A Course in Miracles - Foundation For Inner Peace1610815
This innocuous book came to my interest in 2005 and it has passed through my hands a number of times because. 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 utilizing all my power to stave off the hell I descended into 15 years earlier by marrying a man as un-Godly as anybody could be.
In 2007, whilst packing some books as donations for a book fair, my hand as soon as again fell on "A Course in Miracles". By this time, I had secured a divorce from my husband but was nonetheless dealing with the fallout. As I grasped the book, I became very thoughtful and calm. What was it about this book that invoked feelings I hadn't skilled in a very lengthy time? My hand clung to the book refusing to place it down. Realizing that this was a sign that I had much better take a closer appear, I produced a cup of tea and sat in my preferred reading chair. With fantastic curiosity, I focused on the blue hardcover and read "A Course in Miracles, a foundation for inner peace." Wow. That was a fairly bold statement but okay, I decided to bite. Taking a deep breath, I pondered the most apparent query: What IS the foundation for inner peace? This book instantly opened an old wound and it had much better have the answer to healing.
"A Course in Miracles" is really that, a course. Written in 3 parts, this book is not to be taken lightly and can't be read 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 room simply because I was deeply and profoundly afraid. I instinctively understood that once I began reading this book, I was going to have to alter and was I ready for the journey ahead?
My favorite film is "The Matrix". The main character Neo is searching 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 opportunity for truth by giving Neo a choice in 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. Before he reaches for his pill of option, Morpheus cautions Neo that should he select the red pill, he can by no means go back to the life he had been living.
