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December Issue of A Better Way #114 In this issue of A Better Way, we have an article by Robert entitled "Should the Course Community Actually Be United?" In it, he responds to the voluminous feedback we received in response to his previous article, "Could the Course Community Actually Be United?" In the current article, Robert draws from the Course material to make the case that Jesus wants us all to join in one interpretation of his words. Let's continue the discussion!

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A personalized map for walking the path of the Course, made up of hundreds of resources and organized into categories such as forgiveness, listening to the Holy Spirit, and relationships.

This week's article is There Are No Accidents Where do the events of our lives come from? In this study of relevant passages, Robert concludes that there are three explanations offered by the Course for where the events of our lives come from. These three seem different, yet they converge on a single crucial idea.

The Ten Commandments and A Course in Miracles My fiancée, Patricia, who has a Mexican Catholic background, recently asked me what the Course says about the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were an important part of her faith growing up, and she wanted a Course perspective on them.

Reverse Projection: "As You See Him You Will See Yourself." We are all familiar with projection, whereby our self-perception becomes our perception of others. But are we aware that the reverse of that, in which causation travels the other way, is also a major plank in the Course's system? In this article, Robert explores "reverse projection," in which our perception of others determines our perception of ourselves.

Violence Has Dramatically Declined — Why? It is a truism that we live in violent times. With the daily reports of crime, war, and terrorism screaming from our newspaper headlines, television sets, and Internet news sites, who could possibly suggest otherwise? Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker does suggest otherwise. In his new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, he uses statistical and historical analysis to demonstrate that, contrary to conventional wisdom, worldwide violence has in fact declined dramatically over time — so dramatically that we may well be living in the most peaceful period in human history. I find his arguments largely convincing, and naturally my thoughts turn to how this good news might be viewed from the perspective of A Course in Miracles.

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July is "miracles month." We will be focusing on the miracle principles as originally dictated and what they tell us about the nature of A Course in Miracles. In the meantime, we invite you to explore the PathMap resources on miracles, which can be found under the category of "function.quot; Our goal will be to stand on a firmer, and perhaps even a new, foundation in our understanding and practicing of the Course.

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We would love to hear your stories about spiritual healing, either giving such healing, or receiving it. It you have such a story, please consider inspiring us all by writing it down for us.

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"Relationship with Jesus." Jesus in the end says quite a lot about the kind of relationship with us that he is holding out. In this class, we will look at it and consider entering into that relationship more fully.

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"Reverse Projection" We are all familiar with the idea of projection, that as we see ourselves so will we see others. In this class, we will explore the equally important principle that is precisely the opposite: "As you see him you will see yourself." We will look at the central role it plays in the Course's thought system, and how we can use that role to our benefit. Listen