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What I didn’t tell you about me and Reed Erickson — the eccentric millionaire philanthropist

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

by ken winston caine

I promised, a couple years back, to share more of my experience with Reed Erickson, the eccentric philanthropist who financed the original hardback publication of A Course in Miracles.

He turned me on to the Course in 1982 after summoning me to his ashram in Ojai, Calif.

I, at the time, was the assistant publisher of the Ojai Valley News and the editor of the Sunday edition. The OVN then was an eclectic twice-weekly that won a ton of journalism awards under owner Fred Volz.

Erickson called me to his extremely large country-club-neighborhood home because he was convinced the Ojai Police were persecuting him.

It was true his name was showing up a lot in the newspaper’s version of the police blotter. He seemed to have a habit of hiring housekeepers and then evicting them unexpectedly at 3 or 4 a.m. before he got around to paying them.

The help, stiffed of their checks, felt obliged to report this (more…)

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The Miracle

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Michael Lutin says the “miracle is a mind game. Learn to play it.”

You might as well. You’ve got nothing better to do.

The Jesus in “A Course in Miracles” said pretty much the same thing.
– kwc

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Short, uplifting quote in the a.m.?

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

How about a short, inspiring daily quote in your email weekday mornings?

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