A Course in Miracles - Foundation For Inner Peace2928202
This innocuous book came to my attention in 2005 and it has passed through my hands several times since. I had no inclination to peruse its contents for I had ceased to believe in miracles. In 2005, I was cursing God for abandoning me. I was using all my power to stave off the hell I descended into 15 years earlier by marrying a man as un-Godly as anyone could be.
In 2007, while packing some books as donations for a book fair, my hand once once more fell on "A Course in Miracles". By this time, I had secured a divorce from my husband but was still dealing with the fallout. As I grasped the book, I became extremely thoughtful and calm. What was it about this book that invoked feelings I hadn't skilled in a very long time? My hand clung to the book refusing to place it down. Realizing that this was a sign that I had better take a closer look, I made a cup of tea and sat in my favorite reading chair. With fantastic curiosity, I focused on the blue hardcover and study "A Course in Miracles, a foundation for inner peace." Wow. That was a pretty bold statement but okay, I decided to bite. Taking a deep breath, I pondered the most obvious query: What IS the foundation for inner peace? This book instantly opened an old wound and it had better have the answer to healing.
"A Course in Miracles" is really that, a course. Written in three parts, this book is not to be taken lightly and can't be study in a week or even a month. There is text, a workbook for students and a manual for teachers. I had the sudden urge to fling the book across the space simply because I was deeply and profoundly afraid. I instinctively understood that as soon as I began reading this book, I was going to have to change and was I ready for the journey ahead?
My favorite film is "The Matrix". The primary character Neo is looking for the answer to the matrix. He understands the matrix exists but he doesn't know what it is. The man with the answer, Morpheus, contacts Neo and offers the chance for truth by giving Neo a choice between taking a blue pill or a red pill. Take the blue pill and remain ignorant or take the red pill and find the answer to the matrix. Prior to he reaches for his pill of option, Morpheus cautions Neo that ought to he choose the red pill, he can by no means go back to the life he had been living.
