ARCIM

The Contents of A Renewed Course in Miracles

 

Included in this section are the Explanatory Note Preceding A Renewed Course in Miracles, the ARCIM Table of Contents, its Expanded Table of Contents (containing all Preface, Text, and Manual for Teachers section titles and Workbook for Students lesson themes), the Order of the ARCIM Sections and its Content of the original Course material, and the ARCIM Notes on Text Chapters 1 and 2.

 

Explanatory Note Preceding A Renewed Course in Miracles

A Renewed Course in Miracles (ARCIM) is a revision of the complete original A Course in Miracles. For this reason some of the material included in it may be unfamiliar to those who are knowledgeable of the teaching of the Course in editions that do not contain the complete original material. The content of ARCIM also reflects the generalization and inclusion of as much of the original material as possible that initially pertained personally to the co-collaborators of the Course project; some of this material is not included in other versions of the Course. Phrasing may vary from the original wording of the Course due to the use of gender-neutral language and universal spiritual terminology, and the intention of maximal clarity of meaning of the ideas. See the Addenda for details about the complete content in ARCIM of the original Course material and the order of the sections of this Renewed Course, and for Notes 1 and 2 introducing Text Chapters 1 and 2.

 

Table of Contents

Preface

What Is A Course in Miracles?

How to Read A Renewed Course in Miracles

How A Course in Miracles Came Into Being

The Need for A Renewed Course in Miracles

Notes on Language Usage in A Renewed Course in Miracles

Explanation of Important Terminology Used in A Renewed Course in Miracles

A Summary of the Course

The Worldview of the Course

How to Read the Course

 

Text

Introduction

Chapter 1: Principles of Miracles 1

Chapter 2: The Psychological Foundation of Miracles 2

Chapter 3: Oneness and Irreconcilability

Chapter 4: Discerning the Ego’s Terrain

Chapter 5: Understanding the Holy Spirit’s Purpose

Chapter 6: Spirit’s Lessons of Undoing

Chapter 7: Healing and the Realm of Heaven Within

Chapter 8: The Journey Home

Chapter 9: The Plan of Atonement

Chapter 10: Idols, Gods, or the Divine

Chapter 11: The Dissolution of the Ego

Chapter 12: The Holy Spirit’s Course of Instruction

Chapter 13: From Guilt to the Promise of Heaven

Chapter 14: Reality and Release

Chapter 15: Dissolving Dissociation

Chapter 16: The Holy Instant

Chapter 17: The Illusion of the Special Relationship

Chapter 18: The Reality of the Holy Relationship

Chapter 19: The Passing of the Dream

Chapter 20: Beyond the Obstacles to Peace

Chapter 21: Seeing Reality

Chapter 22: True Reason and the Final Question

Chapter 23: The Grace of the Holy Relationship

Chapter 24: Escaping the War against Yourself

Chapter 25: Undoing the Spell of Specialness

Chapter 26: Divine Justice

Chapter 27: The Transition to Holy Ground

Chapter 28: The Two Dreams

Chapter 29: Undoing the Gap of Separation

Chapter 30: The Happy Dreams of the Real World

Chapter 31: The New Beginning

Chapter 32: The Final Vision

 

Workbook for Students

Introduction

Part 1—Undoing Perception Based on the Body’s Senses

Section 1: Lessons 1-50

Introduction to Review of Lessons 1-50

Section 2: Lessons 61-80

Introduction to Review of Lessons 61-80

Section 3: Lessons 91-110

Introduction to Review of Lessons 91-110

Section 4: Lessons 121-140

Introduction to Review of Lessons 121-140

Section 5: Lessons 151-170

Introduction to Review of Lessons 151-170

Section 6: Lessons 181-200

Introduction to Lessons 181-200

Introduction to Review of Lessons 181-200

Part 2—Establishing True Perception

Introduction to Part 2

What Is Forgiveness? (Lessons 221-230)

What Is Awakening? (Lessons 231-240)

What Is the World of Illusions? (Lessons 241-250)

What Are Separation and Sin? (Lessons 251-260)

What Is the Body? (Lessons 261-270)

What Is Divine Essence? (Lessons 271-280)

What Is the Holy Spirit? (Lessons 281-290)

What Is the Real World? (Lessons 291-300)

What Is the Atonement? (Lessons 301-310)

What Are the Final Evaluation and the Final Judgment? (Lessons 311-320)

What Is Creation? (Lessons 321-330)

What Is the Ego? (Lessons 331-340)

What Is a Miracle? (Lessons 341-350)

What Am I? (Lessons 351-360)

Final Lessons (Lessons 361-365)

Epilogue

 

Manual for Teachers

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Plan of the Teachers

Chapter 2. Characteristics of the Teachers of the Divine

Chapter 3. How Is Healing Accomplished?

Chapter 4. Teacher / Individual Questions

Chapter 5. Student / World Questions

Chapter 6. Course Completion

 

Addenda

Order of Sections and Content of Original Material

Notes

How A Renewed Course in Miracles Came Into Being

Acknowledgments

Expanded Table of Contents

 

Expanded Table of Contents

 

Preface

What Is A Course in Miracles?

How to Read A Renewed Course in Miracles

How A Course in Miracles Came Into Being

The Need for A Renewed Course in Miracles

Notes on Language Usage in A Renewed Course in Miracles

Explanation of Important Terminology Used in A Renewed Course in Miracles

A Summary of the Course

The Worldview of the Course

  1. The Great Awakening and the Celestial Speedup
  2. Creation as It Is in Reality
  3. The Divine Laws, Conditions, and Attributes
  4. Free Will and the Sanctity of Our Creative Activity
  5. The World We Look Upon Does Not Exist
  6. The Separation and Its Purpose
  7. The Effects of the Detour into Fear
  8. A World of Vengeance Forgiven
  9. Undoing and Awakening
  10. The Layers of Entanglement and Steps of Undoing
  11. Refining Perspective and Perception
  12. The Three Worlds
  13. Levels of Consciousness and Awareness
  14. Key Dysfunctional Dynamics of the Unconscious
  15. Mindedness and Readiness
  16. Level Confusion and the Clarity of Sorting Out
  17. The Two Uses of Time and Memory
  18. The Plan of Atonement Set into Motion in Time
  19. Miracles and the Leader of the Atonement
  20. Learning to Hear and Recognize the Voice
  21. The Plan of the Teachers
  22. The Special and the Holy Relationship
  23. Fear’s Cause and Dissolution
  24. The Fear of Loss and the Insanity of the Idea of Sacrifice
  25. Bringing Darkness to Light and Illusions to Truth
  26. Separation and Sin as Merely a Mistake
  27. Sickness, Healing and Prayer
  28. Magic as Enchantment and Darkness as Merely the Absence of Light
  29. Judgment, Accountability and Justice
  30. Responsibility for a Wounded World
  31. How Attunement and Atonement Work in the Moment

How to Read the Course

 

Text

Introduction

Chapter 1: Principles of Miracles 1

Chapter 2: The Psychological Foundation of Miracles 2

  1. The Cause of the Separation
  2. True and False Forms of Possession
  3. Identifying the Dynamics of Defense Mechanisms
  4. The Reinterpretation of Defenses
  5. Healing as Release from Fear
  6. Fear as Conflicted Will
  7. The Meaning of Sex
  8. Respecting the True Power of the Mind (The Unconscious and Its Sublevels)
  9. Psychic Energy, the Basic Conflict, and the Creative Instinct
  10. Readiness, Mastery, and the Final Judgment

