A Course in Miracles - Foundation For Inner Peace9999020
This innocuous book came to my interest in 2005 and it has passed via my hands a number of occasions 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 using 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 extremely thoughtful and calm. What was it about this book that invoked feelings I hadn't skilled in a extremely 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 great curiosity, I focused on the blue hardcover and study "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 obvious query: What IS the foundation for inner peace? This book immediately opened an old wound and it had better have the answer to healing.
"A Course in Miracles" is truly that, a course. Written in three components, 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 began reading this book, I was going to have to change and was I prepared for the journey ahead?
My favorite movie 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 chance 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 find 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.
