In this video, Susan Dugan and Bruce Rawles shared about Lesson 190 “I choose the joy of God instead of pain” from the Workbook of A Course in Miracles. We read most of the lesson aloud and conversed at length about the gentle wisdom it offers as it reminds us of the stark contrast between the world of suffering we made up … and our eternal, peaceful reality we only dreamt we abandoned, with seemingly heavy consequences. One of many ideas and metaphors we talked about was our surreal, insane masochism typified by the cartoon character, Wile E. Coyote, always in a perpetual battle/vendetta (with disastrous self-inflicted assaults) against the seemingly oblivious RoadRunner who might well symbolize the innocence we never left. Here is an example quote (paragraph 9) from this lesson:
“Lay down your arms, and come without defense into the quiet place where Heaven’s peace holds all things still at last. Lay down all thoughts of danger and of fear. Let no attack enter with you. Lay down the cruel sword of judgment that you hold against your throat, and put aside the withering assaults with which you seek to hide your holiness.”
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In addition to the core conversation, Susan reminded listeners about the superb ongoing Academy Classes (and other classes about A Course in Miracles) from Foundation from A Course In Miracles (FACIM),FAQs, Online Learning Aids, Lighthouse articles, and much more.
Update! The block of reserved rooms for the 5th annual Weekend of Freedom Retreat (WOFR) event has been extended to May 2, 2016, so there’s still time to reserve a place at this year’s WOFR event, which is based on A Course In Miracles (ACIM). WOFR will be June 16-19, 2016 at the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park, Colorado. Presenters include Gary Renard, Cindy Lora Renard, David Hoffmeister, David “Dov” Fishman, Lorri Coburn, Craig Villarrubia, Maria Felipe, and Bruce Rawles.