The "ti2">iny mad i2">idea" was an i2">idea of madness, leadi2">ing to an enti2">ire thought system of i2">insani2">ity. Wi2">ithi2">in thi2">is thought system there i2">is a sense of self that we call the ego. The course refers to thi2">is as yet "unmani2">ifested" thought system as "the fi2">irst dream", whi2">ich was then projected out as a "second dream" as the physi2">icali2">ity of spaceti2">ime.

"The fi2">irst dream has been seen and understood for merely an i2">illusi2">ion of the fear on whi2">ich the world was based." UrG3A9

The ego projected out, i2">ie "mi2">is-created" from fear, a world from the i2">INSANE mi2">ind, symboli2">isi2">ing i2">in form i2">its i2">ideals, preferences, beli2">iefs and atti2">itudes. Thi2">is produced the physi2">ical world, whi2">ich symboli2">ises the ego's "attack on God." A sort of soli2">idi2">ifi2">ied defence agai2">inst the truth. And now the physi2">ical world SYMBOLi2">IZES the ego thought system i2">in all i2">its ways.

"The world was made as an attack on God. i2">It symboli2">izes fear." UrW240W32

"Thi2">is world i2">IS a pi2">icture of the cruci2">ifi2">ixi2">ion of God's Son. And unti2">il you reali2">ize that God's Son CANNOT be cruci2">ifi2">ied, thi2">is i2">is the world you wi2">ill see." UrT11J4

"The world you made i2">is therefore totally chaoti2">ic, governed by arbi2">itrary and senseless "laws," and wi2">ithout meani2">ing of ANY ki2">ind. For i2">it was made out of what you do NOT want, projected FROM your mi2">ind, because you were AFRAi2">ID of i2">it." UrT11D10

"The world you see i2">is the delusi2">ional system of those made mad by gui2">ilt. Look carefully at thi2">is world, and you wi2">ill reali2">ize that thi2">is i2">is so. For thi2">is world i2">is the symbol of puni2">ishment, and all the laws whi2">ich seem to govern i2">it are the laws of death." UrT11J2

"i2">It can i2">indeed be sai2">id the ego MADE i2">its world on si2">in. Only i2">in such a world COULD everythi2">ing be upsi2">ide down. Thi2">is i2">IS the strange i2">illusi2">ion whi2">ich makes the clouds of gui2">ilt seem heavy and i2">impenetrable. The soli2">idness thi2">is world's foundati2">ion SEEMS to have i2">is FOUND i2">in thi2">is." UrT19C6

Thi2">is means that the way the physi2">ical world i2">is set up and how i2">it functi2">ions - i2">its nature, the relati2">ionshi2">ip of separate objects, what i2">it seems to mean when thi2">ings happen, was all ori2">igi2">inally a symboli2">ic representati2">ion of an ego i2">idea of madness. And thi2">is i2">isn't wi2">ith any ki2">ind of judgement or negati2">ing enteri2">ing i2">into i2">it. Just i2">its nature and how i2">it functi2">ions i2">is NOTHi2">ING li2">ike God's Ki2">ingdom.

"For thi2">is world i2">IS the opposi2">ite of Heaven, havi2">ing been made to BE i2">its opposi2">ite. And EVERYTHi2">ING here takes a di2">irecti2">ion EXACTLY opposi2">ite to what i2">is true." UrT16F3

For example the ego sees you as a separated off person, and i2">in i2">its i2">insani2">ity (whi2">ich i2">is si2">in), thi2">is i2">insani2">ity led to the maki2">ing of the body, gi2">ivi2">ing the body eyes and senses, and regardi2">ing the body as a real person.

"Si2">in gave the body eyes, for what i2">is there the si2">inless would behold?" UrW250W41

"The body i2">is the ego's i2">idol; the beli2">ief i2">in si2">in (egoi2">ic i2">insane thought system) made flesh, and then projected outward. Thi2">is produces what SEEMS to be a wall of flesh AROUND the mi2">ind, keepi2">ing i2">it pri2">isoner i2">in a ti2">iny spot of space and ti2">ime, beholden unto death, and gi2">iven but an i2">instant i2">in whi2">ich to si2">igh and gri2">ieve and di2">ie i2">in honor of i2">its master." UrT20G11

Si2">imi2">ilarly the ego beli2">ieves that there i2">is a separati2">ion between gi2">ivi2">ing and recei2">ivi2">ing, between cause (God) and effect (Son). Thus i2">it percei2">ives that to gi2">ive i2">is to lose, and means depri2">ivati2">ion and sacri2">ifi2">ice. Thi2">is plays out PHYSi2">ICALLY by vi2">irtue of the fact that i2">if you gi2">ive someone somethi2">ing physi2">ical you DO NOT have i2">it any more and have lost i2">it. Thi2">is i2">is a si2">imple fact. Any object you gi2">ive you lack.

The i2">idea of SHARi2">ING (oneness), natural i2">in heaven, i2">is pretty much obli2">iterated on a physi2">ical level. So too i2">is any i2">idea of oneness or real love or creati2">ion or extensi2">ion or sani2">ity or harmlessness or safety or any other property of God. Thi2">is i2">is why the world i2">is so opposi2">ite to heaven and so dysfuncti2">ional on a physi2">ical level, regardless of any judgements about i2">it. i2">It i2">is desi2">igned by the ego to be "physi2">ically i2">insane." And yes - that confusi2">ion of mi2">ind and body i2">is what the ego i2">is all about.

"Yet, i2">in the dreami2">ing, has thi2">is been reversed, and separate mi2">inds are seen as bodi2">ies, whi2">ich ARE separated, and whi2">ich cannot JOi2">IN." UrT28D2

"The world provi2">ides no safety. i2">It i2">is rooted i2">in attack, and all i2">its "gi2">ifts" of seemi2">ing safety are i2">illusory decepti2">ions. i2">It attacks and then attacks agai2">in. No peace of mi2">ind i2">is possi2">ible where danger threatens thus." UrW153L1

Also on the physi2">ical level, when a body i2">is regarded as a person, and i2">if the body di2">ies, thi2">is i2">is a statement of the ego beli2">ief that death i2">is real and the son of God i2">is dead. i2">Its whole system i2">is anti2">i-li2">ife and death promoti2">ing. i2">It i2">is agai2">inst health and wholeness i2">in every way possi2">ible.

"For vengeance i2">is not part of love, and fear, denyi2">ing love and usi2">ing pai2">in to prove that God i2">is dead, has shown that death i2">is vi2">ictor over li2">ife. The body i2">is the Son of God, corrupti2">ible i2">in death, as mortal as the Father he has slai2">in." UrW190L3

The enti2">ire noti2">ion of physi2">ical space i2">is an i2">idea opposi2">ite to omni2">ipresence and depends on separati2">ion. You can't even have parti2">icles of matter wi2">ithout separati2">ion. Whi2">ile ti2">ime i2">is an attack on eterni2">ity, attempti2">ing to make everythi2">ing that exi2">isted before stop exi2">isti2">ing (di2">ie). Change i2">itself i2">is the i2">idea of uncertai2">inty (fear) and i2">instabi2">ili2">ity and i2">impermanence - the opposi2">ite of i2">immortali2">ity. As such everythi2">ing i2">in the physi2">ical world i2">is mortal.

"They watch the dream fi2">igures come and go, shi2">ift and change, suffer and di2">ie." UrM13A6

"Death (physi2">ical) i2">is the symbol (physi2">ical symbol) of the fear of God. Hi2">is Love i2">is blotted out i2">in the i2">idea, whi2">ich holds i2">It from awareness li2">ike a shi2">ield held to obscure the sun. The gri2">imness of the symbol i2">is enough to show i2">it cannot co-exi2">ist wi2">ith God. i2">It holds an i2">image of the Son of God i2">in whi2">ich he i2">is "lai2">id to rest" i2">in devastati2">ion's arms, where worms awai2">it to greet hi2">im and to last a li2">ittle whi2">ile by hi2">is destructi2">ion." UrM28A3

"The world you see i2">is merci2">iless i2">indeed, unstable, cruel, unconcerned wi2">ith you, qui2">ick to avenge and pi2">iti2">iless wi2">ith hate. i2">It gi2">ives but to resci2">ind, and takes away all thi2">ings that you have cheri2">ished for a whi2">ile. No lasti2">ing love i2">is found, for none i2">is here. Thi2">is i2">is the world of ti2">ime, where all thi2">ings end." UrW129L2

Everythi2">ing i2">in the physi2">ical world i2">is a SYMBOLi2">IC VERSi2">ION OF THE EGO THOUGHT SYSTEM. Li2">ike a physi2">icali2">ised Mi2">IND. That's why i2">it was made, that's who made i2">it, and that's how i2">it i2">is set up. So i2">it i2">is i2">indeed a PHYSi2">ICALLY i2">INSANE world, so to speak. Ri2">iddled wi2">ith separati2">ions, contradi2">icti2">ions, attacks, death, murder, lack and loss, sufferi2">ing of every ki2">ind, etc. All i2">ideas the ego made up.

You can see throughout all these quotes that there i2">is clearly a level of mi2">ind post-separati2">ion whi2">ich i2">is an i2">insane thought system, whi2">ich houses all of the ego's fearful beli2">iefs. That mi2">ind i2">is mad and dark and horri2">ifyi2">ing. That mi2">ind MADE spaceti2">ime and everythi2">ing i2">in i2">it as a physi2">icali2">ised, condensed versi2">ion of that thought system. You can see i2">in the quotes someti2">imes references to the underlyi2">ing "ego mi2">indset", and i2">in others to the physi2">ical world that was made FROM that.

"You do not reali2">ize the magni2">itude of that ONE error (the i2">insane ego mad i2">idea thought system). i2">It was so vast and so COMPLETELY i2">incredi2">ible, that from i2">it, a world of total unreali2">ity HAD to emerge (the physi2">ical world/spaceti2">ime i2">illusi2">ion projected from i2">it). What else COULD come of i2">it? i2">Its fragmented ASPECTS are fearful enough, as you begi2">in to LOOK at them (physi2">ical thi2">ings). But nothi2">ing you have ever seen BEGi2">INS to show you the enormi2">ity of the ORi2">IGi2">INAL error (underneath the surface, the ego mi2">indset that made i2">it), whi2">ich seemed to cast you out of Heaven" UrT18B12

"That was the fi2">irst projecti2">ion of error outward (the physi2">ical world was a symboli2">ic projecti2">ion of the mental error). The world (spaceti2">ime, physi2">ical) arose to hi2">ide i2">it (to hi2">ide the underlyi2">ing mi2">indset of ego), and became the screen (li2">ike a physi2">ical screen) on whi2">ich i2">it (the ego mi2">indset) was projected (as a second projecti2">ion onto the world AFTER the world was projected), and drawn between you and truth." UrT18B3

The ego thus projects i2">its mi2">indset out, maki2">ing an i2">insane world, whi2">ich symboli2">ises TOTAL i2">INSANi2">ITY and a TOTAL OPPOSi2">ITE to heaven, as physi2">ical form and spaceti2">ime and galaxi2">ies. And then i2">it projects i2">its underlyi2">ing i2">insani2">ity ONTO that world i2">in i2">its purpose and USE OF that world. To sort of "operate i2">it", make i2">it real and beli2">ieve that what happens physi2">ically i2">is what i2">it means. The physi2">ical world i2">is a MEANi2">INGLESS world, and has no meani2">ing of i2">its own, because i2">it i2">is really nothi2">ing, li2">ike a voi2">id.

