The Lighthouse Group studies and meets quarterly at RMMC to talk about a selected newsletter written by Dr. Kenneth Wapnick. This quarter’s topic is “A Kind and Simple Presentation of a Kind and Simple Message – June 2000, Volume 11, Number 2.
You will be surprised at its simplicity because its “basic emphasis is why students of ACIM persist in not doing the simple things salvation asks.” (my paraphrase) It is a wonderful newsletter that I feel will help fill the gap of our missing meetings.
Here is an excerpt from the Lighthouse article:
Readers accustomed to seeing articles in our newsletter that deal with metaphysical issues will be surprised at this one. Our basic emphasis here is why we as students of A Course in Miracles persist in not doing the simple things salvation asks (T-31.I.1:10–2:2), thereby rejecting the wonderful benefits that the Course is offering to us, and through us to others. Moreover, the simplicity of its message goes hand in hand with the kindness that is inevitable if one truly practices forgiveness—clearly the heart of the message. In the following article, therefore, we focus on how this simple message falls prey to the lethal barrier of our choice for the ego thought system, which results in our core need to judge and attack others. In the spirit of this non-metaphysical simplicity, we take our cue from Jesus’ opening words to Workbook Lesson 133, “I will not value what is valueless.”:
* The article is found on page 350 in the print version of From The Lighthouse: To Look Upon Darkness Through Light Must Dispel It, an anthology of Lighthouse articles by Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D. and Gloria Wapnick from the Foundation for A Course in Miracles. This anthology is also available in ePub (digital) format (in 3 volumes). In addition to Course-related products such as the Lighthouse anthology, newly re-designed FACIM website has numerous new additions, including an excellent hyperlinked glossary of terms used in ACIM and much other new material.
The quarterly Lighthouse study group at Rocky Mountain Miracle Center is facilitated by Chris Dixon-Bubick