"A Course in Miracles" and empowerment

I feel awkward posting about this. I'd like to keep my postings and writings about "A Course in Miracles" as "academic" as possible. But the truth is that I'm not an academic, and I don't really want to be. I am first and foremost a human being, and then an artist. Yes, I think it's true that I'm intelligent, but I'm not an academic....

Anyway, it's very idiocyncratic of me, but the classes at the Foundation for A Course in Miracles were very empowering for me. I posted this video where I discuss the fact that while attending an ACIM retreat in Seattle back in 2003, I found myself walking all over Seattle, just as a sense of being empowered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm7OS4jr--I

As can be seen in this above video, I am working out, which I have continued to do since returning from Temecula, as demonstrated in the following video that I posted yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZE9yO_aRIY

I don't have this all worked out yet. But there is some correlation between exercise and empowerment, and attending ACIM classes (at least the ones by Kenneth Wapnick) make me feel empowered. This made me figure out the following. You see, I've always wondered why, when I visit Temecula, I NEVER rent a car. I always walk. Walk, walk, walk everywhere. Examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU0WNJQlAjQ

And just today I figured out something else. I've wondered why I make myself take the Greyhound to Temecula. It's a long trip, more than a day oneway. And it's certainly not glamorous, at least the bus stops aren't. But on the other hand, there is perhaps no better way to get a good tour of all of Southern California than to take the Greyhound. Taking the Greyhound, I get to see everything from Los Angeles down to San Diego then up I-15 to Temecula. Prior to my first trip to Temecula via Greyhound, I didn't know Southern California at all:
http://www.youtube.com/user/coursestudent?feature=mhum#g/c/C92FDA01AA48B3AE

Andrew