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ACIM with Alison Anton
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In each episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast, author Alison Anton takes you on a quick dive into deep topics from A Course in Miracles. Weekly episodes are under 20 minutes, designed to expand your spiritual understanding of ACIM principles and help you align with Jesus and the Holy Spirit as your Guides for a new or renewed daily Course practice. alisonanton.substack.com

  1. 10h ago

    ACIM | How to Read the Text of A Course in Miracles

    In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast, Alison Anton provides detailed guidance on how to approach the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM). She explores the fundamental reasons for taking on this monumental task, and explains how methodical study of the text can lead to transformative experiences. Alison shares tips on reading section by section, and underscores the value of applying the text's lessons to daily life by giving practical advice for maintaining a consistent study routine. This episode serves as a prelude to her ACIM Book Club text reading program: AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith & Spirituality Podcast Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction and Opening Quote 00:40 The Big Why: Importance of Reading the Text 02:22 Transformative Power of the Text 05:37 How to Read the Course Text Effectively 06:13 Understanding the Structure of the Text 09:47 Tips for Deep and Engaged Reading 15:50 Applying the Course to Daily Life 20:42 Final Thoughts and 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, CircleofA.org You cannot enter into real relationship with any of God’s Sons unless you love them all, and equally. Love is not special. If you single out part of the Sonship for your love, you are imposing guilt on all your relationships and making them unreal. I can love only as You love. I will seek not to love unlike You, for there is no love apart from Yours. Until I recognize that this is true, I will have no idea what love is like. [ACIM CE T-13.XI.11:1-3] You do not see what you have done by giving to the world the role of jailer to the Son of God. What could it be but vicious and afraid, fearful of shadows, punitive and wild, lacking all reason, blind, insane, and sad? [ACIM CE W-191.1:3-4] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  2. Jul 31

    ACIM | Stay the Course

    In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast, Alison Anton discusses approaching 'A Course in Miracles' as a long-term study rather than a spiritual self-help book. She emphasizes the need for dedicated reading and understanding the Text in its sequential order to avoid ego diversion tactics. Alison explains how the Workbook also builds on the foundational concepts laid out in the Text, and encourages listeners to stay committed to the Course's comprehensive plan to achieve spiritual growth and healing. Scroll for ACIM prayers and quotes cited in this episode. Episode Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to the ForgiveNest Podcast 01:27 Understanding the Course's Purpose 03:06 Challenges in Studying the Course 03:46 Approaching the Course as a Serious Study 06:09 The Importance of Sequential Study 10:09 Timing and Versions of the Course 11:54 Personal Connection and Overcoming Ego Diversions 13:53 Concluding Prayer and Final Thoughts Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion 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, CircleofA.org It would be very intelligent of you to set yourself the goal of really studying for this course. There can be no doubt of the wisdom of this decision, for any student who wants to pass it. [ACIM CE T-4.VII.10:1-2]  Meaningful seeking is consciously undertaken, consciously organized, and consciously directed. The goal must be formulated clearly and kept in mind. [ACIM CE T-4.VII.8:2-3] I have made every effort to use words which are almost impossible to distort, but human beings are very inventive when it comes to twisting symbols around. [ACIM CE T-3.III.6:3] Steady our feet, our Father; let our doubts be quiet and our holy minds be still, and speak to us. We have no words to give to You. We would but listen to Your Word and make it ours. Lead our practicing as does a father lead a little child along a way he does not understand. Yet does he follow, sure that he is safe because his father leads the way for him.  So do we bring our practicing to You. And if we stumble, You will raise us up. If we forget the way, we count upon Your sure remembering. We wander off, but You will not forget to call us back. Quicken our footsteps now, that we may walk more certainly and quickly unto You. And we accept the Word You offer us to unify our practicing, as we review the thoughts that You have given us.[ACIM CE W-Re.5.In.1-3]  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

    ACIM | Stay the Course

  3. Jul 9

    ACIM Meditation | How to Work with Pain and Emotion

    Alison Anton of the ForgiveNest Podcast presents a guided ACIM-based meditation to work with emotion, pain and reactions by bringing awareness into the body while remembering the body is not the self but an instrument for healing. The practice helps listeners consciously activate grief/sadness, anger/frustration, and finally a chosen area of physical pain, using a “mental story” to evoke the feeling and then dropping the narrative to focus on raw bodily sensation (location, texture, temperature, feeling). Participants are invited to notice underlying fear and guilt, take Jesus’ hand, and use Course-based statements, with options to pause if overwhelmed. Timestamps: 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:37 Body Awareness Basics 03:02 Opening Statement Practice 05:01 Grief and Sadness Exercise 12:08 Meet Fear with Jesus 15:43 Transition to Anger 17:29 Anger and Frustration Exercise 22:49 Choose Peace Instead 26:29 Physical Pain Exercise 34:31 Fear Behind the Pain 41:19 Closing and Encouragement Previous in this Series: Part 1: The Authority Problem - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-all-emotion-part Part 2: Attack on the "Other" - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-emotion-pt-2-attack Part 3: Fear is a Many Splintered Thing - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-emotion-pt-3-fear Part 4: Facing Fear Without Disguise -  Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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.  Be not afraid of this journey into fear, for it is not your destination. And we will walk through it in safety, for peace is not far and you will be led in its light. [ACIM CE T-12.III.4:5-6] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  4. Jul 9

