Why Judgment Blocks Miracles: Correcting Error the ACIM Way

After 44 years of practicing A Course in Miracles, I can tell you this: trying to fix other people doesn’t heal anything. In fact, it usually blocks the very healing you're hoping for. As the Course reminds us in Chapter 9, The Correction of Error, “You’re not being asked to be vigilant about the mistakes that other people are maintaining.”

Real correction happens at the level of the mind, not behavior. When you feel the urge to correct someone, what you're really doing is saying, you’re wrong. But A Course in Miracles offers another way: “Don’t react. Just don’t react. That alone is powerful correction.”

Instead of trying to fix what someone is saying or doing, you’re being asked to remember that there’s a part of them that is already sane and whole. “Your job is still to tell them they are right—but not verbally.” That shift in perception—from judgment to inner recognition—is the miracle.

Every time you point out someone else’s error, you’re really looking through your own ego. “Every correction you think needs to happen out there is really a correction needed in your own mind.” That’s where the healing begins.

When we stop judging, stop fixing, and start listening to Spirit, peace becomes natural. And miracles? They show up where the need to be right disappears.