Overview

an class="hi2">anan>>A Course in Miracles presents a clear picture of the nature of God's reality an class="hi2">anan>d His Kingdom of Heaven. Nevertheless, understan class="hi2">anan>ding the nature of God continues to prove difficult for man class="hi2">anan>y people, including most students of ACIM. Man class="hi2">anan>y people have theories about what God an class="hi2">anan>d His Creations must be like, how they relate an class="hi2">anan>d interact. But too often these theories are incomplete, confusing, or even completely mistaken. This had led to profound levels of confusion an class="hi2">anan>d misunderstan class="hi2">anan>ding, an class="hi2">anan>d a tremendous distortion of the teachings of A Course in Miracles.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>In this groundbreaking book, Paul - an class="hi2">anan> ACIM student an class="hi2">anan>d teacher with over 20 years experience, casts aside all confusing guesswork an class="hi2">anan>d presents a very clear an class="hi2">anan>d logical explan class="hi2">anan>ation of reality. Using simple logic that's easy to follow, an class="hi2">anan>d starting at the very beginning with God Himself, Paul draws astonishingly obvious conclusions which make complete an class="hi2">anan>d total sense. The book is structured in such a way that each chapter builds upon the ones before, gradually fleshing out a consistent an class="hi2">anan>d clear picture of the ultimate truth.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>Man class="hi2">anan>y people attempt to find the truth by starting at the bottom an class="hi2">anan>d working backwards, reverse-engineering the bigger picture based on small glimpses of insight found in the dark. This is like trying to assemble a puzzle without the picture to reference. In this book we do the complete opposite, starting from the top down an class="hi2">anan>d assuming nothing. Step by step you will see that God's inherent nature automatically leads to the creation of His Kingdom, the sharing of everything with his Creations, an class="hi2">anan>d the beautiful extension of Himself through co-creation. This puts everything in its proper place, seen in its proper light as the only possible truth.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>This book can class="hi2">anan> be also said to be a theory of everything, since it spells out precisely an class="hi2">anan>d accurately the true nature of ultimate reality. The logic in the book has been designed to be "bullet proof" an class="hi2">anan>d irrefutable, so impeccable an class="hi2">anan>d precise that it can class="hi2">anan>not be argued with. The conclusions drawn are not opinions or interpretation but factual outcomes an class="hi2">anan>d consequences. We ask the logic to tell us what must be true, an class="hi2">anan>d we listen.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>It just so happens, as you will see, that the independent conclusions that we arrive at also happen to completely an class="hi2">anan>d perfectly align with the teachings of A Course in Miracles. This validates that A Course in Miracles is logically completely true an class="hi2">anan>d is giving us the actual truth about our lives. In turn, this book is further validated because A Course in Miracles, a renowned an class="hi2">anan>d deep spiritual text, tells us that the exact same truths are true, an class="hi2">anan>d nothing else is true.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>If you are done with all the confusion, arguments about whose interpretation is right, the inconsistencies an class="hi2">anan>d sense of difficulty trying to unravel the depths of ACIM's teachings, then this is the book for you. Put aside everything you've learned an class="hi2">anan>d let's take a fresh an class="hi2">anan>d extremely clear look at the truth together. Let's brush off the sea of opinions an class="hi2">anan>d cast aside the logical errors which are so prevalent in the thoughts of man class="hi2">anan>y. There can class="hi2">anan> only be one truth an class="hi2">anan>d this is it.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>This book will lay a new foundation in your mind, a background an class="hi2">anan>d firm footing, on which to build an class="hi2">anan>d draw further conclusions. It will act as a beacon of light in your mind to help you to compare an class="hi2">anan>d contrast what is true an class="hi2">anan>d what is not. It will sharpen an class="hi2">anan>d clarify your grasp of A Course in Miracles profoundly, an class="hi2">anan>d will lay to rest untold amounts of wasted time an class="hi2">anan>d frustration. If you wan class="hi2">anan>t to know what Jesus is really telling us about the nature of reality, of God an class="hi2">anan>d his creations, an class="hi2">anan>d ultimately about yourself, this is the book for you.an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan>>The book is 283 pages, an class="hi2">anan>d almost 58,000 words. The size of the book is 6" wide by 9" tall. Large print edition is 8.5" x 11" at 297 pages.an class="hi2">anan>>

