Tina Louise Spalding is a Canadian channeler and author whose books present teachings she says are transmitted from Jesus and a collective of non-physical beings she calls Ananda, and whose work often runs alongside themes from A Course in Miracles. She is not the scribe of the original Course (that was Helen Schucman, published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace), but her book A Year of Forgiveness offers daily commentaries on the Course's workbook lessons attributed to Jesus, and much of her wider material sits in the same forgiveness-based, non-dualist lineage.
Key Takeaways
- Who she is: Tina Louise Spalding, born in England in 1958, emigrated to Canada in 1976, working today as a full-trance channeler and author on Canada's west coast.
- What she is known for: Channeling a group of non-physical teachers she names Ananda (since summer 2012) and, from 2013 onward, teachings she attributes to Jesus.
- Connection to A Course in Miracles: She studied ACIM intensively for roughly ten years before her channeling opened, and her book A Year of Forgiveness pairs each Course workbook lesson with a channeled commentary. Her work is ACIM-adjacent, not an official continuation of the Course.
- Her books: Making Love to God, Great Minds Speak to You, Jesus: My Autobiography, Love and a Map to the Unaltered Soul, Spirit of the Western Way, You Can Free Yourself From the Karma of Chaos, and A Year of Forgiveness. Her titles are published by Light Technology Publishing (not the Foundation for Inner Peace, which holds the original Course).
- Where she operates: Her official site is channelingjesus.com, her YouTube channel is Channeling Jesus & Ananda, and she offers online transmissions, memberships, retreats, and workshops.
- The honest ACIM-teacher take: Channeled works that reference the Course can be helpful for some students and confusing for others. They are companion literature, not the Course itself.
| Also known as | Tina Spalding |
|---|---|
| Born | England, 1958; moved to Canada in 1976[1] |
| Known for | Full-trance channeling of Ananda and of teachings attributed to Jesus[1] |
| Best-known book | Jesus: My Autobiography (2015)[1] |
| Publisher | Light Technology Publishing, not the Foundation for Inner Peace[3] |
| Relationship to A Course in Miracles | Companion literature in the same forgiveness lineage, not part of the Course |
Who Is Tina Louise Spalding?
Tina Louise Spalding, often searched simply as Tina Spalding, is a Canadian channeler, author, and spiritual teacher. She was born in England in 1958 and emigrated to Canada with her family in 1976, later settling on a small island off Canada's west coast where she still lives and works.[1] Before her spiritual work opened up, she was an artist, and by her own account she had moved through two divorces and a long stretch of dissatisfaction with modern life before her channeling began.[1]
On the summer solstice of 2012, she reports being "infused with a powerful and ecstatic energy" during a nap. She calls that source Ananda, a collective of non-physical teachers, and by October of that year she was working as a full-trance channel for them.[1] Teachings attributed to Jesus began coming through her in 2013 and became the through-line of her later work, including her 2015 book Jesus: My Autobiography.[1]
As an ACIM teacher of over twenty-five years, I get asked about Tina fairly often, usually with some version of the same question: do channeled works that reference the Course carry the same weight as the Course itself? My honest answer is no, and I don't think they're meant to. The original Course was scribed by Helen Schucman between 1965 and 1972 and published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace. Tina's material is her own body of work in the same forgiveness lineage, useful to some students, unnecessary to others, and it is best evaluated on that footing.
What Does Tina Louise Spalding Channel?
Two primary sources appear across her material:
- Ananda, which she describes as a collective or "group soul" of non-physical teachers. Ananda is the source of her early book Making Love to God and much of her ongoing teaching.[1]
- Jesus, whose voice she says began coming through her toward the end of channeling Great Minds Speak to You in 2013, and who is presented as the author of Jesus: My Autobiography and the commentaries in A Year of Forgiveness.[1]
Her book Great Minds Speak to You also frames itself as channeled after-death messages from twenty well-known 20th-century figures.[1] Whether any of that lands as genuine spiritual transmission or as a form of contemplative writing is, honestly, a call each reader has to make from their own inner sense.
Is Tina Louise Spalding Connected to A Course in Miracles?
The connection is real, but it is more editorial companion than official successor.
Spalding studied A Course in Miracles for roughly ten years before her channeling opened.[1] Her most explicitly ACIM-linked title, A Year of Forgiveness: A Course in Miracles Lessons with Commentary from Jesus, pairs each of the 365 Workbook lessons with a channeled commentary and is published by Light Technology Publishing.[2] Her daily readings on YouTube follow the same rhythm, working through the Course's workbook one lesson at a time.
What she is not is a continuation, revision, or successor to the Course. Those are two separate things and it matters to keep them separate:
- A Course in Miracles was scribed by Helen Schucman with Bill Thetford between 1965 and 1972, first published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace. It is a closed, self-contained text.
- Tina Louise Spalding's books are her own channeled works, published by Light Technology Publishing, that engage the Course as inspiration and as a lesson framework.
