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38. The body is the idea of sin, the belief in sin made flesh and projected outward

Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 561 words 2 mins 29 secs

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;...

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37. Trying to be right means you believe you are wrong and are guilty

Monday, Sep 11, 2017 326 words 1 mins 26 secs

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...

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36. It is a deadly trap to believe that you are unloved because someone else doesn't love you

Monday, Sep 11, 2017 1321 words 5 mins 52 secs

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...

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35. The only reason you are afraid is because you believe you are guilty and should be punished

Friday, Sep 01, 2017 415 words 1 mins 50 secs

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....

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34. You can't believe in one thing in your mind and simultaneously believe something contradictory

Wednesday, Aug 02, 2017 241 words 1 mins 4 secs

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...

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33. Why you believe you deserve punishment and are scaring yourself

Sunday, May 14, 2017 761 words 3 mins 22 secs

If you're afraid, it's because you yourself believe that you deserve punishment.

It doesn't even matter if anyone else is going to come along and do something to you, or if events are going to transpire against you, or if something...

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32. What you believe you will receive

Sunday, May 14, 2017 179 words 0 mins 47 secs

Believing is receiving.

Believe in God, you will receive eternal life.

Believe in ego, you will receive suffering and death.

You receive because you believe in it. You believe it is your truth. Your reality. And what you deserve. You receive it because...

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31. You deserve what you believe in

Tuesday, May 09, 2017 122 words 0 mins 32 secs

Whatever you believe in, that is what you believe you deserve or are worthy of experiencing.

If you believe you sinned, you will believe you deserve an experience of guilt.

If you believe you're guilty, you will believe you deserve an experience...

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30. You are always demonstrating what you believe is true

Tuesday, May 09, 2017 214 words 0 mins 57 secs

Whatever you believe is true, you are constantly teaching. Teaching is demonstration.

If you believe sickness and sin are real, you will demonstrate them by showing them in your body.

If you do not believe sickness and sin are real, the body...

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29. The undoing of false beliefs

Saturday, May 06, 2017 1014 words 4 mins 30 secs

As I recently have been undoing my own belief in my own sinfulness, which is also the general belief that sin is real, I've been coming up against challenges. I had several days of some pretty heavy "release" which was...

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28. Some believe the world is real, but it is an illusion

Wednesday, May 03, 2017 793 words 3 mins 31 secs

Those course students who believe they are only supposed to correct their own perceptions - perceptions of the physical world, as though the physical world is reality and you simply need to see it without judgement in order to keep...

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27. If you believe you have really sinned

Wednesday, May 03, 2017 878 words 3 mins 54 secs

If you have not really sinned, you automatically have no reason to try to get rid of the responsibility for having sinned.

If you believe you HAVE really sinned, and believe in your own sinfulness, you will try to escape the...

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26. You must believe you deserve miracles in order to perform them

Sunday, Apr 30, 2017 596 words 2 mins 38 secs

What's stopping you from performing miracles?

It's because in some ways, you don't believe you are worthy of receiving them yourself.

If you believe you are sinful and therefore guilty, because of something you think you did, you're going to be certain...

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25. Illusions, if you believe them, produce hallucinations

Saturday, Apr 29, 2017 1466 words 6 mins 30 secs

If you know what the secret to the magic trick is, you know that there is not really any magic happening. But if something is hidden, if there is information missing, it becomes possible to enter into an alternative state...

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24. You will support the ego when you believe it is you

Friday, Apr 28, 2017 1730 words 7 mins 41 secs

You will continue to protect, defend, empower, give energy to, support, believe in, have faith in, trust, consider worthwhile, see innocence in, be willing to sacrifice for, side with, cooperate with, and generally try to become one with THE EGO...

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23. When I believed that I had really sinned

Friday, Apr 28, 2017 1798 words 7 mins 59 secs

When I believed that I had really sinned, I would've rejected God on the basis that the sin PROVED I could not be loved. I believed the sin was real, therefore that it was TRUE of me.

And since I believed...

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22. You are in an illusory world but you believe it is real

Friday, Apr 28, 2017 349 words 1 mins 33 secs

You are in an illusory world.

But you believe this world is real.

THAT is your problem. THAT is the distortion of perception that's happening in your mind that you need to correct.

You're not correcting your view of a real world, you're...

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21. The role of belief in performing miracles

Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017 1141 words 5 mins 4 secs

In my ongoing exploration and practice of performing healing miracles, I gradually chisel away at the reasons why it is or isn't working, and gradually refine the process. I guess it's like learning anything, like how to drive a car...

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20. The belief that sin is real leads to problems

Sunday, Apr 23, 2017 529 words 2 mins 21 secs

The belief that sin is real, leads to all kinds of behavior modifications. If sin is real, i.e. certain activities or behaviors are "actually sinful", this will force you to have to avoid certain things, not do certain things, be...

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19. The belief that the body can create is magic

Saturday, Apr 22, 2017 365 words 1 mins 37 secs

"The body cannot create, and the belief that it can, a fundamental error, produces all physical symptoms. Physical illness represents a belief in magic. The whole distortion that made magic rests on the belief that there is a creative ability...

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