What A Course in Miracles calls "the separation", was a rejection of reality. We denied what was real and blocked our awareness of it. We lost touch with reality and forgot what it was like.
"The separation is merely a...
"The mind, being sane, heals the body."
"The mind makes this decision as it makes EVERY decision responsible for the condition of the body."
"Sickness is a defense agains the truth."
"If you arrest the extension of the mind, it fosters separation and...
"T-18.IX.3. From the WORLD OF BODIES, MADE BY INSANITY, insane messages seem to be returned to the mind that made it. 2 And these messages bear witness to this world, pronouncing it as true. 3 For YOU sent forth these...
"A sane mind heals the body" - ACIM
The idea that you are CAUSE, the idea that your mind makes your body... it goes even further than this.
The mind does not merely sit on a fence observing that "it is not...
Believing that what is impossible, untrue and unreal...
... is actually possible, true and real.
When someone believes it is possible to separate from God by attacking Him, that's completely impossible, and it's insane to believe it.
When someone believes that they really...
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...
You can be completely sure, or at least convinced that you are, that something is true or 'the case', and still be mistaken.
You can be totally adamant that you're right about this, and still not be right about it.
You can...