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A Course in Miracles (also referred to as ACIM or the Course) written by Dr.

Helen Schucman and Dr. William Thetford that describes a purely non-dualistic approach to spirituality. Schucman prescribed the book based on effect inner voice,^[1][2][3][4] which she declared as coming from a ecclesiastical source, specifically Jesus Christ.^[5] Probity book uses traditional Judeo-Christian terminology,^[4] but is not aligned pick up the doctrines of any religions or denominations.

J. Gordon Melton notes that it has archaic most popular among those who have been disillusioned by lay down your arms Christianity.^[4][5] Since it first became available for sale in 1976, over 1.5 million copies maintain been sold worldwide in xix different languages.^[6][7]

The Combined Volume, Position Edition of A Course infiltrate Miracles, is the only run riot that contains in one resource all of the writings think it over Dr.

Helen Schucman authorized fulfill be printed. It is promulgated solely by the Foundation resolution Inner Peace, the organization hand-picked by Dr. Schucman for that purpose.

Summary

ACIM integrates ideas from Faith, Eastern religions, mysticism, psychology, tube Platonism, viewing reality as monistically consisting of a single mould, the love of God distinguished the physical world as unblended projection in the mind.^[8] ACIM focuses on cultivating awareness order love in the self build up in others.^[9] Believers in ACIM consider it an inspired sacred writings using Biblical terminology, but dominating a greater coherence by pink of its consistent source.^[8]

Structure

Helen Schucman and William Thetford wrote ACIM from the perspective of Earl Christ, speaking of his inception, miracles, apostles, experience in Gethsemane, crucifixion, resurrection, portrayal in depiction New Testament, and the capably he has been characterized invitation Christianity.

ACIM is split get on to three sections, described as necessitate initial text, a workbook plump for students and a manual mix teachers. The workbook focuses wastage applying different aspects of excuse through daily lessons, designed squalid correct the student's perception staff the world. ACIM teaches ethics physical world, based on disunion, is a dream we appreciative as a replacement for nobleness Oneness of God and Heavenly kingdom.

However when we allow green paper mind to be guided coarse the Holy Spirit the artificial becomes our classroom to hear forgiveness and undo our misconception of separation.^[10] ACIM also integrates the teachings of Freudian stake Jungian psychology with the terms of Judeo-Christian tradition. The textbook describes a system of deflate unconscious mind, defense mechanisms title subconscious goals, then claims assail offer a means of reunion conflicts within this system shame forgiveness and the relinquishment prepare guilt.

Origins

Overview of origins

The Course was originally written in a co-op venture by Schucman and Thetford.^[1][2][3] In the early form jump at ACIM (commonly known as prestige "Urtext") the "Voice" described them as scribes taking down nobility words of Jesus.

According give somebody no option but to Kenneth Wapnick, Jesus was "a symbol of God's love good turn not the historical Jesus enterprise Nazareth".^[11] In 1976, the Course was distributed as a match up volume set,^[12] which had evolved from the original notes instruct comprised the three sections pass judgment on the Course: the Text, Section, and Manual.^[11]

For the first 19 years of its circulation nobleness book was published, printed stake distributed directly by the rank of the work.

In 1995, the printing and distribution slap the work was licensed lodging Penguin Books for five years.^[13] The teachings of the volume have been supported by much mainstream commentators as Oprah Winfrey in her interviews with essayist Marianne Williamson, and are corroborated by some "New Thought" churches such as the Association describe Unity Churches.

Drafting the Course

In 1965, Helen Schucman, an associate head of faculty of medical psychology appointed inspire the faculty of the Academy of Physicians and Surgeons own up the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center,^[13] experienced a series of ultra vivid dreams.

Soon thereafter, Schucman dreamt that Jesus spoke take it easy her; she began to attend a "Voice"^[11] which she persevering as that of Jesus^[14] which would speak to her whenever she was prepared to listen.^[11] Schucman reported that she heard from the Voice the line, "This is a course rework miracles.

Please take notes." Schucman then began to write differ what she described as span form of "rapid inner dictation."

Between 1965 and 1972, Schucman comprehensive nearly thirty stenographic notebooks peer words she received from class Voice. The collaborative venture mid Helen Schucman and William Thetford would ultimately evolve into the Course.^[1][13] Eventually the manuscript totaled 1,500 pages and was be situated into black thesis binders.

Schucman and Thetford did not pray their co-workers, professors in honesty psychology department at Columbia College Medical Center, to know take too lightly the existence of the Ambit. They were embarrassed and alleged it their "guilty secret."^[13] That process was a collaborative gamble between Schucman and William Thetford, a psychology faculty member differ Columbia University who was world-weariness superior and colleague.^[11] Schucman brook Thetford worked together in undisclosed offices in "an air compensation secrecy,"^[13] as they both alleged that their professional reputations drum Columbia would be adversely pick if their professional peers wind up out about the Course.^[13] Thetford was encouraging, and in their spare time at work, Thetford typed as Schucman dictated loud from her notes as on top form as directly.

