Reading the FIP Course in One Year

In the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) A Course in Miracles there is a correspondence between the Text and Manual for Teachers sections and the Workbook for Students lessons that facilitates completing the reading of the entire Course in one year.

It may be noted that the first group of Workbook for Students lessons is presented in a section of fifty lessons, unique in the entire Workbook, and that there are also fifty Principles of Miracles (PoMs) that begin the Text. It may also be noted that 265 sections of FIP Text can be found following the fifty Principles of Miracles (though not all of these sections are clearly identified as such), and fifty Manual for Teachers and Clarification of Terms sections completing the Course. Taking the correspondence of the first fifty Workbook lessons and the fifty PoMs as a key, the following outline of the Text and Manual for Teachers / Clarification of Terms sections synchronized with the Workbook for Students lessons may be fruitfully used to complete the reading of the entire FIP A Course in Miracles in one year.

It is recommended to begin each of the 365 days reading that day’s Workbook lesson (at the day’s start in order to receive the directions for that day’s lesson), and the corresponding Text or Manual for Teachers section in the evening of the day.

 

FIP A Course In Miracles in One Year

Day # / Workbook Lesson # Text Chapter # Text / Manual Section # Text, Manual For Teachers & Clarification of Terms Section Title

1-50

Text Chapter 1

Text Sections 1-50

(i.e., the fifty Principles of Miracles)

Read / do one Workbook lesson a day, beginning with lesson 1 on day 1, while also reading one Principle of Miracles a day beginning with Principle 1 on day 1

51

1

2

Revelation, Time and Miracles

52

1

3

Atonement and Miracles

53

1

4

The Escape from Darkness

54

1

5

Wholeness and Spirit

55

1

6

The Illusion of Needs

56

1

7

Distortions of Miracle Impulses

57

2

1

The Origins of Separation

58

2

2

The Atonement as Defense

59

2

3

The Altar of God

60

2

4

Healing as Release from Fear

61

2

5

The Function of the Miracle Worker

62

2

5

Special Principles of Miracle Workers

63

2

6

Fear and Conflict

64

2

7

Cause and Effect

65

2

8

The Meaning of the Last Judgment
66 3 1 Atonement without Sacrifice
67 3 2 Miracles as True Perception
68 3 3 Perception versus Knowledge
69 3 4 Error and the Ego
70 3 5 Beyond Perception
71 3 6 Judgment and the Authority Problem
72 3 7 Creating versus the Self-Image
73 4 0 The Illusions of the Ego

(Chapter Four Introduction)

74 4 1 Right Teaching and Right Learning
75 4 2 The Ego and False Autonomy
76 4 3 Love without Conflict
77 4 4 This Need Not Be
78 4 5 The Ego-Body Illusion
79 4 6 The Rewards of God
80 4 7 Creation and Communication
81 5 0 Healing and Wholeness

(Chapter Five Introduction)

82 5 1 The Invitation to the Holy Spirit
83 5 2 The Voice for God
84 5 3 The Guide to Salvation
85 5 4 Teaching and Healing
86 5 5 The Ego’s Use of Guilt
87 5 6 Time and Eternity
88 5 7 The Decision for God
89 6 0 The Lessons of Love

(Chapter Six Introduction)

90 6 1 The Message of the Crucifixion
91 6 2 The Alternative to Projection
92 6 3 The Relinquishment of Attack
93 6 4 The Only Answer
94 6 5 The Lessons of the Holy Spirit
95 6 5 To Have, Give All to All
96 6 5 To Have Peace, Teach Peace to Learn It
97 6 5 Be Vigilant Only for God and His Kingdom
98 7 1 The Last Step
99 7 2 The Law of the Kingdom
100 7 3 The Reality of the Kingdom
101 7 4 Healing as the Recognition of Truth
102 7 5 Healing and the Changelessness of Mind
103 7 6 From Vigilance to Peace
104 7 7 The Totality of the Kingdom
105 7 8 The Unbelievable Belief
106 7 9 The Extension of the Kingdom
107 7 10 The Confusion of Pain and Joy
108 7 11 The State of Grace
109 8 1

The Direction of the Curriculum

110 8 2 The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom
111 8 3 The Holy Encounter
112 8 4 The Gift of Freedom
113 8 5 The Undivided Will of the Sonship
114 8 6 The Treasure of God
115 8 7 The Body as a Means of Communication
116 8 8 The Body as Means or End
117 8 9 Healing as Corrected Perception
118 9 1 The Acceptance of Reality
119 9 2 The Answer to Prayer
120 9 3 The Correction of Error
121 9 4 The Holy Spirit’s Plan of Forgiveness
122 9 5 The Unhealed Healer
123 9 6 The Acceptance of Your Brother
124 9 7 The Two Evaluations
125 9 8 Grandeur versus Grandiosity
126 10 0 The Idols of Sickness

(Chapter Ten Introduction)

