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27. You think you are outside the Kingdom in another world

Sunday, Feb 09, 2020 758 words 3 mins 22 secs

"When God created you (in Heaven), He made you part of Him. That is why attack WITHIN the Kingdom is impossible. But YOU made the ego without love, and so it does not love YOU. You could not remain WITHIN...

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26. Rethinking the cold-hearted world

Monday, Sep 23, 2019 1950 words 8 mins 39 secs

When I came to A Course in Miracles, it was largely based on "non-duality" teachings from certain ACIM teachers.

The books spoke of the world as being a shitty place, a hell hole, psycho planet, a world of death and suffering,...

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25. God thinks holographically - wholes within wholes

Sunday, May 19, 2019 479 words 2 mins 7 secs

"The recognition of the part as whole, and of the whole in every part, is perfectly natural. For it is the way GOD thinks, and what is natural to Him, IS natural to you."

What this means is that God, who...

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24. Overcoming fearful attack thoughts

Thursday, Mar 21, 2019 893 words 3 mins 58 secs

Yesterday was quite a breakthrough. After making a video about immortality and writing a long post about how fear is self attack, Holy Spirit invited me to "practice" the ideas during a visit to a doctor. Usually at these visits...

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23. How the ego thinks vs how God thinks

Wednesday, Jan 16, 2019 3398 words 15 mins 6 secs

Oneness does not mean "one thing."

In reality, all thinking follows along the lines that whatever applies to one creation, applies to all creations. What is true of one son, is true of another. What is true of you, is true...

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22. Is your brother what you think he is? Do you see him?

Thursday, Dec 13, 2018 888 words 3 mins 56 secs

We're presented with an interesting challenge. Before you seems to be a brother who seems to have a body, seems to have a personality, seems to have a history, seems to believe various things and perceive in various ways.

But then,...

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21. Two thought systems = two opposite ways of thinking

Saturday, Nov 17, 2018 1761 words 7 mins 49 secs

"Because He did not will to be alone, He created a Son like Himself." It was not His Will to be alone. And neither is it yours."

There are two thought systems, one is God’s system, the other is of the...

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20. You think you did not make the world ... there is no world

Tuesday, Sep 11, 2018 689 words 3 mins 3 secs

From Lesson 132... totally filled with juicy proof that the world is not real or God's creation.

"W-pI.132.4. THE WORLD IS NOTHING IN ITSELF. 2 Your mind must give it meaning. 3 And what you behold upon it are your wishes,...

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19. Exclusive thinking

Saturday, Aug 18, 2018 342 words 1 mins 31 secs

The ego always thinks in terms of exclusion, because its entire logical system is based on "separation" between things.

e.g. A car is not a house. I am here but not there. That was loud, this is quiet.

The hierarchy of illusions...

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18. The two logical thought systems

Saturday, Aug 18, 2018 265 words 1 mins 10 secs

Heaven = "Logical AND" e.g.

"I have everything, AND so do you"

"God is made of love, AND so am I"

Ego World = "Logical Exclusive OR"

In ego, no two objects share anything. You can say something like:

(ObjectA but NOT ObjectB) OR (ObjectB...

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17. The thought systems of heaven and earth

Tuesday, Apr 03, 2018 771 words 3 mins 25 secs

The thought system of the ego has directly produced this physical universe.

The thought system of God has directly produced heaven.

"Heaven remains your one alternative to this strange world you made and all its ways; its shifting patterns and uncertain goals,...

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16. Two ways of thinking about God

Monday, Mar 26, 2018 745 words 3 mins 18 secs

Anything this side of the separation from God, comprises the ego's thought system, and the ego THINKS in terms of exclusion. "If this is true, and that is different, that is not true".

Anything the OTHER side of the separation from...

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15. The two thought systems - two ways of thinking

Monday, Mar 26, 2018 433 words 1 mins 55 secs

Everything this side of the separation from God functions according to ego laws. These laws are always linear and exclusive. The ego "thinks" in terms of exclusive logic/reasoning and draws conclusions based on exclusion, because exclusion is separation.

Everything on the...

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14. A RADICAL RE-THOUGHT ABOUT PROJECTION MAKES PERCEPTION!

Monday, Nov 27, 2017 1571 words 6 mins 58 secs

In the course, we know that Jesus tells us how we project stuff out and then perceive it. Okay, makes sense. But for the most part, it makes sense at the level of you as an individual perceiving "the world...

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13. Everything in the ego thought system is level confusion

Monday, Nov 27, 2017 883 words 3 mins 55 secs

There is a sequence of cause and effect, in which a higher level causes a lower level.

God causes the Son of God. The Son of God causes his dream of separation. God is cause, the son is effect. The son...

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12. The ego can only attack itself, if you are not part of the ego thought system you are safe

Wednesday, Nov 15, 2017 439 words 1 mins 57 secs

Only ego can only attack itself. It cannot attack what is not inside of itself.

If you are outside of the ego, you cannot be attacked. You are immortal and invulnerable.

If you identify with ego, labeling your sense of self as...

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11. All ego thoughts create form at some level, and eventually creates physical form

Sunday, Oct 01, 2017 512 words 2 mins 16 secs

All thoughts create form at some level. This is because thoughts (ego thoughts) are ideas about separation. Regardless of their specific content they are always separation ideas.

Separation ideas always therefore lead to "form" in some way.

What this means is, the...

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10. Separation from God follows a logical progression of thought and metaphysics

Sunday, Oct 01, 2017 570 words 2 mins 31 secs

Separation from God follows a perfectly logical sequence of consequences. The Holy Spirit's thought system is perfectly logically consistent, and so is the ego's. Everything which arises in the ego's thought system is a completely logical progression based on the...

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9. Who is responsible for putting thoughts in your mind?

Saturday, Aug 26, 2017 361 words 1 mins 36 secs

Sometimes people say you should meditate and watch your thoughts go by. They say you should not believe the thoughts or get engaged with them. It seems helpful up to a point to be able to let them go without...

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8. Opinions are of the ego, the truth is true and it doesn't matter what you think of it

Thursday, Jul 20, 2017 1389 words 6 mins 10 secs

Our opinions don't mean anything at all. They are absolutely worthless. It doesn't matter what your truth is or what my truth is or what anyone's truth is. It's all bullshit. An opinion is the delusional voice of the ego.

In...

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