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In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton centers the discussion on the 'circle of fear'—an ego-imposed barrier designed to keep us from the peace of God. Alison touches quickly on the four obstacles to peace described by Jesus in the ACIM text: 1) the rejection of peace, 2) identification with the physical body, 3) the attraction of death, and 4) the fear of God. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below.
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Podcast category: Spirituality
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and Opening Passage
00:33 Understanding the Circle of Fear
01:00 The Obstacles to Peace
04:20 The Role of the Holy Spirit and Holy Relationships
05:10 Unpacking the Circle of Fear
06:55 How to Overcome the Obstacles
09:09 The Four Obstacles to Peace
12:30 The Final Wall: Fear of God
15:18 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
ACIM Quotes & Prayers:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence, which is your natural inheritance. The opposite of love is fear, but what is all-encompassing can have no opposite. [ACIM CE In.1:5-8]
You will not bruise yourself against them in traveling through. Let your Guide teach you of their unsubstantial nature as He leads you past them, for beneath them is a world of light, whereon they cast no shadows. [ACIM CE T-18.VIII.9:1-3]
For in your new relationship am I made welcome, and where I am made welcome, there I am. [ACIM CE T-19.IV.A.18:4-5]
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In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast, host Alison Anton explores the very first passages and the first three Miracles Principles of 'A Course in Miracles'. Alison delves into the deeper meaning of these principles, and how they emphasize love as their core essence. She compares different editions of the Course and emphasizes the importance of reviewing the Miracle Principles regularly to deepen one's spiritual journey as ACIM students. Scroll for ACIM passages cited in this episode.
Episode Timestamps
00:00 Introduction to A Course in Miracles
00:19 The Origins of A Course in Miracles
01:09 The Blue Book vs. The Complete and Annotated Edition
02:13 The First Scribal Passages and Missing Lines
05:34 The Importance of Reviewing Miracle Principles
07:39 Understanding Miracle Principles 1 to 3
14:06 The Deeper Meaning of Miracles
17:18 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM Quotes and Citations:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
This is a course in miracles. Please take notes. [ACIM CE Front-1.3:2]
You will see miracles through your hands through me. [ACIM CE T-1:2]
Miracle Principle 1: The first principle of miracles is that there is no order of difficulty among them. One is not "harder" or "bigger" than another. They are all the same. [ACIM CE T-1.1.1]
Miracle Principle 2: Miracles in themselves do not matter. They are quite unimportant. [ACIM CE T-1.2]
Miracle Principle 3: Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense, everything that comes from love is a miracle.
This explains their lack of order. All expressions of love are maximal. This also explains why miracles in themselves do not matter. The only thing that matters is the source, and this is far beyond human evaluation.
Please read these three principles as often as you can today, as if there were going to be a quiz this evening. This is merely to introduce structure, if it is needed. It is not to frighten you. Do not feel guilty if you are doubting these principles. Just reread them and their truth will come to you. My strength will support you, so don’t worry and leave the rest to me.
All miracles mean life, and God is the giver of life. He will direct you very specifically. “Plan ahead” is good advice in this world, where you should and must control and direct where you have accepted responsibility. But the universal plan is in more appropriate hands. You will know all you need to know. Make no attempts to plan ahead in this respect. [ACIM CE T-1.3
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In this final installment of the Course Cosmology series, Alison Anton from the ForgiveNest Podcast explores the Holy Spirit within the context of A Course in Miracles. The episode emphasizes the Holy Spirit as God's remedy for the separation and the guide to awakening. Alison juxtaposes the roles of the ego and the Holy Spirit, explaining how the ego perpetuates separation while the Holy Spirit fosters unity and forgiveness. She discusses how the Holy Spirit helps reinterpret our daily experiences to lead us toward awakening and highlights the importance of forgiveness in this process. Concluding with a focus on the fail-safe nature of the Holy Spirit's mission, Alison ties together the core teachings of the series.
