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ACIM Speaks Podcast - Thanksgiving Grace

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A reading of a passage from the text of A Course in Miracles suitable
for use as Thanksgiving Grace.

See http://www.fromoutoftheblue.com for the text of the recording.

ACIM Speaks Podcast - Lord, Here I Am

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Apologies for taking so long to get this podcast episode up. While I
was traveling, I recorded, edited, and published two episodes, but
adjusting and getting settled in has taken longer.

This ACIM Speaks episode is on the role of teachers, healers,
professors, and miracle workers–terms A Course in Miracles uses
interchangeably. Bill Thetford was ever the reluctant professor and
much of the discussion was originally for him. It became the section
in the text, "Special Principles for Miracle Workers"

The next episode is a brief one containing a reading of passage from
the text suitable for Thanksgiving Grace.

ACIM Speaks Podcast on Principles 49 and 50

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In this podcast, the discussion is on Principles of Miracles 49 and
50, from A Course in Miracles. I also talk briefly on the future
episodes of the podcast.

The complete Principles of Miracles is on The Miracles Journal Project
website: Principles of Miracles from The Books of A Course in Miracles.

Enjoy and let me know your thoughts on the podcast.

ACIM Speaks Podcast on Principle 48 and Lesson 188 read by Bill Thetford

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In Principle 48, from the Principles of Miracles in A Course in Miracles, there is detailed discussion of
our perception of time. This reinforces discussions begun earlier in
the Principles.

Then, from a recording of Bill Thetford from the 1970's, a reading of
Lesson 188 from the Workbook of A Course in Miracles.

In listening to them together, we come to understand how they go
together and reinforce each other.

ACIM Speaks on Principles 39 - 47 with personal notes

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In this, the tenth episode of ACIM Speaks Podcast, I discuss the
Principles of Miracles 39 through 47. I've included a few personal
notes in this podcast. Let me apologize for the audio quality. In each
of the previous podcasts, it seemed that I was getting better audio
quality with each subsequent podcast, but this one could not be called
an improvement in audio quality. The main thing I need is a better
microphone. And my voice was a bit off this time. Because of the mic,
I end up editing out a lot of extraneous noise and pops, and then the
software crashes. So, apologies for all that, and still I look forward
to improved audio quality. I hope you find the content worth listening
to.

The Principles of Miracles discussed in the podcast are from one of the original
typings of A Course in Miracles.

ACIM Speaks - Principles 31 - 38 & The Golden Rule

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This episode of ACIM Speaks discusses the Principles of Miracles from
A Course in Miracles, 31 through 38. The Golden Rule is mentioned
several times in A Course in Miracles and the first time it is
mentioned is in Principle 37. This coincides with a recent TED Talk
given by Karen Armstrong whose interest is in reviving the Golden Rule
and exploring the role of religion in modern society.

Karen Armstrong's TED Talk and notes on The Golden Rule from A Course
in Miracles is in my blog on The Miracles Journal Project at
http://www.fromoutoftheblue.com/blogs/peter/the-golden-rule.

The complete text of the Principles of Miracles is also on The
Miracles Journal Project website at
http://www.fromoutoftheblue.com/books-of-acim/principles-of-miracles.

ACIM Speaks is on twitter at http://twitter.com/acim_speaks

Thanks to posterous.com for hosting the podcast.

ACIM Speaks, Principles continued, 26-30

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The discussion in this episode of ACIM Speaks continues with Principles of Miracles 26 to 30. The reading is from the original scribing of <em>A Course in Miracles</em>, which is different from the published version. References in this section include verses from Proverbs, Deuteronomy, and Matthew from the Bible.

The musical interlude is from a group called By The Tree. The song, “It is Well” is from a CD called “Songs of Hope” which was a compilation album with various artists and distributed freely in post-Katrina New Orleans. The group, By the Tree can be found on myspace. The lyrics are from a traditional hymn which I'll post below (the words in brackets are lyrics I'd try out to replace the traditional ones).

ACIM Speaks updates are on Twitter @acim_speaks
The Principles of Miracles from A Course in Miracles text is here Principles of Miracles
We've also added a new forum for discussion related to the podcast. It is here ACIM Speaks Podcast Discussion Forum
Thanks to Posterous for hosting the podcast.

Thanks for listening and I look forward to your comments.

When peace like a river attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll,

Whatever my lot

Thou has taught me to say 

It is well, it is well with my soul

 

It is well

with my soul

it is well, it is well with my soul

 

My sin oh the (joy) bliss of this glorious thought

My sin[darkness] not in part, but the whole

[has gone in the light]

is nailed to the cross and I bear it no more, 

 

Praise the lord

 

It is well

with my soul

it is well, it is well with my soul

ACIM Speaks on Principles of Miracles 11-25

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The discussion in this episode of ACIM Speaks is on Principles of
Miracles 11 to 25. The reading is from the original scribing of A
Course in Miracles, which may differ from the published version
from time to time. References in this section include verses from
Proverbs and Deuteronomy from the Bible.

