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The more i2">I learn that i2">I am responsi2">ible for everythi2">ing i2">I experi2">ience, the clearer i2">it becomes that anythi2">ing i2">I experi2">ience i2">is not "because of" the world.

i2">It used to be that everythi2">ing i2">I experi2">ienced seemed to be a reacti2">ion to the world, seemi2">ingly caused by i2">it. i2">I could not separate out myself from any of i2">it, and any upsets or problems i2">I was havi2">ing were always ti2">ied i2">into what was happeni2">ing i2">in li2">ife.

By taki2">ing responsi2">ibi2">ili2">ity and recogni2">izi2">ing the secret of salvati2">ion, that i2">I'm doi2">ing thi2">is all to myself, i2">I let the world off the hook, so to speak, i2">in that i2">it i2">is not really the "cause" of anythi2">ing.

Yes someti2">imes thi2">ings i2">in the world happen whi2">ich may tri2">igger a certai2">in response i2">in me, but the tri2">iggeri2">ing i2">isn't because of the world, i2">it's because i2">I am tri2">iggerable. Whi2">ich means somethi2">ing i2">in me i2">is unhealed, li2">ike a brui2">ise or wound, whi2">ich seems to be touched upon or poked at by worldly events. Up comes the old hurt, as i2">if the world caused i2">it, but i2">it was already there, buri2">ied.

So over ti2">ime, i2">I see that i2">if i2">I am i2">in any way upset, unhappy, angry, afrai2">id, gui2">ilty or si2">inful etc... i2">it's not really because of the world, the si2">ituati2">ion, or other people. i2">It's because thi2">is i2">is happeni2">ing i2">insi2">ide my mi2">ind, and i2">it's really somethi2">ing to do wi2">ith my own mental atti2">itude or beli2">iefs. There's some pai2">in i2">I'm heali2">ing or i2">it's ti2">ime for some emoti2">ional release or some other thi2">ing that's caused by me.

The more i2">I "own" thi2">is, the less i2">I try to pass i2">it off as bei2">ing the responsi2">ibi2">ili2">ity of the world. i2">I stop blami2">ing others for i2">it. i2">I stop accusi2">ing the world for i2">it. i2">I stop di2">isowni2">ing i2">it, through di2">isassoci2">iati2">ion, and i2">I stop projecti2">ing i2">it away from myself onto the world i2">in an attempt to be ri2">id of i2">it.

i2">I am less i2">in deni2">ial as i2">I honestly admi2">it that any and all fears and upsets are "my own stuff". i2">If i2">I'm angry and barki2">ing i2">I have to admi2">it thi2">is has nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith anyone else. i2">If i2">I'm afrai2">id i2">I have to admi2">it i2">I'm usi2">ing the world wrongly and readi2">ing meani2">ing i2">into i2">it from wi2">ithi2">in. Am i2">I looki2">ing at the world through my ego or the holy spi2">iri2">it? i2">It must be one or the other.

What thi2">is leaves me wi2">ith, over ti2">ime as i2">I practi2">ice and rei2">inforce thi2">is more, i2">is a growi2">ing sense that i2">if i2">I am ever upset or unhappy i2">in any way, i2">it's because somethi2">ing i2">in comi2">ing i2">in between myself and the world. i2">It's not because of the world. And i2">it's nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith who i2">I really am behi2">ind i2">it.

Let's say that behi2">ind thi2">is stuff there i2">is a real me, whi2">ich i2">is always lovi2">ing and li2">ight and shi2">ini2">ing wi2">ith joy and happi2">iness. All thi2">is self does i2">is extend love and respond wi2">ith love all the ti2">ime. But overlai2">id on top of thi2">is self there i2">is all thi2">is past stuff, ego baggage, li2">ies and i2">illusi2">ions, whi2">ich comes i2">in between me and the world.

i2">If i2">I look "through" thi2">is wall of li2">ies, i2">it changes how the world appears and i2">I become lost i2">in i2">it, accusi2">ing i2">it of si2">in. But i2">if i2">I get step back and get out of i2">it, i2">I become aware that thi2">is i2">is just "my stuff" TEMPORARi2">ILY getti2">ing i2">in the way.

i2">If a si2">ituati2">ion ari2">ises and i2">I become tri2">iggered and upset, and then i2">I remember thi2">is i2">is my own i2">internal problem nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith the si2">ituati2">ion, and i2">I address thi2">is problem wi2">ithi2">in myself through some ki2">ind of heali2">ing process, and i2">it goes away, i2">I'm then left looki2">ing at the si2">ituati2">ion "wi2">ithout" my reacti2">ions to i2">it. And goi2">ing back and forth li2">ike that shows me that, because my baggage was "addi2">iti2">ional" to the si2">ituati2">ion, i2">it wasn't i2">INHERENT to the si2">ituati2">ion. So i2">it really wasn't anythi2">ing to do wi2">ith the si2">ituati2">ion i2">in the fi2">irst place.

Thi2">is shows me that, really, the world i2">is a forgi2">iven "real world" of love and li2">ight, i2">IF i2">I can experi2">ience i2">it wi2">ithout i2">internal baggage. When i2">I become caught up i2">in my ego stuff, i2">it's a state of *temporary* i2">insani2">ity. i2">If i2">I get lost i2">in i2">it, i2">I need to get myself back out of i2">it wi2">ith honesty and heali2">ing and Help. And then i2">I can return to happi2">iness and truth agai2">in.

The more clear i2">I become about thi2">is, di2">iscerni2">ing that i2">if i2">I'm not happy i2">it's my own doi2">ing, and i2">if i2">I'm upset i2">it's because of my own beli2">ief, and thi2">is i2">is all what i2">I'm doi2">ing to myself, i2">I can become clearer and clearer that i2">it really has nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith the world. So then i2">I stop looki2">ing outsi2">ide myself for causes and reasons and si2">inners and people to blame or pi2">in i2">it on. i2">I don't go i2">into confusi2">ion as often as to "who" i2">is doi2">ing what to whom.

i2">If i2">I'm cranky, havi2">ing a bad day, upset, emoti2">ional, frustrated, afrai2">id, whatever i2">it i2">is, i2">I try as best i2">I can to remember, thi2">is has NOTHi2">ING to do wi2">ith the world. i2">It has nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith anyone else. Thi2">is i2">is enti2">irely me doi2">ing my own thi2">ing to myself temporari2">ily. And i2">in that recogni2">iti2">ion there i2">is also a ki2">ind of sense of securi2">ity that, because i2">it's mi2">ine, i2">it's not really the world gangi2">ing up on me, or fri2">ighteni2">ing me, or ACTUALLY attacki2">ing me.

So what we're doi2">ing here i2">is we're learni2">ing that the world i2">IS NOT attacki2">ing us. Bad thi2">ings are not really happeni2">ing. We're not bei2">ing thrown around on some ki2">ind of emoti2">ional rollercoaster as a result of the world bei2">ing shi2">it. And i2">in fact, events can sti2">ill transpi2">ire wi2">ith OR wi2">ithout me havi2">ing an emoti2">ional snowball at the same ti2">ime.

Whi2">ich i2">is i2">interesti2">ing, beacuse now the Holy Spi2">iri2">it suggests i2">in the mi2">idst of stri2">ife, where i2">I thi2">ink i2">I "should" be upset "based on" what's happeni2">ing externally, to "laugh". And so i2">I force myself i2">into a laugh and li2">ighten up and step back. And at fi2">irst i2">it seems si2">illy but i2">I then i2">I ask myself, why not? Why do i2">I have to be upset i2">in thi2">is si2">ituati2">ion? Do i2">I really have to? Am i2">I locked i2">into that reacti2">ion? Maybe i2">I can sti2">ill go through the SAME si2">ituati2">ions, but not taki2">ing them at all seri2">iously.

Someone's si2">ick? Maybe i2">I can be happy and laugh about i2">it. Job sucks? Maybe i2">I can ri2">ise above i2">it. Scary thi2">ings seemi2">ing to happen? Maybe i2">I need to get out of my ego's "experi2">ience" of the world and get i2">into a hi2">igher vi2">iew.

And as i2">I do, i2">I fi2">ind that there i2">IS a hi2">igher way to experi2">ience what's happeni2">ing. There i2">is a happi2">ier, li2">ighter, "does not beli2">ieve the world i2">is real" state of mi2">ind and percepti2">ion and feeli2">ing, whi2">ich i2">is joyful and happy and non-seri2">ious, whi2">ich i2">I am culti2">ivati2">ing. i2">It's a di2">ifferent approach to the world, through the Holy Spi2">iri2">it, whi2">ich i2">is turni2">ing the course's truth i2">into much more of an experi2">ience than a theory.

i2">I don't HAVE to have a gi2">iven amount of xysz upset as a result of a gi2">iven scenari2">io. i2">I don't have to be i2">immedi2">iately caused by the world to enter i2">into a prescri2">ibed reacti2">ion. i2">I don't have to just fall i2">into temptati2">ion and go down wi2">ith the shi2">ip. And thi2">is steppi2">ing back i2">is such a globally appli2">icable thi2">ing that i2">it appli2">ies to the whole world.

