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109. The metaphysical levels in A Course in Miracles

Thursday, Jul 21, 2016 1512 words 6 mins 43 secs

Ok so, various people have expressed doubt that there are "levels" in ACIM or that this is in any way important or useful. So I thought I'd ramble on a bit about this from my point of view. I can...

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108. You can be quite mistaken

Wednesday, Jul 20, 2016 547 words 2 mins 25 secs

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...

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107. Some big mistakes I've made with the Course

Monday, Jul 18, 2016 2553 words 11 mins 20 secs

I have made a pretty big mistake with ACIM, and maybe you are doing the same. Sorry this is a bit long and rambly, I'm still coming to terms with it....

I always believed that the goal in ACIM was awakening...

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106. Why you're afraid that people will notice you

Saturday, Jul 16, 2016 271 words 1 mins 12 secs

Concern about being noticed in public, wanting to hide, feeling anxious etc... stemming from a sense of guilt or shame. You walk around with it believing that people will find out or point it out. You feel exposed by it,...

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105. Would you like to come and be with God now?

Wednesday, Jul 13, 2016 229 words 1 mins 1 secs

ngel: Would you like to come and be with God now?

Person: No, I've got to get the dishes washed.

Angel: He's ready for you.

Person: After I've done the dishes I've got to go fold some paper and put it inside some...

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104. Trying to sacrifice because you're not ready to let go

Monday, Jul 11, 2016 839 words 3 mins 43 secs

When you try to remove something from your life but you aren't genuinely ready and healed to the point of recognizing that you're already detached from it, it is like ripping it out and trying to enforce a state of...

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103. The ego plays at being your captor and your savior

Monday, Jul 11, 2016 398 words 1 mins 46 secs

I had a dream once where this man was trying to do something bad to me or was threatening, so I ran off and went up this hill where I met this other man. This other man at first seemed...

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102. The ego will point out how much you're being an ego

Monday, Jul 11, 2016 460 words 2 mins 2 secs

The ego in you will cleverly point out just how much you are "being ego", in an attempt to compel you to want to "get rid of the ego".

Once you fall for this trick, you will be not only...

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101. The analogy of a puppet - your attempt to animate the world

Saturday, Jul 09, 2016 1285 words 5 mins 42 secs

Jesus gave us a nice analogy this evening for how we reverse cause and effect, how the ego functions, how we create scapegoats, and how we do stuff to ourselves.

The analogy is that of a hand puppet or glove puppet....

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100. On cause and effect

Thursday, Jul 07, 2016 1738 words 7 mins 43 secs

Cause and effect means that causes produce effects. Cause is a power and effects result from it. This is only has any meaning in terms of a dreamworld because outside the dream there is no dream and no dreamer.

Either you...

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99. A forgiveness about slaughtering pigs

Thursday, Jul 07, 2016 895 words 3 mins 58 secs

Arriving at work I encountered my first truck load of live pigs on their way to the sausage factory across the street. It was a double-decker piggy wagon complete with air holes and little pink piggy bits poking out and...

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98. Even when you get stuff you don't want it

Wednesday, Jul 06, 2016 367 words 1 mins 37 secs

You first believe you are lacking love and that love is not inside you. So now you are in need.

So you accept this is true and the sense of lack compels you to seek for what's missing.

You look everywhere except...

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97. You as Christ have not been changed even a tiny little bit

Sunday, Jul 03, 2016 672 words 2 mins 59 secs

You as Christ have not been changed even a tiny little bit by anything that supposedly has happened in the world.

You as Christ are perfect love, perfectly invulnerable, perfectly loved and adored by God, and perfectly healthy. You are absolutely...

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96. Everyone believes they're acting with full awareness

Sunday, Jul 03, 2016 316 words 1 mins 24 secs

Because you believe you are already fully in your right mind, and are totally awake, and fully objective, and sane, you believe also that everyone is like this too. You think that everyone is going around acting with full awareness...

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95. What you do to others you really do to yourself

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 772 words 3 mins 25 secs

Until you learn that what you do to others you do to yourself, and you can be at least a little convinced about this, you will continue to see no point in forgiving. It will have no value to you...

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94. I thought I knew what unconditional love meant

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 1546 words 6 mins 52 secs

I used to think I knew what this meant. But the definition is changing right before my eyes.

I used to believe that if I was loved unconditionally, it meant that God loves me regardless of various attributes that I have,...

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93. What does it mean to be worthy of God?

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 450 words 2 mins 0 secs

There are two versions of this answer.

One relates to conditional love. If God has certain conditions which must be met in order for you to be worthwhile loving, then if you don't meet those conditions you aren't worthy enough. This...

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92. You must learn to recognize what is true and what is false

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 547 words 2 mins 25 secs

Liberation from ego requires only that we RECOGNIZE what is true and what is false. In that recognition, nothing needs to be added to the ego to explain why it is false. You don't need any special beliefs to organize...

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91. You must relinquish blocks to love in order to be loved

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 411 words 1 mins 49 secs

If there's something in you that's blocking God's love, then you need to let that go and have it be healed in order to be open to God's love. You can't access God's love and keep your block.

Blocks are...

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90. It helps you to admit that you are afraid

Friday, Jul 01, 2016 94 words 0 mins 25 secs

Admitting that you are afraid is not easy, but it's quite liberating. Admitting is an act of "allowing truth in". When truth takes a look at fear, it helps to shine it away and reassure you. But it can't do...

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