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104. You are a god-like powerful being

Saturday, Mar 14, 2026 1003 words 4 mins 27 secs

God created you by using his infinite power, and you therefore inherited his infinite power. And that means you are infinitely powerful. You have the power of God in you, and there is nothing the power of God cannot...

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103. Special love causes great suffering

Friday, Mar 13, 2026 2217 words 9 mins 51 secs

I've been having a lot of deep insight lately about cause and effect and taking back my power, so I want to share some more on this. This may be a little lengthy so bear with me.

When we...

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102. The world has no power over you

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 498 words 2 mins 12 secs

The truth is that this world is merely an EFFECT, coming from the mind, and mind is the only cause.

Since the world is only an effect, we are deluded when we believe that it has some kind of...

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101. Fear is powerlessness and power is strength

Thursday, Mar 12, 2026 687 words 3 mins 3 secs

The opposite of love is fear. Love is power.

The opposite of power is powerlessness. Therefore, fear is powerlessness.

I think you'll agree when you are afraid you are in a victim mode, you feel helpless, powerless, things are...

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100. 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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99. Ego is the reversal of cause and effect

Monday, Mar 09, 2026 1340 words 5 mins 57 secs

In terms of cause and effect, God who is cause created us as his effect, yet shared his causal ability with us, making us also able to cause. We are an effect of God, but we are also a...

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98. 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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97. Do you have power over what happens, including death?

Wednesday, Dec 31, 2025 2991 words 13 mins 17 secs

Is there a power OTHER than the mind that can cause things to happen to us? What causes sickness? What makes death happen? Do we actually have any control over this world? Do we have a power, to such...

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96. Simply stop being a victim forever

Tuesday, Dec 23, 2025 436 words 1 mins 56 secs

You could sum everything up as simply .... stop being a victim.

The question is, how far do you have to take this? The answer is, ALL THE WAY. The question then is, is it possible to not be...

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95. Revisiting the secret of salvation

Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1377 words 6 mins 7 secs

The idea is simple. There is only one lesson. This one lesson sets you free from every form of suffering. It's simply this:

Take full responsibility for everything that you are experiencing.

What is this based on? It's based...

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94. It's not enough to not be affected by the world

Friday, Dec 19, 2025 1072 words 4 mins 45 secs

Quite often we are driven by a desire to stop being affected by the world. We all want to get away from suffering and find some peace.

We initially see ourselves as an EFFECT, and we see CAUSE as...

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93. The world causes nothing

Saturday, Nov 15, 2025 566 words 2 mins 30 secs

Nothing in the world is doing anything to you whatsoever. Not even seeming physical attacks, physical sickness, or death.

All of it must be seen as having NO EFFECT on you as a son of God.

If it has...

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92. 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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91. Some miracle working insight

Tuesday, Jun 17, 2025 763 words 3 mins 23 secs

In a higher happier state of mind, mind radiates more light and power. There is greater communication, as in mind directly expressing from a more loving state. In this state, we are more immediate, and more causal. We choose what...

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90. Your anger is never justified

Friday, Nov 01, 2024 1086 words 4 mins 49 secs

"Anger is never justified." - ACIM

Anger is not natural. It is very common, but not natural or healthy. Anger isn't really a valid feeling. It's actually a device for projecting something. Usually we use it to project guilt or...

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89. The inability to control the world

Monday, Nov 20, 2023 856 words 3 mins 48 secs

The world we made - Earth etc - seems like a world we cannot control. When you look at it, almost no-one has any ability to DIRECTLY move objects with their mind. To change one thing into another. The...

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88. Does God create machine guns in heaven?

Wednesday, Oct 25, 2023 1193 words 5 mins 18 secs

There is a fairly simple question that can be asked to determine if planet Earth is real, exists, or is God's creation.

There are machine guns in this world. Machine guns full of bullets. The bullets are projectiles which...

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87. The opposite of the golden rule

Wednesday, Sep 13, 2023 716 words 3 mins 10 secs

"Projection still has this "hurling" connotation, because it involves hurling something you DO NOT want, and regard as dangerous and frightening, to someone else. This is the opposite of the Golden Rule, and having placed this rule upside down, the...

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86. You are included in everything all at once

Wednesday, Aug 09, 2023 679 words 3 mins 1 secs

Imagine that you live in a reality where you are always included in everything. Anything that happens, happens to others, and it happens to you. Anything that you give, you give to others, but you also receive. Anything that...

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85. You are the ruler of the universe

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2023 1153 words 5 mins 7 secs

I think perhaps we under appreciate what being "ruler of the universe" really entails. It seems fanciful and lofty and like some kind of fake superhero idea.

"My self is ruler of the Universe." - "It is impossible that...

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