So li2">ife i2">is transi2">iti2">ioni2">ing from... stuff happens, i2">I am affected ... to... i2">I'm not affected by anythi2">ing external, i2">I work on fi2">ixi2">ing up my i2">inner experi2">ience, goi2">ing wi2">ithi2">in to the truth of me, and the rest i2">is all just a matter of laughi2">ing at the world as nothi2">ing seri2">ious. i2">I don't have to have the reacti2">ions the world says i2">I should have. Because the world i2">is not the cause of anythi2">ing.

i2">I am peeli2">ing myself away from i2">its causali2">ity li2">ies as i2">I recogni2">ize i2">I am the cause and i2">it i2">is the effect. i2">I have power over the world, not the other way around. i2">Isn't i2">it qui2">ite amazi2">ing to di2">iscover that a world whi2">ich used to "bully you" wi2">ith i2">its i2">insane attacks, i2">is fi2">inally recogni2">ized as causi2">ing NOTHi2">ING at all, i2">is totally harmless and i2">inert, i2">is not a threat, does not upset you, and can bend to your holy wi2">ill? :-)

As i2">I uncover who i2">I really am behi2">ind all of thi2">is ego attack/defense/di2">istorti2">ion, a li2">ight i2">is emergi2">ing whi2">ich calls for greater peace and more frequent happi2">iness. A way out of hell. i2">I need only remove the blocks to the awareness of love's presence i2">in me and the world wi2">ill be revealed as a place of peace and love. Because wi2">ithout the projecti2">ion of my self attack upon i2">it, that's all that's real about i2">it.

Each to thei2">ir own. But for me, i2">I cannot reconci2">ile how God can be purely benevolent, peaceful, lovi2">ing, gentle, ki2">ind, happy, soft, li2">ife-affi2">irmi2">ing, li2">ife-gi2">ivi2">ing, joyful, etc. ... and i2">in ANY WAY, even CONCEi2">IVE OF .... a thought, i2">idea, creati2">ion or otherwi2">ise, whi2">ich could take on the form of thi2">ings li2">ike weapons, pai2">in receptors, teeth, explosi2">ions, problems, colli2">idi2">ing objects, damage, si2">ickness, death, i2">incompati2">ibi2">ili2">iti2">ies, confli2">ict and war etc. ALL OF WHi2">ICH MUST BE Hi2">IS Wi2">ILL i2">if he created i2">it.

i2">If God i2">is truly truly so i2">incredi2">ibly uncondi2">iti2">ionally lovi2">ing at all ti2">imes, i2">incapable of anythi2">ing BUT love.. .. HOW "on earth" i2">is i2">it ever possi2">ible that a world, an envi2">ironment, a perfect home created just for you, could emerge from hi2">is mi2">ind and heart, created from that same love and tenderness, and produce horri2">ifi2">ically un-traversi2">ible landscapes, wi2">idespread droughts and li2">ifeless frozen tundras, scorchi2">ing deserts of starvati2">ion and thi2">irst, war zones and sti2">inki2">ing trash heaps, the "feti2">id scent of death", rotten corpses, and all manner of murder.

ALL OF THAT would have to come FROM GOD, by hi2">is wi2">ill, from the puri2">ity of hi2">is absolute love and gentleness, wi2">ithout a si2">ingle ounce of cruelty or mali2">ice or vi2">ici2">iousness or vi2">indi2">icti2">iveness or meanness. There i2">is si2">imply NO WAY... NO WAY EVER, that a benevolent lovi2">ing God could come up wi2">ith, condone, allow, permi2">it, cause, wi2">ill, want or create, an envi2">ironment i2">in whi2">ich i2">it i2">is even POSSi2">IBLE... yet alone whether i2">it happens or not, POSSi2">IBLE.... to even have such thi2">ings as weapons or destructi2">ion or thi2">ings that di2">ie.

To clai2">im that thi2">is i2">is possi2">ible i2">is to clai2">im that God's OWN NATURE, entai2">ils and i2">includes, fi2">ickle transformati2">ions, unstable changes, contradi2">icti2">ions, self attack, i2">insane murderous i2">intenti2">ions, threat and danger, corrupti2">ion and mali2">ice. ONLY such a nature could ever gi2">ive ri2">ise to such thi2">ings as machi2">ine guns and atomi2">ic bombs. ALL of whi2">ich, i2">if part of Hi2">IS world, are part of Hi2">IM.

i2">I don't know why anyone readi2">ing A Course i2">in Mi2">iracles, would EVER come up wi2">ith a noti2">ion that God could have created planet Earth, space or ti2">ime, along wi2">ith all of i2">its horrendous malfuncti2">ions, li2">imi2">itati2">ions, problems, di2">iffi2">iculti2">ies, cruelti2">ies and i2">inherent confli2">icts. A person would have to concei2">ive of God not as purely absolutely uncondi2">iti2">ionally gentle and lovi2">ing and ki2">ind, but as some ki2">ind of bi2">izarre mysteri2">ious twi2">isted strange maker of ni2">ightmares and awful landscapes of torture and twi2">isted shapeshi2">ifti2">ing bullshi2">it. No perfect lovi2">ing harmless peaceful God, could EVER EVER EVER create thi2">is planet and i2">its contents.

Thi2">is has nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith percepti2">ion ei2">ither. i2">It doesn't even requi2">ire the presence of a si2">ingle human bei2">ing standi2">ing on the planet looki2">ing at i2">it. i2">If we were all wi2">iped out the world would sti2">ill be horri2">ibly cruel, wi2">ith no-one around to re-i2">interpret i2">it. Because i2">its NATURE i2">is cruelty and puni2">ishment and death. Thi2">is wi2">ill ALWAYS be i2">its nature because i2">it i2">is made from the i2">idea of an OPPOSi2">ITE to beauti2">iful perfect harmony and effortless safety and lovi2">ing joy of God.

We ARE asked to see thi2">is world di2">ifferently. We ARE asked to not judge i2">it, hate i2">it, attack i2">it, or regard i2">it as real si2">in - i2">instead to see i2">it as a Mi2">ISTAKE. We ARE asked to love toward i2">it, thi2">inki2">ing more chari2">itably toward i2">it, and even to repurpose i2">it to help us to return to HEAVEN where we belong. But at no ti2">ime are we asked to WANT the world, to KEEP the world, to MAKE the world be heaven, to TRANSFORM i2">it i2">into somethi2">ing God has created, or to Mi2">ISTAKE i2">it for heaven. Even a happy i2">interpretati2">ion of a broken planet sti2">ill shows a broken planet.

No amount of forgi2">iveness i2">is EVER goi2">ing to stop ai2">irplanes from crashi2">ing, or ti2">igers from ri2">ippi2">ing the li2">ivi2">ing guts out of li2">ive ani2">imals, or people shooti2">ing each other wi2">ith guns, or starvati2">ion and lack of food, or di2">iseases, or the eventual death of the planet when the sun swallows i2">it whole after burni2">ing i2">it to death. You can forgi2">ive i2">it, you can bri2">ing li2">ight to i2">it, you can carry peace to i2">it, you can envelop i2">it i2">in love and happi2">iness, but i2">it's sti2">ill goi2">ing to functi2">ion the same way because that i2">is i2">its non-God-gi2">iven nature.

God could not, would not, never has, and never wi2">ill, create a world such as thi2">is. i2">If could could or would or had, God would be a complete and total murderous asshole. And i2">I don't thi2">ink we want that.

"Death i2">is the central dream from whi2">ich all i2">illusi2">ions stem. i2">Is i2">it not madness to thi2">ink of li2">ife as bei2">ing born, agi2">ing, losi2">ing vi2">itali2">ity, and dyi2">ing i2">in the end? We have asked thi2">is questi2">ion before, but now we need to consi2">ider i2">it sti2">ill more carefully. i2">It i2">is the one fi2">ixed, unchangeable beli2">ief of the world that all thi2">ings i2">in i2">it are born only to di2">ie. Thi2">is i2">is regarded as "the way of nature," not to be rai2">ised to questi2">ion, but to be accepted as the "natural" law of li2">ife. The cycli2">ical, the changi2">ing and unsure; the undependable and the unsteady, waxi2">ing and wani2">ing i2">in a certai2">in way upon a certai2">in path, - all thi2">is i2">is taken as the Wi2">ill of God. And no-one asks i2">if a beni2">ign Creator could wi2">ill thi2">is." UrM28A1

"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. Chi2">ildren are born i2">into i2">it through pai2">in and i2">in pai2">in. Thei2">ir growth i2">is attended by sufferi2">ing, and they learn of sorrow and separati2">ion and death. Thei2">ir mi2">inds are trapped i2">in thei2">ir brai2">in, and i2">its powers decli2">ine i2">if thei2">ir bodi2">ies are hurt. They seem to love, yet they desert, and are deserted. They appear to lose what they love, perhaps the most i2">insane beli2">ief of all. And thei2">ir bodi2">ies wi2">ither and gasp and are lai2">id i2">in the ground, and seem to be no more. Not one of them but has thought that God i2">is cruel." UrT11J2

"Death i2">is the 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. Yet the worms as well are doomed to be destroyed as certai2">inly. And so do all thi2">ings li2">ive because of death. Devouri2">ing i2">is nature's "law of li2">ife." God i2">is i2">insane, and fear alone i2">is real." UrM28A3

"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, i2">its pai2">inful pleasures and i2">its tragi2">ic joys. God made no contradi2">icti2">ions. What deni2">ies i2">its own exi2">istence and attacks i2">itself i2">is not of Hi2">im. He di2">id not make two mi2">inds, wi2">ith Heaven as the glad effect of one, and earth the other's sorry outcome whi2">ich i2">is Heaven's opposi2">ite i2">in every way." UrW131L7

"Thi2">is i2">IS the "natural" condi2">iti2">ion of the separati2">ion. And those who learn that i2">it i2">is NOT natural at all, seem to be the UNnatural ones. 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. i2">In Heaven, where the meani2">ing of love i2">is known, love i2">is the same as UNi2">ION. Here, where the i2">ILLUSi2">ION of love i2">is accepted i2">IN i2">ITS PLACE, love i2">is percei2">ived as separati2">ion and EXCLUSi2">ION." UrT16F3

Here's an example of how i2">I gave myself a si2">ickness.

i2">I was thi2">inki2">ing about Holy Spi2">iri2">it one day and about the fact that i2">I thought of Hi2">im as separate from me. i2">In my mi2">ind i2">I had thi2">is sudden i2">idea, what i2">if He i2">is not separate from me? And i2">in that i2">idea i2">I saw there bei2">ing no wall separati2">ing us, nothi2">ing comi2">ing between us, whi2">ich i2">immedi2">iately suggested i2">I was "exposed" to Hi2">im and that He had di2">irect access to me.

