Brother Blue in Harvard Square
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peterdemers's posterous
Brother Blue: I'm talking to the angels, there are angels out here.
Hiro and Nao - friends in Japan more pics
Hiro and Nao - friends in Japan who visited me in 2000. Hope you are well.
Hiro in Japan
Friends in Japan
Humans: Easily Confused - Has This Happened to You?
The Workbook for Peace EPUB Edition
The Workbook - EPUB Edition
The Workbook 365 Daily Lessons for Peace from A Course in Miracles is an EPUB book that is polished and beautifully formatted, readable on the iPad, iPodTouch, iPhone, the Nook, Sony eReader, and many more great devices plus FireFox with ereader plug-in. It is more than the Workbook Lessons alone. It contains a whole new introduction to A Course in Miracles.
It's been a long time coming. I've long wanted to make the Workbook into a portable text with ease of use you would intuitively expect with beautiful formatting at the same time, and now it's done. If you've also wanted that experience, it is now ready for yo
The book will be in the iBookstore soon. I've been told that it could be as quick as a couple of days, but could take up to 30 days to show up. But you can order it directly from me and I will email the epub file to you. It should show up on other online bookseller sites as well.
While I chose a long title for the cover of the book, The Workbook, 365 Daily Lessons for Peace from A Course in Miracles, when you search for it on the iBookstore, use only the short title, The Workbook or my name, or the ISBN: 9780557940639
EPUBs have many advantages over other formats. The EPUB format is especially suited for The Workbook with advantages such as making and keeping notes within the book and having the text read to you, and choosing the voice, depending on your device. And The Workbook is more than the Lessons:
$9.99
Thanks and Blessings, Peter
What Have I Done With the Gifts of God?
Back in the mid and late 1980's when I gave introductory talks on
A Course in Miracles in Kansas City through a Continuing
Education program at UMKC, a small group formed which turned into a
circle of friends. One of those friends was Wayne Courtois, a writer. He wrote the poem,
What Have I Done With the Gifts of God? based on his study of
A Course in Miracles. It was published in early 1990 in
The Spirit's Voice, a newsletter from Wilmington, VT (I
believe it is no longer published, though there are some with similar
sounding names.) A found the poem as I was going through things that had been in
storage for years. This is a lovely and thoughtful poem. The back and
forth between the ego self and our holy self is inevitable in this
earthly life and that is something we can all do well to remember.
Then we can use that to remind us to forgive each other and ourselves
as needed. I contacted Wayne about publishing his poem on
Fromoutoftheblue.com and he said go ahead. I am happy to present it
for all to read:
Did I store them in some forgotten corner
With all the umbrellas I needed when it rained?
Did I hide them in a treasure chest, locked as tightly
As that portion of my heart I thought was mine, and mine alone?
Did I give them to the poor, and then think I had none left,
As though giving were losing, diminishing my strength? What have I done with the Gifts of God?
Weren't they here just yesterday, when I felt a breath of peace
Infuse a body that had only known anxiety and pain?
Didn't I feel, when I awoke and saw the sunlight on the rooftops,
That God and His Abundance were part of me forever,
As I was part of Him? But then a shadow seemed to fall
Across the sun, I felt the chill of death and loss
And bid them enter, welcoming illusions
Into a void that was illusory as well
And yet familiar, having been my home
As long as loneliness had been my only friend. But I always had the answer to my question,
Had the objects of my search before the search began.
I couldn't see the Gifts of God as long as I refused to see
Beyond the body's vision; couldn't find the Peace and Love
I longed for till I learned I did not search alone.
The Gifts of God are you, my friends, with me
As I am with you, in this room or when we seem to be apart,
In this life or in our lives to come, one undivided spirit
Sharing in the Gifts of God, extending thankfulness and praise
That what we thought we'd lost will never seem misplaced again.
A Course in Miracles in Kansas City through a Continuing
Education program at UMKC, a small group formed which turned into a
circle of friends. One of those friends was Wayne Courtois, a writer. He wrote the poem,
What Have I Done With the Gifts of God? based on his study of
A Course in Miracles. It was published in early 1990 in
The Spirit's Voice, a newsletter from Wilmington, VT (I
believe it is no longer published, though there are some with similar
sounding names.) A found the poem as I was going through things that had been in
storage for years. This is a lovely and thoughtful poem. The back and
forth between the ego self and our holy self is inevitable in this
earthly life and that is something we can all do well to remember.
