52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles: Cultivate a Simpler, Slower, More Love-Filled Life (Affirmations, Meditations, Spirituality, Sobriety)

by Karen Casey

Overview

Cultivate Inner Peace Through Positive Affirmations and Spiritual Meditation

“52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles is a compact rendition of how to live with love and forgiveness at the center of our lives." ─Allyson Gracie, Retailing Insight

#1 Best Seller in Spiritualism

Find the path to inner peace through a weekly guide of spiritual meditations and positive affirmations.

Use Karen Casey’s 52 positive affirmations and meditations to find inner peace. We all face struggles that can leave us feeling broken and hopeless. But peace and healing are always available to us if we are open to them. Karen Casey is a beloved author who has helped millions onto the road to recovery with her inspirational self-help and meditation writings. In this inspirational book, Karen takes readers on a journey towards peaceful living by sharing how she has found serenity in her own life. Karen teaches readers that the goal is not perfection, but rather progress towards creating a life of love and peace.
 
Cultivate a simpler, slower, more love-filled life. When Karen Casey was struggling with addiction, she found life-changing inspiration in Helen Schucman’s book, A Course in Miracles. In 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles, she shares the ideas she discovered in Helen Schucman's book and the spirituality that we can all bring to our own lives.

Find inside:

• Meditations and affirmations that lead to a simpler, slower life
• Insights into Helen Schucman’s A Course in Miracles
• Stories of the author’s own struggles and triumphs on her path to healing

If you enjoyed reading other books like Practicing Mindfulness, The Untethered Soul Guided Journal, or A Year of Mindfulness, then you’ll love 52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642504590
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	08/10/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	641,891
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Karen Casey is a writer and workshop facilitator for 12-step recovery. Her first book, Each Day a New Beginning, has sold more than 2 million copies. She has published 28 books since then including Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow, which was a finalist for the MS Society Books for a Better Life Awards. She has traveled throughout North America and Europe carrying her message of hope for others on the road to recovery. Visit her at www.womens-spirituality.com.

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From the book:

More than thirty-five years ago, I was introduced to the spiritual principle “love is letting go of fear” through a book by that name written by Dr. Gerald Jampolsky. I knew nothing about A Course in Miracles at that time, but the idea that the connection between love and fear, a very core idea in A Course in Miracles, needed to be reckoned with got my attention. Dr. Jampolsky was best known then as the founder of the Center for Attitudinal Healing, a program he started in Marin County, California, in the mid-1970s that brought comfort and spiritual healing to children suffering from cancer.

I was particularly drawn to Jampolsky's writing style. His message was gentle. Very healing. Easily accessible. And extremely practical. The crux of his small book was about changing one's mind, thus making it possible to live from a place of love rather than being controlled by fear. His twelve simple principles seemed revolutionary to me.

I didn't have any idea when I read his book that Jampolsky was a devotee of A Course in Miracles or that his words would guide me to becoming a student of the course a short time later, but indeed that was the journey I embarked on. And what a journey it has been.

I'd have to say that nearly every spiritual perspective I now cherish is one that has been influenced by something I read either in the 669-page text, the 488-page workbook, or the 92-page manual for teachers that comprise A Course in Miracles. I'm so grateful for the vision I am now guided by. It's a simple vision. It's a practical vision. And it's a gentle vision, not unlike the one I was so comforted by when I read Love Is Letting Go of Fear more than thirty-five years ago.

Living life in the simple lane appeals to me. And there is nothing quite as simple as recognizing that every expression, every word, and every action any one of us makes is motivated by one of two feelings: love or fear. When I was first introduced to this idea, I scoffed. Surely people's behavior was more complicated than that. Indeed, I was certain mine was. And then I was helped by the readings in the course, coupled with long discussions with other course students, A Course in Miracles workshops, and books by Marianne Williamson, Kenneth Wapnick, and Jon Mundy, to see how much less complicated most of us really are.

Fear absolutely motivates people to be angry, sullen, dismissive, and, far too often, cruel. It can also initiate violence in myriad forms. Cable news, minute by minute, alerts us to the most recent evidence of fear in action. In families and between countries. In our neighborhoods and among folks we will never meet.

Fear is powerful. And all-pervasive at times. With some individuals it seems unending too. My own dad fell into this category. I'm pretty certain he would have insisted that he loved my siblings, my mother, and me; however, his love felt compromised, very conditional. And most of the time he was tense and quick to anger. Perhaps something had happened at work that upset him. Or maybe one of my siblings left a bike in the driveway. Something big or minor could have triggered the rage. But the repercussions were always registered at home. Always. Quite often at the supper table.

It wasn't until years later, after I was encouraged to interview him for a class assignment about family origins, that I came face to face with who my dad really was. My simple question, “Will you tell me about your life?” resulted in the reply, “I have been afraid every single day since I was six years old.” He told me he had accidentally cut off two of his younger brother's fingers with the old push lawn mower and was severely punished for it. Trying to be perfect, in every way, from that moment forward instilled a fear that simply couldn't be quelled. He was tormented by it until the day he died.

