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Apr 11, 2021, 2:46:20 PM4/11/21
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"Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one."
A Course in Miracles- Workbook Lesson 92
"Each day should be devoted to miracles."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
"You will recognize that you have learned there is no order of difficulty in
miracles when you apply them to all situations. There is no situation to which
miracles do not apply, and by applying them to all situations you will gain the
real world."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
Note: the "real world" is the world of light within. You can see the real world
instead of the illusory world around you. You are never outside of your own mind.
The "real world," is the world that is but a step away from real God.
"'My thoughts are images that I have made.'
It is because the thoughts you think you think, appear as images, that you do not
recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see
them. This is how your "seeing" was made. This is the function you have given
your body's eyes. It is not seeing. It is image making. It takes the place of
seeing, replacing vision with illusions.
This introductory idea to the process of image making that you call seeing will
not have much meaning for you. You will begin to understand it when you have seen
little edges of light around the same familiar objects which you see now. That is
the beginning of real vision. You can be certain that real vision will come
quickly when this has occurred.
As we go along, you may have many "light episodes." They may take many different
forms, some of them quite unexpected. Do not be afraid of them. They are signs
that you are opening your eyes at last. They will not persist, because they
merely symbolize true perception, and they are not related to knowledge. These
exercises will not reveal knowledge to you. But they will prepare the way to it."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 15
And yet in spite of the point, that these "light episodes" "will not persist," the
whole point of the book, is apparently to find the world of light; as indicated in
the Lesson below:
"Practice your willingness... with this:
Beyond this world there is a world I want.
I choose to see that world instead of this,
for here is nothing that I really want.
Then close your eyes upon the world you see, and in the silent darkness watch the
lights that are not of this world light one by one, until where one begins another
ends loses all meaning as they blend in one.
Today the lights of Heaven bend to you, to shine upon your eyelids as you rest
beyond the world of darkness. Here is light your eyes can not behold. And yet
your mind can see it plainly, and can understand.
A day of grace is given you today, and we give thanks. This day we realize that
what you feared to lose was only loss.
Now do we understand there is no loss."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 129
As the below paragraph indicates "only the creations of light are real:"
"Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness
and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. *You* are a miracle, capable
of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own
nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
"God is light and in him there is no darkness at all."
- St. John the Divine, 1 John 1:5, Holy Bible, New Testament
I think it is important to get a grip and a handle on what the whole point of the
book, A Course in Miracles, is. Apparently, it is to find the light in your mind,
to find yourself, to find peace, to transform special relationships into holy
relationships, to repeatedly experience the holy instant, to hear the voice of the
Holy Spirit, and to realize you are a creation of light.
"There is a light that this world cannot give. Yet you can give it, as it was
given you. And as you give it, it shines forth to call you from the world and
follow it. For this light will attract you as nothing in this world can do. And
you will lay aside the world and find another. This other world is bright with
love which you have given it. And here will everything remind you of your Father
and his holy Son. Light is unlimited, and spreads across this world in quiet joy.
All those you brought with you will shine on you, and you will shine on them in
gratitude because they brought you here. Your light will join with theirs in
power so compelling, that it will draw the others out of darkness as you look on
them."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 13, Section 6 (7pdf)
"Christ's vision is the bridge between the worlds. And in its power can you
safely trust to carry you from this world into one made holy by forgiveness.
Things which seem quite solid here are merely shadows there; transparent, faintly
seen, at times forgot, and never able to obscure the light that shines beyond
them. Holiness has been restored to vision, and the blind can see."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"Listen, and try to think if you remember what we will speak of now:
Listen, -perhaps you catch a hint of an ancient state not quite forgotten; dim,
perhaps, and yet not altogether unfamiliar, like a song whose name is long
forgotten, and the circumstances in which you heard completely unremembered. Not
the whole song has stayed with you, but just a little wisp of melody, attached not
to a person or a place or anything particular. But you remember, from just this
little part, how lovely was the song, how wonderful the setting where you heard
it, and how you loved those who were there and listened with you.
The notes are nothing. Yet you have kept them with you, not for themselves, but
as a soft reminder of what would make you weep if you remembered how dear it was
to you. You could remember, yet you are afraid, believing you would lose the
world you learned since then. And yet you know that nothing in the world you
learned is half so dear as this. Listen, and see if you remember an ancient song
you knew so long ago and held more dear than any melody you taught yourself to
cherish since.
Beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars, past everything you see and yet somehow
familiar, is an arc of golden light that stretches as you look into a great and
shining circle. And all the circle fills with light before your eyes. The edges
of the circle disappear, and what is in it is no longer contained at all. The
light expands and covers everything, extending to infinity forever shining and
with no break or limit anywhere. Within it everything is joined in perfect
continuity. Nor is it possible to imagine that anything could be outside, for
there is nowhere that this light is not.
This is the vision of the Son of God, whom you know well. Here is the sight of
him who knows his Father. Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this,
with all of it within, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you. Accept
the vision that can show you this, and not the body. You know the ancient song,
and know it well. Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is this ancient hymn of
love the Son of God sings to his Father still.
And now the blind can see, for that same song they sing in honor of their Creator
gives praise to them as well. The blindness that they made will not withstand the
memory of this song. And they will look upon the vision of the Son of God,
remembering who he is they sing of. What is a miracle but this remembering? And
who is there in whom this memory lies not? The light in one awakens it in all.
And when you see it in your brother, you are remembering for everyone."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 1 (2pdf)
"The world I see holds nothing that I want..." because I want me and you.
https://tinyurl.com/A-Course-In-Miracles-pdf
https://www.biblegateway.com/
A Course in Miracles- Workbook Lesson 92
"Each day should be devoted to miracles."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
"You will recognize that you have learned there is no order of difficulty in
miracles when you apply them to all situations. There is no situation to which
miracles do not apply, and by applying them to all situations you will gain the
real world."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
Note: the "real world" is the world of light within. You can see the real world
instead of the illusory world around you. You are never outside of your own mind.
The "real world," is the world that is but a step away from real God.
"'My thoughts are images that I have made.'
It is because the thoughts you think you think, appear as images, that you do not
recognize them as nothing. You think you think them, and so you think you see
them. This is how your "seeing" was made. This is the function you have given
your body's eyes. It is not seeing. It is image making. It takes the place of
seeing, replacing vision with illusions.
