Terms of Use

Welcome to Foundation for Inner Peace, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit public charity. We help people by publishing, distributing and discussing the book A Course in Miracles and related works and products.

This Terms of Use (“Agreement”) is a contract between you (“you”) and Foundation for Inner Peace, Inc., a New York Not-For-Profit corporation, qualified to do business in California (together with its affiliates, officers, directors, agents, employees, representatives, partners and their respective affiliates, collectively, ”Foundation” or “we”) and governs your access and use of the acim.org website, and all other websites, mobile apps, activities, and services owned and operated by Foundation that have this Agreement posted (collectively, the “Services”), including, but not limited to, all transactions conducted through the Services.

By accessing or using the Services, you signify that you have read all of the terms and conditions in, and linked to, this Agreement (including the Privacy Policy), and you agree to be bound by this Agreement, whether or not you participate in Services. If you do not agree with all of the terms and conditions in this Agreement, please do not participate in the Services.

This Agreement may be modified by Foundation in its sole discretion from time to time and such modifications shall automatically become part of this Agreement and shall be effective once posted by the Foundation on the acim.org website (as indicated by the posted update date). Your participation in the Services will be subject to any such modifications. You should review this Agreement from time to time for any modifications. If you do not agree with any such modifications, please immediately terminate your registered Foundation account and please immediately stop participating in the Services.

THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND OBLIGATIONS, GOVERN YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES, ARE LEGALLY BINDING, LIMIT FOUNDATION’S LIABILITY TO YOU, REQUIRE YOU TO INDEMNIFY FOUNDATION, AND TO SETTLE CERTAIN DISPUTES THROUGH ARBITRATION. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES AFFIRMS YOUR AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY FUTURE MODIFICATIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THIS AGREEMENT, DO NOT USE OUR SERVICES.

This Agreement is divided into the following sections:

THE SERVICES
AGE RESTRICTION
CONDUCT AND AFFILIATES
OWNERSHIP & LICENSE
TERMINATION
DISCLAIMERS
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
INDEMNIFICATION
CHANGES
GOVERNING LAW
ENTIRE AGREEMENT, WAIVER, SEVERABILITY & ASSIGNMENT

