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85. 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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84. 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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83. 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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82. Why you are averse to taking responsibility for your power

Monday, Mar 09, 2026 810 words 3 mins 36 secs

"You're doing this undo yourself."? No way!!!

The ego objects to the secret of salvation. "I CAN'T be doing this to myself! There's no way I'm causing or choosing this! I don't want this, I didn't ask for this,...

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81. It's time to wake up and take your power back

Sunday, Mar 08, 2026 1950 words 8 mins 39 secs

Taking TOTAL responsibility for EVERYTHING you experience is the ONLY way to find salvation! It is the meaning of forgiveness.

Throughout ACIM there is a simple theme. You are doing this to yourself. You are responsible for everything you...

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80. Remember to ask the holy spirit for help!

Sunday, Jan 04, 2026 1416 words 6 mins 17 secs

The separation from God was a pretty big event, placing many sons of God into states of insanity and producing an entire world of separation.

What was the answer to this? God himself gave the most profound miraculous answer,...

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79. Your mind can influence other minds!

Thursday, Jan 01, 2026 1597 words 7 mins 5 secs

Minds are not separate, they are joined. We are part of a collective, which is connected by the Christ Mind. My mind contains your mind, and your mind contains my mind.

"One brother is all brothers. Every mind contains...

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78. 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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77. The proper healing of the body

Tuesday, Dec 30, 2025 617 words 2 mins 44 secs

"Defend the body and you have attacked your mind. For you have seen in it the faults, the weaknesses, the limits and the lacks from which you think the body must be saved. You will not see the mind...

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76. Who is responsible for causing death to happen?

Friday, Dec 26, 2025 1509 words 6 mins 42 secs1 comments

It's a matter of responsibility. Is death of the body caused solely by your mind and is your mind solely responsible for whether or not it happens? Do you actually have the freedom NOT TO DIE if you so...

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75. True healing

Sunday, Dec 21, 2025 1285 words 5 mins 42 secs

If you believe bodies and sickness are real, you will look upon bodies suffering and want to fix them. The nightmare of things going wrong compels you to do something in guilt and desperation. So you try to heal,...

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74. 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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73. 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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72. True miracles use the power of God

Thursday, Dec 18, 2025 1054 words 4 mins 41 secs

I would like to propose that TRUE miracle working entails the USE OF the POWER OF GOD. And nothing less than total absolute unlimited power!!!!!!!!!!

A miracle is thus not a mere small shift in a perception, or a...

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71. You can move mountains with your mind

Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 1311 words 5 mins 49 secs

"While expressions like "think big" give some recognition to the power of thought, they still come nowhere near the truth. You do not expect to grow when you say it, because you don't really believe it. It is hard...

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70. 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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69. Pride month? guilt month?

Sunday, Jun 15, 2025 763 words 3 mins 23 secs

It's "pride month" which is a sort of pro-queer celebration and revenge-quest rolled into one. People should be happy to be who they really are, without the need for any validation from anyone. It's not necessary to have other...

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68. The power of your mind creates what happens

Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 953 words 4 mins 14 secs

Your mind is very powerful and it chooses what to create. Your thoughts enact real influence. You can change the contents of the world using your mind.

There is a huge amount of scientific evidence for this, from scientists...

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67. Victimhood hides your power

Thursday, Nov 14, 2024 717 words 3 mins 11 secs

When we are playing the role of victim, of being at the effect of anything, we are out of touch with the power of decision. We think that stuff is happening against our will. Then we enter into a...

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66. You share the power of God to work miracles

Monday, Sep 23, 2024 1403 words 6 mins 14 secs

Did you know God is very, very, very powerful?

Did you know that you inherited that power and are also very powerful? God is the source of all power, and is all-powerful, but he also shares his power with...

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