Reading the ARCIM Course in One Year

Some students of the Course may wish to read the entire Course in the year that it takes to complete the 365 lessons of the Workbook for Students.

As discussed in the “Reading the FIP Course in One Year” page on this website, there is a correspondence between the Text and Manual for Teachers sections and the Workbook for Students lessons that facilitates completing the reading of the entire Course in one year.

It may be noted that the first group of Workbook for Students lessons is presented in a section of fifty lessons, unique in the entire Workbook, and that there are also fifty principles of miracles that begin the Text. Taking this correspondence as a key, the following outline of the Text and Manual for Teachers sections synchronized with the Workbook for Students lessons may be fruitfully used to complete the reading of the entire A Renewed Course in Miracles in one year.

It is recommended to begin each of the 365 days reading that day’s Workbook lesson (at the day’s start in order to receive the directions for that day’s lesson), and the corresponding Text or Manual for Teachers section in the evening of the day.

A Renewed Course in Miracles in One Year

Day # / Workbook Lesson # Text / Manual Chapter # Text / Manual Section # Text / Manual for Teachers Section Title
Workbook Lessons 1-50 Text Chapter 1 Text Section 1 Read / do one Workbook lesson a day, beginning with lesson 1 on day 1, while also reading one principle of miracles a day (along with its complete commentary, if it has any) beginning with principle 1 on day 1
51 2 1 The Cause of the Separation
52 2 2 True and False Forms of Possession
53 2 3 Identifying the Dynamics of Defense Mechanisms
54 2 4 The Reinterpretation of Defenses
55 2 5 Healing as Release from Fear
56 2 6 Fear as Conflicted Will
57 2 7 The Meaning of Sex
58 2 8 Respecting the True Power of the Mind

(The Unconscious and Its Sublevels)

59 2 9 Psychic Energy, the Basic Conflict, and the Creative Instinct
60 2 10 Readiness, Mastery, and the Final Judgment
61 3 1 Suggestions and Principles for Miracle Workers
62 3 2 The Strength of the Lion and Innocence of the Lamb
63 3 3 Total Attributes and Total Commitment
64 3 4 The Timeless Realm of Knowledge
65 3 5 Consciousness and the First Step out of Ego

(Further Considerations of the Psyche)

66 3 6 Perception’s Role in Attuning
67 3 7 Effective Therapy, Teaching, and Parenting

(Undoing the Misperceptions of Others)

68 3 8 Judgment and the Authority Problem
69 3 9 The Two Thought Systems
70 4 1 The Last Foolish Journey
71 4 2 Ego-Free and Fear-Free Teaching and Learning
72 4 3 Alteration and Alternation - How the Mind Makes the Ego
73 4 4 The Abundance and Validity of Right-Mindedness
74 4 5 Disinhibiting the Call of Heaven
75 4 6 What Need Not Be, and What Must Be
76 4 7 “What Is the Real Question?” Is the Real Issue
77 4 8 The Rewards of Becoming Mentally Healthy and Fit
78 4 9 The Communication of Creation
79 4 10 Rehabilitation as Being Only Truly Helpful
80 4 11 The Healing of the Wholly Joyous
81 5 1 Giving, Having, and Being
82 5 2 Attributes of the Holy Spirit and of True Perception
83 5 3 The Voice and the Call
84 5 4 Being Reinterpreted on Behalf of the Divine
85 5 5 Strengthening Through Sharing
86 5 6 Removing the Cause of Thought Disorder
87 5 7 The Case before the Heavenly Court
88 5 8 The Set or Fixation Point of Creation
89 5 9 Redirecting Misplaced Faith
90 5 10 The Crucial Lesson of the Crucifixion
91 6 1 The Parallel Lines of Knowledge and Perception
92 6 2 The Synonyms of Being
93 6 3 The One Answer to All Questions
94 6 4 The Holy Spirit’s Response to Dreams
95 6 A To Have, Give All to All
96 6 B To Have Peace, Teach Peace to Learn It
97 6 C Be Vigilant Only for the Divine and Its Realm
98 6 5 The Final Step in the Transfer
99 7 1 An Immutable Law of Mind
100 7 2 Applying All Abilities to One Goal
101 7 3 The Art and Science of Healing
102 7 4 Real and Unhealed Healing
103 7 5 All That the World of the Ego Is
104 7 6 The Blessed Response to Dark Dreams
105 7 7 The Fallacies of Mis-Projection
106 7 8 The Inheritance of Self-Fullness
107 7 9 Learning the Difference between Pain and Joy
108 7 10 Grace as the Natural State
109 8 1 The Direction and Content of the Curriculum
110 8 2 The Power and Glory of the Holy Encounter
111 8 3 Divine and Human Will
112 8 4 United Will and the Journey Home to the Divine
113 8 5 The Divine’s Treasure
114 8 6 Reinterpreting the Purpose of the Body
115 8 7 The Unwell Body as a False Witness
116 8 8 Healing as Corrected Perception
117 9 1 Asking Only for What Can Be Received
118 9 2 The Sure Answer to All Prayers
119 9 3 The Economics of Judgment and Gratitude
120 9 4 The Appropriate Correction of Errors
121 9 5 The Final Evaluation is the Second Coming
122 9 6 The Unhealed Healer
123 9 7 Acceptance and Cocreation
124 9 8 Completing the Divine
125 10 1 Littleness, Grandiosity, and Grandeur
126 10 2 Waking from the Double Dream
127 10 3 The Decision to Forget or to Remember
128 10 4 Giving Up the God of Sickness
129 10 5 The Spark and the Great Rays
130 10 6 Denying the Divine or Seeing the Eternal
131 11 1 Courage to Behold the Foundations
132 11 2 The Divine Wills to Be Joined
133 11 3 Hostage to the Ego or Host to the Divine
134 11 4 Relinquishing the Shadow Companions
135 11 5 Divine Essence and the Divine Family
136 11 6 The "Dynamics" of the Ego
137 11 7 Interpreting the Laws of Perception
138 11 8 Experiences, Beliefs, and Perceptions
139 11 9 The Real World
140 11 10 The Firm Beginning
141 12 1