Thi2">is i2">is when my EGO reacted. My ego sti2">ill beli2">ieved i2">in bei2">ing a separate i2">indi2">ivi2">idual, whi2">ich i2">is a delusi2">ion, and so qui2">ickly saw i2">in thi2">is Oneness an "attack". Holy Spi2">iri2">it defi2">ini2">itely was not attacki2">ing, but to the ego, the i2">idea of havi2">ing no separati2">ion to block the truth was seen as a major threat to i2">its exi2">istence. i2">If i2">I am One wi2">ith Holy Spi2">iri2">it, there can be no ego!

Seei2">ing thi2">is therefore qui2">ite shocked me, and i2">I was a bi2">it horri2">ifi2">ied. Almost i2">immedi2">iately, i2">in order to "defend myself" agai2">inst what i2">I saw as a threat, i2">I attempted to shut out the Holy Spi2">iri2">it. i2">I di2">id thi2">is almost automati2">ically li2">ike i2">I already knew how to and just created a ki2">ind of "blocki2">ing force" wi2">ithi2">in myself, emphasi2">izi2">ing separati2">ion from Hi2">im, li2">ike tryi2">ing to get away from Hi2">im or push Hi2">im away.

i2">I di2">id thi2">is usi2">ing my mi2">ind by putti2">ing up a strong resi2">istance, li2">iterally tryi2">ing to push Hi2">im away, and to si2">imultaneously wi2">ithdraw i2">into the body. i2">I felt li2">ike i2">I was coweri2">ing and shri2">inki2">ing. And i2">I felt afrai2">id because of the i2">idea of no separati2">ion. i2">I was maki2">ing myself "li2">ittle" to create a sensati2">ion of di2">istance between us.

Wi2">ithi2">in hours, i2">I started to lose my heari2">ing.

My ears very rapi2">idly started to block up, they started to ri2">ing wi2">ith a hi2">igh-pi2">itched ri2">ingi2">ing, my head became congested and they ached.

Basi2">ically, i2">I di2">id not want to Li2">ISTEN to the i2">idea of there bei2">ing no separati2">ion. i2">I wanted to shut i2">it out. And that meant shutti2">ing down my mi2">ind, shutti2">ing down awareness, whi2">ich mani2">ifests i2">itself i2">in/as the body i2">in the "form" of a reducti2">ion i2">in sensory percepti2">ion.

At fi2">irst i2">I di2">idn't know where thi2">is sudden si2">ickness came from or why i2">it was happeni2">ing, and started to react to i2">it and to even seem to seek out remedi2">ies/magi2">ic. i2">I acted as i2">if i2">I hadn't chosen i2">it and di2">idn't want i2">it, as i2">if i2">it was happeni2">ing to me agai2">inst my wi2">ill and i2">I di2">idn't li2">ike i2">it. But i2">I HAD chosen i2">it. i2">I had put i2">it i2">in place myself. And i2">I had done so very qui2">ickly and qui2">ite automati2">ically.

i2">It took a day or two of "sufferi2">ing" for me to become wi2">illi2">ing to look at why thi2">is had happened. At fi2">irst i2">I di2">idn't want to admi2">it that i2">I'd created i2">it. i2">I couldn't see that. But i2">I di2">id start to reali2">ize that i2">I was at least AFRAi2">ID. And as i2">I looked i2">into that, i2">I became honest and admi2">itted thi2">is fear to Holy Spi2">iri2">it, whi2">ich took courage. i2">I had to admi2">it and reali2">ize i2">I'd become afrai2">id of the "truth" that i2">I'd seen a couple of days before.... not so much afrai2">id of i2">it because of what i2">it means, but because of how my ego mi2">is-i2">interpreted i2">its meani2">ing.

My ego thought that i2">if Holy Spi2">iri2">it and i2">I were One, that would have to mean that i2">I - ego separate self - must not exi2">ist. i2">In other words, that Holy Spi2">iri2">it had come to destroy me and that i2">I was under threat of death. i2">I therefore beli2">ieved i2">in death, and so mani2">ifested si2">ickness - whi2">ich i2">is a step toward death.

As i2">I began to "admi2">it the truth", whi2">ich i2">is, to start to trust and allow thi2">is truth to si2">ink i2">in, and started to do some "forgi2">iveness process" about i2">it, the symptoms started to li2">ift. i2">In fact wi2">ithi2">in about 24 hours the whole thi2">ing had almost completely cleared up. All symptoms di2">isappeared wi2">ithout a trace.

By looki2">ing and admi2">itti2">ing to how i2">I'd defended myself agai2">inst the truth, and that thi2">is was the PURPOSE of the si2">ickness, and owni2">ing up to the deci2">isi2">ion i2">I made to do thi2">is, and seei2">ing that i2">I'd done i2">it to myself, set me free. Holy Spi2">iri2">it also helped to remove some of the "consequences of my wrong deci2">isi2">ion", as i2">I became wi2">illi2">ing to let Hi2">im and to move past the self-made fear delusi2">ion.

Someti2">imes the truth fri2">ightens us because we mi2">is-percei2">ive i2">it and don't understand what i2">it really means. Our i2">identi2">ifi2">icati2">ion wi2">ith the ego seems to threaten our "self" when the ego mi2">is-percei2">ives truth as a threat. Di2">is-i2">identi2">ifyi2">ing wi2">ith the ego/body and recogni2">izi2">ing what we've done to ourselves i2">is the key to salvati2">ion.

i2">It turns out thi2">is epi2">isode was actually a lesson i2">in whi2">ich i2">I learned a good example of how si2">ickness i2">is created, and i2">its undoi2">ing. All si2">ickness i2">is psychosomati2">ic, chosen, and on purpose.

"Si2">ickness i2">is a defense agai2">inst the truth". - ACi2">IM

i2">It's very helpful for me to keep i2">in mi2">ind the key fact, that every ti2">ime i2">I am upset about other people i2">I am usi2">ing them to get ri2">id of my own si2">in.

Each ti2">ime i2">I become angry or upset or annoyed, or see myself as bei2">ing attacked by someone, or they are just "wrong", i2">it can SEEM as though i2">I do not want them to be thi2">is way. BUT i2">I DO!

i2">I absolutely want them to attack me, hurt me, offend me, annoy me, be opposed to me, be wrong to me, etc.

Each ti2">ime i2">I SEE them as falli2">ing i2">into thi2">is category, i2">I wi2">ill beli2">ieve i2">I am JUSTi2">IFi2">IED i2">in bei2">ing angry and upset about them. And my justi2">ifi2">icati2">ion wi2">ill tell me i2">I SHOULD be upset.

But i2">it's a li2">ie. i2">I'm lyi2">ing to myself and them. i2">I want them to hurt me so that i2">I have a way to justi2">ify projecti2">ing my own si2">in and gui2">ilt onto them.

i2">It's not that they are wrong, or si2">inful, or gui2">ilty, i2">it's that i2">I beli2">ieve *i2">I* am. i2">I want to SEE them as the one who i2">is si2">inful, at any opportuni2">ity, so that i2">I can get ri2">id of my shi2">it.

Each ti2">ime i2">I fi2">ind myself goi2">ing i2">into thi2">is justi2">ifi2">ied reacti2">ion, i2">if i2">I can be honest and remember that i2">I actually WANT them to be thi2">is way so that i2">I can use them to scapegoat, i2">it stops me i2">in my tracks.

Seei2">ing that my reacti2">ion i2">is NOT justi2">ifi2">ied, because the purpose and reason for my reacti2">ion i2">is an di2">ishonest attack on my part, i2">it deflates the reacti2">ion and makes i2">it easy to not pursue further.

The angry reacti2">ion just stops when the truth i2">is i2">introduced, because anger i2">is a false reacti2">ion to a li2">ie. Just thi2">is one si2">imple li2">ittle truth i2">is leadi2">ing me to gi2">ive up every case of fi2">indi2">ing others gui2">ilty. Anger and blame was a TOOL i2">I was usi2">ing for a secret purpose.

i2">It li2">iterally takes a step i2">in the undoi2">ing of the ego, and marks the begi2">inni2">ing of the end of all anger forever.

We hear people latchi2">ing onto thi2">is phrase qui2">ite often and usi2">ing i2">it to justi2">ify i2">inacti2">ion. But Jesus doesn't use i2">it i2">in thi2">is way i2">in the course. He speaks of i2">it more as a psychologi2">ical state and a recogni2">iti2">ion of truth.

We are actually asked to fi2">irst recogni2">ize that there i2">is no NEED for US to "do anythi2">ing", because i2">in recogni2">izi2">ing the truth we see that everythi2">ing real i2">is perfect and nothi2">ing unreal exi2">ists. However, we are also asked to remai2">in i2">in thi2">is state of mi2">ind and bri2">ing i2">it wi2">ith us i2">INTO a great many BUSY DOi2">INGS, whi2">ich we are SENT to do.

