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A New Psychology & A New Medicine

"Teach only Love, for that is what you are."
A Course In Miracles (T-6.I.1!1"
#ote! $pti%al &'T assu%es a (a%iliarit)
*it+ t+is article and t+e 'oundational Concepts t+at (ollo*.
Clic, +ere (or a -ideo -ersion o( t+is article

.enturin/ *a) outside t+e 0o1
2e are -enturin/ *a) outside t+e 0o1 +ere.
And 0e(ore *e (inis+ *e *ill de-elop A #e* 3s)c+olo/) and a #e* Medicine t+at I
t+in, *ill cause t+e con-entional 0oo,s on t+ese topics to 0e re-*ritten. 4e)ond t+at, *e
*ill 5uestion -irtuall) e-er) 0elie( on t+e planet 6 includin/ t+e 0elie( t+at t+ere is a
planet.
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2+en *e are done )ou *ill +a-e %ountainous e-idence t+at our 0odies are %ere (ictions.
T+e) are %ira/es *+ose needs and li%its are i%a/inar). 2e +a-e al*a)s 0een ali-e and
al*a)s *ill 0e. 4irt+, deat+ and disease do not reall) e1ist and neit+er does ti%e nor
space. 2ar, po-ert) and politics are also illusions as are %edicine, %ort/a/es and
Madonna.
'urt+er, t+ere is onl) one o( us. 2e t+in, *e are separated 0ut, despite +o* real our
separateness %a) see%, *e are not di-ided into se-eral 0illion 0odies stru//lin/ (or
sur-i-al on a little sp+ere spinnin/ t+rou/+ space.
$ur realit) is Lo-e 6 not+in/ %ore and not+in/ less. &-er)t+in/ else is a drea%.
T+is is t+e literal Trut+ and, alt+ou/+ it %a) see% li,e an e%pt) reli/ious rant at (irst,
)ou *ill soon 0e e1posed to its solid underpinnin/s. T+e clear e-idence is 0e(ore us. 2e
no lon/er need ra* (ait+. To 0ac, us up *e no* +a-e (1" our o*n 7unusual e1periences,7
(2" t+e latest in scienti(ic disco-eries, includin/ 5uantu% p+)sics and (" a stunnin/ ne*
literar) %asterpiece (A Course in Miracles". 2e *ill e1plore t+e% all.
2e are cli%0in/
A 8tair*a) to Miracles
2e are (indin/ t+e true 8ource o( Miracles +ere, not %a/ic. 2e are cli%0in/ A 8tair*a)
to Miracles t+at /entl) leads us to*ard t+e /lorious e1istence t+at is our 0irt+ri/+t. 2it+
eac+ step, our e1pandin/ inner peace *ill produce ric+er relations+ips and our li-es *ill
0eco%e easier and %ore (ul(illin/. 9ou *ill notice +o* resent%ents (ade *+ile lau/+ter
ta,es center sta/e and +o* )our +ealt+ i%pro-es as t+e an1ieties o( t+e *orld s+i(t in
%eanin/. :ere;s a description o( one le-el o( t+is state (ro% A Course In Miracles.
"There is a way of living in the world that is not here, although it seems to be. You do not
change appearance, though you smile more frequently. Your forehead is serene; your
eyes are quiet. And the ones who wal the world as you do recogni!e their own. Yet those
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who have not yet perceived the way will recogni!e you also, and believe that you are lie
them, as you were before." (2-pI.155.1!1-5"
2e are enterin/ an e1traordinar) e1perience. I ,no*, 0ecause I +a-e 0een on t+is
stair*a) (or )ears. It +as allo*ed %e to reac+ %illions o( people t+rou/+ &'T (a t+erap)
procedure I (ounded and spread t+rou/+out t+e *orld". It +as %ultiplied %) (riends+ips,
en+anced t+e real re*ards (ro% %) 0usiness pursuits and deepened %) lo-e on %an)
(ronts. 4ut I;% not done )et. I still +a-e %uc+ %ore to learn and, 0) s+arin/ it *it+ )ou,
our <oint e((orts *ill 0rin/ /ro*t+ to us all. T+is is *+at is %eant 0) t+e spiritual ter%
=/i-in/ is recei-in/.>
THE EVIEN!E" #$ %n&s&al
E'periences
8o, let?s loo, at t+e e-idence. 2e *ill (irst e1plore our 7Unusual &1periences7 cate/or),
startin/ *it+ %) spiritual a*a,enin/ in 1@AA. A Course In Miracles calls it a Be-elation
and I a% 0) no %eans t+e onl) one to +a-e it. $t+ers +a-e s+ared t+eir si%ilar
e1periences *it+ %e 0ut (e* discuss t+e% %uc+ in pu0lic. 2+)C 4ecause t+e /eneral
pu0lic (inds t+e% di((icult to understand. T+ose *e tell +a-e not+in/ in t+eir 0elie(
s)ste%s to %a,e sense o( t+ese stories and so t+e) tend to politel) roll t+eir e)es and do
little or not+in/ *it+ t+e startlin/ %essa/e t+e) <ust +eard. 4ut t+at?s a0out to c+an/e. I
*ant to create an i%pressi-e list o( Be-elations on t+is *e0site t+at *ill lend clear
credi0ilit) to t+is astonis+in/ e1perience. 8o, i( )ou?-e +ad suc+ an e-ent, please send %e
t+e details.
A(ter del-in/ into t+e e-idence (ro% our Unusual &1periences *e *ill t+en loo, at t+e
Co%pellin/ 8cience in-ol-ed. T+is *ill 0e (ollo*ed 0) an in-dept+ loo, at A Course In
Miracles.
(ary)s *e+elation
Upon a*a,enin/ one %ornin/ in 1@AA I suddenl) (ound %)sel( in t+e /lorious presence
o( our Creator. I *as an unli,el) recipient o( t+is /i(t 0ecause, at t+e ti%e, )ou *ould not
+a-e called %e reli/ious or spiritual. 'urt+er, t+ere *as no dra%atic cause o( t+is e-ent,
li,e 0ein/ struc, 0) li/+tnin/ or pra)in/ endlessl) (or an audience *it+ Dod. Instead, I
%ana/ed to =let /o o( t+is *orld> out o( an on/oin/ (rustration and, as a result, t+e
e1perience %a/icall) appeared.
