A Course in Miracles for Badassess: A Starter Kit for Rewiring the World

by Pam Grout

A new interpretation of this beloved yet notoriously dense text, infused with irreverent humour as well as respectful purpose.
Ask for a show of hands at any self-help gathering, and 95 percent will happily admit to owning the dense blue volume known as A Course in Miracles. Ask how many people have actually read it, and most of the hands will go down.

To help out those who haven't managed to digest the Course (and further illuminate those who have), Pam Grout offers up a lesson-a-day guide that is fresh in its tone and approach for ACIM followers while remaining friendly and thoroughly accessible to newbies. Each of the 365 entries has a humorous title that summarizes the original ACIM lesson in a nutshell, followed by a lucid, witty real-world rewrite of the lesson, drilling down to its essential meaning and contextualizing it within everyday life.

Genres: Nonfiction, Spirituality, Self Help, Personal Development, Audiobook, New Age

257 pages, Paperback

Published January 28, 2020

About the author

Pam Grout is the author of 16 books, three plays, a television series, and two iPhone apps. She writes for People magazine, Cnngo.com, Huffington Post, and her travel blog, www.georgeclooneyslepthere.com. Find out more about Pam and her out-of-the-box take on life on her website: www.pamgrout.com.

Reviews

[Isabella May · Rating 5 out of 5]

Illuminating and indispensable!

What a fantastic book, lifting the veil surrounding the 'work' of A Course in Miracles, making its teachings available to all, and replacing the with a sense of play and joy. Pam Grout truly lives and breathes the clarity and fun of the daily lessons, and one can't fail to admire the way she has done so given recent events in her life. One of the most inspirational human beings on the planet. Another book to cherish!

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love A COURSE IN MIRACLES, and have been following its tenets for about four years now. Pam Grout shares a new perspective with me in her commentaries for each of the 365 Lessons. It is a refreshing view, and one I gladly embrace.
This, like much of Pam’s work, is not something you read thru and complete....this is lessons to savor and grow with.


4/14/20: I am currently "on ACIM LESSON 70"....however, remember, as a 3rd year student of the course, (this is my 4th time studying) this is not something you finish...you build on your personal growth! Pam Grout's take on the lessons is refreshing and I am loving the insights I have been given. I am a journal-er, and to go back and compare notes from previous lessons, I love what this "EXPERIMENT" is showing me! As Richard Bach wrote, "Perspective-use it or lose it!" ;-)
I carry on!!!

5/6/20: Thank you, thank you, thank you, Pam!! Loving this perspective on ACIM, I read Lesson 92, today!

6/11/20: During these crazy times, Pam's "Experiments" have come in perfect timing! I am working on ACIM 128, today. Each of these lessons has hugged me tightly!!!!

7/11/20: "Co-sponsoring" away, here, I've just read Lesson 158, contributing to the "whole" knowing the greater good truly is for all...lessons come in the most amazing wrappings.

8/5/20: Just re-discovering a set of beautiful lessons (God is but Love; therefore so am I.), I am now embracing, "I call upon Source"...it is the only prayer I need (Lesson 183). So joyous, so perfect, and soooo keeping me present.

(In addition, I got to listen to an interview--8/3/20 blog post--with Pam Grout, totally separate (is anything really separate??) from the book, with Trish and Rob MacGregor, on The Mystical Underground! Was wonderful!)

9/28/20: Been really loving the last few weeks with "Part Two" of ACIM....I like the simplicity and the reminders about "What is is really about!" I am a Child of God! Stillness is crucial to my mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. With all the craziness in the world (yup, I'll own that was my current perspective), I realized with Pam's interpretation of Lesson 236, that I truly was falling down the "rabbit's hole." Even with staying away from the television news, much media and not participating in "social media" in general, I was still opening emails and reading literature, not really knowing where it comes from (sources????) that had me uneasy.
It feels good to recommit to breathing, trusting and knowing, as Pam would say, "The Dude 's got my back." ;-) There could not be a more perfect time to embrace ACIM than now, though I have said that same thing for the last four years, LOL!

