Synopsis
A Course of Love is a living course that leads to the recognition, through experience, of the truth of who we really are as human and divine beings a truth much more magnificent than we previously could imagine. In the absence of knowing who we truly are, humans are doomed to continually re-create a world of suffering.
The purpose of this Course is to establish your identity. . . . You become confused between the personal self and a true Self only because you have not as yet identified your true Self. Once you have identified your true Self all such confusion will end. (C:27.4, 5)
ACOL can be quite challenging because it is a radical departure from ordinary experience. It can lead to wonderful revelations, but may also lead to an awareness of our habitual limitations, which can be a painful discovery. ACOL is a call to move into love's embrace, into union with the One. Central to ACOL is the direct knowing of Union, or God. Direct knowing of God follows from naturally from knowing who we really are as both human and divine. ACOL--
• Reveals a way of direct knowing through wholeheartedness, the union of mind and heart
• Takes us beyond learning to present moment discovery
• Brings an experience of the essential Oneness of all, through holy relationship with everything
• Brings emotional freedom by integrating suppressed feelings
• Readies humankind to be the second coming of Christ and to create a new world
Though it stands by itself, ACOL is complementary to A Course in Miracles. It was received by Mari Perron over three years. Like ACIM, ACOL presents itself in the Voice of Jesus. Many students of ACIM recognize the Voice.
ACOL is often experienced as more of a transmission than a text. It keeps on revealing more, even to those who have read it numerous times before. Many readers find it to be truly alive.
Despite its name as a course of love, ACOL does not teach love. Love cannot be taught but only recognized. ACOL leads to the re-discovery our shared heartbeat, a union with One and a relationship with All.
And despite its name as a course, it does not call for effort but for awareness. While you continue to put effort into learning what cannot be learned, as you continue to see yourself as a student seeking to acquire what you do not yet have, you cannot recognize the unity in which you exist. (C:20.9)
ACOL invites the reader to recover a memory that your heart has never lost. The goal is beyond learning, or awareness through a receptive heart. The goal is direct knowing through realizing one's true identity.
ACOL is for people of diverse spiritual backgrounds, including those unfamiliar with A Course in Miracles. However, ACOL says there is a close relationship between the two Courses:
A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love work hand-in-hand because the change of thinking taught within A Course in Miracles was a change of thinking about yourself. It attempted to dislodge the ego-mind that has provided you with an identity that you but think you are. A Course of Love then followed in order to reveal to you who you truly are. (T2:4.3)
Review
I have been a full-time A Course In Miracles teacher/facilitator/student for over 33 years and a teacher/student of A Course of Love for over 7 years. A Course In Miracles concludes by saying, "This course is a beginning, not an end." In my opinion, A Course of Love is the natural next step. A Course of Love is MIND BLOWING and totally illuminating. It takes you to the next level of awakening. I highly, highly recommend it.
Earl Purdy, New Thought Teacher/Lecturer & Coach, Unity, Denver
A Course of Love is a profound read. It is to the heart what A Course in Miracles is to the mind. I recommend it highly to any serious Course student.
Rev. Kevin Rice, frequent Unity Guest Speaker; President and CEO, The Academy of Spiritual Awakening; and Author, The Game of Love
A Course of Love is a book for open-hearted and willing adventurers, lovers and risk-takers. It is an invitation to abandon all you think you know, and to live into a constant coming to know, co-creating the new right here, right now. It s time. Trust yourself. Hold on to nothing. Expect everything. You won t be disappointed.
Christina Strutt, Founder, CoCreating Clarity
Having taught and studied A Course in Miracles for decades, I was, at first, skeptical of A Course of Love. An internal voice urged me forward, however, and words cannot express my gratitude for the miracles I have witnessed and experienced as a result of working with A Course of Love. The un-doing process it facilitates is gentle and loving, yet the results are undeniable. Every single student in my classes has experienced unprecedented shifts in consciousness and life-changing heart openings. A Course of Love is a sweet springboard to freedom.
Laurel Elstrom, ACIM and ACOL Teacher of 30 years, Minister, Life Coach, and Author of the upcoming DIY Enlightenment
A Course in Miracles inoculated me forever against falsehood and bad ideas. Then A Course of Love appeared and set my heart dancing, reminding me that Love's bag of tricks is never-ending.
Michael Mark, author, poet & blogger, EmbracingForever.com
A Course of Love is the response to our desire for a dialogue with the heart. It is essential for our return to love. Allow it to embrace and transform you, as I have. Receive this course now, as time is of the essence.
Akilah t Zuberi, PhD, futurist and author, The You Scriptures
I was fortunate to read an advance copy of A Course of Love (Book One) and found it packed with incredible wisdom, so much so that I made numerous references to it in my own award-winning book. I highly recommend it.
John Renesch, businessman-turned-futurist, author, The Great Growing Up
A Course of Love is Jesus's next step after we conclude A Course in Miracles. What do we do after we relinquish the ego? The answer, revealed in A Course of Love, is to be the Self fully, to sustain that being, and ultimately to embody the gift of Christ-consciousness. Then and only then do we move into eternity, where we find a universe of love to enjoy and a universe of love to create.
Celia Hales, author of Miracles Each Day blog; religion librarian (ret.), Univ. of Minnesota; 30+ year ACIM student
Trauma patients are fearful and hurting when they come into my ER. They need compassion, the right medicines, and warm blankets for comfort. In a similar manner, Jesus's A Course of Love, received by Mari Perron, provides deep compassion, love, and support that will guide you through the journey of your life back into the heart of God. --Rodney Chelberg, MD, Bangor, ME
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