:ere;s +o* it +appened.
I *as l)in/ in 0ed %entall) co%plainin/ a0out t+e %assi-e list o( t+in/s to do t+at I +ad
piled upon %)sel( and t+en e%p+aticall) t+ou/+t6
,-HO NEE. A// THI.01

T+ese *eren;t <ust idle *ords. I /enuinel) %eant t+e%. T+eir underl)in/ %eanin/ *as
%ore li,e, =2+at a %essed up, useless, o-er*+el%in/ *orld t+is is. Let %e outta +ereE>
And *it+ t+at I =let /o o( t+is *orld> and spontaneousl) (lipped o-er to =t+e ot+er side.>
3lease understand t+at t+is 0reat+ta,in/ state didn;t <ust s+o* up out o( no*+ere. Bat+er,
it *as as t+ou/+ it +ad al*a)s 0een t+ere and *as <ust *aitin/ (or %e to s+o-e t+e de0ris
o( %) e1istin/ 0elie(s aside and allo* its presence to appear. I +ad, at least te%poraril),
ac+ie-ed t+e central /oal o( A Course In Miracles, na%el)....
"to remove the blocs to the awareness of Love"s presence."
I *as instantl) in a state o( *onder%ent 6 a*e 6 0liss. It *asn;t a +allucination or
-ision *+erein I sa* t+e /+ostl) (i/ures o( Dod, Fesus, 4udd+a or t+e li,e. Bat+er, it *as
a ,no*in/ 6 a %ental state *+erein 0odies and t+e trin,ets o( t+is *orld are
%eanin/less. M) poor en/ineer;s le(t 0rain *as rendered useless and e-er) 0elie( I
t+ou/+t *as true *as turned upside do*n.
Guantu% 3+)sics points to t+is e1perience *it+ ter%s suc+ as =A 'ield o( In(inite
Intelli/ence> *+ile A Course In Miracles calls it a =Be-elation.> I call it Dod.
T*o o0-ious trut+s e%er/ed (ro% t+is episode, 0ot+ o( *+ic+ -iolate e-er)t+in/ *e
0elie-e. To %e, t+e) (or% t+e (oundation o( a ne* le-el o( +ealin/ and, until *e accept
t+e%, *e are destined to -acillate 0et*een diseases and disasters (*it+ islands o( pleasure
in 0et*een" until our (ictional 0odies (inall) deteriorate and die. :ere are t+ese trut+s!
(1" T+e state I reac+ed is our true realit)H it is lo-in/l) *aitin/ in t+e *in/s *+ene-er *e
=let /o o( t+is *orld> A#I
(2" T+e notion o( 0ein/ in a separated 0od) is an illusion 6 a drea% 6 a (iction t+at *e
+a-e created.
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I ,no* t+is -iolates all our senses and e-er) 0elie( *e +a-e. 4ut sta) *it+ %e. 2e are
<ust 0e/innin/.
In t+is spiritual state t+ere is neit+er 0irt+ nor deat+. #or is t+ere +un/er, po-ert), *ar,
disease, or an) o( t+e ot+er li%itations o( li(e t+at s+o* up in our Land o( 8eparate
4odies. In (act, in t+is splendid space, t+ese t+in/s are i%possi0le. Instead, t+ere is onl) a
deep a*areness o( intense Lo-e t+at is (ar 0e)ond an)t+in/ e1perienced on eart+. T+at;s
0ecause it is not o( t+is eart+. :ere is +o* A Course in Miracles descri0es t+is state...
"#an you imagine what a state of mind without illusions is$ %ow it would feel$ Try to
remember when there was a time, &perhaps a minute, maybe even less &when nothing
came to interrupt your peace; when you were certain you were loved and safe. Then try
to picture what it would be lie to have that moment be e'tended to the end of time and to
eternity. Then let the sense of quiet that you felt be multiplied a hundred times, and then
be multiplied another hundred more. And now you have a hint, not more than (ust the
faintest intimation of the state your mind will rest in when the truth has come." (2-
pI.10J.2!1-4.!1"
T+is state creates an in-ulnera0ilit) 0ecause no *eapon or cala%it) o( an) ,ind can touc+
it. T+is also %eans *e li-e (ore-er, alt+ou/+ (ore-er is a stran/e ter% 0ecause ti%e does
not e1ist in t+is condition. T+ere is onl) an ecstatic #$2. #eit+er )esterda) nor
to%orro* e1ist. #eit+er do de0ts nor old a/e. 'urt+er, )ou do not need to *orr) a0out
*+at ot+er indi-iduals t+in, o( )ou 0ecause t+ere are no ot+er indi-iduals. T+ere is onl) a
spiritual $neness *it+in *+ic+ *e are all <oined and =0elon/> in an ele/ant et+os o(
ecstas).
2+ile in t+is e1perience, %) (ondest desire *as to sta) t+ere. 4ut, alas, I soon =ca%e
0ac,> into t+is nonsensical %ira/e t+at *e call T+e 2orld. 4ut it +as colored %) li(e e-er
since. Li,e ot+ers +a-in/ t+e pri-ile/e o( t+is enli/+ten%ent, I +a-e rarel) discussed it
pu0licl) 0ecause it see%s too *oo-*oo (or %ost people. 2+at (e* dialo/ues I +ad *ere
usuall) polite and =interestin/,> 0ut *ent no*+ere. 4ut it is ridiculous to lea-e our true
realit) in t+e closet si%pl) 0ecause it -iolates t+e erroneous 0elie(s *e +a-e a0out
oursel-es. As )ou *ill see, t+ese 0elie(s are easil) c+allen/ea0le.
