About Marianne's Show
Marianne offers listeners practical advice on how to live a more loving and
peaceful life, drawing from her experience with the self-study program for
spiritual reflection A Course in Miracles. In this daily, hour-long
program, Marianne provides sensible counsel on how to apply the course to
everyday life through listener-involved discussions about relationships,
career and health issues, among others. Listeners can also engage in further
personal study using supplemental materials available online.
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About A Course in Miracles
"A Course in Miracles (often called just "the Course") is an
educational program for retraining the mind that is spiritual, rather than
religious, in its perspective. Although it uses Christian terminology, the
Course expresses a universal experience, and its underlying ontology
is reminiscent of ancient refrains, echoing the world’s most hallowed
traditions. …
The Workbook includes 365 lessons, one for each day of the year. It is not
necessary, however, to do the lessons at that tempo, and one might want to
remain with a particularly appealing lesson for more than one day. The
instructions urge only that not more than one lesson a day should be
attempted. The practical nature of the Workbook is underscored by the
introduction to its lessons, which emphasizes experience through application
rather than a prior commitment to a spiritual goal:
Some of the ideas the workbook presents you will find hard to believe, and
others may seem to be quite startling. This does not matter. You are
merely asked to apply the ideas as you are directed to do. You are not
asked to judge them at all. You are asked only to use them. It is their
use that will give them meaning to you, and will show you that they are
true.
Remember only this; you need not believe the ideas, you need not accept
them, and you need not even welcome them. Some of them you may actively
resist. None of this will matter, or decrease their efficacy. But do not
allow yourself to make exceptions in applying the ideas the workbook
contains, and whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them.
Nothing more than that is required (Workbook, p. 2)."
— Excerpted from A Course in Miracles
About Marianne
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer, who
has published several books, including New York Times best-sellers
A Return to Love and Everyday Grace. A popular guest on numerous
television programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show and ABC's Good
Morning America, Marianne has lectured professionally since 1983.
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