Product Description A Course in Miracles begins... Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.
As its title implies, the Course is arranged throughout as a teaching device. It consists of three books: Text, Workbook for Students, and Manual for Teachers. The order in which students choose to use the books, and the ways in which they study them, depend on their particular needs and preferences.
The curriculum the Course proposes is carefully conceived and is explained, step by step, at both the theoretical and practical levels. It emphasizes application rather than theory, and experience rather than theology. Although Christian in statement, the Course deals with universal spiritual themes. It emphasizes that it is but one version of the universal curriculum. There are many others, this one differing from them only in form. They all lead to God in the end.
The Text is largely theoretical, and sets forth the concepts on which the Course's thought system is based. Its ideas contain the foundation for the Workbook's lessons. Without the practical application the Workbook provides, the Text would remain largely a series of abstractions which would hardly suffice to bring about the thought reversal at which the Course aims.
The Workbook includes 365 lessons, one for each day of the year. It is not necessary, however, to do the lessons at that tempo, and one might want to remain with a particularly appealing lesson for more than one day. The practical nature of the Workbook is underscored by the introduction to its lessons, which emphasizes experience through application rather than a prior commitment to a spiritual goal:
Some of the ideas the workbook presents you will find hard to believe, and others may seem to be quite startling. This does not matter. You are merely asked to apply the ideas as you are directed to do. You are not asked to judge them at all. You are asked only to use them. It is their use that will give them meaning to you, and will show you that they are true.
Finally, the Manual for Teachers, which is written in question and answer form, provides answers to some of the more likely questions a student might ask. It also includes a clarification of a number of the terms the Course uses, explaining them within the theoretical framework of the Text.
The Course makes no claim to finality, nor are the Workbook lessons intended to bring the student's learning to completion. At the end, the reader is left in the hands of his or her own Internal Teacher, Who will direct all subsequent learning as He sees fit.
A Course In MiraclesNovember 17, 2008 A seed from nature In the mind of man Under the ray of light Sprouts a bush in thought With bud of one rose Unfolding natures purpose Her soft pedals undaunted As her contemporaries trespass Reflecting the light of God's sun Through her beauty in sent And splendid tenderness in sight Nothing to learn she already knows Given to one in return for one Balanced to be as it was intended A course in miracles
This book read one lesson a day will change the face of man kind To read my prose version of this review use keyword: cigarroomofbooks
A Course on MiraclesNovember 9, 2008 This is a must read for every intelligent, open-minded being who seeks: peace, love, understanding, forgiveness, life,miracles. In other words for everyone.
Life ChangingNovember 8, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book changed my life. It helps me learn how to love people and myself. I have studied religions, metaphysics, and new age philosophies and this book is easily the most important book I have ever read. I have been a student of the course for 16 years and as a result I am full of peace, love, and happiness and see the world through eyes of love. It has healed my relationships with people in my life as well as soothed my anxieties.
The text is very challenging to read and it is helpful to have a study group or a primer to help you understand the topics. The workbook is easy to follow and gently guides you through 365 practical and effective daily meditations.
Do yourself a favor and buy this book. Do the people in your life a favor and practice its principles. :)
part of the dynamicsOctober 24, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Explores the frontier of thought-power with informality. Sage, meticulous, orderly, this book offers the reader a gentle venue for investigating the dynamics of spirtuality. If it gets diffusive, read 21st Century Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures or something else that can help the mind project further into the ideas and come to the conclusions best fitting your situation.
One of the best books on the PlanetOctober 4, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is written from Spirit. The paperback version contains all three books in the Course: Text, Workbook for students, and Manual for teachers. This work includes the universal concept of Consciousness as the Source of all with an emphasis on Fatherhood(Creator), Brotherhood(everything created), and Holy Spirit(the Voice from God as the Teacher). Its main focuses are on Brotherhood, Forgiveness, experiencing the Present Moment and Spiritual Awakening. If you are at the highly developed spiritual stage needed to grasp this book, you will be highly rewarded. If not, you should read it anyway to gain that highly developed spiritual insight, but first you should read Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment and "A New Earth" A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61) (and anything else written by Tolle) to gain insight into the type of concepts needed to understand what is being taught in the Course.
Make sure that you read the "Text" before or at the same that you do the "Workbook for Students" for a much more in depth understanding of the workbook.
It is the bible of NOW... "New wine in a new vessel"
