What's New
February 1, 2008
ACIM students for Barack Obama
Every once in a while, after a long time, there appears a figure in our public world that has the ability to speak to our better nature . . . to uplift and inspire. These figures generally appear when the time is right, and the need is great.
Now is such a time, in my opinion. Barack Obama is the man of the hour, and the need for inspiration is surely great. There is no shortage of voices that speak to our fears and personal selfish interests. Any one of those voices for fear, for all practical purposes, is just the same as any other.
It is a rare thing to hear a different voice coming from a man as unlikely as Barack Obama . . . a lawyer, a politician, and an African-American. The voice that speaks through him is the voice of sweet reason, hope, and healing.
This is our great need.
Learn more about Senator Barack Obama:
December 10, 2007
The laws of perception
A Course in Miracles tells us, more or less, "Don't trust your lying eyes!" Here's proof that you CAN NOT see straight, even when you know it's a trick.
The following optical illusion is presented as an example. This graphic illustration consists of straight lines and square boxes. Every line in this illustration is either parallel with or at right angles to every other line. There are no curved lines here. None!
Stare at this image for 5 minutes, if you wish. At the end of that time you still will not be able to see straight lines. There is nothing you can do about it.
December 8, 2007
A Course in Miracles web site
2007 service summary
These numbers are preliminary, obviously, because it isn't the end of the year yet, but also because we did not start keeping count until the middle of January, 2007. These numbers represent about eleven months of traffic.
Total visits: 146,185
Total pageviews: 761,914
1972 version of ACIM PDF downloads: 16,631
ACIM Text page views: 219,043
ACIM Workbook lesson page views: 340,858
ACIM Manual for Teachers page views: 27,648
Gross revenue from advertising: $182.63
Gross revenue from book sales through Amazon: $233.31
Gross revenue from sales through CafePress: $140.92
Gross revenue TOTAL: $556.86
Out-of-pocket web expenses: $189.30
Gross profit: $367.56
December 2, 2007
Two East Coast "A Course in Miracles" Conferences
March 28 - 30, 2008
The Journey of a Sonship: Our Collaborative Venture - Camp for Miracles in Swanzey, New Hampshire
See:ACIM Events and Anouncements for details.
August 8 - 10, 2008
Be the Love - Miracles Conference in New Windsor, Maryland.
See:ACIM Events and Anouncements for details.
December 1, 2007
December Workbook lesson calendar
This is a reminder that the December Workbook lesson calendar is available. You can use the calendar online here: A Course in Miracles Workbook lesson reminder calendar; and also find a link to download a Zipped printable PDF file, with embedded links that can be used from your computer desktop, or you can print the calendar and use it as as reminder away from your computer.
November 28, 2007
New Community Miracles Center web
Community Miracles Center has not only totally re-designed the look of its classic ACIM website, it has also adopted the Open Source web content management system provided by Joomla.
Our congratulations to Rev. Tony and Rev. Larry.
It looks good!
November 21, 2007
Optical illusion
It is possible to see the woman spinning either in a clockwise direction or in a counter-clockwise direction. Trust me, it's true.
If you have difficulty switching your perception from one direction to the other, from clockwise to counter-clockwise or the reverse, try bliking your eyes rapidly, or focusing your attention on her feet, or unfocus your gaze in general. The first time is the most difficult. After that it gets easy. Just trust that it is possible.
If you consider the shadow cast in the foreground, with rear lighting, you can see that the logical direction of rotation is counter-clockwise. When seen rotating counter-clockwise, it is her left leg that appears to be extended, and the shadow of that left foot passes from right to left as her extended left leg passes from right to left behind her. When the appearance of rotation is clockwise, it is her right leg that is extended and it passes from right to left in front of her, but logically it would not cast that same shadow.
This is a strange thing.
November 15, 2007
New book by Jerry Jampolsky and Diane Cirincione
Moved to: ACIM Events and Announcements - A Mini Course for Life
November 15, 2007
2009 ACIM Conference announced
Moved to: ACIM Events and Announcements - 2009 ACIM Conference