About a Course in Miracles
Over 4 decades ago, a psychologist from Columbia University begun to channel revelations from the spiritual entity that she was convinced was Jesus himself. She and her assistants produced teachings that filled countless empty pages during a period of seven years which later became "a course in miracles."
The psychologist was obviously a Jewish lady named Helen Schucman, and she told people that Christ himself was her own spirit guide for these lessons and teachings. These lessons were meant to provide credence for people to learn that they were the only ones in control of their very own feelings, attitudes, actions and destinies. The teachings took many penalties of actions out from the equation. Indeed, a hallmark with the ACIM course is that evil itself does not exist. The ACIM teachings insist that by training your mind properly, you can learn that there is no such thing as evil, and that it is just a perception or something that other people have created frighten and control those things and thoughts of people who are not capable of thinking for their own reasons. ACIM insists that the only stuff that does exist is pure love and that innocent minds and spiritually right thinking will not allow anything like evil to exist.
These ideas and beliefs angered many individuals who belonged to some with the major faiths because, when they espoused many of the same principles, this course also sought to have people believe that evil isn't real and therefore sin is also not real. ACIM itself attempts to have people rely on the sanctity of right and wise beliefs and behavior and in the fact that nothing may harm you unless you believe that it can. New Age gurus were quick to understand onto these concepts because many of the New Age religions are based not on sin and redemption nevertheless the power of one's own mind and spirit.
ACIM possesses some teachings on how to rid yourself of angry and negative emotions that are flooding your life with problems and creating illness and unhappiness day by day. A Course In Miracles teaches you that you are responsible for these feelings and they are only hurting you. Therefore, it is up to you to rid them from your life for your own happiness and prosperity.
