The purpose of A Course in Miracles is to train our minds. Just like reading a book cannot train our body, reading a book cannot train our minds. That doesn’t even seem logical.

Imagine reading Julia Child’s classic text “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and then thinking that you are now a French chef. That would be preposterous. It would be delusional.  You need to roll up your sleeves and start cooking before you can say you’re a chef.

Many people have told me me they’ve studied A Course in Miracles for years with little change in their lives. Their ego is driving their spiritual growth, and not much is happening.  They’re not actively applying it, they’re studying it and that isn’t healing.

We think that we know the Course just because we can quote it, but that’s not the same as living it.

I learned this the hard way. I studied for so long, and knew the spiritual principle without living it. And I wondered why I wasn’t making more progress.

Collecting spiritual information is a huge distraction. Being a spiritual know-it-all will not win any points or bring any benefit.

Being loving, kind, generous of heart, patient and compassionate – that’s what transforms the mind.

“The purpose of the Workbook is to train your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything in the world.” From the A Course in MiraclesWorkbook Introduction

In this world, every day is “Opposite Day”. The ego is a thought system of illusions and delusions where nothing is what it seems.

Spirit is the truth, it is Love, it is liberation.

Understanding the purpose of A Course in Miracles helps us to appreciate its value.

NEW ACIM PODCAST EPISODE: my topic is Choosing Heaven on Earth. ACIM teaches us that we can choose heaven or hell – it’s our decision. In this week’s episode, I share how we can help ourselves out of the low vibration of guilt and shame and live at a higher vibration.  It’s not natural for us to suffer.