posted March 29, 2005 10:17 AM         

I think everyone should study it.

posted March 29, 2005 01:49 PM         

First of all the whole purpose of the book is to teach through demonstration. YOU actually do the work for YOU. It cannot be taught, as nothing really can be. All things have be Self realised to have any value at all.

We have been indoctrinated for eons about our salvation. The course makes you realise that there are no accidents in salvation. There is no separatness between you and God. The affirmations allow this this knowledge to sink in. It's not ritualistic any more than normal prayer or meditation, such as saying a rosary,or a mantra, really. It's whole object if I had to sum it up would be this, the course would not have to subsitute in the first place if people didn't attach signifigance to symbols so much. It is a tool. It is more important than the Bible in my opinion. FAR MORE IMPORTANT.

Yes, I do hear some of you gasp as you may. However, doing the course will propel you to greater heights. It is not a religon nor a movement though some people have tried to make it seem that way, sadly. It is not the only way, but it's the fastest way in my opinion to God.

It teaches love and forgiveness, in many ways it's a self therapy book. There is an enormous difference between the course and virtually every other spiritual thought system in exsistence, from ancient Eygptian, to Hinduism, Koran, New Testament etc. Everyone of them talks of duality and a separatness. The course will help YOU demonstrate to YOURSELF this is not so. It will show you true AT-ONE-MENT.

It combines physics, healing, nature. I challenge everyone to do the course and then tell me it didn't change them.

Gia

posted April 02, 2005 11:36 AM         

I have not read the entire book, but I find many parts of it to be helpful. My Unity church uses the CofM quite a bit. I wish there was a "Cliff Notes" version that everyone could get. I found the concepts of asking yourself if your coming from love or fear in a situation incredibly helpful. Also, the definition of the ego as not only feeling separation, superiority, specialness, important, right, etc. but small, incapable, lack,"I'm wrong" attitude to be freeing. There is nothing "godlike" in playing small.
I feel if people got the basic concepts of the ego and separation from the course, wars would a thing of the past." I can choose____ instead of this." It's very empowering.

Yes I can see your point of view, Gia, I know many that feel that CofM is more important than the bible. Unity churches are split between whether the bible or CofM should be the official "book" of the church. I think CofM can do much more to transform the world. However, the bible is the basis of understanding for it and hold many truths.
I'm also taken aback by the section of CofM stating that God did not create us since God would not have made us, this world, so imperfectly to kill and die. Many Christians consider CofM to be the "devil's work" because of this. It puts a damper on being accepted by many Christian, because this runs contrary to all they believe. God supposedly created us, they do not believe that We created us - this human body/separation.(Which makes me want the cliff notes version even more.)