THE SERVICES
1. Description of Services. The Services include providing educational and study material, information, and programs related to the Foundation for Inner Peace and A Course in Miracles.
2. No Guarantee. Although Foundation for Inner Peace works hard to provide quality service, you understand and acknowledge that we cannot promise or guarantee specific results from using the Services available on this website.
3. Temporary Interruptions. You understand and agree that temporary interruptions of the Services may occur as normal events that are out of our control. You agree that the Services available on this Website are provided “AS IS” and that we assume no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or personalization settings.
AGE RESTRICTION
1. By using the Services, you agree that you are at least the legal age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside. The Services are only offered and available to users who are at least eighteen (18) years of age or older.
CONDUCT & AFFILIATES
1. Conduct Guidelines. Your use of the Services is subject to all applicable laws and regulations, and you are solely responsible for any comments or posts you leave on the Services. By posting information on the Services, or by otherwise using any communications service, message board, newsgroup, or other interactive service available on the Services, you agree that you will not post comments, messages, links, code, other information, or take actions that:
  1. is unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, deceptive, fraudulent, tortious, invasive of another’s privacy, or includes graphic descriptions of sexual or violent content;
  2. victimizes, harasses, degrades, or intimidates an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or disability;
  3. infringes on any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity, or other proprietary right of any party;
  4. consists of unsolicited advertising, junk or bulk email (also known as “spam”), chain letters, any other form of unauthorized solicitation, or any form of lottery or gambling;
  5. contains any form of malicious code, files, or programs that are designed or intended to disrupt, damage, or limit the functionality of any software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or otherwise causes damage, or allows you to obtain unauthorized access to any data or other information of any third party;
  6. breaches the security of, compromises or otherwise allows access to secured, protected or inaccessible areas of this Service, or attempts to gain access to other network or server via your account on this Service;
  7. impersonates any person or entity, including any of our employees or representatives.
2. No Endorsement. The Foundation neither endorses nor assumes any liability for any material uploaded or submitted by users on any part of these Services. Although we do not pre-screen, police or monitor comments posted on the Service, we and our agents reserve the right to remove any and all postings that we feel do not comply with any term of this Agreement and any other rules of user conduct for our Service, or are otherwise harmful, objectionable, or inaccurate. We are not responsible for any failure or delay in removing such postings.
3. Affiliate Services and Information. These Services may redirect or link to other services, or may otherwise include references to information, products or services made available by affiliates. While we make every effort to work with trusted, reputable providers, from time to time such Services may contain information, material or policies that some may find inappropriate or personally objectionable. You understand that we are not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, decency or legality of content hosted by affiliates, nor are we responsible for errors or omissions in any references made on those services. The inclusion of such a link or reference is provided merely as a convenience and does not imply endorsement of, or association with the Services or party by us, or any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.
OWNERSHIP & LICENSE
1. Services Ownership. You acknowledge and agree that we own all legal right, title and interest in and to all other elements of the Services, and all intellectual property rights therein (including, without limitation, all Art, designs, systems, methods, information, computer code, software, services, “look and feel”, organization, compilation of the content, code, data, and all other elements of the Services (collectively, the “Materials”)). You acknowledge that the Materials are protected by copyright, trade dress, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions, other relevant intellectual property and proprietary rights, and applicable laws. All Materials are the copyrighted property of Foundation or its licensors, and all trademarks, service marks, and trade names associated with the Services or otherwise contained in the Materials are proprietary to Foundation or its licensors. Except as expressly set forth herein, your use of the Services does not grant you ownership of or any other rights with respect to any content, code, data, or other Materials that you may access on or through the Services. We reserve all rights in and to the Materials that are not expressly granted to you in this Agreement. For the sake of clarity, you understand and agree: (a) that your purchase of the Services, does not give you any rights or licenses in or to the Materials (including, without limitation, our copyright in and to the associated Art) other than those expressly contained in this Agreement; (b) that you do not have the right, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise commercialize any elements of the Materials (including, without limitation, any Art) without our prior written consent in each case, which consent we may withhold in our sole and absolute discretion; and (c) that you will not apply for, register, or otherwise use or attempt to use any Foundation trademarks or service marks, or any confusingly similar marks, anywhere in the world without our prior written consent in each case, which consent we may withhold at our sole and absolute discretion.
2. License for Permitted Uses. This Agreement permits you to use the Services and Materials for your personal, non-commercial use only. A limited, revocable, non-exclusive, nontransferable license is granted to access the intellectual property displayed via the Services for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is not a transfer of title, right, or interest in the Services or Materials. The license does not give you the right to, and you are strictly prohibited from, copying the Materials, modifying the Materials, using the Materials for any commercial purpose, publicly displaying the Materials, attempting to decompile or reverse engineer the Materials or Services, removing any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notations from the Materials, or otherwise infringing upon the intellectual property rights of Foundation or its licensors. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions, or any provision of this Agreement, and may be terminated by Foundation at any time for any or no reason. Upon termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format. Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no assignments or license of intellectual property are granted by Foundation.
3. Breach of License. If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of the Materials, or any other component of the Services in breach of this Agreement, your right to use the Services will stop immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the Materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to the Services or any Materials is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted are reserved by the Foundation. Any use of the Services or Materials not expressly permitted by this Agreement is a breach and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws.
