What our minds really need is a paradigm shift. That means a really radical sweeping upgrade in terms of premise, context and outlook. Some kind of system-wide "shift" out of an entire field of form into some radically greater...
One of the things about letting go, is to do with willingness. I realised it's about what you "want". If there is a wanting, a desire, it drives you to an attachment.
If you then want something, but can't...
"The ego is nothing more than a PART of your belief about yourselves. Your other life has continued without interruption, and has been and always will be totally unaffected by your attempts to dissociate (separate)."
"Ego" is just a...
I find that a lot of ACIM students read the book too fast and sloppily and then approximate what they think they read and think it's saying something it's not.
For example I hear quite often cropping up people...
God and his Kingdom of Heaven are the truth. God's laws are the only laws. Anything which is true is true of God and his creation. There is no other truth because God's truth is absolute and all-encompassing.
In the...
"To the ego, THE EGO IS GOD."
"The ego's goal is quite explicitly EGO AUTONOMY. From the beginning, then, its PURPOSE is to be separate, sufficient unto itself, and independent of any power EXCEPT ITS OWN. This is WHY...
Belief is an artificial tool that we use in place of knowledge. Belief attempts to establish something as true. Belief is a concentration or focus, a separated off state, in which that which has been "accepted as true" is allowed...
"You HAVE been wrong about the world, because you have misjudged YOURSELF. From such a twisted reference point, what COULD you see? All vision starts WITH THE PERCEIVER, who judges what is true and what is false. And what he...
A very common-place belief is that you choose something at one moment in time, the "change" is implemented at that time, and then you stop making any changes. It then seems that the effects that you choose are on a...
"The Atonement was built into the space-time belief in order to set a limit on the need for the belief, and ultimately to make learning complete."
God exists everywhere. God fully exists in all locations simultaneously. All of God is in...
This world only exists within the space-time belief. Space time IS a belief, and it is a false belief. All beliefs will end. Earth cannot exist without space or time. Spacetime is what holds it apart from itself and animates...
I keep hearing various people say things like "using miracles as spectacles is wrong" and various other statements which make it sound like we should not be performing miracles.
These are all based in fear!
Jesus's statement (from an earlier version) is:...
Murder, death and suicide are not particularly pleasant topics. But they are an important part of the teachings of ACIM.
The ego's thought system of separation claims that you can do something to another without experiencing any effects. This is due...
The belief in separation, which you are working to undo through forgiveness, does not just heal your own mind.
What is it that you have been separated from? It is yourself, it is God, and it is your brother.
When you undo...
There is only one trap. The ego has only one tool. Do you know what it is?
Separation. The ego wants to come between you and God, between you and yourself, between you and others.
It has one devious way of doing...
The body is the idea of sin. It is an extension of the idea of being separate. The body cannot become sinless in and of itself, although it can be used for a holy purpose.
"The body is the ego's idol;...
Trying to be right is actually an attempt to cover up a belief you have that you are wrong/guilty.
It shouldn't matter in any discussion what other people say or claim or accuse you of. They are only doing that to...
It's a deadly trap to believe that you need to get that person to love you in order to prove you are lovable.
You can feel very sorry for yourself because of how other people seem to mistreat you or how...
If you are not guilty, you have nothing to be afraid of, because you do not believe you deserve punishment.
The innocent have no basis on which to be afraid. They know they are innocent. They cannot take any accusations seriously....
You can't believe that other people are guilty or bad or wrong or sinful without believing that it applies to you somehow.
You can't be someone who is separate from the effects of your own attack.
You can't judge someone, believing that...