Course of Miracles

[Bruce Michael]

Hi All,

What can we view as real and unreal in this world?

I found this interview very interesting:
The Spirit of Things - 11/03/01: A Course in Miracles

-Br.Bruce

[marmalade]

I read the ACIM in highschool. I look back to it every now and then. I've read some interesting commentary recently. I was reading about how the view of ACIM most closely aligns with Valentinianism which was a mild form of Gnosticism.

[wil]

Anyone else.

Been a long time since I read/followed the course. Going thru lent now, omer next, maybe it is time for the course again?

[Pathless]

I've never read any of the Course in Miracles books, although I did read a bit of Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love once.

Originally Posted by Marianne Williamson

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Apparently, this famous quote was written by Williamson in A Return to Love, and not penned/spoken by Nelson Mandela. It seems unclear if he ever made the speech in which it is attributed.

Marianne Williamson - Wikiquote

Anyone know about this? Just curious. Thanks.