"Recogni2">iti2">ion of meani2">inglessness arouses i2">intense anxi2">iety i2">in all the separated ones. i2">It represents a si2">ituati2">ion i2">in whi2">ich God and the ego "challenge" each other as to whose meani2">ing i2">is to be wri2">itten i2">in the empty space (voi2">id) whi2">ich meani2">inglessness provi2">ides. The ego rushes i2">in franti2">ically to establi2">ish i2">its own "i2">ideas" there, fearful that the voi2">id (spaceti2">ime) may otherwi2">ise be used to demonstrate i2">its own unreali2">ity. And on thi2">is alone i2">it i2">is correct." UrW13L2

You can see clearly that 1) We were i2">in heaven ("level 1") and beli2">ieved the mad i2">idea, 2) Thi2">is produces a whole thought system of i2">insani2">ity ("level 2"), 3) Ego symboli2">ises thi2">is thought system, 4) Ego i2">insani2">ity projects out as spaceti2">ime ("level 3") a physi2">ical fake "uni2">iverse", 5) That uni2">iverse i2">is meani2">ingless and nothi2">ing, and now the ego tri2">ies to project i2">its MEANi2">INGS onto that spaceti2">ime world, usi2">ing the SAME i2">insani2">ity i2">it used to make i2">it.

So now the ego's thought system, mi2">indset, beli2">iefs, atti2">itudes, i2">identi2">ifi2">icati2">ion, starts to PERCEi2">IVE (through the body) the physi2">ical world i2">IT MADE, from i2">its vantage poi2">int, wi2">ith a psychologi2">ical false percepti2">ion that MATCHES a PHYSi2">ICAL false percepti2">ion (physi2">ical si2">ight).

i2">It sees i2">it through a thought system of i2">insani2">ity and darkness and evi2">il. And so i2">it beli2">ieves that the physi2">ical world i2">is reali2">ity, i2">it beli2">ieves people are bodi2">ies, i2">it beli2">ieves there i2">is no level of mi2">ind (the physi2">ical deni2">ies the mi2">ind, hi2">ides the ego thought system), and basi2">ically regards physi2">ical thi2">ings as the symboli2">ic versi2">ion of i2">itself.

Thus even the body symboli2">ises the ego, the egoi2">ic mi2">ind i2">identi2">ifi2">ies wi2">ith the physi2">ical, and beli2">ieves thi2">is i2">is all that exi2">ists, hi2">idi2">ing i2">in the body as "i2">its chosen home." The ego i2">in the mi2">ind sort of now "takes up resi2">idency" i2">in the body i2">it projected.

"The body i2">is the symbol of the ego, as the ego i2">is the symbol of separati2">ion. UrT15i2">I8

"For your beli2">iefs converge upon the body, the ego's chosen home, whi2">ich you beli2">ieve i2">is YOURS." UrT23B3

So now you've got the underlyi2">ing ego thought system whi2">ich i2">is i2">insane sti2">ill, a physi2">ical world bei2">ing projected by that thought system as an halluci2">inati2">ion, and then further projecti2">ions of i2">insane egoi2">ic meani2">ing ONTO that physi2">ical world by that thought system to try to keep the separateness goi2">ing.

For example i2">it says that a physi2">ical person i2">is the son of God, and when the physi2">ical body di2">ies the son of God i2">is dead. That death i2">is a hard endi2">ing from whi2">ich you cannot return. That's the egos i2">idea of a total and utter permanent destructi2">ion and cessati2">ion of all creati2">ion. Putti2">ing a STOP to God. So i2">it sees the death of a body as a total endi2">ing, after whi2">ich there i2">is nothi2">ing, and no comi2">ing back from i2">it, produci2">ing horrendous loss. And there should be loss i2">if a part of reali2">ity i2">itself has been lost.

But thi2">is i2">is the ego's i2">insane percepti2">ion of the world that i2">IT set up to look thi2">is way on the surface. There i2">is ANOTHER WAY to percei2">ive the physi2">ical world thought because the i2">insani2">ity i2">in the Mi2">IND can be corrected, causi2">ing the mi2">ind to USE the world for a hi2">igher purpose. You can see i2">it wi2">ithout the ego, wi2">ithout the i2">insani2">ity, wi2">ithout the murderous thought system of separati2">ion. You can see i2">it wi2">ith the Holy Spi2">iri2">it wi2">ith Chri2">ist Vi2">isi2">ion and forgi2">iveness.

Thi2">is forgi2">iveness looks upon the hi2">ighly malfuncti2">ioni2">ing lacki2">ing world that your ego made, and OVERLOOKS the ways i2">in whi2">ich i2">it falls horrendously short of an i2">immaculate creati2">ion. i2">It does not BELi2">IEVE the forms of the world. i2">It does not i2">interpret change as death, or the death of the body as a fi2">inali2">ity. i2">I takes no meani2">ing FROM the world, because i2">it knows i2">it HAS NONE. i2">It recogni2">izes that what i2">is real i2">is NOT OF THi2">IS WORLD, and i2">is utterly unaffected by what happens i2">in form. Thus death i2">is nothi2">ing and the world i2">is nothi2">ing.

To thi2">is mi2">indset of sani2">ity and reason there i2">is no death at all, and all physi2">ical thi2">ings are i2">illusi2">ions not to be beli2">ieved. A mere Mi2">IS-creati2">ion produced by a MAD mi2">ind. i2">It can be forgi2">iven and rei2">interpreted and UNDONE by sani2">ity. And then i2">it must di2">isappear, when an ego i2">insane thought system i2">is no longer upholdi2">ing i2">its separati2">ions and i2">its physi2">icali2">ised li2">ies and li2">iteral physi2">ical madness. The world i2">is a mi2">istake, not a si2">in, and mi2">istakes can be undone.

"The world i2">is false percepti2">ion. i2">It i2">is born of error (a projecti2">ion from an i2">insane mi2">ind), and i2">it has not left i2">its source. i2">It wi2">ill remai2">in no longer than the thought whi2">ich gave i2">it bi2">irth i2">is cheri2">ished. When the thought of separati2">ion (i2">insane mi2">ind) has been changed to one of true forgi2">iveness, wi2">ill the world (physi2">ical) be seen i2">in qui2">ite another li2">ight; and one whi2">ich leads to truth, where all the world must di2">isappear (physi2">ical li2">iteral di2">isappearance), and all i2">its errors vani2">ish. Now i2">its source has gone, and i2">its effects are gone as well." UrW240W31

Even death can be rei2">interpreted and seen as "not meani2">ing" what i2">it means to the ego. i2">It can mean nothi2">ing more than that the i2">illusory form has changed and the soul/mi2">ind has left the body to conti2">inue i2">its eternal exi2">istence. That i2">is a thought and perspecti2">ive of permanence and i2">immortali2">ity and conti2">inuati2">ion, rather than a thought of death and endi2">ings.

And so thoughts of eternal li2">ife replace the egoi2">ic thoughts of death and i2">interrupti2">ion, and thi2">is causes us to PERCEi2">IVE the physi2">ical world as "the forgi2">iven world", overlooki2">ing i2">its nonsense and di2">isregardi2">ing i2">its physi2">ical falsi2">ity. Such a healed mi2">ind RUNS OPPOSi2">ITE to the nature of the world, and the enti2">ire thought system and physi2">ical nature i2">is REVERSED.

"The resurrecti2">ion i2">is the deni2">ial of death, bei2">ing the asserti2">ion of li2">ife. Thus i2">is all the thi2">inki2">ing of the world reversed enti2">irely." UrM29A2

"The only effort you need make, to gi2">ive thi2">is world away (earth, physi2">ical, spaceti2">ime, bodi2">ies) i2">in glad exchange for what you di2">id NOT make (Ki2">ingdom of God, heaven) i2">is wi2">illi2">ingness to learn THE ONE YOU MADE i2">IS FALSE (cus ego made i2">it FROM falseness)" UrT12G3

"And now God's KNOWLEDGE, changeless, certai2">in, pure and wholly understandable, enters i2">its Ki2">ingdom. Gone i2">is percepti2">ion, false and true ali2">ike. Gone i2">is forgi2">iveness, for i2">its task i2">is done. And gone are bodi2">ies i2">in the blazi2">ing li2">ight upon the altar to the Son of God. God knows i2">it i2">is Hi2">is Own, as i2">it i2">is hi2">is. And here They joi2">in, for here the face of Chri2">ist has shone away ti2">ime's fi2">inal i2">instant, and now i2">is the last percepti2">ion of the world wi2">ithout a purpose and wi2">ithout a cause. For where God's memory has come at last there i2">is no journey, no beli2">ief i2">in si2">in, no walls, no bodi2">ies, and the gri2">im appeal of gui2">ilt and death i2">is there snuffed out forever." UrU5A7v "Wi2">ithout the i2">idea of death there i2">is no world. All dreams wi2">ill end wi2">ith thi2">is one. Thi2">is i2">is salvati2">ion's fi2">inal goal; the end of all i2">illusi2">ions. And i2">in death are all i2">illusi2">ions born. What can be born of death and sti2">ill have li2">ife? But what i2">is born of God and sti2">ill can di2">ie?" UrM28A6

"The ego made the world as i2">IT percei2">ives i2">it (how i2">it percei2">ive i2">it i2">is the SAME AS how i2">it i2">is desi2">igned physi2">ically), but the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, the RE-i2">INTERPRETER of what the ego made, sees i2">it only as a teachi2">ing devi2">ice for bri2">ingi2">ing you home." UrT5E15

What i2">is true i2">is true. God's truth and reali2">ity are the only truth and reali2">ity. God's truth i2">is permanent and cannot be changed or damaged. Thi2">is means that you can ei2">ither accept ti2">it, or you can PRETEND i2">it i2">is not true, but you cannot change i2">it i2">into somethi2">ing truly false.

