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Although the term resistance appears infrequently in A Course in Miracles, it is nonetheless a key concept in the process of students learning the mind-changing lessons of forgiveness that are the Course’s central teaching. Indeed, it is the only concept that can satisfactorily explain a phenomenon experienced by most (if not all) students of the Course at some point or another in their work with it. This is the seeming paradox, on the one hand, of consciously and most sincerely attempting to learn, live, and practice the Course principles under the guidance of Jesus or the Holy Spirit, while on the other hand, experiencing the ongoing frustration of not doing just that. Most spiritual seekers are familiar with the famous words of St. Paul, who exclaimed out of this same sense of frustration: “For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do” (Romans 7:19). This article explores the issue of resistance in Course students’ efforts to put into practice its principles of forgiveness as taught by their Inner Teacher, the Holy Spirit.
As with so many other areas that touch on the process of healing in A Course in Miracles, the work of Sigmund Freud offers us many parallels which underscore the importance of understanding the dynamics of the problem and its solution. Very early in his psychoanalytic work, Freud observed that his patients were not improving, despite the insights he was offering them as to the cause of their neurosis. It eventually dawned on him that the problem lay in the fact that the patients did not want to get better, a dynamic he termed resistance:
…the [therapeutic] situation led me at once to the theory that by means of my psychical [i.e., psychological] work I had to overcome a psychical force in the patients which was opposed to the pathogenic ideas becoming conscious…. This work of overcoming resistances is the essential function of analytic treatment…. (Studies on Hysteria by Freud (with J. Breuer), 1893, Vol. II, p. 268; Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis, 1917, Vol. XVI, p. 451).(1)
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Rocky Mountain Spring
Miracle Conference
on Relationships:
Calling all Teachers and Students of A Course in Miracles to come together in Denver at the foot of the Rockies. Come explore with us the Course’s profound yet practical spirituality that heals all our relationships with self, others, and our God. For three days this spring we will learn, share, and practice the wonderful art of true forgiveness in all those relationships, using the principles set down in the Course and augmented by the inspiring teachings of Course teacher Dr. Kenneth Wapnick.
Friday Evening through Sunday Morning
April 21-22-23, 2017
If you wish to pay by cash or check (made out to SFACIM), you can pay at door. No one turned away due to lack of funds… any contribution is always appreciated. Call Tim ahead of time if you have any questions: 720-391-9294.
Presenters will include Whitney, Lyn Corona, and Tim Wise
Contact: Lyn Corona at 303-880-7713 or alyncorona@gmail.com
Friday, 4/21:
6:45pm… Welcome!
7pm…. Session one: “Our Relationship of self with Self” (Tim Wise)
8pm… Session two: “Setting the Goal in our Relationships” (Lyn Corona)
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Saturday, 4/22, 9:30am-4:30pm… Seminar on “Our Special Relationships with Everyone and Everything” ( With Lyn Corona) :
9:30am… The Ego’s Use of Relationships, with Whitney
10:45am… Break
11:00am… Panel Discussion (Mike, Jeff, Barb & Kris)
12:15pm… Lunch
1:45pm… Return
2:00pm… Breakout Groups (led by Barb, Whitney, Lyn and Tim)
3:00pm… Break
3:15pm… Ch.17, The Healed Relationship with Lyn
4:15pm… Closing
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Saturday, 4/22, 6:30-9pm… Optional Fun Movie @ Rocky Mountain Miracle Center: “Groundhog Day” in RMMC Library. (Movie starts around 6:45).
The RMMC Lobby and Event Hall will also be available for socializing… if you just want to hang out and not watch the movie.
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Sunday, 4/23, 9:30am… optional group breakfast at Perkins on Buchtel and Colorado Blvd, two blocks from the RMMC
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Sunday, 4/23, 11am-12:15pm… Sunday Gathering @ RMMC on “Our Relationship with Jesus and God”.. With Tim Wise… portion of Conference program cost will be donated to RMMC to cover this Gathering, and the rent for the Conference being held there.
Refund Policy: Requests for full refunds can be made up to 30 days prior to start of program on April 21, 2017. Fifty percent refunds can be given for requests made 30 days to two weeks before the start. No refund given for less than two weeks notice before the start, unless the Conference is cancelled due to severe end-of-season snow storm (very unlikely, however then full refund is given).
We will look at the pamphlet’s 25 pages in its three sections (Purpose, Process, and Practice), and all of its many insights into the Course’s unusual and untraditional approach to healing in general.
10/5… p.1-6 (includes Pamphlet Intro, #1 Purpose, #2 Process: Intro and Section I) — Lyn Corona
10/12… p.6-12 (#2 Process: Sections II, III, IV) — Whitney
10/19… p.12-18 (#2 Process: Sec. V, VI, VII) — Tim Wise
10/26… 19-25 (#3 Practice) — Tim and Lyn
