Some thoughts on Chapter 4 Introduction and Section I This chapter starts us off by giving some general information concerning our own egos, as well as some basics on the relationship between ego and spirit. The first two sentences allude to how we see our brothers. Usually our brothers ask us to interact with them…Read more »

We are currently at Chapter 3, Section VI, “Judgment and the Authority Problem.” This is a continuation of looking at judgment and seeing that ‘the choice to judge rather than to know is the cause of the loss of peace.’ The text is making a connection between our loss of peace, otherwise known as fear…Read more »

We are currently on ACIM text chapter 3, section V Beyond Perception. In this section ACIM further expounds on the idea that everything we think we perceive and think we are conscious of is subject to uncertainty as it is not the ‘knowledge’ and truth of God.  One of the first steps in remembering knowledge…Read more »

As we head into the New Year, we also head into the IV section of ACIM chapter 3, ‘Error and the Ego.’    This section looks at some initial comments on the ego and our true selves.  The section starts with the sentence ‘The abilities you now possess are only shadows of your real strength.’[1]…Read more »

Perhaps the best way to go through this section is to start at the last paragraph.  Then it seemed easier for me to go back to the beginning paragraphs and catch a bit of what was being discussed. In it, truth and what we attempt to do to distort it is presented is some very…Read more »

I started a process about 15 years ago.  At that time I was working in my own medical practice as a pain management physician who had trained in anesthesiology and pain management.  I had a lovely family, a very busy practice and a little mind filled with incessant thoughts that was totally disconnected from my…Read more »

Just a few thoughts on the ACIM text, Chapter 2, Sections VII and VIII.   ‘Nothing and everything cannot coexist.[i]’  ‘Nothing’ is a symbol for our belief in the absence of love, also known as ‘lack.’  We have to Velcro many ideas together (synonymous with ‘to make’ in ACIM) to come up with the very…Read more »

It has come to me that I need to put forth not only a description of my journey, but a record of what I have been shown along the way. The current vehicle for this will be this blog. Not always will the spelling be correct. And not always will the meaning of the words…Read more »