are plenty of spiritual principles, and I hope to swoop more into them some day. Basically choose love over fearfulness every time and you come out okay.

The guy who narrates the audiobook talks veeerrrry slowly, just is appropriate to the importance of the concepts hither. A nifty intro to ACIM.

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Mar 02, 2021 Bella James rated it information technology was astonishing

Excellent interpretations of ACIM

Read as function of my ACIM journey and study, recommend reading alongside the original text and workbook - a truly worthwhile and involving book.

I've heard then many people quote A Course In Miracles like the Bible, I got curious virtually it. Simply when I got it from the library, it weight nigh 10 pounds and said information technology was a project for a year. I had checked it out for two weeks. Seemed hopeless, and then I returned it.

When I saw this book, it sounded perfect. And it was. It's a volume that you tin can read one tiny section at a time if y'all desire to. (Not all books work for that.) I read a section or two earlier bed each night, and each little tidbit gave me south

I've heard so many people quote A Course In Miracles similar the Bible, I got curious about it. But when I got information technology from the library, it weight well-nigh 10 pounds and said it was a project for a year. I had checked information technology out for two weeks. Seemed hopeless, so I returned it.

When I saw this volume, it sounded perfect. And it was. It'southward a book that y'all can read one tiny section at a fourth dimension if you want to. (Non all books work for that.) I read a section or two earlier bed each night, and each little tidbit gave me such a feeling of honey and peace. At present I'm considering reading the actual volume—only it feels expert to know I don't have to. (And if I practice, definitely on Kindle. No way I'm hauling the heavy newspaper ane effectually!)

I feel similar this the kind of volume that you lot tin can read over and over, and every time, it will have the perfect timely perspective that was exactly what y'all needed at that moment. Dear it.

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When the globe does non empathize, accept, or support you, you do not walk alone. And if yous should lose faith in yourself, God still has religion in yous.

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We are each an expression of God, a holy idea breathed into beingness. We are the divine falling in love with itself.

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Your purpose on Earth goes far beyond satisfying critics or proving yourself according to standards others gear up for you. Your purpose is to recognize the greatness within you and evangelize information technology.

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The Chinese philosopher Chuang Tzu said, "The sage dwells among those things that tin can never exist lost, and then he lives forever."

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Honey waits on welcome, non on fourth dimension, and the existent world is merely your welcome of what e'er was. Therefore the telephone call of joy is in information technology, and your glad response is your enkindling to what you have not lost.

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ACIM tells u.s.a. that the only correct expectation of the future is one of limitless good.

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Inner peace is your strongest platform to create global transformation. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mother Teresa never made evil their enemy. They didn't fight people. Instead, they made a stand for kindness and equality, and subsequently advanced society in means that angry people could never achieve.

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The Course tells us that any disease and any hurting, physical or emotional, is our way of holding someone else guilty for hurting u.s.a..

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Starting time, recognize that no person, group, state of affairs, or status has the ability to have away your happiness. No one. No thing. Never.

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For yous was peace created, given you by its Creator, and established as His Own eternal gift. How can you fail, when yous but ask for what He wills for yous?

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Your new statement is "Behold me, blood brother, at your mitt I live." Instead of blaming people you lot believe have injure you, give them credit for helping you lot.

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Offset, acknowledge things about them that yous genuinely appreciate.

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Now here's the 2d devil-transformer. Consider: How has this person helped y'all to grow?

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You accept a soul contract with your adversary to help you advance spiritually. He is your dear friend who has agreed to vesture the costume of enemy to motivate you to repossess your power.

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Your partner is not the screen onto which you project your unmet needs and upsets, but instead a cherished companion whom you enfold with always-deeper appreciation.

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Yous are non simply two people coming together to offset each other'southward emptiness. You are God discovering yourself through your beloved.

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The need that a partner stick with a certain form is a sure sign of a special relationship.

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Distress in a relationship is a sign that specialness has intruded on honey. Such a moment offers you lot a golden opportunity to heal your mind and centre by making a new option.

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Hither are some specific tips on how to transform special relationships into holy ones: ane. Recognize how much the special dearest or special hate relationship is costing you.

