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4/4/2008 P.25I am the light
" Miracles are seen in light." WBL 91
Practice 2
So far we have begun to look at the true source of all Good which is God. We have opened our minds to the thought that we could be wrong in our basic thinking of ourselves and that we have been holding many "error thoughts." We can start to understand that we have held wrong ideas and egoic thoughts for the bulk of our lives. Our best thinking has caused us much pain and misery creating for us a life of fear, remorse, guilt, and blame. the process of remembering who and what we are begins with the rocognition that " Thoughts are Things." The undoing process starts now with a giant step of fresh ideas in Truth. We must first recognize the insanity of our egoic thoughts and belief system and began to un do this thinking. The ego keeps us in chaos by questioning and comparing and condemning. We have held an upside down perception of life. There are the very thoughts that we must change.
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It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together. This needs repeating, and frequent repeating. It is a central idea in your new though system, and the perception that is produces. The miracle is always there. ts presence is not caused by your vision; its absence is not the resulg of your failure to see. It is only your wareness of miracles that is affected. You will see them in the light; you will not see them in dark.
To you, then, light is crucial. While you remain in darkness, the miracle remains unseen. thus you are convienced it is not there. This follows from the premisese from which the darkness comes. Denail of light leads to failure to perceive it. Failure to percieve light is to perceive darkness. the light is useless to you then, even though it is there. You cannot use it because its presence is unknown to you. And the seeming reality of the darkness makes the idea of light meaningless.
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We will all know, from what we experience with and within our selves,
That our conscious acts spring from our desires and fears.
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~ Albert Einstein~
~~~ P.23.only because of my belief in them. They have no real effect on me at all. I am perfectly free of the effects of all laws save God's. And His are the laws of freedom.
For specific forms in applying this idea, these would be useful:
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My perception of this shows me I believe in laws that do not exist. I see only the laws of God at work in this. Let me allow God's laws to work in this, and not my own.
Also Affirm;
" I am as God created me." WB 120
I am God's Son
Today I lay aside all sick illusions of myself
and let my Father tell me Who I really am.
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Apply these truths to all situation in your life. Feel them and let the Spirit do its work through you as you. Know and trust that you are under no laws but God's and that nothing can separate you any longer. This is freedom; this is the Kingdom at hand.
"egoic" definition, thoughts diven by self-will, selfishness, self-center-ness or the usurping of God's power or playing God.
3/30/2008 P.22.that has been hidden from the ages, this is the key that unlocks the gates of hell and lets us step out into light as a free person.
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Gifts of the kingdom...
Healing as recognition of Truth...
Seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, because that is where the laws of God operate truely, and they can operate only truely because they are the laws of truth.
But seek this only, because you can find nothing else.
There is nothing else.
God is All in all in a very literal sense.
All being is in Him Who is all Being.
You are therefore in Him since your being is His.
Healing is a way of forgetting the sense of danger the ego has induced in you, by not recognizing its existence in your brother.
This strengthens the Holy Spirit in both of you, because it is a refusal to acknowledge fear.
Love needs only this invitation.
It comes freely to all the Sonship, being what the Sonship is.
By your awakening to it, you are merely forgetting what you are not.
This enables you to remember what you are.
T. Page 118
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This is the beginning; this is the light we have been looking for in all areas of our lives.
Repeat this idea often, letting this thought sink deep within your mind.
Become assured that you are under no laws but God's law, and God is only the Good.
We have not come this far to turn back, become the person God intended you to be.
Let this be the regeneration of your life now.
For you are " As God Created," you are Whole Perfect, and Complete.
Call on the Healing Presence s of Infinite Wisdom, Divine Right Action and Dvine Right Order.
State the Truth about yourself confidently, remembering at all times who you really are, " As God Created." So in this Holy Instant we affirm these Truths.
" I am under no laws but God's." WBL76
Here is the perfect statement of my freedom. I am under no laws but God's. I am constantly tempted to make yo other laws and give them power over me. I suffer
P.21>You think you must obey the "laws" of medicine, of economies, and of health.
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We are held in fear's grip so tightly that we are unable to see through the smoke and mirrors.
We have been held back by fear.
We have been unable to see through the magic and twisted web of the egoic thought system to even begin to se a solution.
Fear was made by a mind believing in the false idea that a separation from God occurred and that the separation is real.
The ego tries to convice us to believe in failure, and that is just another attempte to validate separation really succeeded.
All of this is an attempt by your egoic thoughts to make you believe you are powerless, weak, and separate.
Thinking you are separate from God and refusing to ask God for help, is one definition of magic.
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There are no laws except the laws of God. This needs repeating, over and over, until you realize it applies to everything that you have made in opposition to God's Will. Your magic has no meaning.
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This practice tells us that these egoic efforts are looking for love where it cannot be found.