127 10 1 At Home in God
128 10 2 The Decision to Forget
129 10 3 The God of Sickness
130 10 4 The End of Sickness
131 10 5 The Denial of God
132 11 0 God or the Ego

(Chapter Eleven Introduction)

133 11 1 The Gifts of Fatherhood
134 11 2 The Invitation to Healing
135 11 3 From Darkness to Light
136 11 4 The Inheritance of God’s Son
137 11 5 The “Dynamics” of the Ego
138 11 6 Waking to Redemption
139 11 7 The Condition of Reality
140 11 8 The Problem and the Answer
141 12 1

The Judgment of the Holy Spirit

142 12 2

The Way to Remember God

143 12 3 The Investment in Reality
144 12 4 Seeking and Finding
145 12 5 The Sane Curriculum
146 12 6 The Vision of Christ
147 12 7 Looking Within
148 12 8 The Attraction of Love for Love
149 13 0 The Guiltless World

(Chapter Thirteen Introduction)

150 13 1

Guiltlessness and Invulnerability

151 13 2

The Guiltless Son of God

152 13 3 The Fear of Redemption
153 13 4 The Function of Time
154 13 5 The Two Emotions
155 13 6 Finding the Present
156 13 7 Attainment of the Real World
157 13 8 From Perception to Knowledge
158 13 9 The Cloud of Guilt
159 13 10 Release from Guilt
160 13 11 The Peace of Heaven
161 14 0 Teaching for Truth

(Chapter Fourteen Introduction)

161 14 1 The Conditions of Learning
162 14 2 The Happy Learner
163 14 3 The Decision for Guiltlessness
164 14 4 Your Function in the Atonement
165 14 5 The Circle of Atonement
166 14 6 The Light of Communication
167 14 7 Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit
168 14 8 The Holy Meeting Place
169 14 9 The Reflection of Holiness
170 14 10 The Equality of Miracles
171 14 11 The Test of Truth
172 15 1 The Two Uses of Time
173 15 2 The End of Doubt
174 15 3 Littleness versus Magnitude
175 15 4 Practicing the Holy Instant
176 15 5 The Holy Instant and Special Relationships
177 15 6 The Holy Instant and the Laws of God
178 15 7 The Needless Sacrifice
179 15 8 The Only Real Relationship
180 15 9 The Holy Instant and the Attraction of God
181 15 10 The Time of Rebirth
182 15 11 Christmas as the End of Sacrifice
183 16 1 True Empathy
184 16 2 The Power of Holiness
185 16 3 The Reward of Teaching
186 16 4 The Illusion and the Reality of Love
187 16 5 The Choice for Completion
188 16 6 The Bridge to the Real World
189 16 7 The End of Illusions
190 17 1 Bringing Fantasy to Truth
191 17 2 The Forgiven World
192 17 3 Shadows of the Past
193 17 4 The Two Pictures
194 17 5 The Healed Relationship
195 17 6 Setting the Goal
196 17 7 The Call for Faith
197 17 8 The Conditions of Peace
198 18 1 The Substitute Reality
199 18 2 The Basis of the Dream
200 18 3 Light in the Dream
201 18 4 The Little Willingness
202 18 5 The Happy Dream
203 18 6 Beyond the Body
204 18 7 I Need Do Nothing
205 18 8 The Little Garden
206 18 9 The Two Worlds
207 19 1 Healing and Faith
208 19 2 Sin versus Error
209 19 3 The Unreality of Sin
210 19 4 The Obstacles to Peace
211 19 4 The First Obstacle:

The Desire to Get Rid of It

212 19 4 The Attraction of Guilt
213 19 4 The Second Obstacle:

The Belief the Body is Valuable for What It Offers

215 19 4 The Attraction of Pain
215 19 4 The Third Obstacle:

The Attraction of Death

216 19 4 The Incorruptible Body
217 19 4 The Fourth Obstacle:

The Fear of God

218 19 4 The Lifting of the Veil
219 20 1 Holy Week
220 20 2 The Gift of Lilies
221 20 3 Sin as an Adjustment
222 20 4 Entering the Ark
223 20 5 Heralds of Eternity
224 20 6 The Temple of the Holy Spirit
225 20 7 The Consistency of Means and End
226 20 8 The Vision of Sinlessness
227 21 0 Reason and Perception

(Chapter Twenty-One Introduction)

228 21 1 The Forgotten Song
229 21 2 The Responsibility for Sight
230 21 3 Faith, Belief and Vision
231 21 4 The Fear to Look Within
232 21 5 The Function of Reason
233 21 6 Reason versus Madness
234 21 7 The Last Unanswered Question
235 21 8 The Inner Shift
236 22 0 Salvation and the Holy Relationship

(Chapter Twenty-Two Introduction)

237 22 1 The Message of the Holy Relationship
238 22 2 Your Brother’s Sinlessness
239 22 3 Reason and the Forms of Error
240 22 4 The Branching of the Road
241 22 5 Weakness and Defensiveness
242 22 6 The Light of the Holy Relationship
243 23 0 The War Against Yourself

