When we feel most lost, it is often an unexpected event that leads us back to ourselves, though it isn’t initially perceived as a harbinger of redemption. On the contrary, it can seem like disaster.
This podcast is a complete reading of the essay ‘Guides, Gurus, and Grace,’ exploring this theme at the centre of David Malouf’s novels Ransom and An Imaginary Life. It includes references to principles from A Course in Miracles and depicts life as a three-act play in which an experience of profound loss sets us on a course of self-estrangement until a second loss guides us home.
Reflections on A Course in Miracles 