text: what is "a course in miracles"?   a course in miracles is an answer to one woman's willingness to see.  she was an atheist with a baptist background, working in a big medical center in new york city.  she and her boss had a prickly working relationship, until they both decided at about the same time that there must be a better way.  once this was stated, the woman heard a voice say: "this is a course in miracles.  please take notes."    seven years later, after taking all the material down as dictated to her by the voice, a course in miracles was finished.  because of her baptist background, (my opinion), the course, along with the text, and the workbook for students, and the manual for teachers, is in a rather christian sounding style, that i at first was uncomfortable with...until i began to practice what it teaches.  it works.  my study of this magnificent material over the last fifteen or so years, has transformed my life, and the lives of millions of other people.