A brief musical interlude is from a 1980's group called Alliance. I
heard them in concert once and bought their recording at that time,
but I have not found them on the internet. The lyrics are directly
from A Course in Miracles.

Thanks for listening and I look forward to your comments.

ACIM Speaks - Principles and Love

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In this episode I follow up with a note on Ram Dass, and continue the
discussion on the Principles of Miracles, and end with a lively "Love
is a Beautiful Thing."
 
Ram Dass clip is from RamDass.org.
"Love is a Beautiful Thing" is from the Subdudes podcast, more at subdudes.com.
ACIM Speaks is on twitter: @acim_speaks
The Miracles Journal Project is on the web at www.FromOutoftheBlue.com.
Thanks to Posterous for hosting.

ACIM Speaks - An Inspired Speech

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This podcast episode contains the speech given by Ted Kennedy as part
of his eulogy for his brother, Robert. The main part of the speech was
given by Robert in South Africa in 1966. I believe it is an inspired
speech, as worthy of listening to today as it was pertinent when it
was given over 40 years ago. Below is my transcription of the speech.
 

There is discrimination in this world,

and slavery, and slaughter, and starvation.

Governments repress their people,

millions are trapped in poverty,

while a nation grows rich,

and wealth is lavished on armaments everywhere.

 
These are differing evils,

but they are the common works of man.

They reflect the imperfection of human justice,

inadequacy of human compassion,

our lack of sensibility towards the suffering of our fellows.

But we can. perhaps, remember, even if only for a time,

those who live with us are our brothers,

that they share with us the same short moment of life,

that they seek, as we do,

nothing but the chance to live out their lives.

in purpose and happiness,

winning what satisfaction and fulfillment they can.

Surely this bond of common faith,

this bond of common goals

can begin to teach us something.

Surely we can learn, at least,

to look at those around us as fellow men.

Surely we can begin to work a little harder

to bind up the wounds among us,

and to become, in our own hearts,

brothers and countrymen once again.

 
The answer is to rely on youth,

not a time of life,

but a state of mind,

a temper of the will,

a quality of imagination,

a predominance of courage over timidity,

of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

The cruelties and obstacles of this swiftly changing planet,

will not yield to the obsolete dogmas and outworn slogans.

They cannot be moved by those who cling to a present that is already
dying,

who prefer the illusion of security

over the excitement and danger that comes

with even the most peaceful progress.

 
It is a revolutionary world we live in.

And this generation,

at home and around the world,

has had thrust upon it a greater responsibility

than any generation that has ever lived.

 
Some believe there is nothing one man or one woman can do

against the enormous array of the world's ills.

Yet many of the world's great movements,

of thought and action,

have flowed from the work of a single man.

 
A young monk began the Protestant Reformation.

A young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of
the earth.

A young woman reclaimed the territory of France.

It was a young Italian explorer who discovered the new world.

And a 32 year old thomas Jefferson

who proclaimed that all men are created equal.

 
These men moved the world, and so can we all.

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself,

but each of us can work to change a small portion of events,

and, in the total of all those acts,

will be written the history of this generation.

 
Each time a man stands up for an ideal,

or acts to improve the lot of others,

or strikes out against injustice,

he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.

 
And crossing each other

from a million different centers of energy and daring,

those ripples build a current that can sweep down

the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

 
Few are willing to brave the disapproval of their fellows,

the censure of their colleagues,

the wrath of their society.

 
Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle,

or great intelligence,

Yet it is the one essential,

the vital quality for those who seek to change a world

that yields most painfully to change.

 
And I believe that, in this generation,

those with the courage to enter the moral conflict

will find themselves companions in every corner of the globe.

 
For the fortunate among us,

there is a temptation

to follow the easy and familiar path

of personal ambition and financial success

so grandly spread before those who enjoy the privilege of education.

But that is not the road history has marked out for us.

Like it or not, we live in times of danger and uncertainty.

But they are also more open

to the creative energy of man than any other time in history.

All of us will ultimately be judged.

And, as the years pass, we will surely judge ourselves

on the effort we have contributed to building a new world society,

and the extent on which our ideals and goals have shaped that event.

 
Our future may lie beyond our vision,

but it is not completely beyond out control.

It is the shaping impulse of America,

that neither fate, nor nature,

nor the irresistable tides of history.

The work of our own hand,

matched to reason and principle,

that will determine our destiny.

There is pride in that,

even arrogance.

But there is also experience and truth.

In any event, it is the only way we can live.

That is the way he lived.

That is what he leaves us.

My brother need not be idealized,

or enlarged in death what he was in life,

be remembered as simply a good and decent man

who saw wrong and tried to right it,

saw suffering and tried to heal it,

saw war and tried to stop it.

Those of us who loved him,

and who take him to his rest today,

pray that what he was to us,

and what he wished for others,

will someday come to pass for all the world.

And he said many times,

in many parts of this nation,

those who touch and who sought to touch him,

'Some man see things as they are,

and ask why.

I dream things that never were,

and say, why not.'

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