When the ego attacks, it does not see you for who you really are.
Its belief in sin and guilt heavily skews its perception. It perceives in you a sinful guilty person, which isn't really in you.
It then addresses that sinful...
There are two worlds before your eyes.
1) An illusory world
2) Your belief that the illusory world is reality.
You are meant to correct your misperception of the ILLUSORY world, by undoing your belief that it is REAL.
That's what it means...
You are in an illusory world.
But you believe this world is real.
THAT is your problem. THAT is the distortion of perception that's happening in your mind that you need to correct.
You're not correcting your view of a real world, you're...
You are in a dream world. Everything here is symbolic. Nothing that appears visible is whole, because symbols are not the whole of something. Symbols represent something beyond themselves, and all physical matter is symbolic of something greater.
Physical matter, at...
Sorry this is a bit longish... it's hard to explain.
The physical world is a holographic dream. But the way that it is holographic isn't very obvious. And most people do not believe it is a dream!
Firstly, a hologram is not...
Should you change the world?
There are many parts of ACIM which SEEM to suggest you should not. Such as:
"Seek not to change the world, but seek to change your mind about the world."
Also Jesus tells us we need to correct...
You may think that you have the freedom to do anything you want in this world. You conceive of jumping off mountains, swimming in the ocean, running through forests, or lounging on your deck sipping your favorite beverage. Whatever it...
"Salvation lies in the simple fact that illusions are not fearful because they are not true. They but seem to be fearful to the extent to which you fail to recognize them for what they are; and you will fail...
The only way that A Course in Miracles can really make any sense whatsoever, is if there is a CLEAR distinction between what is real and what is illusion.
Every way in which you are confused about which is which, is...
If you are not really clear that there is NO TRUTH in the world, because the entire world is an illusion, you will become quite confused.
You'll mistakenly keep searching for answers in forms, situations, explanations, authorities, rational deductions, conclusions, diagnosis,...
When shit happens and stuff goes badly wrong and life sucks bigtime, you have one of two conclusions:
a) Shit happened and where was God? God is either cruel or he doesn't exist, because the shit is "real". Or...
b) Shit only...
In A Course in Miracles, forgiveness is a movement away from believing that illusions are true and real, towards recognizing that they are in fact not true or real. This becomes clear when your awareness increases sufficiently to reveal a...
We have allowed ourselves to LEARN what we think the truth is, based on how the physical world seems to function.
We think that there are causes out there which have effects on other things.
We think that the world is able...
Whatever you see in something, if you think it is inherently offensive, it is not. The offensiveness is in your own mind, and you put it there.
That can be hard to accept because it means that you've been used to...
We continually look for meaning outside of ourselves. We look for salvation outside of ourselves. We look for ourselves outside of ourselves. We look for love outside of ourselves. We look for happiness outside of ourselves.
And we do not find...
A major mistake I keep making, or at least am starting to notice I'm making, is trying to find answers in the world.
Jesus is often hinting to me that I'm doing something wrong when I do this.
I'll be lost in...
Just about everyone believes in it.
Just about everyone bows down and allows it to happen.
Just about everyone wants it to happen to them.
Just about everyone fears it as a result.
Just about everyone is choosing it.
Just about everyone knows someone who...
What it claims is that if you will not say certain things, or do certain things, other people will be less hurt and less offended and less victimized. And that therefore, this is more loving and supportive.
This is not true.
What...
What God creates must be permanent because He is permanence and can only create like Himself.
Therefore, if something is not permanent, if it changes at all in any way, if it is born or dies, or if it comes and...
In this world, the ego has reversed everything. What was visible has become invisible, and what was nothing at all seems to be something.
Similarly, in the world of form, "space" seems to be where nothing exists. And it seems like...