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2. Shift your vision.

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To heal your relationship, seek, observe, and focus on aspects that back up a version of the partner you prefer.

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The Spiritual Eye, by contrast, sees money equally a vehicle to express love. Coin blesses you when you receive it, and it blesses you and the recipient when you lot give it. It is life-giving. Fright, not money, is the root of all evil.

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3. Establish your awareness in the at present.

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iv. Seek to join rather than separate.

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5. Invite College Power into your human relationship.

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Special relationships, challenging as they can be, provide the most fertile ground for transformation. When yous turn a special relationship into a holy human relationship, yous take done the piece of work of a lifetime.

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human relationship into a holy human relationship, you lot have done the work of a lifetime.

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The simply question worth asking about whatever act is, "Does this bring more joy into the earth, or does information technology diminish joy in the world?" Here you have the simplest yet the most effective guide to all life choices.

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your primary responsibility equally a miracle worker is to allow your mind to be healed

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When you reject to be a pawn of fear, you lot reduce the ability of insane illusions to run your life and contaminate the lives of others.

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Hither is a formula for relief from pain that sounds simplistic, but is utterly profound: Terminate doing what hurts you and get-go doing what heals yous. It is only because y'all accept—fifty-fifty revere—suffering that it persists.

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Pain is a result of denial or resistance to your natural self. When you live from your divine nature, suffering volition autumn abroad.

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The bulletin of the crucifixion is perfectly clear: Teach only honey, for that is what you are.

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"Sickness is a defence against the truth"

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All the

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authority you will always need is seeded within your soul. Look at that place and nowhere else.

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Yet all methods are believable because people believe in them. Every method works for someone. The method does not bestow the healing. The belief does.

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Jesus was more than interested in bringing the human being relief than in waiting for him to accept perfect faith. Acting on partial faith leads to perfect faith. Partial religion is perfect in the sense that your belief is whole in the moment you mobilize information technology.

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If you cannot claim perfect faith, claim perfect dearest. Belief in love is the most effective religion, because God is love. When you dearest sincerely, the power of the entire universe is behind you lot.

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Faith in outer sources yields temporary success, but organized religion in our inner Source yields permanent success.

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The fright-based mind seeks power from the world, while the dear-based heed brings ability to the globe. When y'all accept your inherent majesty rather than attributing unmerited power to external agents, you volition perform miracles that cannot be explained in any terms the globe understands.

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"Am I now closer to peace?" If and so, your seeking has been worthwhile. If not, you must reevaluate where and how you are looking. The ego'south motto is "Seek and do not notice" (T-12.4.1:4). Information technology denies the reality of love and regards healing every bit a threat. Any respond is acceptable to the ego equally long as it does not work. Is there some other place to look that will stop searching rather than reinforce it?

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If you are hellbent on letting the ego run the show, you will endeavour a multitude of solutions that don't work, resort to creature force, and find endless reasons to justify your limits. But if you value peace more than airs and success more than

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than struggle, you will turn to College Power for help and be open to receive it. And information technology will come up.

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"Delight show me" is ane of the near powerful prayers you can speak. Simply you must be open to Spirit's guidance rather than telling God how to run the testify.

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Better withal, turn to the Holy Spirit before you fall off the transport. You can avoid painful trials and errors by inviting Spirit to guide you at the outset of your conclusion-making process. Your impeccable guide will make decisions for you in ways far more rewarding than you tin can make for yourself.

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When faced with whatsoever decision, imagine that you know already. Your task is not to roam the earth seeking someone smarter than you to tell yous what to do. Your task is to dive into your centre and call up what you know.

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You tin discern betwixt the advice of the Holy Spirit and that of the ego past noticing the feeling or free energy the voice or advice generates. Spirit is founded in love. The ego operates from fear. Love feels good, low-cal, and peaceful and brings relief. Fear feels bad, heavy, and limiting and deepens distress.

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When you take learned how to decide with God, all decisions become every bit easy and as right as breathing. There is no endeavour, and you will be led as gently as if you lot were beingness carried down a placidity path in summer.