The One Sensible Interpretation of All Motivation

142 12 2 Rendering Fear Useless
143 12 3 Beholding and Gifting Fear and Hatred to Spirit
144 12 4 The Poverty of Outrageous Requests
145 12 5 Locating the Source of Awakening
146 12 6 Seeking and Finding True Love
147 12 7 Resigning as One’s Own Teacher
148 12 8 Perceiving the Real Elements in All Situations
149 12 9 Invite, Expect, and Perceive
150 12 10 Reversing the Visible and the Invisible
151 13 1 Guilt and the World of Delusion
152 13 2 The Darkest of the Ego’s Cornerstones
153 13 3 The Terror of Awakening to Love
154 13 4 Demanding Specialness
155 13 5 Reinterpreting Time’s Purpose and Function
156 13 6 Being Free of Private Worlds
157 13 7 All That the Present Offers
158 13 8 The Happy Dreams of Love
159 13 9 Fulfilling Real Needs
160 14 1 Golden Aspects of Reality
161 14 2 Guilt and the Fear of Seeing Within
162 14 3 Release from Guilt to Be Released
163 14 4 The War Is Gone
164 14 5 The Certainty of the Promise of Awakening
165 15 1 The Logic of the Indirect
166 15 2 Only Truth Is True
167 15 3 The Guiltless Learner
168 15 4 Spirit-Collaborative Decision-Making
169 15 5 Deciding with the Divine
170 15 6 The Circle of Atonement
171 15 7 Bringing Guilt and Guiltlessness Together
172 15 8 From Self-Destruction to Release
173 15 9 The Spotless Mirror of Holiness
174 15 10 The Ego’s Chaos and the Miracle’s Response
175 15 11 Giving the Dark Lessons to Spirit
176 16 1 The Ego’s and the Holy Spirit’s Uses of Time
177 16 2 Separating Out the Holy Instant from Time
178 16 3 Choosing Littleness or Magnitude
179 16 4 Receiving and Giving Perfect Communication
180 16 5 Relationships and the Meaning of Love
181 16 6