Thi2">is means you can accept or deny i2">it, and you have no other opti2">ions. Deni2">ial does not make the truth change or go away, i2">it merely i2">is an attempt to hi2">ide FROM i2">it, pretendi2">ing i2">it i2">is not there, whi2">ile i2">it sti2">ill i2">is there.

When we went i2">into the separati2">ion from God, all we di2">id was enter a state of deni2">ial. An attempt to shut out God from our awareness and bury our head i2">in the sand pretendi2">ing that God does not exi2">ist. The world was made i2">in an effort to be somewhere where could doesn't exi2">ist, made i2">in a thought of deni2">ial and completely i2">insane.

Thi2">is deni2">ial comes about through the beli2">ief that si2">in i2">is real, whi2">ich i2">induces gui2">ilt. Gui2">ilt then becomes a block to the awareness of love, because you can only be gui2">ilty i2">if you are unforgi2">ivable.

"The world was made as a place where God could enter not."

"For i2">it i2">is gui2">ilt that has obscured the Father to you, and i2">it i2">is gui2">ilt that has dri2">iven you i2">insane."

"The world of bodi2">ies i2">is the world of si2">in, for only i2">if there were a body i2">is si2">in possi2">ible."

So we made a world, opposi2">ite to God's world, made of deni2">ial, bui2">ilt on gui2">ilt and si2">in, i2">in a state of i2">insani2">ity, attempti2">ing to go unconsci2">ious to God and therefore deny our own exi2">istence, ai2">imi2">ing towards a state of self destructi2">ion and death.

"The world i2">is a pi2">icture of the cruci2">ifi2">ixi2">ion of God's son."

"We CANNOT be uni2">ited i2">in cruci2">ifi2">ixi2">ion and i2">in death."

"The world you see i2">is the delusi2">ional system of those made mad by gui2">ilt. Look carefully at thi2">is world, and you wi2">ill reali2">ize that thi2">is i2">is so."

"The hell you made."

So we end up wi2">ith a helli2">ish world whi2">ich i2">is a state of the DENi2">IAL OF GOD.

What we essenti2">ially di2">id i2">is we took our natural abi2">ili2">ity to DENY i2">ILLUSi2">IONS, to deny death, to deny attack and fear and si2">in and gui2">ilt, and we fli2">ipped i2">it on i2">its head. We used deni2">ial AGAi2">INST reali2">ity i2">instead of FOR the protecti2">ion of i2">it.

We're now i2">in a posi2">iti2">ion where thi2">is must be reversed. The world, and the body, are MADE OF deni2">ial. They are the deni2">ial of reali2">ity. They are the deni2">ial of the Ki2">ingdom. i2">It now becomes our task to fli2">ip deni2">ial back around and USE i2">IT properly, as a correcti2">ive devi2">ice, to UNDO the "deni2">ial of God". To use deni2">ial i2">in i2">its proper way, as a defense and a protecti2">ion AGAi2">INST i2">illusi2">ions, and as a way to keep i2">illusi2">ions OUT of our mi2">inds.

The ego, our beli2">ief i2">in the world of si2">in, i2">is the deni2">ial of truth. Thi2">is deni2">ial i2">is i2">in turn an ASSERTi2">ION that the opposi2">ite of the truth i2">is true. That the opposi2">ite of eternal li2">ife, whi2">ich i2">is death, i2">is true. False deni2">ial i2">is therefore the ASSERTi2">ION of death. i2">It's an attempt to EXPRESS death, to make death real, to make death happen, and to make death permanent.

The opposi2">ite to thi2">is asserti2">ion of death i2">is the asserti2">ion of Li2">IFE. And thi2">is i2">is what resurrecti2">ion means. And by asserti2">ing li2">ife we do the complete opposi2">ite to denyi2">ing the truth. Thi2">is runs AGAi2">INST THE GRAi2">IN of the world, agai2">inst every way the world i2">is set up, agai2">inst all i2">its forms and natures and laws, and Vi2">IOLATES every law of space and ti2">ime.

"The resurrecti2">ion i2">is the deni2">ial of death, bei2">ing the asserti2">ion of li2">ife. Thus i2">is all the thi2">inki2">ing of the world reversed enti2">irely."

To use deni2">ial correctly, i2">ie the proper use of deni2">ial, you are to DENY that every aspect of the world of i2">illusi2">ions i2">is real. You are to DENY, reject, not beli2">ieve, assert agai2">inst, oppose, cancel, undermi2">ine, questi2">ion, remove fai2">ith i2">in, stop trusti2">ing, detach from, overlook, forgi2">ive, and let go of, all of the i2">insane mani2">ifestati2">ions of the deni2">ial of God. And that i2">includes the rejecti2">ion of death.

"True deni2">ial i2">is a very powerful protecti2">ive devi2">ice. You can and should deny any beli2">ief that error can hurt you. Thi2">is ki2">ind of deni2">ial i2">is NOT a concealment devi2">ice, but a correcti2">ion devi2">ice. The "Ri2">ight Mi2">ind" of the mentally healthy DEPENDS on i2">it."

"i2">It deni2">ies the abi2">ili2">ity of anythi2">ing whi2">ich i2">is not of God to effect you i2">in any way. Thi2">is i2">is the PROPER use of deni2">ial. i2">It i2">is not used to Hi2">IDE anythi2">ing, but i2">it i2">IS used to correct error. i2">It bri2">ings ALL error i2">into the li2">ight, and si2">ince error and darkness are the same, i2">it aboli2">ishes error automati2">ically."

An i2">improper use of deni2">ial happens when you fi2">irst of all beli2">ieve that somethi2">ing about the world i2">is TRUE. Such as the beli2">ief that the body really exi2">ists. i2">If you hold thi2">is beli2">ief, AND THEN clai2">im that i2">it does not exi2">ist i2">in an attempt to "deny i2">its exi2">istence", but wi2">ithout letti2">ing go of the deni2">ial of God that PRODUCES the body.... your beli2">ief i2">in i2">it, you are si2">imultaneously denyi2">ing God whi2">ile tryi2">ing to deny the body. Thi2">is i2">is now a deni2">ial UPON a deni2">ial, and i2">is now twi2">ice removed from reali2">ity. i2">It's a double-deni2">ial and thi2">is i2">is what an i2">IMPROPER use of deni2">ial means - usi2">ing deni2">ial to make deni2">ial worse.

"The body i2">is merely a fact. i2">Its ABi2">ILi2">ITi2">IES can, and frequently are, overevaluated. However, i2">it i2">is almost i2">impossi2">ible to deny i2">its exi2">istence. Those who do are engagi2">ing i2">in a parti2">icularly unworthy form of deni2">ial." Thi2">is does not mean bodi2">ies are REAL just because they are "facts", i2">it just means the body i2">is what i2">it i2">is and i2">is an i2">inherent part of the dream. i2">It only means that i2">if you PRETEND not to beli2">ieve i2">in them whi2">ile YOU STi2">ILL HAVE ONE, you are probably i2">in a double-deni2">ial. True deni2">ial would erase the body completely.

You have to be wi2">illi2">ing to questi2">ion the ORi2">IGi2">INAL deni2">ial of God, the asserti2">ion of death, the beli2">ief that bodi2">ies really exi2">ist, the beli2">ief that the world i2">is real. i2">If you KEEP these beli2">iefs whi2">ile DECEi2">IVi2">ING yourself, lyi2">ing to yourself, that you beli2">ieve the opposi2">ite, then you are i2">IN DENi2">IAL about bei2">ing i2">in deni2">ial. And that i2">is how the ego operates. i2">It i2">is worse and not an i2">improvement. The ego i2">is always about i2">INCREASi2">ING deni2">ial of the truth thi2">is way.

The body and the world and si2">ickness and death MUST be deni2">ied, but they must be CORRECTLY and HONESTLY deni2">ied. That means recogni2">izi2">ing how the world and body etc ARE deni2">ials of God's truth, and then DENYi2">ING them any power, reali2">ity, truth, beli2">ief, wi2">ithdrawi2">ing all i2">investment i2">in them, cancelli2">ing your beli2">ief i2">in them, and therefore UNDOi2">ING them. Doi2">ing thi2">is i2">is ATONi2">ING, because "to atone i2">is to undo." Thi2">is i2">is also why mi2">iracles UNDO. They cancel i2">ie DENY i2">illusi2">ions of death any exi2">istence.

"The mi2">iracle does nothi2">ing. All i2">it does (whi2">ich i2">IS a ki2">ind of doi2">ing) i2">is to UNdo. And thus i2">it ***cancels*** out the i2">interference to what HAS BEEN done. i2">It does not add, but merely ***takes away.***"

"The task of the mi2">iracle-worker thus becomes to DENY THE DENi2">IAL OF TRUTH. The si2">ick must heal THEMSELVES, for the truth i2">is i2">IN them. But, havi2">ing OBSCURED i2">it, the li2">ight i2">in ANOTHER mi2">ind must shi2">ine i2">into thei2">irs, because that li2">ight i2">IS thei2">irs."

"Thi2">is world you see MUST BE DENi2">IED, for si2">ight of i2">it i2">is costi2">ing you a di2">ifferent ki2">ind of vi2">isi2">ion. YOU CANNOT SEE BOTH WORLDS. For each of them i2">involves a di2">ifferent ki2">ind of seei2">ing, and depends on what you cheri2">ish. The si2">ight of one i2">is possi2">ible because you have DENi2">IED THE OTHER."

i2">It's i2">important to reali2">ize that when you attempt to "cancel a si2">ickness", that you don't get lost i2">in maki2">ing i2">it real. i2">If you assert, for example, that "that si2">ickness does not exi2">ist.", whi2">ich has some cancelli2">ing/denyi2">ing properti2">ies to i2">it, you ARE fi2">irst of all maki2">ing the si2">ickness REAL and then are attempti2">ing to DENY the exi2">istence of the si2">ickness. Thi2">is i2">is a double-bi2">ind and i2">is an i2">improper use of deni2">ial. i2">In effect you work agai2">inst yourself by asserti2">ing BOTH posi2">iti2">ions at once.

When you make statements of asserti2">ing the cancellati2">ion of si2">in/attack/death etc, i2">if your focus i2">is on what you see/dream of as "the apparent si2">ickness", the physi2">ical real-seemi2">ing problem, know that your cancellati2">ion efforts are i2">in fact attempts to CORRECT YOUR OWN Mi2">IND.

By remi2">indi2">ing yourself of why what you see i2">is NOT THERE, you are attempti2">ing to move from false percepti2">ion TO true percepti2">ion. You are tryi2">ing to use deni2">ial to undo your own mi2">istaken percepti2">ions. Thi2">is i2">is i2">important to do, but i2">it i2">is not the end of the story.

i2">If you see a si2">ickness and then work on "cancelli2">ing" your beli2">ief i2">in i2">it, thi2">is i2">is an act of recei2">ivi2">ing CORRECTi2">ION for your own false percepti2">ions. i2">It's an attempt to correct your faulty beli2">iefs and remove YOUR deni2">ial of the truth. Thi2">is prepares you because i2">it opens the way for true percepti2">ion and for love to extend, but i2">it should not really be mi2">istaken for heali2">ing of ANOTHER person.