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Course Cosmology Part Four
00:23 Review of Previous Parts and Introduction to the Holy Spirit
02:04 The Role of the Holy Spirit vs. The Ego
03:10 Understanding the Ego's Mechanisms
06:39 The Holy Spirit's Approach to Healing
12:44 The Holy Spirit's Plan of Salvation
18:01 Choosing the Holy Spirit as Our Teacher
20:16 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM References, Quotes and Prayers Cited:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
“Salvation is as sure as God. His certainty suffices. Learn that even the darkest nightmare that disturbed the mind of God’s sleeping Son holds no power over him. He will learn the lesson of awaking. God watches over him and light surrounds him.” [ACIM CE T-13.XII.7:6-10]
“The separation was not a loss of perfection, but a failure in communication.” [ACIM CE T-6.VI.6:1]
“The Holy Spirit mediates between illusions and the truth.” [CE W-WI.7.1:1]
“The Holy Spirit is the bridge or thought-transfer of perception to knowledge.” [ACIM CE T-5.IV.1:2]
“The Holy Spirit keeps the vision of Christ for every Son of God who sleeps.” [ACIM CE T-12.IX.5:1]
“You will identify with what you think will make you safe. Whatever it may be, you will believe that it is one with you.” [ACIM CE W-WI.5.4-5]
“You whose mind is darkened by doubt and guilt, remember this: God gave the Holy Spirit TO you, and gave Him the mission to remove ALL doubt and EVERY trace of guilt that His dear Son has laid upon himself. It is impossible that this mission fail. Nothing can prevent what God would have accomplished from accomplishment. Whatever your reactions to the Holy Spirit’s voice may be, whatever voice you choose to listen to, whatever strange thoughts may occur to you, God’s will is done. You will find the peace in which He has established you, because He does not change His Mind.” [ACIM CE T-13.XII.3]
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Presented by the ForgiveNest Podcast, Alison Anton delves into 'The Sleeping Son of God', as part of the Course Cosmology series based on A Course in Miracles. Building on the previous discussions about God and the Son, this episode examines the aspect of the Son of God who is asleep in a dream of exile, seemingly disconnected from the Kingdom of Heaven. Alison explores the concept of separation, a dream state influenced by a thought system different from our Christ identity. She discusses the nature of this dream compared to reality, and dismisses the idea of sin and punishment, emphasizing instead the need for correction and help.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Introduction to Course Cosmology Part Three
00:31 The Sleeping Son and the Dream of Separation
02:21 Understanding the Concept of Separation
03:13 The Dream State vs. Reality
04:11 The Role of Guilt and Punishment
05:24 Projection vs. Extension
06:20 The Separation as an Attack on God
07:21 The Perpetual Nature of Separation
08:44 Personal Reflections and Insights
12:08 Why Did We Separate?
14:32 The Desire for Specialness
17:01 Conclusion and Next Steps
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM References, Quotes and Prayers Cited:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
“Father, Your Mind created all that is, Your Spirit entered into it, Your love gave life to it. And would I look upon what You created as if it could be made sinful? I would not perceive such dark and fearful images. A madman’s dream is hardly fit to be my choice, instead of all the loveliness with which You blessed creation; all its purity, its joy, and its eternal, quiet home in You.” [ACIM CE W-263.1]
“You are at home in God, dreaming of exile.” [ACIM CE T-10.I.6:3]
“...you hide in darkness, denying that the light is in you.” [ACIM CE T-11.II.4:4-7]
If you obscure the Kingdom, you are perceiving what is not of God. [ACIM CE T-7.I.1:5]
“You will identify with what you think is refuge and security.” [CE W-261.1]
“The ‘attack on God’ made His Son think he was fatherless, and out of his depression he made the god of depression.” [ACIM CE T-10.V.4:2]
“Into eternity, where all is one, there crept a tiny, mad idea at which the Son of God remembered not to laugh.” [ACIM CE T-27.X.6:1]
"The Son would not accept the fact that although he was a creator, he had been created." [ACIM CE T-10.V.4:2]
“Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God.” [ACIM CE In.2:2-4]
“Nothing at all has happened but that you have put yourself to sleep and dreamed a dream in which you were an alien to yourself…” [ACIM CE T-28.II.4:1]
“The ego’s wishes do not mean anything, because the ego wishes for the impossible. You can wish for the impossible, but you can only will with God. This is the ego’s weakness and your strength.” [CE T-7.IX.6:7-9]
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Episode Notes:
Presented by the ForgiveNest Podcast, Alison Anton continues the 'Course Cosmology' series, focusing on the concept of the 'Son of God' as taught in A Course in Miracles. She discusses the central theme that 'God's Son is guiltless' and explores topics such as the concept of Christ as a shared universal Self and the importance of recognizing the innocence in ourselves and others. The episode emphasizes recognizing our ‘sameness’ with each other.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Introduction to Course Cosmology Part Two
00:26 Central Theme: God's Son is Guiltless
01:10 Affirmation of Our True Nature
02:39 Understanding the Son of God
03:49 The Concept of Oneness
06:56 The Kingdom of God
08:57 Who is 'You' in A Course in Miracles?