(Chapter Twenty-Three Introduction)

244 23 1 The Irreconcilable Beliefs
245 23 2 The Laws of Chaos
246 23 3 Salvation without Compromise
247 23 4 Above the Battleground
248 24 0 The Goal of Specialness

(Chapter Twenty-Four Introduction)

249 24 1 Specialness as a Substitute for Love
250 24 2 The Treachery of Specialness
251 24 3 The Forgiveness of Specialness
252 24 4 Specialness versus Sinlessness
253 24 5 The Christ in You
254 24 6 Salvation from Fear
255 24 7 The Meeting Place
256 25 0 The Justice of God

(Chapter Twenty-Five Introduction)

257 25 1 The Link to Truth
258 25 2 The Savior from the Dark
259 25 3 Perception and Choice
260 25 4 The Light You Bring
261 25 5 The State of Sinlessness
262 25 6 The Special Function
263 25 7 The Rock of Salvation
264 25 8 Justice Returned to Love
265 25 9 The Justice of Heaven
266 26 1 The “Sacrifice” of Oneness
267 26 2 Many Forms; One Correction
268 26 3 The Borderland
269 26 4 Where Sin Has Left
270 26 5 The Little Hindrance
271 26 6 The Appointed Friend
272 26 7 The Laws of Healing
273 26 8 The Immediacy of Salvation
274 26 9 For They Have Come
275 26 10 The End of Injustice
276 27 1 The Picture of the Crucifixion
277 27 2 The Fear of Healing
278 27 3 Beyond All Symbols
279 27 4 The Quiet Answer
280 27 5 The Healing Example
281 27 6 The Witnesses to Sin
282 27 7 The Dreamer of the Dream
283 27 8 The “Hero” of the Dream
284 28 1 The Present Memory
285 28 2 Reversing Effect and Cause
286 28 3 The Agreement to Join
287 28 4 The Greater Joining
288 28 5 The Alternative to Dreams of Fear
289 28 6 The Secret Vows
290 28 7 The Ark of Safety
291 29 1 The Closing of the Gap
292 29 2 The Coming of the Guest
293 29 3 God’s Witnesses
294 29 4 Dream Roles
295 29 5 The Changeless Dwelling Place
296 29 6 Forgiveness and the End of Time
297 29 7 Seek Not Outside Yourself
298 29 8 The Anti-Christ
299 29 9 The Forgiving Dream
300 30 0

1

The New Beginning (Chapter Thirty Introduction)

Rules for Decisions

301 30 2 Freedom of Will
302 30 3 Beyond All Idols
303 30 4 The Truth behind Illusions
304 30 5 The Only Purpose
305 30 6 The Justification for Forgiveness
306 30 7 The New Interpretation
307 30 8 Changeless Reality
308 31 1 The Simplicity of Salvation
309 31 2 Walking with Christ
310 31 3 The Self-Accused
311 31 4 The Real Alternative
312 31 5 Self-Concept versus Self
313 31 6 Recognizing the Spirit
314 31 7 The Savior’s Vision
315 31 8 Choose Once Again
316 Manual For Teachers 1 Introduction
317 2 Who are God's teachers?
318 3 Who are their pupils?
319 4 What are the levels of teaching?
320 5 What are the characteristics of God's teachers?
321 6 1. Trust

A. Development of trust

322 7 2. Honesty
323 8 3. Tolerance
324 9 4. Gentleness
325 10 5. Joy
326 11 6. Defenselessness
327 12 7. Generosity
328 13 8. Patience
329 14 9. Faithfulness
330 15 10. Open-Mindedness
331 16 How is healing accomplished?

1.  The perceived purpose of sickness

332 17 2. The shift in perception
333 18 3. The function of the teacher of God
334 19 Is healing certain?
335 20 Should healing be repeated?
336 21 How can perception of order of difficulties be avoided?
337 22 Are changes required in the life situation of God's teachers?
338 23 How is judgment relinquished?
339 24 How is peace possible in this world?
340 25 How many teachers of God are needed to save the world?
341 26 What is the real meaning of sacrifice?
342 27 How will the world end?
343 28 Is each one to be judged in the end?
344 29 How should the teacher of God spend his day?
345 30 How do God's teachers deal with magic thoughts?
346 31 How is correction made?
347 32 What is justice?
348 33 What is the peace of God?
349 34 What is the role of words in healing?
350 35 How are healing and Atonement related?
351 36 Does Jesus have a special place in healing?
352 37 Is reincarnation so?
353 38 Are "psychic" powers desirable?
354 39 Can God be reached directly?
355 40 What is death?
356 41 What is the resurrection?
357 42 As for the rest --
358 Clarification of Terms 0 Introduction
359 1 Mind - Spirit
360 2 The Ego - The Miracle
361 3 Forgiveness - The Face of Christ
362 4 True Perception - Knowledge
363 5 Jesus - Christ
364 6 The Holy Spirit
365 7 Epilogue