Helen Shucman, Helen Schucman
ACIM Speaks - The Christmas Podcast
ACIM Speaks - The Christmas Podcast
This is the Christmas podcast from ACIM Speaks. Whether you celebrate or observe Christmas or any other marker this season, whether the words used in A Course in Miracles have meaning for you, or do not - you can replace the words with words or symbols that resonate with you - the message of the Course will be the same.
The Voice of the Course once told Helen that she was being given charge of "one way" to God. The way, the method, or the path you choose is up to you, but the end of the journey is the same.
Helen did ask, "Why me?" And was told, "Because I knew you would do it." Some have said that Helen did not embrace the message of the Course, but she knew the message of the Course very well. She taught the message and mentored the first "students" of the Course. Helen's story is very interesting and more about her story will come to us in time.
When I first thought about doing this Christmas podcast, I thought I would read only a couple of the poetic passages in the Course that mention Christmas. But I cannot give only the passages that everyone knows, and has heard, without the context. I believe that mashups can be made from different sections of the Course because the message is consistent. But various quotes alone make the Course sound glib, and that is not my intention. In reading over the selections for this podcast, it is clear that they follow gracefully from the earlier two podcasts on the season of Christmas and the Atonement.
To see the text from the readings, check Selections and Mini-Chapters from the text of A Course in Miracles. The text from this podcast will be online over the next few days, in an effort to help us to remember the message.
The next ACIM Speaks podcast will be one for the New Year.
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Understanding Miracles
Understanding Miracles
Angels can fly because they can take themselves lightly.
- G. K. Chesterton
As I was reading through some of the unpublished notes given to Helen Schucman during the scribing of A Course in Miracles, I came across a passage that contained these lines: Yes! I want to Read the rest of this post ...
1. The miracle abolishes the need for lower order concerns.
The miracle abolishes the need for lower order concerns.
The miracle abolishes the need for lower order concerns. Since it is an illogical, or out-of-pattern time interval by definition, the ordinary considerations of time and space do not apply.
For example, I do not regard time as you do, and Kolb’s1 space problem is not mine. When you perform a miracle, I will arrange both time and space to adjust to it.
- 1. Lawrence Kolb was Director of Psychiatry at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (now called Columbia University Medical Center) at the time Helen Schucman and Bill Thetford were professors at Columbia.
ACIM Speaks - Principles and Love
ACIM Speaks - Principles and Love
ACIM Speaks - Principles and Love Podcast
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In this episode I follow up with a note on Ram Dass, and continue the discussion on the Principles of Miracles, and end with a lively "Love is a Beautiful Thing." Yes! I want to Read the rest of this post ...
Judy Skutch - early days with ACIM Bill and Helen
Judy Skutch, early days with ACIM
This audio file is from an online chat of an unknown date and unknown source, but probably recorded within the last 5 years. In the talk, Judy Skutch tells about her early days with Helen Schucman, Bill Thetford, and Ken Wapnick.
Below are some notes I transcribed from the talk. As with so many stories and anecdotes, the whole can be found within the pieces. Yes! I want to Read the rest of this post ...
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Early Days with ACIM by Judy Skutch is included