Chapter 3: Oneness and Irreconcilability

  1. Suggestions and Principles for Miracle Workers
  2. The Strength of the Lion and Innocence of the Lamb
  3. Total Attributes and Total Commitment
  4. The Timeless Realm of Knowledge
  5. Consciousness and the First Step out of Ego (Further Considerations of the Psyche)
  6. Perception’s Role in Attuning
  7. Effective Therapy, Teaching, and Parenting (Undoing the Misperceptions of Others)
  8. Judgment and the Authority Problem
  9. The Two Thought Systems

Chapter 4: Discerning the Ego’s Terrain

  1. The Last Foolish Journey
  2. Ego-Free and Fear-Free Teaching and Learning
  3. Alteration and Alternation – How the Mind Makes the Ego
  4. The Abundance and Validity of Right-Mindedness
  5. Disinhibiting the Call of Heaven
  6. What Need Not Be, and What Must Be
  7. “What Is the Real Question?” Is the Real Issue
  8. The Rewards of Becoming Mentally Healthy and Fit
  9. The Communication of Creation
  10. Rehabilitation as Being Only Truly Helpful
  11. The Healing of the Wholly Joyous

Chapter 5: Understanding the Holy Spirit’s Purpose

  1. Giving, Having, and Being
  2. Attributes of the Holy Spirit and of True Perception
  3. The Voice and the Call
  4. Being Reinterpreted on Behalf of the Divine
  5. Strengthening through Sharing
  6. Removing the Cause of Thought Disorder
  7. The Case before the Heavenly Court
  8. The Set or Fixation Point of Creation
  9. Redirecting Misplaced Faith
  10. The Crucial Lesson of the Crucifixion

Chapter 6: Spirit’s Lessons of Undoing

  1. The Parallel Lines of Knowledge and Perception
  2. The Synonyms of Being
  3. The One Answer to All Questions
  4. The Holy Spirit’s Response to Dreams
  5. To Have, Give All to All
  6. To Have Peace, Teach Peace to Learn It
  7. Be Vigilant Only for the Divine and Its Realm
  8. The Final Step in the Transfer

Chapter 7: Healing and the Realm of Heaven Within

  1. An Immutable Law of Mind
  2. Applying All Abilities to One Goal
  3. The Art and Science of Healing
  4. Real and Unhealed Healing
  5. All That the World of the Ego Is
  6. The Blessed Response to Dark Dreams
  7. The Fallacies of Mis-Projection
  8. The Inheritance of Self-Fullness
  9. Learning the Difference between Pain and Joy
  10. Grace as the Natural State

Chapter 8: The Journey Home

  1. The Direction and Content of the Curriculum
  2. The Power and Glory of the Holy Encounter
  3. Divine and Human Will
  4. United Will and the Journey Home to the Divine
  5. The Divine’s Treasure
  6. Reinterpreting the Purpose of the Body
  7. The Unwell Body as a False Witness
  8. Healing as Corrected Perception

Chapter 9: The Plan of Atonement

  1. Asking Only for What Can Be Received
  2. The Sure Answer to All Prayers
  3. The Economics of Judgment and Gratitude
  4. The Appropriate Correction of Errors
  5. The Final Evaluation is the Second Coming
  6. The Unhealed Healer
  7. Acceptance and Cocreation
  8. Completing the Divine

Chapter 10: Idols, Gods, or the Divine

  1. Littleness, Grandiosity, and Grandeur
  2. Waking from the Double Dream
  3. The Decision to Forget or to Remember
  4. Giving Up the God of Sickness
  5. The Spark and the Great Rays
  6. Denying the Divine or Seeing the Eternal

Chapter 11: The Dissolution of the Ego

  1. Courage to Behold the Foundations
  2. The Divine Wills to Be Joined
  3. Hostage to the Ego or Host to the Divine
  4. Relinquishing the Shadow Companions
  5. Divine Essence and the Divine Family
  6. The “Dynamics” of the Ego
  7. Interpreting the Laws of Perception
  8. Experiences, Beliefs, and Perceptions
  9. The Real World
  10. The Firm Beginning

Chapter 12: The Holy Spirit’s Course of Instruction

  1. The One Sensible Interpretation of All Motivation
  2. Rendering Fear Useless
  3. Beholding and Gifting Fear and Hatred to Spirit
  4. The Poverty of Outrageous Requests
  5. Locating the Source of Awakening
  6. Seeking and Finding True Love
  7. Resigning as One’s Own Teacher
  8. Perceiving the Real Elements in All Situations
  9. Invite, Expect, and Perceive
  10. Reversing the Visible and the Invisible

Chapter 13: From Guilt to the Promise of Heaven

  1. Guilt and the World of Delusion
  2. The Darkest of the Ego’s Cornerstones
  3. The Terror of Awakening to Love
  4. Demanding Specialness
  5. Reinterpreting Time’s Purpose and Function
  6. Being Free of Private Worlds
  7. All That the Present Offers
  8. The Happy Dreams of Love
  9. Fulfilling Real Needs

Chapter 14: Reality and Release

  1. Golden Aspects of Reality
  2. Guilt and the Fear of Seeing Within
  3. Release from Guilt in Order to Be Released
  4. The War Is Gone
  5. The Certainty of the Promise of Awakening

Chapter 15: Dissolving Dissociation

  1. The Logic of the Indirect
  2. Only Truth Is True
  3. The Guiltless Learner
  4. Spirit-Collaborative Decision-Making
  5. Deciding with the Divine
  6. The Circle of Atonement
  7. Bringing Guilt and Guiltlessness Together
  8. From Self-Destruction to the Holy Meeting Place
  9. The Spotless Mirror of Holiness
  10. The Ego’s Chaos and the Miracle’s Response
  11. Giving the Dark Lessons to Spirit

Chapter 16: The Holy Instant

  1. The Ego’s and the Holy Spirit’s Uses of Time
  2. Separating Out the Holy Instant from Time
  3. Choosing Littleness or Magnitude
  4. Receiving and Giving Perfect Communication
  5. Relationships and the Meaning of Love
  6. The Full Communication of Ideas with Ideas
  7. The Ego’s Special Love Relationship
  8. Removing the Interference in Communication
  9. Confusing Sacrifice and Love
  10. The Message of the Time of Innocence

Chapter 17: The Illusion of the Special Relationship

  1. True Empathy and the Meeting of All Needs
  2. The Holy Spirit’s Understanding Suffices
  3. The Rewards of Teaching Truth
  4. The Special Love and Hate Relationships
  5. The Dance of Ritual Death between Bodies
  6. Transitioning to the Real World
  7. The Ego’s and the Holy Spirit’s Atonement

Chapter 18: The Reality of the Holy Relationship

  1. The Fantasy of Levels and Orders of Reality
  2. The Real World and Heaven
  3. Shadow Figures from the Past and the Unholy Relationship
  4. The Two Gifts of Defense and Their Frames
  5. Shifting Out of the Unholy Relationship
  6. Spirit’s Guidelines for Every Situation
  7. Faith in the Purpose of Truth
  8. The Substitution of Fragmentation for Wholeness

Chapter 19: The Passing of the Dream

  1. Shifting into the Happy Dream
  2. Advancing to Love’s Meaning
  3. Willingness instead of Preparation
  4. Happy Dreams Come True
  5. Being Transported Beyond
  6. The Desert Becomes a Garden
  7. Through the Circle of Fear and Beyond
  8. Through the Eyes of Faith
  9. Sin as a Mistake
  10. The Smile of Heaven