The good news is that in spite of our efforts to prove we are separate and powerless, the Truth is they are not real and cannot be made real.
We remain " As God Created" us, one with Him, forever loving and forever loved, we are in Truth;
"Whole, Perfect, and Complete." It is the remembrance of this God Thought or I dea that will open us up tp the Miracle Mindedness we seek.
This Truth practice or theme will restore us back to full acknowledgment of God.
only the Lwas of God and only Love are real. This change in perceptions is so powerful it will free us of our addiction to fear, restoring us to Truth, a place of Spiritual Healing, Power, and restore our Peace of mind. In remembering our inhritabce, we have begun the process of releasing our addicion to fear's control.
We have broken the chains that bind us, we have loosed them and let them go. We have taken the first step and started the journey without distance. This is the secret
P.20.health I will be safe.
If my body functioned better in some way I would be happy.
If there were peace in the world I would feel safe."
The list can go on and on.
All of these conditions are centered on the belief that I am helpless, fearful, unloved, and that God is a punishing angry God.
I believe I am powerless, that God is never going to answer me or help me.
And in essence by living this way I am playing God by usurping God's power.
By refusing to employ God's presence in my life I am the one who loses.
Truly we believe in smoke and mirrors, our faith and turst lies in the "magic" of the egoic mind.
This has been the major block to your experience of Love's Presence.
This has been called " the unhappy dream" in the book A Course in Miracles.
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We have observed before how many senseless things have seemed to you to be salvation.
Each has imprisoned you with laws as senseless as itself You are not bound by them.
Yet to understand that this is so, you must first realize salvation lies not there While you would seek for it in things that have no meaning, you bind yourself to laws that make no sense.
Thus do you seek to prove salvation is where it is not.
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The foundation or addictive thinking is that you are powerless, weak, and God is pubishing angry God.
You think your power comes from a source outside yourself.
The Course would call this fear, sin, or wrong-mindedness.
Changing these limited thought is called the miracle.
As we think, so shall we perceive, it is only a thought and a thought can be changed, or faith comes by hearing, and hearing the words of God.
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P.19.If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him
James1 The Brother of Jesus
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James, the brother of Jesus, goes on further to say that All Good is of God and God is the Good in your life.
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"Do not err, my beloved brethren, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down fom the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James.
We have been held back and thought that we are restricted or limited by the laws we have made.
We thought we were driven aimlessly by the winds of fate and caprise.
Let me make this perfectly clear, this is not the Truth about you and this never was the Truth about you.
It is helpful to remember that what we think can be based on fear or mistaken beliefs.
We are addicted to fear, being driven by a thousand forms of fear.
We have the fear of losing what we think we have, the fear of not getting what we want.
We think the laws of finance and the laws of medicine control us.
We think we are weak, helpless, sick, we think we do not deserve any good, we think we are separate from God.
These thoughts are all forms of fear.
On the other hand, there are many ways we think we can find safety and believe we will be made happy.
For instance, we might say," If I had a faster car or a better job I would be happier. If certain people stay in my life, I will be happy.
If certan other people stay out of my life I will be happy.
If I follow certain laws of
P.18God IS:
" I am under no lawa but God's." WBL 76
Practice 1
Becoming aware that our thinking can change our life is our greatest challenge in this world.
Understanding the nature of God in this life and understanding our egoic mind is the first of the many steps in gainning a state of Miracle Mindedness.
This may seem to be shocking and even in a bit frightening when you begin, but the ultimate Truth is this.
God is All there is.
God is All the Good in the Universe and Truth, omnipotence, and omnipresence.
The first lesson is the work book of A Course in Miracles provide us a catalyst for the change in our thinking.
This opening series of lessons number one through nineteen in the workbook section give use the first in a series of opportunities and the vehicles for changing our perceptions.
These first lessons work with this idea by introducing us to our egoic thoughts and processes.
" I do not know what anything is for." ACIM
This thought from A Course in Miracles is the vital step in the changing of our perception.
This theme or practice opens up our eyes to the Truth concerning our perceptions.
Perhaps at one time we thought we knew it all, or perhaps we have thought that were powerless, weak, and separate.
There thoughts are untrue; they are false.
I am glad to say these ideas are erroneous!
W must change our thinking and remember that although the outer appearances are not what we would like, we do have the power and authority to change them.
We must learn t live life from the inside out, as it has been written in many Spiritual teachings, " As within so without." We are truely spiritual beings, having a human experience.
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Matthew 6
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Yet cannot serve God and mammon.