TERMINATION
- You may terminate your rights and obligations under this Agreement at any time by discontinuing your access to and use of the Services. You agree that we, in our sole discretion and for any or no reason, may terminate this Agreement and suspend and/or terminate your account(s) for the Services. You agree that any suspension or termination of your access to the Services may be without prior notice, and that we will not be liable to you or to any third party for any such suspension or termination. If we terminate this Agreement or suspend or terminate your access to or use of the Services due to your breach of this Agreement or any suspected fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity, then termination of this Agreement will be in addition to any other remedies we may have at law or in equity. Upon any termination or expiration of this Agreement, whether by you or us, you may no longer have access to information that you have posted on the Services or that is related to your account, and you acknowledge that we will have no obligation to maintain any such information in our databases or to forward any such information to you or to any third party. Sections 2 through 16 will survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason.
DISCLAIMERS
1. AS IS. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK, AND THAT THE SERVICES IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS MAKE NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES REGARDING THE SERVICES AND ANY PART OF IT (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE ACIM.ORG WEBSITE, OR ANY EXTERNAL WEBSITES), INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, OR RELIABILITY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS DO NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT TO YOU THAT: (I) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (II) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR FREE FROM ERROR, (III) USAGE DATA PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICES WILL BE ACCURATE, (IV) THE SERVICES OR ANY CONTENT, SERVICES, OR FEATURES MADE AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR (V) THAT ANY DATA THAT YOU DISCLOSE WHEN YOU USE THE SERVICES WILL BE SECURE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IN CONTRACTS WITH CONSUMERS, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
2. SECURITY RISKS. YOU ACCEPT THE INHERENT SECURITY RISKS OF PROVIDING INFORMATION AND DEALING ONLINE OVER THE INTERNET, AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE NO LIABILITY OR RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY UNLESS IT IS DUE TO OUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
1. NO LIABILITY. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT WE, OUR SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES WHICH YOU MAY INCUR, HOWSOEVER CAUSED AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOSS OF PROFITS (WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY), LOSS OF GOODWILL OR BUSINESS REPUTATION, LOSS OF DATA, COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES, OR ANY OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
2. TOTAL LIABILITY. YOU AGREE THAT OUR TOTAL, AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF (OR YOUR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE) ANY PORTION OF THE SERVICES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU ACTUALLY PAID US UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IN THE 12 MONTH PERIOD PRECEDING THE DATE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) $100.
3. RISK. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WE HAVE MADE THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ENTERED INTO THIS AGREEMENT IN RELIANCE UPON THE WARRANTY DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN, WHICH REFLECT A REASONABLE AND FAIR ALLOCATION OF RISK BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND FORM AN ESSENTIAL BASIS OF THE BARGAIN BETWEEN US. WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO YOU WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.
4. JURISDICTIONS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, AND SOME JURISDICTIONS ALSO LIMIT DISCLAIMERS OR LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY FROM CONSUMER PRODUCTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO PERSONAL INJURY CLAIMS.
INDEMNIFICATION
- Except to the extent prohibited under applicable law, you agree to hold harmless and indemnify Foundation and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, employees, advertisers, licensors, suppliers or partners from and against any claim, liability, loss, damage (actual and consequential) of any kind or nature, suit, judgment, litigation cost, and attorneys’ fees arising out of or in any way related to (i) your use of the Services, (ii) your breach of this Agreement, (iii) your misuse of the Services, or (iv) your violation of applicable laws, rules or regulations in connection with your access to or use of the Services. You agree that Foundation will have control of the defense or settlement of any such claims.
CHANGES
- We may make changes to the Services or the Agreement from time to time. When we make changes, the updated Agreement will be made available through the Services and update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this Agreement accordingly. Please check this Agreement periodically for changes. Any changes to the Agreement will apply on the date that they are made, and your continued access to or use of the Services after the Agreement has been updated will constitute your binding acceptance of the updates. If you do not agree to any revised Agreement, you must not access or use the Services.
GOVERNING LAW
- This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York, USA, without regard to its choice of law or conflict of law provisions.
ENTIRE AGREEMENT, SEVERABILITY & ASSIGNMENT
1. Entire Agreement & Severability. This Agreement along with our Privacy Policy, accepted upon your access and use of the Services, contains the entire agreement between you and Foundation regarding the use of the Services. This Agreement may not be orally amended. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.
2. Waiver. No waiver by the Foundation of any term or condition set out in this Agreement shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or a waiver of any other term or condition, and any failure of the Foundation to assert a right or provision under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
3. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be eliminated or limited to the minimum extent such that the remaining provisions of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
4. Assignment. This Agreement will be binding on, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable against the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. We have the right to delegate, assign and otherwise transfer any or all of its rights and duties under this Agreement. Neither the course of conduct between parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. All rights not expressly granted herein are hereby reserved. Headings are for reference purposes only and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such section.
5. Contact. Please contact us at [email protected] (or call +1 415-388-2060) with any questions regarding this Agreement.

Last updated on October 20, 2023.

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