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The miracle is a learning device that lessens the need for time. It establishes an out-of-pattern time interval not under the usual laws of time. In this sense it is timeless (T-1.I.47:1-3). In A Course in Miracles, time is a human construct the Holy Spirit uses to help us remember our identity in Creation. ItContinue reading “The Forty-Seventh Principle of A Course in Miracles”

The Holy Spirit is the highest communication medium. Miracles do not involve this type of communication, because they are temporary communication devices. When you return to your original form of communication with God by direct revelation, the need for miracles is over (T-1.I.46:1-3). The Holy Spirit is in our mind in a real and practicalContinue reading “The Forty-Sixth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

A miracle is never lost. It may touch many people you have not even met, and produce undreamed of changes in situations of which you are not even aware (T-1.I.45:1-2). The miracle’s capacity for healing is not contingent on our awareness – or even our acceptance – of it. Even when we do not perceiveContinue reading “The Forty-Fifth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

The miracle is an expression of an inner awareness of Christ and the acceptance of His Atonement (T-1.I.44:1). In A Course in Miracles, Christ is the manifest symbol of the unconditionally loving aspect of God. Christ knows reality as God created it, and thus sees it truly. Christ does not hold personal judgment, and eschewsContinue reading “The Forty-Fourth Principle of A Course in Miracles”

These notes were culled from today’s newsletter on the Peace of Christ. I want to notice the inclination to defend myself. I want to give attention to the experience of self-defense. Where does it arise in the body? What mental fantasies does it evoke? What family memories arise? Where in the culture is it mostContinue reading “Notes on Self-Defense”