"Thi2">is qui2">iet center, i2">IN WHi2">ICH YOU DO NOTHi2">ING, wi2">ill remai2">in wi2">ith you, gi2">ivi2">ing you rest i2">in the mi2">idst of every busy doi2">ing on whi2">ich you are sent. For, FROM thi2">is center, wi2">ill you be di2">irected how to use the body si2">inlessly." UrT18H10

So just because we mi2">ight reach a recogni2">iti2">ion that nothi2">ing i2">is really needed, i2">it doesn't mean we are not acti2">ing, not doi2">ing somethi2">ing physi2">ical, not usi2">ing the body, not changi2">ing anythi2">ing i2">in the world or not i2">interacti2">ing wi2">ith and helpi2">ing other people through the body.

i2">It just means that Wi2">ITHi2">IN, our mi2">ind i2">is peaceful i2">in recogni2">iti2">ion of truth, as we conti2">inue meander through the dream world TAKi2">ING ACTi2">IONS, comi2">ing FROM a qui2">iet centre.

We are also told that "i2">I need do nothi2">ing" i2">is somethi2">ing you wi2">ill reali2">ize more or less i2">in a very advanced state, toward the end of the awakeni2">ing process.

"When peace comes at last to those who wrestle wi2">ith temptati2">ion, and fi2">ight agai2">inst gi2">ivi2">ing i2">in to si2">in; when the li2">ight comes at last i2">into the mi2">ind gi2">iven to contemplati2">ion, or when the goal i2">is fi2">inally achi2">ieved by anyone, i2">it ALWAYS comes wi2">ith just ONE happy reali2">izati2">ion, -- "i2">I need do nothi2">ing." Here i2">is the ulti2">imate release that everyone wi2">ill one day fi2">ind i2">in hi2">is own way, at hi2">is own ti2">ime."

Thi2">is means that we shouldn't be usi2">ing thi2">is i2">idea as a way to say, i2">I wi2">ill DO NOTHi2">ING pri2">ior to thi2">is awakeni2">ing. i2">In fact, not only are we to do thi2">ings i2">in the world up to thi2">is poi2">int, but EVEN WHEN we recogni2">ize that we need do nothi2">ing WE STi2">ILL do thi2">ings.

There i2">is also an aspect to thi2">is that because we i2">inheri2">it everythi2">ing from God, and God works wi2">ith us and through us, we OF OURSELVES need do nothi2">ing. Thi2">is i2">is because God i2">is goi2">ing to be doi2">ing some thi2">ings through us. And i2">in order for God to do some thi2">ings through us we have to not i2">interfere wi2">ith that and become wi2">illi2">ing vessels FOR DOi2">ING THi2">INGS, allowi2">ing the BODY to be used by the Holy Spi2">iri2">it.

"And i2">I must learn i2">I need do nothi2">ing of myself, for i2">I need but accept my Self" UrW337L1

"i2">I am not alone, and i2">I would not i2">intrude the past upon my Guest. i2">I have i2">invi2">ited Hi2">im, and He i2">is here.

i2">I need do nothi2">ing except NOT TO i2">INTERFERE." UrT16A4

Now some people have a strange vi2">iew of what i2">it means to not i2">interfere. Thi2">is i2">is because most people thi2">ink i2">in terms of ei2">ither/or - ei2">ither thi2">is or that. So they thi2">ink, ei2">ither i2">I wi2">ill do somethi2">ing or God wi2">ill do somethi2">ing. Thi2">is i2">is not how i2">it's set up.

We do need to acknowledge that God has all power. But i2">in doi2">ing so, we also thus acknowledge that all power has been Gi2">IVEN to us, and that FULLY means that WE are now powerful bei2">ings. i2">It just means that the power that we have, does not belong EXCLUSi2">IVELY to ourselves, because i2">it i2">is a shared power. That doesn't mean i2">it i2">is not ours or that we i2">in ourselves are not powerful or are i2">incapable.

So as we approach God and approach the atonement and are ai2">imi2">ing not to i2">interfere wi2">ith God's wi2">ill, that doesn't mean WE are not wi2">illi2">ing somethi2">ing - our wi2">ill Li2">INES UP wi2">ith hi2">is, i2">it i2">isn't TAKEN OVER by hi2">is. We become wi2">illi2">ing parti2">ici2">ipants just as we are co-creators i2">in heaven. God does not force anythi2">ing or possess you or use you li2">ike a puppet. YOU sti2">ill have to DO somethi2">ing.

Thi2">is i2">is why there i2">is a lot of talk i2">in the course about your bei2">ing sent to people, and people bei2">ing sent to you. Because you are actually requi2">ired to help out i2">in the atonement plan and to DO SOMETHi2">ING to help others i2">in the world.

"Every busy doi2">ing on WHi2">ICH YOU ARE SENT."

"Everyone who i2">is sent to you i2">is a pati2">ient of yours. " UrP4A1

"And bri2">ing wi2">ith you all those whom He has sent to you to care for as i2">I care for you."" Ur6A6

"i2">includes very speci2">ifi2">ic contacts to be made for each teacher of God. There are no acci2">idents i2">in salvati2">ion." UrM4A1

So we're not really talki2">ing here about NOT DOi2">ING ANYTHi2">ING. The emphasi2">is actually i2">is on the absence of NEED for yourself. Just because YOU recogni2">ize that YOU do not need anythi2">ing, and that i2">in truth on the level of spi2">iri2">it others do not need anythi2">ing ei2">ither - because nothi2">ing i2">is really wrong i2">in reali2">ity - thi2">is DOES NOT APPLY i2">in the level of ti2">ime and space.

i2">In the level of ti2">ime and space there i2">is a great need. There i2">is a lot of lack. There i2">is a great absence of love and wholeness and health. There i2">is a great amount of percei2">ived sufferi2">ing. Whi2">ile i2">it i2">is not real i2">in the bi2">ig pi2">icture i2">IT i2">IS happeni2">ing i2">in ti2">ime. And thi2">is i2">is why anyone who has not fully embraced atonement DOES NEED HELP.

So even i2">if you recogni2">ize that you do not REALLY need do anythi2">ing, even i2">if you recogni2">ize that the true nature of others as Chri2">ist does not NEED anythi2">ing, you should also be recogni2">izi2">ing that other people have mental i2">illness, and thei2">ir state of mi2">ind i2">IS a need - they are calli2">ing out for love and help and heali2">ing and teachi2">ing. And that i2">is why i2">it i2">is STi2">ILL your role to Gi2">IVE HELP as and where i2">it i2">is needed - as and where you are SENT TO DO BUSY THi2">INGS.

Thi2">is statement for example mi2">ight seem to say that you should i2">ignore all bodi2">ies. i2">It doesn't mean that.

"To DO anythi2">ing i2">involves the body. And, i2">if you recogni2">ize you NEED do nothi2">ing, you HAVE wi2">ithdrawn the body's value from your mi2">ind. Here i2">is the qui2">ick and open door through whi2">ich you sli2">ip past centuri2">ies of effort, and ESCAPE from ti2">ime." UrT18H9

What i2">it's sayi2">ing i2">is that for you personally, i2">if YOU recogni2">ize you need do nothi2">ing, you also recogni2">ize the body has no real functi2">ion. But thi2">is doesn't mean you don't USE the body and i2">it doesn't mean the body i2">isn't repurposed. i2">In fact the Holy Spi2">iri2">it repurposes i2">it and gui2">ides you to use i2">it for a hi2">igher purpose of heali2">ing and communi2">icati2">ion and teachi2">ing. Plus Chri2">ist needs your body to reach others.

"The love of God, for a li2">ittle whi2">ile, must sti2">ill be expressed through one body to another." UrT1B40J

"My eyes, my tongue, my hands, my feet today have but one purpose; to be gi2">iven Chri2">ist to use to bless the world wi2">ith mi2">iracles." UrW353

i2">In heaven there are no needs. i2">In reali2">ity and i2">in truth there are no needs. i2">In your perfect soul there are no needs. i2">In THi2">IS world THERE ARE NEEDS. And thus i2">in thi2">is world, YOU DO NEED TO DO SOMETHi2">ING.

"Havi2">ing been restored to your ori2">igi2">inal state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. You now share MY i2">inabi2">ili2">ity to tolerate the lack of love i2">in yourself and i2">in everyone else, and MUST joi2">in the GREAT CRUSADE to correct i2">it. The slogan for thi2">is Crusade i2">is "Li2">isten, Learn, and DO. ... The fi2">irst two are not enough. The real members of MY party are ACTi2">IVE workers." UrT1B23H

The great crusade whi2">ich you are told YOU MUST JOi2">IN - mandatory - i2">is also i2">in the Fi2">IP 3rd edi2">iti2">ion, i2">in some form...

"As you share my unwi2">illi2">ingness to accept error i2">in yourself and others, you must joi2">in the great crusade to correct i2">it; li2">isten to my voi2">ice, learn to undo error and act to correct i2">it. ⁷The power to work mi2">iracles belongs to you. ⁸i2">I wi2">ill provi2">ide the opportuni2">iti2">ies to do them, but you must be ready and wi2">illi2">ing." T-1.i2">Ii2">Ii2">I.1:6-8

Jesus i2">is qui2">ite adamant here that even i2">if you accept atonement you STi2">ILL have a duty. And i2">it i2">is a requi2">ired duty. And the reason i2">it i2">is requi2">ired i2">is because - other people are a part of you, and even i2">if YOU seem to i2">independently accept atonement i2">it doesn't mean other people have stopped thei2">ir ni2">ightmares. A part of you i2">is i2">in them, and a part of them i2">is i2">in you. Your heali2">ing heals them i2">in part, but thei2">ir sufferi2">ing also prevents you from TOTAL peace.

