The Circle of Atonement - Dedicated to A Course in Miracles
Daily Reading
Workbook Lesson:Lesson # 183—I call upon God's Name and on my own. [more] Lesson Index.
Text Reading: T-16.II—The Power of Holiness.
Lesson & Reading Plan Calendar
Today's Inspiration: All healing is release from the past. (T-13.VIII.1:1)
A Better Way Newsletter
June Issue of A Better Way #90 by Robert Perry. Virtually every Course student is familiar with the idea that attack is really a call for love. Most take this idea to mean that even when a person's actions look like an attack, the person is really just looking for love. But is that what the Course actually means? Click here to read A Better Way.
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We don't often think of the author of A Course in Miracles as a motivational speaker. Yet in the Course's view, proper motivation is the key to achieving its lofty goals.
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Articles
One Lily of Forgiveness in Iran by Greg Mackie. A big story in the news recently has been the election in Iran and its aftermath. After current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner, supporters of challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi claimed that the election results were rigged and took to the streets and rooftops in protest. But the details of the election controversy are not what I want to report on here; we have CNN and Reuters for that. Instead, I want to highlight a video of the protests I saw which to me captures perfectly the choice on which the salvation of the world depends: the choice between sacrificing one another at the dark and bloody shrine of the ego, or offering one another the lilies of forgiveness that transform the darkness of our world into radiant light.
What Goals Really Bring Us Happiness? by Greg Mackie. More and more psychological studies are discovering what many of us are slowly discovering for ourselves and A Course in Miracles is trying to teach us: Happiness comes not from achieving worldly goals, but from becoming better, more loving human beings. A new study, conducted by Edward Deci and colleagues at the University of Rochester, provides further evidence for this conclusion. It suggests that achieving goals like wealth, fame, and physical attractiveness not only doesn't make us happy, but it actually makes us feel worse. True happiness, in Deci's words, comes instead from "growing as an individual, having loving relationships, and contributing to your community."
"Have a Good Day": A Foreshadowing of the Entire Course from Early in Its Dictation by Robert Perry. This article draws out the philosophical depth and practical effectiveness of three brief lines from early in the Course's dictation, lines which seem almost like the entire Course in miniature.
How Holy Is the Smallest Grain of Sand! by Robert Perry. There is a passage in the Course that talks about the holiness of a grain of sand. Yet the Course also teaches that all form is illusion. Deciphering this puzzling passage reveals a view in which life or mind is present within all natural forms.
"Do You Prefer That You Be Right or Happy?": Does This Line Force Us to Choose Between Rightness and Happiness? by Greg Mackie. This oft-quoted Course line is usually taken to mean that we must give up all desire to be right if we want to be happy. But is this really what it means? This article takes a fresh look at this line within its original context in the Course, a context which reveals that rightness and happiness are not mutually exclusive. Then the article discusses the practical impact of how we interpret this line.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to be a bridge into the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We clarify the Course's often difficult language in order to make possible a deeper understanding of its teachings. We then help you put those teachings into practice, explaining how to apply them in your everyday life.
Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says. It also grows out of our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves and to helping others walk it. Our deepest desire is to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world.
As a student working with the Circle of Atonement you will be able to count on us for daily companionship and support. We are here to help you with both the theory and the application of this priceless teaching. You need never feel alone in the process. Based on the feedback we have received, we believe that our support can save you years on your journey back to God.
The Missing Piece
About
2,000 years ago Jesus offered a revolutionary message to the world
which, even now, has not been fully grasped. The church quickly
institutionalized his radical teachings into an organized religion
about worshipping him, obscuring the true meaning of his
transformative message. It is our belief that Jesus has appeared
again to humanity in the pages of
A Course in Miracles to
frame his ancient message for contemporary ears. As the authentic
voice of Jesus, A Course in Miracles provides the crucial
"missing piece" that supplies the healing Jesus
originally intended for the world. An important part of our mission
here at the Circle of Atonement is to ensure that Jesus'
vital message will never be lost to the world again.
Read our piece,
"The Promise of the Course: A Statement of Intent".
