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07/30/2025

For anyone who missed the first posting a couple months ago, here is the link to an updated version of "Tonglen for Donald Trump." In this piece I take a new look at the old healing method of "thoughts and prayers", and ask: Can we really make that work?

An essay describing a method inner activism in the face of the dangers represented by Donald Trump's second presidency

05/24/2025

Several years ago I moved to an apartment near a 1.5-mile path following the tidal Napa River. In my 10+ years in Napa, California, I've always been instinctively drawn to this area, off a road called Old Soscol, without knowing why. Shortly after I resettled here I learned that "Soscol" refers to t...

04/27/2025

If you knew nothing of A Course in Miracles, the first time you heard that odd phrase you might think it referred to some kind of training to facilitate miracles of physical healing: sudden cancer remission, an impossible awakening from coma, instantly regaining the capacity to walk after paralysis. Such miracles do occur but they are rare and unexpected, even if we have been wishing or praying for them. Thus the idea of a “course,” that is, a curriculum that teaches us to perform or experience miracles might seem outlandish.

But since A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a real thing that has been with us for fifty years, drawing a steadily growing following of millions across the world, it’s worth asking if it delivers on that suggestive premise. Is the Course really a reliable training in learning to experience or facilitate miracles of physical healing?

As someone whose initial engagement with ACIM led to a complete healing from a severe and chronic physical malady, I can provide the definitive answer: “Well, it is and it isn’t” — with the none-too-clarifying corollary: “It depends"... continue reading at link:

an essay on the healing effects of 'A Course in Miracles'

04/03/2025

Congratulations to Fearless Literary author Maria Felipe on the release of her second book, LIVE YOUR HAPPIEST. It was actually scheduled for release a week from now, but it just went ahead and launched itself. Read Maria's letter for the story of this book...

An Open Letter to the A Course in Miracles Community 💙

Hi dear A Course in Miracles students, teachers, friends—everyone on this path,

I know there’s always a lot of promotion going around, and while this is a little bit of that, what I really want to share with you is how deeply valuable this book is for Course students.

I suffered for so long trying to understand forgiveness. I read the Course, studied it, and still felt frustrated because I wasn’t living it. I struggled. I resisted. And yet, through all of that, something inside me kept pushing forward.

In Live Your Happiest, I share the powerful insights and practices that helped me go from struggling to surrendering—from merely reading the Course to actually living it. Because that’s the real challenge, isn’t it? Living it when we don’t want to. Living it when it feels impossible. And yet, when we do, the results are miraculous.

One of the most exciting things in this book is something I’ve never seen in any other ACIM book—I merge The Work of Byron Katie with the teachings of the Course. Her question, “Who are you without that thought?”, and the turnaround process is forgiveness on steroids—the kind of forgiveness the Course is really teaching.

So if you’ve ever felt frustrated with the Course, if you’ve wanted to throw the book across the room (been there!), or if you just know there’s a deeper way to live these teachings, I truly hope this book serves you. Because you are worthy of the miracle. You are worthy of happiness. It is your divine inheritance.

Thank you for reading, for listening, and for being on this journey with me. I invite you to check out Live Your Happiest—and most importantly, I hope it helps you truly live the Course, release suffering, and experience more happiness as you remember your true nature.

https://a.co/d/4rzpmG8 👈🏻

With love and gratitude,
Maria

03/15/2025

After its first 50 years, the contemporary spiritual teaching known as A Course in Miracles is more popular than ever, with some of its teachings even going "undercover". For instance, there is a widespread notion that a few of its lines were written by the 13th century mystical poet Rumi. For the uncovering of this and other misunderstandings and mistaken assumptions about ACIM, see my updated report, "Your Task is Not to Seek For Love..."

A report on some of the most common rumors and misrepresentations about 'A Course in Miracles'

03/15/2025

A report on some of the most common rumors and misrepresentations about 'A Course in Miracles'

10/21/2024

Congratulations to the latest graduate of the Fearless Assisted Publishing program, fitness trainer and cancer fighter Carly Fauth, on today's official launch of PRAY FOR THE BEAR: An Ordinary Person's Guide to Unlocking Extraordinary Personal Strength. I coached Carly on launching an advance sale for the book, and she drew 300+ orders, putting this indie project well into the black before the first copies were even printed. You can read Carly's Prologue and order the book in both print and digital at the link below.

"If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear." -- Kobe Bryant

https://www.fearlessbooks.com/PrayBear.htm