This introductory idea to the process of image making that you call seeing will
not have much meaning for you. You will begin to understand it when you have seen
little edges of light around the same familiar objects which you see now. That is
the beginning of real vision. You can be certain that real vision will come
quickly when this has occurred.
As we go along, you may have many "light episodes." They may take many different
forms, some of them quite unexpected. Do not be afraid of them. They are signs
that you are opening your eyes at last. They will not persist, because they
merely symbolize true perception, and they are not related to knowledge. These
exercises will not reveal knowledge to you. But they will prepare the way to it."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 15
And yet in spite of the point, that these "light episodes" "will not persist," the
whole point of the book, is apparently to find the world of light; as indicated in
the Lesson below:
"Practice your willingness... with this:
Beyond this world there is a world I want.
I choose to see that world instead of this,
for here is nothing that I really want.
Then close your eyes upon the world you see, and in the silent darkness watch the
lights that are not of this world light one by one, until where one begins another
ends loses all meaning as they blend in one.
Today the lights of Heaven bend to you, to shine upon your eyelids as you rest
beyond the world of darkness. Here is light your eyes can not behold. And yet
your mind can see it plainly, and can understand.
A day of grace is given you today, and we give thanks. This day we realize that
what you feared to lose was only loss.
Now do we understand there is no loss."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 129
As the below paragraph indicates "only the creations of light are real:"
"Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness
and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. *You* are a miracle, capable
of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own
nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
"God is light and in him there is no darkness at all."
- St. John the Divine, 1 John 1:5, Holy Bible, New Testament
I think it is important to get a grip and a handle on what the whole point of the
book, A Course in Miracles, is. Apparently, it is to find the light in your mind,
to find yourself, to find peace, to transform special relationships into holy
relationships, to repeatedly experience the holy instant, to hear the voice of the
Holy Spirit, and to realize you are a creation of light.
"There is a light that this world cannot give. Yet you can give it, as it was
given you. And as you give it, it shines forth to call you from the world and
follow it. For this light will attract you as nothing in this world can do. And
you will lay aside the world and find another. This other world is bright with
love which you have given it. And here will everything remind you of your Father
and his holy Son. Light is unlimited, and spreads across this world in quiet joy.
All those you brought with you will shine on you, and you will shine on them in
gratitude because they brought you here. Your light will join with theirs in
power so compelling, that it will draw the others out of darkness as you look on
them."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 13, Section 6 (7pdf)
"Christ's vision is the bridge between the worlds. And in its power can you
safely trust to carry you from this world into one made holy by forgiveness.
Things which seem quite solid here are merely shadows there; transparent, faintly
seen, at times forgot, and never able to obscure the light that shines beyond
them. Holiness has been restored to vision, and the blind can see."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"Listen, and try to think if you remember what we will speak of now:
Listen, -perhaps you catch a hint of an ancient state not quite forgotten; dim,
perhaps, and yet not altogether unfamiliar, like a song whose name is long
forgotten, and the circumstances in which you heard completely unremembered. Not
the whole song has stayed with you, but just a little wisp of melody, attached not
to a person or a place or anything particular. But you remember, from just this
little part, how lovely was the song, how wonderful the setting where you heard
it, and how you loved those who were there and listened with you.
The notes are nothing. Yet you have kept them with you, not for themselves, but
as a soft reminder of what would make you weep if you remembered how dear it was
to you. You could remember, yet you are afraid, believing you would lose the
world you learned since then. And yet you know that nothing in the world you
learned is half so dear as this. Listen, and see if you remember an ancient song
you knew so long ago and held more dear than any melody you taught yourself to
cherish since.
Beyond the body, beyond the sun and stars, past everything you see and yet somehow
familiar, is an arc of golden light that stretches as you look into a great and
shining circle. And all the circle fills with light before your eyes. The edges
of the circle disappear, and what is in it is no longer contained at all. The
light expands and covers everything, extending to infinity forever shining and
with no break or limit anywhere. Within it everything is joined in perfect
continuity. Nor is it possible to imagine that anything could be outside, for
there is nowhere that this light is not.
This is the vision of the Son of God, whom you know well. Here is the sight of
him who knows his Father. Here is the memory of what you are; a part of this,
with all of it within, and joined to all as surely as all is joined in you. Accept
the vision that can show you this, and not the body. You know the ancient song,
and know it well. Nothing will ever be as dear to you as is this ancient hymn of
love the Son of God sings to his Father still.
And now the blind can see, for that same song they sing in honor of their Creator
gives praise to them as well. The blindness that they made will not withstand the
memory of this song. And they will look upon the vision of the Son of God,
remembering who he is they sing of. What is a miracle but this remembering? And
who is there in whom this memory lies not? The light in one awakens it in all.
And when you see it in your brother, you are remembering for everyone."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 1 (2pdf)
"The world I see holds nothing that I want..." because I want me and you.
https://tinyurl.com/A-Course-In-Miracles-pdf
https://www.biblegateway.com/
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:48:07 PM4/11/21
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The Power Of Light Is The Power To Work Miracles.
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
light and in Him there is no darkness at all."
"Shine on your brothers in remembrance of your creator, for you will remember him
as you call forth the witnesses to his creation. Those whom you heal bear witness
to your healing, for in their wholeness you will see your own."
"Now is the time of salvation, for now is the release from time. Reach out to all
your brothers, and touch them with the touch of Christ. In timeless union with
them is your continuity, unbroken because it is wholly shared. God's guiltless
Son is only light. There is no darkness in him anywhere, for he is whole. Call
all your brothers to witness to his wholeness, as I am calling you to join with
me. Each voice has a part in the song of redemption, the hymn of gladness and
thanksgiving for the light to the Creator of light. The holy light that shines
forth from God's Son is the witness that his light is of his Father."
Matter is made out of sound, objects are frozen sound, and sound is made out of
light. (I think, not really sure).
"Miracles are seen in light and light and strength are one."
You can't will to not will. You can't want to not want. God created You, and You
are light, and in You is no darkness at all.
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that You are
light and in You there is no darkness at all."
- Student of A Course in Miracles
Find the peace of God in your mind, that the love of God may enter.
https://tinyurl.com/A-Course-In-Miracles-pdf
https://www.biblegateway.com/
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
light and in Him there is no darkness at all."
- St. John the Divine, 1 John 1:5, Holy Bible, New Testament
"Child of light... the light is in you"
"Shine on your brothers in remembrance of your creator, for you will remember him
as you call forth the witnesses to his creation. Those whom you heal bear witness
to your healing, for in their wholeness you will see your own."
