In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton focuses on illness and the body as a reflection of the ego. The discussion revolves around the ACIM view that all forms of sickness (and the body itself) stem from one error—the decision to separate from God. Alison also shares a prayer from A Course in Miracles that can be used as a call for guidance before meditation. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below.

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Podcast Category: Spirituality and Health

Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to the ForgiveNest Podcast

00:21 Understanding the passage from ACIM

01:09 The Concept of Separation and Sickness

02:49 The Root Cause of Illness

05:01 Healing the Mind to Heal the Body

07:54 Personal Reflections on Illness and Healing

10:19 Closing Prayer

ACIM Quotes and Prayers:

Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement. 

The body is a fence the Son of God imagines he has built to separate parts of his Self from other parts. It is within this fence he thinks he lives, to die as it decays and crumbles. [ACIM CE W-WI.5.1:1-2] 

Father, You have one Son. And it is he that I would look upon today. He is Your one creation. Why should I perceive a thousand forms in what remains as one? Why should I give this one a thousand names, when only one suffices? For Your Son must bear Your Name, for You created him. Let me not see him as a stranger to his Father, nor as a stranger to myself. For he is part of me and I of him, and we are part of You Who are our Source, eternally united in Your love, eternally the holy Son of God. [ACIM CE W-262:1]

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