11:59 Recognizing Our Sameness
14:59 Conclusion and Next Steps
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM References, Quotes and Prayers Cited:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
“The course’s central theme is always ‘God’s Son is guiltless’, and in his innocence is his salvation.” [ACIM CE M-1.3:5]
“I am the holy home of God Himself. I am the Heaven where His love abides. I am His holy sinlessness itself, for in my purity abides His Own.” [ACIM CE W-WI.14.1:3-6]
“Christ—the perfect Son of God, His one creation and His happiness, forever like Himself and one with Him.” [ACIM CE C-4.3:1]
“Creation is the sum of all God’s thoughts, in number infinite, and everywhere without all limit.” [ACIM CE W-WI.11.1:1]
“…making every part container of the whole.” [ACIM CE W-WI.11.3:2]
“Ideas leave not their Source.” [CE T-26.VII.4:6] [ACIM CE W-132.4-5] [ACIM CE W-167.3:4-5] [ACIM CE W-156.1:3]
“Without you there would be a lack in God, a Heaven incomplete, a Son without a Father. For what God wills is whole and part of Him because His will is one.” [ACIM CE T-24.VI.2:2-4]
“Although there are an infinite number of individual Sons, they all share a single universal Self: Christ.” [ACIM CE Glossary-2.1:2]
“The name of Jesus is the name of one who was a man, but saw the face of Christ in all his brothers and remembered God. So he became identified WITH Christ, a man no longer, but at one with God.” [ACIM CE C-4.2:1-2]
“My sinless brother is my guide to peace. My sinful brother is my guide to pain. And which I choose to see I will behold.” [ACIM CE W-351:1]
“Christ is God’s Son as He created Him. He is the Self we share, uniting us with one another and with God as well. He is the Thought Which still abides within the Mind That is His Source. He has not left His holy home, nor lost the innocence in which He was created. He abides unchanged forever in the Mind of God.” [ACIM CE W-WI.6:1]
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Presented by the ForgiveNest Podcast, Alison Anton introduces ‘God, Our Creator’, in this first part of a four-part series on the main characters in A Course in Miracles. This installment explores how God is described in the Course as formless, timeless, and perpetually loving of all. Alison clarifies common misconceptions about God's nature, emphasizing that God did not create the physical world or human bodies, which are seen as illusions in the Course. The episode concludes with reflections on God's will to lift us out of illusions and into holiness.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Introduction to Course Cosmology, Part 1
00:50 Understanding God's Love
03:18 God's Nature and Attributes
05:55 God's Kingdom and Reality
13:30 The Concept of ‘Need-Lack’ in Heaven
16:13 Aligning Our Will with God's
18:59 Conclusion and Next Steps
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM References, Quotes and Prayers Cited:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
“You cannot understand how much your Father loves you, for there is no parallel in your experience of the world to help you understand it. There is nothing on earth with which it can be compared, and nothing you have ever felt apart from Him that resembles it ever so faintly.” [ACIM CE T-14.VI]
“Eternity is one time, its only dimension being ‘always’.” [ACIM CE T-9.VI.7:5-6]
“Reality is everything.” [CE T-9.I.15:3]
“God did not make the body, because it is destructible and therefore not of the Kingdom.” [ACIM CE T-6.VII.2:1]
“Being of God, knowledge has nothing to do with your perceptions at all.” [ACIM CE T-3.V.7]
“God’s thoughts are given all the power that their own Creator has, for He would add TO love by its extension.” [ACIM CE W-WI.11.2:1]
“There is one miracle, as there is one reality.” [ACIM CE T-13.IX.6:3]
“Ideas leave not their source.” [CE T-26.VII.4:6] [ACIM CE W-132.4-5] [ACIM CE W-167.3:4-5] [ACIM CE W-156.1:3]
"The Kingdom of God is within you and can never be lost." [CE W-77.3:4]
“Until the separation, nothing was lacking. This meant that you had no needs at all. If you had not deprived yourself, you would never have experienced them.” [ACIM CE T-1.48.20:2-5]
“God wills you perfect happiness now. Is it possible that this is not also your will?” [ACIM CE T-9.VI.10:5-6]
“God’s plan for your salvation could not have been established without YOUR will and YOUR consent. It MUST have been accepted BY the Son of God, for what God wills FOR him he must receive, for God wills not apart FROM him.” [ACIM CE T-21.V.6:1-3]
“Let me remember that my goal is God.” [ACIM CE W-258:1]
“Oh my brothers, if you only knew the peace that will envelop you and hold you safe and pure and lovely in the Mind of God, you could but rush to meet Him where His altar is. Hallowed your name and His, for they are joined here in this holy place. Here He leans down to lift you up to Him—out of illusions into holiness; out of the world and into timelessness; out of all fear and given back to love.” [ACIM CE C-3.8]
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Episode Notes:
In this intro episode of ACIM ‘Course Cosmology’, Alison Anton from the ForgiveNest Podcast addresses potential resistance regarding theism and the use of masculine pronouns in A Course in Miracles. She introduces her four-part series on the the main characters of A Course in Miracles and emphasizes the ultimate aim of ACIM to achieve a universal experience beyond symbols and language.