"Now is the time of salvation, for now is the release from time. Reach out to all
your brothers, and touch them with the touch of Christ. In timeless union with
them is your continuity, unbroken because it is wholly shared. God's guiltless
Son is only light. There is no darkness in him anywhere, for he is whole. Call
all your brothers to witness to his wholeness, as I am calling you to join with
me. Each voice has a part in the song of redemption, the hymn of gladness and
thanksgiving for the light to the Creator of light. The holy light that shines
forth from God's Son is the witness that his light is of his Father."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 13, Section 6 (7pdf)
The power of light, is the power to work miracles.
Matter is made out of sound, objects are frozen sound, and sound is made out of
light. (I think, not really sure).
"Miracles are seen in light and light and strength are one."
A Course in Miracles- Workbook Lesson 92
"Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness
and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. *You* are a miracle, capable
of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own
nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
Which means *You* are a creation of light.
and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. *You* are a miracle, capable
of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own
nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
You can't will to not will. You can't want to not want. God created You, and You
are light, and in You is no darkness at all.
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that You are
light and in You there is no darkness at all."
- Student of A Course in Miracles
Find the peace of God in your mind, that the love of God may enter.
https://tinyurl.com/A-Course-In-Miracles-pdf
https://www.biblegateway.com/
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:49:30 PM4/11/21
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The Final Lesson Is Hear Only The Voice Of The Holy Spirit
> I think it is important to get a grip and a handle on what the whole point of the
> book, A Course in Miracles, is. Apparently, it is to find the light in your mind,
> to find yourself, to find peace, to transform special relationships into holy
> relationships, to repeatedly experience the holy instant, to hear the voice of the
> Holy Spirit, and to realize you are a creation of light.
"The principle of Atonement and the separation began at the same time.
When the ego was made, God placed in the mind the Call to joy. This Call is so
strong that the ego always dissolves at Its sound. That is why you must choose to
hear one of two voices within you. One you made yourself, and that one is not of
God. But the other is given you by God, Who asks you only to listen to it."
"The Holy Spirit is in you in a very literal sense. His is the voice that calls
you back to where you were before and will be again. It is possible even in this
world to hear only that voice and no other. It takes effort and great willingness
to learn. It is the final lesson that I learned, and God's Sons are as equal as
learners as they are as sons."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 6, Section 3
> I think it is important to get a grip and a handle on what the whole point of the
> book, A Course in Miracles, is. Apparently, it is to find the light in your mind,
> to find yourself, to find peace, to transform special relationships into holy
> relationships, to repeatedly experience the holy instant, to hear the voice of the
> Holy Spirit, and to realize you are a creation of light.
When the ego was made, God placed in the mind the Call to joy. This Call is so
strong that the ego always dissolves at Its sound. That is why you must choose to
hear one of two voices within you. One you made yourself, and that one is not of
God. But the other is given you by God, Who asks you only to listen to it."
"The Holy Spirit is in you in a very literal sense. His is the voice that calls
you back to where you were before and will be again. It is possible even in this
world to hear only that voice and no other. It takes effort and great willingness
to learn. It is the final lesson that I learned, and God's Sons are as equal as
learners as they are as sons."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 6, Section 3
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:50:28 PM4/11/21
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Let Nothing Stand Between You And The Light
"Let nothing stand between you and the light... When you travel to the Celestial
City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God– none of
his servants. In what concerns you much, do not think you have companions, know
that you are alone in the world."
- Henry David Thoreau, 1848
"I am come as a light into a world that does deny itself everything. It does this
simply by dissociating itself from everything. It is therefore an illusion of
isolation, maintained by fear of the same loneliness that is its illusion. I said
that I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. That is why I am the
light of the world. If I am with you in the loneliness of the world, the
loneliness is gone. You cannot maintain the illusion of loneliness if you are not
alone. My purpose, then, is still to overcome the world. I do not attack it, but
my light must dispel it because of what it is. Light does not attack darkness,
but it does shine it away. If my light goes with you everywhere, you shine it
away with me. The light becomes ours, and you cannot abide in darkness any more
than darkness can abide wherever you go. The remembrance of me is the remembrance
of yourself, and of him Who sent me to you."
- Jesus Christ, A Course in Miracles, Chapter 8, Section 4
"Let nothing stand between you and the light... When you travel to the Celestial
City, carry no letter of introduction. When you knock, ask to see God– none of
his servants. In what concerns you much, do not think you have companions, know
that you are alone in the world."
- Henry David Thoreau, 1848
"I am come as a light into a world that does deny itself everything. It does this
simply by dissociating itself from everything. It is therefore an illusion of
isolation, maintained by fear of the same loneliness that is its illusion. I said
that I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. That is why I am the
light of the world. If I am with you in the loneliness of the world, the
loneliness is gone. You cannot maintain the illusion of loneliness if you are not
alone. My purpose, then, is still to overcome the world. I do not attack it, but
my light must dispel it because of what it is. Light does not attack darkness,
but it does shine it away. If my light goes with you everywhere, you shine it
away with me. The light becomes ours, and you cannot abide in darkness any more
than darkness can abide wherever you go. The remembrance of me is the remembrance
of yourself, and of him Who sent me to you."
- Jesus Christ, A Course in Miracles, Chapter 8, Section 4
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:51:15 PM4/11/21
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Re: Let Nothing Stand Between You And The Light
"A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing you from your
false sense of isolation, deprivation and lack."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1, Principles of Miracles, 42
"A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing you from your
false sense of isolation, deprivation and lack."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1, Principles of Miracles, 42
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:52:01 PM4/11/21
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Miracles And Vision *Necessarily* Go Together
"Miracles are seen in light."
"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
thought system, and the perception that it produces. The miracle is always there.
Its presence is not caused by your vision; its absence is not the result of your
failure to see. It is only your awareness of miracles that is affected. You will
see them in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
To you, then, light is crucial."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, "Miracles are seen in light" Lesson 91
"When you have looked on what seemed terrifying, and seen it change to sights of
loveliness and peace; when you have looked on scenes of violence and death, and
watched them change to quiet views of gardens under open skies, with clear,
life-giving water running happily beside them in dancing brooks that never waste
away; who need persuade you to accept the gift of vision? And after vision, who
is there who could refuse what must come after? Think but an instant just on
this; you can behold the holiness God gave his Son. And never need you think that
there is something else for you to see."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 20, Section 8
"There is no problem, no event or situation, no perplexity that vision will not
solve."
