Topic:
Personalizing the Course
The Course can seem rather "heady" and
intellectual, with a metaphysical ontology that can challenge the most esoteric
of thinkers, and a verse that can bewilder a master Shakespearian. Yet, it is
incredibly practical and uncannily personal. As a matter of fact, it's not the
Course's "headiness" that impels people to put it down, but the fact that it
gets way too personal for them.
The Course tells us that what we must
ultimately learn is that "There is nothing outside you" and that what you think
is outside of you, a.k.a., the world, is an "outward picture of an inward
condition." It doesn't get more personal than that. So, what is this "inward
condition," how do we distinguish it, and how do we shift it, so that the
"outward picture" is one of peace, love and joy?
Rev. Tony is the Spiritual Director of Unity Center of
the Heights, based in Cleveland Heights, OH. He facilitates two ACIM study
groups, one in Hudson, OH and the other at Unity Center, where 30+ people show
up each week to deepen their understand of the Course's personal
application.
Rev. Tony has created a number of trainings and several
weekend workshops based on The Course. Beyond Forgiveness is a 30 hr. weekend
intensive, totally based on The Course. This workshop is given once per year,
the next one being November 1-2-3. Creating Holy Relationships is also entirely
based on The Course, also offered once per year, with the next one to be
scheduled in 2014. Out of the Matrix (OM) is a unique, 20 hr. weekend workshop
wholly based on Course principals, yet expressed in secular terms (e.g.,' Holy
Spirit' becomes 'Your Inner Guide'), and is described through applied
kinesiology, along with the latest scientific evidence. The principles of the
Course are presented in such an acceptable way in Out of the Matrix, that it is
currently being taught as an accredited class in some area high schools. The
next weekend workshop will be held September 13-14-15 at Unity
Center.