10/15/20: Just wanted to add, that another gift in reading, working and embracing Pam Grout's "..Course in Miracles Experiment..." is, yes-you don't have to do anything (however, OMMGoodness, you simply want to!!), and the wonderful minds she has introduced me to via the lessons, whether they come thru quotes introducing the lesson of the day, or they are part of Pam's sharing within the lesson.
Just the other day, I met for the first time, Pico Iyer! This meeting was oh so perfectly timed, as my husband and I had been throwing back and forth our ideas for retirement, which were so on hold with Covid. I saw a friend that shared her dad's philosophy, saying, "Retirement is not a place" (thank you Anthony Verga<3), and them Pico told me it's "Not seeing new sights, but seeing thru new eyes." All the over-thinking was described by Pico; "The mind places footnotes and second thoughts and qualifications where there once was simply radiance" (Lesson 252). Pam called it as it is; "Words and thoughts are pawns of the ego, mucking up the radiance."
I am breathing much easier....taking all the time in the world to be still... recognizing "nothing is more exhilarating than sitting still."

11/11/20
"You were born and are here, for such a time as this...." If I have read anything in these last few months, it is that statement. And, each morning my routine includes rising in gratitude (sometimes with a bounce, and, lol, sometimes with a few cracks), jumping into my sneakers and taking my daily walk, returning to my Keurig, my devotions and ACIM! The "Course" never fails to welcome me, embrace me, teach me, reinforce something within me...
Today, the world is talking about continued corona-virus, an unsettled election, and in the US, recognizing Veterans. And, ACIM Lesson 281, is speaking thru Pam and Carlos Santana!! "I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts".... Like Carlos, I light my candle, have an essential oil diffusing, and give my all to my Higher Power. As told to Pam, Carlos says, "I like the idea of spreading a spiritual virus that instead of making people sick makes them totally alive." That's the one I am spreading!!!
P.S.: I asked Spirit to help me find a hedgehog on November 1, thinking of Pam and Taz...I got my hedgehog! LOL. It came from a reference on a cooking show!! It hasn't stopped....My granddaughter came and stayed for a couple of night, and her nightgown had a hedgehog from "Snuggle University" on the front! Then, in picking up a Thanksgiving greeting for our aunt in an assisted living center, wasn't there an adorable little hedgehog on the card front! LOL!!! Awareness, the "Little Things," connection. <3<3<3

1/14/2021
Busy-Busy-Busy in the best ways, during this "corona-crazy," "preposterously-political" period, Pam Grout's ACIM Experiment has truly been a life-raft, reminding me that LOVE is always the answer. You see, Love is the agreement I make with myself (282), knowing I AM whatever I say I am (283). It is not the events around us that cause stress, it's our thoughts of the events; hence, "It's remarkable what you find when you strip away the mindlessness insecurity and negativity" (Langer/Grout 284). I could pluck something from each lesson; however, that for each of us to do for ourselves! I will share it's focusing and being still; perspective and letting go (forgiveness, judgment), and accepting the joy that's right here for us.
In Pam's blog, she mentioned that on January 1, she begins the Course anew each year. And, tho I was not quite finished with her "Experiment"-in essence, my experiment-I decided to start the Course anew, while completing the lessons I'd yet to do. The funniest connection hit me...each lesson, if I take the time to explore it, is connected to the other lesson I am dancing my way thru! (And, yup-Hedgehogs are still popping up, LOL!)

One 2/4/2021, I finished my first go-round with Pam's "Experiment" and must say, it was a wonderful ride! (Reminder, I started with Lesson 1 on 1/1/2021, so I doubled up for the last five weeks.) So wonderful, I am enjoying this next ride, too. As a former Language Arts and Literacy teacher, I always appreciated the new discoveries I would make in rereading a class novel with a new group of kids, and oft times, a new set of personal circumstances. Watching kids share their responses based on their life experiences was exciting...and in taking that thought and applying it to myself, I see how I can read responses from my "journaling" ACIM lessons from a few years back, and now, and see how far I have come--how my life has changed! I find that inspiring. Still and all, the best part is it is ALL CONNECTED!! And, that is the best revelation to me!
And, so, in this "new year" of ACIM, I love having Source with me wherever I am, and looking around me, I like what I have been rehearsing . I will most likely add to this blog, as I go! This "Experiment" of Pam's is an ongoing party for me! Blessings abound, as do Hedgehogs :-).