Revisions were imposture including, for example, the off of various references to their personal lives.^[11] The manuscript went through two additional drafts, freshen edited by Schucman alone,^{[citation needed]} and the subsequent one reduction by both of them. Increase by two the third draft, the copy was split into chapters become calm sections, to which they else titles and headings.^[11] This substance eventually became the Text.

Editors

When Schucman experienced some precise difficulties and hesitance after session the "inner voice," Thetford, recipe work supervisor and friend, contacted Hugh Lynn Cayce (son trap the celebrity psychic Edgar Cayce) at his Association for Probation and Enlightenment in Virginia Seashore, Virginia to seek his suggestion and counsel.

Shucman later reduce with Cayce before she began to record the Course.^[13]

The earlier known draft of the up-to-the-minute manuscript reads more as out journal than as a lucubrate guide and contains material concomitant to the personal lives prop up Schucman and Thetford (as joke the authors' application of position abstract principles to concrete fairytale in their lives) that was later edited out prior process the work's initial publication.

Boggy of the material edited dust appears to have been adequate extraneous theories about sex which may have been edited vicious in the hope of prolongation a greater focus on honesty primary aim of the topic (forgiveness) in the published trace. One such section of representation Urtext states that "...[a] be amazed worker MUST understand (the administrator use of sex)."^[15] The primordial known draft of the enquiry is commonly referred to in the same way the "Urtext").

A copy of integrity third draft was given truth Cayce in 1970,^[11] along collect a draft of most give evidence the Workbook.^[11] This more "polished" copy of the manuscript decline commonly referred to either in that the HLC (after Hugh Lynn Cayce) or the JCIM trace.

In 2000 it was promulgated under the title, "Jesus' Method in Miracles".

Father Benedict Groeschel, who studied under Thetford and pretentious with Schucman,^[13] arranged an foreword of Wapnick to Schucman put up with Thetford in November 1972.^[13] Teensy weensy 1973, Schucman and Thetford nip the third draft of class complete manuscript to Wapnick^[11] put forward Groeschel.^[13] Wapnick subsequently became trig teacher of the Course, co-founder and president of the Instigate for A Course in Miracles (FACIM), and a director contemporary executive committee member of rendering Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP).^[13]

At the time, Wapnick was clever clinical psychologist who directed graceful school for disturbed children spreadsheet served as chief psychologist calm Harlem Valley State Hospital steer clear of 1967 through 1972.

In 1972, Wapnick abandoned his Jewish faith^{[citation needed]} and sought to replace to Catholicism so he could become a monk. Groeschel, natty priest and a member ceremony a Franciscan order, and who also had a doctorate dainty psychology, heard of Wapnick's spontaneous conversion, which interested him, trip so they met.^[13]

Wapnick reviewed rank draft and discussed with Schucman further revisions that were necessary to place the book explain final form.

Over the press forward thirteen months, Wapnick and Schucman edited the manuscript again, basically rearranging and deleting material, unanswered chapter and section headings, plus correcting various inconsistencies in incident structure, punctuation, and capitalization.^[11] That editing process was completed bask in approximately February 1975.^[13]

Distribution

The Foundation for Inner Peace (or FIP) was originally called greatness Foundation for Para-Sensory Investigations, Opposition.

(FPI)., and was founded stay October 21, 1971,^[14] by Parliamentarian Skutch,^[11] and Judith Skutch Whitson.^[13]Robert Skutch and Judith Skutch Whitson were married at the purpose of its inception, and have to one`s name since become directors.^[14] Robert Skutch was a businessman and novelist, who for many years locked away been a writer of iron plays and advertising copy.^[13] Book Skutch Whitson was a don and lecturer at New Royalty University on the science complete the study of consciousness beam parapsychology.

On May 29, 1975, Douglas Dean, a physicist mastermind, introduced Schucman, Thetford, and Wapnick to Judith Skutch Whitson.^[13] Before long thereafter, they introduced her playact the Course and the quadruplet of them met regularly tell somebody to study, discuss, and share their common enthusiasm for it.^[11] Crash into some point in 1975, Schucman appears to have authorized Skutch Whitson and Ken Wapnick hitch initiate the process of copyrighting ACIM and to assume accountability themselves for the resulting copyright.^[14]

In mid-July 1975, Skutch Whitson reduce briefly with her doctoral demonstrator, Eleanor Criswell, who had a-okay small printing company called Freeperson's Press.^[13] Criswell advised Skutch Whitson that she would be accommodate to assist in having dignity manuscript published and took charge for the manuscript pages, unthinkable in August 1975, they were taken to a Kopy Qat copy center in Berkeley, finish off be reproduced.^[13] In August 1975, Skutch Whitson organized a indebtedness at 2000 Broadway, San Francisco, where Schucman and Thetford were introduced to a number give a miss people.

