A Course in Miracles - Foundation For Inner Peace7431811
This innocuous book came to my attention in 2005 and it has passed via my hands a number of 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 using 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 once once more 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 extremely thoughtful and calm. What was it about this book that invoked feelings I hadn't experienced in a extremely long 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 appear, I produced a cup of tea and sat in my favorite reading chair. With great curiosity, I focused on the blue hardcover and read "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 apparent 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 cannot 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 started reading this book, I was going to have to change and was I prepared for the journey ahead?
My preferred movie is "The Matrix". The main 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 provides the opportunity for truth by giving Neo a option in between taking a blue pill or a red pill. Take the blue pill and stay ignorant or take the red pill and discover the answer to the matrix. Before he reaches for his pill of choice, Morpheus cautions Neo that should he choose the red pill, he can by no means go back to the life he had been living.
