Nouk Sanchez

Nouk Sanchez

So what can be said about Nouk Sanchez. A great author and teacher in “A Course in Miracles” (ACIM). This page in our blog is dedicated to her insight into ACIM teachings and aims to direct like-minded people in a free and easily explained version of the Course. Easily explained? Yes, the course can be a bit heavy and there are other authors that simplify the course in their own way, and very well indeed. Mariana Williamson would be one. Also, there are very talented spiritual teachers out there that follow the shadow of the course with their own philosophy. Eckart Tolle would probably be one of the most famous. However, this is about Nouk and how her book “A Manual for Holy Relationships” helped me.

Finding Peace

So how many of us want to be at peace and how many can achieve lasting peace. Well, I for sure can find it, but not keep it, the story of my life. it just floats off into never-never land when I expose myself to humanity and throw it away. Let me explain. I can sit down in a quiet corner and meditate for an hour or so and find some measure of peace at the moment, the holy instant. Or I can read a spiritual book such as Nouks and experience some peace. Sometimes that peace lasts a while and sometimes it flies off into never-never land for a vacation. Doesn’t take much to lose it does it? Just a thought can do it.

I first came across “A Course in Miracles” way back in 1990 and like so many people tossed it aside because just too complicated for an Irishman that was tossed out of school-aged 14. At that time I didn’t realise how many negative believes I held about myself. I was so fearful in everyday life from the moment I woke up to the moment i fell into bed that night. There wasn’t a lot that give me the peace I sought except for my early years practicing the Catholic Faith. Yes, I was an Irish Catholic.

The Catholic faith give me a lot of comfort in my early years, I was holy and a good boy. I went to mass most mornings on the way to school, so it was a long day. Those last couple of years at High School were reasonably peaceful and happy. But then in my last year, it dawned on me that when I left school I was expected to get a job, work. Can you imagine how a 14yr old boy would feel walking around the streets of Belfast in the sixties looking for a job when there wasn’t any? The country was in a recession and Catholics’s battled for equality with the pro-British Protestant population (this was before the troubles). Belfast was quite dead at that time when it came to finding employment. My peace jumped out the window and ran away, waving back, see ya, Paulie, 👋

Well, it wasn’t long after that I found a replacement to combat my fears. And it’s available to everyone, alcohol, and drugs. It washed away all those fears and give me confidence, albeit a temp solution. Tried to make it a permanent one but money was an issue. Mined you, the next day wasn’t much fun, fear came screaming back at full throttle. This lasted for some time until I realised that I had locked myself in a bottle and screwed the top back on.

Those colorful drunken years took me around the world in the merchant navy ending up in Australia in my early twenties. . I emerged from the haze at the age of 32 with the help of a very old and good friend. He was with AA and took me along to my first meeting. It was difficult at first, I have to admit, but what took a firm grip of my mind was the twelve steps of the AA program. It was the first three steps that really took me by the short and curly’s and woke me up.

• We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.
• Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
• Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.

This was my rebirth but it wasn’t the resurrection of my Catholic faith, it was more a spiritual journey. I should have mentioned earlier that although the Catholic faith brought me closer to God at that time. It also induced the fear of God in me through sin, if you understand my meaning. A Catholic priest can be very angry at times, “God and damnation” you will be punished, causing a young boy to fear God. So with AA I slowly started a new pathway with a loving God.

My introduction to “A Course in Miracles” started soon after I joined AA. At first, like most people, i found it way too heavy for this little Irishman. But even then what little i did understand made an impression. I started reading other spiritual books concurrently and found just about all of them ran along similar lines to the Course, and were a lot easier to understand at that time. As the years went by (yes years), with the help of my wife Fabian I started to get the message. I continued to read other ACIM aligned books to better absorb a greater understanding. There is so much out there on pure spirituality and written by so many talented people.

My Experience

I have to admit I am a slow learner therefore a slow reader. I have been reading the course for many years on a daily basis. To me, it’s something I need to do every day. It keeps me sane when worldly issues get out of hand and guilt sets in for whatever reason. I do the same now with Nouk’s book. I tend to read a couple of pages and then really look at what it is saying to me. How does it relate to my life issues? Whether it be relationships, Financial, Health, or even Aging. Just recently I experienced a very upsetting relationship disagreement, where I believed I was a victim. I was experiencing a lot of negativity directed at me and I reacted, attacked back. I defended myself with some harsh words. So who did I hurt? Me of course. I got back what I dished out. Now I believe in miracles and when i pick up Nouks book and start to read it tells me exactly what I have to do to take the pain and guilt away.

Other Books by Nouk.

The End of Death – Volume One: The Development of Trust is a clear and uncompromising beacon that illuminates our current predicament, as well as the steps required in our journey home to God.Using A Course in Miracles as its treasure map, The End of Death carves a brilliantly clear and insightful path straight toward the treasure of Christed awareness. With startlingly lucid explanations, Nouk pares the Course’s true message down to its most powerful essence. And the many Course quotes she includes offer undeniable proof of the argument she makes: That Jesus asks every one of us to embody full Christed awareness — right here, right now, while.

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