Reality & Illusion: An Overview of Course Metaphysics

by Robert Perry

A Course in Miracles is a spiritual path that focuses on the forgiveness of others and the release from guilt and fear. Its focus is practical, yet the entire path rests on a lofty vision of ultimate reality that is both liberating and life-affirming. In expressing this vision, the Course answers age-old questions, such as, What is real? Does God exist? What is our true nature? Why am I here? The Course's answers are profound, but often hard to understand, and the goal of Reality & Illusion is to organize and present the Course's metaphysics in a way that is coherent and understandable to anyone, including those new to the Course. It will also help clarify things for long-time students.Topics include: * Time and space vs. infinity and eternity * The nature of God; the nature of Christ * The criteria for what is real * Common sense reality * Heaven * Reflections on the nature of the world * The message of A Course in Miracles

134 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Sverre · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Now if you are having trouble grasping this idea, good. I can't grasp it either. And that is the point: it is a paradox." p.120

Perry makes a valiant exercise in sorting ideas from 'A Course in Miracles'. Furthermore, he admits that a number of those ideas are incomprehensible to our 'little minds'. Many years ago I spent considerable amounts of time trying to make some some kind of sense with ACIM, but I finally let it go. Once in a while I return to it to see if I can discover sensibilities I failed to grasp before. This book did offer some new insight but as the author warns, I struggled to solve some major quandaries.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A distillation and commentary of ACIM teaching about "reality" and "illusion". I like the way the author synthesizes the info.