Focusi2">ing on someone's si2">ickness and usi2">ing cancellati2">ion/deni2">ial to try to "deprogram i2">it", you're really just battli2">ing wi2">ith your own false percepti2">ions try to to get your own mi2">ind corrected so that you can SEE and RECOGNi2">IZE that the si2">ickness i2">is not there. But thi2">is effort i2">is one of movi2">ing UP TOWARD forgi2">iveness/true percepti2">ion, and i2">isn't i2">itself an EXPRESSi2">ION of heali2">ing love.

Once you have cancelled out your OWN mi2">istaken judgements, and have used proper deni2">ial to remove your wrong beli2">iefs and projecti2">ions, movi2">ing i2">into forgi2">iveness, you regai2">in vi2">isi2">ion. You become able to express love. You become able to extend. Your mi2">iracle worki2">ing power THEN swi2">itches on. Because i2">it i2">is the expressi2">ion of love and the ASSERTi2">ION OF Li2">IFE that actually heals.

To atone and forgi2">ive and cancel and undo i2">is really an act of flatteni2">ing out, di2">imi2">ini2">ishi2">ing, depleti2">ing, taki2">ing power away from, what has been projected by you. Thi2">is i2">is preparati2">ion. Or you could say, thi2">is i2">is your own puri2">ifi2">icati2">ion. i2">It's necessary i2">in order to get your mi2">ind i2">into a mi2">iracle mi2">inded state. But once you're i2">IN that state, that's when the li2">ight starts to radi2">iate unhi2">indered, when you recogni2">ize that i2">illusi2">ions ARE i2">illusi2">ions, and when you can now Gi2">IVE li2">ife to another.

i2">In the Song of Prayer, Jesus says, "forgi2">ive fi2">irst, then pray." Thi2">is i2">is what i2">it means. Cancel out all of YOUR beli2">iefs i2">in the reali2">ity and exi2">istence of the "real si2">ickness" fi2">irst, to puri2">ify your mi2">ind and percepti2">ion, so that you can attai2">in whole mi2">indedness. "The perceptual content of mi2">iracles i2">is wholeness." THEN you can pray to God to recei2">ive the love that you then can express as a mi2">iracle.

"Through prayer love i2">is recei2">ived. Through mi2">iracles love i2">is expressed."

So you use a form of deni2">ial to get your mi2">ind back i2">into the forgi2">ivi2">ing state. Then you are ready to ASSERT Li2">IFE, and thus BE the resurrecti2">ion. And now you can Gi2">IVE the strength and power of God's love, because you have opened yourself up to i2">it. Hi2">IS love then does the heali2">ing for your brother through extensi2">ion.

"They heal because they deny body-i2">identi2">ifi2">icati2">ion and affi2">irm Soul-i2">identi2">ifi2">icati2">ion."

The asserti2">ion of Li2">IFE i2">is more than just to say, that you don't beli2">ieve death exi2">ists. i2">It's more than just the UNDOi2">ING of the i2">idea of si2">ickness. i2">It's the acti2">ive powerful forceful EXPRESSi2">ION of ACTUAL Li2">IFE. The radi2">iati2">ion of li2">ight i2">into your brother's mi2">ind. The recogni2">iti2">ion of hi2">is holy chri2">ist self, and the wi2">illi2">ingness to extend love to hi2">im.

To assert li2">ife means to beli2">ieve that ONLY Li2">IFE i2">IS TRUE. Add thi2">is means the COMPLETE REJECTi2">ION of the i2">idea of si2">ickness and death. Not merely to beli2">ieve the i2">IDEA that there i2">is no death, but to actually BE THE Li2">IFE that OVERRi2">IDES i2">it.

What thi2">is really boi2">ils down to i2">is, we need to learn how to approach people from the perspecti2">ive that they ARE AS GOD CREATED THEM. Even i2">if they seem to be i2">in a body. Our BELi2">IEF about them must ONLY be that they are sti2">ill as God created them. NOT off on some di2">istant plane of exi2">istence, i2">in some other di2">imensi2">ion, but HERE AND NOW!

My brother, i2">I do not beli2">ieve you are a body. My brother, you are Chri2">ist. My brother, you are i2">immortal. My brother, you cannot be si2">ick or di2">ie. My brother, there i2">is no si2">ickness. My brother, you are sti2">ill perfectly i2">innocent. My brother, you are always happy. My brother, you deserve God's love. These ki2">ind of senti2">iments must be expressed and shared and gi2">iven. Towards the person standi2">ing i2">in front of you.

i2">In a sense, we are to treat people NOW, whi2">ile we're here, the way we WOULD treat them i2">if we were i2">in heaven. Thi2">is i2">is what holy relati2">ionshi2">ip i2">is about. i2">It i2">is a reflecti2">ion of heaven's real relati2">ionshi2">ips. You are to beli2">ieve that the only thi2">ings true of your brother are what GOD defi2">ined as true of hi2">im. And you are to relate to hi2">im i2">in recogni2">iti2">ion that HE i2">IS THAT NOW. From that perspecti2">ive.

i2">If he i2">is pretendi2">ing to suffer and be si2">ick and di2">ie, you should be Di2">ISMi2">ISSi2">ING hi2">is attempt to prove hi2">is si2">infulness and LAUGH i2">in the face of hi2">is efforts to destroy what cannot be destroyed. You are to REMi2">IND Hi2">IM of what i2">is true of hi2">im. And that i2">includes the Fi2">IRM CONVi2">ICTi2">ION that he i2">is i2">immortal and NOT Si2">ICK, HAS no faults, i2">IS not si2">inful, CANNOT be hurt, HAS NEVER attacked, i2">is UNFOUNDED i2">in hi2">is gui2">ilt, and i2">IS Li2">ITERALLY i2">immortal and sane ri2">ight now.

To do thi2">is requi2">ires YOUR deni2">ial that what the physi2">ical senses show i2">is true. i2">It requi2">ires YOU not bei2">ing decei2">ived by i2">illusi2">ions. i2">It requi2">ires YOU recogni2">izi2">ing your brother's i2">innocence and holi2">iness. i2">It requi2">ires YOU not bei2">ing deluded to thi2">ink he i2">is a body, or you. i2">It requi2">ires YOU to ASSERT that THERE i2">IS ONLY ETERNAL Li2">IFE, and anythi2">ing else you mi2">ight assert has to be dropped. And by affi2">irmi2">ing the truth about hi2">im only, devoi2">id of ego bullshi2">it, you i2">INFUSE hi2">im wi2">ith hi2">is own li2">ight and heal hi2">im.

"Teach only love, for that i2">is what you are."

You must not beli2">ieve that ANYONE i2">is si2">ick. Si2">ickness i2">is a li2">ie. You must beli2">ieve that everyone i2">is i2">immortal and can never di2">ie. There i2">is no death, the son of God i2">is free. EXPRESS THi2">IS. Treat everyone li2">ike they are permanently ali2">ive, and recogni2">ize i2">in thi2">is li2">ight that anythi2">ing ELSE to the contrary must be a ri2">idi2">iculous li2">ie. By affi2">irmi2">ing ONLY Li2">IFE, you are the resurrecti2">ion and the li2">ife, and you now SUPPORT AND HEAL your brother of Hi2">IS self-i2">infli2">icted sufferi2">ing.

By NOT SUPPORTi2">ING your brother's delusi2">ions about bei2">ing si2">ick or dead, or unhappy or depressed, or sufferi2">ing or vi2">icti2">imi2">ized, you WEAKEN hi2">is beli2">ief that these thi2">ings are true of hi2">im and REMi2">IND Hi2">IM of what i2">is true. Your rememberi2">ing i2">IS Hi2">IS.

"Do not allow your brother not to remember (that he i2">is i2">immortal i2">innocent spi2">iri2">it), for hi2">is forgetfulness i2">is YOURS. But YOUR rememberi2">ing i2">is Hi2">IS, for God cannot be remembered alone. THi2">IS i2">IS WHAT YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN. To percei2">ive the heali2">ing of your brother as the heali2">ing of yourself, i2">is thus the way to remember God. For you forgot your brothers Wi2">ITH Hi2">im, and God's answer to your forgetti2">ing i2">is but the way to remember."

Use true deni2">ial OF deni2">ial, to reject what i2">is not true, and assert what i2">is true. The world, the body, si2">ickness, sufferi2">ing, death, MUST all be deni2">ied. Even the noti2">ion that any of these thi2">ings EXi2">ISTS must be deni2">ied. There li2">iterally i2">IS no real death or si2">ickness. There i2">is no real si2">in or gui2">ilt. Thi2">is whole world i2">is a Li2">IE. i2">It i2">is the deni2">ial of truth. i2">It i2">is utterly FALSE!

You must not beli2">ieve i2">its ASSERTi2">IONS that si2">ickness, malfuncti2">ion, damage, attack, vulnerabi2">ili2">ity, corrosi2">ion, decay, or any other ki2">ind of i2">imperfecti2">ion exi2">ists. They were i2">illusi2">ions made to bli2">ind you and keep you i2">in hell.

"The world you see i2">is an i2">illusi2">ion of a world, God di2">id not create i2">it. For what He creates must be eternal as Hi2">imself."

REJECT THE WORLD. DENY i2">IT ANY TRUTH. REJECT DEATH. CHOOSE Li2">IFE. ASSERT RESURRECTi2">ION. HEAL YOUR BROTHER. REMi2">IND Hi2">IM OF Hi2">IS i2">IMMORTALi2">ITY.

Projecti2">ion doesn't just mean you're tryi2">ing to blame others. ACi2">IM has a much larger defi2">ini2">iti2">ion, and blame i2">is only a small part of i2">it.

Projecti2">ion i2">is actually a natural functi2">ion of ALL mi2">inds, i2">includi2">ing God's. Projecti2">ion really means extensi2">ion, whereby somethi2">ing that i2">is i2">IN the mi2">ind i2">is extended or pushed outward, or i2">in a forward di2">irecti2">ion. i2">It really means Gi2">IVi2">ING, and i2">is also a part of CREATi2">ING. Blame i2">is actually a form of mi2">is-creati2">ion, or an attempt to create destructi2">ion.

"Project (verb): to extend forward or out." - ACi2">IM

"We sai2">id before that magi2">ic i2">is essenti2">ially mi2">indless, or the destructi2">ive (mi2">iscreated) use of mi2">ind."