    ACIM | The Root of Emotion, Pt 4, Facing Fear Without Disguise

    https://AlisonAnton.substack.com - Alison Anton of the ForgiveNest Podcast outlines a guided meditation for working with emotions as a deeper application of ACIM lessons. She explains the “correction of fear” steps from A Course in Miracles to identify any afflicted emotion as fear. She then explains how separating the emotion from the thought that goes with it breaks an underlying cycle that keeps us in a reactionary state. The same process can be used for physical pain, and she notes a future deeper-dive program on these practices and Course-based forgiveness. Episode Timestamps: 00:00 Facing Fear Intro 00:30 Series Context Setup 01:00 Emotions As Workbook Practice 01:56 Who This Practice Is For 02:53 Step One Name Fear 04:12 Resistance And Projection 05:15 Trigger Emotion Then Drop Story 09:25 Raw Sensation Inquiry 10:03 Glimpses Of Peace 12:58 Replace Story With Lesson 14:00 Timing Safety Touch And Go 15:25 Apply To Physical Pain 17:00 Meditation Link Closing Previous in this Series: Part 1: The Authority Problem - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-all-emotion-part Part 2: Attack on the "Other" - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-emotion-pt-2-attack Part 3: Fear is a Many Splintered Thing - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-emotion-pt-3-fear Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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.  … we have repeatedly emphasized the need to recognize fear and face it without disguise as a crucial step in the undoing of the ego. [ACIM CE T-12.II.1:5]  Be not afraid of this journey into fear, for it is not your destination. And we will walk through it in safety, for peace is not far and you will be led in its light. [ACIM CE T-12.III.4:5-6] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  5. Jul 1

    ACIM | The Root of Emotion, Pt 3, Fear is a Many Splintered Thing

    Alison Anton of the ForgiveNest Podcast continues her Course-based series “The Root of All Emotion” by focusing on fear as rooted in the original “attack thought” that seeks autonomy and separation from oneness. She explains projection as a fragmented perception that generates fear and guilt, which fragments further outward and multiplies into many afflicted emotions (e.g., rage, grief, jealousy, depression), reinforcing the illusion of attack… unless someone chooses to stop. Using a visual of projection as an empty shell, Alison notes that external reality reflects attack thoughts placed in the mind’s screen. She then outlines training methods: meditating by conjuring emotions via recall, and responding to temptation as emotions arise, using meditation to recognize and change the underlying thought so emotions lose their seeming substance. From there, peace becomes accessible, with Jesus’ guidance. Previous in this Series: Part 1: The Authority Problem - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-all-emotion-part Part 2: Attack on the "Other" - https://alisonanton.substack.com/p/acim-the-root-of-emotion-pt-2-attack Episode Timestamps: 00:00 Fear And Fragmentation 01:23 Series Setup And Recap 02:45 Projection Creates The Other 04:08 Fear Fragments Into Many Forms 06:52 Stopping The Attack Cycle 07:57 Projection Sphere Visual 11:23 Rewriting The Inner Script 12:45 Meditation To Meet Emotions 15:10 Response To Temptation 16:44 Transmute Thoughts Beneath Emotion 18:13 Peace Underneath Fear 19:40 Closing And Next Episode Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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.  Fear is both a fragmented and fragmenting emotion. It seems to take many forms, and each seems to require a different form of acting out for satisfaction. [ACIM CE T-18.I.3:3-4] You are the Kingdom of Heaven… [ACIM CE T-5.II.13:1] …you can make an empty shell, but cannot make nothing at all. This emptiness provides the screen for the misuse of projection. [ACIM CE T-2.II.3:3-4] Each of your perceptions of “external reality” is a pictorial representation of your own attack thoughts. [ACIM CE W-23.3:2]  You will become increasingly aware that a slight twinge of annoyance is nothing but a veil drawn over intense fury. [ACIM CE W-21.2:5] I could see peace instead of this [ACIM CE W-34:1]  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  6. Jun 18

    ACIM | The Root of Emotion, Pt 2, Attack On the "Other"