We are i2">in fact asked to PROFESS CHRi2">IST, and that atonement i2">is our natural PROFESSi2">ION. A professi2">ion i2">is somethi2">ing that you DO. i2">It's an acti2">ivi2">ity, a set of acti2">ions and doi2">ings. Somethi2">ing that you gi2">ive to the world and share wi2">ith others.

"You once sai2">id that souls cannot rest unti2">il everyone has found salvati2">ion. Thi2">is happens to be true. i2">It i2">is the pri2">ivi2">ilege of the forgi2">iven to forgi2">ive. The Di2">isci2">iples were offi2">ici2">ially and speci2">ifi2">ically told to heal others, as Physi2">ici2">ians of the Lord. They were also told to heal themselves, and were promi2">ised that i2">I would never leave them or forsake them. Atonement i2">is the natural professi2">ion of the Chi2">ildren of God, because they have professed Me." UrT1B24A

By all means let's all steer towards affi2">irmi2">ing and acknowledgi2">ing that there i2">is i2">in reali2">ity no true needs and requi2">irement to do anythi2">ing. But let's also NOT be i2">ignorant to the fact that there has been a separati2">ion, untold numbers of bei2">ings are stuck i2">in i2">it, i2">it could take mi2">illi2">ions of years for them all to awaken, and everyone si2">ingle one of them i2">is calli2">ing out for love and help and heali2">ing.

"You wi2">ill forsake yourselves and your God i2">if you forsake any of YOUR brothers. You are more than your brother's keeper." UrT5F14

As clai2">imers of needi2">ing to do nothi2">ing, as people wi2">ith peaceful mi2">inds and open hearts overflowi2">ing wi2">ith love i2">it i2">is our responsi2">ibi2">ili2">ity to CONTi2">INUE TO DO THi2">INGS to help others. You remai2">in i2">in a psychologi2">ical i2">INNER state of rest and peace and "no need" - whi2">ich means no lack - wi2">ithi2">in, WHi2">ILE you accompli2">ish a great many DOi2">INGS i2">in the world. i2">It does not mean that you just si2">it on a fence and be passi2">ive and li2">iterally do nothi2">ing at all.

Thi2">is must not be used as an excuse or doi2">ing nothi2">ing, not helpi2">ing, not bei2">ing a teacher of God, not worki2">ing mi2">iracles, not heali2">ing others, not helpi2">ing, havi2">ing total passi2">ivi2">ity and i2">inacti2">ion, or dwelli2">ing only on your own apparent lack of needs. Thi2">is i2">is not a selfi2">ish course, i2">it's a course i2">in shari2">ing. And many of us need to learn that we are TO SHARE what we recei2">ive, and Gi2">IVE the mi2">iracles we have recei2">ived, and help our brothers along the way to God.

"The Atonement i2">is a lesson i2">in shari2">ing, whi2">ich i2">is gi2">iven you because YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO DO i2">IT. " UrT9C3

When you are i2">in thi2">is world, i2">it seems that who and what you are, i2">is of thi2">is world. That you are a body.

When you are i2">in heaven, who and what you are, i2">is of heaven. You are spi2">iri2">it/mi2">ind wi2">ithout a body. "To be wi2">ithout a body i2">is to be i2">in your natural state."

The two worlds are completely opposi2">ite. You cannot be one whi2">ile bei2">ing the other. You cannot li2">ive i2">in one whi2">ile li2">ivi2">ing i2">in the other. You cannot be aware of one whi2">ile bei2">ing aware of the other. Whi2">ich you si2">ide wi2">ith i2">is your choi2">ice.

"Every deci2">isi2">ion you make i2">is made for Heaven or for hell, and wi2">ill bri2">ing you AWARENESS of what you deci2">ided FOR."

Ei2">ither you are located wi2">ithi2">in and made from, heaven. Or you are located wi2">ithi2">in and made from hell. You are ei2">ither spi2">iri2">it or matter. Thi2">is i2">is all there i2">is to choose between.

Generally speaki2">ing, i2">if you are not i2">in any way spi2">iri2">itual, you wi2">ill completely i2">identi2">ify wi2">ith bei2">ing i2">in thi2">is world, bei2">ing a body, bei2">ing mortal matter. You wi2">ill confi2">ine yourself to your body and beli2">ieve i2">it i2">is your self. And everythi2">ing you do wi2">ill revolve around tryi2">ing to protect your fragi2">ile li2">ife and ward off i2">inevi2">itable death.

The i2">idea i2">is that, to be spi2">iri2">itual, you must i2">identi2">ify as spi2">iri2">it. And that si2">imply means, that whi2">ile you are here havi2">ing your body, you learn that you are i2">IN and OF and FROM another world.

Everythi2">ing whi2">ich i2">is true of heaven, must become your truth. All the laws of God must become the only laws you abi2">ide by. Your i2">immortal eternal nature must be your only reali2">ity. Your i2">invulnerabi2">ili2">ity and power and fearless love must be your enti2">ire experi2">ience.

And thi2">is also means, on the fli2">ipsi2">ide, that anythi2">ing NOT of heaven MUST be deni2">ied. i2">It i2">is opposi2">ite to your heavenly nature. Bodi2">ies, planets, galaxi2">ies, space, ti2">ime, li2">imi2">itati2">ions, all forms of sufferi2">ing, even death, have to be completely deni2">ied. You must not accept them as true of yourself, or what you are made of.

Thi2">is entai2">ils recogni2">izi2">ing that thi2">is enti2">ire world i2">is not reali2">ity. i2">It i2">is a dream. And everythi2">ing i2">in i2">it i2">is merely a dream. And none of i2">it means anythi2">ing. And none of i2">it i2">is valuable i2">in any way. Thi2">is world must be regarded as li2">iterally nothi2">ing, i2">if you are to gai2">in everythi2">ing of the Ki2">ingdom.

"Thi2">is world holds nothi2">ing that i2">I want." "Teachers of God are wi2">illi2">ing to gi2">ive up all the pleasures of the world." "i2">It takes great learni2">ing to both recogni2">ize and accept that thi2">is world has nothi2">ing to gi2">ive."

You cannot have i2">it both ways. Ulti2">imately to completely return to communi2">ion wi2">ith God you MUST fully and completely and wi2">illi2">ingly embrace your enti2">ire true reali2">ity i2">in heaven. You must wake up to what i2">is actually real. And you must wake up FROM thi2">is dream world, leavi2">ing i2">it behi2">ind to vani2">ish.

Whi2">ile you are worki2">ing your way TOWARD the goal of BEi2">ING ONLY AS GOD CREATED YOU, of knowi2">ing yourself, you wi2">ill fi2">ind your experi2">ience of THi2">IS world changi2">ing. Your percepti2">ion of i2">it wi2">ill change. The li2">ight of heaven wi2">ill begi2">in shi2">ini2">ing through you to i2">illumi2">inate your day. And you wi2">ill become more lovi2">ing. But thi2">is does not change any facts about what thi2">is world i2">is or what i2">is real

.Reachi2">ing what we call "the real world" or the "forgi2">iven world" i2">is just a steppi2">ing stone along the way home. i2">It really ulti2">imately i2">is not i2">important. You wi2">ill pass THROUGH i2">it, just before you enter heaven's gates. But not for a second wi2">ill you look back longi2">ingly upon i2">it or want for i2">it to remai2">in, when you wake up to the glory of the Ki2">ingdom.

i2">It really i2">is very si2">imple i2">in the bi2">ig pi2">icture. Vi2">igi2">ilance for the Ki2">ingdom must become your total attenti2">ion. You must accept only what God has establi2">ished as true, and reject everythi2">ing out of accord wi2">ith i2">it. You must not beli2">ieve anythi2">ing the world says or suggests or demonstrates as true. You must assert the power and li2">ife of the Ki2">ingdom so that you can demonstrate resurrecti2">ion and overcome death i2">itself.

Ei2">ither you are mortal or i2">immortal. Ei2">ither you accept your i2">immortali2">ity or you deny i2">it and pretend to di2">ie. Your choi2">ice. Nothi2">ing i2">in the world can stop you or do ANYTHi2">ING to you. You are absolutely i2">invulnerable permanent perfecti2">ion forever. Thi2">is world has nothi2">ing on you and adds nothi2">ing to you. And you cannot keep i2">it i2">if you are to know God. And why would you want to keep nothi2">ingness?

"Thi2">is achi2">ing world has not the power to touch the li2">ivi2">ing world at all. You could not gi2">ive i2">it that, and so, although you turn i2">in sadness from i2">it, you cannot fi2">ind i2">in i2">it the road that leads AWAY from i2">it, i2">into another world. But the REAL world HAS the power to touch you even here, BECAUSE YOU LOVE i2">IT.

And what you call wi2">ith love Wi2">ILL come to you. Love always answers, bei2">ing unable to deny a call for help, or not to hear the cri2">ies of pai2">in that ri2">ise to i2">it, from every part of thi2">is strange world you made, and do not want. The only effort you need make, to gi2">ive thi2">is world away i2">in glad exchange for what you di2">id NOT make, i2">is wi2">illi2">ingness to learn THE ONE YOU MADE i2">IS FALSE."

"The world can ADD nothi2">ing to the power and the glory of God and Hi2">is Holy Sons, but i2">it can bli2">ind the Sons to the Father i2">if they behold i2">it. You cannot behold the world and know God. Only one i2">is true.

i2">I am come to tell you that the choi2">ice of whi2">ich i2">is true i2">is not yours. i2">If i2">it were, you would have destroyed yourselves. But God di2">id not wi2">ill the destructi2">ion of Hi2">is Creati2">ions, havi2">ing created them for eterni2">ity. Hi2">is Wi2">ill has saved you, not from yourselves, but from your i2">illusi2">ions of yourselves. He has saved you for yourselves. Let us glori2">ify Hi2">im Whom the world deni2">ies, for over Hi2">is Ki2">ingdom i2">it has no power."

