The belief that sin is real, leads to all kinds of behavior modifications. If sin is real, i.e. certain activities or behaviors are "actually sinful", this will force you to have to avoid certain things, not do certain things, be...
"The body cannot create, and the belief that it can, a fundamental error, produces all physical symptoms. Physical illness represents a belief in magic. The whole distortion that made magic rests on the belief that there is a creative ability...
A belief that sickness is real must be a belief that God is sick.
Sickness is an attempt to redefine God as less than whole; suffering, and preparing to die.
What we give reality to, or see truth in, becomes our perceived...
If a child were playing make-believe and pretending that things were happening, would you believe it? If you knew better, if you knew that the toy car is just a toy, not a real car, but the child was whizzing...
Let's say you're in a regular situation, maybe you're around someone you know. And there's something this person is doing that you 'describe' or 'label' as something. You think you're just making a basic observation, like it's obvious.
So maybe you...
Jesus speaks of how we believe that "darkness can hide".
"Darkness" is the idea that there can be 'diminished light', or indeed 'no light'.
"Light" is the light of awareness. God is light. Your True Self is light.
So in order to seemingly...
Most people in this world are trying to find the Self that they think they lost.
They're trying to find the Love (God) that they think they are separate from.
They are looking everywhere that this Self/Love/God does not exist, outside of...
For miracles of healing to function, there must be firm belief that healing will occur.
God's will is permanent healing, and miracles extend this, coming from love. So if there is any way that you believe healing will not happen, that...
Start off by believing that something will heal - that God will heal it. Maybe something in yourself that needs healing, or in someone else.
Get a sense of how 'much' you believe this. How much certainty do you have? How...
As you perform miracles, you might have some sense that they may not be fully applied or that they might not work. This is because you are still of the belief that there is a separate will out there capable...
"The body cannot create, and the belief that it can, a fundamental error, produces all physical symptoms. Physical illness represents a belief in magic"
Interesting huh. Jesus isn't saying that some illnesses are caused by a belief in the body having...
If you believe someone is going to do something to you, it's because YOU believe that you deserve to have something done to you.
Inside you is a belief in attack. YOU believe in attack. And by believing in attack, you...
You believe that it is true that you are meant to suffer and die and that doing so is right and happy and is your salvation. How nuts is that? Even worse, you do not even REALIZE you are suffering...
Whatever you are perceiving, whatever you are believing, you ALWAYS believe that you are experiencing the truth.
If you are feeling guilty, you believe this is the truth. If you are projecting guilt, you believe that its true that the other...
Because you believe you are already fully in your right mind, and are totally awake, and fully objective, and sane, you believe also that everyone is like this too. You think that everyone is going around acting with full awareness...
Each time I am upset, it's because I am agreeing that something is true which isn't. Even if my upset seems to express the opinion that I do NOT agree, or that the thing is 'wrong', I am still upset...
ALL problems are ONE problem - you believe you are separate from God.
There IS no other problem.
The ego, however, has been extremely clever in making the illusion that there are many many many separate problems. It has tried to fragment...
Somewhere deep down inside you believe you are unworthy of God. You think God doesn't want you and doesn't love you. Or that even if He does, you don't deserve it.
Because you forgot who you are - that you are...
I think a lot of people have a belief that they are 'supposed' to suffer.
When an opportunity for healing is presented, unconditionally, with no strings attached, we actually recoil a bit in suspicion that we're not 'supposed' to be free...
It's possible to rationalize and justify ANY viewpoint you want to take. If you look, you will find all kinds of reasons in support of your opinion. The thing is, you won't think it's your opinion because you'll justify how...