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The Two “ACIM” Pamphlets: Psychotherapy and Song of Prayer… plus ‘The Gifts of God’ Prose Poem

 

 

The Two Pamphlets & The Prose Poem:

 

There were three other works from Jesus that Helen Schucman “scribed” after she finished taking down A Course in Miracles itself which was completed in 1972. They were called Psychotherapy Pamphlet, the Song of Prayer Pamphlet, and the Gifts of God Prose Poem.

 

Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice [PAMPHLET]

(1) Psychotherapy: Purpose, Process and Practice

The first supplement called the Psychotherapy Pamphlet  was finished in 1975 . Most Course students, whether you are a psychotherapist or not, have found the insights and the continued explanation of the Course’s healing process in this pamphlet incredibly valuable to their understanding of the entire Course.

Taken down by Helen Schucman in the same manner as A Course in Miracles this twenty-three page booklet discusses the Course’s principles of healing and forgiveness in the context of psychotherapy.

Written originally for professional therapists, the booklet nonetheless will be of help to anyone interested in how the Course’s theoretical principle of healing—joining with another through the Holy Spirit—can be applied to everyone, not just those in the field of psychotherapy.

 

(2) The Song of Prayer:

The second pamphlet, The Song of Prayer, was written in 1977 in response to much of the level confusion (mind vs body) that many Course students and teachers, still have issues with both then and even now. It specifically points out not only what prayer and forgiveness and healing are from a Course point of view… it also spells out what they are not.

The Song of Prayer: Prayer, Forgiveness and Healing

Taken down by Helen Schucman in the same manner as A Course in Miracles, this twenty-two page booklet discusses forgiveness and healing in the context of prayer, contrasting the meaning of true prayer, forgiveness, and healing with their opposites. The process of prayer is described in the booklet as “growth thru forgiveness,” with healing seen as the result of the mind’s undoing of the belief in separation.

Ken Wapnick’s Discussion of Psychotherapy Pamphlet: click here

Ken Wapnick’s Discussion of Song of Prayer: click here

The Gifts of God [BOOK]

(3) The Gifts of God Prose Poem

The Gifts of God Prose Poem contains the last dictated messages to Helen from Jesus. It is included at the end of a collection of poetry by Helen Schucman, also by the same title:

The Gifts of God    (click here).

The year was 1978. The Course had already been taken down by Helen Schucman and was published. The two Course pamphlets (Psychotherapy & Song of Prayer) were also already scribed, between 1975 and 1977.

It was a cold, snowy February weekend  in New York City… and Ken Wapnick was scheduled to head out of the Big Apple on a train for a couple days, to a Catholic center  (about 30 miles north) to do some counseling work. Helen was terrified that Ken would be hurt, or worse, in an impending snowstorm. She had already talked him out of going the previous weekend for the same reason, and Ken dutifully said that this time he had to go. She had herself so worked-up that her conscious fear was totally over-the-top and out of control. Later, by 3am in the morning of that night after he left, she finally decided to talk to Jesus about it.

What then developed over a three month period thru April of ’78… were Jesus messages to help her walk thru, not the distracting conscious fear about Ken’s safety, but the real  underlying fear (hers and ours) of simply letting go of separation and being with Jesus. These messages were collectively put together in what today is known as the Gifts of God Prose Poem. The best description of this process, and a great discussion by Ken Wapnick on the contents of this piece, is Ken’s ten CD set/MP3 download (click here):

The Gift of The Ego: Fear The Gift of God: Love [MP3]

The poem contains five sections (on 14 pages):

  1. The Dream of Fear
  2. The Two Gifts
  3. The Ending of The Dream
  4. Our Gift to God
  5. The Father’s Love

 

This Prose Poem is a beautifully written synopsis of the entire Course,  with all its paragraphs in Shakespearean iambic pentameter. For best understanding, it is recommended and helpful to have some previous study of the Course’s basic metaphysics of healing and forgiveness, prior to reading and applying the poem’s teachings to our lives.

However The Gifts of God Prose Poem is an insightful capstone to the Course itself, and will resonate with all Course students as an incredible addendum that beautifully crowns A Course in Miracles.

 

SFACIM Podcasts & Video Libraries

 

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We also have two School for A Course in Miracles (SFACIM) Video Libraries:

1) Free SFACIM video library with over 15 video replays introducing  a number of  ACIM themes. Each class is about 75-90 minutes long… click here

2) Complete SFACIM  Library  (available by monthly donation of $30 or more… basically a dollar a day)  with over 1000 videos with more than 50 specifically developed  in-depth class series on many different ACIM themes, including:

  • A 195 video discussion class series on the entire Text of ACIM
  • A 22 Class Back-to-Basics series specifically designed for new people to the ACIM
  • Peace, and how to have it?
  • Who, or what… is the Holy Spirit?
  • What is forgiveness? How do I do it?
  • What is healing? And how do I do that?
  • and many other ACIM topics… with all five new weekly classes added to the library every week!

 

Please come try our large library for a month or two, and see if you find the same insightful and spiritual value and help that our other dedicated Course students are finding… thanks!

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(1) The SFACIM Free Video Library

with over 15 free class replays available

on multiple “A Course in Miracles” topics: 

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(2) Our Larger SFACIM Video Library…

with 1000-plus classes includes:

**Class Replays of The SFACIM Chapters-in-Text Series (195 classes)

**The Psychotherapy Pamphlet Replays

** “Back-to-Basics” Series for Beginners (22 classes)

… and more (each class is approx. 75-90 minutes). Five new classes are added to this unlisted library every week!