"Vision is freely given to those who ask to see."
"this world is an hallucination... Hallucinations disappear when they are
recognized for what they are..."
"And all you need to do is recognize that *you* did this."
"See the mighty works that [the Holy Spirit] will do through you, and you must be
convinced you did them through him. It is impossible to deny the Source of
effects so powerful they could not be of you. Leave room for him, and you will
find yourself so filled with power that nothing will prevail against your peace."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 11 (12pdf)
"Perceiving His results, you will understand where He must be, and finally know
what He is."
"It's all so strange," [Bastian] concluded. "A wish comes into my head, and then
something always happens that makes the wish come true. I haven't made this up,
you know. I wouldn't be able to. I could never have invented all the different
night plants in Perilin [The Night Forest]. Or the colors of [the Desert of] Goab
-- or you! It's all much more wonderful and real than anything I could have made
up. But all the same, nothing is there until I've wished it."
"That," said the [fire]lion, "is because you're carrying AURYN, the Gem."
- The Neverending Story, p.111, https://tinyurl.com/The-Neverending-Story-pdf
"all the magnificence, the grandeur of the scene and the enormous opening vistas
that rise to meet one as the journey continues, [could not] be foretold from the
outset. Yet even these, whose splendor reaches indescribable heights as one
proceeds, fall short indeed of all that wait when the pathway ceases and time ends
with it."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 19, "What Is Justice?"
"Nothing [you] can do, can compare even in the slightest with the glorious
surprise of remembering Who [You are]. Let all [your] learning and all [your]
efforts be directed toward this one great final surprise, and [you] will not be
content to be delayed by the little ones that may come to [you] on the way."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 25, "Are "Psychic" Powers
Desirable?"
"Miracles are seen in light."
"It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together.
You will see [Miracles] in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
To you, then, light is crucial."
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
light and in him is no darkness at all."
"Miracles are seen in light."
"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
thought system, and the perception that it produces. The miracle is always there.
Its presence is not caused by your vision; its absence is not the result of your
failure to see. It is only your awareness of miracles that is affected. You will
see them in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
To you, then, light is crucial."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, "Miracles are seen in light" Lesson 91
"When you have looked on what seemed terrifying, and seen it change to sights of
loveliness and peace; when you have looked on scenes of violence and death, and
watched them change to quiet views of gardens under open skies, with clear,
life-giving water running happily beside them in dancing brooks that never waste
away; who need persuade you to accept the gift of vision? And after vision, who
is there who could refuse what must come after? Think but an instant just on
this; you can behold the holiness God gave his Son. And never need you think that
there is something else for you to see."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 20, Section 8
"There is no problem, no event or situation, no perplexity that vision will not
solve."
"Vision is freely given to those who ask to see."
"this world is an hallucination... Hallucinations disappear when they are
recognized for what they are..."
"And all you need to do is recognize that *you* did this."
"See the mighty works that [the Holy Spirit] will do through you, and you must be
convinced you did them through him. It is impossible to deny the Source of
effects so powerful they could not be of you. Leave room for him, and you will
find yourself so filled with power that nothing will prevail against your peace."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 11 (12pdf)
"Perceiving His results, you will understand where He must be, and finally know
what He is."
"It's all so strange," [Bastian] concluded. "A wish comes into my head, and then
something always happens that makes the wish come true. I haven't made this up,
you know. I wouldn't be able to. I could never have invented all the different
night plants in Perilin [The Night Forest]. Or the colors of [the Desert of] Goab
-- or you! It's all much more wonderful and real than anything I could have made
up. But all the same, nothing is there until I've wished it."
"That," said the [fire]lion, "is because you're carrying AURYN, the Gem."
- The Neverending Story, p.111, https://tinyurl.com/The-Neverending-Story-pdf
"all the magnificence, the grandeur of the scene and the enormous opening vistas
that rise to meet one as the journey continues, [could not] be foretold from the
outset. Yet even these, whose splendor reaches indescribable heights as one
proceeds, fall short indeed of all that wait when the pathway ceases and time ends
with it."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 19, "What Is Justice?"
"Nothing [you] can do, can compare even in the slightest with the glorious
surprise of remembering Who [You are]. Let all [your] learning and all [your]
efforts be directed toward this one great final surprise, and [you] will not be
content to be delayed by the little ones that may come to [you] on the way."
- A Course in Miracles, Manual For Teachers, Section 25, "Are "Psychic" Powers
Desirable?"
"Miracles are seen in light."
"It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together.
You will see [Miracles] in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
To you, then, light is crucial."
"This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
light and in him is no darkness at all."
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Apr 11, 2021, 2:52:53 PM4/11/21
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Christ's Vision Is The Miracle In Which All Miracles Are Born
"Christ's vision is the miracle in which all miracles are born. It is their source,"
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"Christ's vision has one law. It does not look upon a body, and mistake it for
the Son whom God created. It beholds a light beyond the body; an idea beyond what
can be touched, a purity undimmed by errors, pitiful mistakes, and fearful
thoughts of guilt from dreams of sin. It sees no separation. And it looks on
everyone, on every circumstance, all happenings and all events, without the
slightest fading of the light it sees.
This can be taught; and must be taught by all who would achieve it. It requires
but the recognition that the world can not give anything that faintly can compare
with this in value; nor set up a goal that does not merely disappear when this has
been perceived. And this you give today: See no one as a body. Greet him as the
Son of God he is, acknowledging that he is one with you in holiness."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 158
"Christ beholds no sin in anyone. And in His sight the sinless are as one. Their
holiness was given by His Father and Himself."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"7. Miracles are everyone's right, but purification is necessary first."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
"Christ's vision is the miracle in which all miracles are born. It is their source,"
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"Christ's vision has one law. It does not look upon a body, and mistake it for
the Son whom God created. It beholds a light beyond the body; an idea beyond what
can be touched, a purity undimmed by errors, pitiful mistakes, and fearful
thoughts of guilt from dreams of sin. It sees no separation. And it looks on
everyone, on every circumstance, all happenings and all events, without the
slightest fading of the light it sees.
