When Doing Less Is the Work
Hi friends 👋
Quick note: I’m not sending a full article this week.
In our A Course in Miracles groups, we took a pause from the text. No reading, no dissecting — just conversation. Real, freeform, human talk. Why? Because this work can get intense. And sometimes, the most radical thing we can do is not try so hard.
It’s all part of the same practice: the serious, the silly, the silence, the stream of thought. There’s no separation. As ACIM reminds us:
“I need do nothing.”
Not because growth isn’t real — but because awareness doesn’t require performance.
So consider this your permission slip: take a break.
Not from awareness, but from the belief that you have to “keep up” with it.
You don’t.
💬 I’ll still be live this week — all at 10:00 AM ET:
Tuesdays & Thursdays on Insight Timer 🧘
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays here on Substack 🎙️
Drop in if it feels right. Nothing to prepare. Nothing to fix. Just presence, as you are.
And if you’re in the mood for a powerful film, I highly recommend Anemone with Daniel Day-Lewis. It’s intense, but worth it.
Talk soon,
Max 💫💖
P.S.
You’re not a problem. You don’t need to be fixed.
And honestly? Thinking you do… might just be the problem. 😄