A Course

Course:

I’ve always loved the spiritual text A Course In Miracles, from my first discovery it held a certain promise to me, that this was the way, if only I devoted myself to its page and practice I would reach enlightenment, or at the very least be a happier, more at ease person. It took me years to finally commit to finishing the workbook, completely the daily exercises, reading the entire textbook. This was no easy task, demanding, working diligently to diminish ego’s hold on me. After years of starts and putting the exercises aside, and now fully committed to its study, I finished, a monumental year of study and surrender complete.

and of course everything was just the same.

ego had its hold.

or perhaps maybe a little less so, it doesn’t really matter, my ego is less of a concern now, as is enlightenment and showing signs of spiritual progress. That’s not really what the Course is about anyway and it seems that even after years of study I had missed the point entirely. Only love is real, there it is, from its opening words the Course sets its agenda clear — the ego isn’t the problem, it’s simply an appearance, a lens through which we view the world. It’s our identifying completely with the ego that leads to a troubled world.

and so we find ourselves here.