Episode Timestamp:
00:00 Welcome to Course Cosmology
00:14 Understanding Course Cosmology
01:02 The Holy Trinity in A Course in Miracles
01:50 Jesus and the Sonship
04:12 Course Grammar and Theistic Terminology
07:05 Masculine Subjects and Pronouns in the Course
07:45 Theism and Universal Experience
11:26 Glossary and Clarification of Terms
12:31 Conclusion and Next Steps
Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion
ACIM References and Cited Quotes:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
“Although the identity of the voice that authored the Course cannot be proven, we do have to call him (or it) something. Throughout the Complete and Annotated Edition, we will call him by the name Jesus, not as a statement of established fact, not as something you are required to believe, but merely because this is the name the author gives himself and because we ourselves accept that claim.” [ACIM CE Front-2.27]
“A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is aimed. Here alone consistency becomes possible because here alone uncertainty ends.” [ACIM CE C-In.2]
“This course remains within the ego framework, where it is needed… Therefore it uses words, which are symbolic and cannot express what lies beyond symbols.” [ACIM CE C-In.2-3]
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In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton touches on how our active thoughts either keep us in the dream, or help us out of it if we use Jesus and the Holy Spirit as our Guides. Alison discusses the significance of thought in the true creation of Spirit as well as the “miscreation” of the ego, stressing the importance of recognizing there are no “idle thoughts.”. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below.
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to the ForgiveNest Podcast
00:42 Understanding the Dream and Its Paradox
02:09 The Power of Thoughts in Creation and Miscreation
04:22 The Importance of Active Participation
07:06 Reflecting on Our True Identity
10:11 Navigating the Paradox of Doing and Not Doing
12:55 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
ACIM Quotes and Prayers:
Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
You have dreamed of a separated ego, and you have believed in a world which rests upon it. This is very real to you. You cannot undo this by doing nothing and not changing. If you are willing to renounce the role of guardian of your thought system and open it to me, I will correct it very gently and lead you home. [ACIM CE T-4.II.8:4-7]
Everything you see is the result of your thoughts. There is no exception to this fact. Thoughts are not big or little, powerful or weak. They are merely true or false. Those which are true create in their own likeness. Those which are false “create” in theirs. [ACIM CE W-16.1]
There is no more self contradictory concept than that of “idle thoughts” What gives rise to the perception of a whole world can hardly be called idle. Every thought you have contributes to truth or to illusion; either it extends the truth or it multiplies illusions. [ACIM CE W-16.2:1-3]
I have no neutral thoughts. [ACIM CE W-16:1]
I Need Do Nothing [ACIM CE T-22.VII:1]
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Understanding Atonement in A Course in Miracles—In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton explores the ACIM concept of Atonement and how it’s a gentle process, not a judgment day of reckoning. Alison discusses Jesus’s call for willingness, and emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in our Atonement. The episode concludes with a prayer of unity with Jesus and the Holy Spirit in our Atonement process. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below.
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to A Course in Miracles
00:36 Understanding the Separation and Atonement
01:34 The Process of Healing and Everyday Atonements
03:35 Life Review and Near Death Experiences
09:15 Judgment and the Role of the Holy Spirit
13:37 Final Thoughts and Prayer
ACIM Quotes and Prayers:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
It is possible even in this world to hear only that Voice and no other. It takes effort and great willingness to learn. It is the final lesson that I learned, and God’s Sons are as equal as learners as they are as Sons. [ACIM CE T-5.II.12:1-3]
The Little Willingness [ACIM CE T-18.IV:1]
You retain thousands of little scraps of meanness which prevent the Holy One from entering. [ACIM CE T-4.V.13:1-2]
That is the real meaning of the celestial speed-up. [ACIM CE T-3.VI.18:9]
There is no order of difficulty in miracles because there are no degrees of Atonement. It is the one complete concept possible in this world, because it is the source of a wholly unified perception. Partial Atonement is a meaningless idea, just as special areas of hell in Heaven are inconceivable. [ACIM CE M-22.1:2-4]
I would like to pray that my will be united with thine, recognizing that thy perfect love will suffice (or correct) for my imperfect love. I pray that I may accept the Atonement with conviction, recognizing its inestimable worth, and my own divine worth as part of this identification with thine. I pray that my fear be replaced by an active sense of thy love, and thy continual willingness to help me overcome the split or divided will which is responsible for my difficulty with this. I accept the divinity of the messages I have received, and affirm my will in both accepting and acting upon the Atonement principle. Here I am. [ACIM CE T-2.IX.14:2-6]
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