 The links will be sent via email to folks who are currently donating monthly (any amount of $30 or more a month)

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“Back-to-Basics” Video Series for Beginners…

 “Back-to-Basics”

 Series of Twenty-two Class Replays for Beginners…

 

This Back-to-Basics series includes 22 video class replays (approx. 75-90 minutes each) on A Course in Miracles basic themes of forgiveness and healing… and eighteen other fundamental ACIM topics including what is a miracle, what is the Holy Spirit, and what is the ego.

This carefully designed series of 22 classes will give you a structured understanding of A Course in Miracles and the way to apply it in your life. Great for new folks or those fairly new to ACIM!

These twenty-two introductory classes also give those who want to teach A Course in Miracles… a helpful and methodical approach to presenting and sharing ACIM with others.

 

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Choosing Which ACIM Book… ?

“A Course in Miracles”

A Course in Miracles - combined volume - Foundation for Inner Peace

There are currently many versions of  A Course in Miracles Books on the market. In all of the School for A Course in Miracles classes and Immersions, we only use, and recommend getting: 

“A Course in Miracles”

This ACIM book is specifically published by the Foundation for Inner Peace... and the printed editions from 1992 or newer have the numbered paragraphs and sentences for easy reference. The recent publications also include the two supplemental pamphlets … The Song of Prayer and The Psychotherapy Pamphlet.

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Sunday Mornings: The ACIM Text @ 9:30am Mt. Time

Sundays in The Text

@ 9:30am Mtn. Time…

Classes on The Text of ACIM

 

 We cover consecutively the highlights of one or two sections in every Sun. morning class:

in The Text of A Course in Miracles…

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All our classes run about 75 – 90 minutes long:

All SFACIM Class replays

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For weekly online class information…

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Overview of Text Chapters:

The Preface:   written after the completion of taking down the entire Course, with the “What It Says”  third Preface section specifically written by Jesus (the first two preface sections are written by Helen herself).

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Chapters 1-4: Basically a conversation between Helen and Jesus (with material edited out personal to Helen & Bill):

Chap. 1: The Meaning of Miracles…Introduction to the main Course themes that will be developed throughout the Text

Chap. 2: Separation & Atonement… Basic metaphysics of Chart (also addresses Helen’s and our own fear and resistance to Jesus & his Course)

Chap. 3: Innocent Perception… Basic definitions of terms used in Course

Chap. 4: Illusions of the Ego… Exploring what ego is and Jesus role in that exploration.

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First major shift in writing with Ch. 5, Sec. V (first discussion of our made-up guilt), from basically a dialogue with Helen in the first four and a half chapters, to Jesus dictating the rest of Text from this point on:

 

Chap. 5: Healing & Wholeness… Exploring who/what is the Holy Spirit & how He helps us with our recognizing and letting go of guilt.

Chap. 6: Lessons of Love… First discussion of anger, Four HS lessons (steps) to return to Heaven.

Chap. 7: Gifts of Kingdom… Heaven & Healing

Chap. 8: Our Journey Back… with the “Singing” Jesus

Chap. 9: Acceptance of Atonement… First discussion of forgiveness

Chap.10: Idols of Sickness… on Biblical 1st & 2nd commandments (shortest chap.)

Chap.11: God or Ego… our ‘authority problem’

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Next major shift in writing…  with more intense emphasis on process of looking at ego’s made-up insanity:

 

Ch.12: HS Curriculum… realizing the ego’s central teaching is always: that love is dangerous!

Ch.13: Guiltless World.. full blown exposé on our internal unrecognized guilt (longest chap.)

Ch.14: Teaching for Truth… the proverbial ‘calm before the storm’ chapter, before the following three chapters (15-16-17) on special relationships…  Chap. 14 includes sections on two major Course themes: the “What is a Happy Learner” and  “Our Own Call for Help/ Our Own Call for Love “

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Ch. 15, 16, 17… all about Special Relationships

Ch. 18… on Our Dream “Life”

Ch.19… Our Own Four Obstacles to Peace of Mind

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Ch.20, 21, 22… Second “calm before the storm” (for three whole chapters on Vision, Reason, and Salvation in The Holy Relationship)… before Laws of Chaos & Specialness (starting in Chap. 23):

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Ch.23… The Laws of Chaos:  Ken calls this the “toughest” chapter in the Text, with very little reprieve in it… the five steps (laws of the ego) we took to methodically deceive ourselves into believing in separation form God and each other.

Ch. 24… The Goal of Specialness, extended description of the “Substitute for Love” in the fifth Law of Chaos.

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Ch. 25-26… Third and final ‘calm’ (a breather), on equal justice for all of God’s one Son, how to move from injustice to real justice (is life really not fair?)… before the last part of the Text

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Ch. 27-28… more on Dreams: the dreaming of the world and its underlying horrific “secret dream” of the wrong mind.

Ch. 29-30… In-depth discussion of the ego’s idols… and and the steps or ‘rules’ on how to move past those idols (The Seven Rules for Decision-making).

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Ch. 31… The capstone of the Text : all the themes of the Course are brought together, coalescing in this last great movement of the Course’s grand symphony.