A Course of Love (ACOL) Reading Group starts Wednesday, January 6, 2021, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Mountain Time
Here is a quote from the Foreward, by Glen Hovemann, editor of ACOL:
A Course of Love gives enormous importance to its predecessor. ”The world as a state of being, as a whole, has entered a time, brought on largely by A Course In Miracles, in which readiness for miracle-mindedness is upon it.” It did so “by threatening the ego.” (C:P.5)
Please see below for more information on A Course Of Love.
Barbara McKinstry is starting to facilitate a group to read ACOL once a week.
For more about ACOL visit: Centerforacourseoflove.org/discover-acol/
Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Barbara McKinstry
Phone: 720 774 3277
Email: totalheart78@gmail.com
Notes: We meet on Zoom. We open by introducing ourselves followed by a 2-3 minute centering meditation. We will read and discuss at least one chapter sequentially. This group is open to ALL.
More info about “A Course of Love (ACOL)”.
Is ACOL related to A Course in Miracles?
To mention an example, some ACIM readers cite passages from ACOL in which the body is said to be able to become an embodiment of love, of divinity, and contrast them with ACIM’s quotes stating that the body was not made by love and is a limit on love. This apparent incompatibility is resolved when you look at other passages from ACIM that raise this possibility:
“The body can become a sign of life, a promise of redemption, and a breath of immortality to those grown sick of breathing in the fetid scent of death. Let it have healing as its purpose. Then will it send forth the message it received, and by its health and loveliness proclaim the truth and value that it represents. Let it receive the power to represent an endless life, forever unattacked.” (ACIM, T-27.I.10:3-6)
“The simple way to let this be achieved is merely this; to let the body have no purpose from the past, when you were sure you knew its purpose was to foster guilt.” (ACIM, T-27.I.11:1)
“This leaves no space in which a different view, another purpose, can be given it. ⁴You do not know its purpose.” (ACIM, T-27.I.11:3-4)
Other apparent contradictions are dealt with in the booklet A Bridge (please see the section below). As with nearly everyone in the ACOL community, our appreciation for ACOL did not diminish in the least our appreciation for ACIM.
ACOL itself recognizes the immense value of its predecessor, giving ACIM credit for helping usher in a new period in the history of humanity.
Many ACOL readers feel that when they revisit their beloved Course in Miracles, they are able to bring to the foreground certain aspects of ACIM that were always present, but in the background.
ACIM continues to offer invaluable teachings that are truly helpful for dislodging the ego’s hold on our minds. Whether it is required to read it before starting ACOL remains a matter for each reader to decide.
We understand that Jesus will keep extending his presence and teachings to those willing to call forth ever wider circles of ideas from within the infinite mind of God.
Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford called forth a way to inner peace; their joint appeal echoed the voices of myriad people who faced daily conflicts and wished to find a way to living in peace. That was a time of tension and unrest, epitomized by the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
Mari Perron’s powerful call to “work for God,” was brought into clarity by her friend Mary Love’s dream of a new course in miracles. In their close relationship, they together found ways to live in the awareness of love’s presence while facing loss, tragedy, and the many heartbreaks common to our time.
Ours is a time of division, hostility, and hatred, epitomized by the September 11 attacks and the resurgence of conflict along religious, racial, political, and economic lines.
We can only expect Christ’s message to be further expanded as new calls emerge and willing scribes are found to give voice to his limitless light.
“Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.”
(ACIM, T-in.2:2-4)
and
Everything real is of God.
Nothing unreal exists.
Love is all there is.
(ACOL)