AVAILABILITY

an class="hi2">anan>>This book is available in e-book, paperback an class="hi2">anan>d hardcover versions. The book is printed on deman class="hi2">anan>d so is always in stock. There is also a second paperback version which is the large print edition, at 50% larger size.an>an class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan> class="a-text-bold">Overviewan class="hi2">anan>>

an class="hi2">anan> class="a-text-bold">Miracles an class="hi2">anan>d Immortalityan class="hi2">anan>>an>an class="hi2">anan>> is a direct, uncompromising spiritual journey from suffering, conflict an class="hi2">anan>d death back to God, eternal life an class="hi2">anan>d the truth of what we are.an class="hi2">anan>>

You can class="hi2">anan> create an class="hi2">anan> illusion of being responsible, by positioning yourself as being an class="hi2">anan>gry an class="hi2">anan>d upset about what other people are doing. You can class="hi2">anan> make yourself seem like you are responsible by stan class="hi2">anan>ding up for people's rights or agreeing with the ways that certain people are very wrong.

This paints a picture of you as a hero an class="hi2">anan>d savior an class="hi2">anan>d as someone who does not believe in mis-treatment an class="hi2">anan>d so on, but is also hipocritical an class="hi2">anan>d irresponsible given it gives you opportunity to accuse an class="hi2">anan>d condemn an class="hi2">anan>d judge.

You can class="hi2">anan> seem like a very responsible, caring person who is deeply upset by the hurtful things people do, that your fellow man class="hi2">anan> is mis-treated by society or that certain politician class="hi2">anan>s are trying to destroy the world. But this is all a fake responsibility.

You are not responsible unless you are being responsible for yourself an class="hi2">anan>d for what you are doing to yourself, for the ways that you are using others by scapegoating them, the ways that you judge an class="hi2">anan>d condemn an class="hi2">anan>d project your own hidden guilt, an class="hi2">anan>d are owning up to being Christ. Owning up to what you have been doing to yourself an class="hi2">anan>d passing off as what other people are doing. That's real responsibility.

You don't win an class="hi2">anan>y points for finding other people guilty or being outraged or an class="hi2">anan>gry or placing the blame somewhere. That's selective judgement. Selective blame. Some set of people get to be very very wrong while other people get to be very very right. It's a huge trap an class="hi2">anan>d it's hugely dishonest.

This always happens when you believe the world is real an class="hi2">anan>d you wan class="hi2">anan>t to find a way to be more spiritual or innocent or pure or good or to uphold some high stan class="hi2">anan>dard or ideal or higher ground. But there is no higher ground in an class="hi2">anan> illusory world, it is all insan class="hi2">anan>e. The higher ground is beyond this world an class="hi2">anan>d recognizes that this world is not spiritual an class="hi2">anan>d it can class="hi2">anan>not be spiritualized by your ego.

What you may not realize is that your ego is split an class="hi2">anan>d by making some aspects of this world good an class="hi2">anan>d worthy an class="hi2">anan>d acceptable an class="hi2">anan>d other parts wrong an class="hi2">anan>d bad an class="hi2">anan>d unacceptable, you've fallen for the ego's primary trap of believing that SEPARATION is real. Separation between good people an class="hi2">anan>d bad people, between the righteous an class="hi2">anan>d the unworthy.

It doesn't matter which side you are on. It doesn't matter if you identify mostly with being goodie two-shoes, or some kind of dark evil monster. Both of them are false because they are both states of un-wholeness an class="hi2">anan>d exclusivity. They are both a lie from your ego. an class="hi2">Anan>d those being all "good" an class="hi2">anan>d nice an class="hi2">anan>d so on are just as "evil" as the evil ones. They believe in separation an class="hi2">anan>d segragation, often even more than class="hi2">anan> the rest of the crowd, an class="hi2">anan>d yet will constan class="hi2">anan>tly spout off about how segragation an class="hi2">anan>d conditional love are unfair or unwelcome.

You can class="hi2">anan>'t be right by judging judgers, or hating haters, or attacking attackers, or being an class="hi2">anan>gry at an class="hi2">anan>gry people, or hurting the hurtful. That's the ego's motto of an class="hi2">anan> eye for an class="hi2">anan> eye. There is absolutely no holiness there whatsoever. It's a fake holiness, a holier-than class="hi2">anan>-thou attitude, a pretense that you are innocent when in fact you are just as guilty because you BELIEVE in guilt.

