A Course In Miracles

Welcome to what, when recognised, will quite probably be the most insightful information you’ve ever been exposed to.
For the last 40+ years I’ve had an avid interest in who I really am, and have searched for and discovered the best methods known to support humans in getting the most enjoyment out of life, or building, as I like to call it; a life and business by design. This desire has guided me to many books, thought leaders, seminars, study groups, ideologies, and practises.
Some of them you will be familiar with and may have exposed yourself to too.
Along the way, I discovered the benefits and amazing results of forgiveness utilising Ho'oponopono. If you were to ask me how much time and attention I would give to forgiveness, I’d share that, although I recognised it’s powerful benefits, it would be less than a couple of percent of my bandwidth.
Depending on how well you know me, you might know that I have trained my focus and am very disciplined to support daily progress in getting clarity and answers to some of life’s biggest questions, the two biggest in my awareness being “What else is possible?” and How does it get any better than this?”. From experience I can honestly share that all questions are answered. The answers I received, in order of the questions were “More than you can possibly imagine right now” and “Align with God (AKA – Source, The Universe, Higher Consciousness, Super Consciousness) by aligning with love”.
Each day for the nearly two years I mediated diligently on this, asking this consciousness what I decided was the most important question I could ask, “How can I align more with you and love?”. As shared previously, all questions are answered.
Fast forward to mid 2023 when I had an enjoyable, and as it would turn out, informative lunch with a valued Member of the Club (Victor), in Broadbeach, and he shared how he’d lost 30+ kilograms over 3 months without exercising. You can imagine that this got my attention as it is quite a feat, which some would even say was impossible. His achievement was also in alignment with another question I’d previously had, which was “How do I get in better shape and maintain it?”.
While I exercise regularly and enjoy it, I had put on some weight and so was quite curious and asked Victor for the details of the person/organisation that had shared the methods he’d utilised, and then contacted them with the intention of losing 3-4 kilograms.
Many of you know the organisation. I won’t mention them here as a possible distraction. I attended the two day seminar they run to share their methods and in the first 30 minutes of the first day, the owner of the organisation and facilitator of the seminar (also an esteemed hypnotherapist) mentioned A Course In Miracles.
He had my full attention as I had purchased A Course In Miracles about 15 years prior, and to my disappointment, I couldn’t read it.
Believing I recognised it’s importance, and not being able to read it, I put the book on one end of my dining table, keeping it in my field of view for around two years. In that time, I would occasionally open the book and hope to understand it’s teachings, however wasn’t ever able to grasp the contents meaning, and eventually I put the book in my library not knowing if I’d ever be able to read it.
You might ask “What do you mean you couldn’t read it?!”. The book is written using what some call ‘holographic language’ and without context to most of the assertions, it didn’t make sense to me.
Throughout the previously mentioned seminar, this well-respected man who has helped thousands of people to lose weight (without exercising), shared the methods shared in A Course In Miracles (ACIM) as being a prominent part in the weight loss methods, results and testimonials, mentioning true forgiveness (correction of perception) and how ‘letting go’ supports people in leading healthier, happier lives, with some experiencing what is medically named ‘a spontaneous remission’.
Victor had told me of his wife Jackie, who had joined him at the seminar he attended, utilising the method on the first night of the seminar and although she had not slept properly for many years had slept wonderfully that night and has ever since. Wow!
I finished the seminar and shook the hand of the facilitator sharing my agreement that our thoughts are at least 80% of the game. He quickly responded “Oh at least. I would say 90% or more!”.
With that I went away and began to implement the methods, losing 10 kilograms in the process. I decided to also take up the opportunity offered by the hypnotherapist facilitator (James), to experience a 1:1 session where he would help me identify any additional people I could forgive or let go. This is conventionally a two hour session. We enjoyed deep discussion and alignment for a full four hours. In this process I shared that I recognised his appreciation of A Course In Miracles (ACIM) and how I hadn’t been able to read it. James shared that he had found the same prior to reading The Disappearance of the Universe, which for him and many others had provided helpful context to reading A Course In Miracles.
