by Mari Perron | Jul 18, 2016 | A Course of Love
Philosophy applies thought to mystery and that is why philosophy becomes such a muddle of words. It is difficult for you to accept that what you most need to know cannot be achieved through the same methods you have used in order to know about other things. And,...
by Mari Perron | Jul 10, 2016 | A Course of Love
The mourning and the manifestation of the new. I learned yesterday morning that my friend Douwe van der Zee has died. (I wrote of him on May 8th. He’d come from South Africa to meet with as many from the ACOL and ACIM communities as he could, beginning with the ACIM...
by Mari Perron | Jul 4, 2016 | A Course of Love
“I know everybody’s in a bad mood about the country. But the more time you spend in the hardest places, the more amazed you become. There’s some movement arising that is suspicious of consumerism but is not socialist. It’s suspicious of impersonal state systems but is...
by Mari Perron | Jun 26, 2016 | A Course of Love
“What we casually refer to as “normal” behavior is really a state of arrested development.” Gregg Levoy, Vital Signs For at least a month, Saturdays have been the hottest day of the week. It as if the heat builds and builds, flames out on Saturday, and starts from...
by Mari Perron | Jun 19, 2016 | A Course of Love
A gift has been given. What is your response? T1:2.15 When we are young, being highly sensitive is seen as a liability. Well . . . this often doesn’t get much better as we mature! Sensitivity can be felt like something waiting to bring us down. There was a boy in my...
by Mari Perron | Jun 12, 2016 | A Course of Love
Everyone knows, in this time of Christ, that the end of the old way is near and that the new is coming. They are thus moving toward anticipation rather than adaptation, and evolution moves with them. D:7.23 It’s 5:41 a.m. with a storm brewing. Thunder woke me. Or I...
by Mari Perron | Jun 6, 2016 | A Course of Love
You who have found peace—live in peace. You who have been given the Peace of God—go in Peace. Spread peace throughout the land. Go out in peace and love and service to all. For in this going out you come home and bring with you all the brothers and sisters you have...
by Mari Perron | May 29, 2016 | A Course of Love
Relationship and union are the way of God. The way of heart and mind, body and soul, heaven and earth. God is being in unity and relationship. So are you. D:Day37.6 (emphasis added) After weeks of walking in the evening rather than in the morning, I ask myself,...
by Mari Perron | May 22, 2016 | A Course of Love
Be jubilant rather than hesitant about the time of discovery that is before you. Calling what you think you know into question is not a call to return to uncertainty, but a call to allow real certainty to come. D:6.16 How do I release myself from the thoughts that are...
by Mari Perron | May 15, 2016 | A Course of Love
While I was traveling and not listening to radio or television, a Minnesota native and cultural icon, Prince, died. I learned of his death in the church at which I spoke in Sacramento, where right during the service, they did a tribute to him. Since then, Daniel...