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If you burn with the fire of purpose, y'all volition recognize yourself to be greater than whatever challenge that confronts you and y'all volition be specifically

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directed to the path about in harmony with your calling.

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Higher Power will provide the ways and means to achieve your goal without any stress on your function. Work may be required. Fear never is.

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Overall, this book seems to be a skillful, easy read as an introduction and basic overview of A Course in Miracles. It presents some of the more radical ideas in ACIM in an easy to understand format, with personal stories from the author.
I quite enjoyed some of the shorter, end chapters of the book, related to ego distractions, health, 'the end of the world', etc. I also liked the writer's use of quick 1-page notes on some of the FAQs that ACIM students have.
On the other hand, for some reason, pos Overall, this book seems to exist a practiced, easy read equally an introduction and basic overview of A Class in Miracles. It presents some of the more radical ideas in ACIM in an easy to sympathise format, with personal stories from the author.
I quite enjoyed some of the shorter, end chapters of the book, related to ego distractions, health, 'the cease of the globe', etc. I too liked the author's employ of quick one-folio notes on some of the FAQs that ACIM students accept.
On the other hand, for some reason, possibly the writing style, or perhaps the 'motivationa'/self-assistance spin on things, I establish the book laborious to go through, despite its brusque length. At that place's a good corporeality of clique situations and stories thrown in, and I somehow get the feeling that the author'southward motivational coaching/self-help background comes through in places. No large deal, just just non my mode of reading. I felt that some of the more profound ideas in ACIM, such equally forgiveness, the holy instant, the dynamics of the ego & guilt, and working with the HS, were probably glossed over. The author really does motivate people to actually study ACIM (and do the workbook), merely on the other manus, in that location will probably be the temptation for some readers to walk away from this book thinking 'OK, I got it all now.. no demand to actually complete ACIM.. especially since this is all that it says'.
This would exist a huge fault, and taking the ego's bait (and switch).
Read this summary by all means, but do complete the Course besides.. at that place'due south a lot more than to it than inside this 'Made Simple' introduction.
Nonetheless, kudos to the author (who seems committed) for writing this book that seems to have helped a proficient corporeality of ACIM students empathize a fiddling more than, a little better.
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I consider myself an open-minded Christian. Open to new thoughts, ideas, and even open up to learning from other faith traditions. I believe some truth can exist found in all things. Thus, I gave the controversial "A Course in Miracles" a endeavor. I approached it with an open mind hoping to learn. To exist fair, I did find some things that resonated with me. Some things that seemingly affirmed much of what the Christian tradition teaches. Nonetheless, in most parts I constitute it to be so completely different from westward I consider myself an open-minded Christian. Open to new thoughts, ideas, and fifty-fifty open to learning from other faith traditions. I believe some truth can be institute in all things. Thus, I gave the controversial "A Course in Miracles" a endeavour. I approached information technology with an open up mind hoping to learn. To be fair, I did detect some things that resonated with me. Some things that seemingly affirmed much of what the Christian tradition teaches. All the same, in most parts I establish it to be so completely different from what Jesus taught that I couldn't, as a Christian, honestly agree with it. Here are just a few examples:

ACIM teaches that there is no sin. Sin is simply perceived and created in our ain minds. That if and when we do sin against others, that nosotros really actually didn't sin against them. And, no forgiveness is needed.

ACIM teaches that we are God, that when we hear the voice of God nosotros are actually hearing from ourselves.

ACIM teaches that in that location is no "savior" outside of ourselves, thus making Jesus null and void.

ACIM teaches that the globe around us is only an illusion. That nosotros accept the power to create our ain world each day. We are in control.

I can proceed. Merely, I found much of ACIM to exist a smorgasbord of spiritual soup. A mixture of Christian ideas, New Age thoughts, and with a tablespoon of psychology thrown in. While I don't have a problem with these things, it merely isn't for me.