I quickly purchased The Disappearance of the Universe and began reading. I initially thought to myself as I was making my way through the early chapters “Even though James and I had felt very aligned, and this book was going to be a key in my being able to read ACIM, maybe he misread me, because this guy, Gary Reynard – the author of The Disappearance of the Universe, seems to be a bit of a dag and this book doesn’t seem to be at a level of consciousness that I resonate with”.
How ironic to realise, soon after this judgement, that the book is about the practise and benefits of true forgiveness, and letting go of judgements, no matter how subtle, and here I was judging the author and James who recommended the book to me.. :)
I finished The Disappearance of the Universe and started into A Course In Miracles.
Thank you Victor and James! I could read it!
As a truth seeker, I have traversed many levels of understanding before reaching A Course In Miracles. This will probably be the last book I read as I’m not aware of another English written book of such pure truth. In fact, through extensive research I've discovered that there isn't another book in the world offering liberation from the limits of our ego, English or any other language, which offers a systematic approach such as this. Most are philosophical and helpful however not systematic.
If after ready A Course In Miracles, you know of and would like to recommend a resource or book which is seemingly purer in truth, systematic in it's approach, and written in English, then I will consider your recommendation.
I won’t attempt to teach you what this book is designed to. I will say, that your ego may attempt to stop you from reading it.
Can you handle the truth? If you can, it will set you free.
A Course In Miracles is like a fantasy novel, that when we choose to believe in and act upon its words, we will be exposed to our ultimate reality, which is far beyond fantasy or imagination - Leigh Eggins
Although The Course, as many shorten the name to, or ACIM, is Christian in statement, it deals with universal spiritual themes. For example sharing:
I am responsible for what I see.
I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve.
And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and receive as I have asked.
To support you in easing your way in, and having better context, I've provided the following resources which I encourage you to process and integrate in the shared order.
If you’re like me, you may have been exposed to Christianity or formal religion in your former years, and when you became old enough to make your own decisions, you might have decided that there was some truth to some aspects of religion, however the version you were exposed to wasn’t for you, and in fact you might even feel like most religion is based on mistruths. This video will confirm that your ‘Truth Barometer’ is working in this regard.
For those of you who are devout Christians or follow any other religion, please read on as I have provided resources below which are directly from A Course In Miracles, sharing truths from the Bible, and making some small adjustments which, if you get appropriate context on the author of The Course, will make perfect sense.
This video is by Gabby Bernstein. If you don’t know who she is, here is a little about Gabby: Renowned spiritual teacher and #1 New York Times bestselling author Gabby Bernstein has been hailed as a “next-generation thought leader," by Oprah Winfrey. Bernstein is the author of nine bestselling books including The Universe Has Your Back, Super Attractor, and her latest New York Times bestseller, Happy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace.
Her empowering perspective and compassionate insights inspired The New York Times to call her, “a role model for a new generation of spiritual seekers.” Bernstein is the creator and host of the podcast Dear Gabby, where she connects with her community and offers insightful, real-time coaching, straight talk, and BIG LOVE.
Through her presentations and generous Q&A sessions, Bernstein makes a major impact on individuals and organizations alike, and she has been sought-after by groups such as Google, the AOL Build Series, TED Talks, Oprah’s SuperSoul Sessions, and many more.
And this short video by highly acclaimed spiritual thought leader Deepak Chopra. Here’s some further information about Deepak: Deepak Chopra is a Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at the University of California, San Diego and serves as a senior scientist with Gallup Organization.
He is the author of over 90 books translated into over forty-three languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. His 90th book and national bestseller, Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential (Harmony Books), unlocks the secrets to moving beyond our present limitations to access a field of infinite possibilities.
For the last thirty years, Chopra has been at the forefront of the meditation revolution and his latest book, Total Meditation (Harmony Book, September 22, 2020) helps people to achieve new dimensions of stress-free living and joyful living. TIME magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century.”
Here is an introduction to A Course In Miracles by the publisher.
Here's a link to the Preface of A Course In Miracles.
This video was very helpful for me in understanding how this powerfully transformative document came together, and through who:
Bridget Winter, Documentary Television Producer, reveals the extraordinary chain of events that in 1985 led her to the filming of the two-part film above.