Then we can use that to remind us to forgive each other and ourselves
as needed. I contacted Wayne about publishing his poem on
Fromoutoftheblue.com and he said go ahead. I am happy to present it
for all to read:
What Have I Done With the Gifts of God?
What have I done with the Gifts of God?Did I store them in some forgotten corner
With all the umbrellas I needed when it rained?
Did I hide them in a treasure chest, locked as tightly
As that portion of my heart I thought was mine, and mine alone?
Did I give them to the poor, and then think I had none left,
As though giving were losing, diminishing my strength? What have I done with the Gifts of God?
Weren't they here just yesterday, when I felt a breath of peace
Infuse a body that had only known anxiety and pain?
Didn't I feel, when I awoke and saw the sunlight on the rooftops,
That God and His Abundance were part of me forever,
As I was part of Him? But then a shadow seemed to fall
Across the sun, I felt the chill of death and loss
And bid them enter, welcoming illusions
Into a void that was illusory as well
And yet familiar, having been my home
As long as loneliness had been my only friend. But I always had the answer to my question,
Had the objects of my search before the search began.
I couldn't see the Gifts of God as long as I refused to see
Beyond the body's vision; couldn't find the Peace and Love
I longed for till I learned I did not search alone.
The Gifts of God are you, my friends, with me
As I am with you, in this room or when we seem to be apart,
In this life or in our lives to come, one undivided spirit
Sharing in the Gifts of God, extending thankfulness and praise
That what we thought we'd lost will never seem misplaced again.
Leave a Blessing
Leave a Blessing wherever you go today. thought for the day
To Those Who See
I found this book among my things that I haven't seen in a long time.
The book was a gift from a friend I had helped. I had forgotten about
this book, but not his correspondence, which is mentioned in the story
I wrote called, "Nascent Constellation." The inscription is something
special, but I'll let you read it in the photo. The inscription is in a book of poetry called, "To Those Who See," by
Gwen Frostie.
The book was a gift from a friend I had helped. I had forgotten about
this book, but not his correspondence, which is mentioned in the story
I wrote called, "Nascent Constellation." The inscription is something
special, but I'll let you read it in the photo. The inscription is in a book of poetry called, "To Those Who See," by
Gwen Frostie.
More podcasts, fewer text blogs
Lately, I've been doing more podcasts than written blogs. The podcasts
are definitely more work, but they reach a different audience. With
blogs, people can find your work using search engines, but they are
often random hits from people who might not even read what they've
found. With podcasts, only people who are interested in what you doing
are going to take the time to listen. The podcast can reach a wider
audience as well. With the help of Posterous, it is posted in two
other blogs in addition to Posterous, plus iTunes where it is found
with related podcasts.
blog, but this is all fine with me because I always meant for the site
to be a resource. The podcasts have taken on a deeper meaning. I see
them as preparation for the next phase of my work with this project.
There is much more writing to do as well. The next series of podcasts will focus on the relationship between the
Vedanta and A Course in Miracles. Find it on Posterous and on FromOutoftheBlue.com.
Resources on FromOutoftheBlue.com include the entire Workbook, all the text selections that have been included in the podcasts, including The Atonement, The Principles of Miracles, Teacher's Manual, and Special Principles for Miracle Workers. Links to various helpful sites and podcasts, and a gift shop to help support our work.
preview of images from ACIM Speaks podcast episode 35
These images are part of the special Happy Birthday edition of ACIM
Speaks podcast. Happy Birthday, Mr. Rosenberg "Never apologize for a little humor"
Marianne Williamson on the cover of New Age Magazine, April 1992
copyright page from the original hardcover edition of A Course in Miracles
Happy Spiritual Birthday Judy Skutch-Whitson
photo of my well-used softcover 1985 edition of A Course in Miracles.
On the copyright page, it says -A Course in Miracles was first
published in three volumes in June 1976
Speaks podcast. Happy Birthday, Mr. Rosenberg "Never apologize for a little humor"
Marianne Williamson on the cover of New Age Magazine, April 1992
copyright page from the original hardcover edition of A Course in Miracles
Happy Spiritual Birthday Judy Skutch-Whitson
photo of my well-used softcover 1985 edition of A Course in Miracles.
On the copyright page, it says -A Course in Miracles was first
published in three volumes in June 1976