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~Jesus the Christ~
~~~ 3/29/2008 P.16.Fear is the part of our mind that condemns the world. Fear is based in Egoic. Judgment of situations that occure in our lives. In truth we are raised to fear. We are taught as a small chold that we must protect ourselves. we are tuaght to be wary ,watching out for number one. fear tells us we must always be afraid, insecure, and fear tells us that our mistakes must be published. A fair world calls for the publishment of wrongoers and so we hide our mistakes, we hide our seeming defects. Perhaps we try drowning ourselves in drama or creating other diversions such as being a "workaholic," or acting the "class clown," or even the total opposite, being an out control " bully," or even simply a "lazy slacker" who feels the world owes them a living.
The end result of this is a miserable life filled with fears, guilt, shame, remorse and scikness. What this book is attemping to do is wake you up to your Truth. your Divinity within. To awaken your Mind to its Percetion. To let you know there is a solution to all of these problems. There is a solution; it is as close to you as your breathing, its life is within you. That answer is you! you have a choice. You are the one who can choose again and live the life of magnitude releasing the littleness that would hold you hostage depriving you of the very Creatness you we're intended to live.
These lessons or themes in this book although seemingly simple are the key to freedom. You still will be given knowlege and wisdom to engage the power of the entire Universe to spport you. You are entitled to Miracles; this is the Truth about you. It is your right to be Whole. Perfect and Complete. So choose love again and again. Join us in "Silent Miracles." We have been waiting for you.
"Egoic" definition, thoughts driven by self-will, selfishness, self-center-ness or the usurping of God's power of playing God
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"I am as God created me."
Let us declare this truth as often as we can. This is the Word of God that set you free. This is the key that opens up the gate of Heaven, and that lets you enter in the peace of God and His eternity. WBL 110
~~~ 3/27/2008 P.15.The Two Emotions
I have said you have but two emotions love and fear.
One is changless but continually exchanged,
Being offered BY the eternal to the eternal
The other has many forms, for the content of
individual illusons differs greatly ~ACIM
Defining Emotions
These questions have plagued the greatest thinkers and the finest minds in both the religious and scientific worlds since the dawn of time. We may think we know what love means, but do we really? What is love?
Love is the power that holds this universe together. Love can bring together hated enemies and create an atmosphere of peace. When a loving presence is availabe attitude change, people heal, and life is experienced in a greater and mor abundant way. Love can be called many things, so when we think oflove and unconditional healing we think of God's Presence. Therefore, love is God's presence equally present everywhere.
Fear and Recognition of It.
There are many kinds of fear, and fear will lead you on many roads. Let us look at fear and define it. Fear is created in the thought process. Therefore, the fear we are speaking of is found in the mind, in your everyday thoughts. Fear can sometimes be thought of as a self-protection process, one that keeps us safe and secure. " It;s us against them," "the did it to me," ir " I've got to get mine before it's all gone." These types of thoughts are one idea concerning fear. It seems that whenever we sense that we will lose something , or that something will be taken from us, or we will belessened in anyway, fear is a motivating factor. P.13.Silent Miracles
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Before the universe was born
there was something in the chas of the heavens.
It stands alone and empty,
solitary and unchanging.
It is ever present and secure.
It may be regarded as the Mother of the universe.
Because I do not know its name, I can it the Tao.
If forced to give it a name, I would call it Great.
Because it is Great means it is everywhere.
Being everywhre means it is eternal.
Being eternal mans everything returns to it.
Tao is Great
Heaven is rgeat
Earth is great
Humanity is great
Within the universe, these are the four great things.
Humanity follows the earth
Earth follows Heaven.
Heaven follows the Tao
The Tao follows only itself.
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~Lao Tzu~
~~~~ P.11.The journey without distance
The journey to God is merely the reawakening
of the knowlege of Where you are always.
and What you are forever.
It is a journey without distance to a goal
that has never changed.
Truth can only be experiienced
it cannot be described.
and it cannot be explained.
I can make you aware of the
Contitions of truth,
but the experience is of God.
Together we can meet its conditions,
but truth weill dawn upon you of itself.
What God has willed for you IS yours.
He has given His Will to His treasure,
whose treasure It is.
Your heart lies where your treasure is, as His does.
You who are beloved of God are wholly blessed.
Learn this of me, and free the holy will of all
those who ar as blessed as You are. ACIM P.9.still small voice that had spoken in my mind, knowing it has most likely spared me, I knew at that point in time what I had to do. I knew that presence of the Holy Spirit had created a miracle for me. That moment became a pivotal moment for me and provided the turnaround needed in my life. I found a God of Compassion and Love. I felt as though I'd been restored to the state in which God had Created me. I felt as though I'd stood on a mountaintop and been cleansed by the crystal-clear wind. I was free and filled with peace.
I began to read " New Thought" writings of people like Eric Butterworth, Ernest Holmes, Joel Goldsimth, and Emmett Fox, among many others. I couldn't get enough of them. I loosely read and meditated on these writings until I blessedly encountered " the Course" -- A Course in <iracles. As I picked up the Course for the first time, I heard an audible voice tell me these words:
" This is it."