Chapter 20: Beyond the Obstacles to Peace

  1. The Obstacles to Peace
  2. The First Obstacle to Peace: The Impulse to Abandon Peace
  3. The Messengers of Fear and Love
  4. The Second Obstacle to Peace: The Belief that the Body is Valuable for What It Offers
  5. Confusing Pleasure and Pain
  6. The Third Obstacle to Peace: The Attraction of Death
  7. Protecting the Infancy of Awakening
  8. The Fourth Obstacle to Peace: The Fear of the Divine
  9. Preparing for the Journey’s End

Chapter 21: Seeing Reality

  1. A Time of Celebration
  2. The Gift of Thorns or Flowers
  3. The End of Adjustment
  4. Entering the Ark of Peace
  5. The Heralds and Breath of Eternity
  6. The Two Temples
  7. Purpose Determines Means
  8. The Power of Vision

Chapter 22: True Reason and the Final Question

  1. The Ancient Song to the Divine
  2. The Little Offering
  3. Faith, Belief, and Vision
  4. Beyond the Fear of Seeing Within
  5. The Basic Question
  6. True Reason Sets Free
  7. The Final Question That Must Be Answered
  8. Desiring Totally to Have Always (The Constancy of Joy)

Chapter 23: The Grace of the Holy Relationship

  1. The Golden Circle
  2. The Secret of the Something Else
  3. The Time to Decide
  4. To See or Not to See
  5. Lifting the Veil Together
  6. Defense and Weakness
  7. Freedom of the Body or the Mind

Chapter 24: Escaping the War against Yourself

  1. Finding Glory in Innocence
  2. War and Peace
  3. The “Laws of Chaos”
  4. Compromise as Attack and Awakening without Compromise
  5. Above the Battleground

Chapter 25: Undoing the Spell of Specialness

  1. The Unexamined Belief in Specialness
  2. I Need Do Nothing
  3. The Mad Dreams of Specialness
  4. Forgiving the Divine
  5. Awakening or Being Bound in Specialness
  6. Divine Essence’s Eyes, Ears, Hands and Feet
  7. All That the World Is For
  8. The Test of Everything on Earth (The Two Children)

Chapter 26: Divine Justice

  1. Manifestation and Oneness
  2. The Divine’s Masterpiece and Its Frame
  3. Perception’s Fundamental Law
  4. The Sun You Bring
  5. Returning What Is Due
  6. With Eyes of Grace
  7. The Rock of Truth and Sanity
  8. The Power of Love and Justice United
  9. Miracles as Means of Just Problem Solving

Chapter 27: The Transition to Holy Ground

  1. The Song of Union and Joy
  2. One Resolution to All Problems
  3. The Borderland of Thought
  4. Where Separation and Flaw Were Once Perceived
  5. Moving on from the Time of Terror
  6. What Must Occur for Healing to Be Possible
  7. All Things Work Together for the Good Now
  8. For They Have Come
  9. The Temptation to Perceive Unfairness
  10. The Power of Witness

Chapter 28: The Two Dreams

  1. The Holy Spirit’s Picture of the Body
  2. The Cost of Healing
  3. Correcting the Split Mind and Identity
  4. The Power beyond Limitations
  5. Pseudo- and Honest Questions and Answers
  6. The Transfer of Learning from Problems to Healing
  7. The False Witnesses of Pleasure and Pain
  8. Shifting to a Gentler Dream
  9. The Secret of Awakening

Chapter 29: Undoing the Gap of Separation

  1. Memory of the Present
  2. Healing as Reversing Effect and Cause
  3. Silver Miracles and Golden Dreams of Happiness
  4. Withdrawing from Fearful Dreams
  5. Separating the Dreamer from the Dream
  6. The Secret Vow and the Promise of Creation
  7. The Body’s Holy Purpose
  8. Losing the Fear of the Divine

Chapter 30: The Happy Dreams of the Real World

  1. Demanding That the Body Be More Than Nothing
  2. The Spark that Shines within the Dream
  3. Self- and Spirit-Assigned Dream Roles
  4. The Changeless Dwelling Place
  5. What Seems Eternal All Will Have an End
  6. Seek Not Outside Yourself
  7. Idols and What Opposes Divine Essence
  8. The Toys of Judgment

Chapter 31: The New Beginning

  1. Guidelines for Right Decision-Making
  2. True Will Is Freedom
  3. The Thought the Divine Holds of You
  4. The Paradox of Awakening
  5. Recognizing Whose Hand You Hold
  6. The Justice of Forgiveness Truly Merited
  7. One Meaning and One Interpreter
  8. The Reliability of Changelessness

Chapter 32: The Final Vision

  1. The Only Two Lessons
  2. Ancient Learning Falling Away
  3. Releasing the Mind from Its Own Prison
  4. The Purpose Is the Answer
  5. Self-Concepts and the Self
  6. Thy Will Be Done
  7. The Awakener’s Vision
  8. Choose Once Again

 

Workbook for Students

Introduction

Part 1—Undoing Perception Based on the Body’s Senses

Section 1: Lessons 1-50

Lesson 1. Nothing I look upon [perceive with the body’s eyes alone] means anything in Reality.

Lesson 2. I have given everything I look upon all the meaning that it has for me.

Lesson 3. I do not truly understand anything I look upon.

Lesson 4. My thoughts about the things I look upon do not mean anything in Reality. These thoughts are like the things I look upon.

Lesson 5. Whenever I feel upset the cause is never what it appears to be.

Lesson 6. Whenever I feel upset it is because I perceive something that is not there.

Lesson 7. I can look upon and feel upset about only the past, which is not there.

Lesson 8. My mind has become preoccupied with past thoughts [thoughts associated with past perceptions], blocking true Thoughts from my awareness.

Lesson 9. I look upon nothing as it is now.

Lesson 10. My past thoughts are meaningless.

Lesson 11. My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world.

Lesson 12. I feel upset because I perceive a meaningless world.

Lesson 13. A meaningless world engenders fear.

Lesson 14. The Divine created only a meaningful Creation, and so a meaningless world cannot be real.

Lesson 15. My past thoughts are images I have made of Reality, Which cannot be imaged. That is why they are meaningless.

Lesson 16. I have either real or unreal thoughts.

Lesson 17. I perceive either real or unreal things.

Lesson 18. I am joined by others in experiencing the effects of my perceiving.

Lesson 19. I am joined by others in experiencing the effects of my thoughts.

Lesson 20. I am determined to see [perceive with the spiritual eye].

Lesson 21. I am determined to conceive and perceive things clearly.

Lesson 22. The world I perceive is a reflection of the state of my inner health.

Lesson 23. I can release myself from the world I look upon by giving up my fearful thoughts.

Lesson 24. When I misperceive, I do not recognize my own best interests.

Lesson 25. When I misperceive, I do not know anything’s true Purpose.

Lesson 26. The quality of my thoughts determines access to my Invulnerability.

Lesson 27. Above all else I want to see.

Lesson 28. Above all else I want to conceive and perceive things clearly.

Lesson 29. The Divine is in everything I see.

Lesson 30. The Divine is in everything I see because the Divine is in my mind.

Lesson 31. I take full responsibility for the world I conceive, perceive and experience.

Lesson 32. I have made up the world I look upon.

Lesson 33. There is another way of conceiving, perceiving and experiencing the world.

Lesson 34. I can see Peace instead of looking upon separation.

Lesson 35. My mind is Part of the Divine’s. I am eternally holy.

Lesson 36. My holiness envelops everything I see.

