A Course in Miracles Blog

by Paul West
Blog Main Index

ACIM Articles about Relationships and Specialness

6. Respect me or else!!!

Monday, Sep 08, 2025 1059 words 4 mins 42 secs

What do you mean, you're not treating me exactly the way that I expect you to? How dare you! lol

"Respect" is a term that egos love to use. It's supposed to be a sign of treating someone right....

Read Article

5. Seeing people as a body produces specialness and war

Thursday, Sep 21, 2023 2566 words 11 mins 24 secs

Every time I see a body, I am tempted to believe I'm seeing a person. The person seems separate from me, they are not me at all, their body belongs exclusively to them, it's not my body, we are not...

Read Article

4. Sex is for procreation only

Friday, Oct 28, 2022 1518 words 6 mins 44 secs3 comments

"The only VALID use of sex is procreation. It is NOT truly pleasurable in itself. "Lead us not into Temptation" means "Do not let us deceive ourselves into believing that we can relate in peace to God or our...

Read Article

3. Opposition and special relationships

Sunday, Aug 22, 2021 1753 words 7 mins 47 secs

In ACIM we're often talking about "the separation", or being separate. This is a way to describe a divide between two things. But another way is to refer to two "opposites". Heaven and hell, life and death, reality and illusions,...

Read Article

2. Special body relationships

Sunday, Feb 09, 2020 1518 words 6 mins 44 secs

The thing about the body is that it's a limitation. You as a spirit are unlimited, infinite, everywhere. You are omnipresent like God. To seemingly "enter" a body you have to massively confine yourself to one location, separated off from...

Read Article

1. The ego's game of special relationships

Wednesday, Dec 21, 2016 683 words 3 mins 2 secs

In our special relationships, we think of a particular person as our savior, idol, bestie, or appointed partner. We adore them with very exclusive terms and special attention. Things that we reserve only for them and for no-one else.

This is...

Read Article
For updates, subscribe to RSS using: https://www.miraculousliving.com/blogs/a-course-in-miracles-blog.atom
MiraculousLiving.com ©2024 Paul West / OmniLogic Arts