This can be especially confusing for new students. Therefore, if you’re drawn to a particular teacher, by all means, learn all you can from them. But remember that when it comes... moreThis can be especially confusing for new students. Therefore, if you’re drawn to a particular teacher, by all means, learn all you can from them. But remember that when it comes to A Course in Miracles there are no experts, gurus or saints. We are all both students and teachers—we teach and learn from everything we do or say—and the Course itself holds all the answers we need.
Longtime students share their wisdom while newer students can ask questions that spark helpful discussion. But groups can also still e-learning when dominated by a leader who insists that they and they alone understand the Course. In all things, we are wise to use discernment and trust our inner guidance in determining whether or not a particular study group or teacher will be helpful.
The Course itself says nothing about learning from an outside teacher. It does, however, have a great deal to say about learning from our Inner Teacher. One of the cornerstones of ACIM is the idea that we each have within us an... less