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50. Ego wants you to be attacked by external causes, then saved by them

Wednesday, Jan 17, 2018 462 words 2 mins 3 secs

I notice in particular that pretty much anything medical, anything scientific, or anything involving proof in the world, always entails this belief that something external causes something to happen.

It also accompanies the belief that, because the external causes stuff to...

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49. The cause of fear can be completely undone

Thursday, Jan 04, 2018 1274 words 5 mins 39 secs

It used to seem as though fear was automatic. We were taught it was a natural response, part of how the primitive brain works, understandable given certain threats, and so on.

But gradually I'm seeing more and more the secret to...

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48. The sole cause of all fear and suicide

Wednesday, Dec 20, 2017 1158 words 5 mins 8 secs

Fear has but one cause, not many. It is not caused by what you think it’s caused by. Every single fear in the world has one cause.

When you tried to sin, you may have believed you succeeded in creating real...

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47. Having a split mind will cancel your effects, an unopposed will creates miracles

Thursday, Dec 14, 2017 716 words 3 mins 10 secs

In the ego mind, the mind is split, and so is your will. You have willed against yourself. So now your mind has more than one will in it, seeming to act in contradiction. You are at war with yourself.

So...

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46. There is no world, it is an effect of dreaming

Monday, Dec 04, 2017 2330 words 10 mins 21 secs

I will explain now in one sentence, why there is no world, the entire foundation for miracle-working, and the meaning of cause and effect....

*** This universe (world) is once removed from reality. ***

Did you catch that? Read it again if...

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45. This world does not cause anything, it is just an effect of dreaming

Monday, Dec 04, 2017 1304 words 5 mins 47 secs

THIS WORLD DOES NOT CAUSE ANYTHING

The world we seem to live in, which includes planet Earth, does not cause anything to happen. It has no causes in it. And since cause=truth, it has no truth in it. And since truth=reality,...

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44. The truth is not out there, the world is an effect not a cause

Thursday, Nov 30, 2017 1329 words 5 mins 54 secs

A year or so ago, someone close to me was sick. We weren’t sure what really happened. It was very strange. It seemed to come out of nowhere overnight, had no apparent cause, and seemed impossible to diagnose.

The person seemed...

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43. Miracles override the ego's illusions of cause and effect

Monday, Nov 27, 2017 1138 words 5 mins 3 secs

In this world, which is 100% the effect of dreaming, there is an ILLUSION of cause and effect.

To recognize how it is an illusion, consider how children play "make-believe" with toys.

1) There is an empty scene.

2) The child grabs his...

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42. There is hope because a cure is possible, God can heal anything, and sickness is NOT God's Will

Wednesday, Nov 22, 2017 239 words 1 mins 3 secs

If you believe that the body can remain sick and that you need to become at peace with it being sick and just accept it, you will have NO HOPE.

The only way to have hope, is to accept that the...

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41. Change your mind and the world must change, the world is the effect of your mind

Tuesday, Nov 21, 2017 812 words 3 mins 36 secs

In the ego's world, causes are victimizers, and effects are victims

This applies everywhere in the ego's world. Every single "cause" is the idea of victimization. Every single "effect" is the idea of being a victim. What possibly can there even...

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40. The separation of cause and effect

Sunday, Nov 05, 2017 502 words 2 mins 13 secs

In God, who is cause, He created Christ, who is Effect. Or "Father" created "Son".

At the "separation", the Son attempted to separate from the Father, thereby introducing a separation between Cause and Effect.

Cause and Effect in Heaven are ONE, unified...

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39. 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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38. When you do not lack or need love, because God is with you, you can only extend it

Monday, Sep 11, 2017 765 words 3 mins 24 secs

A few years ago when I was having a profound spiritual experience, I had so much love and joy inside of me.

It was just pouring out, shining outwards. I felt like I was just 'beaming' it out of me like...

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37. Nothing outside of you is the cause of what you are experiencing

Wednesday, Sep 06, 2017 450 words 2 mins 0 secs

Imagine you are sitting in a room by yourself. There is no-one else in the room. If you happen to be in a room by yourself right now, all the better.

Now realize, that nothing and no-one outside of the walls...

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36. 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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35. Affirmations to undo fear and detach you from being at the effect of others

Saturday, Aug 26, 2017 432 words 1 mins 55 secs

"You can do anything I ask. I have asked you to perform miracles, and have made it clear that miracles are natural, corrective, healing and universal. There is nothing they cannot do, but they cannot be performed in the spirit...

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34. Fighting with your enemy is a state of denial caused by your split mind

Thursday, Aug 24, 2017 778 words 3 mins 27 secs

On the surface, it seems that fighting against something is a noble attempt to bring about change.

But what's really happening is that the ego has split the mind in two, one part is now opposed to the other part, and...

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33. How cause and effect are separate in the ego mind but united in the right mind

Wednesday, Aug 23, 2017 920 words 4 mins 5 secs

On the level of the ego mind, let's call it "level 1", cause and effect are separate. This is entirely based on the notion that the Son of God (who is the effect of God) is separate from cause (from...

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32. You are not at the effect of anything, illusions are not causes

Saturday, Jul 29, 2017 467 words 2 mins 4 secs

Death is not a cause. Death is just an effect of a belief in punishment. Death cannot do anything to you. It has no power over you. It is not a cause at all. It is nothing but an effect...

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31. You only keep your illusions because you think they make sense

Monday, Jul 17, 2017 5649 words 25 mins 6 secs

It's really impossible to separate from God, given that God is everywhere and there is nowhere else to go. But the ego mind believes that the impossible is possible. It thinks it can actually succeed in being separate and can...

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