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I know I'm kind of early in my review of this - I usually like to hold off on reviewing books until I've finished them, but beings this book will take a year to go through when used as intended then I have a long ways to go before putting in my .02 cents.

I'll probably post a follow-up review after I've completed this book, but wanted to share some observations:

#1. This book does not explain how to use ACIM. I was looking for that because this is my first venture into ACIM.

#2. I'd call this a COMPANION book to ACIM, not a stand-alone. I thankfully have the original giant blue ACIM book that I can pull out and reference if for some reason Pam's interpretation seems unclear.

#3. I wish Pam provided more detail into the origins of ACIM, its purpose, etc. Again, I'm left for right now with referencing the ACIM book which is, as Pam stated in not-so-many-words, dull and tedious. There's a whole section of reading to do that's outside the lessons, and I feel that's some important content that's being ignored when jumping straight into the lessons.

So - I feel a little like I'm fumbling around blindly at the moment. Maybe it all starts to become more clear more lessons in. I started a bit late so I'm on #27 today.

Those things said, I do enjoy Pam's lighter take on ACIM and her amusing anecdotes and stories which accompany the lessons. Sometimes I feel like I'm not quite seeing how some of her stories connect with a particular lesson, however.

Finally, all respect to Pam, but I find her aversion to the use of the word "God" is kind of distracting. I get where she's coming from, however. She explains this reasoning pretty succinctly in another one of her titles - I think it was "Thank and Grow Rich". I guess I feel this way because I speak "recovery" and I'm told when I or anyone else says "God" - it's how I personally understand "God", not necessarily the tyrannical, punishing sadist that some religions would have you fearing.

We'll see if my tune changes at the end of the year.

[Albert Juarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

You know I’m extremely grateful for the fact that this author not only nailed it on the lessons but offered her brand new book for a staggering 1.99 for kindle during these fearful times of uncertainty. You are what you preach and because of that you’ve earned yourself a fan 🙋🏻‍♂️🙌🏻👌🏼👍🏻

[Toofan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pam Grout's interpretation of A course in miracles. Though by no means original, it isn't bad by itself but I really doubts Ms. Grout's interpretations are even close to the mark, not mention that her writing style is rather irritating. It is annoying how many times " We will rock you", "The skinny" and "The dud" are repeated.

[Hilary Atkins · Rating 1 out of 5]

I am still looking at this book each day along with the ACIM workbook but find PG’s writing almost as incomprehensible as the original text. As I have said about her other books, it may be fine for an American audience but a lot of what she says is totally meaningless in the UK. Alan Cohen’s companion book is a gem but unfortunately not lesson by lesson like this one.

[Juan Cristóbal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pam Grout's book “The Course in Miracles Experiment” is exactly what you need if you sometimes feel overwhelmed with ACIM’s exercises, the way Pam sheds light on them is pithy, deep, funny and very touching. Now, I have a more concise understanding of what the real purpose of ACIM is. I highly recommend Pam’s book if you are interested in this kind of subject.

[Maurya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a page a day kind of book for me - or a page every 3 or 4 days depending on how I'm rolling - as I read it concurrently with the ACIM daily lessons. Hence the 20 months it took me to complete this book. And I think I'll be starting it again.

5 stars for the content and the reframing of the ideas
4 stars for sometimes not being in sync with ACIM on lesson practice periods.
5 stars cause I'd love to meet Pam Grout and have coffee and a hug with her. I imagine her to be a great human being full of wonderful conversation and exploration.
MR

[Jeanne]

I took a ton of notes because the quotes are incredible! If you can get past the irreverence and foul language, this is a fun and amazing book!
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I get up every morning and say, “Something extraordinarily epic is going to happen to me today.”

There is nothing more truly artistic, then to love people. Vincent van Gogh.

I am kind of paranoid in reverse, I expect people of plotting to make me happy JD Salinger

I have an insane belief in my own ability to manifest things. Jim Carrey.

To fight the Empire is to be infected by its derangement. Phillip K Dick

You can suffer, but only from false beliefs. Michelle Longo O’Donnell

I’ve found that if you tuck one part of your pant leg into your sock, people expect less of you. Gary Schwartz.

When you are actively learning about someone else, you are passively teaching them about yourself.

The only person you were fighting is yourself, and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances. Jon Krakauer.

