Christmas
Edited transcript of YouTube video presented by
Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.
Edited transcript of YouTube video presented by
Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.
An interesting phenomenon of A Course in Miracles is that at
different times during Helen's scribing of the Course it was during holiday
seasons, particularly at Christmas, Easter, and New Year's. As Helen was
scribing and these seasons approached, Jesus was integrating the major theme of
whatever it was he was discussing, whether it was in the Workbook or the Text,
and integrated this with symbolism of the season. For example, at the beginning
of Chapter 20, one finds references to the Easter season, in fact the first
section of Chapter 20 is "Holy Week." When it comes to Christmas,
there are two places where this occurs. One is in the Workbook, Lesson 303,
"The holy Christ is born in me today," and near the end of Chapter
15. I thought I would read one of the particularly lovely brief passages that
relate to Christmas. It is Chapter 15, Section XI, paragraph 2:
"The sign of Christmas is a
star, a light in darkness. See it not outside yourself, but shining in the
Heaven within, and accept it as the sign the time of Christ has come."