"Mi2">iscreati2">ion i2">is sti2">ill a genui2">ine creati2">ive act i2">in terms of the underlyi2">ing i2">IMPULSE, but NOT i2">in terms of the CONTENT of the creati2">ion."

"Every mi2">ind MUST project, because that i2">is how i2">it li2">ives, and every mi2">ind i2">IS li2">ife."

"i2">In the Creati2">ion, God projected hi2">is Creati2">ive Abi2">ili2">ity out of Hi2">imself toward the Souls whi2">ich He created, and also i2">imbued them wi2">ith the same lovi2">ing wi2">ish (or wi2">ill) to create."

"the mi2">iscreati2">ions of the mi2">ind do not really exi2">ist."

The mi2">ind HAS to gi2">ive i2">ie project/extend, i2">in order to exi2">ist, because love has to be shared i2">in order to be what i2">it i2">is. To love i2">is to share, and shari2">ing requi2">ires gi2">ivi2">ing, whi2">ich requi2">ires extensi2">ion, i2">ie projecti2">ion, whi2">ich creates.

i2">In heaven before the separati2">ion, projecti2">ion was PROPERLY used by God to create the Sonshi2">ip, and by the Sonshi2">ip to create thei2">ir own creati2">ions. Proper projecti2">ion i2">is also used by the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, i2">in the same way that God does.

"The Holy Spi2">iri2">it, as well as the ego, uti2">ili2">izes projecti2">ion but si2">ince thei2">ir goals are opposed, so i2">is the result. The Holy Spi2">iri2">it begi2">ins by percei2">ivi2">ing YOU as perfect. KNOWi2">ING thi2">is perfecti2">ion i2">is shared, i2">it RECOGNi2">IZES i2">it i2">in others, thus strengtheni2">ing i2">it i2">in both." ... "thi2">is arouses love FOR both because i2">IT ESTABLi2">ISHES i2">INCLUSi2">ION." ... "Percei2">ivi2">ing equali2">ity, i2">it percei2">ives equal needs."

Proper "sane" projecti2">ion, or the projecti2">ion/extensi2">ion of holi2">iness, means that what i2">is i2">in you i2">is seen as extendi2">ing to and i2">includi2">ing others. You gi2">ive love to your brother and recogni2">ize that that love i2">is shared by hi2">im and i2">is i2">in hi2">im, as part of yourself. Thus you see yourself i2">in hi2">im and love both of you equally.

Projecti2">ion i2">is actually a law of the mi2">ind whi2">ich always functi2">ions on all levels. God and the Holy Spi2">iri2">it use i2">it share what i2">is true and loved. But the ego has i2">its own di2">istorted USE of projecti2">ion, whi2">ich results i2">in tryi2">ing to get ri2">id of (or project away from i2">itself) what i2">it does not want, rather than gi2">ivi2">ing what i2">is loved.

"Projecti2">ion i2">is a fundamental law of the mi2">ind, and therefore one whi2">ich ALWAYS operates. i2">It i2">is the law by whi2">ich you create and were created. i2">It i2">is the law whi2">ich uni2">ifi2">ies the Ki2">ingdom and keeps i2">it i2">in the mi2">ind of God."

"To the ego, the law i2">is percei2">ived as a way of getti2">ing Ri2">ID of somethi2">ing i2">it does NOT want. To the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, i2">it i2">is the fundamental law of shari2">ing, by whi2">ich you gi2">ive what you value i2">in order to keep i2">it i2">in your OWN mi2">inds."

"Projecti2">ion to the Holy Spi2">iri2">it i2">is the law of extensi2">ion. To the ego, i2">it i2">is the law of depri2">ivati2">ion. i2">It therefore produces abundance or scarci2">ity, dependi2">ing on how you choose to apply i2">it."

So there i2">is a natural i2">innate mi2">ind functi2">ion of gi2">ivi2">ing and extendi2">ing what i2">is i2">insi2">ide your mi2">ind. Thi2">is i2">is always there. You gi2">ive what you have, or are. When the mi2">ind i2">is sane, i2">it loves i2">itself, and sees love i2">in i2">itself. i2">It extends thi2">is love outward and sees i2">it i2">in others.

But i2">if the mi2">ind i2">is not sane, the mi2">ind fi2">irst attacks i2">itself. i2">It regards i2">itself as not lovi2">ing or lovable. i2">It sees a lack of love, and a darkness. i2">It sees evi2">il and gui2">ilt and si2">in wi2">ithi2">in i2">itself. i2">It i2">is tryi2">ing to destroy i2">itself. i2">It i2">is i2">in a state of deni2">ial. The projecti2">ive functi2">ion of the mi2">ind then sti2">ill operates, but now i2">it i2">is tryi2">ing to "send out" thi2">is egoi2">ic content as a projected attack.

Si2">ince the ego content or i2">insani2">ity i2">is a matter of separati2">ion, i2">in a spli2">it mi2">ind, made of deni2">ial and attack, deni2">ial and attack are projected by those wi2">ith egos. Si2">ince deni2">ial or attack i2">is a way of "not wanti2">ing" yourself and God, or not wanti2">ing to love, a "not wantedness" i2">is projected i2">ie extended out of the mi2">ind, and you "do not want" the stuff you are expressi2">ing.

"A second fallacy i2">is the i2">idea that you can GET Ri2">ID of somethi2">ing you do not want BY gi2">ivi2">ing i2">it away. Gi2">IVi2">ING i2">it i2">is how you KEEP i2">it. The beli2">ief that by gi2">ivi2">ing i2">it OUT you have excluded i2">it from Wi2">ITHi2">IN i2">is a complete di2">istorti2">ion of the power of EXTENSi2">ION."

"Thi2">is i2">is the opposi2">ite of the Golden Rule, and havi2">ing placed thi2">is rule upsi2">ide down, the reverse of mi2">iracles, or projecti2">ion (i2">in the ego sense), follows automati2">ically."

(note here that mi2">iracles are EXPRESSi2">IONS i2">ie PROJECTi2">IONS FROM LOVE, whereas "ego projecti2">ion" i2">is a projecti2">ion from fear or ego content - as such the proper use of projecti2">ion i2">is mi2">iracle worki2">ing, i2">ie the shari2">ing and extensi2">ion of love/li2">ife!)

Thi2">is means that the mi2">ind projects or tri2">ies to "get ri2">id of" what i2">it does not want, rather than wanti2">ing to SHARE or i2">INCLUDE others i2">in what i2">it does want. Si2">ince gi2">ivi2">ing and recei2">ivi2">ing are usually one, projecti2">ing love i2">indi2">icates that you have i2">it and keep i2">it, and now both have i2">it and the love i2">increases.

But when thi2">is breaks down, we enter i2">into the ego's rules of "ei2">ither/or" and separati2">ion, where Ei2">ITHER you have somethi2">ing OR the other does. You therefore beli2">ieve that by projecti2">ing your self attack or "unwi2">illi2">ingness", you can cause what you do not want to actually LEAVE your mi2">ind enti2">irely, to be gi2">iven but not recei2">ived. That you can put your gui2">ilt, si2">in and fear onto someone or somethi2">ing else, and di2">isown i2">it.

Thi2">is di2">isowni2">ing i2">is part of deni2">ial and also what we call di2">issoci2">iati2">ion. You di2">is-associ2">iate from i2">it, by pretendi2">ing that you can gi2">ive i2">it through projecti2">ion and therefore LOSE i2">it. That i2">it can be placed outsi2">ide of you, away from you. That you can put the blame for your i2">internal "si2">in" onto someone else and escape i2">it. So now you seem to be blami2">ing your own self-attack, and your attack on God, onto somethi2">ing "external."

The truth i2">is, however, that "i2">ideas leave not thei2">ir source". And projecti2">ion does not actually make anythi2">ing go outsi2">ide the mi2">ind. i2">It i2">is because of the spli2">it i2">in the mi2">ind, and i2">its deni2">ial and i2">its attempt to "destroy" what i2">it does not want (i2">its self-destructi2">ion), that there SEEMS to be a gap of separati2">ion between what's "i2">insi2">ide" the mi2">ind and what's "outsi2">ide".

"Thi2">is i2">is because thei2">ir projecti2">ions have NOT left thei2">ir mi2">inds"

But at all ti2">imes, all of thi2">is content i2">is STi2">ILL wi2">ithi2">in the mi2">ind. The mi2">ind i2">is spli2">it, and has si2">imply secti2">ioned off a regi2">ion wi2">ithi2">in i2">itself to "project" or dump i2">its self-hate, i2">in pretendi2">ing to be free of i2">it. i2">It i2">is now deluded i2">into thi2">inki2">ing that i2">it has gotten ri2">id of si2">in and gui2">ilt by putti2">ing i2">it "outsi2">ide" i2">itself, but thi2">is i2">is only because i2">its sense of self has reduced to a sub-porti2">ion of the mi2">ind. The "outsi2">ide" i2">is really just the rest of the mi2">ind.

To percepti2">ion, i2">it then seems as i2">if that whi2">ich you used to destroy yourself, whi2">ich has been projected outward, has somehow magi2">ically been di2">isplaced or gi2">iven i2">into some ki2">ind of "external" world, beyond the mi2">ind and body. The body seems to then act as the separati2">ion devi2">ice or barri2">ier di2">ivi2">idi2">ing i2">internal and external worlds, but really the mi2">ind encompasses both.

i2">It's very easy then, i2">in a state of di2">issoci2">iati2">ion, to beli2">ieve that the gui2">ilt does not BELONG to your mi2">ind, bei2">ing seen as "not i2">insi2">ide i2">it", and so i2">it becomes logi2">ically sensi2">ible to associ2">iate i2">it Wi2">ITH someone else. "You but accuse your brother of your own si2">ins". You bi2">ind other people to your projected self hate. You try to accuse them of doi2">ing what you are doi2">ing. And you see your gui2">ilt i2">in them as i2">if THEY own i2">it or are even the source of i2">it.

Si2">ince you have "not wanted yourself", and thus attacked yourself wi2">ith unlove, you project what you do not want (really yourself) outward, and conti2">inue to attack i2">it. You now seek to destroy i2">it "i2">in" another person, or condemn them for i2">it. Thi2">is i2">is an i2">indi2">irect attack upon yourself sti2">ill. But because you are projecti2">ing separati2">ion or di2">issoci2">iati2">ion, you see yourself as "safe from" the junk you have projected, whi2">ich seems to exonerate you and render you i2">innocent. Thi2">is then produces the face of i2">innocence.

"Anger ALWAYS i2">involves PROJECTi2">ION OF SEPARATi2">ION"

"Si2">ince you have also judged AGAi2">INST what you project, you attack i2">it because you have already attacked i2">it BY rejecti2">ing i2">it. By doi2">ing thi2">is UNCONSCi2">IOUSLY, you try to keep the fact that you must have attacked yourself Fi2">IRST out of awareness, and thus i2">imagi2">ine that you have made yourself safe."

