%0 Journal Article %T Gebser's Integral Consciousness and Living in the Real World: Facilitating its Emergence Using A Course In Miracles %A Cornelius J. Holland %A Douglas A. MacDonald %J International Journal of Transpersonal Studies %D 2006 %I %X This paper discusses certain parallels between the work of Jean Gebser, the European philosopher and student of consciousness, and A Course in Miracles (ACIM), a contemporary spiritual system. More specifically, it 1) establishes parallels between Gebser¡¯s conception of the ego, especially its basis in anger, and the ego according to ACIM, and 2) shows how a forgiveness exercise may lead to a time-free present, called in ACIM, ¡°The Holy Instant.¡± %K Gebser %K ego %K A Course in Miracles %K ACIM %U http://www.transpersonalstudies.org/ImagesRepository/ijts/Downloads/Gebsers%20Integral%20Consciousness%20and%20Living%20in%20the%20Real%20World%20-%20Facilitating%20its%20Emergence%20Using%20A%20Course%20In%20Miracles.pdf