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I could've probably highlighted this entire book because it was all proficient! I agree with everything that's in this book and the philosophy behind A Grade in Miracles. I wanted to effort to read the original "A Course in Miracles", but after I saw that it was over m pages I was discouraged from reading it. When I saw this book, which does make it really easy, and is much shorter, and probably a lot easier to sympathize, I knew I had to read it. This book is eye-opening and confirms many of the thi I could've probably highlighted this entire volume considering information technology was all expert! I concur with everything that'due south in this book and the philosophy backside A Course in Miracles. I wanted to try to read the original "A Course in Miracles", merely after I saw that information technology was over 1000 pages I was discouraged from reading it. When I saw this book, which does make information technology really easy, and is much shorter, and probably a lot easier to understand, I knew I had to read it. This book is eye-opening and confirms many of the things I've thought about the fact that nosotros are all connected and 1 with God, nosotros should choose beloved over fear, and that the end of the world is non something cataclysmic simply in fact an awakening and an end to how we currently see ourselves and the world.

There were so many quotes in this book that I loved. Hither's one of my favorites:

"Y'all thought yous were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to honey you. Instead yous are here to go peace, be yourself, and find people to love. You idea y'all were here to fix the globe. Instead you are here to appreciate what is before you lot and encounter the globe through new eyes. You lot idea yous were hither to teach, while you are here to larn. Ultimately teaching and learning
are i. You cannot teach without learning and you cannot learn without teaching. When you teach but love, you acquire only dear. Then you graduate from the school of illusion and take the diploma of inner peace, the real degree we are all here to reach."

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I admittedly loved this volume so much that I purchased the actual book that it stemmed from. I loved how modern he fabricated the teachings from the book and how relative they were to modernistic twenty-four hours life. I take started the original and information technology is just and then rich in content! I am loving the daily workbook every bit well. This is the right path for me! Exactly where I am at and what I was craving. The concepts are life of shall I say, soul changing! If y'all are ready, and you feel this is the journey for you, information technology will not d I admittedly loved this volume so much that I purchased the bodily book that it stemmed from. I loved how modern he made the teachings from the book and how relative they were to modern day life. I have started the original and it is just then rich in content! I am loving the daily workbook also. This is the right path for me! Exactly where I am at and what I was craving. The concepts are life of shall I say, soul changing! If you are ready, and yous feel this is the journey for you, it volition not disappoint. I took and then many notes, I feel fulfilled, balanced, and clear. Definitely recommend! ...more than

I didn't actually read this book. I listened to it while walking on a nature trail. At first, I idea it might exist a cheesy self-help book, even though it is based on the most incredibly profound work of writing I've always known in my life. Nonetheless, I gave it a gamble and was glad I did. This book, similar the Course it is based on, is radically healing and life-changing. I recommend listening to it over reading it, considering the author has a beautifully calming voice. I intend to listen again and ag I didn't really read this book. I listened to it while walking on a nature trail. At commencement, I thought it might be a cheesy self-help volume, even though it is based on the most incredibly profound work of writing I've ever known in my life. However, I gave it a gamble and was glad I did. This volume, similar the Course it is based on, is radically healing and life-changing. I recommend listening to it over reading information technology, because the author has a beautifully calming vocalisation. I intend to mind again and over again. ...more than

Mar 11, 2016 Bob Harr rated it it was amazing

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When I first tried reading ACIM years ago, I constitute it difficult to understand. This book translates the information into a level I can blot.

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You accept a identify in the globe that will bring healing to y'all and others.
Special relationships - challenging as they tin can exist - provide the fertile ground for transformation.
When yous turn a special relationship into a holy relationship, you have done the work of a lifetime.
The holiest place on world is where an ancient hatred becomes a present love.
Release the imprisoned splendor

Kindness is a marking of spiritual maturity

We are not here to fix the globe, but to appreciate what is befo

Relationships
You take a place in the world that will bring healing to you and others.
Special relationships - challenging as they can be - provide the fertile basis for transformation.
When you plough a special relationship into a holy relationship, yous have washed the work of a lifetime.
The holiest place on earth is where an aboriginal hatred becomes a present honey.
Release the imprisoned splendor

Kindness is a marker of spiritual maturity

Nosotros are not here to fix the earth, simply to appreciate what is before us

Nosotros do non walk alonev (I will never leave you comfortless, your source has not abandoned you, peace is given the moment y'all enquire for it.)

