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128. God does not judge you - forgiveness ends judgement

Monday, Jun 15, 2026 1937 words 8 mins 36 secs

People talk about forgiveness a lot, but might not recognize that judgement is its opposite. In order to forgive we have to give up being judgemental.

To be more accurate, the Holy Spirit does judge, but his judgement is...

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127. Some thoughts about homophobia

Monday, Jun 08, 2026 1942 words 8 mins 37 secs

I think one of the main reasons people seem to be homophobic, is just because we expect men to be men and women to be women. And if we ourselves are "straight" which largely means squarely or "purely" male...

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126. You are either judging or forgiving, at all times

Thursday, May 28, 2026 1047 words 4 mins 39 secs

You can either be in a state of total forgiveness, or you are in a state of judgementalism.

In forgiveness, judgement is given to the Holy Spirit who has full access to all knowledge and can judge correctly. His...

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125. The special love lie

Wednesday, May 20, 2026 600 words 2 mins 39 secs

The world's idea of the most ideal relationship is where you find the chosen one and give them all your love. But you don't give that same love to anyone else. The chosen one gets exclusive access, special rights, permissions...

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124. Let them hate, let them be vicious

Sunday, May 17, 2026 791 words 3 mins 30 secs

Everyone is free. Everyone is entirely given total permission to be free by God. That means that even if you choose to deny God, you are free to do so. Even if you want to try to be evil,...

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123. Don't hate people for hating, love the hater

Sunday, May 10, 2026 753 words 3 mins 20 secs

If someone wants to hate, they have every right to. Why would you want to stop them?

It seems a popular reaction to just say, they should stop hating, because hating is wrong and if they hate they are...

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122. Fear is an attack on love - resisting God

Sunday, Apr 12, 2026 599 words 2 mins 39 secs

Fear is really resistance to what is. It's an attack on what is. It's a desire to make what is go away. It's the feeling you have when you a refusing to receive something. Per the golden rule, giving...

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121. You're not even supposed to be here

Saturday, Apr 11, 2026 1025 words 4 mins 33 secs

Fact is, we're not even really supposed to be in this world at all. We invented it to try to hide from God, as an attack on God. And we're still hiding. It is not our home and it...

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120. How you make your own symptoms of suffering

Tuesday, Mar 10, 2026 1634 words 7 mins 15 secs

Freedom of Choice > Responsibility > Power > Causation > Effects.

To simplify, think of cause and effect. You are either the cause, or the effect. If you see yourself as the cause, you cannot be an effect. Your...

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119. A lesson in applying the secret of salvation

Sunday, Mar 08, 2026 1357 words 6 mins 1 secs

In the past, my wife became disabled and was unable to fend for herself. She became dependent upon me. I had to take over responsibility for her life, her wellbeing, her decisions, her food and cleanliness, her health. I...

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118. Can you forgive a racial slur from a person with tourettes?

Monday, Feb 23, 2026 685 words 3 mins 2 secs

At the BAFTA awards this year, the actor in the very good film "I swear", about a man with tourettes, won an award. It's definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

Later, there was an award being...

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117. More on bypassing and the proper use of denial

Monday, Feb 23, 2026 790 words 3 mins 30 secs

"The ego equates:

Not agreeing with me = denial.

But correction is not denial.

It’s reinterpretation."

(ChatGPT)

"True denial is a very powerful protective device. You can and should deny any belief that error can hurt you. This kind...

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116. Deep down you mistakenly believe you are a murderer

Saturday, Jan 24, 2026 942 words 4 mins 11 secs

The whole thought system of ego and being separate from God, is rooted in the idea of murder. This might not be apparent, and you might not think that many of the things you do are murderous. We reserve...

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115. The body can be re-purposed to cause healing in others

Monday, Dec 29, 2025 1819 words 8 mins 5 secs

Think of the physical body as having a purpose. It has a purpose, because it has a USE, because it has a USER. It is being used FOR something, other than the body in and of itself - because...

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114. Are you having nightmares about sin? What is sin?

Sunday, Dec 14, 2025 1461 words 6 mins 29 secs

Illusions + reality = sin.

Reality - illusions = innocence.

This world we're in is a place of limitations. Everything is an illusion. Nothing is whole. Everything is partial. And all the forms that things take seem to depict...

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113. What is your immortal self really like?

Friday, Nov 21, 2025 1481 words 6 mins 34 secs

Immortality stems from being absolute. Everything about God is absolute. Absolutely existing, absolutely forever. There is no sense of endings, interruptions, or even changes. Something that lasts forever. Always there, always the same, always permanent.

That‘s what your real self...

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112. What does it mean to see mistakes instead of sins?

Friday, Nov 07, 2025 1145 words 5 mins 5 secs1 comments

In ACIM, mistakenness is not the same thing as how the world generally thinks of it. If you go into the women's toilet instead of the men's, it could be a mistake. A mistaken action. If you pick up...

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111. Ending the fear of death

Monday, Oct 27, 2025 1590 words 7 mins 3 secs

The things of this world change. Change is impermanence. Change is mortality. Change is death.

If you associate your self with being one of these things, you are forced to have to believe that you are something that can...

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110. How we misinterpreted mistakes as sins

Wednesday, Sep 17, 2025 1526 words 6 mins 46 secs

God is always light.

When we resist God, we try to block the light.

This blockage produces an illusion of the absence of light, ie a "lack of light."

This lack of light may seem like darkness. But this...

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109. Respect me or else!!!

Monday, Sep 08, 2025 1059 words 4 mins 42 secs

What do you mean, you're not treating me exactly the way that I expect you to? How dare you! lol

"Respect" is a term that egos love to use. It's supposed to be a sign of treating someone right....

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