Listen to the following Course students who each experienced profound changes in their lives as a result of their study of the theoretical foundation found in the text of A Course in Miracles, and practice of the workbook exercises:

Karen

 A Course in Miracles came to me in 1988 as an answer to a prayer. Even though my life at that time looked great on the outside— because I had all the stuff that I had been told would lead to a happy life (charming husband, education, great job, beautiful home, wonderful children and friends—inside I felt anxious and angry much of the time. I kept hearing this nagging, self-critical voice within me.

I found myself one day sitting in a dark bathroom next to the toilet feeling lost and miserable, praying for help. I had a feeling I must be missing something—there had to be more to life than this.

That was the prayer that changed everything because it brought the Course to me, even though it took me another three years (and more confusion) before I began my study of it.

Since 1993, I have felt inspired to support and assist other students in their study of the Course. It takes time and practice, but it is well worth the effort. The spiritual ideas and mind training exercises contained within these three volumes have the power to transform anyone’s life, if they are put into practice. 

Jim

When I was introduced to A Course in Miracles in the early 90s, I, like many, felt that it had come into my life at just the right time. What I wasn't prepared for was the amount of resistance I would experience as I tried to understand its messages. At that time, I did not realize I had a Ph.D. in "I already know everything."

So for the first few years of my doing the workbook, I read the instructions, but did not bother to follow them, because I already knew everything (remember my Ph.D.). After many years of frustration, humiliation and even exhaustion, I did something very radical—I decided to follow the instructions. And to my sheer amazement, I began to have results.

If there is anything I would recommend to new A Course in Miracles students, it would be this:

1. Study the text and then study it some more.
2. Read and apply the lessons and then read and apply them some more.
3. And most importantly, follow the instructions!

Kathleen

I was diagnosed mentally ill, living on disability, and seriously considering suicide when the Course came into my life.When I began to meditate on the lessons, I was so full of fear that I could hardly close my eyes for more than a few moments.

Trying to 'sit still' and 'listen in quiet' was not an easy thing for me to do.Gradually, I began to have little experiences of light coming through the darkness in my mind; tiny moments of peace and joy that motivated me to continue. I began to ask the Spirit within to help me understand what I was reading and how to apply it to my life.

With practice, over time, my life transformed. Fear was replaced with happiness and love beyond anything I ever imagined could be possible. Now, when my peace is shaken, I know exactly what to do to get it back. The mind training of the Course works, and it will work the same for you! Begin...and just keep going. You will be so glad you did!

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David

I was living in my Jeep with my two dogs after a devastating divorce. I was so caught in a thinking loop focused on what I had lost—my wife, my newly constructed home in the woods, my job—that I was unable to make any decisions about my future, with no time for the present. I couldn't think my way out of my situation. I was experiencing shellshock. My only solution was to eat and drink myself unconscious.

I am better than I used to be, because by learning about my spiritual reality, I now have more faith in the future than regret over the past. I live now more in the present, because by losing all that I thought gave my life meaning, I'm beginning to find my real Self. I've learned that by changing the way I look at things, the things I look at change.

Nancy

I was given a copy of A Course in Miracles in 1992. Stubbornness kept me from actually reading it for the next seven years. It was while in the throes of an emotionally painful phase in my life that my attention could not escape the “dusty blue book” in the corner of my bedroom.

I can say with certainty that the best decision I have ever made was when I finally allowed myself to open to “page 1”. After reading just a few words, I was hooked. I have always considered myself to be “the case that even God could not crack” and I can remember early in my practice wondering how the simply-worded lessons (Workbook for Students) could really make a difference. Their miraculous results began to show up in hindsight when I would realize that I wasn’t responding with the usual anger, defensiveness or feeling like a victim - even the recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease hasn’t dimmed the Light in my life in any way.

The Course has shown me how to stay connected and aware of that Voice within that continually reminds me that I am perfect and changeless and that nothing can change that. I continue to study Course and I invite students to my home weekly to study with me.

I have learned that connected to each and every challenge in my life is a very attainable tool for shifting my focus from the distorted meaning I have assigned to a situation - to actually seeing things from another perspective.

I am certain that connected to each and every triumph in my life is the application of such a tool. Since reading A Course in Miracles, I have never seen so clearly, felt so happy or lived so fully. I am profoundly grateful for this.

From Daily Meditations on the Course by Karen Casey

Relationships are eternal. This can be a comforting idea, particularly when a loved one dies and we want to savor the good memories and hold his or her Spirit close.

But what does it mean to accept that our pain-filled troubled relationships are also eternal?

Some principles of this path are hard to rejoice over. The bottom line, however is that each relationship is a teaching/learning opportunity. Each one offers a channel to the Holy Spirit, yet each one can trigger the ego if we're not vigilant.

If relationships never end, does it mean that we will again meet up with those we loved, as well as those we loathed?

The Course says yes. In some form we will come together again. And as Spirits we will know love; we will know how to offer only love. We will have rejoined God.

A difficult relationship is my opportunity to look to the Holy Spirit, rather than being a hostage to the ego today.

"Every brother you meet becomes a witness for Christ or for the ego, depending on what you perceive in him.

Everyone convinces you of what you want to perceive...Everything you perceive witnesses to the thought system you want to be true.

Every brother has the power to release you if you choose to be free."

ACIM Chap 10 Dynamics of the Ego