The goal is full freedom

The thought that we are in a torso, denies us to understand that nosotros are a spirit

The message of ACIM: Love is everywhere, as a being of love, then are we. When nosotros look well-nigh us, and all that we encounter is sky, then the course will have done its job. We will exist released to be light.

All that is dearest, is for us to exist ourselves.

1. But god is real
2. All separation is illusion
iii. We are an extension and expression of god. Everything god is, we are. Everything god is not, we are not. God is love, and only dear and and then are we.
4. Every thought we think, discussion we speak and action we take represents our pick between dear and fright - choose love.
v. The purpose of the trunk is to communicate love - all other purposes of the torso are in vain. Use your body to smooth spirit into the world and it will be happy and healthy.
6. The ego is an extremely express idea of who nosotros are. Information technology is non equipped to guide united states of america and should not exist consulted to make choices to bring us peace.
7. The holy spirit is the function of the heed continued with truth. Consult it to make wise choices and you lot will thrive.
8. Beyond the credible world is the real globe, where everything you desire and deserve exists. You lot can footstep into the real world at any moment by remembering your identity every bit a spiritual existence.
nine. There is no sin, there are only errors in consciousness. You are already forgiven. All that yous believe must come of your sins will never happen
10. The purpose of all relationships is to make you happy. Appreciate and celebrate everyone for they are lovable as you are.
11. People who act unkindly, are calling for honey. Evil has no power. Because it does not come from god. Love is the simply power.
12. In that location is nothing you demand to do, to earn salvation, you are worthy for what you lot are. You are already saved, yous simply demand to know information technology.
xiii. The univers is brimming with affluence, you have everything y'all demand, right where you sand. You lot volition always take all that you lot need.
xiv. Your only purpose on earth is to brand it more like heaven.
fifteen. Worry less and laugh more.
xvi. There is no death. You are an eternal existence. Bodies come and go. But spirits is forever.

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Jun 27, 2020 D Southward Nicklin rated it it was amazing

Wow!

I have picked up ACIM in bookshops a number of times, flicked through its pages and so put information technology dorsum on the shelf. Funnily enough, this book picks up on all the points that put me off. The weight of the paper, the difficult to follow prose and the length.

What this volume does is give an introduction and indeed a summarised over view of all the key points of ACIM. And information technology does it brilliantly. It makes the point that ACIM works at a heart and soul level, not an intellectual level. Therefore it doesn

Wow!

I take picked upwardly ACIM in bookshops a number of times, flicked through its pages and then put it dorsum on the shelf. Funnily enough, this book picks up on all the points that put me off. The weight of the paper, the hard to follow prose and the length.

What this volume does is give an introduction and indeed a summarised over view of all the key points of ACIM. And it does it brilliantly. It makes the point that ACIM works at a heart and soul level, not an intellectual level. Therefore information technology doesn't really matter if you don't "empathize" it as such because reading information technology and doing the exercises will heal and nourish at a far deeper level that is beyond intellect. The idea that this tin can be impactful at a more powerful level Than the intellect might sound preposterous. Yet, I know for other course if I have, this is oft the near important way to "larn" because it works at a deeper level than ego.

The brilliance of this book is that even having never read ACIM, it'south power is already impacting me only by reading this book. It has given the me the inspiration to buy and work through the ACIM and sympathize that along the way, it might non all make sense but to trust it Volition be deeply impactful. Even if you don't follow on to practice ACIM, you should find that this volition event in a shift as it has for me. This last week has had me glued to the book and I have made a few tens of minutes a 24-hour interval to read information technology. To say this week has been transformational for me is a complete understatement. Thank you Mr Cohen for writing this. I feel securely grateful to you for doing and then!