No one can upset me. No one can make me mad. No one can hurt me. To believe that other people are apart from me and can behave in ways that have no bearing on my thoughts or that my behaviors have none on theirs, is complete folly. We’re all on the same volleyball team. Furthermore, any person or problem that appears to threaten me is a golden opportunity. It’s a chance to shine light into an area in which I, oh, yay, get to evolve. There is no need to slay dragons or a erect heavy walls of protection or don useless armor. I simply have to admit that I don’t understand this. I simply recognize that I am perceiving this complication in a way that cannot be true. I ask for help and walk free from the chains of misery and fear.

Hate, in the long run, is about as nourishing as cyanide.

If I defend myself, I am attacked. Anytime I defend myself I take on a role that’s not really me. To defend myself is to pretend that I can be hurt. It’s to make believe that my perception is somehow more accurate.
If I defend myself in any way, I forget that I am a beloved child of the Universe. I forget that everything is for me, and nothing is against me. I forget that every single thing that happens, every single person that pushes my buttons, is a gift.
This doesn’t suggest overlooking something that somebody did to me. It says it’s impossible for anyone to do something to me. If my perception stays fixed, which it will once I start defending myself, nothing, not a miracle, not a a sign, not an evidential slap in the face, can allow any other truth to manifest. All I can see, all I will ever see, is what the viewfinder of my limited perception shows me.
Instead of attacking back I remember, they’re simply playing old tapes. Radical action, such as choosing not to attack, to justify, to see the crime, upsets the going cultural perception, making our world, a little sweeter, a little safer, a little more beautiful.

I’m just laying here feeling beautiful .

Cherish all magnetic nudges toward inclusion

Most of us are smart enough not to rewatch our least favorite movies when they debut on Netflix. So why do we insist on running repeats of the least favorite events in our life?

Joy is my mission. God is my CEO.



My good is everyone’s good, and vice versa

When he first suggested that frequencies of energy can be transmitted without wires, Marconi was referred to an insane asylum. But in 1909 he won the Nobel prize for transmitting radio waves across the Atlantic Ocean.

I’d rather be appointed mayor of crazy town then habitually focus on what’s not working and what can’t happen. I believe that I can sit here in my home, and with my powerful radio transmitting thoughts create joy, peace, and insane happiness for everyone!

When I give myself over to love, the optical illusion of pain, suffering, and loss disappears. It literally evaporates.

I am a mirror of you. You are a mirror of me. In your shoes, my brother, I would do as you do.

Whenever someone calls me too woo woo, I always fall off my unicorn.

Any thought that is not supremely happy is a form of death— which means it is an illusion.

If I am staring at a person who needs to be fixed, my agenda will inevitably blind me. Lisa genburg.

You are here to fly at full wingspan for the glory of the one who sent you Marianne Williamson

Anytime, I don’t feel joyful, and at peace is because I’m giving attention to something that disagrees with Source.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
Anais Nin

Begin each day by deciding what kind of experience I want. Amazing awesomeness works for me!

Reject your sense of injury, and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelious.

Today I trust that I can never be abandoned, I have everything I need, and life never stops working on my behalf.

We win every day, even if the scores sheet shows something different. Swedish soccer team coach.

R it’s supposed to be a secret, but I’ll tell you anyway, we doctors do nothing we only help and encouraged the doctor within. Albert Schweitzer.

Make a covenant with the universe Give everything you’ve got to your highest vision, and know that in return you will be given everything you could ever need.

A good doctor can cure disease. Only a great doctor proves you were never sick. Zen Saying

I can eat whatever I want and maintain a beautiful, vibrant, and healthy body!

Fear is deception. It’s only job is to prove I am something I can never be.

My to do list :
Mine: have the best day of my life
God: handle everything else

Worrying is like paying for something you don’t want to happen. Robert Downey, Jr.

Most of us think forgiveness is an act we’re forced to perform when horrific jerks do us wrong. Forgiveness is realizing that no one has the power to do me wrong.

Participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings. Elizabeth Gilbert.

Settle for More

Whenever you deny a blessing to a brother, you feel deprived. A course in miracles.

The more you praise and celebrate your life the more there is to praise and celebrate. Oprah Winfrey.

Sparkling with Energy.

The past is over. It can hurt me not.

