True safety resides in our willingness to offer only empathy and compassion to our brothers and sisters. When we love even our enemies – when we are even willing to love our enemies – then we no longer have enemies. Love is our protection. Love is the secret to true safety. And Love holds everything.Continue reading “The Secret to True Safety”
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The Twenty-First Principle of A Course in Miracles
Miracles are natural signs of forgiveness. Through miracles you accept God’s forgiveness by extending it to others (T-1.I.21:1-2). Again, the emphasis here is that miracles are natural rather than supernatural. They are not spectacles. They are shifts in our understanding of perception that make us and others happier. This happiness is self-replicating. To be miracle-mindedContinue reading “The Twenty-First Principle of A Course in Miracles”
The Twentieth Principle of A Course in Miracles
Miracles reawaken the awareness that the spirit, not the body, is the altar of truth. This is the recognition that leads to the healing power of the miracle (T-1.I.20:1-2). The confusion that A Course in Miracles is given to correct is our identification with the body rather than spirit, and the various arguments and rationalesContinue reading “The Twentieth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
The Nineteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles
Miracles make minds one in God. They depend on cooperation because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore reflect the laws of eternity, not of time (T-1.I.19:1-3). Miracles unify all minds who yet believe they are separate and personal in God Who created all minds as one. In essence, theContinue reading “The Nineteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
The Eighteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles
A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbor as yourself. You recognize your own and your neighbor’s worth simultaneously (T-1.I.18:1-3). Service is a form of love. It is a way of saying to our brothers and sisters that we loveContinue reading “The Eighteenth Principle of A Course in Miracles”
A Course in Miracles: What is Cause and Effect
Cause and effect refer to the influence X has in contributing to the production of Y. In other words, Y is partially dependent on X for its existence. In the context of separation, we believe that external forces like weather or other people cause us to behave certain ways and feel certain things. This backwardsContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: What is Cause and Effect”