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| Hormen Kooreman is a Dutch educational psychologist who studied in Leiden (verwijzing naar Harmen Kooreman in Wikisage). Since 5-31-1991 he is a student of A Course In Miracles (ACIM) and later on he became a facilitator of Course groups. At the moment he is writing two books about the Course:
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| A deep structure of A Course in Miracles
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| Levels, Circles and Cycles, a textbook about ACIM with exercises
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| " ... meetings are not accidental, ..." (M-3.4:4)
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| "The pupil comes at the right time to the right place." (M-2.4:4)
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| How the Course found him in 1991
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| In 1988 Harmen Kooreman met Ruud Snel. Towards the end of june 1989 Hormen told Huib, a friend, that he did not really understand what Ruud was talking about. It was not practical for him. As an educational psychologist he was used to apply theory into practice and not to dwell with highly abstract ideas. The friend advised him to talk with Ruud in order to understand him better.
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| The next week Harmen, his wife and his two sons left for France in the caravan. A week later, at the camping site in the Jura, he took a walk to the toilet. In the wooden surroundings behind the toilets, he saw, to his amazement, Ruud walking with his wife and three daughters. At that time he did not have much experience with chance encounters and miracles. After years of going to Austria on climbing holidays with his family, he had decided to go to France, a country with thousands of camping sites, and there was the man he had to talk with according to Huib
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| Ruud told him that he had drawn the I Tjing just before he had gone on holiday and had received the message: 'The discussions carry on and continue. no matter where you go.'
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| During the vacation Harmen had several conversations about Ruud's very abstract ideas, in which he gained more and more insight. Their lives ran a parallel course and continued to do for some time. When Ruud parted from his wife, Harmen's wife parted from him. One day it was Harmen's intention to gather some tips about the finalization of his divorce, the amount of alimony that he would have to pay and the paternal access he could have with his children. Ruud, however, had other ideas: 'We are only going to speak about spiritual subjects,' he said.
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| Ruud and Harmen still kept together in parallel. Ruud returned to his wife, and Harmen returned to his wife in 1989. Ruud and his wife parted definitively and Harmen followed this action sometime later. Then Ruud lost his job and was living on a camping site. On the 1st of May 1991, Harmen decided to pay him a visit. He set off on his bicycle to go and see him. On the camping site Harmen asked: 'How are things with you?' Ruud answered: 'We only discuss spiritual subjects.'
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| Harmen and Ruud spoke to each other, and just before Harmen left in the late afternoon, Ruud told him that he was studying A Course in Miracles. Then, from behind the inside of his folding caravan, Ruud came out with three blue books of diverse thickness. Harmen took hold of them and looked them over, at that moment he was completely unaware that these three books would change and determine the rest of his life.
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| Harmen drove back home on his bicycle. After spending time under a hot shower, he sat at the table with a pile of books he had bought recently. He took the upper book. The title was: From Darkness to Light by Jerry Jampolski and in it he read that the citations quoted were from A Course in Miracles.
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| Harmen came to the realization that something important was taking place. From two completely separate sources, he had become aware of the existence of ACIM. Moreover he understood that he had to pay more attention to signs giving direction to his spiritual journey.
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| During the rest of the month May 1991 he did not order the Course. On Friday, 31th of May, his eldest son, with whom he lived together, became 19 (!) years of age. He reminded himself that it would be the best if he ordered A Course in Miracles now in order to be able to read it during the holidays. It had to come from the United States of America and sometimes that could take months. He phoned to his bookstore and was put through to the foreign book department. He said: 'Good morning, I would like to place an order for a book with the title A Course in Miracles. The voice on the other end of the line said: 'That's a coincidence, according to my list a book with that title has just arrived in the post. Actually it is meant for internal use, but ... if you really want it, you can have it sir.'
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| Half an hour later, Harmen was on his way to Ruud with a copy of the book in his bag. He told him the story and Ruud answered: 'The book was ready and waiting for you.'
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