Oh, God, help me to believe the truth about myself no matter how beautiful it is. Macrina Wiederkehr

As long as we keep the illusion that nothing is quite good enough—our bodies, our finances, our relationships, our careers—thats the terminal we live in.

Today’s fortune: anything you damn well please.

Offer up my fears, my demons, my imaginings

Living in fear sells products, creates economies, elects politicians, and keeps the flying monkeys on the job. But it’s not the truth about the world.

Glide through life, as if all of creation was here to honor and entertain you. Rob Resnick.

The more you look for synchronicity, the more magical your life becomes Robert Antin Wilson.

If I’m seeing something besides beauty, light, and never end, dude and joy never ending joy, I am running I’m running a self created test pattern of grievances.

Forget the to do list, create a to B list Kelly Sullivan router

Time is better an allusion, I’ll be at a persistent one. Albert Einstein.

Let’s approach time as an unlimited gift of pure presence. As a deep moment just to be.

All is possible. All is unlimited. All is here.

You must never allow Something that happened to you Become a morbidly treasured heirloom, that you carry, show people, Put back in its black velvet couch, And then tech back into your jacket. Where are you? Keep it close to your heart. Augustine Burroughs.

To change your life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly. No exceptions. William James

Stubborn gladness, my friends, and is an internal decision. Life is sometimes gonna throw curveballs, but it’s up to us to cultivate joy and find the wonderment, that like air, always surrounds us.

He’s so optimistic that if if house, were on fire he’d roast marshmallows. Ayesha Taylor.

Being against something, only adds energy to a reality I no longer want. It gives things I don’t like more credit than they deserve, and it negates my power to create some thing better. Now I prefer to be for things. I prefer to create better things— things that make the old things obsolete…Fighting against something only makes it more real. Forgiving, a.k.a. no longer resisting, makes room for new things to burst forth. It makes room for a new vision.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful perspective with a sense of humor! I may start over and read it again.

[David Hoffmeister · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Course in Miracles
A
Course in Miracles by David Hoffmeister communicates that everybody is God's holy child. We are all equal. Even Jesus is our equal. A course in miracles message is that the physical world we seem to be in was not created by God, but is a delusion of our own making.

[Cherie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I tried to like this, but her pop culture references were outdated and I didn't get it and I didn't get much out of the book because of that.

[Michelle Estella Usher-Grano · Rating 4 out of 5]

It really helped me to understand the original text of ACIM. It took me a while to get use to the author referring to God as The Dude, Jesus as J.C. and the Holy Spirit as H.S. But once I got over that, the book was really helpful and I'm able to see life through a different perspective a more holistic point of view.

[Connie Bryant · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pam Grout has a much more direct and edgy approach to these writings, but she tells it like it is, and gives real life and often not so pretty examples of how each lesson applies in our lives. One lesson for example is “Transcending the chatty asshat in my head”. She gets to the heart of ways we limit ourselves and shows us real life examples of how to move beyond them.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read many books about ACIM, and this one is my all-time favorite! Pam Grout understands how to make this work come alive and truly speak to the reader or listener. Her synthesis of ACIM is profound, powerful, and really funny! How does she do that?!?!?!

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

This made the Course in Miracles come alive for me. It became engaging and compelling in a way that neither reading the ACIM Text nor doing the Workbook was.

The audiobook, read by Pam Grout herself was fun.

[Anna-Karin Björklund · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pam Grout did it again! This is another fabulous book - with miraculous side effects :)

[Olisia · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much to chew on, yet it all boils down to one simple truth. Plus, Grout is always fun to read. Her version of A Course in Miracles is much more approachable than the original.

[PrettyFlamingo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've loved all the previous books by Pam Grout that I've read but this one, I just couldn't get on with it. I am dubious about the Course in Miracles having anything to do with the voice of God or Jesus in the first place, but am open to Christian teachings and common-sense observations about how the world/universe works. This doesn't do it. It's good in parts and there are snippets to take away, but as a whole I found the book confusing.

Also some of the comments in the book are confusing, misleading and in some cases dangerous:

Day 340 - she talks about Harvey Weinstein and says "there's not a misogynist alive that's half as bad as the abuser in my brain" - I think many survivors of domestic abuse, violence, gaslighting will heartily disagree.
Lesson 293 - "They say you should avoid sugar ... they say lots of things that are only true if I decide to subscribe to them" - go ahead and eat heaps of sugar and it will only cause damage if you think it does - ridiculous! Substitute drugs, alcohol etc for sugar and it's even worse.

