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The Arch of Forgiveness
The subject of this book drew its inspiration from the image of an arch immortalized by D. H. Lawrence in his novel "The Rainbow." As the child in the story was freed to live her life framed by the pillars of love and strength represented by her parents, so Jesus asks us to view our daily lives as framed between the pillars of forgiveness and his love, allowing their quiet strength and gentle protection to nourish our experience and sustain our learning. We thus grow in our recognition of the contrast between life under the arch of his love and life outside it. Walt Whitman's thoughts also lend their inspiration to the life of universal love and compassion under the "Whoever degrades another degrades me. And whatever is done or said returns at last to me." The discussion includes guiding students in resolving their specific dilemmas and conflicts from the perspective of Jesus' arch of forgiveness.
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116 pages, Paperback
Published March 14, 2022
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August 23, 2023
Always the same beautiful message. I’m grateful for these books.
April 20, 2016
This book seems to be taken as notes from talks and workshops given by the author related to interpreting and using A Course in Miracles. I was expecting more, considering it is written by one of the foremost expects on the Course.
The book ended up being mostly anecdontes and lofty pieces of impractical advice for everyday living, with back up from sections of the Course Text. General advice was given about loving more, forgiving more, living under Jesus' "arch of love", rather than the ego, etc. etc. (all of which everyone knows and never implements). And there were interpretations of various chunks of text throughout.
I have to say I found the whole book (only 100 pages) laborious and hard work to get through (without falling asleep). It sounded like most of the advice one would find in the self-help "how to be a better person" area of any bookstore. There was a minimum of material about the actual process of 'forgiveness' as uniquely defined by the Course, and even less related to the more significant metaphysical blows that the Course is meant to deliver to our ordinary ways of thinking & living.
I did like some of the notes that Ken related to the personal aspects of how the Course was written and used by its original psychologist author(s).. though this was also quite minimal.
The best parts were probably the parts of the Course Text that were quoted- and these can be found by just reading the Course Text.
I guess there's not much else to do with this book, except 'forgive' the whole thing as just some curious attempt, within the dream, at compiling something useful about ACIM. (The cover was pretty as well).
The book ended up being mostly anecdontes and lofty pieces of impractical advice for everyday living, with back up from sections of the Course Text. General advice was given about loving more, forgiving more, living under Jesus' "arch of love", rather than the ego, etc. etc. (all of which everyone knows and never implements). And there were interpretations of various chunks of text throughout.
I have to say I found the whole book (only 100 pages) laborious and hard work to get through (without falling asleep). It sounded like most of the advice one would find in the self-help "how to be a better person" area of any bookstore. There was a minimum of material about the actual process of 'forgiveness' as uniquely defined by the Course, and even less related to the more significant metaphysical blows that the Course is meant to deliver to our ordinary ways of thinking & living.
I did like some of the notes that Ken related to the personal aspects of how the Course was written and used by its original psychologist author(s).. though this was also quite minimal.
The best parts were probably the parts of the Course Text that were quoted- and these can be found by just reading the Course Text.
I guess there's not much else to do with this book, except 'forgive' the whole thing as just some curious attempt, within the dream, at compiling something useful about ACIM. (The cover was pretty as well).
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