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Summer Break; commentary on manual-17

5/30/2022

I've posted the commentary on Manual for Teachers, Chapter 17: "How Do God’s Teachers Deal with Their Pupils’ Thoughts of Magic?" We will study this tomorrow, Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

This will be our final meeting before the summer break, June thru August. Meetings will resume the Tuesday after Labor Day (first Tuesday in September). I intend for meetings from September onward to be hybrid meetings, that is, in person at Unity of Portland as before, plus on Zoom for remote students.

Commentary posted for Manual chapter 16

5/18/2022

I have posted a commentary for Chapter 16 of the Manual for Teachers, "How Should the Teacher of God Spend His Day?"

Next Tuesday, May 24, 2022, we will study this section, probably with some reference also to the appendices sent with the commentary on chapters 14 & 15, "The Process of Changing Thoughts" and "Review I Introduction." Our final meeting before summer break will be on May 31.

Here is a direct link to download the new commentary.
Download File

commentary posted on Chapters 14 & 15 of the Manual for teachers

5/6/2022

I have posted a commentary for Manual chapters 14 & 15: "How Will the World End?" and "Is Each One to be Judged in the End?" The commentary also includes two appendices: "The Process of Changing Thoughts?" and "Review I Introduction" comments.

Our next class on Tuesday, May 10 at 10:00 AM PDT. We will study Chapter 13, "What Is the Real Meaning of Sacrifice?"

Commentary posted on "What is the REal meaning of sacrifice?" (M-13)

4/27/2022

Today I posted the commentary on the Manual, Chapter 13, "What Is the Real Meaning of Sacrifice?"
As I mentioned recently in an email message, I have postponed running these commentaries through grammar checking software because I was having difficulty keeping up the pace week after week. So, if you notice typos or poor grammar, don't bother to tell me. It will get fixed later, and I'll post an update.
I expect to cover this section after finishing Chapter 12 in our next Zoom meeting on May 3.

Video recording problems

4/12/2022

While I have recorded the last two sessions of our Zoom meetings, I am having difficulty editing them. They have been broken into two or three segments each time, and I have been trying to use the iMovie application on my Mac to patch them together. I've never used the app before, and I'm having trouble figuring it out! (Much to my surprise.) So nothing is available for anyone to download.
The time I have for writing is limited by many things, and I cannot afford, right now, to take time away from writing to work on the recordings. I'm not sure when, if ever, that is going to happen. My apologies...Since my hard drive got wiped I have not been able to recreate the environment and procedures that were getting the recordings done previously.

Commentary on Manual Chapters 9 & 10 posted

4/2/2022

I've posted a commentary covering two chapters of the Manual, 9 and 10. The topics are:
9. Are Changes Required in the Life Situation of God's Teachers?
10. How Is Judgment Relinquished?
Our next class on Tuesday, 04/05/2022, will be on Chapter 8, "How Can the Perception of Order of Difficulty in Miracles Be Avoided?"

Computer woes; updated commentary

3/27/2022

I've been delayed in my writing and posting commentaries. I have been without a Mac computer for the last ten days. Only 2 years old, the screen on my MacBook Air went totally dark, requiring a trip to the Apple store for diagnosis, shipping it out for repair, and a trip back to pick it up a week later. I won't detail all that has happened since; I'll just say I've had to restore everything from a backup (Always have up-to-date backups!) and reinstall the OS. So far I have not lost any files, but I've lost most of my customizations that make work quicker for me. I'm back in business, tweaking things as I go.

ALSO, I just uploaded an updated copy of the commentary on the Manual for Teachers, Chapter 5, Sections I and II. No actual change to content, I just applied the correct formatting to the paragraphs in Section II, Paragraph 5 comments.

COMMENTARY ON MANUAL CHAPTER 8 POSTED

2/25/2022

I've posted a new commentary on Chapter 8 of the Manual, "How Can the Perception of Orders of Difficulty in Healing Be Avoided?".
This coming Tuesday, March 1, 2022, we will resume our study via Zoom with Chapters 4 or 5 of the Manual. See the "Manual for Teachers" link on the website's menu bar on the lefthand side.

three new commentaries posted

2/16/2022

I have posted commentaries on the Manual for Teachers, Chapter 5 Section III, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7.
Our Zoom study group will resume on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, from 10:00 AM to Noon, Pacific Time.

commentary on Manual Chapter 5, parts I and II, posted

1/24/2022

I've posted a long commentary on Manual Chapter 5, "How Is Healing Accomplished?" It covers Sections I and II, "The Perceived Purpose of Sickness" and "The Shift in Perception." Section III, "The Function of the Teacher of God," is currently being worked on.

Delay of meetings: I am continuing the delay of our Zoom meetings until I finish this commentary plus Chapters 6 & 7 (both short). Being a caretaker/support person while my wife recuperates is still demanding a lot of my time, and recovery from shoulder surgery is slow (but steady). Things will probably be back to normal in a week or two, and by then I should be able to get ahead with writing and resume our meetings. I am still shooting for Feb. 15 or 22. I'll let you know as soon as I am certain.

Author: allen watson

I lead a weekly study group in A Course in Miracles at Unity Church of Portland. I formerly worked with Robert Perry in The Circle of Atonement, a teaching and healing organization focused on A Course in Miracles and based in Sedona, Arizona. Prior to that I worked as a computer programmer, trainer, system manager, and consultant on VAX/VMS computers. I'm now retired, still writing, and living in Portland with my wife, Peggy Baldwin, enjoying genealogy and Bible study as hobbies.

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