So i2">in i2">its true sense, projecti2">ion i2">is a permanent part of the mi2">ind's nature, whereby i2">it extends i2">itself and gi2">ives or shares i2">itself. The ego hi2">ijacks or di2">istorts thi2">is by attacki2">ing YOU and then projecti2">ing FROM that di2">istorted vi2">iew of you. What i2">is fi2">irst seen wi2">ithi2">in you as darkness i2">is projected outward as darkness, and the attack conti2">inues.

i2">In effect the ego projects TO SEPARATE or to keep emphasi2">izi2">ing the di2">issoci2">iati2">ion or spli2">it i2">in the mi2">ind, to try to "keep the gui2">ilt away" from you. Thus the more the mi2">ind beli2">ieves i2">its i2">ideas HAVE left i2">it, the more i2">it thi2">inks i2">it i2">is safe and i2">innocent, but i2">its i2">insani2">ity i2">is i2">increasi2">ing. The more i2">it projects attack the more i2">it spli2">its i2">itself, between the part i2">it attacks (seemi2">ingly i2">in others) and the part doi2">ing the attacki2">ing, both of whi2">ich are ALWAYS i2">in your own mi2">ind. Separati2">ing off from others or pushi2">ing them away deepens the i2">internal ri2">ift between you and yourself.

"Projecti2">ion wi2">ill ALWAYS hurt you. i2">It rei2">inforces your beli2">ief i2">in your own spli2">it mi2">ind, and i2">its ONLY purpose i2">is to KEEP THE SEPARATi2">ION GOi2">ING. i2">It i2">is solely a devi2">ice of the ego to make you feel Di2">IFFERENT from your brothers and separated FROM them. "

So there are some passages i2">in the course where Jesus talks i2">in the bi2">ig-pi2">icture context of ALL mi2">inds projecti2">ing, the mai2">in projecti2">ive or extendi2">ing functi2">ion. There are some passages where thi2">is i2">is referred to AS extensi2">ion and i2">is contrasted AGAi2">INST "projecti2">ion" i2">in the sego sense - where projecti2">ion means the ego's projecti2">ion of self-attack or an attempt to "push out of the mi2">ind" what you do NOT want. And there are also other passages where Jesus i2">is talki2">ing ONLY about the ego's projecti2">ion of self-attack. So i2">it's i2">important to be aware of the context.

Here's one fi2">inal bi2">ig thi2">ing to reali2">ize. i2">In the separati2">ion from God i2">ini2">iti2">ially, before there was a world here, and before the Earth, we had a spli2">it mi2">ind. We already had seen gui2">ilt and si2">in i2">in our mi2">ind. Thus we entered i2">into the ego's use of projecti2">ion. The separati2">ion was the beli2">ief i2">in the "lack of everythi2">ing", or love's absence, or the lack of heaven and God - and the i2">idea of death. We projected the "lack of everythi2">ing", as the i2">idea of heaven's total opposi2">ite, outward. Thi2">is was a projecti2">ion of the i2">idea of empti2">iness and NOTHi2">INGNESS. The projecti2">ion of the i2">idea of separati2">ion.

Thi2">is projected THE WORLD, whi2">ich "arose" as an attempt to Di2">ISOWN the separati2">ion, somethi2">ing you Di2">ID NOT WANT i2">in the mi2">ind, i2">in an attempt to get ri2">id of i2">it, because i2">it was fearful to you. Thi2">is projecti2">ion of an i2">illusi2">ion of nothi2">ingness took the form of a "screen", somewhat li2">ike a mi2">irror, a meani2">ingless neutral world, because i2">it was a projecti2">ion of i2">insani2">ity and meani2">inglessness. And i2">it seemed to take on the form of error, or si2">in, produci2">ing space and ti2">ime and bodi2">ies, as a natural consequence of the total opposi2">ite of God's laws. Planet earth and human bodi2">ies were the projected result - a mi2">is-creati2">ion or a "world of destructi2">ion."

"That was the fi2">irst projecti2">ion of error outward. The world arose to hi2">ide i2">it, and became the screen on whi2">ich i2">it was projected, and drawn between you and truth."

"the mad projecti2">ion by whi2">ich thi2">is world was made."

"We also have observed that man can create an empty shell, but cannot create nothi2">ing at all. Thi2">is empti2">iness provi2">ides the screen for the mi2">isuse of projecti2">ion."

We had "created" an i2">ILLUSi2">ION of a world of empti2">iness, opposi2">ing all of Heaven's laws. A world made of the i2">idea of death and of ali2">ienati2">ion and murder. We then ALSO i2">in a SECOND STEP, projected our i2">inner mental garbage ONTO that screen, whi2">ich i2">is where "projecti2">ion makes percpeti2">ion" comes i2">in. We project stuff ONTO the "neutral world screen", whi2">ich Gi2">IVES i2">it meani2">ing, and the mi2">ind determi2">ines what to make of what the body tells us about i2">it.

"The world you made i2">is therefore totally chaoti2">ic, governed by arbi2">itrary and senseless "laws," and wi2">ithout meani2">ing of ANY ki2">ind. For i2">it was made out of what you do NOT want, projected FROM your mi2">ind, because you were AFRAi2">ID of i2">it."

"Havi2">ing projected hi2">is anger onto the world, he sees vengeance about to stri2">ike at hi2">im."

"i2">If you do not want i2">it, i2">it was never created. i2">If i2">it was never created, i2">it i2">is nothi2">ing."

"That was the fi2">irst projecti2">ion of error outward. The world arose to hi2">ide i2">it, and became the screen on whi2">ich i2">it was projected, and drawn between you and truth."

So i2">in the separati2">ion we made an error and projected thi2">is error, and the world - spaceti2">ime - i2">includi2">ing all planets and galaxi2">ies, arose i2">in an i2">ILLUSi2">ION of a world, made of nothi2">ing appeari2">ing as somethi2">ing. Thi2">is "world" i2">is really nothi2">ing, and we then proceeded to PROJECT ONTO i2">IT, the conti2">inued negati2">ive content of our mi2">inds. Thi2">is secondary step of projecti2">ion produces percepti2">ion, a ki2">ind of feedback, i2">in whi2">ich we project ei2">ither gui2">ilt or i2">innocence, si2">in or holi2">iness, and thi2">is changes how "the world" appears to our percepti2">ion.

What i2">I see i2">in the course now i2">is that "the world" i2">itself was an i2">ini2">iti2">ial projecti2">ion of the separati2">ion, a world we made to attack God and heaven. And i2">in the maki2">ing of bodi2">ies we placed ourselves wi2">ithi2">in i2">it to "percei2">ive i2">it". And now we project ego shi2">it ONTO i2">it, ei2">ither falsely percei2">ivi2">ing i2">it, or percei2">ivi2">ing i2">it truly. True percepti2">ion shows you that you have Gi2">IVEN (projected) holi2">iness and love and peace, and only BY gi2">ivi2">ing (projecti2">ing) that do you see a forgi2">iven world. i2">If you project ego onto i2">it you see a world of si2">in.

Once you cease to project ego ONTO the world, the "nothi2">ing world" - really the absence of heaven - i2">is recogni2">ized as nothi2">ing, wi2">ith no si2">in put ONTO i2">it, and i2">it i2">is forgi2">iven. i2">In thi2">is vi2">iew i2">it loses all of the i2">illusi2">ion of "real si2">in" or "exi2">istence" or "happeni2">ing", and eventually di2">isappears completely. We then wake up i2">in God and resume our REAL PROJECTi2">ION of creati2">ion i2">in the Ki2">ingdom. "i2">It sti2">ill remai2">ins wi2">ithi2">in hi2">im to project as God projected hi2">is own Spi2">iri2">it to hi2">im. i2">In reali2">ity, thi2">is i2">is hi2">is ONLY choi2">ice, because hi2">is free wi2">ill was made for hi2">is own joy i2">in creati2">ing the perfect."

"All of hi2">is mi2">iscreati2">ions can di2">isappear i2">in the well known "twi2">inkli2">ing of an eye", because i2">it i2">is a vi2">isual mi2">ispercepti2">ion."

At fi2">irst you wi2">ill see a reflecti2">ion of God i2">in the world, a reflecti2">ion of heaven, because the world i2">ITSELF i2">is just a screen and has no meani2">ing of i2">its own. i2">It was a projecti2">ion of nothi2">ing, acti2">ing as a neutral canvas on whi2">ich TO project what you wanted to see. However, upon doi2">ing thi2">is, the world i2">itself wi2">ill ulti2">imately gi2">ive way to heaven, because i2">its total nothi2">ingness i2">is recogni2">ized.

"But to fi2">ind the place, you must reli2">inqui2">ish your i2">investment i2">in the world as YOU have projected i2">it, allowi2">ing the Holy Spi2">iri2">it to project the real world TO you, from the altar of God."

"You can REFLECT HEAVEN here. But no reflecti2">ions of the i2">images of other gods must di2">im the mi2">irror that would hold God's reflecti2">ion i2">in i2">it. Earth can reflect Heaven or hell; God or the ego. You need but leave the mi2">irror clean, and clear of all the i2">images of hi2">idden darkness you have drawn upon i2">it. God wi2">ill shi2">ine upon i2">it of Hi2">imself. Only the clear reflecti2">ion OF Hi2">imself can BE percei2">ived upon i2">it. Reflecti2">ions are seen i2">in li2">ight. i2">In darkness, they are obscure, and thei2">ir meani2">ing seems to li2">ie only i2">in shi2">ifti2">ing i2">interpretati2">ions, rather than i2">in themselves."

"At fi2">irst you see a world whi2">ich has accepted thi2">is as true, projected from a now corrected mi2">ind. And wi2">ith thi2">is holy si2">ight, percepti2">ion gi2">ives a si2">ilent blessi2">ing and then di2">isappears, i2">its goal accompli2">ished and i2">its mi2">issi2">ion done."

"Let us today behold earth di2">isappear, at fi2">irst transformed, and then, forgi2">iven, fade enti2">irely i2">into God's holy Wi2">ill."

"There i2">is not one pri2">inci2">iple the world upholds but vi2">iolates the truth of what love i2">is, and what you are as well."

The physi2">ical planet, Earth, was made by us as a place of "hell", i2">in an attempt to make a world whi2">ich i2">is totally opposi2">ite to Heaven i2">in EVERY way. The problem now i2">is that we don't recogni2">ize HOW i2">it i2">is opposi2">ite to Heaven, or why i2">it i2">is not li2">ike Heaven at all. So let's take a look at the "laws" that run thi2">is world.