"i2">I am not a body. i2">I am free, for i2">I am sti2">ill as God created me. All that i2">I do, i2">I do unto myself. i2">If i2">I attack, i2">I suffer. But i2">if i2">I forgi2">ive, salvati2">ion wi2">ill be gi2">iven me."

i2">If you get angry or start blami2">ing and poi2">inti2">ing a fi2">inger at someone, you percei2">ive as i2">if i2">it really i2">is "about them". You see them doi2">ing somethi2">ing, you judge "them" for i2">it, and your mi2">ind starts attacki2">ing them. But here's the truth.

When you do thi2">is, i2">ideas do not leave thei2">ir source. You mi2">ight percei2">ive that you're successfully attacki2">ing a "separate person out there", but the attack i2">is actually taki2">ing place i2">INSi2">IDE your mi2">ind. i2">It i2">isn't leavi2">ing you. And thi2">is has two key parts to i2">it:

1) The attack i2">is taki2">ing place i2">insi2">ide your mi2">ind

2) The "target" of the attack i2">is also i2">insi2">ide your mi2">ind

So both the attacker and the one bei2">ing attacked are i2">IN YOU.

You mi2">ight have a tremendous sense of di2">isassoci2">iati2">ion i2">in that i2">it seems you are just blami2">ing xyz person for somethi2">ing, casually and easi2">ily, but you may not be reali2">izi2">ing that even when you're hurli2">ing abuse at someone who obvi2">iously i2">is "i2">in the wrong", you're basi2">ically havi2">ing a PRi2">IVATE SELF ATTACK, i2">insi2">ide a pri2">ivate bubble, i2">in your mi2">ind.

So all that attack that you're tryi2">ing to get ri2">id of through projecti2">ion and blame, although i2">it doesn't seem li2">ike, i2">is actually part of your mi2">ind attacki2">ing another part of YOUR mi2">ind. Whi2">ich means that you li2">iterally are attacki2">ing yourself. You thi2">ink "that asshole cut me off i2">in traffi2">ic". Well, your mi2">ind there i2">is sayi2">ing to i2">ITSELF, that i2">it i2">is an asshole.

"You but accuse your brother of your own si2">ins". i2">It's si2">imple and easy to say, but may not always be obvi2">ious to recogni2">ize as what you're doi2">ing. i2">In every case, every way that you seem to be "able" to attack someone else wi2">ithout experi2">ienci2">ing the seemi2">ing effects and consequences, you MUST be i2">in deni2">ial, MUST be mi2">istaken, MUST have di2">isassoci2">iati2">ion happeni2">ing i2">in your mi2">ind, AND you are attacki2">ing ONLY yourself.

So thi2">is i2">is the thi2">ing. Your angry attack on another i2">is NOT really an attack on another. The i2">idea does not leave your mi2">ind. The thought does not leave your mi2">ind. The source of the attack (the attacker) does not leave your mi2">ind. And the thi2">ing that i2">is attacked does not leave your mi2">ind. So whi2">ile i2">it SEEMS li2">ike you're "not targeti2">ing yourself", YOU ARE. i2">In every case.

Underneath the i2">illusi2">ion that i2">it's not about you, i2">it's always about you. Always. 100% of the ti2">ime. Every ti2">ime you thi2">ink you can "get away wi2">ith" havi2">ing someone else experi2">ience the effects of what you're causi2">ing, wi2">ithout you parti2">ici2">ipati2">ing i2">in those effects, you are mi2">istaken. Not only do you parti2">ici2">ipate i2">in the effects, ONLY YOU parti2">ici2">ipate i2">in the effects

i2">If that other person chooses to be i2">innocent and i2">invulnerable your mental i2">illness attack has absolutely no effect on them. i2">If they choose to laugh i2">in the face of your attempted attack, i2">it has no effect on them. Whatsoever. You could be si2">itti2">ing there screami2">ing at someone thi2">inki2">ing that you're successfully attacki2">ing ONLY THEM, they could be totally happy and at peace and i2">immune to i2">it, and YOU are the only one sufferi2">ing. And i2">it's not si2">imply that you are sufferi2">ing because you're bei2">ing angry, you're sufferi2">ing because you are actually the THi2">ING that you are angry AT. You are RECEi2">IVi2">ING the attack. What seems to ai2">im "outward" actually goes i2">inward.

See, your mi2">ind i2">isn't only i2">insi2">ide your body. Your mi2">ind i2">is everywhere. i2">Infi2">ini2">ite. Bi2">igger than the uni2">iverse. And when you have a spli2">it mi2">ind of self attacki2">ing confli2">ict, you posi2">iti2">ion part of your mi2">ind seemi2">ingly "outsi2">ide of your body". You di2">isassoci2">iate from i2">it and beli2">ieve i2">it i2">is not i2">insi2">ide you, i2">is not your self, and i2">is i2">in fact another separate ali2">ien wi2">illed person who i2">is doi2">ing stuff "Agai2">inst" your wi2">ill. Well, i2">it's actually your wi2">ill agai2">inst your wi2">ill. Your wi2">ill i2">is i2">in confli2">ict wi2">ith i2">itself and havi2">ing a war. That "external" target i2">is squarely YOU, i2">INSi2">IDE your mi2">ind.

Thi2">is i2">is soberi2">ing. Because si2">imply put, i2">it means that i2">it i2">is not possi2">ible to even attempt to attack anyone wi2">ithout attacki2">ing yourself. i2">It's not possi2">ible to blame wi2">ithout hurti2">ing yourself. i2">It's not possi2">ible to be angry at someone wi2">ithout accusi2">ing yourself of si2">in. So at some poi2">int you have to reali2">ize, i2">it's got nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith anyone else ever doi2">ing anythi2">ing to you. i2">It's ALWAYS about you doi2">ing stuff to yourself. Each ti2">ime you attack and project and THi2">INK i2">it's not about you, i2">it i2">is. Each ti2">ime you are annoyed about someone, i2">it's YOU that you're annoyed about. And each ti2">ime you retali2">iate, i2">it's agai2">inst yourself.

Whi2">ich means that you've been hurti2">ing yourself, all thi2">is ti2">ime. And i2">it's never been about anyone else. And every si2">ingle ti2">ime i2">in your li2">ife that you thought you were si2">imply justi2">ifi2">ied i2">in reacti2">ing to someone else's bullshi2">it, you NEVER WERE, you were hurti2">ing yourself. Nothi2">ing ever left your mi2">ind. Every argument was wi2">ith yourself. And the questi2">ion i2">is, are you ti2">ired of hurti2">ing yourself? Do you want to keep doi2">ing i2">it?

i2">If you would si2">imply be aware of thi2">is, and reali2">ize and recogni2">ize i2">it, you'd reali2">ize the si2">imple Golden Rule. Whatever you try to do to others you do to yourself. Whatever you thi2">ink i2">is true of others i2">is true of you. i2">It has nothi2">ing to do wi2">ith whether they reci2">iprocate or not. You do to yourself what you would have yourself do to you. Others never do anythi2">ing. They are never the cause of you. Ever.

i2">If you reali2">ized that you could not ever make a si2">ingle effort to attack "someone else" wi2">ithout i2">it bei2">ing 100% an attack on yourself, you would not do i2">it. i2">It would be i2">insane to do i2">it. i2">If you knew that i2">it's not possi2">ible to attack another wi2">ithout hurti2">ing yourself, you would not do i2">it. i2">It hurts too much.

i2">If you knew that you can NEVER get away wi2">ith murderous behavi2">iors wi2">ithout hurti2">ing yourself, you'd see the sense i2">in never even consi2">ideri2">ing attacki2">ing, knowi2">ing that to do so would hurt yourself. i2">It's a ki2">ind of self regulati2">ing thi2">ing. All you need i2">is the awareness that you are i2">in fact i2">INCLUDED i2">in, and the ONLY one i2">included i2">in, recei2">ivi2">ing the effects of whatever you're tryi2">ing to cause.

So the questi2">ion si2">imply i2">is, i2">if you are aware of thi2">is and can stay aware of i2">it, do you really want to keep hurti2">ing yourself? i2">It i2">is i2">in your best i2">interests to only love. i2">It i2">is i2">in your best i2">interests to only ever be lovi2">ing toward yourself and others. You can't have one set of rules that apply to others and another for yourself. You can't have i2">it be that you are loved whi2">ile others are hated. i2">Its BOTH, or NEi2">ITHER. Ei2">ither both you and others are loved or both you and others are attacked. There i2">is no escape. And the ego i2">is the thi2">ing that suggests there i2">IS a way to get away wi2">ith thi2">is wi2">ithout any consequences.

There i2">is no escapi2">ing consequences. Whatever you do you do to yourself. Thi2">is i2">is the secret of salvati2">ion. All you need i2">is awareness to SEE that any sli2">ight mi2">is-step agai2">inst "another" i2">is REALLY a mi2">is-step agai2">inst yourself, and you do not want to do that because i2">it hurts you. And i2">it spli2">its your mi2">ind. Whi2">ich makes you di2">isassoci2">iate from yourself and i2">imagi2">ine an enemy, whi2">ich makes you project, whi2">ich doesn't REALLY project at all. External enemi2">ies are i2">indi2">irect self attack from your mi2">ind to your mi2">ind.