That occurred in 1990.Since that moment, I have had many spiritual experiences. I have found and been led to many extraordinary teachers and books. This book is dedicated to Truths I havve found in, A Course in Miracles and New Thouht and how I have used them with great success.
My life is now filled with greatness of God as a direct result of the Course. I now have everything money can't buy. My life is now like a diamond with many facts. Through the order of lessons in this book I have gleaned from the Course in Miracles everything I need to enrich every aspect of my life. These life lessons form the substance of what I wish to bestow-- in a sense, to re-live for you--herein. I have employed this method for many different reasons and many different problems. It has worked for me, fulfilling life you desire. I stand before you with this guarantee. I gurantee you a full life or double your misery back.
This is why I have been led to share this with you. I discovered this section within the course and it has been the catalyst for prayer and change in my life. To be a miracle worker is the highest form of Spiritual Practice according to the Spiritual Awakening I experienced. to have all, we give all, and all we can give is the extension of the love of Spirit. As we see the Christ in others, we see that we are Christ, and, we remove the blocks to love and become Healed, Whole, Perfect, and Complete. We are either love or fear, and we choose. P.7.hostile and began to tell evryone how he felt. I was mortified!His words and actions cut through to my very soul. My moment was shattered and I became more reclusive and angry. I would never fell a part of any group until much later in life. Without my mother's love, I would have had few loving experiences.
As a recluse, I started to play guitar, and in the early 60's joined many of the local garage bands, life for me had finally begun. During this period, my early teens, I began to take psychedelic drugs and began drinking. Soon, alcohol became my priority. I felt like I had finally found the key to fit in, but I knew there was my something missing, a giant piece of me was not being expressed. Even though my life was ok on the outside, inside I was totally out of control. I managed to get myself through high school, and then, through college. I was able to work at many jobs to support myself while playing music throughout this time period. I married twice, but I went through those relationship like they were kindling. All the time my drinking continued to grow worse and worse--I was seldom sober for 24 hours at a time. I failed to realize that I had become an alcoholic hust like my father.
As any alcoholic thinks, I thought I held my alcoho really well for a long time. But I was by no means what one could call "sober," not spiritually, anyway, In the early 80's, I was on the road working as a musician, when an even occurred that forever changed the direction of my life. I was made to see my own mortality and to realize how precious life is.
During the winter of 1980, I was on the road touring with a Country-Rock group. On our way to tour Canada, We'd left Los Angeles, and after driving all night, entered into Ultah around sunrise, I was exhausted and fell asleep in the overhead camper. As I slept, the driver who had also been driving all night and was very tired collided with a herd of deer that had stopped on the road. The truck I was in rolled over on top pf me. The camper I was in was crushed and I was thrown clear of the accident and found on the side of the road. The paramedics could not revive me and pronounced me dead at the scene of the accident. They rushed me to a local small hospital in Nephi, Utah. After a heroic medical effort, the local doctors restored my vitals. The hospital staff performed the necessary surgery,and then I was brought to ICU. I remained out of touch for three days. I saw myself bathed in light and pure energy. I was experiencing the out of the body experience that only one who has died and returned to the life has had. I thought about my life, my life, and how little I had done for others.I was confronted with how selfish and self-centered I was. I needed to return to my present life and make different choices than those previously made. For the first time ever, I remembered myself as God had made me. I saw my life and knew somthing
3/26/2008 P.6.1
The Tao that can be described
is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be spoken
is not the eternal Name.
The nameless is the boundary of Heaven and Earth
The named is the mother of creation.
Freed from desire, you can see the hidden mystery.
By having desire, you can only see what is visibly real.
Yet mystery and reality
emerge from the same source.
This source is called darkeness.
Darkness born from darkness.
The beginning of all understanding
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~Tao Tzu~
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P.5.a cure. Other people turn to self-medication in the form of drugs and alcohol to fill the void. In reality, what we are really looking for is a fulfilling life, and this means a loving relationship with others and ourselves. We ask ourselves, " How can I find inner peace?" or " How can I live up to my full potentian in life?" abd we despair that there no answers to our questions. The eternal question has always been, " Do I really want to change my life?" but how many people know where to begin?
This book is designed to be practical guide for those who truly wish to gein the journey toward peace and full fillment. It is for those who seek more ffrom every relationship they have. The themes and practices are designed to assist you in removing the burdens to your addiction to fear.and restoring yo to a state as God Created. Once yo begin the process laid out in this book, you will begin to feel release almost immediately. You will feel Divine Guidance and love in all areas of your life and come to realize that God is doing for you what you thought was impossible. You will experience yourself as you alwasy wanted to me
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