Lesson 37. My holiness blesses the world.

Lesson 38. My holiness can do all things in its accord with the Divine’s Will.

Lesson 39. My holiness is my awakening.

Lesson 40. I am blessed as a Child of the Divine.

Lesson 41. The Divine is with me wherever I am.

Lesson 42. The Divine is my Strength. Vision is Its Gift.

Lesson 43. The Divine is my Source. I can see only in alignment with It.

Lesson 44. The Divine is the Light in which I see.

Lesson 45. The Divine is the Mind with which I think.

Lesson 46. The Divine is the Love in which I forgive.

Lesson 47. The Divine is the Strength in which I trust.

Lesson 48. When I fully trust Reality, I know that there is nothing to fear.

Lesson 49. The Divine’s Voice speaks to me all through the day.

Lesson 50. I am sustained by the Love of the Divine.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 1-50

Lesson 51. Review Lessons 1–5

Lesson 52. Review Lessons 6–10

Lesson 53. Review Lessons 11–15

Lesson 54. Review Lessons 16–20

Lesson 55. Review Lessons 21–25

Lesson 56. Review Lessons 26–30

Lesson 57. Review Lessons 31–35

Lesson 58. Review Lessons 36–40

Lesson 59. Review Lessons 41–45

Lesson 60. Review Lessons 46–50

Section 2: Lessons 61-80

Lesson 61. I am the Light of the world.

Lesson 62. Forgiveness is my function as the Light of the world.

Lesson 63. The Light of the world brings Peace to every mind through my forgiveness.

Lesson 64. Let me remember and fulfill my function of forgiveness.

Lesson 65. My only function is the one the Divine gives me.

Lesson 66. My happiness is one with remembering and fulfilling my function.

Lesson 67. Love created me like Itself.

Lesson 68. Love takes no offense and holds no grudges, grievances or resentment.

Lesson 69. My resentment, grievances, grudges and feelings of being offended hide the Light of the world in me.

Lesson 70. My awakening comes from within.

Lesson 71. Only the Divine’s Plan of Awakening will work.

Lesson 72. Taking offense or holding grudges, grievances or resentment is an attack on the Divine’s Plan of Awakening.

Lesson 73. I will there be Light.

Lesson 74. The Divine’s Will is the only will there is.

Lesson 75. The Light of the world is present in my awareness. I have forgiven the world.

Lesson 76. I am held only within the gentle Laws of the Divine.

Lesson 77. Miracles are part of my Divine Inheritance.

Lesson 78. Let miracles replace all resentment, grievances, grudges and feelings of being offended.

Lesson 79. Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved.

Lesson 80. Let me recognize that my problems have been solved.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 61-80

Lesson 81. Review Lessons 61 and 62

Lesson 82. Review Lessons 63 and 64

Lesson 83. Review Lessons 65 and 66

Lesson 84. Review Lessons 67 and 68

Lesson 85. Review Lessons 69 and 70

Lesson 86. Review Lessons 71 and 72

Lesson 87. Review Lessons 73 and 74

Lesson 88. Review Lessons 75 and 76

Lesson 89. Review Lessons 77 and 78

Lesson 90. Review Lessons 79 and 80

Section 3: Lessons 91-110

Lesson 91. Miracles are seen in the Light of the world.

Lesson 92. Miracles are seen in the Light of the world, and Light and Strength are One.

Lesson 93. Light and Joy and Peace abide in me.

Lesson 94. I am as the Divine created me. I am Its Child eternally.

Lesson 95. I am one Self, united with my Creator.

Lesson 96. My awakening comes from my one Self. Its Thoughts are mine to use.

Lesson 97. I am spirit, a holy Child of the Divine.

Lesson 98. I will accept my part in the Divine’s Plan of Awakening.

Lesson 99. Awakening is my only function here.

Lesson 100. My part is essential to the Divine’s Plan of Awakening.

Lesson 101. The Divine’s Will for me and all Its Children is perfect Peace and Happiness.

Lesson 102. I share the Divine’s Will for Peace and Happiness for me.

Lesson 103. The Divine, being Love, is also Peace and Happiness.

Lesson 104. I seek only what belongs to me in Truth.

Lesson 105. The Divine’s Peace and Joy are mine.

Lesson 106. Let me be still and listen to the Truth.

Lesson 107. Truth will dispel all illusions and correct all errors in my mind.

Lesson 108. To give and to receive are One in Truth.

Lesson 109. I rest in the Divine.

Lesson 110. I am as the Divine created me.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 91-110

Lesson 111. Review Lessons 91 and 92

Lesson 112. Review Lessons 93 and 94

Lesson 113. Review Lessons 95 and 96

Lesson 114. Review Lessons 97 and 98

Lesson 115. Review Lessons 99 and 100

Lesson 116. Review Lessons 101 and 102

Lesson 117. Review Lessons 103 and 104

Lesson 118. Review Lessons 105 and 106

Lesson 119. Review Lessons 107 and 108

Lesson 120. Review Lessons 109 and 110

Section 4: Lessons 121-140

Lesson 121. Forgiveness is the key to Peace and Happiness.

Lesson 122. My forgiveness offers everything I want.

Lesson 123. I thank our Creator for Its Gifts to us.

Lesson 124. Let me remember I am One with the Divine.

Lesson 125. In quiet I receive the Divine’s Word today.

Lesson 126. All that I give is given to myself.

Lesson 127. The Love of the Divine is the only love there is.

Lesson 128. A world that can be looked upon [a world of illusion] holds nothing that I want.

Lesson 129. A world that can be seen [the real world] is a world I want.

Lesson 130. It is impossible to see a world of separation.

Lesson 131. Everyone must succeed who seeks to reach the Truth.

Lesson 132. I loose the world from all I thought it was.

Lesson 133. I will value only what is truly valuable.

Lesson 134. Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.

Lesson 135. If I defend my self, I defend against my holy Self.

Lesson 136. Sickness is an attempted defense against the Truth.

Lesson 137. When I am healed, I am joined in my healing.

Lesson 138. Heaven is the decision I must make.

Lesson 139. I will accept Atonement for myself.

Lesson 140. Only awakening can be said to cure.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 121-140

Lesson 141. Review Lessons 121 and 122

Lesson 142. Review Lessons 123 and 124

Lesson 143. Review Lessons 125 and 126

Lesson 144. Review Lessons 127 and 128

Lesson 145. Review Lessons 129 and 130

Lesson 146. Review Lessons 131 and 132

Lesson 147. Review Lessons 133 and 134

Lesson 148. Review Lessons 135 and 136

Lesson 149. Review Lessons 137 and 138

Lesson 150. Review Lessons 139 and 140

Section 5: Lessons 151-170

Lesson 151. The truth in all things is a Resonance of the Harmony of Heaven.

Lesson 152. The power of the decision of attention and perspective is my own.

Lesson 153. In my defenselessness [my willingness to follow Truth without defensiveness] my Safety rests.

Lesson 154. I am among the Messengers of the Divine.

Lesson 155. I will step back and let Truth lead the way.

Lesson 156. I walk with the Divine in perfect Holiness.

Lesson 157. Into the Presence of Divine Essence I would enter now.

Lesson 158. Today I learn to give as I receive.

Lesson 159. I give the miracles I have received.

Lesson 160. In the Presence of the Divine I am at home. Fear is the stranger here.

Lesson 161. Give me your blessing, holy Child of the Divine.

Lesson 162. I am as the Divine created me.

Lesson 163. In truth there is only Life and no death. The Children of the Divine are free.

