"This is a course in miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean that you can establish the curriculum. It means only that you can elect what you want to take at a given time."
These words jumped off the page at me. I had seen A Course in Miracles several times at bookstores, New Age stores and the library. Marianne Williamson has been on Oprah and I've read a few of her books. But I wasn't sure I wanted to read a book that claimed to be channeled from Jesus in the 1970s. I've also heard that the language is archaic and the reading is slow and difficult.
That paragraph from the introduction, though. It resonated with me. My own life has shown me that the same lessons will appear again and again until I learn them and that no matter how much I wish I were designing my own curriculum, I am not.
This also gave me a sense of relief: if there really is a God who is in charge, then I can relax a little. I don't have to run the universe. Do you ever feel that way? Our culture is all about telling us that we create our own realities and our own lives. I'm a huge believer in personal responsibility. But that gets translated into trying to be responsible for everything on the planet, whether it's in your sphere of influence or not. We think, "I must do God's job for him."
The idea that I could just relax and study the curriculum instead of running around avoiding it was comforting. I believe I am going to read it, after all.
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