Gary Renard Podcast - ep041

Episode 41: January 2011… The first podcast of the New Year! Gary begins by telling Gene and the listeners about some of his recent travels, including his first trip to South America, including Argentina! He talks about how the Course is becoming more popular all the time in the countries he and Cindy visit. Gary discusses how the beginning of a new year is a wonderful time to re-commit to one's study of A Course in Miracles, and also mentions his own recent experiences in this regard. Gary asks Gene to discuss his (Gene's) rather severe recent episode of vertigo, which has persisted for several days at the time of this podcast recording. After Gene describes his experiences, Gary addresses the fact that these kinds of physical symptoms can be the direct result of one's spiritual growth and progress, and reads several selections from the Course that directly speak to this kind of phenomena. Gary then announces that Arten and Pursah had just visited him the day before this podcast recording was made! They have given him material which is "the icing on the cake" for his fourth book (and Gary says yes, he knows that people are still awaiting his third book, and that he'll have an announcement about that soon!) Gary then talks about the Course as it relates to the "New Year", and reads two paragraphs from the Course that address this time of year. Then, it's time for "Questions for Gary." First up: how does a person practice forgiveness, and see someone as pure and innocent, if they murdered a member of your family? Next: how can we truly "live" our lives from a Course perspective, and not appear to be a "nutter" (as our listener put it) to everyone else in the world? Is it possible for ourselves to operate quietly within the Course's thought system, without trying to foist it upon others? Gary closes out this first show of the new year with some thoughts from the Course regarding, "making this year different by making it all the same"… as in, seeing everything and everyone as being in reality the One perfect creation of God, without separation.