Exploring A Course in Miracles

Danielle LaPorte is a bestselling author, speaker, and creator of the Heart Centered Leaders Program. Danielle was chosen as a member of Oprah's Super Soul 100, and her podcast "Love, Danielle" is often one of iTunes' Top 10 for wellness. In this interview, Danielle and Emily talk about Danielle's latest book, How to Be Loving, and why Emily considers it a "brave" publication. They also discuss how Danielle's dark night of the soul led to a breakthrough in her message, how A Course in Miracles influenced her spiritual journey, forgiveness, sickness, karma, cancel culture, and more. We hope you will join us for this candid interview with one of contemporary spirituality's most popular teachers. ______________________ We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. -Learn more about us: https://circleofa.org/ - Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/  - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/

We all know the title. A Course in Miracles. That tells us this is an educational course designed to teach us to experience or give "miracles." What the Course means by miracles, then, is central since it's the key issue in determining what this course is all about. In our latest episode of Exploring A Course in Miracles, Robert Perry and Emily Bennington Perry discuss the definition of a miracle, misperceptions of what a miracle is, and how to be miracle-workers in our every day. #spiritualawakening #spiritualpath #spirituality ______________________  We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. - Learn more about us: https://circleofa.org/ - Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/ - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/

Part 2 of our podcast series “How to Seek and Discern Guidance” is full of practice questions including when to ask, how often to ask, our resistance to asking, how to ask, how to listen for the answer, and how to discern real guidance from your own thoughts. If you want to take guidance from “I know I should, but how?” to something you turn to for actual decisions throughout the day, you’ll want to catch this episode with Robert and Emily. #spiritualawakening #spiritualpath #spirituality  ______________________ We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. -Learn more about us: https://circleofa.org/ -Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/ - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/

Asking for guidance from the Holy Spirit is a perennial source of questions and confusion for students of A Course in Miracles. In this podcast—the first of two parts—Robert and Emily will discuss why we ask, whom we ask, and what we ask about. They will track this topic as it shows up in all three volumes of the Course, along with The Song of Prayer supplement and the personal guidance to Helen and Bill. They will also share about their own experience and history with asking for guidance. If you have felt confused, confounded, or curious about the topic of guidance, you will want to make sure you catch this episode. ****************************** We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. - Learn more about us: https://circleofa.org/ - Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/ - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/

There is a reason that a million voices are promising us greater physical health: We all want it and need it. What if the real road to health is something that we are not hearing from those million voices? A Course in Miracles has a teaching about health that runs through its pages, but it’s not what conventional doctors and alternative health practitioners are telling us. What is this teaching? How, according to the Course, can we enjoy glowing health, where our body is so immune that “It needs no complicated structures of defense, no health-inducing medicine, no care, and no concern at all”? Please join Robert and Emily as they explore this important and controversial topic. ***************** We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. - Learn more about us: https://circleofa.org/ - Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/ - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/

In part two of their 2-part series, Robert and Emily interview Tam Morgan, president of the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) and daughter of FIP cofounder Judith Skutch-Whitson. Tam’s psychic gifts are what originally inspired her mother’s interest in the paranormal, an interest that ultimately led Judy to publish the original edition of A Course in Miracles with scribes Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford. Tam has led a fascinating and colorful life where, as a teenager, she was able to get to know Bill Thetford, Helen Schucman, and Ken Wapnick, and then become president of the Foundation her mother began. In this interview, Robert and Emily ask Tam more about her relationship with Course co-scribe Bill Thetford, more about the dynamics she observed between Helen, Bill, Ken, and Judy, and also what she sees for the future of the Course and for the Foundation for Inner Peace. We are here to help you with both the theory and application of what A Course In Miracles (ACIM) offers. Since 1993, the Circle’s purpose has been to bring to students and the world the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We are the publisher of the Complete and Annotated Edition of the Course (what we call the "CE"). Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says, our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves, and our desire to see the Course's purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. Learn more: https://circleofa.org/ - Download the ACIM CE App (100% free) to read, search, or listen to the Course wherever you are in the world: https://acimce.app/ - Whether you are new to ACIM or you’ve been a student for many years, join our free community to find a vast collection of resources and loving friends to help you understand and apply Course teachings in everyday life. There is no charge to join and all are welcome with optional to access premier content: https://community.circleofa.org/  

In this episode, Robert and Emily interview Tam Morgan, president of the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) and daughter of FIP cofounder Judith Skutch-Whitson. Tam’s psychic gifts are what originally inspired her mother’s interest in the paranormal, an interest that ultimately led Judy to publish the original edition of A Course in Miracles with scribes Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford. Tam has led a fascinating and colorful life where, as a teenager, she was able to get to know Bill Thetford, Helen Schucman, and Ken Wapnick, and then become president of the Foundation her mother began. In this interview, which is part 1 of a 2-part series, Robert and Emily ask Tam about the psychic gifts that presented during her childhood as well as the dynamics she observed between Helen, Bill, Ken Wapnick, and Judy. This episode will be of interest to longtime Course students as well as new students who want to learn more about the history of this path from someone who witnessed it firsthand.

Does A Course in Miracles have anything to say about politics? Some say no—it’s strictly about changing your own mind. Other say yes—it contains a vision for a new world based not on competition and materialism but on love and forgiveness. As a follow-up to the recent episode on Marianne Williamson’s campaign for the US presidency, Emily and Robert share their views on the Course’s relationship to politics. They explore at length four principles from the Course that could form the basis for a political vision and indeed for a new world. And they conclude by discussing a passage from the Course that describes a distant future in which material things are no longer valued, and instead, the whole world is united in perfecting forgiveness.

Marianne Williamson is running for president. The person who is probably most associated in the public mind with A Course in Miracles is running for the most powerful office in the world. What should we as Course students think and feel about that? Some believe the Course has nothing to do with politics. But what does the Course itself say? In this episode, Emily and Robert talk about Marianne’s candidacy—what it means for the Course and what it might mean for the country. They talk about FDR's “Four Freedoms” and how they are an unexpected meeting place between Marianne’s political vision and A Course in Miracles. Robert and Emily also talk about how we as Course students might welcome Marianne's candidacy even if we may not completely share her political outlook. Either way, A Course in Miracles has in some sense marched onto the national political stage. Join Robert and Emily as they navigate through the choppy waters of what this means for students of this path.

Blessing is a familiar concept in our culture. We say “bless you” when someone sneezes or offer a blessing before a meal. Blessing has also been part of religion and spirituality for millennia, where it is seen as transferring sacred power to another person. Interestingly, blessing is also an important topic in A Course in Miracles, where it is referred to nearly 300 times. These references are a goldmine of both teaching and practice about this important concept. In this episode, Robert and Emily Perry explore the concept of blessing it appears in A Course in Miracles. Robert and Emily discuss what we are blessing people with and where we are drawing that blessing from. And they also go through the four specific practices that the Course gives us for offering a blessing to others.