Merry Christmas! In this NEW TALK Bruce Rawles and Susan discuss Christmas themes from the Course’s perspective, referencing sections of the Text, Chapter 15. A Course in Miracles, Christmas Holidays and the Holy Instant. Toward the end of the talk Susan also mentions an image from a previous post she made on this site a […]
The Only Friend You Will Ever Need
“I’m the only friend you will ever need,” the clown doll proclaimed, out of nowhere, after suddenly sliding down the tiled backsplash of the kitchen counter I sat him on. For Halloween my daughter–sweet child of my own twisted heart—had sent me a creepy little clown doll I call Chuckles, programmed to deliver pithy little […]
A Conversation with Rosemarie LoSasso: Summer 2019
Rosemarie LoSasso worked closely with Kenneth and Gloria Wapnick for decades, editing his books and audios and teaching at the Foundation for A Course in Miracles (www.facim.org) from its earliest days in the 1980s. She retired from the Foundation in the fall of 2018 when the Foundation relocated to Henderson, Nevada, but generously agreed to […]
This is going to end badly
I sprinted into my inner professor’s office as if in hot pursuit, still nimble beyond my advancing years, and slid into the seat left empty far too long in front of his desk. He leaned back in his chair, smiling, as if he’d been expecting me all along. Outside the open beveled windows behind him, […]
Be gentle with yourself
Hi everyone: Well, I woke up this morning tired and hungry (or “hangry,” as my daughter says) and googled this phrase: “Ken Wapnick scarcity.” To my surprise, the first thing that came up was an interview I had originally done with Ken in 2012 entitled “Be Gentle with Yourself.” https://www.google.com/search?q=Ken+wapnick+scarcity&oq=Ken+wapnick+scarcity&aqs=chrome..69i57.5039j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Gentleness, especially with the puny […]
Being Normal in an Abnormal World
Hi everybody and a happy 2019 to all! My calendar and perennial To-Do list is already filled with so many tasks but fortunately our purpose remains the same: to make practicing true forgiveness the most important thing in our so-called lives! Our beloved teacher Ken Wapnick recommended this approach and elaborated on what he meant […]
October Is the Cruelest Month—No Wait!
(Having a right-minded moment and thought I should post quickly between breaking news! :)) “How did June become October?” I asked, as he materialized through an early-morning haze on the campus path, man scarf I’d given him knotted at his throat, robes flowing, surrounded by autumnal hues blurry as a Renoir. I handed my imaginary […]
Love Makes no Comparisons (Blame it on the boogie!)
Much like in the iconic movie Ground Hog Day, another Monday morning brought another start to yet another week of seeming captivity following another trying weekend of trying to sell our home to buy a smaller place and get on with our so-called lives. Having dropped the price yet again toward the end of last […]
The Quiet Center
I sat at my desk on yet another Monday morning of no apparent forward movement on selling our house. Struggling to embrace the holding pattern I found myself inexplicably locked into as a classroom in true forgiveness. Rather than yet another self-crafted prison of punishment for the forgotten crime of separation from our source, the […]
Homeless, the ego seeks
“You’ll need to remove everything that might offend someone,” the realtor said. “You mean lose the Obama,” I said. Referring to the life-sized, standup cardboard cutout of our former POTUS procured during the 2008 election. Headed in 2016 for the dumpster, truth be told, but saved by the unexpected outcome of that election. Consequently retained […]