#o* s,eptics %i/+t as,, =:o* do )ou ,no* )our e1perience *asn;t <ust a delusionC>
To *+ic+ I *ould respond, =:o* do )ou ,no* t+at )our e1perience o( li(e in a separated
0od) isn;t <ust a delusionC>
T+erein lie t+e seeds o( a /reat de0ate 0et*een t+ose *+o +a-e e1perienced t+is e15uisite
p+eno%enon and t+ose *+o +a-e not. Alt+ou/+ )ou +a-e e-er) ri/+t to 0e s,eptical,
t+ese *ritin/s *ill s+o* t+e e1istence o( t+is state and +o* it can 0e ac+ie-ed 0) all o(
us. Indeed, it MU8T 0e attained 0) all o( us 0ecause it is our ans*er to *ar, disease,
po-ert) and t+e li,e.
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3lease ,no* t+at t+ese aren;t t+e %ere %usin/s o( an ener/etic en/ineer *+o +as 0eco%e
lost in +is o*n %ental %eanderin/s. Indeed, I a% not alone in t+is pursuit and a% 0ut
one o( a /ro*in/ nu%0er o( ent+usiasts poundin/ t+e ta0le (or t+ese trut+s.
2e +a-e an a%0itious <o0 0e(ore us and *e can 0est do it as a tea%. A(ter all, in our true
state o( spiritual $neness, *e AB& a tea% alread). M) <o0 includes %o-in/ 0ac, to*ards
%) Be-elation and s+arin/ t+e process *it+ )ou. 9our %ission, i( )ou c+oose to accept it,
is to tea% up *it+ t+is *orld*ide e((ort, s+are )our e1perience *it+ ot+ers and, li,e %e,
/et as (ar alon/ t+e spiritual pat+ as )ou can. &-entuall), *e can sol-e t+e *orld;s %an)
ail%ents and con(licts. 2e can do t+is, not 0) actuall) sol-in/ t+e%, 0ut 0) reco/niKin/
t+at t+e) are illusions and cannot e1ist once *e +a-e adopted our true realit). T+e
pro0le%s *ill si%pl) (ade (or lac, o( interest.
2e are radicall) t+in,in/ outside t+e 0o1 +ere. 2e are sa)in/ t+at our senses are
decei-in/ us and t+at our true realit) +as not+in/ to do *it+ 0odies t+at deteriorate and
die. I respect t+at t+is %a) 0e too (ar outside t+e 0o1 (or )ou and ta,e no o((ense i( )ou
c+oose to pass on it. 4ut i( )ou sta) *it+ %e, I *ill e-entuall) pro-e it to )ou and our
<oint re*ards *ill 0e i%%ense. 4etter stated, t+e) *ill 0e =out o( t+is *orld.>
THE EVIEN!E" 2$ .imple .cience 3o&r
senses decei+e &s4 & 5&ant&m Physics
T+e co%pellin/ e-idence t+at our senses decei-e us reac+es as (ar 0ac, as t+e 0e/innin/
science t+at *e learned in sc+ool around a/e 16 or 1J.
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'or starters, *e learned t+at our e)es and ot+er senses percei-e onl) a tin) (raction o( our
p+)sical e1istence. I(, (or e1a%ple, t+e entire electro%a/netic spectru% stretc+ed (or
,000 %iles (ro% Los An/eles to #e* 9or,, our e)es *ould onl) detect an a%ount e5ual
to t+e len/t+ o( one o( our ar%s (t+e -isi0le spectru%". All t+e rest o( it (@@.@@@@@L" is
lost (ro% our e-er)da) a*areness. 8i%ilarl), our ears +ear onl) a tin) portion o( t+e
entire sound spectru% and, in t+e sa%e *a), our (eelin/s, tastes and s%ells are se-erel)
li%ited.
9et *e t+in, our %iniscule senses are /i-in/ us realit). 2e e-en +a-e p+rases t+at ec+o
our (ir% 0elie(s in t+ese illusions. 2e sa) t+in/s li,e...
=8eein/ is 0elie-in/>,
=I sa* it *it+ %) o*n e)es> and
=I +eard it *it+ %) o*n ears.>
$ur li-es, our 0elie( s)ste%s, our politics, science and relations+ips are all 0ased on t+e
0.00001L t+at our senses percei-e. T+e rest is i/nored. 2+ere;s t+e intelli/ence in t+atC
In addition, our scientists +a-e identi(ied 11 di%ensions to our e1istence and )et *e are
onl) a*are o( 4 o( t+e% (len/t+, *idt+, dept+ and ti%e". T+e *onder%ents o( t+e ot+er J
are +idden (ro% us, 0uried 0eneat+ our a*areness.
'urt+er still, t+e %ini%al a%ounts t+at *e do percei-e are o(ten distorted t+rou/+ our
indi-idual interpretations. 'or e1a%ple, *e %i/+t all a/ree t+at a do/ is a (our le//ed
ani%al. :o*e-er, dependin/ on our e1periences, so%e o( us percei-e it as a lo-in/ pet (a
=0est (riend>" *+ile ot+ers consider it a snarlin/, 0ar,in/, dan/erous pest. 8a%e do/,
di((erent interpretations.
T+is is a (or% o( insanit) 0ecause *e can?t all 0e ri/+t. 9et *e are eac+ con-inced o( our
o*n -ersion o( 7realit)7 and o(ten en/a/e in (i/+ts, e-en *ar, o-er it.
8tated di((erentl), i( our entire realit) *as e5ui-alent to a sea o( possi0ilities, *e spend
our li-es (loatin/ on t+e sur(ace o( t+at sea in din,) little 0at+tu0s, co%pletel) una*are o(
t+e -ast /randeur t+at surrounds us (e./. %) Be-elation". $ur senses s+ut al%ost
e-er)t+in/ out lea-in/ us *it+ t+e (alse i%pression t+at t+e in(initesi%al 0its *e percei-e
*it+in our indi-idual 0at+tu0s is all t+ere is. To us, t+is %icroscopic -ie* appears to 0e
e-er)t+in/, e-en t+ou/+ it (alls dra%aticall) s+ort o( co%plete realit). To 0orro* (ro% a
*ell ,no*n nurser) r+)%e!