Lesson 164. Now I am One with That Which is my Source.

Lesson 165. Let my mind embrace the Thought of the Divine.

Lesson 166. I am entrusted with the Gifts of the Divine.

Lesson 167. There is one Life, and that I share with the Divine.

Lesson 168. Your Grace is given me, Creator. I receive It now.

Lesson 169. By Grace I live. By Grace I am released.

Lesson 170. There is only Gentleness and Mercy in the Divine, and also in me.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 151-170

Lesson 171. Review Lessons 151 and 152

Lesson 172. Review Lessons 153 and 154

Lesson 173. Review Lessons 155 and 156

Lesson 174. Review Lessons 157 and 158

Lesson 175. Review Lessons 159 and 160

Lesson 176. Review Lessons 161 and 162

Lesson 177. Review Lessons 163 and 164

Lesson 178. Review Lessons 165 and 166

Lesson 179. Review Lessons 167 and 168

Lesson 180. Review Lessons 169 and 170

Section 6: Lessons 181-200

Introduction to Lessons 181-200

Lesson 181. As I trust my sisters and brothers, I remember our Oneness.

Lesson 182. I will be still a Holy Instant and go Home.

Lesson 183. I call upon the Divine’s Nature and Name, and on my own.

Lesson 184. The Nature and Name of the Divine are my Inheritance.

Lesson 185. I want the Peace of the Divine.

Lesson 186. Awakening of the world depends on my acceptance.

Lesson 187. I bless the world because I allow myself to be blessed.

Lesson 188. The Peace of the Divine is shining in me now.

Lesson 189. I feel the Love of the Divine within me now.

Lesson 190. I choose the Joy of the Divine instead of pain.

Lesson 191. I am a holy Child of the Divine Itself.

Lesson 192. I have a function here the Divine would have me fill.

Lesson 193. All things are lessons Spirit would have me learn.

Lesson 194. I place the future into the Hands of the Divine.

Lesson 195. Love is the Way I walk with gratitude.

Lesson 196. It can be only myself I attack, or release from insanity.

Lesson 197. It can be only my holy Self’s Gratitude that I receive.

Lesson 198. Only my condemnation seems to injure me. Only my own forgiveness sets me free.

Lesson 199. I transcend the body. I am free.

Lesson 200. The Peace of the Divine is the only peace there is.

Introduction to Review of Lessons 181-200

Lesson 201. Review Lesson 181

Lesson 202. Review Lesson 182

Lesson 203. Review Lesson 183

Lesson 204. Review Lesson 184

Lesson 205. Review Lesson 185

Lesson 206. Review Lesson 186

Lesson 207. Review Lesson 187

Lesson 208. Review Lesson 188

Lesson 209. Review Lesson 189

Lesson 210. Review Lesson 190

Lesson 211. Review Lesson 191

Lesson 212. Review Lesson 192

Lesson 213. Review Lesson 193

Lesson 214. Review Lesson 194

Lesson 215. Review Lesson 195

Lesson 216. Review Lesson 196

Lesson 217. Review Lesson 197

Lesson 218. Review Lesson 198

Lesson 219. Review Lesson 199

Lesson 220. Review Lesson 200

Part 2—Establishing True Perception

Introduction to Part 2

What Is Forgiveness? (Lessons 221-230)

Lesson 221. Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still.

Lesson 222. The Divine is with me. I live and move in It.

Lesson 223. The Divine’s Life is the only life there is, therefore my life is the Divine’s.

Lesson 224. The Divine is our Creator, and It loves Its Children.

Lesson 225. The Divine is our Creator, and Its Children love It.

Lesson 226. My Home awaits me. I will move there without delay or distraction.

Lesson 227. This is my Holy Instant of Release.

Lesson 228. The Divine only blesses. I will as well. It never condemns. I won’t either.

Lesson 229. Love, Which created me, is what I am.

Lesson 230. Now will I seek and find the Peace of the Divine.

What Is Awakening? (Lessons 231-240)

Lesson 231. Creator, I will only to remember You.

Lesson 232. Be in my mind, my Creator, through the day.

Lesson 233. I give my life to Spirit to guide today.

Lesson 234. Creator, today I know again I am Your Child.

Lesson 235. The Divine in Its Mercy wills that I be awakened.

Lesson 236. I direct my mind, which I alone must direct.

Lesson 237. Now would I be as the Divine created me.

Lesson 238. On my decision all awakening rests.

Lesson 239. The Glory of our Creator is our own.

Lesson 240. Spirit is with us, so trust is justified in every situation, and fear is not justified in any form.

What Is the World of Illusions? (Lessons 241-250)

Lesson 241. This Holy Instant is awakening come.

Lesson 242. This day is the Divine’s. It is my gift to Spirit.

Lesson 243. Today I lift all things to Spirit for Its Interpretation and Evaluation.

Lesson 244. I am safe Everywhere in Creation.

Lesson 245. Your Peace is with me, Creator. I am secure and content.

Lesson 246. To love my Creator is to love Its Children.

Lesson 247. With forgiveness I will finally see.

Lesson 248. Whatever seems to suffer is temporal, and therefore not a part of my eternal Self.

Lesson 249. Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.

Lesson 250. Let me see myself as limitless.

What Are Separation and Sin? (Lessons 251-260)

Lesson 251. My only need is of the Truth.

Lesson 252. The Child of the Divine is my true Identity.

Lesson 253. My holy Self is Cocreator of the Universe, and I determine all that I experience.

Lesson 254. Let every voice but the Divine’s be still in me, that only the Divine’s Voice be heard in me.

Lesson 255. This day I choose to live in perfect Peace.

Lesson 256. Awakening is the only goal I have today.

Lesson 257. Let me remember what my Purpose is.

Lesson 258. Let me remember that my Goal is the Divine.

Lesson 259. Let me remember that in Reality there is no separation or sin.

Lesson 260. Let me remember the Divine created me.

What Is the Body? (Lessons 261-270)

Lesson 261. The Divine is my Refuge and Security.

Lesson 262. Let me perceive no differences today, but only what is truly joined and shared.

Lesson 263. My holy Vision sees the Purity in all things.

Lesson 264. I am surrounded by the Love of the Divine.

Lesson 265. Creation’s Gentleness is all I see.

Lesson 266. My holy Self abides in you, Divine Creation.

Lesson 267. My heart and breath dance in the Peace and Joy of the Divine.

Lesson 268. Let all things be exactly as they truly are.

Lesson 269. My Vision goes forth to see Divine Essence everywhere.

Lesson 270. I will use only my spiritual eye today.

What Is Divine Essence? (Lessons 271-280)

Lesson 271. Divine Essence’s is the Vision I will use today.

Lesson 272. Only Reality can satisfy the Divine’s Children.

Lesson 273. The Stillness of the Peace of the Divine is mine.

Lesson 274. Today belongs to Love—let me be of good cheer.

Lesson 275. The Divine’s healing Voice protects all things today.

Lesson 276. The Word of the Divine is given me to speak.

Lesson 277. I release my sisters and brothers from all laws I made.

Lesson 278. Our Creator is free, and so is Its Creation.

Lesson 279. Creation’s Freedom promises my own.

Lesson 280. True Freedom is my will for all Children of the Divine.

What Is the Holy Spirit? (Lessons 281-290)

Lesson 281. I can only seem to be hurt, and that only by my mistaken ideas.

Lesson 282. My right mind trusts completely in Love right now.

Lesson 283. My true Identity abides in Love.

Lesson 284. From Love, I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt.