    Alison Anton of the ForgiveNest Podcast continues her ACIM-based series “The Root of All Emotion,” focusing on attack thoughts as projection. Alison states that projection requires guilt and an “other”, first projected onto God, then displaced onto people and situations to hide deep intrapersonal guilt that sustains fear, time, and a cycle of punishment. She describes emotions as mind-generated thoughts, translated through the subtle and gross body as feeling and emotion as we know it. Alison previews the next episodes on how emotions present themselves in the body, and what to do with them. Episode TImestamps: 00:00 Opening Quote and Intro 00:35 One Emotion Fear 01:24 Separation and Samsara 02:03 Why It Happened 03:34 Part One Recap 06:14 Denial Takes Energy 07:17 Attack Thoughts Explained 08:21 Projection Needs Other 09:32 Guilt and Punishment Loop 11:20 World as Attack Picture 15:10 Emotions in the Body 16:08 Next Episode and Wrap Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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.  You do not realize the enormous waste of energy which you expend in denying truth. [ACIM CE T-9.I.12:3] The world I see… is a picture of attack on everything and by everything. … It is my own attack thoughts which give rise to this picture. [ACIM CE W-55.2:2-5] How can I know who I am when I see myself as under constant attack? Pain, illness, loss, age, and death seem to threaten me. All my hopes and wishes and plans seem to be at the mercy of a world I cannot control. [ACIM CE W-56.1:2-4] Guilt feelings are the preservers of time. They induce fears of future retaliation or abandonment, and thus ensure that the future will remain like the present. [ACIM CE T-5.VI.17:1-2] Know first this is fear. [ACIM CE T-2.IX.12:3] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  7. Jun 11

    ACIM | The Root of Emotion, Pt 1, The Authority Problem

    Alison Anton introduces a ForgiveNest Podcast series on emotion in the body through the lens of A Course in Miracles, arguing that emotions are expressions of a deeper, intentional chain of “miscreation” in the mind. In part one, she frames a three-part miscreation process: a driving thought of arrogance (wanting to be the author of oneself and reality rather than accepting being created by God), a will toward ignorance (choosing to obscure or forget God and true identity), and volition expressed as ‘attack thoughts’. These attack thoughts generate guilt, fear, and an expectation of punishment, underpinning projection, the idea of “the other,” and the illusion of bodies. She previews part two on projection and presents forgiveness as the solution. Timestamps 00:00 Emotion and the Body 01:49 Why This Matters 04:12 Miscreation Framework 05:58 Arrogance as the Root 09:19 Will to Ignore Truth 12:44 Attack Thoughts Begin 15:07 Cycle of Guilt and Fear 16:46 Recap and Next Steps 19:55 Closing and Part Two Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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 Son would not accept the fact that although he was a creator, he had been created. [ACIM CE T-10.V.4:2]   There is no part of Heaven you can take and weave into illusions. Nor is there one illusion you can enter Heaven with. [ACIM CE T-22.III.8:3-4] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

  8. Jun 4

    ACIM Meditation | Healing Our Punishment of the Body

    Alison Anton from the ForgiveNest Podcast guides a meditation aimed at healing “attack thoughts” used to punish the body that are linked to physical illness. Alison emphasizes in this meditation that the body can be transformed by the Holy Spirit into an instrument for healing. She briefly describes two Course-based causes of sickness: the body as a device made to obscure God and the Kingdom, and the guilt-driven punishment thoughts projected onto oneself and others. The practice emphasizes that the body is not the self, but invites participants to notice how condemning thoughts affect the body. The meditation concludes by extending healing to someone else, using the affirmation “I allow my body to be an instrument of Your healing”. Timestamps 00:00 Healing Meditation Setup 00:36 Course View of Sickness 02:02 Body Reinterpreted by Spirit 03:10 Settle In and Breathe 04:53 Body as Neutral Instrument 08:06 Spotting Attack Thoughts 10:07 Return to Light and Willingness 13:51 Extend Healing to Another 20:54 Closing Blessing and Return Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality  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 was not made by love. But love does not condemn it and can use it lovingly, respecting what the Son of God has made and using it to save him from illusions. Would you not have the instruments of separation reinterpreted as means for salvation and used for purposes of love? [ACIM CE T-18.VI.4:5-7] Health is the natural state of anything whose interpretation is left to the Holy Spirit, Who perceives no attack on anything. Health is the result of relinquishing all attempts to use the body lovelessly. It is the beginning of the proper perspective on life, under the guidance of the one Teacher Who knows what life is, being the Voice for Life Itself. [ACIM CE T-8.VII.13:4-6] Let [the body] have healing as its purpose. Then will it send forth the message it received, and by its health and loveliness proclaim the truth and value that it represents. [ACIM CE T-27.I.11:4-7] Father, I allow my body to be an instrument of Your healing. This is Your way of making unlimited what I have limited. In this sense my body becomes a temple to You, because Your Voice abides in it by directing the use to which I put it. [based on ACIM CE T-8.VI.10:4-7] Remember that the Holy Spirit interprets the body only as a means of communication. … The ego separates through the body. The Holy Spirit reaches through it to others. [ACIM CE T-8.VI.2:1-4] If you use the body for this and only for this, you cannot use it for attack. In the service of uniting, it becomes a beautiful lesson in communion, which has value until communion is. [ACIM CE T-8.VI.3:5-6] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alisonanton.substack.com

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In each episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast, author Alison Anton takes you on a quick dive into deep topics from A Course in Miracles. Weekly episodes are under 20 minutes, designed to expand your spiritual understanding of ACIM principles and help you align with Jesus and the Holy Spirit as your Guides for a new or renewed daily Course practice. alisonanton.substack.com

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