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Bu0-a-du0-du0,
2e are all in our tu0s.
Accordin/l), *e are capti-es *it+in our o*n senses. 2e don;t ,no* an)t+in/ else and,
unless *e (ind a *a) out, *e +a-e no c+oice 0ut to sta) in our 0at+tu0s, (ore-er 0o00in/
i/norantl) on t+e sur(ace o( t+e *onders t+at are ri/+t(ull) ours.
'ortunatel), t+e *a) out is /i-en us t+rou/+ 0ot+ Guantu% 3+)sics and A Course in
Miracles. Let;s start *it+ Guantu% 3+)sics.
5&ant&m Physics
Guantu% 3+)sics *+is,s us a*a) on a <ourne) 0e)ond our senses. It is a %a/ic carpet
ride into a realit) *e ne-er e1pected. T+is is ent+rallin/. 8cience +as (ound %)
Be-elation and opened t+e door to a %assi-e 3alace o( 3ossi0ilities. Let %e un(old it (or
)ou.
'irst, Al0ert &instein told us a0out a centur) a/o t+at e-er)t+in/, includin/ our 0odies, is
%ade o( ener/). T+at *as an =outside our senses> disco-er) 0ecause *e appear to 0e
solid (or%s 6 not -i0ratin/ ener/) pac,ets.
Later, a ne* science ,no*n as Guantu% 3+)sics e%er/ed. It is t+e stud) o( -er) s%all
t+in/s (5uanta" on t+e ato%ic scale and, as suc+, e1plores (ascinatin/ p+eno%ena t+at are
*ell 0e)ond our senses. And 0ecause *e are %ade o( ato%s, it is also t+e stud) o( our
true realit).
T+is is a Dodsend (literall)" 0ecause t+ese studies +a-e 0eco%e our scienti(ic e)es and
ears into t+e %)steries underl)in/ our e1istence. T+e) point t+e *a) out o( our 0at+tu0s
so *e can s*i% in t+at sea o( possi0ilities.
As )ou %a) appreciate, +o*e-er, it ta,es people *it+ &instein;s intelli/ence and
0ac,/round to properl) e1plore t+e e1traordinar) %essa/es o( Guantu% 3+)sics. T+e
endless e1peri%ents t+at +a-e 0een per(or%ed o-er se-eral decades re5uire a /roundin/
in science and %at+e%atics t+at (e* possess.
'ortunatel), t+e (indin/s (ro% t+is +i/+l) co%ple1 science *ere su%%ariKed and
0eauti(ull) portra)ed in t+e 2004 I.I 3roduction ,no*n as =2+at t+e 4leepEC Io*n
t+e Ba00it :ole> (+i/+l) reco%%ended". It included state%ents (ro% so%e o( t+e %ost
pro%inent scientists o( our ti%e, suc+ as Candace 3ert, 2illia% Tiller, Foe IispenKa,
L)nne McTa//art, Fo+n :a/elin, Ia-id Alpert, A%it Dos*a%i, Iean Badin and 'red
Alan 2ol(. 9our %a) reco/niKe so%e o( t+eir p+otos to t+e ri/+t.
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:ere are so%e o( t+eir conclusions. #ote t+e co%%on t+e%e
t+at *e are #$T separate!
!andace Pert
-illiam Tiller

6oe ispen7a

/ynne McTaggart

6ohn Hagelin

a+id Alpert

Amit (oswami

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At t+e %ost (unda%ental le-el o( our 0ein/, *e are all $ne and t+at $neness is
Lo-e. It is Dod. 2e are not separate (ro% eac+ ot+er or (ro% an)t+in/ else in t+e
uni-erse. $ur senses tell us ot+er*ise, o( course, 0ut t+at is an illusion.
All o( our *orldl) pro0le%s can 0e reduced to t+e %ista,e t+at *e t+in, *e are
separate.
T+e *orld, as *e see it, is a pro<ection o( our o*n 0elie(s in separateness. 2e are
conditioned to 0elie-e t+is 0ecause our li%ited senses decei-e us. T+ere is
not+in/ outside o( oursel-es and e-er)t+in/ our e)es =see> is an illusion. 2e
+a-e pro<ected our o*n 0elie(s onto t+e *orld;s screen and are actin/ accordin/
to our o*n erroneous pro<ections. T+ere is no out t+ere, out t+ere.
Ti%e and space do not e1ist. T+e) are %erel) creations o( our o*n %inds to +elp
us %a,e sense o( our erroneous 0elie( in separateness.
And +ere are so%e direct 5uotes (ro% t+ese de-oted scientists in t+e I.I. #ote, once
a/ain, t+e t+e%e t+at *e are #$T separate. Bat+er, *e are connected in a /lorious
%anner.