You've never attacked anyone but yourself. No-one has ever attacked anyone but themselves. You've never been attacked by anyone other than yourself. You have the power not to attack yourself. To not attack yourself you must also not want to attack others, because the fantasy of bei2">ing ABLE to attack others wi2">ill make you hurt yourself under the beli2">ief that i2">it's havi2">ing no effect on you. Secret of salvati2">ion. You're doi2">ing i2">it all to yourself. Stop hurti2">ing yourself. Love yourself. Easy peasy.

Let's revi2">iew thi2">is prayer from ACi2">IM i2">in a new li2">ight.

"1. i2">I must have deci2">ided wrongly, because i2">I am not at peace.

2. i2">I made the deci2">isi2">ion myself, but i2">I can also deci2">ide otherwi2">ise.

3. i2">I want to deci2">ide otherwi2">ise, because i2">I want to be at peace.

4. i2">I do not feel gui2">ilty, because the Holy Spi2">iri2">it wi2">ill undo all the consequences of my wrong deci2">isi2">ion i2">if i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im.

5. i2">I choose to let Hi2">im, by allowi2">ing Hi2">im to deci2">ide for God for me."

so...

1) i2">I fi2">irst admi2">it i2">I'm upset because i2">I projected gui2">ilt, so i2">I'm vi2">icti2">imi2">ized and i2">I'm sufferi2">ing and afrai2">id and not at peace. i2">I si2">igned a stupi2">id contract wi2">ith someone so that they would take my gui2">ilt and, i2">in exchange, i2">I would be persecuted.

2) i2">I have to recogni2">ize i2">I made a deci2">isi2">ion (contract) wi2">ith the person myself and projected my own gui2">ilt myself. Thus i2">I must admi2">it that thi2">is person be seen as i2">innocent and they were just helpi2">ing me to hi2">ide my gui2">ilt.

3) i2">I want to deci2">ide otherwi2">ise because i2">I want to not be a vi2">icti2">im any more and i2">I am wi2">illi2">ing to be responsi2">ible for my gui2">ilt. So i2">I take my gui2">ilt back from the person. i2">I want out of the contract and i2">I want real heali2">ing.

4) i2">I do not have to feel gui2">ilty. i2">I can go to Holy Spi2">iri2">it and offer up my gui2">ilt and be wi2">illi2">ing to be OPEN to accepti2">ing Hi2">is verdi2">ict. i2">If He says so, i2">I am i2">innocent, and i2">I must accept that i2">if He says so - thi2">is i2">is what i2">it means to allow Hi2">im to deci2">ide FOR ME whether i2">I'm i2">innocent or not. So i2">I don't HAVE to be gui2">ilty and i2">I don't have to (and should not attempt to) deci2">ide for myself. And also...

"Holy spi2">iri2">it wi2">ill undo ALL the consequences of my wrong deci2">isi2">ion i2">IF i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im."

- Holy Spi2">iri2">it wi2">ill UNDO ALL CONSEQUENCES. That means He i2">is capable of removi2">ing all gui2">ilt, all si2">in, all sufferi2">ing, all fear, all si2">ickness, all hate and anger, all shame, all darkness i2">in any form whatsoever. Anythi2">ing that i2">I made as a result of choosi2">ing si2">in and gui2">ilt He CAN undo FOR ME. i2">I don't have to even do anythi2">ing.

- "i2">If i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im", means, i2">I have to have as much wi2">illi2">ingness as possi2">ible to be OPEN to the possi2">ibi2">ili2">ity that i2">I am i2">innocent, to fully ACCEPT Holy Spi2">iri2">it's judgement (that i2">I am i2">innocent), to LET GO OF all gui2">ilt and every consequence that came from choosi2">ing si2">in, and then to LET Hi2">IM go to work i2">IN ME to undo all of these mani2">ifestati2">ions and forms of consequence. And that i2">includes all si2">ickness and si2">ide effects, i2">IF i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im.

5. i2">I can tri2">igger off thi2">is wi2">illi2">ingness by allowi2">ing Holy Spi2">iri2">it to deci2">ide for me... i2">i.e. i2">I can go before Hi2">im and say, here's my gui2">ilt etc, please deci2">ide for me whether i2">I am really gui2">ilty or not. And that means i2">I have to be very open mi2">inded and neutral i2">in offeri2">ing thi2">is, knowi2">ing that i2">I am not bei2">ing unfai2">irly judged, and to be wi2">illi2">ing to ACCEPT whatever Holy Spi2">iri2">it's verdi2">ict i2">is. Thi2">is i2">is li2">ike a last, fi2">inal offeri2">ing to Hi2">im. i2">If He says i2">I am gui2">ilty, i2">I must hang my head i2">in shame and head off i2">into the wi2">ilderness by myself. i2">If he says i2">I am i2">innocent, i2">I MUST agree to let go of all of the gui2">ilt and all of the consequences that my si2">inful deci2">isi2">ion made for me.

i2">I am letti2">ing Holy Spi2">iri2">it deci2">ide for God for me, whi2">ich now really means, i2">I want God/HS to choose the meani2">ing of what i2">I am and the truth about me and whether or not i2">I am i2">innocent or gui2">ilty. i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im deci2">ide my fate. And He Wi2">ILL deci2">ide FOR me, i2">in my favor, that i2">I am i2">innocent.

i2">If i2">I can be wi2">illi2">ing to really accept thi2">is Atonement, to accept Hi2">is deci2">isi2">ion, THEN... wi2">illi2">ingness permi2">itti2">ing, i2">I CAN ask Hi2">im to forgi2">ive and heal me and He CAN come i2">into me and heal me. He CAN correct all of the consequences, li2">iterally. He can fi2">ix every fuckup that resulted from thi2">is mess. And he can rai2">ise the dead (me) back to li2">ife.

Personally i2">I have been learni2">ing to experi2">ience thi2">is more - thi2">is last part, allowi2">ing Holy Spi2">iri2">it to come i2">into me and actually "do stuff". Thi2">is i2">is qui2">ite wacky someti2">imes. i2">If you've seen vi2">ideos of some supernatural-ori2">iented Chri2">isti2">ian churches where they bri2">ing forth Holy Spi2">iri2">it and people start shaki2">ing and they get all hot or cold or ti2">ingly or body parts start to heal or they grow a new eyeball or whatever.... (i2">it happens!) .... That ki2">ind of shi2">it can happen for you. Thi2">is i2">is what the Course i2">is sayi2">ing. "Holy Spi2">iri2">it wi2">ill undo ALL THE CONSEQUENCES i2">If i2">I wi2">ill let Hi2">im." i2">I need to learn to be very wi2">illi2">ing to let Hi2">im, so that i2">I can be helped by hi2">is di2">ivi2">ine POWER, whi2">ich i2">is a heali2">ing agent, whi2">ich can correct me on all levels i2">includi2">ing emoti2">ional and physi2">ical.

Thi2">is i2">isn't just a Course i2">in ni2">ice gentle li2">ittle evaporati2">ing of thought. Thi2">is i2">is a course i2">in fri2">icki2">ing Mi2">IRACLES!

i2">I wi2">ill share a forgi2">iveness i2">I just appli2">ied, to a mi2">ilkshake.

Thi2">is eveni2">ing i2">I was somewhat argumentati2">ive wi2">ith my wi2">ife, and feeli2">ing gui2">ilty. We went to buy take-out di2">inner and went through the dri2">ive through of Culvers custard, where i2">I tri2">ied to purchase a strawberry mi2">ilkshake. We wai2">ited for our order, and i2">I recei2">ived what looked li2">ike sai2">id mi2">ilkshake - i2">it was at least pi2">ink, although i2">I sensed i2">it tasted a li2">ittle unusual. At the ti2">ime i2">I let i2">it sli2">ide and we drove home. Once i2">I got home i2">I found, for sure, i2">it was not strawberry, but rather a 'strawberry-mango' combi2">inati2">ion. i2">It tasted li2">ike a mi2">ix of strawberri2">ies and orange jui2">ice. i2">I know ri2">ight. So i2">I was bummed. And i2">I found Culvers gui2">ilty, and i2">I blamed them, and i2">I felt vi2">icti2">imi2">ized.

So. Let's remember the contract i2">I made. i2">I had gui2">ilt i2">in me about my wi2">ife. i2">I chose to enter a contract wi2">ith Culvers to be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized, i2">in exchange for bei2">ing permi2">itted to project my gui2">ilt onto them - gui2">ilt about a completely di2">ifferent subject. i2">I was vi2">icti2">imi2">ized by thei2">ir nasty mango-i2">infused flavor adjustment and gi2">iven somethi2">ing "i2">I di2">id not ask for", i2">I was an "i2">innocent vi2">icti2">im", unfai2">irly treated, and ri2">ighteously angry. i2">In exchange, because thi2">is i2">is part of the contract, they got to vi2">icti2">imi2">ize me, attack me wi2">ith a mi2">istake, take away what i2">I wanted, and generally upset me. i2">It was a fai2">ir exchange.

So then, later i2">in bed, i2">I deci2">ided wi2">ith Holy Spi2">iri2">it i2">I would use thi2">is i2">idea of a contract to end the contract and choose forgi2">iveness i2">instead.

i2">I looked at the fact that i2">I put my gui2">ilt onto Culvers and chose to parti2">ici2">ipate i2">in an arrangement where i2">I found them gui2">ilty i2">in exchange for bei2">ing a vi2">icti2">im i2">ie permi2">itted to project i2">it onto them so that i2">I could be reli2">ieved of my gui2">ilt (fake i2">innocence), and they could vi2">icti2">imi2">ize me i2">in return. Even though i2">I di2">id not seem to want the vi2">icti2">imi2">izati2">ion, i2">I had to admi2">it, i2">I di2">id agree to i2">it. i2">I agreed to the terms of the contract. i2">I wanted to be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized, therefore. i2">I saw how i2">I put my gui2">ilt onto them and blamed them, so now i2">I had to take i2">it back.