This can be taught; and must be taught by all who would achieve it. It requires
but the recognition that the world can not give anything that faintly can compare
with this in value; nor set up a goal that does not merely disappear when this has
been perceived. And this you give today: See no one as a body. Greet him as the
Son of God he is, acknowledging that he is one with you in holiness."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 158
"Christ beholds no sin in anyone. And in His sight the sinless are as one. Their
holiness was given by His Father and Himself."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 159
"7. Miracles are everyone's right, but purification is necessary first."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 1, Section 1
Miracles Are Seen In Light
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The Light Has Come - Forgiveness Entitles You To Vision
"The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
Realize that your forgiveness entitles you to vision. Understand that the Holy
Spirit never fails to give the gift of sight to the forgiving. Believe He will
not fail you now. You have forgiven the world. He will be with you as you watch
and wait. He will show you what true vision sees. It is His Will, and you have
joined with Him. Wait patiently for Him. He will be there. The light has come.
You have forgiven the world.
Tell Him you know you cannot fail because you trust in Him. And tell yourself you
wait in certainty to look upon the world He promised you. From this time forth
you will see differently. Today the light has come. And you will see the world
that has been promised you since time began, and in which is the end of time ensured.
The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
The shorter practice periods, too, will be joyful reminders of your release.
Remind yourself every quarter of an hour or so that today is a time for special
celebration. Give thanks for mercy and the Love of God. Rejoice in the power of
forgiveness to heal your sight completely. Be confident that on this day there is
a new beginning. Without the darkness of the past upon your eyes, you cannot fail
to see today. And what you see will be so welcome that you will gladly extend
today forever.
Say, then:
The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
Should you be tempted, say to anyone who seems to pull you back into darkness:
The light has come.
I have forgiven you.
We dedicate this day to the serenity in which God would have you be. Keep it in
your awareness of yourself and see it everywhere today, as we celebrate the
beginning of your vision and the sight of the real world, which has come to
replace the unforgiven world you thought was real."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 75 "The Light Has Come"
"The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
Realize that your forgiveness entitles you to vision. Understand that the Holy
Spirit never fails to give the gift of sight to the forgiving. Believe He will
not fail you now. You have forgiven the world. He will be with you as you watch
and wait. He will show you what true vision sees. It is His Will, and you have
joined with Him. Wait patiently for Him. He will be there. The light has come.
You have forgiven the world.
Tell Him you know you cannot fail because you trust in Him. And tell yourself you
wait in certainty to look upon the world He promised you. From this time forth
you will see differently. Today the light has come. And you will see the world
that has been promised you since time began, and in which is the end of time ensured.
The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
The shorter practice periods, too, will be joyful reminders of your release.
Remind yourself every quarter of an hour or so that today is a time for special
celebration. Give thanks for mercy and the Love of God. Rejoice in the power of
forgiveness to heal your sight completely. Be confident that on this day there is
a new beginning. Without the darkness of the past upon your eyes, you cannot fail
to see today. And what you see will be so welcome that you will gladly extend
today forever.
Say, then:
The light has come.
I have forgiven the world.
Should you be tempted, say to anyone who seems to pull you back into darkness:
The light has come.
I have forgiven you.
We dedicate this day to the serenity in which God would have you be. Keep it in
your awareness of yourself and see it everywhere today, as we celebrate the
beginning of your vision and the sight of the real world, which has come to
replace the unforgiven world you thought was real."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 75 "The Light Has Come"
Miracles Are Seen In Light
Feb 3, 2022, 2:52:58 AM2/3/22
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On 2/8/2020 10:43 PM, course zealot wrote:
> With infinite energy and intelligence all things are possible is a matter of fact.
> Einstein's theory of relativity teaches us that matter is energy, and energy is
> matter.
>
> Thus, as a log can be burned into light, so can light be turned into a log.
>
> "Child of light... the light is in you."
>
>
> "With God all things are possible."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 19:26, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> The above indicates the answer is light. Which is what we've been hearing in the
> thread above.
> love." - St. John the Divine, 1 John 4:8b, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV (he
> also said "God is Light and in him is no darkness at all."]
>
>
> Yet the below passages from the Bible indicate belief by itself could suffice. So
> do you think it is just light, (if love), as A Course in Miracles above is saying?
> Or is it also possible to use belief, apparently by itself, as the below passages
> say?:
>
>
> "So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to
> you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and
> does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done,
> he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask
> when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."
> - Jesus Christ, Mark 11:22-24, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to
> this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be
> impossible for you."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 17:20, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will
> do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."
> - Jesus Christ, John 14:12, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "all things *are* possible to him who believes.”
> - Jesus Christ, Mark 9:23, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> It seems to say here, it's belief, in A Course in Miracles:
>
> "Few appreciate the real power of the mind, and no one remains fully aware of it
> all the time. However, if you hope to spare yourself from fear there are some
> things you must realize, and realize fully. The mind is very powerful, and never
> loses its creative force. It never sleeps. Every instant it is creating. It is
> hard to recognize that thought and belief combine into a power surge that can
> literally move mountains."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 2, Section 7
>
>
> Christianity commands you to work Miracles:
> "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you
> have received, freely give."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 10:8, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> Another possibility is forgiveness:
> "Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created
> cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real."
>
>
> So, Light, Love, Belief, Forgiveness, or a combination of all four? For it to be
> forgiveness per se, that would have to be because there was no quantifiable
> material world, which is kind of what the Course says, but not sure about this
> point except that as a prerequisite to Miracles, upset minds probably cannot work
> miracles, and there are some who connect materialism with guilt/qualification. In
> other words there are some who connect quantification with qualification; while I
> ponder if it's all qualification, yet the materialism of the world says it's not,
> yet A Course in Miracles says 'there is no world,' and if miracles exist, there is
> no world is clear.
>
>
> So while it is probable that forgiveness is a prerequisite, and perhaps you just
> have to search your mind for unforgiveness; the rest below further considers the
> possibility that it is forgiveness itself that works the miracles while the quotes
> above definitely suggest merely light, love or belief:
>
> "Salvation and forgiveness are the same. They both imply that something has gone
> wrong; something to be saved from, forgiven for; something amiss that needs
> corrective change; something apart or different from the Will of God. Thus do
> both terms imply a thing impossible but yet which has occurred, resulting in a
> state of conflict seen between what is and what could never be."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 99
>
>
> "You who belong to the First Cause, created by him like unto himself and part of
> him, are more than merely guiltless. The state of guiltlessness is only the
> condition in which what is not there has been removed from the disordered mind
> that thought it was. This state, and only this, must you attain... for until you
> do, you will still think that you are separate from God.