72e are no* realiKin/ t+at t+is erroneous -ie* o( oursel-es as separate is %ost
destructi-e ... it;s t+e t+in/ t+at creates all t+e pro0le%s in t+e *orld. 2e are no*
realiKin/ t+at t+at notion is all *ron/ 6 *e are all $ne. 2e are all to/et+er. At
t+e -er) essence o( our 0ein/ 6 *e are connected.7
7T+e deepest le-el o( trut+ unco-ered 0) science and 0) p+ilosop+) is t+e
(unda%ental trut+ o( unit). At t+e deepest su0nuclear le-el o( our realit) )ou and
I are literall) $ne.7
7T+is interconnectedness6t+is ti%elessness 6 I t+in, o( as t+e 0e/innin/ o( a
scienti(ic understandin/ o( spiritualit).7
7T+ere is one Dod sel( t+at is all o( us. 2e /ro* (ro% t+at. T+e *+ole Uni-erse
/re* (ro% it and eac+ o( t+e separate personalities t+at appeared +a-e /ro*n (ro%
it *it+ t+e illusion t+at eac+ one is a separate indi-idual.7
72+en people +a-e a %)stical e1perience, +o* t+e) descri0e it is t+at t+e) 0e/in
to lose t+e usual sense o( %aterial realit) around t+e%. In (act i( t+e) /o (ar
enou/+ and ac+ie-e a sense o( a0solute unitar) e1perience, t+en all o( t+e %aterial
*orld as *e t)picall) ,no* it 0asicall) /oes a*a). 2+at *e are tal,in/ a0out
t+ere is <ust an e1perience o( pure 0ein/, pure a*areness, pure consciousness.7
M#ote (ro% Dar)! t+is 0eauti(ull) descri0es %) Be-elationN
7T+ere is no real separation 0et*een us. 8o t+at, *+at *e do to anot+er, *e do to
an aspect o( oursel-es.7
7T+ere is no place *+ere *e end and e-er)t+in/ else 0e/ins. 2e are all
connected.7
7T+e %ost (unda%ental t+in/ is t+at *e are all connected 0) an ener/) (ield. 2e
s*i% in a sea o( li/+t 0asicall). 9ou +a-e to /et a*a) (ro% t+e *+ole idea o(
separateness 0ecause separateness is t+e 0i//est pro0le% in t+e *orld no*.7
7$ne t+en 0e/ins to see ot+ers as part o( t+e%sel-es. $ne 0e/ins to see t+at it;s
0est <ust to lo-e ot+ers and not <ud/e t+e%, t+at *+at )ou do to 0uild anot+er
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actuall) 0uilds )oursel(. 9ou 0e/in to see t+at )ou are connected, )ou are part o(
a lar/e (a%il).7
2e o*e endless /ratitude to t+ese dedicated scientists 0ecause t+e) +a-e re-ealed to us a
*orld o( -ast possi0ilities t+at is ri/+t(ull) ours. 3roperl) understood, t+eir /i(ts are
unparalleled in +istor).
4ut t+eir (indin/s lac, one t+in/. T+e) s+o* us 2:AT is possi0le 0ut t+e) do not s+o*
us :$2 to /et t+ere. T+at /ap is 0eauti(ull) (illed 0) A Course In Miracles.

THE EVIEN!E" 8$ A !o&rse in
Miracles 3A!IM4$
An astonishing spirit&al doc&ment that
mirrors 5&ant&m Physics
T+e ti%in/ o( t+is is (ascinatin/E
Guantu% 3+)sics and A Course In Miracles +a-e appeared at appro1i%atel) t+e sa%e
ti%e in +istor). 4ot+ point clearl) to t+e illusion o( separateness 0ut c+oose di((erent
%et+ods to 0rin/ t+is idea to t+e *orld. Guantu% 3+)sics does so t+rou/+ +ard science
and %at+e%atics *+ile A Course In Miracles ta,es t+e so(ter, %ore spiritual route.
#eit+er approac+ relies on t+e ot+er 0ut 0ot+ co%e to identical conclusions. In addition,
A Course In Miracles o((ers a pat+ (or 0rin/in/ into realit) t+e in(inite pro%ises t+at are
outside our =a*areness 0at+tu0s.>
A Course In Miracles or =T+e Course>, as it is o(ten called 0) its /ro*in/ s*ell o(
ent+usiastic students, 0e/an in t+e %id 1@60;s *+en :elen 8c+uc%an, a ps)c+olo/ist
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a((iliated *it+ Colu%0ia Uni-ersit) in #e* 9or,, 0e/an +earin/ a persistent sort o(
=inner dictation> t+at said6
=T+is is a Course in Miracles. 3lease ta,e notes.>
T+is outside-t+e-0o1 0e/innin/ causes %an) people to dis%iss t+is astoundin/ *or,
until, o( course, t+e) /et 0elo* t+e sur(ace and trul) stud) its %a/ni(icent %essa/e. I
%ean, co%e on 6 inner dictation, a c+anneled *or,C 6 +o* *oo-*oo or #e* A/e-is+
can )ou /etC
I onl) 0e/an readin/ it at t+e ur/in/ o( %) (riend, 4o0 8,utc+, *+o actuall) ,ne* :elen
8c+uc%an 0e(ore s+e passed a*a) in 1@A1. In (act, 4o0 *rote one o( t+e %ost +i/+l)
re/arded 0oo,s t+at introduced t+is co%pellin/ literature to t+e pu0lic (Fourne) 2it+out
Iistance". :e detailed +er arduous tas, and +er resistance to *ritin/ do*n t+is 1200
pa/e docu%ent (in *+ic+, 0) t+e *a), s+e +ad no personal 0elie(". To %a,e t+e tas,
e-en stran/er, :elen *as Fe*is+ 0) et+nic 0ac,/round *+ile t+e =-oice> 0e+ind t+e
Course *as t+at o( Fesus.
At (irst I (ound t+e Course o0tuse and +ard to read. Later I ca%e to realiKe t+at its
%essa/e *as 5uite clear and *as not o0tuse at all. M) resistance, as it turns out, *as
0ecause I didn;t *ant to +ear *+at it *as tellin/ %e. I didn;t *ant to +ear t+at t+e *orld,
as I sa* it, *as an illusion 6 t+at I didn;t +a-e a 0od) and neit+er did an)one else.
I didn;t *ant to +ear t+at I *as insane and *as *al,in/ around *it+in a drea% *+ere all
%) 0elie(s *ere (ictions. I didn;t *ant to +ear t+at I *as in t+e ar%s o( Dod and t+at
t+in/s li,e 0usiness, %edicine and 0ase0all *ere (antasies t+at I %ade up to distract %e
(ro% %) true realit).
4ut it *as *ritten in suc+ lo-in/ and co%pellin/ ter%s t+at I ,ept readin/ it an)*a). To
%e, it *as a 0eauti(ul %elod) *+ose l)rics didn;t %a,e sense ()et".
&-entuall), I co%pletel) discarded t+e s,eptics; o0<ection t+at t+is c+anneled *or, *as
t+e result o( so%eone;s delusion. 2+)C 4ecause t+e s)%p+onic or/aniKation 6 t+e
spectacular prose ... t+e %essa/e itsel( 6 could not +a-e co%e (ro% t+is *orld. M)
en/ineer;s le(t 0rain easil) concluded t+at it *as clearl) a %essa/e (ro% t+e =ot+er side>
lettin/ us ,no* t+at our senses *ere decei-in/ us and t+at t+e realit) *e +old so dear is
i%a/inar). It is t+e sa%e %essa/e /i-en to us 0) Guantu% 3+)sics 0ut (ro% a %uc+
di((erent an/le.
