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32. I am as God created me - my self does not disappear

Thursday, Nov 29, 2018 1392 words 6 mins 11 secs

God did create me. The truth about me is that I am still in the condition He originally created me, having not really changed at all.

God is everywhere in Heaven/Reality. Having created me as His Son in His Image, I...

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31. Sharing vs Exclusion - the separated self

Wednesday, Nov 28, 2018 700 words 3 mins 6 secs

Think of yourself not as confined to a small body, but think of yourself as, in your natural state, being expansive and the size of the universe. You are omnipresent, you are everywhere and in all things. You share the...

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30. What is the separate self? What does "separation" really mean?

Sunday, Sep 09, 2018 1774 words 7 mins 53 secs

In Heaven, God's thought system entails profound sharing. Each part of the system contains the whole of the system. It is holographic. This is how God thinks.

"The recognition of the part as whole, and of the whole in every part,...

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29. Shifting your identity from body to spirit

Sunday, Aug 12, 2018 998 words 4 mins 26 secs

In the separation from God, all that’s happened is we’ve gone into denial about what is true. We’ve tried to change the truth into somethiing false, and vice versa. We’re just a bit confused about what IS true and what...

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28. You have a self - the ego is NOT individuality

Friday, Apr 06, 2018 557 words 2 mins 28 secs

The ego is NOT the idea of being an individual self. It is in fact the idea of DENYING your self, attacking your self, destroying yourself, and trying to kill your self.

The ego is the very idea of imprisoning your...

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27. Not identifying with the body

Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018 729 words 3 mins 14 secs

The body was made to separate you out from the whole and make you seem like you are DIFFERENT to "others".

If you believe that this "difference" represents your IDENTITY, you are confining yourself to a physical object.

If you also believe...

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26. Differences mean death, identicality means life

Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018 1202 words 5 mins 20 secs

AND WHY THERE IS NO ORDER OF DIFFICULTY IN MIRACLES...

In this world, forms of objects and bodies and planets are all made to establish how one thing is DIFFERENT to another.

So when we look at the spectrum of types of...

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25. Men vs Women

Wednesday, Mar 28, 2018 503 words 2 mins 14 secs

Here's a ... strange and unexpected post that kind of just channeled out of me..... hmmmm...

Causing without receptivity to love has been associated with "male".

Receptivity without the power to cause has been associated with "female".

The male "egocentric" causality and forcefulness...

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24. The fictional bullshit of not having a self

Monday, Mar 12, 2018 465 words 2 mins 4 secs

To ego, "having a self" seems to be what it's all about. This suggestion that ego is a "self you made" or some kind of a thing.

But this is actually completely backwards.

The ego is actually the idea of the END...

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23. Where are you?

Monday, Mar 05, 2018 508 words 2 mins 15 secs

It's very easy to believe that we are here in the dream, as a body, as an ego, trying to get to Heaven, which is far off in the distance, and we seem not to be there yet.

But this is...

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22. You do have a Self and it will not disappear

Friday, Mar 02, 2018 472 words 2 mins 5 secs

Cutting your Self off from God is separation.

Cutting yourself off from God means that now your Self is ISOLATED or disconnected from God.

It does not mean that you have no self or that you do not exist.

Nor does it mean...

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21. You are already who you already are

Monday, Nov 20, 2017 460 words 2 mins 2 secs

There is part of you which is already in heaven with God. It never left.

That means your spirit-self is already awake and one with God.

Jesus says that like you, He has everything that God gave Him. The only difference between...

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20. You cannot be attacked unless you identify with the ego

Sunday, Nov 05, 2017 777 words 3 mins 27 secs

You as love cannot be attacked by the ego. The ego in others or in the world is utterly incapable of doing ANYTHING to love. Love is completely outside of the entire realm of the ego’s dream. All ego identities...

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19. The scope of your awareness defines your identity

Wednesday, Aug 23, 2017 934 words 4 mins 9 secs

God's Son is huge. Infinite, unlimited, eternal, omnipresent. He is everywhere at all times and beyond. There is no edge to His being and no limits to His Self.

Think of the Son of God like a huge canvas or giant...

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18. Awareness is your identity

Wednesday, Jun 21, 2017 621 words 2 mins 45 secs

Your sense of who you are depends entirely on the extent of your awareness. Awareness is your IDENTITY.

How much of your mind you are aware OF, determines the boundaries of your sense of Self.

If you have a lot of repression...

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17. You have a problem of identity, you think the ego is your Self

Wednesday, Jun 07, 2017 1532 words 6 mins 48 secs

Your main problem is one of identity. You've attempted to change your identity from Christ, to take on a new identity as an ego.

Your sense of your "Self" has become associated with, attached to, and confused with, an alternative model...

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16. The prodigal son and his independence

Tuesday, May 16, 2017 659 words 2 mins 55 secs

Independence can seem like a good thing. It seems to in some way be better than dependency on others, or codependency. It seems to represent being responsible for ones own life, and having the freedom to choose anything.

The ego has...

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15. The identity crisis - who are you?

Sunday, May 07, 2017 1360 words 6 mins 2 secs

Who am I?

What you are, is immortal spirit. You are capable of experiencing, because you have awareness, and you perceive reality. You share the Will of God.

The ego is an illusion. It is not capable of experiencing, it has no...

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14. You are attempting to disown yourself

Saturday, Apr 08, 2017 1135 words 5 mins 2 secs

In your attempt to move away from God, you are basically trying to disown yourself.

You do this by denying who you are, covering up awareness of who you are, and displacing your sense of self onto anything that you perceive...

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13. Awakening is a shift in identity

Wednesday, Mar 22, 2017 827 words 3 mins 40 secs

In your whole mind, there is a split mind. It's kind of an artificial mind. It's made of illusions. It's a mental construct which blocks awareness by fooling you into thinking it is not all the same identity.

This split mind...

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