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The Fifty Miracle Principles of 'A Course in Miracles' | 
 enlarge | Author: Kenneth Wapnick
Publisher: Foundation for a Course in
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 4th
Pages: 133
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.4
ISBN: 0933291159
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.93
EAN: 9780933291157
ASIN: 0933291159
Publication Date: October 1992
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 Too confusing July 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
What scares people away from the Course is authors who write books about it. When I began the Course, I listened to tapes and attended seminars conducted by "teachers". I gained nothing because people were just quoting Course passages. I felt they had not experieced a transformation and were blind leading the blind. What the Course teaches is simple, but it belabors the point, and causes confusion. What the Course teaches is this: you are IN REALITY not a body. You are SPIRIT. Therefore the EGO is a fake, it's not real. (You need to understand what the Course means by REALITY: that which never changes.)
Everything you do in life is a product of your ego. The mind is part of the ego too. The Course tells us how destructive the ego is, that it doesn't want to die, and will do anything it can to preserve itself.
When you understand you are SPIRIT, then everyone is united. After all, there is only one Spirit. The ego sees itself as separate. (Thus, the "Separation".) When Man saw himself as a body he became separate from his Creator. That's when sin came into the world.
So essentially, meditate, quiet your mind, thoughts will cease. You will just BE. That is the Miracle.
 Concerned June 10, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Concerned that people will see sickness as a spiritual problem and blame the sick person - which takes away compassion and care when most needed.
Yes, God answers prayers, but sometimes the answer is Wait, and sometimes it is No, not always yes.
Jesus told the apostles that the blind man's blindness was Not due to the man's nor his parents sin, but for the Glory of God.
It is sad that we can not accept sickness as a way to lead us closer to God. That we want to take the Cross out of our lives, even though Jesus says for us to pick up our crosses and follow Him. Where did Jesus take His Cross, to Calvary - ('Father take this cross from Me, but not mine will by yours be done' - 'my soul is sorrowful even unto death' - 'My God, My God, why have you abandoned Me')
being Near Jesus when we are in great suffering, whether physical, emotional or spiritual - is being close to Jesus in the Garden and at Calvary, as Mary and John were. Not easy, but still a very good place to be if we remember Whom we are near, Jesus.
I recommend Through the Cross to Victory and The Passion of the Cross.
The Power of the Cross: Applying the Passion of Christ to your life
A Personal Interpretation of "A Course in Miracles" April 5, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is an attempt to bring the essence of the classic "A Course in Miracles" to a level of understanding that is more accessible to the average reader, or to those who don't feel the time or inclination to wade through the 1300+ pages in the original work.
The book contains a discussion of 50 principles that have been extracted from "A Course in Miracles" followed by a question and answer segment after each principle description.
While the goal of making this large volume more readily available to larger numbers of people is noble, I fear that like anything else that is interpreted for another, much can be lost in translation. For example, why are there exactly 50 miracle principles, no more and no less? The original book has 31 chapters, followed by 365 lessons in the workbook, one for each day of the year.
My personal feeling is that anytime someone interprets the work of another, the essence of its meaning is more limited for those who read only the interpretation. Yet "A Course in Miracles" is a complex work and many would welcome a distilled version of it. However, the course itself is designed to be a lifelong project, one that does not lend itself to quick or easy answers.
Although I enjoyed reading the author's distilled interpretation of "A Course in Miracles", my preference is to read and interpret the original text for myself, however rambling or challenging it might be.
A book that explores the divine unity of all in a way that induces experiential clarity in the reader is High Way from Hell: Using Emotion to Fan the Fire of Enlightment.
 Excellent Question & Answer Book October 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. Ken Wapnick does a great job of answering many questions related to The Course in Miracles. It's nice to get a human perspective into the teaching of The Course.
well-written and thoughtful April 2, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Wapnick has provided a great service by bringing a concise understanding of the 50 miracle principles in the Course. After all, he's been doing this for many years and knew Helen. While there's no substitute for actually practicing the course in the daily lessons, this little book is extremely helpful in understanding a somewhat lengthy volume. Thank you Dr. Wapnick!
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