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'urt+er, I dis%issed t+e s,eptics? protest t+at t+is stunnin/ *or, *as %oti-ated 0) t+e
aut+or?s need (or (a%e and (ortune. T+ere is no e-idence (or t+is *+atsoe-er. In (act, t+e
opposite is true. :elen 8c+uc%an?s na%e does not appear as aut+or o( t+e 0oo, and s+e
ne-er recei-ed an) ro)alties or re%uneration *+atsoe-er. It *as /i-en as a /i(t to t+e
*orld and s+e s+ied a*a) (ro% pu0licit).
:ere are so%e +i/+li/+ts re/ardin/ t+e Course and its role in %) *ritin/s.
T+e Course is non-deno%inational. Alt+ou/+ it uses a C+ristian settin/, t+e
principles in-ol-ed o(ten transcend t+ose o( %ost (or%al reli/ions, includin/
C+ristianit).
T+e Course is not t+e onl) pat+ to spiritual a*areness. 4ut it is clearl) %) pat+
and, o( course, *ill in(luence %) *ritin/s. 9ou %a) +a-e a di((erent pat+ and
t+at is as it s+ould 0e. 4ut I su//est )ou stud) %) articles 0ecause t+e principles
contained t+erein tend to 0e uni-ersal and are li,el) to assist )ou alon/ )our pat+.
I *ill 0e 5uotin/ (ro% t+e Course on %an) occasions and *ill 0e e1pandin/ upon
its principles to pro-ide %an) e1citin/ outside-t+e-0o1 ideas. 9ou are not
re5uired to 0elie-e an) o( it. I onl) as, t+at )ou ponder t+e ideas *it+ an open
%ind and see *+ere t+e) ta,e )ou.
I do not clai% to replace t+e Course;s %essa/e *it+ an)t+in/ I *rite. T+at is (ar 0e)ond
%) a0ilities. 9ou are re(erred to t+e Course itsel( (or )our o*n detailed stud). I *ill,
+o*e-er, re(er to t+e Course?s principles *it+ so%e (re5uenc) as %) %an) outside-t+e-
0o1 articles e-ol-e.
%sing EFT
2e turn no* to &'T (&%otional 'reedo% Tec+ni5ues", a t+erap) process t+at I
de-eloped in t+e %id 1@@0s. It is pro(usel) illustrated in t+e (ree Dold 8tandard &'T
Tutorial (ound on t+is *e0site and inte/rates 0eauti(ull) as a tool to rid oursel-es o( t+e
e%otional de0ris t+at is in our *a) o( ac+ie-in/ spiritual a*areness. It is consistentl)
up/raded and $pti%al &'T re(lects t+e ne*er ideas contained t+erein. Accordin/l), to
%a1i%iKe )our use o( $pti%al &'T, I ur/e )ou to ,eep current *it+ t+e Tutorial.
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'or perspecti-e, t+ose readers (a%iliar *it+ &'T ,no* +o* e((icientl) it can neutraliKe
t+e e%otional drains o( an/er, (ear, /uilt, trau%a and t+e li,e. 3roperl) applied, &'T can
pa-e t+e *a) (or inner peace li,e not+in/ else 0e(ore it. As it reduces our e%otional
0a//a/e, it (rees us up (or (or/i-eness and t+us pro-ides i%portant steppin/ stones
to*ard our spiritual realit). 4ut is t+is enou/+ to e-aporate all t+e 0arriers *e %a) +a-e
to discardin/ t+e drea% o( separatenessC
I don;t t+in, so.
&-en t+e 0est &'T;ers (ind it c+allen/in/ to unco-er t+e indi-idual =core issues> t+at lie
0eneat+ t+e %ost stu00orn ail%ents o( t+eir clients. 4ut, despite t+eir s,ills, t+e) tend to
lea-e t+e %ost (unda%ental core issue on t+e ta0le, na%el), t+e 0elie( t+at t+eir clients
are separate (ro% t+eir Creator and e-er)one else.
It;s eas) to *al, 0) t+is one 0ecause e-en s,illed &'T;ers are t)picall) stuc, in t+e sa%e
0elie(. T+e) %a) read t+is article and 0e persuaded ot+er*ise, at least acade%icall), 0ut
until t+e) +a-e trul) done t+eir o*n *or, in t+is re/ard, t+eir e((ecti-eness *ill la/. :o*
can a t+erapist trul) lead a client to a place *+ere neit+er +a-e 0eenC
4ut as %ore people do t+eir o*n *or,, t+e) *ill reco/niKe t+e errors o( separateness and
t+e /ro*in/ inade5uacies o( t+e con-entional t+erapeutic process. As t+ese ne* concepts
ta,e +old, t+e) *ill c+an/e t+e (ace o( &'T, not to %ention t+at o( t+e entire +ealin/
*orld.
-here to 9rom here0
8o, does all t+is %ean t+at *e s+ould <ust (lip a spiritual s*itc+ and 5uit our <o0s, stop
eatin/ and /i-e up %o-ies, se1 and all t+e ot+er trappin/s o( t+is *orldC #o indeedE T+e
*orld o( separate 0odies, alt+ou/+ an illusion, appears -er) real and it *ill ta,e ti%e to
(ull) discard our entrenc+ed 0elie(s. $ur 0odies appear to e1perience pain, pleasure,
disease and deat+. T+e) de%and education, protection (ro% t+e *eat+er and t+e
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appreciation o( ot+ers. 2e +a-e decisions to %a,e *+ile *e are +ere and *e %ust %a,e
t+e% appropriatel). $t+er*ise, *e are +eaded (or disaster *it+in t+is drea%.
4ut one o( t+ose decisions is to learn +o* to see 0e)ond t+e drea% 6 to use =-ision>
instead o( e)esi/+t 6 and /raduall) /et out o( our indi-idual 0at+tu0s and s*i% in t+at
sea o( 0liss t+at is our true realit).
