A Course in Miracles - Foundation For Inner Peace5806759
This innocuous book came to my attention in 2005 and it has passed via my hands several times since. I had no inclination to peruse its contents for I had ceased to think in miracles. In 2005, I was cursing God for abandoning me. I was utilizing all my energy to stave off the hell I descended into 15 years earlier by marrying a man as un-Godly as anybody could be.
In 2007, while packing some books as donations for a book fair, my hand once 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 experienced in a very lengthy time? My hand clung to the book refusing to put it down. Realizing that this was a sign that I had better take a closer look, I produced a cup of tea and sat in my favorite 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 question: What IS the foundation for inner peace? This book immediately 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 cannot 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 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 change and was I ready for the journey ahead?
My preferred film is "The Matrix". The primary character Neo is looking for the answer to the matrix. He understands the matrix exists but he does not know what it is. The man with the answer, Morpheus, contacts Neo and offers the opportunity for truth by giving Neo a option between taking a blue pill or a red pill. Take the blue pill and remain ignorant or take the red pill and discover the answer to the matrix. Prior to he reaches for his pill of choice, Morpheus cautions Neo that should he select the red pill, he can never go back to the life he had been living.
