The tiny mad idea, a thought of separation, produced a "dream".
The dream is comprised of illusions. Thoughts of separation must always be illusory because reality is not separate. A thought of separation is also a thought of death (opposite to...
As an extension of that, it pertains to "events" which physical objects bring about, or "problems" that they represent.
It is seemingly a bigger illusion to stop a flood from happening, than to stop the tap from running.
It is seemingly a...
A few years ago, my wife was diagnosed with cancer and had to have surgery.
At the time, this seemed like a big threat. This is because I believed in the hierarchy of illusions, and so it seems like a big...
When you first perceive that someone has something wrong with them, is sick or suffering in some way, and this strikes you as real, you will have a reaction.
Your reaction will be part of what you have put in place...
If something seems to have gone wrong with your body, the temptation is to believe it is has reality and truth to it.
ACIM: "Temptation has one lesson it would teach in all its forms wherever it occurs. It would persuade...
It suddenly occurred to me last night why this is true.
In truth, whatever the illusion is, it has no truth to it and does not really exist. Because it's an illusion, it isn't real. It is really actually nothing. It...
Death is not a cause. Death is just an effect of a belief in punishment. Death cannot do anything to you. It has no power over you. It is not a cause at all. It is nothing but an effect...
Most people feel some sense of unworthiness. Some people feel it very strongly. Unworthiness means you do not believe you deserve to be loved. You're not good enough or smart enough or perfect enough or something enough. There is something...
The physical properties of matter, this universe, enacts the ego's law of separation between cause and effect. Every single thing which happens in this universe stems from this fundamental canvas of separation.
For one thing to do something to another thing...
It's really impossible to separate from God, given that God is everywhere and there is nowhere else to go. But the ego mind believes that the impossible is possible. It thinks it can actually succeed in being separate and can...
You are attacking victims with your false empathy. It's time for some honesty.
When you see someone as a victim, such as that they are sick, diseased, suffering, afraid, being victimized by someone else, are disabled, weak, helpless, vulnerable, at a...
You can create an illusion of being responsible, by positioning yourself as being angry and upset about what other people are doing. You can make yourself seem like you are responsible by standing up for people's rights or agreeing with...
Both sides of every war are run by the ego. The war is symptomatic of the ego attacking itself. War is self attack.
When you believe that one side of the war is the good guys and one side is the...
If you are caught up in an emotional interaction with someone, upset by them or about them or struggling to forgive them, trying doing a forgiveness where you sever the connection of cause and effect between you.
By that I mean,...
The big secret behind the ego's illusions, is that the ego is entirely a mode of SELF-attack. And this exactly ties into the revelation that "the secret to salvation is that you are but doing this to yourself."
The ego mind...
As Christ, you have AUTHORITY over illusions. Authority over the ego. Authority over death.
This authority doesn't mean you are equal with illusions or equal in power with the ego. The ego has NO power. Your Authority reveals that you HAVE...
Those course students who believe they are only supposed to correct their own perceptions - perceptions of the physical world, as though the physical world is reality and you simply need to see it without judgement in order to keep...
If you know what the secret to the magic trick is, you know that there is not really any magic happening. But if something is hidden, if there is information missing, it becomes possible to enter into an alternative state...
Holy Spirit's suggestion to take the next step in a healing, was to "cancel".
This means that you cancel, as in undo, your belief that an illusion is a reality. Whatever has been asserted by the ego as true or real,...
I'm having a really hard time trying to put a simple truth into words. So... for now, an analogy...
If it's dark and there seems to be a scary shape behind the door, you might think there is a monster lurking.
You...