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16. As Christ you have authority over illusions

Sunday, May 07, 2017 322 words 1 mins 25 secs

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...

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15. Some believe the world is real, but it is an illusion

Wednesday, May 03, 2017 793 words 3 mins 31 secs

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...

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14. Illusions, if you believe them, produce hallucinations

Saturday, Apr 29, 2017 1466 words 6 mins 30 secs

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...

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13. Cancelling and undoing illusions

Friday, Apr 28, 2017 701 words 3 mins 6 secs

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,...

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12. Overcoming the illusion of scary monsters

Tuesday, Apr 25, 2017 736 words 3 mins 16 secs

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...

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11. Disillusionnment with spiritual guru worship

Friday, Apr 21, 2017 902 words 4 mins 0 secs

Sometimes I find it difficult to relate when people suggest that you "just" do this or that, in order to be awakened or spiritual.

Even if it's coming from a masterful person and even if it makes total sense and even...

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10. Illusions and insanity

Sunday, Apr 16, 2017 339 words 1 mins 30 secs

God is very very clear about what is real and what is an illusion.

In this clarity, God is wholly sane. Sanity means there is no distortion that denies the truth.

For example it is absolutely impossible to be separate from God...

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9. The world is a fake illusion, it is not real

Sunday, Apr 16, 2017 680 words 3 mins 1 secs

"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...

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8. The body is an illusion and must disappear

Friday, Apr 14, 2017 597 words 2 mins 39 secs

"The body neither lives nor dies, because it cannot contain you who are life."

"God did not make the body, because it is destructible, and therefore not of the Kingdom."

"The body is the symbol of what you think you are. It...

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7. Sickness must go because it is an illusion

Monday, Apr 10, 2017 322 words 1 mins 25 secs

"Sickness is a defense against the truth." - ACIM

Truth is divine perfect health. Truth is love. Truth is God.

When there is an unforgiving attitude, it produces sickness because it is an attack on yourself.

Sickness isn't a "thing". It doesn't have...

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6. We've learned about the world, based on an illusion

Monday, Apr 10, 2017 504 words 2 mins 14 secs

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...

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5. Honesty sets you free from illusions

Saturday, Dec 24, 2016 377 words 1 mins 40 secs

Honesty is the basic machinery of awakening. It means you have a willingness to accept what is true regardless of whether it suits your ego or makes you look good. It means putting the truth before your own personal position,...

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4. What is an illusion anyway?

Saturday, Nov 12, 2016 2255 words 10 mins 1 secs

You hear often that 'the world' as a term becomes substituted with terms like "its a dream", "its an illusion", "its not real", "we made it up", "its a projection" etc.

But, this doesn't really grasp what an illusion is. It's...

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3. You're keeping your illusions in the dark

Sunday, Sep 18, 2016 566 words 2 mins 30 secs

What we do in secret, and separately from God, and thinking that it is not something God is aware of, and which we hope other people do not know about, and how we suffer in silence, and feel things that...

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2. Fear is a game of self deception

Saturday, Apr 16, 2016 753 words 3 mins 20 secs

I choose to be afraid.

I project the fear outward and identify targets that are causing the fear.

The existence of these targets 'explains why' I am afraid.

Explaining why I'm afraid justifies and proves why I am afraid, and gives it extra...

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1. The illusion of many separate problems

Friday, Mar 11, 2016 429 words 1 mins 54 secs

The ego wants you to believe that there are many separate problems because this implies that there are many separate CAUSES of problems. It suggests if you fix this one problem it will be solved, but there will always be...

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