Announcement

Change in study group start date

I've previously said we'd resume holding our study groups on Nov 10 (Tuesday AM) and Nov 12 (Thursday PM). However, I forgot that I have another trip planned, with Peggy, from Nov 7 thru Nov 14. So I won't be around that week.

Therefore, the study groups will resume the following week, on Nov 17 and 19.

Each group will be studying the same material. We will begin with a study of the Preface to the Text, particularly the section titled "What It Says." Please read that section over during the week before the Nov 17 or Nov 19 class.

I hope to post some comments on that "What It Says" Section prior to the class, so check the Download Docs page (or the Text commentaries page if you don't mind reading it online) a few days before class.
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Audio recordings added

As of today (4/15), I have started recording MP3 files of readings of the Workbook lessons, which you can listen to and/or download. You can find these on the class website on the “Workbook Lessons Audio” page, listed in the sidebar navigation menu.

I won’t be able to record every day, so there will be gaps. I’ll try to fill in the gaps over time, but you won’t be able to rely on there being a reading every day as we go through the year. Eventually, I’ll record all of the lessons.

Some recordings will be done out of sequence as I record random lessons during our class meditation times.
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Please drop me a line

If you use this website to read or download my commentaries, please send me a short e-mail message letting me know whether you download Workbook commentaries, Text commentaries, or both, and how you use them.

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ACIM Groups Holiday Schedule

Our ACIM groups will have several weeks without meetings during this season. Read More...
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Lesson notes 269 to 275

I posted the commentaries on Workbook Lessons 269 to 275.
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Lesson notes 262 to 268

I posted commentary on Lessons 262 to 268.
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Lesson notes 248 to 161

I’ve posted the notes for Workbook lessons 248 to 254 (last week) and 255 to 261 (the upcoming week).

I also made sure the photo album from Unity Village is correctly set up.
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Lessons 241 to 247 posted

I have posted the next week of Workbook lesson commentaries, #241 to 247 (for Aug. 28 thru Sept. 3).

Website address:
http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/
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Notes on T-13.II, "The Guiltless Son of God" posted

I have posted the commentary notes on T-13.II, "The Guiltless Son of God."

While I am away for ten days, I will post the Workbook lesson notes, but no additional Text commentary after T-13.III, "The Fear of Redemption," which I will post toward the end of next week.
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Lesson 198 to 204 posted, and T-13.I:5-12.

I posted the commentaries for Lessons 198 to 204, and for Text 13.I:5-12.

Reminder: No meetings on Tuesday, July 29 or Tuesday, August 5; and no meeting on Thursday, July 31. The Tuesday morning class will be going out for lunch to a Buddhist vegetarian restaurant after the August 12 meeting. You are invited.
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Lessons 191 to 197, Text 13.Intro, Section I part 1

I posted the commentary notes for Lessons 191 to 197, and Text 13.Introduction and the first part of Section I.

Advance warning: There will be no Tuesday classes on July 29 and August 5, and no Thursday meeting on July 31. I will be attending classes at Unity Village. Feel free to meet on your own, or share with one another by phone.
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Lessons 184 to 190, Text 12.VIII posted

I posted the commentary notes for Lessons 184 to 190, and Text 12.VIII. Please remember: NO MEETING THIS THURSDAY EVENING, July 3.
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Lessons 168 to 174 posted

Hi,

I've posted the handout for Lessons 168 to 174; the Text commentary notes on Chapter 12 Section VII were posted last week. You can get them from our group website:
http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/.
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Up to Lesson 167, Text 12.VII posted

Neglected to upload the files last week, so I've this morning posted Lessons 154 to 167 (in two files), and Text commentaries on T-12.VI (one file) and 12.VII (in two parts).
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Posted Text and Workbook commentaries for two weeks

I've posted Workbook commentaries for 142 to 148, and 149 to 153. Lesson 153 is particularly important! I also posted a Text commentary for T-12.V, "The Sane Curriculum." Website URL is http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/.
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Lessons 135 to 141, Text 12.IV commentaries

Hi,

I've posted the handout for Lessons 135 to 141, and Text commentary notes on Chapter 12 Section IV, "Seeking and Finding." You can get them from our group website:

http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/

For the time being it looks as if the Thursday evening class will continue. We have at least one new student transferring from the Tuesday morning class, and another possible, with a third planning to come as soon as another class that meets the same night ends.
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Lessons 128-134 and Text 12.III commentaries; Thursday decision

