A Course in Miracles Study Guide

08/03/2025

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02/25/2025

Questions for Study Week #9, Chapter 3: The Innocent Perception
Section V. Beyond Perception
10. Fill in each of the following with either “perception” or “knowledge.”
a. ___________________ is inherently judgmental. (44/T-3.V.1:1)
b. ___________________ does not lead to doing. (44/T-3.V.3:1-4)
c. ___________________ is not open to interpretation. (45/T-3.V.5:1-2)
d. Ingenuity is totally divorced from ___________________. (45/T-3.V.5:5-end)
e. Forgiveness is the healing of the ___________________ of separation.
(46/T-3.V.9:1-end)
f. Your worth is beyond ___________________. (46/T-3.V.10:4-end)
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Section VI. Judgment and the Authority Problem
11. Why is the choice to judge the cause of us losing peace, and how might we experience a tremendous release and deep peace?
• 46/T-3.VI.1:4-2:6
• 47/T-3.VI.3:1-end
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12. According to ACIM, the authority problem is the root of all evil. What is the authority problem and what happens when we deny His Authorship?
• 48/T-3.VI.7:1-8:7
• 49/T-3.VI.10:1-end
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Section VII. Creating versus the Self-Image
13. In what ways does ACIM reinterpret the Garden of Eden story?
• 50/T-3.VII.3:1-4:2
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14. What is the traditional view of the devil and what is ACIM’s view?
• 49/T-3.VI.2:4-end
• 50/T-3.VII.5:1-2
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15. ACIM says that every thought system must have a starting point. What is our true starting point and how do we leave the world?
• 49/T-3.VI.1:1-end, 50/T-3.VII.5:3-end
• 51/T-3.VII.6:9-end
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16. Application: The Course reminds us that any time we judge others, it will disturb our peace. (46/T-3.VI.2:1, 47/T-3.VI.3:1-2) What are the situations in which, or who are the people that you find yourself frequently judging? What steps can you take to begin bringing peace to those times?
A Course in Miracles Study Guide covers a two-year study of the ACIM Text. Each week I will post questions from the Study Guide related to the reading for the week that might be helpful to study groups or for individual study.

02/04/2025

Questions for Study Week #6
Chapter 2: The Separation and the Atonement
Section V. The Function of the Miracle Worker
10. In terms of correction and healing, what is the relationship between the mind and the body?
• 25/T-2.V.1:7-end

11.What is the sole responsibility of the miracle worker and how does this prepare the miracle worker to help others?
• 25/T-2.V.5:1-end

Section V-A. Special Principles of Miracle Workers
12.What is the distinction between what is created and what is made?
• 27/T-2.V-A.12:1-14:end

13. How does miracle-minded forgiveness differ from the traditional view of forgiveness?
• 28/T-2.V-A.15:1-16:end

Section VI. Fear and Conflict
14.What is the relationship between what you do and what you think?
• 29/T-2.VI.2:1-end

15. Explain these aspects of fear:
a. Whenever we are afraid, what is it a sign of?
• 29/T-2.VI.2:10, 3:2-7; 30/T-2.VI.5:8-9

b. Who is responsible for the correction of fear?
• 29/T-2.VI.4:1

c. How does fear cause strain?
• 29/T-2.VI.5:1-end, 29/T-2.VI.6:6-end

16.What must you realize to spare yourself from fear?
• 30/T-2.VI.9:1-end

17. Application: People often try to change what they do, from eating better and losing weight to being more kind and friendly. But ACIM advises us NOT to focus on our behaviors but instead on our thinking because what we do comes from what we think (29/T-2.VI.2:7). In your life, how might you change your thinking to bring about changes in your own behavior?

A Course in Miracles Study Guide covers a two-year study of the ACIM Text. Each week I will post questions related to the reading for the week that might be helpful to study groups or for individual study.

01/19/2025

Questions for Study Week #4

A Course in Miracles Study Guide includes a two-year study of the ACIM Text. Each week I will post questions related to the reading for the week that might be helpful to study groups or for individual study.

Study Week #4 | Chapter 1: The Meaning of Miracles
Section VI. The Illusion of Needs

10.What is the only lack that we need to correct?
13/T-1.VI.1:3-2:2

11. ACIM explains that we made fear, and we believe in what we made. Explain why all aspects of fear are untrue and why perfect love casts out fear.
14/T-1.VI.4:1-5:10
Section VII. Distortions of Miracle Impulses

12.What is the difference between miracle impulses and physical impulses and what is the body’s true usefulness?
15/T-1.VII.1:1-end
15/T-1.VII.2:1-end

13.What are fantasies and what makes them become totally unnecessary?
15/T-1.VII.3:1-7
15/T-1.VII.3:8-11

14. Application: ACIM says that it is a course in mind training (16/T-1.VII.4:1). What do you believe the Course is trying to train your mind to do and why it is so important for your mind to do it?
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01/12/2025

Questions for Study Week #3
A Course in Miracles Study Guide includes a two-year study of the ACIM Text. Each week I will post questions related to the reading for the week that might be helpful to study groups or for individual study.

Study Week #3 | Chapter 1: The Meaning of Miracles

Section III. Atonement and Miracles
5. What is the Atonement and what does Jesus have to do with it?
• 8/T-1.III.1:1-4; 10/T-1.III.5:7, 6:1-end

Section IV. The Escape from Darkness
6. What are the two stages of the escape from darkness?
• 11/T-1.IV.1:1-end

7. What is the purpose of the Atonement?
• 11/T-1.IV.3:4-end

Section V. Wholeness and Spirit
8. What is the Course’s meaning for the two biblical quotes, “Except you become as little children…” and “God is not mocked”?
• 12/T-1.V.3:1-6
• 13/T-1.V.4:1-5:2

9. Application: Read 9/T-1.III.2:3-4. Remembering who we are and who our brothers are is a key component in our return to God. What are the things in your life that can help you remember that you are wholly lovable and wholly loving?

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01/05/2025

A Course in Miracles Study Guide includes a two-year study of the ACIM Text. Each week I will post questions related to the reading for the week that might be helpful to study groups or for individual study.
Here are this week’s questions.
Study Week #2 | Chapter 1: The Meaning of Miracles
Section II. Revelation, Time, and Miracles
1. Name at least three ways in which revelation and miracles differ.
• 7/T-1.II.1:1-6, 2:1-end, 3:1-3
2. The voice of ACIM makes “I” statements. Based on the statements, who is the voice, and what does the voice state is the difference between you and Him?
• 7/T-1.II.3:7-5:2
3. How is it that miracles are able to minimize the need for time?
• 8/T-1.II.6:1-end
4. Application: As you look back on your life, what lesson can you identify that you have clearly learned that, as a result, makes it unnecessary to have experiences to relearn the lesson?

(Questions are from A Course in Miracles Study Guide, a resource for study groups and individual study www.ACIMStudyGuide.com)