>
> When you have let all that obscured the truth in your most holy mind be undone for
> you, and therefore stand in grace before your Father, he will give himself to you
> as he has always done. Giving himself is all he knows, and so it is all
> knowledge. For what he knows not, cannot be, and therefore cannot be given."
>
> Would you know of One Who gives forever, and Who knows of nothing except giving?"
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 4 (5pdf)
>
>
> "Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation. Correct perception
> of your brother is necessary, because minds have chosen to see themselves as
> separate. Spirit knows God completely. That is its miraculous power. The fact
> that each one has this power completely is a condition entirely alien to the
> world's thinking. The world believes that if anyone has everything, there is
> nothing left. But God's miracles are as total as His Thoughts because they are
> His Thoughts.
>
> (Compare to: "The Kingdom cannot be found alone, and you who are the Kingdom
> cannot find yourself alone." - Chapter 8, Section 3; Is "alone" merely the notion
> there is someone out there, but they're not around? tangent)
>
> As long as perception lasts prayer has a place. Since perception rests on lack,
> those who perceive have not totally accepted the Atonement and given themselves
> over to truth. Perception is based on a separated state, so that anyone who
> perceives at all needs healing. Communion, not prayer, is the natural state of
> those who know. God and His miracle are inseparable. How beautiful indeed are
> the Thoughts of God who live in His light! Your worth is beyond perception
> because it is beyond doubt. Do not perceive yourself in different lights. Know
> yourself in the One Light where the miracle that is you is perfectly clear."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 3, Section 5
>
>
> "Prayer is a way of asking for something. It is the medium of miracles. But the
> only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven
> have everything. Once forgiveness has been accepted, prayer in the usual sense
> becomes utterly meaningless. The prayer for forgiveness is nothing more than a
> request that you may be able to recognize what you already have.
>
> In electing perception instead of knowledge, you placed yourself in a position
> where you could resemble your Father only by perceiving miraculously. You have
> lost the knowledge that you yourself are a miracle of God. Creation is your
> Source and your only real function."
>
>
> "Forgiveness is the only means whereby Christ's vision comes to me."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 247
>
> "Forgive your brother, and you cannot separate yourself from him nor from his
> Father. You need no forgiveness, for the wholly pure have never sinned."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 25, Section 2 (3 pdf)
>
>
> "God is the Love in which I forgive.
>
> God does not forgive because He has never condemned. And there must be
> condemnation before forgiveness is necessary. Forgiveness is the great need of
> this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. Those who forgive are
> thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are
> binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only
> yourself.
> Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of
> forgiveness. Fear condemns and love forgives. Forgiveness thus undoes what fear
> has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. For this reason,
> forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions
> disappear."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 46
>
> "Forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions
> disappear." !!
>
> yet,
>
> "Fear condemns and love forgives."
>
> => "love forgives."
>
> Like I said, perhaps you just have to search your mind for unforgiveness.
>
>
> "Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who
> withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them."
>
>
> "As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself."
>
>
> So maybe those who forgive, love themselves and others completely? And those who
> love, forgive others completely? What word or concept is best to focus on?
>
>
> The power of belief, the power of light, the power of forgiveness, the power of
> love, the power of the mind:
>
> Regarding the power of love vs. the power the mind, the mind only *is* the power
> of love, for there is nothing else besides love, but nothing. Nothing does not
> exist: A Course in Miracles confirms:
>
> "You cannot really give anything but love to anyone or anything, nor can you
> really receive anything but love from them."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
> "you *are* love. Love is your power, which... gives you everything."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 7, Section 6
>
> So are the power of light, forgiveness, and love one, and are the power of belief
> and the mind one? And I just proved it says love and the mind are one, so there
> is one power?
>
> I would think light, but it looks like the above really harps on forgiveness,
> belief, and love. The power of the mind I guess is one of those four though, or
> all four as it is seeming.
>
> So forgiveness and love can be seen to be one, and love and light can be seen to
> be one, so these three can be seen to be one; but what's with belief?
>
>
> Maybe this is what it was saying about belief: (I hope the rest isn't getting
> superfluous):
>
> "Forgiveness is the home of miracles...
>
> The miracle is taken first on faith, because to ask for it implies the mind has
> been made ready to conceive of what it cannot see and does not understand. Yet
> faith will bring its witnesses to show that what it rested on is really there. And
> thus the miracle will justify your faith in it, and show it rested on a world more
> real than what you saw before; a world redeemed from what you thought was there."
>
> [Do you really think this is going to happen??]
>
> "Miracles... show that what is born can never die, for what has life has
> immortality."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, "What Is a Miracle" For Lessons 341-350
>
> and,
> "The Holy Spirit is invisible, but you can see the results of his presence, and
> through them you will learn that he is there. What he enables you to do is
> clearly not of this world, for miracles violate every law of reality as this world
> judges it. Every law of time and space, of magnitude and mass is transcended, for
> what the Holy Spirit enables you to do is clearly beyond all of them. Perceiving
> his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know what he is."
>
> and,
> "You cannot see the Holy Spirit, but you can see his manifestations. And unless
> you do, you will not realize he is there. Miracles are his witnesses, and speak
> for his presence. What you cannot see becomes real to you only through the
> witnesses that speak for it. For you can be aware of what you cannot see, and it
> can become compellingly real to you as its Presence becomes manifest through you.
> Do the Holy Spirit's work, for you share in his function. As your function in
> Heaven is creation, so your function on earth is healing. God shares his function
> with you in Heaven, and the Holy Spirit shares his with you on earth. As long as
> you believe you have other functions, so long will you need correction. For this
> belief is the destruction of peace, a goal in direct opposition to the Holy
> Spirit's purpose."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
>
> Faith may almost seem to make one say, "someone else will do it," to give up one's
> own _agency_. If "faith," is, why wouldn't the "Holy Spirit" have been doing it
> for us _all along_?
>
> But,
> "God works with us and through us, and not without us or against us."
> - A Church Marquee
>
> "See the mighty works that he will do through you, and you must be convinced you
> return your mind to peace, the love of God will naturally enter, because God is
> here already. To be filled with the Holy Spirit merely means to give up
corruption.
