Art by Sandy Wythawai Starbird
Have you ever read or listened to a book, or a treatise of any sort, which caused you to think deeper and clearer about a subject than before? And what if part of that knowledge was so foreign that you were not able to accept it? Perhaps there were parts you felt were not true, or maybe it was simply outside your realm of understanding. Many people think that about A Course in Miracles and/or the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy. I have felt that way about many things which come to me from an entirely materialistic viewpoint, so can understand your reluctance to accept this information as Truth. For years, I’ve shied away from reading books which present good information, but have rabbit holes of erroneous thought. In relation to the two books I’ve cited in this writing, my dear friend, Jim Young, used to say that this way of living was not difficult if you accepted it 100%, but it was extremely hard if you only admitted 99% as reality. This writing has occurred because I want it all!
“There is a tendency to fragment, and then to be concerned about the truth of just a little part of the whole. And this is but a way of avoiding, or looking away from the whole, to what you think you might be better able to understand. For this is but another way in which you would still try to keep understanding to yourself. A better and far more helpful way to think of miracles is this: You do not understand them, either in part or in whole. Yet they have been done through you. Therefore your understanding cannot be necessary. Yet it is still impossible to accomplish what you do not understand. And so there must be Something in you that does understand.”
—A Course in Miracles T-16.II.2:1-8
“We must seek the undivided garment, the whole Christ, as our first proof of Christianity, for Christ, Truth, alone can furnish us with absolute evidence.”
—Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 142:7-10
