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Course of Love

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To write a review of this book, of this series of books, is challenging in that it seems impossible to encapsulate a life-changing experience by writing a few words. Seemingly more difficult is it to express in words that which elevates you in spirit to the ultimate mountaintop experience. An experience so profound and exquisitely encompassing that my heart swells and my spirit soars 3 full years after being introduced to this work.

The delay in writing the review stems from the personal struggle of finding the `right' words to share so as to fully and accurately review that which is beyond words. How do I add to that which is already complete? And perhaps more importantly, how do I not detract from it?

But this relentless desire to share my experience with A Course of Love has ultimately won out over my uncertainty of being able to write a review that gives due justice. I am not the author (at least no more than you) and I am not here to `sell' the book. But it would be a great disservice for me to not share. If the person that shared it with me had not, I would have missed the most significant read of my life.

Certainly you would expect a review to include or describe what the book is `about'. And herein lies the difficulty. I find the process of trying to sum up this book completely frustrating. Now the words, or rather, the voice of the book comes through as clear and penetrating as the clarion sound of a well-tuned bell, ringing loud and true into the very heart of the reader. It has been the most effecting book! It can not be described as a `how to' manual but maybe as a `guide'. Not as a guide in the sense of pointing the way, but rather a GUIDE as in one who walks with you (the journey without distance). It is somehow a companion more `real' than a physical personality.

I have read many books that have had a positive effect in my life. Most have given a gentle lift while some were quite memorable. Then there are books like A Course in Miracles where you enter into a relationship with the work and find yourself engaged in something much greater than a `book'. In fact, it was during an intense year-long study group of A Course in Miracles that I was introduced to ACOL. Think of ACOL as being for the HEART what ACIM is for the mind, with the concordant shift in Reality.

If you have been a student of A Course in Miracles, then you must...... I mean, MUST look into A Course of Love. You will find that the same loving `voice' moves from `out there' to in here and then you will see that it was Your voice all along.

The effect of spending time with A Course of Love (series) has been experienced as a complete and total shift in consciousness. Uncertainty has been replaced with certainty and an internal compass of peace and joy guides me quietly through my days.

If I can give you but one gift, this is it! I have received so much from ACOL that I simply can not hold it to myself. Please look beyond the inadequate words of this review and introduce your Self to this work.

This book has been challenging, yet in the most loving way. It's exactly what the world needs more of.

As long term students of A Course In Miracles, my wife and I find A Course of Love very helpful in deepening our understanding of Christ's message,and experiencing the "wholehearted" connection between Heart (Truth) and mind (illusionary thinking). The experience of oneness that accompanies this transformation is most gratifying. Without the mind-training and familiarity with Jeshua's teachings through ACIM, I do not think we would be able to comprehend ACOL.

Significant and beautiful gift to humanity and I say it that way because this book has a universality that is beyond description. That's the beauty of this book, it describes what is beyond description and gives the tools to connect with what it's describing. Is that what the scribe does? He de-scribes? I will have this book nearby for the rest of my life.

Continues the ideas found in "A Course in Miracles" which I found to be further elucidating. The Treatises and Dialogues books are also equally good.