ACIM Q&A Day: What’s the point of eating healthy or taking vitamins if the world is an illusion?

Healings, Important Course Concepts

Q: If I am living an illusion as it says in ACIM, what is the point of eating well e.g. organic foods, exercising, taking vitamins, etc.? I have always done these sort of things because I want to be healthy. But at 57 years of age, I say what is the point if...

ACIM Q&A Day: I struggle with the idea that being spiritual means loving everyone

Important Course Concepts

ACIM Q&A Day:  I struggle with the idea that being spiritual means loving everyone. Especially since there are people in my life who don’t make me feel good when I am around them. How do I handle them in the most loving way? This is such a great question as...

Overcoming anxiety with the help of “A Course in Miracles”

A Course in Miracles editions, Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

Anxiety sucks, but it can be a catalyst for massive spiritual growth. In this interview on “ACIM Hangout” I share my journey through anxiety and the hard core teachings of “A Course in Miracles” that helped me kick anxiety out the door.

Have you already forgotten your New Year’s resolutions? Good news – you only need ONE!

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

After having struggled with anxiety for many years, I’m a big fan of inner peace. A HUGE fan.  I’ve found that simplicity breeds peace, so naturally, I like to keep things simple. I have only one New Year’s resolution, which is actually not about New Year’s at all. It...

Reconnecting with our Higher Mind after feeling the pain and fear of the world

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

“…the truth is true and nothing else is true.” – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) We need this reminder often, especially this week after the horrific tragedies of the Sandy Hook, CT shootings. Such an event turns all of our worlds upside down, as a...

Giving thanks for what we REALLY are

Important Course Concepts

This Thanksgiving, I am committed to pausing and remembering Truth throughout the day.  Although I’m committed to this practice EVERY day, this holiday is another opportunity to put “A Course in Miracles” into ACTION.  Together, we can practice the true...

“A Course in Miracles” Lessons Learned from a Natural Disaster

Anxiety

When I heard that we were going to get hit by a mutant hurricane in late October, I never would have guessed it would have been as devastating to the Jersey shore and other areas as it was. Although we made adequate enough preparations for Hurricane Sandy and remained...

What do unexplained nervousness and a grudge have in common?

Anxiety, Healings

What do unexplained nervousness and a grudge have in common? These feelings taught me a powerful lesson. By refusing to let go of a grudge, I was not only holding the other person to their body and ego, but I was holding myself to my own body and ego. Once I became...

10 Million Dollars or the Peace of God? Test Your Resistance.

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

ACIM Q&A Day: “Why does the ego feel so hard to overcome?” The answer to this question can be a tough one to swallow: Because we want it. We want the ego because it is our ticket to feeling special and separate, and the body is the chosen home of the...

How do you feel when you wake up in the morning?

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

Do you ever wake up feeling like fear is gripping you around the neck? Or do you wake up feeling an unshakable sense of peace? I’ve experienced both. I have found that early mornings are a time when my “guard” is down. If I have even the slightest amount of fear...

No karma? An example of this teaching from “A Course in Miracles”

Important Course Concepts

On a recent ACIM study group call, we were discussing the idea from the Course that there is no karma, meaning that Spirit is not keeping score on what you do in order to bring on some sort of retribution later. Instead, in this instant, we are choosing to listen to...

When your body feels OH so real…

Anxiety, Important Course Concepts

As students of “A Course in Miracles” we “get” the whole idea that the body isn’t real and that this is all an illusion. But if you’re like me, I wake up everyday thinking that I am Corinne and that I am limited to an existence in a body.  “Getting” the idea of this...