After completing a first reading of “A Course in Miracles”, the most challenging read of her life, the author exclaimed, “Never again!” Yet, she knew that if she were to make real progress with her lifelong spiritual quest, she would need a thorough understanding of the Course’s unique thought system. So, back to school she went—the school of life, that is. Though a seasoned seeker, never did she anticipate the dark nights she would encounter along the journey, nor the gift of grace that would pull her through. Readers will delight in the same profound spiritual insight, candour, humour and lively writing style as found in “Making Peace with God”. This book is a wonderful companion for both new and seasoned students of “A Course in Miracles”.
A Wonderful Book!!!! I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in A Course in Miracles, or enlightenment. Pauline Edward truly simplifies the message from A Course in Miracles with a clear and loving style. The experience of joining with Love that is our true nature is where this wisdom takes us. Every cornerstone is touched upon to bring the reader to a place of pure understanding of the powerful yet sometimes complicated message within the Course. If you are seeking the truth, or simply looking for a better way, Leaving the Desert won’t dissapoint. This book goes all the way!!!!
Journeying from mindlessness to mindfulness In Leaving the Desert: Embracing the Simplicity of A Course in Miracles, A Course in Miracles student and teacher Pauline Edward recounts her earnest personal struggle to understand and integrate the spiritual psychology’s profound principles in her daily life. By deeply delving into the text, workbook, and related materials while immersing herself in the illuminating work of premier Course teacher, scholar, and original editor Kenneth Wapnick, PhD, Edward absorbs and articulates the Course’s unique forgiveness practice that teaches us to heal our minds of the unconscious idea of separation from God that fuels our belief in competing interests and ultimately dooms our relationships.Pressing through the darkness of her own ego-identification as the Course invites us to do, the author gradually begins to take responsibility for her own peace of mind by cultivating an inner relationship with Jesus, that symbol of the awakened mind the Course uses to lead us home to the one,…