The Full Communication of Ideas with Ideas

182 16 7

The Ego’s Special Love Relationship

183 16 8 Removing the Interference in Communication
184 16 9 Confusing Sacrifice and Love
185 16 10 The Message of the Time of Innocence
186 17 1 True Empathy
187 17 2 The Holy Spirit’s Understanding Suffices
188 17 3 The Rewards of Teaching Truth
189 17 4 The Special Love and Hate Relationships
190 17 5 The Dance of Ritual Death between Bodies
191 17 6 Transitioning to the Real World
192 17 7 The Ego’s and the Holy Spirit’s Atonement
193 18 1 The Fantasy of Levels and Orders of Reality
194 18 2 The Real World and Heaven
195 18 3 Shadow Figures from the Past and the Unholy Relationship
196 18 4 The Two Gifts of Defense and Their Frames
197 18 5 Shifting Out of the Unholy Relationship
198 18 6 Spirit’s Guidelines for Every Situation
199 18 7 Faith in the Purpose of Truth
200 18 8 The Substitution of Fragmentation for Wholeness
201 19 1 Shifting into the Happy Dream
202 19 2 Advancing to Love’s Meaning
203 19 3 Willingness instead of Preparation
204 19 4 Happy Dreams Come True
205 19 5 Being Transported Beyond
206 19 6 The Desert Becomes a Garden
207 19 7 Through the Circle of Fear and Beyond
208 19 8 Through the Eyes of Faith
209 19 9 Sin as a Mistake
210 19 10 If Sin Were Real
211 20 1 The Obstacles to Peace
212 20 2 The First Obstacle to Peace:

The Desire to Get Rid of Peace

213 20 3 The Messengers of Fear and Love
214 20 4 The Second Obstacle to Peace:

The Belief the Body is Valuable for What It Offers

215 20 5 Confusing Pleasure and Pain
216 20 6 The Third Obstacle to Peace:

The Attraction of Death

217 20 7 Protecting the Infancy of Awakening
218 20 8 The Fourth Obstacle to Peace:

