Anxiety sucks, but it can be a catalyst for massive spiritual growth. In this interview on “ACIM Hangout” I share my journey through anxiety and the hard core teachings of “A Course in Miracles” that helped me kick anxiety out the door.
One of my ego’s favorite ways to hook my attention has been through fears of sickness. Worrying about the health of my body has been an ego pattern that has accompanied me throughout most of my life. “The god of sickness” (which the Course says is really a belief in nothing) is something that I’ve chased and looked for my whole life. To hear Corinne talk about this experience on a recent ACIM study group Read more…
After having struggled with anxiety for many years, I’m a big fan of inner peace. A HUGE fan. I’ve found that simplicity breeds peace, so naturally, I like to keep things simple. I have only one New Year’s resolution, which is actually not about New Year’s at all. It is about the way that I choose to live my life, every day of every year. Taking this one step has brought more peace to my Read more…
“…the truth is true and nothing else is true.” – A Course in Miracles (ACIM) We need this reminder often, especially this week after the horrific tragedies of the Sandy Hook, CT shootings. Such an event turns all of our worlds upside down, as a massacre of young children and heroic women violates every law we expect that the world would follow. And it is through feeling our world turned upside down, that we are Read more…
Nov 212012
This Thanksgiving, I am committed to pausing and remembering Truth throughout the day. Although I’m committed to this practice EVERY day, this holiday is another opportunity to put the Course into ACTION. Together, we can practice the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for what we REALLY are in truth. We are love, we are light, and we are not limited to a pile of clay (aka a body!). “Praying to Christ Read more…
When I heard that we were going to get hit by a mutant hurricane in late October, I never would have guessed it would have been as devastating to the Jersey shore and other areas as it was. Although we made adequate enough preparations for Hurricane Sandy and remained safe in our house, I was not prepared to have all forms of communication down (my landline, cell phone, internet, and television), a potential long-term power Read more…
What do unexplained nervousness and a grudge have in common? These feelings taught me a powerful lesson. By refusing to let go of a grudge, I was not only holding the other person to their body and ego, but I was holding myself to my own body and ego. Once I became willing to see the grudge differently, I was no longer holding myself to my own ego, and the nervousness fell away.
ACIM Q&A Day: “Why does the ego feel so hard to overcome?” The answer to this question can be a tough one to swallow: Because we want it. We want the ego because it is our ticket to feeling special and separate, and the body is the chosen home of the ego (T-23.I.3). Although we might intellectually get the Course teaching that we are not our bodies and that our ego is nothing, if we Read more…
Do you ever wake up feeling like fear is gripping you around the neck? Or do you wake up feeling an unshakable sense of peace? I’ve experienced both. I have found that early mornings are a time when my “guard” is down. If I have even the slightest amount of fear coming up, I am most easily going to feel it in the morning as I am waking up. This is a time when we Read more…
On a recent ACIM study group call, we were discussing the idea from the Course that there is no karma, meaning that Spirit is not keeping score on what you do in order to bring on some sort of retribution later. Instead, in this instant, we are choosing to listen to either the ego or the Holy Spirit. And whichever voice we choose to listen to NOW, we call forth experiences which justify our choice Read more…
Aug 222012
ACIM Q&A Day: How do we learn to listen to the Holy Spirit’s voice? The Course is very clear that “the ego always speaks first” (T-6.IV.1). For me, the ego is loud, and it usually has a sense of urgency to it (“you better take care of this NOW or else!!”). The Course also says that the “The Holy Spirit does not speak first, but He always answers“ (T-6.IV.3). How then can we differentiate between the Read more…
Aug 152012
As students of “A Course in Miracles” we “get” the whole idea that the body isn’t real and that this is all an illusion. But if you’re like me, I wake up everyday thinking that I am Corinne and that I am limited to an existence in a body. “Getting” the idea of this world being an illusion is often an intellectual understanding – the “knowing” comes as we LIVE the Course. For my 35th Read more…
Aug 082012
“Choosing love” is a popular thought lately. We want to “choose to see with love” instead of fear, instead of pain, and instead of conflict. Sounds lovely! But what does this actually mean? Several years ago, I was walking a 5-mile trail during a rather crowded day, and I decided that I wanted to “choose love” and “bless” everyone who walked by. With every person who passed me, I smiled and silently said, “bless you” Read more…
I’ve never considered myself to have social anxiety, but there are definitely times when I feel more outgoing than others. I’m naturally on the quiet side. I took the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (a personality indicator) years ago when I was in college. I scored a strong “E” for extroverted. I “recharged my battery” by interacting with other people and being social. After embarking on an inward journey, developing a meditation routine, and developing a Read more…
As I wrote about in my previous post, I have abundant opportunities to put ACIM into practice in my life. A situation recently arose again where I had a choice: Do I want to be right or happy? Based on my previous experience, why stop forgiving when I’m on a roll? While in a conversation with a close person in my life, this person told me something that seemingly contradicted what they had previously told Read more…
I have recently been learning a great deal about what it really means to live “A Course in Miracles.” I’ve been specifically learning the difference between repeating the Course to myself as a reassurance, versus actually putting the principles into action when my ego is in my face, screaming for me to do something. Today’s post is about an experience that was very profound for me. When you focus on the Holy Spirit, Love looks Read more…
Question: Other people’s egos appear to be knocking on my ego’s door, wanting it to come out and play – GRRR! I have been speaking my truth with two people in my life and their egos have just been ripping me apart. One person is completely ignoring me and the other person is attacking me in their words. All in all, I am sending this to the Holy Spirit – yet it does effect me. I Read more…
Go to page 1 | 2 In this second post, I’m helping my friend Annie deal with her “job ick,” consisting of an unhappy work environment in a restaurant, with roaches in the kitchen. I challenge her to really look at how this situation is coming from her own mind in PART 1 (read it first). Here is Part 2, the continuation of our emails: On Sat, Feb 26, at 5:27 PM, Corinne Zupko wrote: You are Read more…
I am fortunate to have a loving, beautiful friend who also is really into “A Course in Miracles.” As long as I’ve known Annie, she has struggled with every job she gets – she feels that there is usually something wrong with it, which often leads her to bounce around from job to job. Jobs end up being loaded with conflict between Annie and her supervisor or coworkers, so Annie quits. Annie has been a Course Read more…
Question: “I don’t understand how forgiveness in the Course is different than blaming the victim. I know that abusive people can, and have, misused the Course and other spiritual teachings to act from ego and hurt others. However, I still see in the Course amongst its teachers that the person who was hurt must then forgive by “accepting that what you thought happened, didn’t” and realizing that one “chose to hurt oneself through the abuser” Read more…