As ti%e un(olds, t+ese *ritin/s *ill e1plore *a)s to ease into t+e *onder%ent o( our
Creator and e-entuall) /i//le at t+e (ears, an/ers, trau%as and predica%ents *e +a-e
%ade up *it+in t+e drea%. It pro%ises to 0e a %a/ical e1perience. T+is *ill ta,e ti%e
and dili/ence, o( course. Merel) readin/ a0out it *on;t /et t+e <o0 done. I *ill pro-ide
practices and e1a%ples and t+e <ourne) *ill pro-ide countless 0ene(its alon/ t+e *a).
9our results *ill depend on )our e((orts.
Let;s 0e/in.
e-+u/s, Dar)
!ommon 5&estions a:o&t Optimal EFT
Last Updated on April 22, 2014

-hat is Optimal EFT0

$pti%al &'T is a <ourne) to*ards &'T?s Ulti%ate Doal, na%el), en+anced spiritual
a*areness. More ele/antl) stated, our ai% is to...
")emove the blocs to the awareness of Love"s presence."
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T+is in-ol-es accessin/ t+e e15uisite 2orld 4e)ond $ur 8enses *+erein resides
unconditional Lo-e and a po*er o( 0ein/ t+at d*ar(s *+at our tin) senses report.
8ee $pti%al &'T -- &ssential Intro.
$ur -enture /oes *ell 0e)ond con-entional science, alt+ou/+ Guantu% 3+)sics is
pointin/ to it. It also /oes 0e)ond t+e reac+es o( con-entional ps)c+olo/), %odern
%edicine, politics and <ust a0out e-er) 0elie( t+e *orld contains. 2e are openin/ an
ele/ant door +ere t+at leads to personal peace so pro(ound t+at it pro-ides a launc+in/
pad (or spreadin/ true +ar%on) t+rou/+out t+e *orld.
Too %uc+C Too /randioseC #ot possi0leC 8ta) *it+ %e and )ou can ans*er t+ese
5uestions (or )oursel(.
-ho is this 9or0
It is (or e-er)one *+o c+ooses to *al, t+rou/+ t+is door. 8o%e *ill *ant to adopt t+ese
ideas co%pletel) and *ill (ind t+eir true pat+ +ere *+ile ot+ers *ill 0orro* *+at t+e)
need to 0lend *it+ t+eir e1istin/ 0elie(s. 8till ot+ers *ill re<ect e-er)t+in/ as a0solute
*oo-*oo 0ut *ill do so *it+ %) open +and to <oin us i( and *+en it see%s appropriate.
9ou are in-ited, re/ardless o( )our 0elie(s, to displa) )our support or s,epticis%, )our
5uestions and co%%ents, )our e1periences, triu%p+s and (ailures *it+ t+is %aterial. T+at
is +o* *e learn. T+at is +o* *e 0uild co%%unit). To/et+er *e *ill 0uild a 0rid/e to a
ne* le-el o( personal peace t+at +as t+e po*er to s+i(t t+e *orld.
It is a personal e'perience; not necessarily a
pro9essional healing tool
I( )ou are in t+e +ealin/ pro(essions, please ,no* t+at $pti%al &'T is not desi/ned as a
speci(ic +ealin/ tool. Alt+ou/+ )ou %a) (ind %an) o( its (eatures o( use in )our +ealin/
practice, t+e %ain /oal +ere is to ele-ate 9$UB Lo-in/ le-els, rat+er t+an t+ose o( )our
clients. T+is 0ene(its 0ot+ )ou and )our clients 0ecause, as )ou cli%0 t+is ladder to*ard
spiritual e1cellence, )ou *ill notice i%pro-e%ents in )our insi/+ts, de%eanor and t+e
7pleasance o( )our presence.7 9ou *ill approac+ )our clients? issues (ro% a *iser place
and *ill /et to t+e +eart o( t+e pro0le%s *it+ ease. In s+ort, )ou *ill 0eco%e a %uc+
0etter +ealin/ pro(essional and *ill use )our tools (suc+ as &'T" *it+ an e-er increasin/
ele/ance.
Approaching the %ltimate (oal
$ur /oal is a lo(t) one. 2it+ our ne* tools *e are s+ootin/ (or t+e attain%ent o(
co%plete spiritual a*areness or, as so%e call it, &nli/+ten%ent. T+is is not a ne* /oal as
people +a-e atte%pted it (or %illenniu%s. 8o%e +a-e c+osen to %editate (or e1tended
periods *+ile ot+ers +a-e entered ti%es o( co%plete silence. 8o%e +a-e used dru/s
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*+ile ot+ers +a-e studied 0oo,s. Barel) +as an)one actuall) ac+ie-ed t+is ulti%ate state,
alt+ou/+ +istor) tells us o( so%e t+at +a-e apparentl) succeeded, e./. 4udd+a, Fesus and
ot+ers.
Man), +o*e-er, +a-e te%poraril) entered t+is state. 8o%eti%es t+is +as occurred
0ecause o( t+e e((orts %entioned a0o-e *+ile, at ot+er ti%es, people +a-e 7(allen into t+is
state7 (or 0rie( periods t+rou/+ #ear Ieat+ &1periences or, in %) case, t+e Be-elation I
discussed in $pti%al &'T -- &ssential Intro.
4ut let?s 0e realistic a0out t+is Ulti%ate Doal. To ac+ie-e co%plete and per%anent
&nli/+ten%ent %eans to enter a state *+ere t+e trappin/s o( t+is *orld +a-e no e((ect. It
re5uires t+e 100L erasure o( all t+e conditionin/ t+at our senses, 0elie(s and e/os +old
dear.
Are *e B&ALL9 /oin/ to do t+isC
I *ould +ope so, o( course, 0ut I t+in, t+is e1tre%e le-el *ill onl) 0e ac+ie-ed 0) rarit).