If you’d like to understand more about how A Course In Miracles came about, you can purchase and read, as I did, Journey Without Distance, The story behind A Course In Miracles.
This is a rare recording of Helen Shucman, the scribe of A Course In Miracles, speaking about the 'Voice' which revealed A Course In Miracles to her:
Go here to purchase the scribe authorised version of A Course In Miracles. Beware of any other versions as they are not scribe authorised.
Scrolling down to Product details on the Amazon page linked to above, you will notice that A Course In Miracles ranks 40,631 in Best Selling Books (at time of me writing this). Based on an estimated 20 million titles on Amazon, that means A Course In Miracles ranks in the top .2% of books on the platform as a Best Seller.
Here is a link to the top Amazon Reviews which are both insightful and inspiring.
The original notes of Helen Shucman are kept securely in the United States Library of Congress.
For devout Christians who may believe some or all of the Bible, and are concerned of the legitimacy of A Course In Miracles, see the three sections below:
A Course In Miracles Resources which will support your learning and liberation:
A Course In Miracles Publisher, Foundation For Inner Peace - Website and Resources.
Read A Course In Miracles Online. I've found this online resource extremely helpful for continually looking up words and themes that I am curious about, to support my deeper understanding.
See an incomplete list of words and phrases I've looked up, and how many times they have appeared in A Course In Miracles. You will notice that God is mentioned 4444 times in A Course In Miracles. You will notice that the original hard cover, complete with all parts of The Course is 1,333 pages. I see these two facts as marks of authenticity, as A Course In Miracles was published in 1976, which was prior to technology being advanced enough to achieve such a feat.
Ask ChatGPT anything about A Course In Miracles. I've asked hundreds of questions and checked in on many nuances to support my learning and deeper understanding.
You don’t need to purchase A Course In Miracles through Audible as it is available on audio via app for Apple and Android. I recommend that you read A Course In Miracles at least twice before listening to it on audio, because audio only doesn’t allow you to recognise the Capitalised words or italics which emphasize many words. Very important.
Having said that, you can listen via the Apple app, and touch the screen to see and read the words at the same time, supporting you in recognising the context of all of the words. That doesn't work for me, however may work for you.
People you may know who have enjoyed the teachings of A Course In Miracles:
7 Shocking Truths verified in A Course In Miracles:
Three significant experiences I had during my first read of A Course in Miracles:
Light episode - A Course In Miracles
I Need Do Nothing - A Course In Miracles
Movies based on true stories mentioning the profound results from using forgiveness:
True Forgiveness or Forgiveness-for-Salvation vs the version of forgiveness you may be accustomed to:
True Forgiveness or Forgiveness-for-Salvation is the act of handing over your perception to God (AKA – Source, The Universe, Higher Consciousness, Super Consciousness) for correction. You cannot understand His function let alone fulfil it. In essence the combined function of you handing over or for-giving your decisions and judgements, and Him converting all related thoughts of fear to love, thus liberating oneself from the illusion of separation and the guilt caused; remembering your natural, perfect, limitless, pure, innocent, formless, changeless, eternal, abundant, knowing, certain, loving, lovable, peaceful, happy, free Self in Love.
A beautiful excerpt from A Course In Miracles:
What could you want forgiveness cannot give? Do you want peace? Forgiveness offers it. Do you want happiness, a quiet mind, a certainty of purpose, and a sense of worth and beauty that transcends the world? Do you want care and safety, and the warmth of sure protection always? Do you want a quietness that cannot be disturbed, a gentleness that never can be hurt, a deep abiding comfort, and a rest so perfect it can never be upset? All this forgiveness offers you, and more.
It sparkles on your eyes as you awake, and gives you joy with which to meet the day. It soothes your forehead while you sleep, and rests upon your eyelids so you see no dreams of fear and evil, malice and attack. And when you wake again, it offers you another day of happiness and peace. All this forgiveness offers you, and more.
Forgiveness offers everything I want - A Course In Miracles
Next step is to diligently work your way through A Course In Miracles, systematically remove all that has limited you, and remember who you truly are.
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.