Hi,

I've posted the handout for Lessons 128 to 134, and Text commentary notes on Chapter 12 Section III, "The Investment in Reality." You can get them from our group website:

http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/

I am considering eliminating the Thursday evening classes.
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Lessons 121 to 127 and Text Commentary 12.II posted

Hi,

I've posted the handout for Lessons 121 to 127, and Text commentary notes on Chapter 12 Section II, "The Way to Remember God." You can get them from our group website:

http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/ACIM_Workbook_Groups/

I have also rearranged the pages on this site so that all the Workbook commentaries are listed on their own page, and all the Text commentaries are listed on a separate page.
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Lessons 114 to 120 posted a bit early

I've posted the handout on Lessons 114 to 120 a bit early, since I happen to be at home for about a half day in between trips, and I had 3 hours on the train this afternoon in which to get the notes together and format them for the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups.
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Handout for Lessons 107 to 113 posted; No meeting this week

Hello, everyone!

I've just finished making the PDF and web page versions of the notes for Lessons 107 to 113, which include the start of Review III. I am writing this sitting in the train station here in Portland
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Handout for Lessons 100 to 106 posted

The class notes for Lessons 100 to 106 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups. I hope you are enjoying the commentaries taken from "A Workbook Companion." This week, due to taking two classes from Unity Village via webcam, I had no time to write original material.
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Handout for Lessons 93 to 99 posted

The class notes for Lessons 93 to 99 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups. I hope you are enjoying the commentaries taken from "A Workbook Companion."
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Handout for Lesson 86 to 92 posted

The class notes for Lessons 86 to 92 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups. I hope you are enjoying the commentaries taken from "A Workbook Companion."
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Handout for Lessons 79 to 85 posted

The class notes for Lessons 79 to 85 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups. I hope you are enjoying the commentaries taken from "A Workbook Companion."
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Handout for Lessons 65 to 71 posted

The class notes for Lessons 65 to 71 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups.
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New links added

I've added two new links to the sidebar on our home page, for Community Miracles Center (ACIM materials at significant discount) and for a Reading Calendar, an online calendar of the current month showing the lesson number and title for each day, plus references for Text readings that will take you through the Text of the Course in one year.
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Handout for Lessons 59 to 64 posted

The class notes for Lessons 59 to 64 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups.
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Handout for Review I, Lessons 51 to 60

I've posted the handout for Review I, Lessons 51 to 60. I included all ten review lessons since it seemed more logical to put them all together.
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Handouts for Lessons 46 to 52 posted

The class notes for Lessons 46 to 52 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups.

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Handouts for Lessons 39 to 45 posted

The class notes for Lessons 39 to 45 have been posted on the website: Allen Watson's ACIM Groups.

This week, having finished the DVD about "The Story of the Course," we will resume our usual format of meditation, 40+ minutes for sharing about the past week's practice (of Lessons 30 to 36 on Tuesday, or Lessons 32 to 38 on Thursday), a break, and then 40 minutes or so from me concerning the upcoming seven lessons.
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Handouts for Lessons 32 to 38 posted

I have posted the class notes for Lessons 32 to 38, both as downloadable PDF files and as a web page you can view online.

In this week's class (both Tuesday AM and Thursday PM), we will watch the second half of the DVD on "The Story of the Course."
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Handout for Lessons 24 to 31 posted

I did not write any notes this week because I injured my wrist (it's fine now, and I'll be back on track next week). Therefore, I am posting the commentaries on these lessons taken from my book, A Workbook Companion.

Incidentally, I have just received three more sets of
A Workbook Companion, and will have them for sale as of tomorrow's class (1/22). The cost is $22.50 per volume (10% discount).
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Marianne Williamson on XMRadio

Marianne Williamson, author of "Return to Love" and a famous teacher of A Course in Miracles, will be "teaching A Course in Miracles every day of 2008, starting January 1, on XMRadio Channel 156." Read More...
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Info on First Classes in January

Tuesday AM, Jan 8, NO MEETING.
Thursday PM, Jan 3 & 10: WILL MEET, facilitator: Suzanne Kaufmann. Read More...
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