We are all either in the quiet center or wandering about in what I have been thinking of as “the hinterland.” This posts describes some hinterland experiences I have been having over the past year and how to find the way back to the quiet center.

The title of this post is drawn from the part of the Catholic Mass in which those in attendance wish one another peace. Since all minds are joined, to give peace is also to receive peace.

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 one year anniversary of the start of the pandemic earlier this month inspired this post on changelessness, which A Course in Miracles describes as an attribute of Heaven.

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.

Questions about how to behave in a given situation arise for most of us on a daily, if not hourly, basis. Historically, religion and religious leaders have provided guidance about right action. A Course in Miracles simultaneously has nothing to say about how to act in a given situation and also teaches that our inner Teacher will give us all the guidance we need to navigate our day-to-day lives.