Lesson 285. My holiness shines bright and clear today.

Lesson 286. The Hush of Heaven holds my heart today.

Lesson 287. You are my Goal, my Creator. Only You.

Lesson 288. Let me remember only my own and my sisters and brothers’ present today.

Lesson 289. The past has passed. It can touch me only in illusion and at my invitation.

Lesson 290. My present Peace and our present Happiness are all I see.

What Is the Real World? (Lessons 291-300)

Lesson 291. This is a day of Stillness and of Peace.

Lesson 292. A happy Outcome to all things is sure.

Lesson 293. All fear is past and only Love is here.

Lesson 294. My body is a wholly neutral thing.

Lesson 295. The Holy Spirit sees through me today.

Lesson 296. The Holy Spirit speaks through me today.

Lesson 297. Forgiveness is the only gift I give.

Lesson 298. I love You, Creator, and I love Your Creation.

Lesson 299. Eternal Holiness abides in me.

Lesson 300. Only an instant does this world endure.

What Is the Atonement? (Lessons 301-310)

Lesson 301. And the Divine Itself shall wipe away all tears.

Lesson 302. Where darkness seemed to be, I see the Light.

Lesson 303. Divine Innocence is born anew in my awareness today.

Lesson 304. Let my world allow the Vision of Divine Innocence.

Lesson 305. There is a Peace that Innocence bestows on us.

Lesson 306. The Gift of Innocence is all I seek today.

Lesson 307. My true will is free of all conflict, so conflicting wishes cannot be my will.

Lesson 308. This Instant is the only time there is.

Lesson 309. I will have courage to see within today.

Lesson 310. In Fearlessness and Love I live today.

What Are the Final Evaluation and the Final Judgment? (Lessons 311-320)

Lesson 311. I judge all things as I would have them conform to be.

Lesson 312. I look upon all things as I have judged them to be, and assume they are.

Lesson 313. Now let a new perception come to me.

Lesson 314. I seek an experience different from the past: I seek a current moment – and the future that flows from it – that reflects Eternity.

Lesson 315. All Gifts my sisters and brothers give also belong to me.

Lesson 316. All Gifts I give my sisters and brothers also are my own.

Lesson 317. I follow in the Way appointed me.

Lesson 318. In me awakening’s means and end are one.

Lesson 319. I came for the awakening of the world.

Lesson 320. My Creator extends all Its Attributes unto me.

What Is Creation? (Lessons 321-330)

Lesson 321. Creator, my Freedom is in You alone.

Lesson 322. I can give up only what was never real.

Lesson 323. I gladly make the “sacrifice” of fear.

Lesson 324. I merely follow, for I would not lead.

Lesson 325. All things I think I perceive reflect ideas.

Lesson 326. I am forever an Effect of the Divine.

Lesson 327. I need only call and the Divine will answer me.

Lesson 328. I choose the second place to gain the first.

Lesson 329. I have already chosen what the Divine wills.

Lesson 330. I will not hurt myself, but will allow myself to be helped, again today.

What Is the Ego? (Lessons 331-340)

Lesson 331. There is only Harmony, for the Divine’s Will is mine.

Lesson 332. Fear binds the world; forgiveness sets it free.

Lesson 333. Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here.

Lesson 334. Today I choose again to receive the Gifts forgiveness gives.

Lesson 335. I choose to see my sisters and brothers’ Innocence.

Lesson 336. Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined.

Lesson 337. My Innocence protects me from all harm.

Lesson 338. I am affected only by my thoughts.

Lesson 339. I will receive whatever I request.

Lesson 340. I can be free of suffering today.

What Is a Miracle? (Lessons 341-350)

Lesson 341. I can fear only my own Innocence, and it is only That which keeps me safe.

Lesson 342. I let forgiveness rest upon all things, for thus forgiveness will be given me.

Lesson 343. No cost or sacrifice is asked of me to find the Mercy and the Peace of the Divine.

Lesson 344. Today I learn again the Law of Love: that what I give my sisters and brothers is my gift to me.

Lesson 345. I offer only miracles today, for I would have them be returned to me.

Lesson 346. Today the Peace of the Divine envelops me, and I remember only Its perfect Love.

Lesson 347. Anger must come from judgment. Judgment is the weapon I would unconsciously use against myself to keep the miracle away from me.

Lesson 348. I have no cause for anger or for fear, for the Divine surrounds me, and in every need that I perceive Its Grace suffices me.

Lesson 349. Today I let Divine Essence’s Vision see all things for me through judging them not, but giving each one a miracle of Love instead.

Lesson 350. Miracles mirror the Divine’s eternal Love. To offer them is to remember This, and through Its Memory to awaken the world.

What Am I? (Lessons 351-360)

Lesson 351. My innocent sisters and brothers are my guides to Peace. My guilty sisters and brothers are my guides to pain. And which I choose to perceive I will perceive.

Lesson 352. Judgment and Love are opposites. From one come all the sorrows of the world. But from the Other comes the Peace of the Divine Itself.

Lesson 353. My eyes and ears and mouth, my hands, my feet today have only one purpose: to be given Divine Essence to use to bless the world with miracles.

Lesson 354. We stand together, Divine Essence and I, in Peace and Certainty of Purpose. And in Divine Essence is our Creator, as Divine Essence is in me.

Lesson 355. All the Peace and Joy and all the miracles that I will give are endless, as I accept the Divine’s Word of Truth and Love. Continuing today!

Lesson 356. Sickness is merely another name for separation and sin. Healing is just another Name for the Divine. The miracle is thus a call to the Divine.

Lesson 357. Truth answers every call we make to the Divine, responding first with miracles, and then being present in our awareness as Itself.

Lesson 358. Every call to the Divine must be heard and will be answered. And of this I can be sure: Its Answer is the one I really want.

Lesson 359. The Divine’s Answer is some form of Peace: all pain is healed, all misery replaced with Joy, all prison doors are opened, and all separation and sin are understood as merely a mistake.

Lesson 360. Peace be to me, a holy Child of the Divine. Peace to my sisters and brothers, all of whom are One with me. Let all the world be blessed with Peace through us.

Final Lessons (Lessons 361-365)

Lessons 361–365. This Holy Instant would I give to You, Spirit. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your Direction gives me Peace.

Epilogue

 

Manual for Teachers

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Plan of the Teachers

  1. Who Are the Teachers of the Divine?
  2. Who Are the Students of the Divine?
  3. What Are the Levels of the Divine’s Teacher-Student Relationship?

Chapter 2. Characteristics of the Teachers of the Divine

  1. Trust
  2. Honesty / Integrity
  3. Non-Judgment / Acceptance
  4. Gentleness / Harmlessness
  5. Joy
  6. Defenselessness
  7. Generosity
  8. Patience
  9. Faithfulness
  10. Openness

Chapter 3. How Is Healing Accomplished?

  1. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness
  2. The Shift in Perception
  3. The Function of the Teacher of the Divine in the Healing Process
  4. Is Healing Certain?
  5. Should Healing Be Repeated?
  6. How Can the Perception of Levels and Orders of Magnitude of Difficulties in Healing Be Avoided?
  7. What Is the Role of Words in Healing?
  8. How Are Healing and Atonement Related?
  9. Does Jesus Have a Special Place in Healing?

