A Must Listen

This book brings the course to ‘life’ for me. I study ACIM, it brings me peace, however Alan Cohen animates its principles in a way that you just know this is truly an attainable way of life. Thank you!

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Overall Experience

I have now both read and listened to this book and feel prepared to actually study the Course without judgement or expectations. ❤️

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Fantastic application of ACIM

This is wonderful clarification and reinforcement of many of the principles, and a better understanding on ACIM. I have many of Marianne Williamson‘s books audio and tapes and this is a new refreshing approach. I love his many quotes from and definitions from many other philosophers, poets, and eastern teachers. What a great find.

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Best Book I’ve Ever Read

If you’re in a place in life where all you see are the things going wrong and this is the book for you. They pulled me out of my purse and paint my life for the better. I will read this book again and again over the course of my life I’m sure of it.

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Another ACIM based book which falls short for me...

Truthfully, it was hard for me to make it all the way through this book, though I persevered and finally finished it. It is not the first ACIM based book I have read. There were many concepts and “teachings” contained in this book which I believe to be quite beneficial, authentic and wise - most, if not all, of which I have already encountered via other sources and resources; however, I often (or typically) seem to find some elements in ACIM teachings which feel somehow arrogant to me and so far in my exposure to ACIM certainly do not address all areas of inquiry about this human life and the purpose of certain experiences from a spiritual perspective. And, though Alan Cohen I imagine to be a very kind, loving and well-intentioned person, some of his personal/professional stories recounted here seemed like an odd pat on the back for himself or someone else - or even subtle or not so subtle self marketing....even if that was unintended, that was my experience of it - possibly better editing could have assisted there. And perhaps for me, there is simply too much Christianity based terminology/dogma for my tastes in ACIM - meaning too much religion based terminology/concepts. I am definitely not anti-Christian as I certainly believe in and honor Jesus as a master spiritual teacher - that is one reason why the arrogance I seem to experience in ACIM is off-putting since Jesus - said to be the source of these teachings - (to my knowledge and perception) Jesus was a humble man/teacher & mentor who truly taught only love ultimately. And that is a message contained in this book which does resonate with me. In any case, I feel this book and ACIM do have positive concepts to impart - from which many will benefit - and hopefully that is what is most important. But also hopefully readers will explore multiple beneficial spiritual sources & resources to have a broader all around perspective. I have never been able so far to bring myself to dive into the actual ACIM material and I attribute that fact to the overwhelming amount of content as well as the ACIM based books I have read that do not fully resonate for me. Perhaps the actual material would deliver a different experience for me regarding the ACIM teachings - or perhaps not... There is other channeled spiritual information available which resonates more authentically for me. And, ultimately, I believe in finding the spiritual sources that more closely align for each individual will be most beneficial for them while always embracing both genuine openness and discernment - and as long as those teachings are heart-centered, are from love and teach love. 💜. Ahh, earth school is always here to teach us one way or another while we are in these human bodies!

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So good!

I absolutely loved the stories and explanations throughout this amazing book! Well read too. So glad to have it!

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Listening is powerful

I read this book and it was very meaningful for me. After a year or so I thought I’d like to listen to it and I must say there is something deeply powerful about the spoken word and that is the case with this book. Well worth reading and listening to.

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so helpful, so beautiful

Will return to this one again and again. it is a true gift from God .

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Parables / storytelling to illustrate basics

I found this book engaging and it has inspired me to pick up the Bible again. I looked at it in the first place because it had great reviews. It seems the majority of complaints is about the author giving specific anecdotes from his life, from friends or students.'

This was exactly what I enjoy!

It is not a bullet points 'cliffs notes' of ACIM but you can get that out of the stories.

I will re-listen!

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Very Watered Down

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I was looking forward to listening after hearing the audio bit on here, bc Alan Cohen is a good narrator and I wanted to ease into ACIM. BUT then I saw, it was published by HayHouse, ... became a little reluctant but went ahead with it. Listened to an hour, and it's very HayHouse-y - I just find HayHouse audiobooks to be about 25% good solid material (at best!, usually it's a lot less), with the rest being filler. There's not enough 'meat' so I start zoning out. This book is no exception, unfortunately. There are a VERY few exceptions (like Anita Moorjani's Dying to Be Me). But this sadly wasn't one of those...

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