These are just two examples. There are also a fair amount of good things in the book, but the style of presentation makes it nearly impossible to pick it out.

Just not for me at all. I will stick to E-squared and -cubed.

[EFinn1 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Having started and stopped the original big blue book, A Course in Miracles, several times, I was excited to see this book written in plain, everyday language. I am not one to consider negative reviews highly unless they are all negative. This book had enough reviews in the positive realm to warrant a try. Shortly into the book, I found that I had some of the same negative feelings about the book. The fact that she relegated God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit to the Dude, JC, and the Holy S, because she did not like the connotations from their proper names, should have given me pause to stop reading.
While this book has some good takes on the original text, this author muddles it by skipping lessons from the original that she doesn't like, contains frequent cursing, includes too many obscure quotes, and song titles supposedly linked to her interpretation of the text, unendingly repeats we will, we will rock you, confuses some of the lessons with the law of attraction information, etc. The book touts itself as a starter kit. I stuck with it till the end, but for me, it was a non-starter.

[Kat Skarbek · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty concise and easy read - meant to be read slowly over the course of a year - the same as The Course in Miracles itself. Couched in language that is easier to understand than the original, though at times this gets a bit irritating - and guaranteed to get you into a different headspace.

I’m always a little cautious around anything that suggests spiritual bypassing (we need to feel how we feel and acknowledge the ‘what is’ before we try to change things) but still this book gave me hope and some good suggestions to stop me from disasterising at a particularly difficult time in my life. It reminds me that the only thing I can control is my feelings and my perception.

Worth a read. 😊

[Peri Kinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started this book one year ago, because you're supposed to read one page per day. I didn't even skip ahead like I usually would!

Pam Grout's A Course in Miracles for Dummies is a great way to get the concepts of ACIM without having to read all the damn words. Pam is inspiring and reminds you to be happy, be present and be conscious.

You can expect miracles, meditation, bits of wisdom, some funny shit and yearlong inspiration.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pam Grout is fun, funny, and a joy to be around, even if my relationship with her is only through her writings.

The cover of this book states: "ACIM, The FUN Version!" and I have to agree. The actual "Course" is tough sometimes, complicated, and over-simplified at the same time. But Pam, through her own experiences and perspective, explains each daily lesson in a kind and gentle yet blunt and to the point way.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. It's one of the most tolerable "self-help" books I've read because Pam doesn't take herself too seriously. I love her crass mouth and quick-witted humor. I think I would have enjoyed reading a physical copy, meditating on one lesson per day or week. It should be read slowly, rather than listened to on audible, imho.

[Jill Roffers · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m hooked on Pam! After years of wanted to study ACM and attempting the book on my own a few times, this book simplified it for me. I will come back to it again and again for the daily exercises that have so helped me understand the complex and beautiful teaching of the course. Now on to her other books!

[Susan Kraus · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a skeptic, so I'm generally dismissive of woo-woo books, But there is something about Pam Grout's work that makes me question the rigidity of skepticism, and why I am so stuck on not being open, not embracing possibilities. I find my spirit lifted and angst diminished after a few hours with her books.

[Andrea Burns · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pam Grout’s Course in Miracles is an outstanding take on the original work. It’s insightful, witty and thought-provoking, presenting profound ideas in a relatable and often humorous way. Grout’s approach makes the teachings more accessible and engaging, which I really appreciated. I’d give it a well-deserved 5 out of 5 stars.

[Blanca Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!!

This book is fantastic!! I read ACIM a couple of years ago and really liked it. For a change, this past year I read This book and enjoyed it very much. Pam has a wonderful way of presenting each lesson. I highly recommend it! And now, I will start it all over again.

[Beth Hermes · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE this book. Definitely one I will work with continuously (it's not a "one-and-done" read).
Pam Grout's approach to A Course in Miracles makes the content approachable, relatable, and totally enjoyable to work through.
Highly recommend!

[Vicki Kalb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I should have read ACIM first because so much of what Pam says goes way over my head. Despite this, I was still able to get a lot out of reading this companion book, and now I have something to look forward to when reading ACIM!