This post focuses on romantic relationships and the love and union they symbolize. It suggests some principles couples can use to transcend their sense of separate interests and experience more closeness and connection. (The title is taken from P-2.II.8:4.)

As the year draws to a close, the Christian world celebrates the season of Advent and then Christmas. In this blog post, I bring in ideas from Buddhist tradition and from A Course in Miracles on cultivating joy.

This post is inspired both by the season of Advent and by Chapter 5 of A Course in Miracles, titled, “Healing and Wholeness.” Right in the introduction of the chapter, we learn that healing, joy, love, and union with one another and with our Source are all tied together.

This post describes two experiences of grace and gives the perspective of A Course in Miracles in understanding these moments as memories of our true reality.

This post is inspired by one of the last workshops that Dr. Kenneth Wapnick gave on A Course in Miracles in 2013 called, “The Community of Love,” a title drawn from a quote by the great singer of German lieder, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. One path to achieving the goal of living from the quiet center is to build a community of love (or peace) with everyone we encounter.

The Dalai Lama is quoted as saying, “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” In the Bible, kindness and patience are said to be aspects of love (1 Corinthians 13:4). A Course in Miracles also teaches that Love is kind. Love is our ultimate Reality and the Course says, “Reality is safe and sure, and wholly kind to everyone and everything” (T-16.II.8:6-7). In this blog post, I present a perspective on kindness inspired by A Course in Miracles.

Meditation and mindful awareness are practices that enhance wellbeing. This post places these practices in the context of A Course in Miracles, and explores the relationship between fear and love, as well as the value of the quiet mind.

Today’s post, inspired by the season of Christmas, has as its theme the limitless light and strength we each have in our minds. It characterizes light and strength as taught in A Course in Miracles and ends with a meditation that anybody can do on the place in our minds where light and strength are one.

Today is Thanksgiving in the United States, inspiring this post on gratitude as it is taught in A Course in Miracles.

The miracle is the Course’s means of promoting enduring personal peace. The use of this word in A Course in Miracles is completely different from the usual sense of the word. At the same time, it is miraculous in its own way.

We are all intimately familiar with conditional love. A Course in Miracles teaches that God’s love for us is total, no matter what we may think of ourselves or our actions.

Judgment of others and oneself is so automatic that we might conclude that it is our natural inheritance. On the contrary, judgment is a habit that perpetuates itself, making the experience of peace ever more elusive. In this post, I share some ideas about the transformative practice of non-judgment.

Recent events in American news have highlighted social injustice. This complex problem is difficult to solve from within the framework of the world. In this post, I talk about seeking refuge in our true reality, which is Love. By looking through Love’s eyes, what we see takes on a different meaning, one that allows peace to return.

Relationships bring enormous meaning to life and can also be the source of much suffering. This post introduces the two possible perspectives on relationships taught in A Course in Miracles. Understanding these perspectives clarifies the choice that can be made between them, with one choice sustaining suffering and the other bringing personal peace.