Chapter 4. Teacher / Individual Questions

  1. Are Changes Required in the Life Situations of the Divine’s Teachers?
  2. How Is Judgment Relinquished?
  3. How Should the Teacher of the Divine Spend Their Day?
  4. How Can Safety Be Found?
  5. How Do the Divine’s Teachers Deal With Beliefs in Enchantment Magic?
  6. How Is Correction Made?
  7. How Many Teachers of the Divine Are Needed to Awaken the World?
  8. Why Is the Illusion of Many Necessary? (The True Purpose of the Body)
  9. What Is the Real Meaning of Sacrifice?

Chapter 5. Student / World Questions

  1. How Is Peace Possible in This World?
  2. How Will the World End?
  3. Is Each One to Be Judged in the End?
  4. What Is Justice?
  5. What is the Peace of the Divine?
  6. Is Reincarnation True?
  7. Are “Psychic” or “Supernatural” Powers Desirable?
  8. Can the Divine Be Reached Directly?
  9. What Is Death?
  10. What Is the Resurrection?

Chapter 6. Course Completion

  1. As for the Rest
  2. Benediction

 

Addenda

Order of Sections and Content of Original Material

Notes

Note on Text Chapter 1

Note on Text Chapter 2

How A Renewed Course in Miracles Came Into Being

Acknowledgments

Expanded Table of Contents

 

Order of Sections and Content of Original Material

 The order of the 360 sections of the Text and Manual for Teachers of A Renewed Course in Miracles (ARCIM) is composed of the fifty “Principles of Miracles” (PoM) to begin the Text (each miracle principle and accompanying commentary where present constituting the equivalent of a section for purposes of this explanation), and then 265 additional sections through the end of the Text; and forty-five sections in the Manual for Teachers. (Note that ARCIM does not contain the A Course In Miracles (ACIM) “Clarification of Terms” section following the Manual for Teachers—see note 8 below.) This order of sections in ARCIM, with the 365 lessons of the Workbook for Students placed between the Text and Manual for Teachers in the Course, adheres as closely as possible to the order of the original Course “Notes” and “Urtext” except as follows.

  1. Given the author and the direct Source of the Course – Jesus and the Holy Spirit respectively – and its contribution to the great awakening of consciousness taking place in humanity, ARCIM includes as much of the original Course material as possible. It does this in part through revising, in terms applicable to the general reader, as much of the material as possible and reasonable that was originally worded personally for the scribe of the Course, Helen Schucman, and her colleague and assistant in the Course project, Bill Thetford, who regularly typed out Helen’s handwritten notes. This inclusiveness stays within Jesus’ mandate for preparing the Course for publication (see “How A Course in Miracles Came Into Being” in the About menu of this website), and has resulted in some material being included in ARCIM that is not in any of the versions of the original ACIM except A Course in Miracles Urtext Manuscripts—Complete Seven Volume Combined Edition (“Urtext Manuscripts” or UrtextM) edition (see “The Need for A Renewed Course in Miracles” in the About menu of this website for more information on the various Course versions).
  2. ARCIM Text Chapter 2, Section 7, titled “The Meaning of Sex,” consists of passages on this topic compiled from various Text Chapter 1 “Principles of Miracles” commentaries in the original Notes and Urtext, which have been moved to create this new ARCIM Text Chapter 2 section not in this order in the original Notes and Urtext. Certain other “Principles of Miracles” commentaries on the topic of sex remain as PoM commentaries in their original Notes / Urtext order in ARCIM Text Chapter 1.
  3. The order of the original Notes and Urtext material related to the psychological foundation of miracles in the early part of the Text is slightly changed in ARCIM for clarity of meaning. It may be recalled from the “The Need for A Renewed Course in Miracles” section of this website that this material was given by Jesus at the beginning of the Course project, prior to the writing-scribing process between the author and scribe reaching its state of flow. This lack of flow in the first part of the Text may be experienced by the reader in reading the original material, for instance in the UrtextM edition of the original ACIM. The meaning of this material as originally recorded is also more difficult to follow because it is interspersed with a fair number of lengthy passages directed to Helen and Bill personally. As a result, this material is presented in somewhat different orders even in the UrtextM and A Course in Miracles: Based On the Original Handwritten Notes of Helen Schucman—Complete & Annotated Edition (“Annotated Notes” or ANotes) versions of ACIM, making it unclear what the actual intended order was. Perhaps in part because of these reasons, part of this material was significantly rewritten in the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) version of ACIM, and another part totally left out of this version. ARCIM has carefully considered all versions of ACIM, and maintained an order in Text Chapter 2, “The Psychological Foundation of Miracles,” as close as possible to the original Notes / Urtext, while striving for maximum clarity of meaning in connection with this important material. See also “Note on Text Chapter 2” in the next section of this page, “Notes.”
  4. In ARCIM, the Text section titled “I Need Do Nothing” has been placed in its original order indicated in Helen’s Notes, i.e., to what in ARCIM is Text Chapter 25, from where it was moved in all the ACIM versions, i.e., to Text Chapter 18 in the UrtextM, Original / Sparkly, and FIP versions, and Text Chapter 17 in the ANotes version.
  5. The ARCIM Text has thirty-two chapters, while all versions of the ACIM Text have thirty-one chapters, even those containing the additional material on the psychology of miracles that the FIP version omitted. No material has been added in ARCIM, except as noted in this section, to create this additional Text chapter. While the original material and the order of Text sections is essentially the same in both ACIM and ARCIM, except as noted in this section, the grouping of sections into various chapters in the Text, an editorial decision, is simply slightly different in ARCIM, resulting in an additional chapter. This resulted essentially through the grouping of sections into two shorter chapters rather than one longer one.
  6. The sections of the Manual for Teachers have been organized into six chapters in ARCIM for clarity of meaning, without the content being affected. (Note that no Manual for Teachers chapters were designated by the editors of any of the ACIM versions.) For consistency of focus, the last three sections in the ARCIM Manual For Teachers Chapter 3: “How Is Healing Accomplished?” have been moved into this chapter from later in the original Notes order of the Manual sections, without effecting the content of these sections. The order of a few other later Manual For Teachers sections has also been slightly changed in the ARCIM Manual from the original Notes order, also for consistency of focus.
  7. Three additional sections were added to the ARCIM Manual for Teachers through the grouping of three longer sections into six shorter ones, again without affecting the content of these sections. “How Should the Teacher of the Divine Spend Their Day?” has been regrouped into this section and an added section titled, “How Can Safety Be Found?” “How Many Teachers of the Divine Are Needed to Awaken the World?” has been regrouped into this section and an added section titled, “Why Is the Illusion of Many Necessary?” “As for the Rest” has been regrouped into this section and an added section titled, “Benediction.”
  8. The “Clarification of Terms” section of ACIM, added three years after the 1972 completion of the original Course process and just prior to the 1975-1976 FIP first edition publication, is not in the public domain and is not included in ARCIM. The extensive section, “The Worldview of the Course,” that is part of the Preface of the first edition of ARCIM and is also presented on this website serves as its clarification of the key terms and core principles and premises that comprise the worldview / thought system of the Course. Note that the “Clarification of Terms” section added to ACIM with the first FIP publication was not included in the first – and unofficial – publication of ACIM that preceded the official FIP first edition, i.e., that edition published by the “Freeperson Press / The Foundation for Parasensory Investigation” in San Francisco in 1975.  Note also that the Manual for Teachers itself in its penultimate section is described as being a kind of clarification of terms: “This Manual is intended to address only a few of the more obvious questions that both teachers and students of the Divine may have, presented in terms of a brief summary of some of the major concepts in this Course’s Text and Workbook. It is not a substitute for either, but merely a supplement.” While ARCIM does not contain the “Clarification of Terms” section of ACIM, it acknowledges the profound beauty of the content of this section.
  9. In order to maximize clarity of meaning in ARCIM, certain short explanatory paragraphs have been added to the first part of the Text, with additional ones added to the Workbook for Students and Manual for Teachers. The first of these paragraphs immediately precedes Principle of Miracles #1 and is a summary of what a miracle is, a kind of introduction to the PoMs. Additional short clarifying paragraphs can be found in PoM 11 regarding the primacy of prayer in the process of attuning; 19 regarding Divine Essence (Christ) as the Oneness of Creation; PoM 23 regarding the fear of “dark and Light,” an expansion of the concept of the “fear of dark” originally presented; PoM 41 to introduce the concept of “level confusion,” an important idea that is presented without context in the original material, and that as a result may be confusing to some in its original introduction; PoMs 42, 43 and 50; Text sections 2.5, 4.4, 4.7, and 6.4; Workbook lessons 22, 24, 26, 133 and 152; and Manual sections 4.5 and 5.3. While the words of these clarifying additions were not received in the same way as the original material by the scribe of the Course, extreme care has been taken in consultation with the author of the Course to assure that these clarifying thoughts are completely resonant with the total teaching of the Course.
  10. Regarding the syncing of the original material across all versions of the Course, including ARCIM, the following may be noted. (Regarding the PoMs in general, see also the “Note on Text Chapter 1” in the next section of this page, “Notes.”) The Principles of Miracles in Text Chapter 1 mostly sync across all versions including ARCIM, with some exceptions. The FIP version of the Course is the only one that omits the PoM commentaries where these occur (only eighteen Principles of Miracles – PoMs 1, 2, 6-14, 16, 17, 21, 29, 30, 36, and 43 – do not have commentary in the original material). The FIP version placed some parts of these PoM commentaries later in the Text, and omitted other parts. The FIP placement of some PoM commentaries into other parts of the Text beginning with FIP Chapter 1 Section 2 (immediately following the FIP Principles of Miracles), along with the FIP revision of some of the material on the psychology of miracles that begins in Text Chapter 2 in the other versions, and the omission of other parts of this material, cause the FIP version of the early part of the Text after the Principles of Miracles to be somewhat different than the other versions of the Course including ARCIM. After the Principles of Miracles, it isn’t until Text Chapter 3 (UrtextM and ANotes Section 3, ARCIM Section 2, and FIP Section 1) that the FIP version of the Course essentially syncs up again with the other versions in the same Text chapter.