>
> "Perceiving his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know
> what he is."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
> It must be remembered, it is not the Holy Spirit whom you turn to, but _Your_ Holy
> Spirit, Your Holy _Self_: "My Holy Self shall heal all things" (My concept). Your
> Holy Self is the One Self which runs through all things, and is greater than the
> small concept of yourself. But it is the simple same self you know, the only you
> you've ever known, not distracted by all the responsibilities and recreational
> pursuits of the world.
>
> So become one with the light, and with God all things are possible. God is light,
> so with light all things are possible.
>
> Love
> Forgiveness
> Light
> Belief/Faith/The Mind
>
> Forgiveness is forgiveness. That is what it's for.
> With infinite energy and intelligence all things are possible is a matter of fact.
> Einstein's theory of relativity teaches us that matter is energy, and energy is
> matter.
>
> Thus, as a log can be burned into light, so can light be turned into a log.
>
> "Child of light... the light is in you."
>
>
> "With God all things are possible."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 19:26, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> The above indicates the answer is light. Which is what we've been hearing in the
> thread above.
>
> "Miracles are seen in light."
>
> "It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together. You
> will see [Miracles] in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
>
> To you, then, light is crucial."
>
> [Also consider Love, for "With God all things are possible," - Jesus, and "God is
> "Miracles are seen in light."
>
> "It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together. You
> will see [Miracles] in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
>
> To you, then, light is crucial."
>
> love." - St. John the Divine, 1 John 4:8b, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV (he
> also said "God is Light and in him is no darkness at all."]
>
>
> Yet the below passages from the Bible indicate belief by itself could suffice. So
> do you think it is just light, (if love), as A Course in Miracles above is saying?
> Or is it also possible to use belief, apparently by itself, as the below passages
> say?:
>
>
> "So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to
> you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and
> does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done,
> he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask
> when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."
> - Jesus Christ, Mark 11:22-24, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to
> this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be
> impossible for you."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 17:20, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will
> do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."
> - Jesus Christ, John 14:12, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> "all things *are* possible to him who believes.”
> - Jesus Christ, Mark 9:23, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> It seems to say here, it's belief, in A Course in Miracles:
>
> "Few appreciate the real power of the mind, and no one remains fully aware of it
> all the time. However, if you hope to spare yourself from fear there are some
> things you must realize, and realize fully. The mind is very powerful, and never
> loses its creative force. It never sleeps. Every instant it is creating. It is
> hard to recognize that thought and belief combine into a power surge that can
> literally move mountains."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 2, Section 7
>
>
> Christianity commands you to work Miracles:
> "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you
> have received, freely give."
> - Jesus Christ, Matt 10:8, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
>
>
> Another possibility is forgiveness:
> "Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created
> cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real."
>
>
> So, Light, Love, Belief, Forgiveness, or a combination of all four? For it to be
> forgiveness per se, that would have to be because there was no quantifiable
> material world, which is kind of what the Course says, but not sure about this
> point except that as a prerequisite to Miracles, upset minds probably cannot work
> miracles, and there are some who connect materialism with guilt/qualification. In
> other words there are some who connect quantification with qualification; while I
> ponder if it's all qualification, yet the materialism of the world says it's not,
> yet A Course in Miracles says 'there is no world,' and if miracles exist, there is
> no world is clear.
>
>
> So while it is probable that forgiveness is a prerequisite, and perhaps you just
> have to search your mind for unforgiveness; the rest below further considers the
> possibility that it is forgiveness itself that works the miracles while the quotes
> above definitely suggest merely light, love or belief:
>
> "Salvation and forgiveness are the same. They both imply that something has gone
> wrong; something to be saved from, forgiven for; something amiss that needs
> corrective change; something apart or different from the Will of God. Thus do
> both terms imply a thing impossible but yet which has occurred, resulting in a
> state of conflict seen between what is and what could never be."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 99
>
>
> "You who belong to the First Cause, created by him like unto himself and part of
> him, are more than merely guiltless. The state of guiltlessness is only the
> condition in which what is not there has been removed from the disordered mind
> that thought it was. This state, and only this, must you attain... for until you
> do, you will still think that you are separate from God.
>
> When you have let all that obscured the truth in your most holy mind be undone for
> you, and therefore stand in grace before your Father, he will give himself to you
> as he has always done. Giving himself is all he knows, and so it is all
> knowledge. For what he knows not, cannot be, and therefore cannot be given."
>
> Would you know of One Who gives forever, and Who knows of nothing except giving?"
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 4 (5pdf)
>
>
> "Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation. Correct perception
> of your brother is necessary, because minds have chosen to see themselves as
> separate. Spirit knows God completely. That is its miraculous power. The fact
> that each one has this power completely is a condition entirely alien to the
> world's thinking. The world believes that if anyone has everything, there is
> nothing left. But God's miracles are as total as His Thoughts because they are
> His Thoughts.
>
> (Compare to: "The Kingdom cannot be found alone, and you who are the Kingdom
> cannot find yourself alone." - Chapter 8, Section 3; Is "alone" merely the notion
> there is someone out there, but they're not around? tangent)
>
> As long as perception lasts prayer has a place. Since perception rests on lack,
> those who perceive have not totally accepted the Atonement and given themselves
> over to truth. Perception is based on a separated state, so that anyone who
> perceives at all needs healing. Communion, not prayer, is the natural state of
> those who know. God and His miracle are inseparable. How beautiful indeed are
> the Thoughts of God who live in His light! Your worth is beyond perception
> because it is beyond doubt. Do not perceive yourself in different lights. Know
> yourself in the One Light where the miracle that is you is perfectly clear."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 3, Section 5
>
>
> "Prayer is a way of asking for something. It is the medium of miracles. But the
> only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven
> have everything. Once forgiveness has been accepted, prayer in the usual sense
> becomes utterly meaningless. The prayer for forgiveness is nothing more than a
> request that you may be able to recognize what you already have.
>
> In electing perception instead of knowledge, you placed yourself in a position
> where you could resemble your Father only by perceiving miraculously. You have
> lost the knowledge that you yourself are a miracle of God. Creation is your
> Source and your only real function."
>
>
> "Forgiveness is the only means whereby Christ's vision comes to me."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 247
>
> "Forgive your brother, and you cannot separate yourself from him nor from his
> Father. You need no forgiveness, for the wholly pure have never sinned."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 25, Section 2 (3 pdf)
>
>
> "God is the Love in which I forgive.
>
> God does not forgive because He has never condemned. And there must be
> condemnation before forgiveness is necessary. Forgiveness is the great need of
> this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. Those who forgive are
> thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are
> binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only
> yourself.
> Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of
> forgiveness. Fear condemns and love forgives. Forgiveness thus undoes what fear
> has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. For this reason,
> forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions
> disappear."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 46
>
> "Forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions
> disappear." !!
>
> yet,
>
> "Fear condemns and love forgives."
>
> => "love forgives."
>
> Like I said, perhaps you just have to search your mind for unforgiveness.
>
>
> "Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who
> withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them."
>
>
> "As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself."
>
>
> So maybe those who forgive, love themselves and others completely? And those who
> love, forgive others completely? What word or concept is best to focus on?
>
>
> The power of belief, the power of light, the power of forgiveness, the power of
> love, the power of the mind:
>
> Regarding the power of love vs. the power the mind, the mind only *is* the power
> of love, for there is nothing else besides love, but nothing. Nothing does not
> exist: A Course in Miracles confirms:
>
> "You cannot really give anything but love to anyone or anything, nor can you
> really receive anything but love from them."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
> "you *are* love. Love is your power, which... gives you everything."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 7, Section 6
>
> So are the power of light, forgiveness, and love one, and are the power of belief
> and the mind one? And I just proved it says love and the mind are one, so there
> is one power?
>
> I would think light, but it looks like the above really harps on forgiveness,
> belief, and love. The power of the mind I guess is one of those four though, or
> all four as it is seeming.
>
> So forgiveness and love can be seen to be one, and love and light can be seen to
> be one, so these three can be seen to be one; but what's with belief?
>
>
> Maybe this is what it was saying about belief: (I hope the rest isn't getting
> superfluous):
>
> "Forgiveness is the home of miracles...
>
> The miracle is taken first on faith, because to ask for it implies the mind has
> been made ready to conceive of what it cannot see and does not understand. Yet
> faith will bring its witnesses to show that what it rested on is really there. And
> thus the miracle will justify your faith in it, and show it rested on a world more
> real than what you saw before; a world redeemed from what you thought was there."
>
> [Do you really think this is going to happen??]
>
> "Miracles... show that what is born can never die, for what has life has
> immortality."
> - A Course in Miracles, Workbook, "What Is a Miracle" For Lessons 341-350
>
> and,
> "The Holy Spirit is invisible, but you can see the results of his presence, and
> through them you will learn that he is there. What he enables you to do is
> clearly not of this world, for miracles violate every law of reality as this world
> judges it. Every law of time and space, of magnitude and mass is transcended, for
> what the Holy Spirit enables you to do is clearly beyond all of them. Perceiving
> his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know what he is."
>
> and,
> "You cannot see the Holy Spirit, but you can see his manifestations. And unless
> you do, you will not realize he is there. Miracles are his witnesses, and speak
> for his presence. What you cannot see becomes real to you only through the
> witnesses that speak for it. For you can be aware of what you cannot see, and it
> can become compellingly real to you as its Presence becomes manifest through you.
> Do the Holy Spirit's work, for you share in his function. As your function in
> Heaven is creation, so your function on earth is healing. God shares his function
> with you in Heaven, and the Holy Spirit shares his with you on earth. As long as
> you believe you have other functions, so long will you need correction. For this
> belief is the destruction of peace, a goal in direct opposition to the Holy
> Spirit's purpose."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
>
> Faith may almost seem to make one say, "someone else will do it," to give up one's
> own _agency_. If "faith," is, why wouldn't the "Holy Spirit" have been doing it
> for us _all along_?
>
> But,
> "God works with us and through us, and not without us or against us."
> - A Church Marquee
>
> "See the mighty works that he will do through you, and you must be convinced you
> did them through him. It is impossible to deny the Source of effects so powerful
> they could not be of you. Leave room for him, and you will find yourself so
> filled with power that nothing will prevail against your peace."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 11 (12pdf)
>
> As discussed in the "Peace" post, as soon as you stop attacking yourself, and
> they could not be of you. Leave room for him, and you will find yourself so
> filled with power that nothing will prevail against your peace."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 11 (12pdf)
>
> return your mind to peace, the love of God will naturally enter, because God is
> here already. To be filled with the Holy Spirit merely means to give up
corruption.
>
> "Perceiving his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know
> what he is."
> - A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
>
> It must be remembered, it is not the Holy Spirit whom you turn to, but _Your_ Holy
> Spirit, Your Holy _Self_: "My Holy Self shall heal all things" (My concept). Your
> Holy Self is the One Self which runs through all things, and is greater than the
> small concept of yourself. But it is the simple same self you know, the only you
> you've ever known, not distracted by all the responsibilities and recreational
> pursuits of the world.
>
> So become one with the light, and with God all things are possible. God is light,
> so with light all things are possible.
>
> Love
> Forgiveness
> Light
> Belief/Faith/The Mind
>
> Forgiveness is forgiveness. That is what it's for.
Miracles Are Seen In Light
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"Perhaps you think you did not make the world, but came unwillingly to what was
made already, hardly waiting for your thoughts to give it meaning. Yet in truth
you found exactly what you looked for when you came.
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release.
Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change
accordingly."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 132
"Your brother thinks he made the world with you. Thus he denies creation. With
you, he thinks the world he made, made him. Thus he denies he made it.
Yet the truth is you were both created by a loving Father, who created you
together and as one."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 2 (3pdf)
Light created you like Itself.
Only the creations of light are real, and you are a creation of light. Everything
else is illusion.
There's nothing outside of Life. Nothing doesn't exist.
You can't will to not will. You can't want to not want.
"It is as needful that you recognize you made the world you see, as that you
recognize that you did not create yourself. *They are the same mistake*."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 2 (3pdf)
made already, hardly waiting for your thoughts to give it meaning. Yet in truth
you found exactly what you looked for when you came.
There is no world apart from what you wish, and herein lies your ultimate release.
Change but your mind on what you want to see, and all the world must change
accordingly."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 132
"Your brother thinks he made the world with you. Thus he denies creation. With
you, he thinks the world he made, made him. Thus he denies he made it.
Yet the truth is you were both created by a loving Father, who created you
together and as one."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 2 (3pdf)
Light created you like Itself.
Only the creations of light are real, and you are a creation of light. Everything
else is illusion.
There's nothing outside of Life. Nothing doesn't exist.
You can't will to not will. You can't want to not want.
recognize that you did not create yourself. *They are the same mistake*."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 21, Section 2 (3pdf)
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