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What is A Course In Miracles?
A Course In Miracles (ACIM) is a self-study course with the purpose of ending suffering and awakening us to real, lasting inner peace. It consists of three sections: The Text, the Workbook for Students, and the Manual for Teachers. It's designed to give us the awareness of love's presence and empower us to become "the savior of the world" by sharing that love with everyone.
The book came into existence in 1976 from two psychologists in the top of their field at Columbia University, named William Thetford and Hellen Schucman. Due to the intense strife and conflict they were experiencing amongst their colleagues, Dr. Thetford said to Hellen, "There must be another way, a better way, a better thought system in which we can live together. And I am determined to find it".
Hellen agreed to help him find it and soon after she had a psychic experience where she heard an inner voice tell her, "This is A Course In Miracles. Please take notes." This voice identified itself as Jesus and told Hellen that the course would be her contribution to restoring humanity's sanity and spiritual progress. Hellen and William spent seven years scribing the book.
Today, ACIM has impacted millions and is known as one of the most profound spiritual texts ever written. A true path to inner peace, love, and enlightenment.
What is Living The Course?
Having a hard time understanding the teachings of ACIM? You're not alone. Most people who read ACIM recognize its power, but have a difficult time digesting the language and concepts it teaches.
That's why we created Living The Course (LTC).
LTC is a global community dedicated to not just learning, but truly living A Course In Miracles. It’s our mission to package the profound truths found within ACIM in the simplest, most accessible way possible so that we can heal generational suffering and create the greatest impact and contribution to our collective evolution of humanity. We equip every student in our community with the truth and knowledge of this text so that they can go and actually live it out in their lives and impact the world.
And the best part? We're not your traditional ACIM study group. We do things differently here. While most ACIM groups stick exclusively to the course, we keep things real, practical and relate the teachings of the course to many other spiritual modalities we are all familiar with. We laugh a lot, drop in deep together, and make spiritual growth fun. In short, we help you start LIVING the Course right from the very start.
About the Founders
About the
Founders
Aaron Abke
- Spiritual Leader & Teacher
Aaron Abke
- Spiritual Leader & Teacher
Aaron grew up as an evangelical pastor's son and became a pastor himself at 23 years old. Shortly thereafter, Aaron had an awakening to Christ Consciousness and left his religion to pursue a deeper spirituality. After losing all of his friends and most of his family relationships, Aaron experienced years of loneliness, isolation, and depression. It was at that time that ACIM found its way into Aaron's lap and became his personal guru, slowly walking him out of his suffering and into the peace of God.
In 2018, Aaron started a YouTube channel to help others learn more about the spiritual principles that had set him free from his own suffering, which quickly grew to over 25 million views and 250k subscribers. Aaron also has his own personal online Academy called 4D University. He has been featured on multiple shows on Gaia, a personal documentary by Anthony Chene, the Jenny McCarthy show, Buddha at the Gas Pump, and most of the top podcasts in the spirituality space
Mark Anthony Lord
- Spiritual Teacher & New Thought Minister
Mark’s start in life was far from easy. He was sexually abused as a child and struggled with drug addiction as he grew older. However, things started to shift in his mid-20s as his thirst to know God and desire to be free from suffering started to awaken within him. In the ‘90s, he found A Course In Miracles. Though he felt an inner knowing that this book held great power, he was not quite ready for it yet, so he put it down. It was ten years later when he finally picked the book back up and started to dive into it. At first, it didn’t come easy and felt challenging for him. But one day, it just clicked. Since then, Mark has been blessed with profound spiritual experiences, such as traveling to India and being at ashrams and the guru’s feet, healing with Jesus, exploring plant medicine, and finding his own peace and joy.
Today, Mark holds a Master’s in Divinity and is an author and spiritual counselor. He also founded a spiritual center in Chicago called The Bodhi Spiritual Center in 2003 which quickly grew from a group of three people to over 1,000. He’s worked with some of the most influential top spiritual leaders such as Byron Katie, Michael Beckwith, and Marianne Williamson. As he’s gone through life, ACIM has only become clearer and sits at the center and forefront of everything he does.
Mark Anthony Lord
- Spiritual Teacher & New Thought Minister