Merry Christmas! In this NEW TALK Bruce Rawles and Susan discuss Christmas themes from the Course’s perspective, referencing sections of the Text, Chapter 15. A Course in Miracles, Christmas Holidays and the Holy Instant. Toward the end of the talk Susan also mentions an image from a previous post she made on this site a […]
This is going to end badly
I sprinted into my inner professor’s office as if in hot pursuit, still nimble beyond my advancing years, and slid into the seat left empty far too long in front of his desk. He leaned back in his chair, smiling, as if he’d been expecting me all along. Outside the open beveled windows behind him, […]
Talking with Jeffrey Seibert, Spring 2019
Jeffrey Seibert worked closely with Kenneth and Gloria Wapnick at the Foundation for A Course in Miracles for decades. Jeff moved with the Foundation to its new location in Henderson, Nevada, last year and has recently resumed teaching monthly seminars as well as weekly classes there, also available as recordings through the Foundation’s new streaming […]
Be gentle with yourself
Hi everyone: Well, I woke up this morning tired and hungry (or “hangry,” as my daughter says) and googled this phrase: “Ken Wapnick scarcity.” To my surprise, the first thing that came up was an interview I had originally done with Ken in 2012 entitled “Be Gentle with Yourself.” https://www.google.com/search?q=Ken+wapnick+scarcity&oq=Ken+wapnick+scarcity&aqs=chrome..69i57.5039j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Gentleness, especially with the puny […]
October Is the Cruelest Month—No Wait!
(Having a right-minded moment and thought I should post quickly between breaking news! :)) “How did June become October?” I asked, as he materialized through an early-morning haze on the campus path, man scarf I’d given him knotted at his throat, robes flowing, surrounded by autumnal hues blurry as a Renoir. I handed my imaginary […]
Homeless, the ego seeks
“You’ll need to remove everything that might offend someone,” the realtor said. “You mean lose the Obama,” I said. Referring to the life-sized, standup cardboard cutout of our former POTUS procured during the 2008 election. Headed in 2016 for the dumpster, truth be told, but saved by the unexpected outcome of that election. Consequently retained […]
Something there is that doesn’t love a wall
(Hope you’ll enjoy this excerpt from my book Forgiveness Offers Everything I Want, available on Amazon.) I did not grow up in a family or community that embraced poetry—I mean, how many American families or communities do? And yet I secretly wrote it as a child, and remain a closet poet to this day. My […]
On a wing (or two) and a prayer
As the Southwest 737 climbed through the dull clouds and ragged hills of San Diego the Captain explained Air Traffic Control had advised him that the skies throughout our flight path in California today were “out of sorts,” much like the reluctant flyer I still think I am. Our ascent would prove bumpier than usual; […]
Truth has rushed to meet you (in stealth mode; but still!)
I sat in my car outside the university fitness center I belong to after completing another lonely ride to nowhere on a stationary bike. Mindlessly perusing magazines like People and US reporting on matters of dire importance such as reader polls revealing which celebrity wore which designer outfit best. Even as my iphone continued to […]
The (Eventually) Happy Learner
(Here’s another excerpt from my most recent collection of acim forgiveness essays, Forgiveness: the Key to Happiness—hope you enjoy!) The proverbial battlefield still smoldered above strewn, severed limbs as tangled as a Picasso painting, the sun a distant orb obscured by the bitter ash of betrayal. I lay writhing in pain in the middle of […]