In (act, it is entirel) possi0le t+at none o( us *ill /et t+ere, includin/ %e. 8o, our %ore
realistic ai% +ere is to A33B$AC: t+is /oal ... and +o* close *e co%e *ill depend on
our indi-idual e((orts. 'ortunatel), as )ou *ill see, approac+in/ t+e Ulti%ate Doal can
0rin/ %a<or re*ards.
It)s a personal <o&rney
&-en t+ou/+ it %a) 0e unrealistic, %) personal /oal is to re-enter %) Be-elation state
and %aintain it per%anentl). :a-in/ 0een t+ere 0rie(l) once 0e(ore, I a% con-inced t+at
an)one in t+is state, includin/ )ou, can *al, into a +ospital and /enerate +ealin/ <ust 0)
one?s presence. T+e intensit) o( t+e Lo-e in t+is state pro-ides +ealin/ *ell 0e)ond t+at
o( %edicine, &'T or an) ot+er %an-%ade procedure.
9our /oal can 0e t+e sa%e ... $B ... )ou can si%pl) use t+ese %et+ods to i%pro-e )our
li(e and t+e 7pleasance o( )our presence.7 I( )ou c+oose a /oal as lo(t) as %ine, let us
reco/niKe t+at, despite t+e ne* tools at our disposal, )ou *ill li,el) (all s+ort o( it. I( so,
all is not lost. In (act, %uc+ is to 0e /ained. &-en i( *e (all s+ort, our e((orts at s+ootin/
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(or t+is 3erpetual 4liss %a) onl) /et us to 20L o( t+at state and t+at, o( course, is a true
trop+). &-en 1L is stunnin/.
4ut it?s a personal <ourne). :o* (ar )ou /o *ill depend on )our *illin/ness to stud) and
practice. 9ou *ill li,el) need +elp, co%%unit), lo-in/ co%rades. T+ose, I suspect, )ou
*ill (ind +ere.
The str&ct&re
T+is endea-or %ust +a-e a structure. I( I allo*ed a (ree-(or-all, t+is e((ort *ould soon
collapse under t+e *ei/+t o( co%petin/ reli/ions, eac+ (i/+tin/ (or do%inance o-er
7*+o?s ri/+t.7
8o, t+e structure is non-deno%inational and, as indicated in $pti%al &'T -- &ssential
Intro, *ill consist o( se-eral tools.
5&ant&m Physics *ill 0e used pri%aril) (or its aut+orit) in esta0lis+in/ t+e
scienti(ic (acts t+at, despite *+at our senses tell us, t+ere is no suc+ t+in/ as ti%e,
space or separation. 2e are, in essence, li-in/ in a drea% o( our o*n %a,in/.
T+is is not reli/ion o( an) ,ind. Bat+er, it is a ne* (indin/ 0) our pre%iere
scientists and points t+e *a) to ne* pinnacles o( our potential. It o((ers a ne*
door t+rou/+ *+ic+ e1pansi-e ne* -istas a*ait us. 2e can i/nore t+ese (indin/s,
o( course, and rel) solel) on *+at our senses report. 4ut i( *e do so *e *al,
a*a) (ro% a %a<or opportunit) and run t+e ris, o( 0ein/ %ired in our o*n
%olasses. T+e 2orld 4e)ond $ur 8enses is e15uisite. I ,no*. I?-e 0een t+ere.
A !o&rse In Miracles (ACIM" is %) c+osen spiritual pat+ and t+us its %an)
t+ou/+t pro-o,in/ concepts *ill (ind t+eir *a) into our atte%pts at e-ol-e%ent.
Alt+ou/+ it +as a C+ristian settin/ (uses so%e C+ristian ter%s" it is, at t+e core,
non-deno%inational. :o*e-er, it is not t+e pat+ (or e-er)one and so )ou are not
re5uired, or e-en ur/ed, to adopt it (or )oursel(. I( )ou (ind its nu%erous ideas
sti%ulatin/, t+en 0orro* (ro% t+e% as )ou see (it. ACIM is, in %) opinion, an
ideal co%panion to t+e (indin/s o( Guantu% 3+)sics in t+at it s+o*s us :$2 to
enter T+e 2orld 4e)ond $ur 8enses to *+ic+ Guantu% 3+)sics points. It does
so 0) "removing the blocs to the awareness of Love"s presence."
EFT (&%otional 'reedo% Tec+ni5ues" +as e-ol-ed as one o( t+e ideal tools t+at
sets t+is &nli/+ten%ent e((ort apart (ro% ot+ers. 3roperl) used it can collapse
an/er, /uilt, (ear, trau%a and, in so doin/, it is an i%pressi-e aid to "removing the
blocs to the awareness of Love"s presence." Accordin/l), it 0eco%es a (or% o(
lu0rication t+at can s%oot+ t+e (riction t+at stands 0et*een us and our /oal.
The *oad Map
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3lease note t+at $pti%al &'T is not so%et+in/ )ou learn at a *ee,end *or,s+op.
Bat+er, it is an on/oin/ process *+ere )ou continuall) i%pro-e. 4ecause e-er)one?s
/oals, 0ac,/round and readiness -ar) *idel), t+e Boad Map (or t+is <ourne) *ill 0e
di((erent (or eac+ indi-idual.
:o*e-er, t+is article, alon/ *it+ $pti%al &'T -- &ssential Intro and t+e (e* t+at (ollo*
*it+in t+is 'oundational Concepts section, are t+e startin/ place (or e-er)one. T+e)
include concepts and de(initions t+at *ill 0e re(erenced o(ten in our e1tensi-e tra-els
alon/ t+is a%0itious <ourne). $nce )ou +a-e di/ested t+is startin/ %aterial, )ou are
read) to (ind )our *a) *it+in t+e ric+ assort%ent o( tools and ideas t+at *ill un(old
+erein. 8o%e o( t+ese *ritin/s and -ideos *ill +it )our personal tar/et *+ereas ot+ers
%a) not. T+at?s $O. Fust stud) t+ose t+at resonate *it+ )ou. T+e) all lead to t+e sa%e
place in t+e end.
More to co%e.
e-+u/s, Dar)
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