I was stunned. My dad, afraid? He always seemed so confident. What I didn't understand then, but eventually learned from my Course in Miracles teachers, was that anger is only one of the many masks hiding fear. Let me be clear. My dad was angry. Often. But finally realizing that fear had precipitated his anger was eye-opening.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

1 Love is letting go of fear. 1

2 Every loving thought is true. Everything else is an appeal for healing and help. 6

3 Wherever we are is the next perfect place to be. 10

4 No experience is lacking in purpose. Every encounter is holy. 13

5 Forgiveness is the key to peace. 16

6 Every experience is an opportunity to live more peacefully. 20

7 What we see is what we choose to see. 23

8 When others are not kind, they are afraid. Be kind anyway. 27

9 Don't let the mood swings of others determine who you are. 31

10 Refrain from seeing oneself as being unfairly treated. 34

11 Every experience is the next perfect lesson with the right partner. 37

12 No one is where he is by accident, and chance plays no part in God's plan. 40

13 Every person we encounter is one of our learning partners. 43

14 We cannot change the world, but we can change our minds about the world. 47

15 Anger is the all too common mask for fear. 51

16 Would you rather be peaceful or be right? 55

17 Grasp fully this moment only and discover peace. 59

18 We have access to two voices in our minds. Which one will we listen to? 63

19 The world we see is a witness to our state of mind. 67

20 To shift your state of mind, make the choice to be loving regardless of the situation. 71

21 Every word uttered is coming from a place of love or a place of fear. 75

22 The Holy Spirit has every answer we need. 78

23 Every encounter is a holy encounter. 81

24 Forgiveness is our primary assignment in this life, and the key to our happiness. 84

25 When one door closes, another opens. God has a better opportunity for us. 88

26 Don't let the past define the present. 92

27 Everyone is a messenger. 96

28 Being gentle is our pathway to peace. When the journey began, most of us had no idea what was in store for us. 100

29 Acceptance is the doorway to discovering peace. 104

30 A miracle is a simple shift in perception. Nothing more. 107

31 We decide the world we want to see and then we create it. 111

32 There is no struggle too big to relinquish. 115

33 Your mission is simple: live lovingly. 119

34 We are here only to be truly helpful. 123

35 Choosing the Holy Spirit as your constant companion promises a peaceful journey. 127

36 If the thought you are protecting wouldn't please God, exchange it for one that would. 131

37 The hovering angels that never leave our side are giving us comfort and protection. Just look to them for your every need. Begin today. 135

38 Not one of the illusions you made replaces the truth. 139

39 The separation never occurred. 143

40 Our thoughts are all that can hurt us. 147

41 Remember that the Holy Spirit, the Voice, is the Answer, not the question. 151

42 The Holy Spirit will take what the ego makes and transform it into a learning opportunity. 155

43 The ego was made without love. The Holy Spirit knows only love. 159

44 Our willingness to join with others reduces our fear and gives inner peace a chance-the peace that will eventually change this planet. 163

45 As egos, we see only what we want to see. 167

46 Christ's vision allows everyone who is willing to see others without judgment. 171

47 The Holy Spirit translates the laws of God. 175

48 To have peace we must teach it. Only then do we learn it. 179

49 God did not leave us comfortless even though we "chose" to leave Him and our home in Heaven. 183

50 No call to God will ever be unheard or unanswered. 187

51 We do not walk alone. God's angels are hovering all around us, now and forever. 191

52 You will be told what God wills for you each time there is a choice to make. Go in peace from this moment on. 195

Concluding Thoughts 199

Acknowledgments 205

About the Author 207

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“52 Ways to Live the Course in Miracles is a compact rendition of how to live with love and forgiveness at the center of our lives. Casey's book will guide readers through the changes they are seeking in order to live a simpler and more fulfilling life in a complex world filled with fear." ─Allyson Gracie, Retailing Insight

Editorial Reviews

Prolific author Casey (Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow) is renowned for her inspirational and supportive works, and [this] book is no exception. VERDICT: Each entry of this volume supplies motivation and stimulus to make oneself and the world a better place. Well done.”
—Deborah Bigelow, Library Journal starred review

“Beautiful and moving reflections to help anyone in recovery from addiction.”
—Becca Anderson, author of Prayers for Hard Times

From the Publisher

Starred Review: "Prolific author Casey (Change Your Mind and Your Life Will Follow) is renowned for her inspirational and supportive works, and her latest book is no exception. Enabling readers to transform their perceptions and to experience a greater sense of peace moment by moment, Casey's lessons impart a principle, an affirmation, and further elaboration for meditation. Advice comes in an array of forms such as "Forgiveness is the key to peace" and "Don't let the past define the present." VERDICT: Each entry of this volume supplies motivation and stimulus to make oneself and the world a better place. Well done." —Library Journal, September 15, 2016

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