Question: “Hey Nick, how are you? Nick I think we are alike in many ways, I also gave up and detached from almost all material things, information, knowledge, beliefs, dreams, illusions, programs, souvenirs, etc.., And you surrendered to the Holy Spirit and I to God (same). I say that I am almost detached because I’m [...]
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First, a disclaimer: The information I give here about the early days of the Course is sprinkled with a few direct observations but comes primarily from many conversations my wife Gayle and I had with Bill Thetford over the years. If there are any inaccuracies, please chalk these up to my faulty memory of what [...]
Question: Dear Nick, Does the course talks about the darkness in the world, and how to handle it? Answer: What the Course reminds us is that the darkness is never in the world but in our mind. That’s why it says, “seek not to change the world but to change your mind about the world.” [...]
A friend of mine whose in the middle of a family challenge, who also practices A Course in Miracles shared with me about a former partner who has been sending her very negative emails, and how difficult has been for her to deal with the experience. Although because of her forgiveness process she is being [...]
Recently I received a wonderful article by Hugh Prather written back in 1999 entitled: What is the Course? Will it exist in the 21st Century? Although was very extensive, one of the paragraphs that caught my attention was: “Does this mean those who lecture or write about the Course have turned down a dark side [...]
Question: Dear Nick, Does the course talks about the darkness in the world, and how to handle it? Answer: What the Course reminds us is that the darkness is never in the world but in our mind. That’s why it says, “seek not to change the world but to change your mind about the world.” [...]
Question: One of the problems I have with the Course’s metaphysics as contrasted with its psychology is the teaching that “the world was created as an attack on God” If that view is correct that would make the Course gnostic as seeing matter as evil or pure error. Answer: The reason I am projecting this [...]
The only reason people attack is NOT because they are bad, but because on a much deeper level they feel hurt (fear). When we feel hurt, the automatic response seems to be attack (blame) because we have forgotten that the seeming attacker is in our own mind. Now, what is an attack? It is either [...]
Question: “I just watched your conference video at ft. lauderdale Florida, and I’ve noticed that you talked about not taking spirituality seriously, but just to instead laugh at it. You also talk abou how the choices that we’ve made up until this point in our lives, we couldn’t do it any differently. What do you [...]
Quesion: “I used to be very goal oriented and then I decided not to have any goals and let the Holy Spirit bring me what I needed. But I still was attached to my “wants” and have not been accomplishing anything… Any ways, I think I need to have some kind of a plan for [...]
