The Disappearance of the Universe
by Gary Renard · first published 2004
100% recommend
Straight talk about illusions, past lives, religion, sex, politics, and the miracles of forgiveness
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The Disappearance of the Universe, by Gary R. Renard. It is a very approachable explanation of another book, A Course in Miracles. It is the first thing that has ever succeeded in budging me from my fundamentalist Christian views.
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