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I think I previously passed upward on reading this book because I have been studying "A Course in Miracles" together with various study groups for the past 23 years. My ego cocky thought I was across needing a "made easy" volume. Haha, the joke's on me. I of our study group attendees brought this book in and gave information technology to me to look through. Afterwards reading just the first few capacity, I bought 7 more copies to share. It's smashing! If I take learned anything over these by 23 years of written report it'southward that other I think I previously passed upward on reading this volume because I have been studying "A Course in Miracles" together with various study groups for the past 23 years. My ego self thought I was beyond needing a "fabricated easy" book. Haha, the joke'due south on me. One of our study group attendees brought this book in and gave it to me to look through. After reading but the first few chapters, I bought 7 more than copies to share. It's dandy! If I have learned anything over these past 23 years of study it's that other books, spiritual traditions and perceptions of others only add to my comprehension of Class principles and if it is in my space, I should explore it. Nosotros are using information technology now, forth with the Grade, in 2 of our report groups. I am also getting a lot of wisdom from listening to podcasts by circleofa.org ...more than

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I don't know whether I'll read the entire version front end to back, but the pressure level has eased to grasp every unmarried line now that I feel comfortable with its ideas. I am actually even more than excited for the reading experience and exercises, because it will just be a re-examining of what I've already dipped my toes into.

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Jun 30, 2020 Janet Daghri rated it it was amazing

This book says that "A Course in Miracles" will come into your life when you are ready and that is certainly true. I've heard well-nigh ACIM for several years and haven't really thought virtually looking into it until I got my easily on this intro version past Alan Cohen. I found Alan's sharing of his thoughts and experiences along with some of the lessons from ACIM easy to assimilate and filled with many aha moments that I highlighted for looking back over. But knowing that there is simply dear is the basic le This book says that "A Course in Miracles" will come into your life when you are ready and that is certainly true. I've heard about ACIM for several years and haven't really thought almost looking into it until I got my hands on this intro version by Alan Cohen. I establish Alan's sharing of his thoughts and experiences along with some of the lessons from ACIM like shooting fish in a barrel to assimilate and filled with many aha moments that I highlighted for looking back over. Just knowing that there is merely love is the basic lesson to learn has given me an inspiration to starting time ACIM. In one case you lot come across with your spirit, at that place'due south no other manner. If you only read this book, it'southward plenty to give you lot insight that will change how you interact with the globe. ...more than

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It's a decent book, merely it'due south a volume about a volume and, you know how source material tin can feel truly inspired, that little spark is not here. Simply the original text of ACIM on which it is based is not that accessible when you're non prepare for it (information technology took me a long time) and and so this can help you understand what's in shop for you lot when you are prepare. But at the aforementioned time not really, because ACIM literally tunes you to the frequency of Christ consciousness. It'south more than than a volume with words, it's a tran It's a decent book, but it's a book most a volume and, yous know how source material can experience truly inspired, that little spark is non here. Merely the original text of ACIM on which it is based is non that accessible when you lot're non ready for it (it took me a long time) and so this tin assistance you empathise what'due south in store for you when you lot are ready. But at the same fourth dimension not really, because ACIM literally tunes you lot to the frequency of Christ consciousness. It'south more than a volume with words, it'south a transmission and an attunement. Hard to explicate, but only put, information technology'south an experience more than a book to be read. This book is a great introduction, however, and a bang-up identify to starting time if y'all want to set for ACIM. Just insufficiently, it'due south a fraction of the original, of course. ...more

This volume has some really rich messages. I needed to take my time to digest a more than metaphysical approach to life, time, Spirit and dearest. I'yard glad I read the book.

I had a difficult time reading some of the author's unresearched opinions nearly other religions, especially Mormonism. I fear he had a bad experience with that faith and this is why he paints it in such a harsh light.

It besides seemed to me that the writer'due south ego was e'er present, which wouldn't be as big of a deal if the book was non abo

This volume has some really rich messages. I needed to take my fourth dimension to assimilate a more than metaphysical approach to life, time, Spirit and love. I'thousand glad I read the book.

I had a difficult time reading some of the author's unresearched opinions almost other religions, especially Mormonism. I fear he had a bad experience with that faith and this is why he paints information technology in such a harsh lite.