To get out of the contract you have to take back the projected gui2">ilt, BUT, thi2">is means that you can no longer appear to have 'fake i2">innocence'. i2">It means YOU have to be found gui2">ilty agai2">in, whi2">ich i2">is not very appeali2">ing. However, there i2">is a chance that i2">if you do thi2">is, you wi2">ill be i2">in the runni2">ing for bei2">ing able to access REAL i2">innocence later. So i2">I affi2">irmed, Culvers i2">is not gui2">ilty, i2">it i2">is not THEi2">IR gui2">ilt i2">I am seei2">ing, i2">it i2">is MY gui2">ilt that i2">I projected onto them. They we're just attacki2">ing me because i2">I asked for i2">it i2">in exchange for gui2">ilt. i2">I take back MY gui2">ilt that i2">I put onto them, and i2">I see them as i2">innocent. They are i2">innocent and have done nothi2">ing wrong, done nothi2">ing to me, and thei2">ir mi2">istake i2">is forgi2">iveable.

Thank you Culvers for parti2">ici2">ipati2">ing ami2">icably i2">in the contract and servi2">ing me fai2">ithfully on the terms, and gi2">ivi2">ing me the vi2">icti2">imi2">izati2">ion i2">I agreed to. i2">I set you free. Thank you.

So now, i2">I'm left holdi2">ing the gui2">ilt. i2">Its my gui2">ilt. Ok. Not fun. i2">I feel i2">it. i2">I am gui2">ilty. i2">I recogni2">ize thi2">is i2">is the gui2">ilt about my wi2">ife that i2">I wanted to get ri2">id of. But now i2">I am i2">in a posi2">iti2">ion to exerci2">ise the exi2">it clause whi2">ich says, i2">if i2">I am wi2">illi2">ing to go to the 'judge' (Holy Spi2">iri2">it) and take my case of gui2">ilt to Hi2">im and present i2">it to Hi2">im, AND be wi2">illi2">ing to ACCEPT whatever Hi2">is verdi2">ict i2">is, there i2">is a chance that i2">I mi2">ight be found i2">innocent.

So thi2">is means i2">I approach Holy Spi2">iri2">it. So i2">I go up to Holy Spi2">iri2">it i2">in my mi2">ind and i2">I start to show Hi2">im all the 'evi2">idence' of why i2">I am gui2">ilty, all that i2">I thi2">ink i2">I di2">id, even the 'si2">in' that li2">ies underneath i2">it, and i2">I offer i2">it up. Thi2">is requi2">ires that i2">I be OPEN. i2">I have to be OPEN to SHARE i2">it wi2">ith Hi2">im and show i2">it to Hi2">im and let Hi2">im see i2">it. i2">It's ki2">ind of li2">ike bei2">ing the prosecutor agai2">inst yourself, showi2">ing all the evi2">idence of what you di2">id and admi2">itti2">ing to i2">it - but at least i2">in an atmosphere that you are not at thi2">is poi2">int found gui2">ilty - the verdi2">ict i2">is sti2">ill undeci2">ided.

So i2">I do that. i2">I tell Hi2">im, Holy Spi2">iri2">it, i2">I am gui2">ilty because i2">I di2">id all thi2">is stuff and sai2">id all thi2">is stuff and felt bad about i2">it and i2">it proves i2">I'm not i2">innocent. What do YOU thi2">ink of thi2">is? How do YOU see thi2">is? What i2">is YOUR verdi2">ict of me?

He sai2">id, i2">in my mi2">ind, "not gui2">ilty". i2">I then reali2">ized that i2">I needed to ACCEPT Hi2">is opi2">ini2">ion, and that means i2">I have to be pretty open mi2">inded because i2">I have to actually be wi2">illi2">ing to SUSPEND my own beli2">ief i2">in my own gui2">ilt i2">IF He says that's what i2">I am to do. i2">I have to be open to go along wi2">ith what He says. So i2">I become wi2">illi2">ing to surrender the gui2">ilt, i2">I ACCEPT THE ATONEMENT - i2">ie i2">I accept that i2">I really AM i2">innocent, and then...

My head starts to shake, my arms wi2">iggle, my hands tremble. i2">I mean, for real. Thi2">is i2">is the Holy Spi2">iri2">it worki2">ing to remove the gui2">ilt. i2">I offered i2">it up. He healed i2">it. Seemi2">ingly wi2">ithout doi2">ing anythi2">ing. Then, i2">I found myself noti2">ici2">ing.... Myself starti2">ing to have thi2">is new FEELi2">ING.... "Am i2">I really i2">innocent"... Li2">ike.... Starti2">ing to sense a feeli2">ing of not bei2">ing gui2">ilty, a feeli2">ing of i2">it actually bei2">ing possi2">ible that i2">I am i2">innocent. So i2">I'm aski2">ing thi2">is only as a ki2">ind of exclamati2">ion of surpri2">ise, really. Holy Spi2">iri2">it says, "you are free".

Smi2">iles all round. Contract aboli2">ished. True i2">innocence reclai2">imed.

i2">It seemed qui2">ite easy, actually!

Nothi2">ing real can be hurt.

Nothi2">ing real can be attacked.

Nothi2">ing real can be damaged.

Nothi2">ing real can be made si2">ick.

Nothi2">ing real can ever di2">ie.

Nothi2">ing real can suffer.

Nothi2">ing real can be afrai2">id.

Nothi2">ing real can commi2">it a cri2">ime.

Nothi2">ing real can be si2">inful.

Nothi2">ing real can be gui2">ilty.

Nothi2">ing real can be puni2">ished.

Nothi2">ing real can be unhappy.

Nothi2">ing real can lack love.

Nothi2">ing real can lose anythi2">ing.

Nothi2">ing real can be i2">incomplete.

Nothi2">ing real can have an end.

Nothi2">ing real can decay.

Nothi2">ing real can be unaware.

Nothi2">ing real can be lost.

Nothi2">ing real can be di2">iseased.

Nothi2">ing real can be changed.

Nothi2">ing real can be uncertai2">in.

Nothi2">ing real can doubt or worry.

Nothi2">ing real can hurt anythi2">ing real.

Nothi2">ing real can be unreal.

Nothi2">ing real can be separate.

Nothi2">ing real can be i2">isolated.

Nothi2">ing real can be exclusi2">ive.

Nothi2">ing real can be pri2">ivate.

Nothi2">ing real can cease to exi2">ist.

Nothi2">ing real i2">is temporary.

Nothi2">ing real can be sad or gri2">ieve.

Nothi2">ing real can be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized.

Nothi2">ing real can be powerless.

Nothi2">ing real can fai2">il.

Nothi2">ing real can be threatened.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be hurt.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be attacked.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be damaged.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be made si2">ick.

Everythi2">ing unreal can ever di2">ie.

Everythi2">ing unreal can suffer.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be afrai2">id.

Everythi2">ing unreal can commi2">it a cri2">ime.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be si2">inful.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be gui2">ilty.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be puni2">ished.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be unhappy.

Everythi2">ing unreal can lack love.

Everythi2">ing unreal can lose anythi2">ing.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be i2">incomplete.

Everythi2">ing unreal can have an end.

Everythi2">ing unreal can decay.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be unaware.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be lost.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be di2">iseased.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be changed.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be uncertai2">in.

Everythi2">ing unreal can doubt or worry.

Everythi2">ing unreal can hurt anythi2">ing real.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be unreal.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be separate.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be i2">isolated.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be exclusi2">ive.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be pri2">ivate.

Everythi2">ing unreal can cease to exi2">ist.

Everythi2">ing unreal i2">is temporary.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be sad or gri2">ieve.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be powerless.

Everythi2">ing unreal can fai2">il.

Everythi2">ing unreal can be threatened.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be hurt.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be attacked.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be damaged.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be made si2">ick.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot ever di2">ie.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot suffer.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be afrai2">id.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot commi2">it a cri2">ime.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be si2">inful.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be gui2">ilty.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be puni2">ished.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be unhappy.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot lack love.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot lose anythi2">ing.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be i2">incomplete.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot have an end.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot decay.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be unaware.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be lost.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be di2">iseased.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be changed.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be uncertai2">in.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot doubt or worry.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot hurt anythi2">ing real.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be unreal.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be separate.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be i2">isolated.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be exclusi2">ive.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be pri2">ivate.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot cease to exi2">ist.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be temporary.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be sad or gri2">ieve.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be powerless.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot fai2">il.

i2">I am real so i2">I cannot be threatened.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be hurt.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be attacked.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be damaged.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be made si2">ick.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot ever di2">ie.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot suffer.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be afrai2">id.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot commi2">it a cri2">ime.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be si2">inful.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be gui2">ilty.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be puni2">ished.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be unhappy.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot lack love.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot lose anythi2">ing.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be i2">incomplete.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot have an end.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot decay.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be unaware.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be lost.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be di2">iseased.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be changed.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be uncertai2">in.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot doubt or worry.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot hurt anythi2">ing real.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be unreal.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be separate.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be i2">isolated.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be exclusi2">ive.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be pri2">ivate.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot cease to exi2">ist.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be temporary.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be sad or gri2">ieve.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be vi2">icti2">imi2">ized.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be powerless.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot fai2">il.

My brother i2">is real so he cannot be threatened.

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