‘A Course in Miracles’ 

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    A Course in Miracles (also referred to as ACIM or the Course) written by Helen Schucman and William Thetford that describes a New Age approach to spirituality based on Christian teachings. Schucman dictated the book based on an inner voice,[1][2][3][4] which she described as coming from a divine source, specifically Jesus Christ.[5] The book uses traditional Judeo-Christian terminology,[4] but is not aligned to the doctrines of any religions or denominations. J. Gordon Melton notes that it has been most popular among those who have been disillusioned by organized Christianity,[4] and described it as a religious text for the New Age movement.[4][5] Since it first became available for sale in 1976, over 1.5 million copies have sold worldwide in sixteen different languages.[6][7]  ACIM is published solely by The Foundation for Inner Peace.

Summary

ACIM integrates ideas from Christianity, Eastern religions, mysticism, psychology, and Platonism, viewing reality as monistically comprised of a single thing, the love of God and the physical world as a projection in the mind.[8] ACIM focusses on cultivating awareness of love in the self and in others.[9] Believers in ACIM consider it an inspired scripture using Biblical terminology, but possessing a greater coherence by dint of its consistent source.[8]


Structure

Helen Schucman and William Thetford wrote ACIM from the perspective of Jesus Christ, speaking of his birth, miracles, apostles, experience in Gethsemane, crucifixion, resurrection, portrayal in the New Testament, and the way he has been characterized by Christianity. ACIM is split into three sections, described as an initial text, a workbook for students and a manual for teachers. The workbook focuses on applying different aspects of forgiveness through daily lessons, designed to correct the student's perception of the world to properly perceive the unity of the world as God's love.[10] ACIM also integrates the teachings of Freudian and Jungian psychology with the terminology of

‘I am- A Course in Miracles’       From The heart of the Host.


        ‘I am- A Course in Miracles’  (also referred to as IamACIM or the Coolest Show ever) Started out mostly as a Audio journal for Devan J. Byrne’s personal Studies of the Work Book of ‘A Course in Miracles’. The Work Book of ACIM has 365 Lessons in it. Devan is Going through the Course the first time, and has changed his life dramatically already. To date he is not even Half way through the Course, Devan Has great insight to the meaning of it all (so his ego likes to boast about). Not New to spirituality, for the past 3.5 years he has studied every Alternative therapy he could find, studied and practiced meditations and psychic skills and all sorts of ‘New Age’ and ‘New Thought’s and has come to realize a gift that he kept hidden.


    Devan being an ‘Indigo’ child forgot all the many times that he always asked questions and received answers from many sources, in mind only when needed. Devan soon realized that in order to receive more knowledge, he must give it. For the Answers only come when there is a need for the teaching. Before ACIM found Devan, he could have sworn the course was filled with his quotes. No they where from the same source and never belonged to anyone, but everyone.


    Devan wile on IamACIM has learned to use this gift with a great fluidity, even thow still a distracted young man, he brings great words from the holy spirit speaking through him. Teaching himself as he helps you to understand Devan J. Byrne is a teacher that reaches all areas of student levels. Just like ACIM he is sometimes very deep and confusing, yet he brings understanding with his wonderful metaphors. Yet the greatest thing he wishes to bring is Love, Knowledge is not necessary but remembering Love is inevitable.


    IamACIM Has grown and is growing to be a widely downloaded show, reaching only 10,000 Downloads a week 5 months after started and now nearly 12,000 Downloads reaching its 6 months of recording. This Program stands out for its honesty and forwardness about every subject. It is souly from donation to refrain from pointless and annoying advertising on the show and sites. God is using this great show to reach new and young students of the course, yet realizing they are teachers.


    Yes Devan may be gifted, Yes this show is doing great, but thats not what it is about. This show is here only for you, Only for you. For there is only you...

                    Your Holiness Truly Blesses us, for that we Thank You!

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Judeo-Christian tradition. The book describes a system of an unconscious mind, defence mechanisms and subconscious goals, then claims to offer a means of reconciling conflicts within this system through forgiveness and the relinquishment of guilt.

Origins

The Course was originally scribed in a collaborative venture by Schucman and Thetford.[1][2][3] In the early form of ACIM (commonly known as the "Urtext") the "Voice" described them as scribes taking down the words of Jesus. According to Wapnick, Jesus was "a symbol of God's love and not the historical Jesus of Nazareth". [11] In 1976, the Course was distributed as a three volume set, [12]which had evolved from the original notes and comprised the three sections of the Course: the Text, Workbook, and Manual. [11]


For the first 19 years of its circulation the book was published, printed and distributed directly by the students of the work. In 1995, the printing and distribution of the work was licensed to Penguin Books for five years.[13] The teachings of the book have been supported by such mainstream commentators as Oprah Winfrey in her interviews with author Marianne Williamson, and are supported by some "New Thought" churches such as the Association of Unity Churches.

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