It as well seemed to me that the writer'south ego was e'er present, which wouldn't exist as large of a bargain if the volume was non about eliminating ego and focusing on dear.

I'm intrigued and felt this book offered a lot of powerful truths and perspectives, which I will exist pursuing farther.

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Paradigm Shift...Give thanks you for this ACIM cliff notes - I volition come dorsum to this for years to come!

"Nothing real can be threatened,
Nothing unreal exists,
Herein lies the peace of God"

"ACIM states that you will be appalled when you realize what y'all are truly hither for (T-17.V.5:half dozen). You idea yous were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love you. Instead y'all are here get peace, exist yourself, and notice people to honey. You idea you were here to ready the earth. Instead you are here t

Paradigm Shift...Cheers for this ACIM cliff notes - I volition come dorsum to this for years to come!

"Nothing real can exist threatened,
Nothing unreal exists,
Herein lies the peace of God"

"ACIM states that you lot volition be appalled when you realize what yous are truly here for (T-17.5.five:6). You thought you lot were here to get stuff, prove yourself, and find people to love you lot. Instead you are hither get peace, be yourself, and find people to beloved. You idea y'all were here to gear up the world. Instead you are here to appreciate what is before you and run into the earth through new eyes."

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This volume is phenomenal. It explains the Course so clearly, without losing the complexity. It is then easy to read, and fun to read: at that place is minimal philosophical language, and many fun, down-to-earth examples to illustrate the concepts of the Form. This has reignited my interest in the Grade and will be a neat resource as I continue working through it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who at all interested in A Class in Miracles, whether you are just starting out or are farther along.

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Extract: When near people say "Become existent," they mean Get pocket-sized. Get limited. Get stuck. I am trapped in my trivial fear-jump globe, and your expansive vision is threatening to me. And then I need that you grovel in the mud with me. How cartel you lot stone my tiny world with greater possibilities!

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Extract: When most people say "Get real," they mean Get small. Get limited. Go stuck. I am trapped in my little fearfulness-bound world, and your expansive vision is threatening to me. So I demand that you lot grovel in the mud with me. How dare you stone my tiny world with greater possibilities!

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May 24, 2018 Sarah rated information technology it was amazing

Superb summary

Afterwards having a copy of ACIM for well over 20 years and existence unable to read it, Alan Cohen"s book finally made sense of it for me - and gave me "permission" to disregard the (overly Christian) language which had put me off it for and then long.

This volume does indeed make the concepts of ACIM seem easier to understand, and has given me the kick I needed to start studying it in earnest.

What an astonishing read! Alan Cohen takes complicated concepts and makes them tangible.
I like the consistency In his message with Marianne Williamson I almost forgot I was reading his words and non hers
To me - that'southward an indicator of the message of the ACIM text and the purity of those who can share the message of the text
This book aid shift my perspective and gave me renewed promise! Definitely would recommend

Excellent forerunner/primer to the bodily Course In Miracles, and simply & understandably written. Much of the philosophy taught in this book & the corresponding Course in Miracles is already a style of thinking/living I ascribe to, so I admittedly was predisposed to existence a big fan of the book.

This book is 1 that I volition definitely revisit/reread again and again to remind myself of how to lead a fundamentally joyous and fulfilling life.

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The Gift of a Lifetime

I have heard others rave about this Course for many years, merely never had the time , I idea. This compact version gripped me from Folio one and I finished information technology in a few days. It came into my life at a terrific fourth dimension and I feel as if I have been a follower for the concluding 20 years. That was when a Near- Death Experience took me through Hell and eventually to Sky. I'll go on to read this book over and over equally a daily meditation. A Bulletin meant for anybody.

The Gift of a Lifetime

I have heard others rave most this Course for many years, merely never had the time , I thought. This meaty version gripped me from Page 1 and I finished information technology in a few days. Information technology came into my life at a terrific time and I experience every bit if I have been a follower for the concluding 20 years. That was when a Near- Death Experience took me through Hell and eventually to Heaven. I'll go along to read this book over and over every bit a daily meditation. A Message meant for everyone.

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