In this inspiring and wide-ranging conversation, Duncan and Marianne dialogue about Marianne’s early life and her eventual grounding in the ecumenical vision expressed through The Course in Miracles. As with Larry Dossey, MD in his recent book The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things (see Program 2 of this Living Dialogues podcast series), Marianne stresses the role of optimism, a kind of “positive denial” that affirms a larger reality than the pessimism of surface appearances, especially in these times. When we know (not merely believe) that the material plane is not the end, we resist the material plane less and appreciate it more. Duncan refers to the deep meaning of Joseph Campbell’s famous advice to "follow your bliss", in which by attuning our awareness to the cosmic source, we "find the Grail", and the limitless energy of the universe flows into our being.

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