by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Sep 11, 2019 | The Embrace
The Paradox of Love and SufferingBy Savannah Hanson, M.A., MFTIf not for the suffering that you see all around you, the choice for Love would have been made. If the choice for Love had been made, the suffering you see around you would be no more. This is the paradox....
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Aug 9, 2019 | The Embrace
My Tumor and I Have a ConversationBy Paula Payne HardinDear Sisters and Brothers, the following story highlights one of my favorite revelations in A Course of Love, the idea that we live in Unity, that all beings and things are relating, communicating, and cooperating...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Jul 2, 2019 | The Embrace
Living in Invincibility By Elliott Robertson The time has come for the community of humankind to be honest about what we can do with God’s help. God is always waiting for us to gaze into her face. God is waiting for us to look into our hearts and discover the great...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Jun 4, 2019 | The Embrace
The Secret is FeelingBy Karči Cole KňazovickýFeeling is the secret to both Courses, ACIM and ACOL. Feeling is the secret to forgiveness. Feeling is the missing link to Everything—to God, union, dialogue, and to the peace that passes understanding. This unseen yet felt...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Apr 26, 2019 | The Embrace
Stand in Your VastnessBy Elliott RobertsonThe time has come for you, dear one, to listen to the wisdom of your heart. She knows the gift of life is precious. She knows this gift is precious at all times.A cyclone may destroy your house; still life is precious. Your...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Apr 8, 2019 | The Embrace
From Thinking Love to Living LoveBy Don TurnerImagine that we, you and I and any number of friends, are all sitting in the most beautiful meadow without a care in the world. A spiritual Light and Love imbues us. Such beauty! Such peace! Here we can speak freely in...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Mar 4, 2019 | The Embrace
Searching for the Whole SelfBy David BasioveI have been to the mountain top, and I have seen the promised land. — Martin Luther King Jr.Dr. King’s immortal words take on special significance for readers of A Course of Love that have had the mountain top experience...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Feb 8, 2019 | The Embrace
Is the World Real or Illusory?By Christina StruttIt would be so easy to choose one answer over the other. The world must be either real or illusory! Yet my experience dictates otherwise, and my heart insists on another way. So here I share a third choice highlighting...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Dec 31, 2018 | The Embrace
Truth Makes Us Free – Even in PrisonBy Sebastian BlaksleyI have had the unthinkable experience of having to go to two penitentiary institutions in Buenos Aires in order to visit some friends and family. I go weekly. At the beginning it was a shock. The prison...
by Contributing Authors-ACOL Readers | Dec 14, 2018 | The Embrace
A Gift of Presence: Spacious PresenceBy John Mark StroudHere I AM sitting in front of my computer staring at the blank white screen, reveling in its empty beauty. I feel the gentle rhythm of the body’s breath coming and going. I hear the sounds of water bubbling in...
