Alison Anton of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles explains that awakening from the dream entirely is not the first goal; instead, an early milestone is recognizing throughout the day, “I’m dreaming this”, similar to lucid dreaming’s in-dream awareness. She describes stages: first realizing life is a dream, then acknowledging “I’m choosing to dream this,” which reveals the mind as the dream’s maker. In aligning with Jesus and the Holy Spirit, the purpose of this lucid awareness becomes forgiveness, extending love, and allowing the Holy Spirit’s “happy dreams” to gently lead toward waking. Miracles are framed as healing, helpfulness, and seeing holiness beyond bodies. She concludes with a passage from the Psychotherapy Supplement for A Course in Miracles that likens advanced healers who delay final awakening to Bodhisattvas, staying to help others awaken through “kindly dreams.”
Read the full transcript here: https://AlisonAnton.substack.com
Podcast Category: Faith and Spirituality
Episode Timestamps:
00:00 ACIM Quote
00:30 Podcast Intro
01:34 First Milestone Recognize Dreaming
02:18 Lucid Dreaming Parallel
05:14 Mind Training Steps
06:51 Choose Forgiveness Goal
07:16 Holy Spirit Happy Dreams
09:32 Miracles, Healing, Service
10:58 Bodhisattva Healers Passage
12:49 Closing Reflections Outro
ACIM Quotes and Prayers:
Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement.
The happy dreams the Holy Spirit brings are different from the dreaming of the world, where one can merely dream he is awake. The dreams forgiveness lets the mind perceive do not induce another form of sleep so that the dreamer dreams another dream. His happy dreams are heralds of the dawn of truth upon the mind. They lead from sleep to gentle waking, so that dreams are gone. [ACIM CE W-140.3]
There are some in this world who have come very close, but they have not accepted the gift entirely in order to stay and let their understanding remain on earth until the closing of time. They could hardly be called professional therapists. They are the Saints of God. They are the Saviors of the world. Their image remains because they have chosen that it be so. They take the place of other images, and help with kindly dreams. (ACIM, P-3.II.7:4-7)