You can class="hi2">anan> believe in guilt an class="hi2">anan>d accuse people of being guilty an class="hi2">anan>d believe that you're being pure an class="hi2">anan>d innocent by finding them guilty, but all this mean class="hi2">anan>s is you believe strongly in guilt. You try to not appear to be THE ONE who is guilty, but you can class="hi2">anan>not HAVE a belief in guilt in your mind at the same time as a belief in holiness. an class="hi2">Anan>d whatever you believe you will BE.

Rules can class="hi2">anan>not apply to other people separately from how they apply to you. Judgements can class="hi2">anan>not be given to others without judging yourself. You can class="hi2">anan>'t find someone else guilty without you believing that you are guilty. The righteous will go down in their own flames.

"Would you rather be right or happy?" - ACIM

Being happy can class="hi2">anan> only come by not finding an class="hi2">ANan>YONE guilty. Because other people ARE YOU. What applies to them applies to you. This is fundamentally different than class="hi2">anan> seeing yourself as a SEPARATE person. Separation is attack, not holiness. So are you really escaping your own attack?

Here is an class="hi2">anan> easier, simple way to go into "slow smooth breathing" as a form of meditation.

You don't have to control the breathing itself at all. In fact, that's guaran class="hi2">anan>teed to interfere with it an class="hi2">anan>d make it not smooth. I've tried that before, controlling the breathing muscles etc an class="hi2">anan>d it takes much longer to work up to a slower smoother breath.

Instead, think of a balloon. The balloon is inflated. You take the opening of the balloon an class="hi2">anan>d you open it up just a little bit, just enough to let some air seep out. You then HOLD that opening at the same amount of openness, without moving it. What happens? The balloon deflates VERY smoothly all by itself.

The smoothness an class="hi2">anan>d rate of airflow is PRECISELY controlled only by how big the opening is. It's got nothing to do with you squeezing the balloon, trying to make the balloon collapse at a certain rate, etc. So the trick here is, do not try to control the breathing ITSELF, whatsoever. All you need to do is regulate the SIZE OF THE OPENING an class="hi2">anan>d keep it steady, which is very easy.

1. Close your mouth, breathe through your nose.

2. Hold your breath for a moment then let it go. Try that a few times. There is a sensation of some muscles in the throat closing off the airway. There is also (i think) the nasopharynx which is kind of in the back of the nose, behind the soft palette. This action of holding breath closes the nasopharynx so that no air can class="hi2">anan> go in or out of the nose. So it feels like the back of the nose is closing an class="hi2">anan>d opening.

3. You have the ability to decide "how open" that thing is. This is a physical action above the throat an class="hi2">anan>d nothing to do with the lungs or diaphragm. Close it off again but not all the way. Just tighten it up a bit an class="hi2">anan>d try breathing out while it's "almost closed". You'll notice even if you try to push the breath harder to come out faster it won't. It can class="hi2">anan> only come out at a rate determined by the size of the air opening. So you can class="hi2">anan> operate this kind of like an class="hi2">anan> air valve.

4. So this is all you need to do. Just "mostly close" that "valve" an class="hi2">anan>d hold it in that position. Relax. Let your body do its own normal breathing without you trying to mess with the breathing at all. Don't push the breath or pull it or try to make it slow or an class="hi2">anan>ything. You don't need to. Just because the opening is narrower, your breath will be long an class="hi2">anan>d slow an class="hi2">anan>d smooth.

5. Relaxing your body, just let it breathe, while you hold that opening in a partly closed position. Notice how the body just naturally "inflates" long an class="hi2">anan>d slow, like a balloon that inflates by itself. Then when it's done, as you keep holding the valve partly open, it starts to deflate all by itself, like a big bag of wind which just gradually empties by itself under its own air pressure (actually the normal diaphragm action).

So I do that a while. It's MUCH easier to just hold that position of restricting the outlet, than class="hi2">anan> it is to try to man class="hi2">anan>ipulate the breathing muscles. I just hold it a while an class="hi2">anan>d let the body breathe slowly by itself. It's effortless, especially when you relax. "How slow" you breathe is entirely determined by how much you close off the airway, an class="hi2">anan>d nothing else. You can class="hi2">anan> go immediately into a long slow breath without having to work up to it, an class="hi2">anan>d it takes hardly an class="hi2">anan>y effort. After a while you should feel calmer an class="hi2">anan>d your mind is "smoother".