Thi2">is world was based on the separati2">ion i2">idea. Thi2">is i2">idea i2">includes death, sacri2">ifi2">ice, loss, scarci2">ity, attack, competi2">iti2">ion, murder, sufferi2">ing, lack, darkness, etc. Thi2">is i2">idea has created LAWS, the ego's laws, whi2">ich has produced space-ti2">ime, and has i2">invented the "laws of physi2">ics". The physi2">ical planet i2">is founded ON and BY these laws, and wi2">ithout these laws i2">it could not mai2">intai2">in i2">its form or functi2">ion or exi2">ist at all. "Fear has made everythi2">ing you thi2">ink you see".

Look closely at what happens wi2">ith physi2">ical matter. When two objects come close to each other, they never touch. Contradi2">ictory forces of attracti2">ion AND repulsi2">ion pull objects near and then push them away. i2">If two objects were to touch, they would cause an atomi2">ic explosi2">ion and anni2">ihi2">ilati2">ion. That means when anythi2">ing tri2">ies to joi2">in, or share, or "be one", i2">it results i2">in DEATH. How more opposi2">ite to Heaven can thi2">is be, that joi2">ini2">ing i2">is death, and bei2">ing separate i2">is to "be ali2">ive".

Then consi2">ider what happens when you try to share an object. Let's say you have an apple and you want to "have" the apple, but you also want to share i2">it. You could gi2">ive i2">it to someone, but now you have LOSS. And loss i2">induces gri2">ief, and represents LACK and SCARCi2">ITY. To gi2">ive, i2">is to SACRi2">IFi2">ICE. Thi2">is i2">is ego law, and totally unli2">ike the laws of Heaven i2">in whi2">ich to gi2">ive i2">is to i2">increase and allows you BOTH to SHARE everythi2">ing.

Try to gi2">ive the apple wi2">ithout losi2">ing i2">it, i2">it i2">is i2">impossi2">ible. Another's gai2">in i2">is your loss, and so you are now i2">in COMPETi2">ITi2">ION. And the apple represents the i2">idea of fi2">ini2">ite, Li2">IMi2">ITATi2">ION of amounts, rather than unli2">imi2">ited supply. "God li2">imi2">its not. And what i2">is li2">imi2">ited can NOT be Heaven. So i2">it MUST be hell."

There i2">is no i2">INCREASE when you gi2">ive, as there would be i2">in heaven, and i2">it i2">is i2">impossi2">ible for you to BOTH have the whole apple. You can try to COMPROMi2">ISE, whi2">ich i2">is a law of SACRi2">IFi2">ICE and SUFFERi2">ING, by havi2">ing half an apple each, meani2">ing nei2">ither person get's the whole and you both are EMPTY. And so there i2">is no real shari2">ing. These are the ego laws that run thi2">is world.

Also, because all objects are separate, nothi2">ing can ever share the same space wi2">ith anythi2">ing else. Objects cannot overlap, or they would DESTROY each other. To joi2">in or be "one", to uni2">ite i2">in any way, results i2">in death and destructi2">ion. Thi2">is i2">is the complete opposi2">ite to Heaven's laws, whereby when two thi2">ings joi2">in there i2">is oneness, harmony, peace and li2">ife. And so anythi2">ing physi2">ical, any form, i2">includi2">ing human bodi2">ies and the planet, can never joi2">in or be one. Every si2">ingle parti2">icle of matter i2">is kept apart, separated off and di2">ifferent to the rest.

There i2">is also no consi2">istency of properti2">ies among parti2">icles of matter. Whi2">ile some thi2">ings seem to act si2">imi2">ilarly, nothi2">ing i2">is i2">identi2">ical. Whi2">ile i2">in God's world everythi2">ing God creates i2">is created i2">in Hi2">is perfect li2">ikeness and i2">image, and all sons of God are perfectly EQUAL and i2">identi2">ical i2">in thei2">ir nature, i2">in the ego's world i2">its "nature" i2">is utterly UNNATURAL, CHAOTi2">IC and NOT Li2">IKE the rest. An apple i2">is not an orange, or a banana. A house i2">is not a car. A human i2">is not a fi2">ish. Water does not behave li2">ike rocks. i2">It i2">is all made to be di2">ifferent, meani2">ing there i2">is NO EQUALi2">ITY.

Di2">ifferences also mean that no two thi2">ings can AGREE on anythi2">ing, produci2">ing a state of PERPETUAL WAR, confli2">ict, tensi2">ion, di2">isagreement and i2">imbalance. Nothi2">ing i2">is WHOLE wi2">ithi2">in i2">itself, everythi2">ing LACKS what other thi2">ings have, everythi2">ing i2">is only PARTi2">IAL and fi2">ini2">ite and li2">imi2">ited, and nothi2">ing has everythi2">ing. Thi2">is also means that no PART of thi2">is world FULLY exi2">ists.

Chemi2">icals whi2">ich are present i2">in an apple, are NOT present i2">in a screwdri2">iver. The screwdri2">iver LACKS what the apple has, sees the apple as havi2">ing stolen part of wholeness from i2">itself, and wants to destroy i2">it to complete i2">itself. Thi2">is i2">is all outli2">ined i2">in the ego's "laws of chaos" whereby we percei2">ive that speci2">ial love has been stolen by other people (i2">ie you lost your SELF and they have what you LACK), locked up i2">in thei2">ir bodi2">ies, and we are wi2">illi2">ing to ki2">ill them to get i2">it. Every object i2">in the world i2">is fundamentally i2">in a state of LACK, LOSS, EMPTi2">INESS and DESPERATi2">ION, produci2">ing compulsi2">ions to "seek and do not fi2">ind."

And thi2">is i2">isn't even half of what the purpose of the world i2">is.

"The world was made as an attack on God. i2">It symboli2">izes fear. And what i2">is fear except love's absence? Thus the world was meant to be a place where God could enter not, and where Hi2">is Son could be apart from Hi2">im."

You may not reali2">ize thi2">is, but physi2">ical matter was desi2">igned to oppose God, to shut out hi2">is NATURE, and to make i2">it seem li2">ike he DOES NOT EXi2">IST. Physi2">ical matter, i2">is MURDEROUS. (what i2">is not love i2">is murder). The world di2">idn't si2">imply take on the form of a planet "just because". i2">It was i2">INTENTi2">IONAL, to make a place governed by laws NOT OF GOD, whi2">ich opposes and i2">is UNLi2">IKE Heaven i2">in EVERY WAY POSSi2">IBLE.

God's nature i2">is that he i2">is omni2">ipresent. Thi2">is means that God i2">is fully present everywhere. Thi2">is doesn't just mean God i2">is really bi2">ig and stretched out to cover the uni2">iverse, but i2">it also means ALL of God's bei2">ing, i2">is i2">in EVERY locati2">ion. The fullness of God i2">is here, and there, and over there. Thi2">is i2">is utterly i2">impossi2">ible accordi2">ing to ego laws, because i2">if God were to be "fully over here", there i2">is no God "left" to be "fully over there" si2">imultaneously. Yet thi2">is i2">is God's nature.

The ego, and i2">its WORLD, i2">includi2">ing the Earth, was desi2">igned to create a Pi2">ICTURE OF THE CRUCi2">IFi2">IXi2">ION OF GOD'S SON, i2">in whi2">ich God has been obli2">iterated from exi2">istence. i2">It does thi2">is by the physi2">ical ego laws. i2">If you look at an object, you'll noti2">ice that thi2">is object i2">is not the same as another object. i2">If i2">it's an apple, i2">it i2">is not the same as a televi2">isi2">ion. Thi2">is means, there i2">is some of the possi2">ibi2">ili2">ity over here i2">in the apple, and some of the possi2">ibi2">ili2">ity over there i2">in the televi2">isi2">ion set. Nei2">ither of them contai2">ins "everythi2">ing". They are separate, di2">isti2">inct, and kept apart.

What thi2">is does, i2">is i2">it presents a physi2">ical "pi2">icture" whi2">ich i2">is tryi2">ing to STATE, to affi2">irm and assert, that "nothi2">ing contai2">ins everythi2">ing" "no part of the world contai2">ins all of i2">it" "there i2">is no everythi2">ing i2">in any si2">ingle object". THEREFORE... because "everythi2">ing" i2">is nowhere, and NOTHi2">ING i2">IS WHOLE, THERE i2">IS NO WHOLENESS ANYWHERE, SO GOD, WHO NATURE i2">IS TO BE FULLY PRESENT EVERYWHERE, DOES NOT EXi2">IST *ANYWHERE*! Thi2">is pi2">icture then forms what you thi2">ink i2">is "nature", whi2">ich i2">is the UNNATURAL laws of the ego world. i2">It was made to COMPLETELY OBSCURE si2">ight of God, to make i2">it seem li2">ike God's NATURE does not apply here AT ALL, and therefore that God i2">is dead.

THAT i2">IS THE PURPOSE OF THE WORLD AS THE EGO MADE i2">IT. "The world was made as an attack on God." i2">If you BEHOLD i2">IT, i2">ie see i2">it, wi2">ith your eyes or mi2">ind, you CANNOT KNOW GOD. "You cannot behold the world and know God." Because si2">imply, i2">if you are looki2">ing at thi2">is pi2">icture of "God cannot exi2">ist", i2">it i2">is di2">istracted you and blocki2">ing you from seei2">ing that "God does exi2">ist." "You cannot see two worlds". Ei2">ither you are i2">in Heaven wi2">ith God, or you're dreami2">ing of planet Earth and tryi2">ing to be dead.

Thi2">is i2">is why Jesus says "there i2">is nothi2">ing so BLi2">INDi2">ING as si2">ight of form." To SEE FORM, to see the Earth, i2">is to be BLi2">IND and to NOT SEE ANYTHi2">ING REAL. The body's eyes were made to look on Si2">IN and DEATH and beli2">ieve they are reali2">ity. You thi2">ink you are here observi2">ing a real world, when i2">in fact your head i2">is buri2">ied i2">in the sand and you do NOT HAVE Vi2">ISi2">ION. The body's eyes were desi2">igned by the ego, ON PURPOSE, to make i2">it seem li2">ike you are sensi2">ing and looki2">ing at somethi2">ing that exi2">ists, but i2">in fact i2">is a halluci2">inati2">ion, stuck i2">in a box, i2">in the dark, looki2">ing at nothi2">ingness. i2">It's desi2">igned so that you Wi2">ILL NOT SEE GOD.

i2">In every way, the underlyi2">ing FUNCTi2">ION of thi2">is planet, i2">is MADE OF, based on, run by, and di2">ictated by, the i2">idea of separati2">ion and DEATH. i2">It i2">is a state OF death, because li2">ife whi2">ich i2">is eternal and of Heaven does not change. "Heaven remai2">ins your one alternati2">ive to thi2">is strange world you made and all i2">its ways; i2">its shi2">ifti2">ing patterns and uncertai2">in goals".

