This is good timing for me. I have been reading and following A Course in Miracles and as I looked into it it seems most people say it follows Gnosticism and has themes from the Baghavad Gita. I put it away for the last week as I was unsure what to make of it and then I find this video which is a clear message to go back to the basics of the Bible.
A Course in Miracles has an interesting origin story. It was basically channeled by Helen Schucman, aided by William Thetford. From Wikipedia:
“ In 1965, at a time when their weekly office meetings had become so contentious that they both dreaded them, Thetford suggested to Schucman that "[t]here must be another way".[14] Schucman believed that this interaction acted as a stimulus, triggering a series of inner experiences that were understood by her as visions, dreams, and heightened imagery, along with an "inner voice" which she identified as Jesus”
The thing is, Thetford had ties to the CIA’s LSD program, so draw your own conclusions from that..
Yes, LSD would have been easy to obtain for people in the mental health field, and that was around the time The Beatles went to India and there was a lot of interest in Eastern philosophy.
The video in the OP would best describe the course as Monism, the belief that God is in everything.
There are some good ideas about forgiveness in the course, but the whole channeling concept makes me think it is a lie wrapped in truth to get people to look for God in themselves and muddy the spiritual waters.
This is good timing for me. I have been reading and following A Course in Miracles and as I looked into it it seems most people say it follows Gnosticism and has themes from the Baghavad Gita. I put it away for the last week as I was unsure what to make of it and then I find this video which is a clear message to go back to the basics of the Bible.
It is very easy to get led astray in these times.
A Course in Miracles has an interesting origin story. It was basically channeled by Helen Schucman, aided by William Thetford. From Wikipedia:
“ In 1965, at a time when their weekly office meetings had become so contentious that they both dreaded them, Thetford suggested to Schucman that "[t]here must be another way".[14] Schucman believed that this interaction acted as a stimulus, triggering a series of inner experiences that were understood by her as visions, dreams, and heightened imagery, along with an "inner voice" which she identified as Jesus”
The thing is, Thetford had ties to the CIA’s LSD program, so draw your own conclusions from that..
Yes, LSD would have been easy to obtain for people in the mental health field, and that was around the time The Beatles went to India and there was a lot of interest in Eastern philosophy.
The video in the OP would best describe the course as Monism, the belief that God is in everything.
There are some good ideas about forgiveness in the course, but the whole channeling concept makes me think it is a lie wrapped in truth to get people to look for God in themselves and muddy the spiritual waters.