ACIM Movie Gathering (Midnight In Paris) 1/14/24

Join Brian & Alexandra in this
A COURSE IN MIRACLES movie gathering ✨🎥✨
We’ll be watching: ✨Midnight in Paris✨.

Format:
4:30-4:35: Logistical announcements,
4:35-7:25: Keynote setup, featured movie with ACIM commentary and teachings.
7:25- 8:15pm: Group discussion, official end of gathering.

Gil Pender (Owen Wilson), is a Hollywood screenwriter turned novelist. He and his fiancé Inez (Rachel McAdams) are in Paris on a vacation with her parents. None of them are really getting along well. What could possibly go wrong, when Inez runs into her college crush, while Gil steps into an antique Peugeot precisely at midnight, opening up a time portal to the 1920’s scene in Paris? What might Gil learn about himself and his relationship, from the famous artists and writers of that time? And what might ACIM teach us on this adventure with Gil?

What makes this a delightful teaching movie is that we'll open with Gil to asking for guidance and following the heart, instead of compromising our lives according to what we think is best for us. Isn’t it typical ego thinking, to confuse following our heart with some form of defeating compromise? Thus in this tantalizing tale, we'll explore not selling out for what we think we should do, and open with Gil, to step toward what inspires us instead.

But like Gil, inspiration for anyone of us means letting the past go, including our plans for how we insist our future should go. Isn’t that the key to what makes our relationships satisfying and intimate? Our “safe" ideas about the future are bound by fear, until we choose to follow our intuition and let a new pathway open before us. Our launching point for this class is wonderfully expressed in this quote from ACIM:

"There is no problem in any situation that faith will not solve. ²There is no shift in any aspect of the problem but will make solution impossible…. Is it not possible that all your problems have been solved, but you have removed yourself from the solution?" [CE T-17.VII.4]

The take home value of our class will be a budding recognition that:
God would not have put the remedy for sickness where it cannot help. That is the way your mind has worked, but hardly His. He wants you to be healed, so He has kept the source of healing where the need for healing lies. [CE W-70.4:1-3]

Let’s open our minds to the remedy and stop trying to escape from our difficulties! What a blessed way to take another giant stride together.

May we all blossom into whole mind and shine like the sun,
Brian & Alexandra✨💞✨🙏

Please note:
Conscious movie watching is not primarily about entertainment.
And it has nothing to do with movie critique. It’s about becoming
proficient in mind watching and honest feeling. Expect ample time
devoted to the teachings of ACIM in conjunction with the movie.
We will pause the movie at some points to share ideas and bring light
to the topics at hand. Please settle in before hand with minimal distractions.

We accept and appreciate donations if you feel inspired! This is a free gathering.
We use all donations toward our mission of bringing peace.

Venmo: Brian Theard @teachonlylove
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