Shadow Figures:

How Ghosts of Past Relationships are Affecting Your Present Ones

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via Zoom, on Sunday May 29th

1 pm to 4:15 pm ET

Register Now for $49

What are "Shadow Figures"?

"Shadow figures” is the term in A Course in Miracles for the images we carry of people from our past who didn’t give us the love we craved. These “ghosts” haunt our present. We project them onto individuals in the present, so that we relate to those present individuals as if they were the ghosts from the past. No wonder our relationships don’t work!

Do not ascribe a role to him which you imagine would bring happiness to you. And do not try to hurt him when he fails to take the part which you assigned to him in what you dream your life was meant to be.

(T-29.V.6:3-4)

This is obviously an ineffective way to wrap up our unfinished business. It means that we are not dwelling in the aliveness of the present but, rather, we are perpetually living in the dingy attic of the past, alone with our shadow figures.

How can we break free from past relationships so that we can fully give ourselves to present ones?

In this workshop, we will cover:

  • What shadow figures are
  • How they guide our search for love
  • How we try to extract from current partners the love we didn’t receive from past relationships
  • The cost of carrying the burden shadow figures with us
  • How we can free ourselves from the past and enter into real relationships in the present

We hope you will join Circle teachers Robert Perry and Emily Bennington for an in-depth exploration of this important Course teaching. If you cannot attend live, the recording and handout will be sent afterwards to all who register.

Sunday May 29th

1 pm to 4:15 pm ET

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Register Now for $49

About Us

Robert Perry

Robert Perry

FOUNDER

Robert Perry brings to A Course in Miracles many years of private study and public teaching. He began teaching at Miracle Distribution Center in 1986, and has since taught throughout North America and around the world. 

Robert is the founder of the Circle of Atonement and the author of numerous books and booklets based on the Course. Among these are the popular An Introduction to A Course in Miracles and Path of Light: Stepping into Peace with A Course in Miracles. He is also the lead editor of the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles, based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman.

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Emily Bennington

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Emily Bennington is executive director of the Circle of Atonement where she leads initiatives – including the Course Companions global online learning community – that bridge the Course’s unparalleled wisdom with practical application. 

Prior to joining the Circle, Emily led training programs on spiritual intelligence and mindful leadership for numerous Fortune 500 companies. She is the author of three books, including Miracles at Work: Turning Inner Guidance into Outer Influence, which features a foreword by Marianne Williamson.



From our origin in 1993, the purpose of the Circle of Atonement has been to be a bridge into the profound and unparalleled wisdom of A Course in Miracles. We clarify the Course’s sometimes difficult language in order to make possible a deeper understanding of its teachings. We then help you put those teachings into practice, explaining how to apply them in your everyday life. Our work grows out of our commitment to be as faithful as possible to what A Course in Miracles says. It also grows out of our years of dedication to walking this path ourselves and our desire to see the Course’s purpose realized in the lives of students and in the world. For more information, please visit circleofa.org.