Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Led by: Chris Holland and Dorothy Rodes
This event is In Person
We meet in person the first and third Tuesday of every month, and virtually the second and fourth Tuesday.
For info on in-person gatherings at the Sanctuary contact Jerry Kavalieratos acimseattle@yahoo.com
For Zoom gatherings, contact Dorothy Rhodes dotrodes@gmail.com
A Course In Miracles,“ACIM”, is a combined three volume set of books, (Text, Workbook, Manual for Teachers) which states, “its only purpose is to provide a way in which some people find their own Internal Teacher”. ACIM is not intended to be another religion but is rather a non-dual, self-study program. Something that ICS has no doubt explored more than most organizations is that the forms different religions take when placed side by side, can be problematic and divisive even when in pursuit of the same expressed goals. Finding that common and essential unifying element then becomes the focus. ACIM touches on that when discussing some of the terminology it uses saying,
Theological considerations as such are necessarily controversial, since they depend on belief and can therefore be accepted or rejected. A universal theology is impossible, but a universal experience is not only possible but necessary. It is this experience toward which the course is directed.
The Introduction further says,
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.
This course can therefore be summed up very simply in this way:
Nothing real can be threatened.
Nothing unreal exists.
Herein lies the peace of God.
Chris Holland and Dorothy Rodes, are the usual facilitators of the in person and online ACIM groups respectively. While both have worked with the material for years, they are more in a role of simply helping the meeting come together in a positive way for all attending, many who also have studied this material for years. The direction of each meeting is a collaborative process among those attending in terms of what is discussed and concepts that are focused on.
As to the benefit of the ACIM groups, most might say that they facilitate understanding, leading to a changed perception in how we see ourselves, others, and the world.