“A Course in Miracles Version Cross-Reference,” which shows the syncing of all Principles of Miracles as well as all of the Text and Manual for Teachers sections across the UrtextM, ANotes, FIP, and ARCIM versions of the Course, can be found under the Study Materials menu on this website. This cross-reference allows one to locate any Course passage for comparative purposes, regardless of the section title given in any particular version of the Course.

 

Notes

 

Note on Text Chapter 1: Principles of Miracles

 

In the original Course material there are forty-three principles of miracles apparently identified. That is, there are forty-three subsections in the original opening section of the Text called “Principals of Miracles.” The first paragraph of these forty-three subsections is the first miracle principal in the later accepted compilation of fifty principles of miracles, and the first paragraph of the last of these forty-three subsections is the last miracle principle of these fifty. In addition, in the original material these forty-three miracle principles are embedded in lengthy commentaries by the Course’s author, part of which elucidate on and expand the understanding of the principles of miracles presented, and part of which pertain personally to the Course’s scribe, the scribe’s assistant, their relationship, or other topics. Some of the commentary material, along with elucidating on and expanding the obvious miracle principles presented, apparently also contain additional miracle principles. As a result of this mix of ideas, it can be challenging to make clear sense of this original material that begins the journey of the Course because it is not always easy to determine at times what the Course’s author intends for us to take away from it.

As discussed in the “The Need for A Renewed Course in Miracles” section of this website, we know that part of this ambiguity of the original material at the beginning of the Course project was due to resistance to the process on the part of the Course’s scribe. This resistance essentially cleared up already in what became the early chapters of the Text, and from that point on the material flows smoothly and is substantially the same presentation across all versions of the Course, including A Renewed Course in Miracles (ARCIM).

There are, however, some important differences in the presentation of the principles of miracles between versions of the Course, including this one. Because of the less than clear quality of the original material as it initially came through, the scribe of the Course later decided to reformulate some of this opening material, including the principles of miracles, in what became the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) version of the Course. The apparent forty-three principles of miracles became fifty principles, and the in-depth commentaries to the principles of miracles in the original material were moved to subsequent chapters of the Text or removed altogether. This left a concise presentation of fifty principles of miracles in the FIP version of the Course, some of them not clearly presented as miracle principles in the original material, and with no commentary remaining about any of the miracle principles.

A Renewed Course in Miracles retains the presentation of fifty principles of miracles rather than forty-three, since it is difficult to determine with certainty from the original material exactly what the complete compilation of these principles was intended to be. However, ARCIM draws on all of the previous versions of the complete Course, in collaboration with the Course’s author, to determine its presentation of the fifty principles of miracles. This results in some differences between the fifty principles listed in the FIP version of the Course and the Renewed Course, as also exist between the FIP version and other versions of the original material. In addition, the commentaries to the principles of miracles (other than those commentary passages that were shifted to create ARCIM Text Chapter 2, Section 7, titled “The Meaning of Sex”) have been reinserted immediately following the principles they support, much like other complete versions of the original Course, though also somewhat differently than other versions in order to support the maximum clarity of meaning of the material.

 

Note on Text Chapter 2: The Psychological Foundation of Miracles

 

Much of the material in this chapter was omitted from the FIP version of the Course. Perhaps this material was omitted because it was felt that it was part of the author’s – Jesus’ – personal teaching to his collaborators in the Course project, both of whom were psychologists. And certainly the material in this chapter requires careful thought to make sense of for those not formally trained in psychology. However, including this material as part of the total teaching of the Course may be important for at least two reasons.

First is a statement that follows this chapter’s subject matter in the original Course material describing the material’s importance. (A version of this statement is also present in the FIP version of the Course.)

“The next part of this Course rests so strongly on the earlier part that its [i.e., the earlier part’s] study and at least working comprehension is required to understand what follows. Without this, you may become much too fearful when the unexpected occurs to make constructive use of it. As you study the earlier part, you will see some of the obvious implications. One reason a solid foundation is necessary at this point is because of the likely confusion between fear and awe that many people experience when their perception expands out of the narrow bands it has been held in for so long.”

While the reference to “the earlier part” of the Text in the above statement certainly includes the Principles of Miracles which also precede this statement, given the content of the ARCIM Text Chapter 2, “The Psychological Foundation of Miracles” – including such topics as true and false forms of possession, respecting the true power of the mind (the unconscious and its sublevels), and psychic energy, the basic conflict, and the creative instinct – it would seem that this statement and its two references to fear also likely refers to the material in this Text chapter. This indicates that the material presented in ARCIM Text Chapter 2 as “The Psychological Foundation of Miracles” is indeed important for all readers of the Course to study and comprehend, not just those formally trained in psychology. In a sense, the material in this chapter constitutes the essential training for all students of the Course in the spiritual psychology that is the Course’s “language.”

The second reason that this material is important is its author. To receive insight into the essential elements of a new spiritual psychology – elements that form the psychological foundation of miracles – from a teacher who is unsurpassed in understanding the human psyche, is an immeasurable gift to humanity. Including it in the total teaching of the Course honors this gift.