For students new to the Course, my usual counsel is simple: start with the Course itself. Read the Text, work the Workbook, sit with the Manual for Teachers. Companion material, whether it's Kenneth Wapnick's commentaries, Marianne Williamson's A Return to Love, or Spalding's channeled commentaries, is only useful once you have your own footing in the primary text.
Are Tina Louise Spalding's Books Published by the Foundation for Inner Peace?
No. This is the most common point of confusion, so it's worth stating plainly. The Foundation for Inner Peace is the copyright holder and original publisher of A Course in Miracles. Tina Louise Spalding's books, including her ACIM-adjacent title A Year of Forgiveness, are published by Light Technology Publishing, an independent metaphysical publisher based in Arizona.[3] Any endorsement of her material by the Foundation would need to come from the Foundation itself, and to my knowledge there is no formal relationship between the two.
What Is Ananda in Tina Louise Spalding's Teachings?
Ananda is the name she gives to the collective non-physical source her material comes through. In her own framing, Ananda is not a single being but a group consciousness of teachers speaking as one voice.[1] The name is a Sanskrit word usually translated as "bliss" or "joy," and in her teachings the group's focus tends toward release of fear, self-forgiveness, and a kind of loving reassurance for the human experience.
Whether Ananda is objectively "real" in the way a person is real, or whether the material is better understood as a deeply intuitive contemplative practice, is a question I'll leave with you. The Course itself is agnostic about the metaphysics of any teacher and asks us to keep the focus on the fruit: does the material actually help you forgive, love more freely, and see the world with less fear?
Tina Louise Spalding's Books
Her core bibliography, in the order her own site suggests reading them:[4]
- Making Love to God
- Great Minds Speak to You
- Jesus: My Autobiography (2015)
- Love and a Map to the Unaltered Soul
- Spirit of the Western Way
- You Can Free Yourself From the Karma of Chaos
- A Year of Forgiveness: A Course in Miracles Lessons with Commentary from Jesus
All are published by Light Technology Publishing and are widely available on Amazon and through her site.[3] A Year of Forgiveness is the one to reach for if your interest is specifically ACIM-adjacent daily practice. Jesus: My Autobiography is her most-cited standalone title.
Where to Find Tina Louise Spalding
- Official site: channelingjesus.com
- YouTube: Channeling Jesus & Ananda (youtube.com/c/ChannelingJesusAnanda)
- Publisher: Light Technology Publishing
A Balanced Word From an ACIM Teacher
Tina Louise Spalding is a channeler whose work resonates strongly with some Course students and lands as a distraction for others. Both responses are legitimate. If her voice helps you sit with the Workbook lessons for a full year, that is a good outcome. If it pulls you away from the Course into a separate teaching stream, notice that and course-correct. The Course's own instruction is to hold everything lightly and to test everything by its fruit: more peace, less fear, more willingness to forgive. That is the only test that ever really matters.
Related reading: more Course passages side-by-side in the best A Course in Miracles quotes guide, click here for the full collection of the 33 most-cited passages, each with the canonical Foundation for Inner Peace citation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Tina Louise Spalding?
Tina Louise Spalding is a Canadian channeler and author, born in England in 1958, who works as a full-trance channel for a source she calls Ananda and for teachings she attributes to Jesus. Her books are published by Light Technology Publishing.[1]
What does Tina Louise Spalding channel?
She channels two primary sources: Ananda, a collective of non-physical teachers speaking as one voice, and Jesus, who she says began coming through her in 2013. She has also channeled material framed as after-death messages from historical figures for her book Great Minds Speak to You.[1]
Is Tina Louise Spalding connected to A Course in Miracles?
Yes, in the sense that she studied A Course in Miracles for about ten years before her channeling opened and later wrote A Year of Forgiveness, a daily commentary on the Course's 365 workbook lessons. She is not the scribe of the original Course. That was Helen Schucman, published in 1976 by the Foundation for Inner Peace. Spalding's work is ACIM-adjacent companion material, not an official continuation.
Are Tina Louise Spalding's books published by the Foundation for Inner Peace?
No. Her books are published by Light Technology Publishing, an independent metaphysical publisher. The Foundation for Inner Peace publishes only the original A Course in Miracles and its authorized supplementary pamphlets.[3]
What is Ananda in Tina Louise Spalding's teachings?
Ananda is the name she gives to a collective or "group soul" of non-physical teachers who she says began communicating through her on the summer solstice of 2012. The word itself is Sanskrit for "bliss," and in her framing Ananda's teachings center on forgiveness, release of fear, and love.[1]
What is Tina Louise Spalding's YouTube channel?
Her channel is Channeling Jesus & Ananda, where she posts daily readings of ACIM lessons with channeled commentary, longer transmissions, and Q&A sessions. The channel URL is youtube.com/c/ChannelingJesusAnanda.
Which Tina Louise Spalding book should I start with?
If you are coming from A Course in Miracles, start with A Year of Forgiveness since it maps directly onto the Course workbook. If you are new to her voice, Jesus: My Autobiography (2015) is her most-cited standalone title. Her own site recommends reading her books in a specific order beginning with Making Love to God.[4]