The Fear of the Divine

219 20 9 Preparing for the Journey’s End
220 21 1 A Time of Celebration
221 21 2 The Gift of Thorns or Flowers
222 21 3 The End of Adjustment
223 21 4 Entering the Ark of Peace
224 21 5 The Heralds and Breath of Eternity
225 21 6 The Two Temples
226 21 7 Purpose Determines Means
227 21 8 The Power of Vision
228 22 1 The Ancient Song to the Divine
229 22 2 The Little Offering
230 22 3 Faith, Belief, and Vision
231 22 4 Beyond the Fear of Seeing Within
232 22 5 The Basic Question
233 22 6 True Reason Sets Free
234 22 7 The Final Question That Must Be Answered
235 22 8 Desiring Totally to Have Always
236 23 1 The Golden Circle
237 23 2 The Secret of the Something Else
238 23 3 The Time to Decide
239 23 4 To See or Not to See
240 23 5 Lifting the Veil Together
241 23 6 Defense and Weakness
242 23 7 Freedom of the Body or the Mind
243 24 1 Finding Glory in Innocence
244 24 2 War and Peace
245 24 3 The “Laws of Chaos”
246 24 4 Compromise as Attack and Awakening without Compromise
247 24 5 Above the Battleground
248 25 1 The Unexamined Belief in Specialness
249 25 2 I Need Do Nothing
250 25 3 The Mad Dreams of Specialness
251 25 4 Forgiving the Divine
252 25 5 Awakening or Being Bound in Specialness
253 25 6 Divine Essence’s Eyes, Ears, Hands and Feet
254 25 7 All That the World Is For
255 25 8 The Test of Everything on Earth
256 26 1 Manifestation and Oneness
257 26 2 The Divine's Masterpiece and Its Frame
258 26 3 Perception’s Fundamental Law
259 26 4 The Sun You Bring
260 26 5 Returning What Is Due
261 26 6 With Eyes of Grace
262 26 7 The Rock of Truth and Sanity
263 26 8 The Power of Love and Justice United
264 26 9 Miracles as Means of Just Problem Solving
265 27 1 The Song of Union and Joy
266 27 2 One Resolution to All Problems
267 27 3 The Borderland of Thought
268 27 4 Where Sin Was Once Perceived
269 27 5 Moving on from the Time of Terror
270 27 6 What Must Occur for Healing to Be Possible
271 27 7 All Things Work Together for the Good Now
272 27 8 For They Have Come
273 27 9 The Temptation to Perceive Unfairness
274 27 10 The Power of Witness
275 28 1 The Holy Spirit’s Picture of the Body
276 28 2 The Cost of Healing
277 28 3 Correcting the Split Mind and Identity
278 28 4 The Power beyond Limitations
279 28 5 Pseudo and Honest Questions and Answers
280 28 6 The Transfer of Learning from Problems to Healing
281 28 7 The False Witnesses of Pleasure and Pain
282 28 8 Shifting to a Gentler Dream
283 28 9 The Secret of Awakening
284 29 1 Memory of the Present
285 29 2 Healing as Reversing Effect and Cause
286 29 3 Silver Miracles and Golden Dreams of Happiness
287 29 4 Withdrawing from Fearful Dreams
288 29 5 Separating the Dreamer from the Dream
289 29 6 The Secret Vow and the Promise of Creation
290 29 7 The Body's Holy Purpose
291 29 8 Losing the Fear of the Divine
292 30 1 Demanding That the Body Be More Than Nothing
293 30 2 The Spark that Shines within the Dream
294 30 3 Self- and Spirit-Assigned Dream Roles
295 30 4 The Changeless Dwelling Place
296 30 5 What Seems Eternal All Will Have an End
297 30 6 Seek Not Outside Yourself
298 30 7 Idols and Anti-Innocence
299 30 8 The Toys of Judgment
300 31 1 Guidelines for Right Decision-Making
301 31 2 True Will Is Freedom
302 31 3 The Thought the Divine Holds of You
303 31 4 The Paradox of Awakening
304 31 5 Recognizing Whose Hand You Hold
305 31 6 The Justice of Forgiveness Truly Merited
306 31 7 One Meaning and One Interpreter
307 31 8 The Reliability of Changelessness
308 32 1 The Only Two Lessons
309 32 2 Ancient Learning Falling Away
310 32 3 Releasing the Mind from Its Own Prison
311 32 4 The Purpose Is the Answer
312 32 5 Self-Concepts and the Self
313 32 6 Thy Will Be Done
314 32 7 The Awakener’s Vision
315 32 8 Choose Once Again
316 Manual for Teachers 1 0 Manual For Teachers Introduction
317 1 1 Who Are the Divine’s Teachers?
318 1 2 Who Are the Divine’s Students?
319 1 3 What Are the Levels of the Divine's Teacher-Student Relationship?
320 2 1 Characteristics of the Teachers of the Divine
321 2 2 Trust
322 2 3 Honesty / Integrity
323 2 4 Acceptance
324 2 5 Gentleness / Harmlessness
325 2 6 Joy
326 2 7 Defenselessness
327 2 8 Generosity
328 2 9 Patience
329 2 10 Faithfulness
330 2 11 Openness
331 3 1 The Perceived Purpose of Sickness
332 3 2 The Shift in Perception
333 3 3 The Function of the Teacher of the Divine in the Healing Process
334 3 4 Is Healing Certain?
335 3 5 Should Healing Be Repeated?
336 3 6 How Can Perception of Order of Difficulties in Healing Be Avoided?
337 3 7 What Is the Role of Words in Healing?
338 3 8 How Are Healing and Atonement Related?
339 3 9 Does Jesus Have a Special Place in Healing?
340 4 1 Are Changes Required in the Life Situations of the Divine's Teachers?
341 4 2 How Is Judgment Relinquished?
342 4 3 How Should the Teacher of the Divine Spend Their Day?
343 4 4 How Can Safety Be Found?
344 4 5 How Do the Divine’s Teachers Deal With Enchantment or “Magic” Thoughts?
345 4 6 How Is Correction Made?
346 4 7 How Many Teachers of the Divine Are Needed to Awaken the World?
347 4 8 Why Is the Illusion of Many Necessary?
348 4 9 What Is the Real Meaning of Sacrifice?
349 5 1 How Is Peace Possible in This World?
350 5 2 How Will the World End?
351 5 3 Is Each One to Be Judged in the End?
352 5 4 What Is Justice?
353 5 5 What is the Peace of the Divine?
354 5 6 Is Reincarnation True?
355 5 7 Are "Psychic" or “Supernatural” Powers Desirable?
356 5 8 Can the Divine Be Reached Directly?
357 5 9 What Is Death?
358 5 10 What Is the Resurrection?
359 6 1 As for the Rest
360 6 2 Benediction
361-365 (The reading of the Text and Manual for Teachers has been completed)