“Listen to the words as if they are spoken to you, for such they are. Listen as you would listen to a friend in conversation. Listen simply to hear what is being said. Listen simply to let the words enter you.
“This is recommended for your first reading of this Course. (Addendum to A Course of Love: Learning in the Time of Christ)”
Affirmation: “Let me read ACOL as I would listen to a friend.”
Reflections:
1 – Don’t Study
It is hard to study A Course of Love. We are told in this passage for today that such studying, such learning, is not necessary–or even desired. It is preferred that we listen lightly to what we read, that we let the words come into us in what I would describe as an abstract way. We are learning through observation, not study, and observation is the new way of learning in the new world of Christ.
2 – Mari
Learning in an abstract way may be frustrating to us. Indeed, I found it frustrating, for I was used to the real study that A Course in Miracles required. Different people respond differently. Mari herself (the scribe of A Course of Love) said that she had forgotten much of what was in ACIM, despite reading it seven times before channeling A Course of Love. Her mind is simply different from that of some of us. And in her case, we can be glad indeed! Otherwise, Jesus’s wise words might never have reached us at all.
3 – Relax
So let us relax as we read A Course of Love. A calm and tranquil spirit will find all that we need to find in such relaxation, such easy reading. Do not think that you have to catch it all on the first reading. Jesus recommends repeated readings in this addendum.
4 – Gentle and Easy
The conversation with a friend, which reading A Course of Love compares, is gentle and easy. Let us be gentle and easy as we seek to incorporate into our hearts all that ACOL says to us. Then and only then will we be ready for the wholeheartedness that is largely the goal of A Course of Love.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
As I read A Course of Love, help me to approach it in an easy and relaxed way. May the words wash over me without effortful thinking. You mean for us to assimilate ACOL differently from A Course in Miracles. I thank You that we are farther along on the pathway home. May I find the right approach to enlarge my understanding and to truly hear the words that this trilogy conveys.
Be with us this day to keep as calm as ACOL would have us be. Just as ACOL is meant to be read from a serene viewpoint, may I carry this attitude over to interactions with people as well as books. Be with me for a day that will make for great strides toward home to You.
Amen.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 