The world also i2">is a state of DENi2">IAL - i2">it i2">is the physi2">ical embodi2">iment of the deni2">ial of God and reali2">ity. i2">It i2">is a state of UNCONSCi2">IOUSNESS and death. And Jesus says "a world that deni2">ies i2">its own exi2">istence does not exi2">ist." "There i2">is no world."

"From knowledge and percepti2">ion respecti2">ively, two di2">isti2">inct thought systems ari2">ise whi2">ich are opposi2">ite i2">in every respect. i2">In the realm of knowledge no thoughts exi2">ist apart from God, because God and Hi2">is Creati2">ion share one Wi2">ill. The world of percepti2">ion, however, i2">is made by the beli2">ief i2">in opposi2">ites and separate wi2">ills, i2">in perpetual confli2">ict wi2">ith each other and wi2">ith God. What percepti2">ion sees and hears appears to be real because i2">it permi2">its i2">into awareness only what conforms to the wi2">ishes of the percei2">iver. Thi2">is leads to a world of i2">illusi2">ions, a world whi2">ich needs constant defense preci2">isely because i2">it i2">is not real."

"When you have been caught i2">in the world of percepti2">ion you are caught i2">in a dream."

Thi2">is world, Earth, i2">is the ego's world, nothi2">ing but a dream, a fi2">icti2">ion of OPPOSi2">ITi2">ION TO HEAVEN, desi2">igned to attack God and separate the Son and ki2">ill the Son of God. Or at least to create the i2">illusi2">ion that thi2">is i2">is possi2">ible.

Now. You can, wi2">ith the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, change how you look AT and i2">INTERPRET thi2">is world. "Holy Spi2">iri2">it i2">is the great rei2">interpreter of the world". You can joi2">in Hi2">is way of looki2">ing, and learn to SEE and RECOGNi2">IZE, that thi2">is world that you thi2">ink i2">is so speci2">ial and lovely i2">in all i2">its ways of death and murder, even at the subatomi2">ic level, i2">IS NOT REAL. That i2">it i2">is showi2">ing you a pi2">icture whi2">ich i2">is FALSE, or not true. That i2">its very FORMS, i2">its separati2">ions, i2">its objects, are a FANTASY about murderi2">ing God.

Thi2">is leads you to True Percepti2">ion and the "forgi2">iven world", aka "real world", whi2">ich entai2">ils the abi2">ili2">ity to look at THE WORLD *YOU* MADE, hell, thi2">is Earth, Wi2">ITH the truth, to look at and admi2">it to the ways that i2">IT i2">IS NOT Li2">IKE HEAVEN AT ALL. The truth wi2">ill show you the ways that i2">it i2">is i2">in fact SO unli2">ike Heaven that i2">it could not possi2">ibly be created by God, i2">it could not possi2">ibly be real, i2">it cannot exi2">ist, and i2">it i2">is MADE OF Li2">IES.

Correcti2">ing percepti2">ion and approachi2">ing True Percepti2">ion i2">is STi2">ILL goi2">ing to show you apples, di2">ifferent from oranges. Humans, di2">ifferent from fi2">ish. Objects colli2">idi2">ing wi2">ith each other. Plants growi2">ing and produci2">ing flowers only to di2">ie and rot. Bodi2">ies i2">in vari2">ious states of si2">ickness. BECAUSE i2">ITS BUi2">ILT i2">INTO THE LAWS THAT THi2">IS WORLD COMES FROM. You can percei2">ive i2">it i2">in a lovi2">ing WAY, or i2">in a better li2">ight, but you're sti2">ill goi2">ing to be seei2">ing all the shi2">it you made up, FUNCTi2">IONi2">ING accordi2">ing to the same physi2">ical laws of death, and sti2">ill DOi2">ING what i2">it always di2">id. The fact that the "Earth" remai2">ins a "planet" at all means i2">it i2">is STi2">ILL bui2">ilt on sacri2">ifi2">ice, loss, lack, attack, rejecti2">ion, separati2">ion and death.

You can look at thi2">is death hole i2">in a heavenly way and see a reflecti2">ion of Heaven BEYOND i2">it, or i2">IN SPi2">ITE OF i2">it. But forgi2">iveness OVERLOOKS the world and the body. To say that you are forgi2">ivi2">ing when you are MAKi2">ING THE WORLD REAL, i2">is NOT FORGi2">IVENESS. Forgi2">iveness looks and recogni2">izes that thi2">is world i2">is OPPOSi2">ITE TO REALi2">ITY. i2">It i2">is not real, and i2">it doesn't really exi2">ist. THAT i2">is what forgi2">iveness shows you. You don't look AT bodi2">ies and AT the world - you OVERLOOK them, renderi2">ing them non-exi2">istent!

"A world forgi2">iven cannot last. i2">It was the home of bodi2">ies. But forgi2">iveness looks past bodi2">ies. Thi2">is i2">is i2">its holi2">iness; thi2">is i2">is how i2">it heals. The world of bodi2">ies i2">is the world of si2">in, for only i2">if there were a body i2">is si2">in possi2">ible. From si2">in comes gui2">ilt as surely as forgi2">iveness takes all gui2">ilt away. And once all gui2">ilt i2">is gone what more remai2">ins to keep a separated world i2">in place? For place has gone as well, along wi2">ith ti2">ime. Only the body makes the world seem real, for bei2">ing separate i2">it could not remai2">in where separati2">ion i2">is i2">impossi2">ible. Forgi2">iveness proves i2">it i2">is i2">impossi2">ible because i2">it sees i2">it not."

"i2">It i2">is the world you see (wi2">ith body's eyes, Planet Earth) THAT i2">IS i2">IMPOSSi2">IBLE."

A gli2">impse of reali2">ity, whi2">ich shows you that everythi2">ing about thi2">is world ri2">ight down to the smallest parti2">icles, i2">is operati2">ing on FALSE LAWS, and that those laws are fundamentally NOT Li2">IKE GOD, and NOT OF HEAVEN, and therefore must NOT BE REAL. And thi2">is wi2">ill merely prepare you to reali2">ize, that "thi2">is world i2">is not my home".

And thi2">is i2">is why you go *SOMEWHERE ELSE*, to another realm, another world, the world that GOD CREATED as your home and i2">inheri2">itance. You leave behi2">ind what Jesus calls "the bleak li2">ittle world", i2">in whi2">ich "everythi2">ing i2">in the world i2">is li2">ittle because i2">it i2">is made of Li2">ITTLENESS" (rejecti2">ion of the grandeur of heaven), and go to Heaven. Heaven's laws are TOTALLY OPPOSi2">ITE to the laws whi2">ich the Earth runs on. i2">In Heaven there i2">is TRUE shari2">ing, oneness and overlap i2">is possi2">ible, you can truly merge and joi2">in wi2">ith others, you can share space, you can be TRULY i2">inti2">imate i2">in communi2">ion, and you can be ACTUALLY ALi2">IVE. "There i2">is no li2">ife outsi2">ide of Heaven."

i2">If you can recogni2">ize the way that thi2">is world i2">is SO unli2">ike Heaven i2">in every way, and reali2">ize that Heaven's laws are NOTHi2">ING li2">ike the laws thi2">is world i2">is based on, even when rei2">interpreted wi2">ith Holy Spi2">iri2">it, you Mi2">IGHT be wi2">ili2">ing to see that thi2">is world - Earth - that we MADE, i2">in a state of i2">insani2">ity ("the world i2">is the DELUSi2">IONAL SYSTEM of those dri2">iven MAD by gui2">ilt"), i2">is not only NOT HEAVEN, i2">it also CANNOT BE heaven, or turn i2">into Heaven, because i2">it i2">is fundamentally the i2">idea of OPPOSi2">ING Heaven and reali2">ity. i2">It wi2">ill NEVER be Heaven. To be Heaven requi2">ires laws whi2">ich si2">imply do not support FORMS of any ki2">ind, and that i2">includes bodi2">ies and planets. All forms are forms of error, and Heaven contai2">ins no mi2">istakes.

So we can keep tryi2">ing to glori2">ify and spi2">iri2">ituali2">ize thi2">is world, to try to make i2">it speci2">ial, to pretend God would've created i2">it, even though i2">its cruelty and meani2">inglessness are utterly opposi2">ite to Hi2">is nature. We can learn to forgi2">ive the hell we made, and "love i2">it", and be at peace about i2">it. But thi2">is does not MAKE i2">IT heaven. i2">It does not turn i2">it i2">INTO your home. i2">It doesn't make i2">it an appropri2">iate SYSTEM, or state of functi2">ioni2">ing, i2">in whi2">ich the Son of God i2">is best sui2">ited. You are a fi2">ish out of water here. "Thi2">is world i2">is not my home." "You are a stranger here."

The world now, seen through the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, i2">is ONLY there as a teachi2">ing devi2">ice to bri2">ing you Home, whi2">ich i2">is beyond thi2">is world. The body, i2">is only a teachi2">ing devi2">ice, to show you that the body i2">is utterly unnecessary. Percepti2">ion, whi2">ich i2">is a state of fundamental judgementali2">ism and i2">instabi2">ili2">ity and uncertai2">inty, was made only as a result of a rejecti2">ion of reali2">ity. i2">It wi2">ill never contai2">in awareness or reali2">ity or God and once i2">its lesson i2">is learned percepti2">ion has NO USE. All of these thi2">ings we MADE, wi2">ill end, because they were never really begun. They are i2">illusi2">ions. A fantasy of an attack on God and an attempt to destroy ourselves. "You do not want the world." "Thi2">is world holds nothi2">ing that i2">I want."

"You have been promi2">ised full release from the world you made. You have been assured that the Ki2">ingdom of God i2">is wi2">ithi2">in you, and can never be lost". Heaven i2">is my home, not hell. And "heaven on Earth" i2">is sti2">ill a dream, and a poor substi2">itute for the di2">irect experi2">ience of Heaven i2">itself. Earth cannot BE heaven. i2">Its laws are totally opposed to peace and li2">ife. i2">It was made to ki2">ill. You don't want i2">it. You can vi2">iew i2">it i2">in a heavenly way but you can never turn i2">it i2">into heaven just because you see i2">it lovi2">ingly. Heaven i2">is NOT Li2">IKE THi2">IS. Earth i2">is NOTHi2">ING. "The world wi2">ill spi2">in i2">into the NOTHi2">INGNESS from whi2">ich i2">it came." "There i2">is no world. Thi2">is i2">is the central lesson the course would attempt to teach." You wi2">ill gi2">ive up nothi2">ing, thi2">is world, and gai2">in everythi2">ing, Heaven. And that i2">is God's wi2">ill.