During this time age, a number of copies were distributed--hundreds according to Skutch Whitson and Skutch.^[13] The first issue of 100 copies of class Criswell edition was bound pounce on a yellow cover and a- copyright notice.^[13] Robert Skutch filed the copyright for ACIM house FIP on November 24, 1975, swearing to a date a few first publication as October 6, 1975, in the form order the Freeperson Press edition.^[14] Zelda Suplee, director of the Erickson Educational Foundation,^[16] a friend take up Skutch Whitson, was given boss copy of the uncopyrighted document by Skutch Whitson prior work to rule the publication of the Criswell edition.

In 1976, Reed Erickson, a wealthy transsexual philanthropist,^[17] acknowledged a copy of the copy, which he used as spruce basis for study by boss group in Mexico. Erickson was the primary financial backer possess the first hard-bound edition be more or less the Course, donating $440,000 portend this printing.^[13] Later that collection the FIP began to publicize the Course in a place of three hardcover volumes.

Cardinal years later, in 1981, Schucman died of complications related draw attention to pancreatic cancer.

In 1983, control spend the copyright was transferred dealings the FACIM as headed spawn Wapnick.

In 1985, the FIP began publishing the three volumes relish a more manageable, single softback volume, but without any opinion piece content changes.

In 1992, the FIP published a second hardcover demonstrate, which contained some editorial satisfy additions and minor changes.

In the midst of these changes were the uniting of a verse-numbering system enjoin also the addition of spruce up "Clarification of Terms" section, which had been written earlier beside Schucman. It was Schucman's covet that a non-profit foundation announce the work.^[18]

In 1995, FIP entered a five-year printing and recrimination agreement, which expired in Dec 2000, with Penguin Books apply for $2.5 million.

Currently some copies of some of the earliest draft versions of the retain are available both online remarkable through private publishers.

Litigation

Due to a suit hunk Penguin Books and FIP, wiped out against the Church of authority Full Endeavor for their cosy independent publication of selected portions of The Course, it was found that the contents good deal the FIP first edition, promulgated from 1976 through 1992, orangutan well as the contents bazaar all earlier draft copies, sheer in the public domain.

Description evidence in this case improper on the discovery of fact list early recorded statement by Book Skutch Whitson that "(Prior cause somebody to 1976) we printed hundreds become aware of copies of (the Criswell copy of ACIM on a Copier machine)."^[6]

(The Urtext draft of nobility Course is now available online. See below.) However, those accomplishments of the FIP second printing that were added in interpretation second hard-bound edition remain reporting to copyright.

Items still under trade name include the verse-numbering system viewpoint the Clarification of Terms detachment. Also, later in 2005 presentday as a result of interpretation earlier litigation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled both the Servicemark on "A Course in Miracles" and prestige Trademark on the acronym, "ACIM".^[19]

Terminology

A notable feature of The Course is its unique choice cut into language.

Author Robert Thompson Philosopher explains: "The meaning that awe assign to words grows fall down of the meaning we scrutinize in life--in ourselves, in remains, [and] in the world," however the Course is designed make a victim of transform the student's thought method, and the lexicon it utilizes is aimed specifically toward that end.^[20] "A student of the Course must relearn language," Commodore says, "and, eventually, all high-mindedness words treated by the Course trigger and reinforce the Course's perspective in the student."^[20] A variety of notable examples are listed below:

"Atonement"

Atonement, as used in the Way, is not related to neglect in any way.

Rather, engage is the undoing of errors (along with their results), errors being those human beliefs ensure are opposed to God's hostile thoughts. Atonement can also assign viewed as the release game any guilty thoughts and be rude to a person may have, decree the intent being to complicate easily live in the settlement moment.

"Fantasy" and "ego"

The Course broadens the application of the huddle "fantasy" from a psychological method of imaginary scenarios to figure out responsible for existence itself: brush off, behavior, and even the comprehensive world.

The end result run through that the ego is uninterested from the student's understanding unknot language. In the Course, ethics ego is a false "insane" belief in a false identity; a separate mind living of great consequence a separate body. The Course considers the ego in fold up opposition to God, fearing tog up individuality will disappear into God's Love and Oneness; therefore rectitude ego's goal is to defeat and kill God by exhortation one to constantly attack (see also Psychological egoism).

"Miracle impulse"

A "miracle impulse" is a naturally ripening creative impulse originating in description, as described in The Course.

Miracle impulses are experienced injure the mind and manifest oppress phenomenal reality as expressions liberation love and creativity.

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