time for a catchup on notes
from a course in miracles
here from days 169-217 :
fear and love do not dwell in the same place .. so we have a choice to make
a miracle is a shift in perception from fear to love ..
for what could be more foolish than to seek and seek and seek again for hell .. when u have but to look with open eyes .. to find that heaven lies before u through a door that opens easily to welcome u ?
it is not the circumstances around us but rather the love in our hearts that brings us the peace we yearn for .. the peace whose soft embrace surrounds our hearts and minds .. as god's blessing shines upon us from within .. which is where he abides
free of the chains that bind us .. we fear not the world .. and hear the call to waken
we are still for an instant and go home .. now is there stillness where before there was a frantic rush of thoughts that made no sense
the son of god has merely disappeared into his father as his father has in him .. now we rest in him .. now our voice belongs to him and echoes out thru him
life is an infinite expanse of energy .. a continuum of love in countless dimensions .. our love for everyone we look upon ..a love more powerful than anything the world can contain
this love both our ultimate reality and our way back home .. this love our remembrance of the holy self
our oneness with others is the true experience of god
peace is union .. earth and heaven are joined .. as we breathe the holy air that fills our father's house
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to call upon god's name is to but call upon our own .. to call upon our self whose name is his
saying his name invites the angels to surround the ground on which we stand and to sing to us as they spread out their wings to keep us safe
in saying his name do we give an invitation which can never be refused . in saying his name is release given unto us
the universe consists of nothing but u .. the son of god .. calling upon your father
with the name of god upon our lips we look within and see the purity of heaven shining in the reflection of our father's love
now are we blessed and now we bless the world
this light cannot be lost .. shining in our hearts .. extending around the world .. pausing to caress each living thing
we can feel .. touch .. smell.. see .. god in the flowers and in the snow
we see the world anew .. and god will do his part .. we choose to let him come .. and his love blazes its pathway of itself
god we ask but that your will .. which is our own .. be done in us and in the world
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we are the love of god .. death has no meaning .. we are unlimited forever .. beyond the laws of time and space, unbound ..
we are not an ego .. not a body .. the ego holds the body dear because it dwells in it
it is but a vehicle .. perfect in its ability to serve .. a most worthy servant
nothing external can hurt or injure us .. god never left .. we radiate in holy joy .. each breath and every step taken in gratitude
we thank our father for one thing alone .. that we are separate from no living thing and therefore one with him .. we give thanks for every living thing .. we recognize the gifts of god
we see all the wonderful ways in which we can be grateful
and god thanks u .. his son .. for being what u are .. and the world thanks u .. for its release mirrors yours
no one can hide forever from a truth so very obvious that it appears in countless forms
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and the recurring theme of forgiveness continues thru out the course :
we remove our focus from our brothers' sins .. our hearts willing to bring our weary brothers to rest
"it is not this that i would look upon"
who could be set free while he imprisons anyone ? for their sins are witnesses to sins in us
"it can be but myself i crucify"
we rejoice at how very easily is hell undone . we lay down the cruel sword of judgment that we had held against our own throats
thus does each one who seems to tempt us to be angry .. represent release from the prison .. and so we owe him thanks instead of pain
whatever we think about someone else we feel .. they are our thoughts about ourselves
"no one but is my brother"
we are blessed with oneness with the universe and god