Author Description

As its name suggest, Simply A Course in Miracles is an attempt to simplify ACIM for the new reader. Many people pick up the Course only to put it down because the language is challenging or off-putting. Some are also confused because there are now so many teachers of ACIM, and many different interpretations as to what it means. If anything, this book does not seek to interpret the Course, but rather to simply present some of its most well-known teachings, reminding the reader that the interpretation is up to them. That said, this book does not shy away from pointing the reader to ways of seeing the Course that are fairly well-established in the ACIM world, or which have been helpful to the author. After all, what is helpful for one will probably be helpful for someone else. And in any case, everyone will find their own way in regard to ACIM, and the truth is that no secondary source is a substitute for engaging with the Course itself. One of the biggest issues in the ACIM world is the experience to which the Course points. On one level, this is interesting and even funny, as the text itself cautions not to get delayed by theological debates. Yet there are those who say that ACIM is pointing to a non-dual reality, similar to Advaita Vedanta, and there are those who adamantly oppose this view, saying that nowhere in the Course do we find even a mention of "non-duality" (let alone Advaita). As you might guess, this book does not give a hard-and-fast answer to this debate, but rather presents it as something to keep in mind, suggesting that the Course might best be read in a more metaphorical or symbolic way than literal. This book is divided into 3 parts: The first part is the author's introduction to ACIM; the second part is a presentation of past thinkers and ideas that in some way foreshadowed the Course (Freud, Plotinus, Plato, Nietzsche, etc.); and the third part of the book is simply a presentation of key quotes and passages in the Course, some of