Karma is Not of God | A Course in Miracles Deep Dive | April 8, 2026 | Ch:3, S:III, P.5, S1 to P.6, S.3 episode artwork

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Karma is Not of God | A Course in Miracles Deep Dive | April 8, 2026 | Ch:3, S:III, P.5, S1 to P.6, S.3

from Hope Johnson's Wisdom Dialogues · host Hope Johnson

Send us Fan Mail“Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord” might be one of the most fear-loaded lines people carry around, and we pull it apart carefully through A Course in Miracles. We’re in Chapter 3 on sane perception, Section 3 on atonement without sacrifice, and we stay with what the text actually corrects: the idea that God punishes, that suffering is spiritually valuable, or that pain is required for salvation. If you’ve ever felt relief imagining someone “getting what they deserve”, we name that as ego comfort and ask what it costs your peace. From there, we follow the mind’s mechanics: guilt arises, the mind believes it has an “evil past”, and then projection turns that private fear into a cosmic story about God. The Course’s correction is blunt and strangely tender: the “evil conscience” from the past has nothing to do with God, God did not create it, and God does not maintain it. We also contrast the ego’s consequence-based world of action, reaction, repayment, and karmic retribution with creation as extension of love, where nothing real is harmed and nothing needs to be repaid. We widen the lens to the Garden of Eden exile story and how a single projection error can spawn whole networks of religious fear, shame, and the belief that God rejects His Son. We end with a practical safeguard: even clear spiritual teaching can be twisted when the ego “invents” new meanings, so we learn to check our interpretation by how it feels in the body and whether it restores gentleness. If this helped you breathe easier, subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review so more people can find this path back to peace.Support the show🕊️ Go deeper with meBook a 1:1 Session🌸 Give and Support my Ministry:Donate📙 Read, Watch, or ListenSubstack

Send us Fan Mail “Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord” might be one of the most fear-loaded lines people carry around, and we pull it apart carefully through A Course in Miracles. We’re in Chapter 3 on sane perception, Section 3 on atonement without sacrifice, and we stay with what the text actually corrects: the idea that God punishes, that suffering is spiritually valuable, or that pain is required for salvation. If you’ve ever felt relief imagining someone “getting what they deserve”, we nam...

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