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A COURSE IN MIRACLES
CH 1 "THE INTRODUCTION TO MIRACLES"
I. PRINCIPLES OF MIRACLES
 
    
31 The purpose of the Atonement is to restore everything to you, or rather to restore it to your awareness. You were given everything when you were created, just as everyone was. When you have been restored to the recognition of your original state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. As you share my inability to tolerate lack of love in yourself and others, you must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for the Crusade is "Listen, learn and do": Listen to my voice, learn to undo error, and do something to correct it.     


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1 A theoretical foundation such as the text is necessary as a background to make these exercises meaningful. Yet it is the exercises which will make the goal possible. An untrained mind can accomplish nothing. It is the purpose of these exercises to train the mind to think along the lines which the course sets forth.

 

2 The exercises are very simple. They do not require more than a few minutes, and it does not matter where or when you do them. They need no preparation. They are numbered, running from 1 to 365. The training period is one year. Do not undertake more than one exercise a day.

 

3 The purpose of these exercises is to train the mind to a different perception of everything in the world. The workbook is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the undoing of what you see now and the second with the restoration of sight. It is recommended that each exercise be repeated several times a day, preferably in a different place each time and, if possible, in every situation in which you spend any long period of time. The purpose is to train the mind to generalize the lessons, so that you will understand that each of them is as applicable to one situation as it is to another.

 

4 Unless specified to the contrary, the exercise should be practiced with the eyes open, since the aim is to learn how to see. The only rule that should be followed throughout is to practice the exercises with great specificity. Each one applies to every situation in which you find yourself and to everything you see in it. Each day's exercises are planned around one central idea, the exercises themselves consisting of applying that idea to as many specifics as possible. Be sure that you do not decide that there are some things you see to which the idea for the day is inapplicable. The aim of the exercises will always be to increase the application of the idea to everything. This will not require effort. Only be sure that you make no exceptions in applying the idea.

 

5 Some of the ideas you will find hard to believe, and others will seem quite startling. It does not matter. You are merely asked to apply them to what you see. You are not asked to judge them, nor even to believe them. You are asked only to use them. It is their use which will give them meaning to you, and show you they are true. Remember only this-you need not believe them, you need not accept them, and you need not welcome them. Some of them you may actively resist. None of this will matter nor decrease their efficacy. But allow yourself to make no exceptions in applying the ideas the exercises contain. Whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. Nothing more than this is required.

    

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1 The exercises with this idea are very similar to the preceding ones. Again, it is necessary to name both the form of upset (anger, fear, worry, depression, and so on) and the perceived source very specifically for any application of the idea. For example:

 

  2 I am angry at ___ because I see something
  that is   not   there.
 

I am worried about ___ because I see something
that is not there
.

 

3Today's idea is useful for application to anything that seems to upset you and can profitably be used throughout the day for that purpose. However, the three or four practice periods which are required should be preceded by a minute or so of mind searching, as before, and the application of the idea to each upsetting thought uncovered in the search.

 

4 Again, if you resist applying the idea to some upsetting thoughts more than to others, remind yourself of the two cautions stated in the previous lesson:

 

  5 There are no small upsets. They are all 

equally disturbing to my peace of mind.

 

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  7 I cannot keep this form of upset and let 

the others go. For the purposes of these exercises,
then, I will regard them all as the same.

 

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We are reminded that these early lessons are essential in setting the groundwork for the discipline of mind watching. We are entertaining the possibility that the way we think about everything has been based on false premises. In fact Jesus says very clearly that our minds are untrained and "An untrained mind can accomplish nothing." (W.PI.IN.1.3) If you do the exercises as prescribed in the workbook, you will be undoing the way you see now (the first half of the workbook) and gaining new (true) perception through the lessons in Part II of the workbook. This does not hold completely as we are also learning about true perception in the lessons in this part of the workbook.
 
I have been with the Course for over 25 years and have done the lessons many times, but I can attest to the significant changes that took place in my thinking after doing the lessons in the first year. This was in spite of my very limited understanding of the metaphysics of the Course. Jesus promises us that as we apply ourselves to the workbook mind training in a systematic way, we will have a "different perception of everyone and everything in the world."(W.PI.IN.4.1) Every step we take is strongly reinforced. "Were not each step in this direction so heavily reinforced, it would be hard indeed!" (M.4.I.A.7.9)
 
Today we are again reminded that any upset, big or small, results in loss of peace. We can't be a little bit peaceful. Either we are at peace or we are not. Anything that is upsetting to us, that brings to mind worry, fear, depression, anxiety, anger, expectations, or desires is disturbing to our peace. There is no hierarchy of big or small upsets. "There are no small upsets. They are all equally disturbing to my peace of mind. And: I cannot keep this form of upset and let the others go. For the purposes of these exercise, then, I will regard them all as the same." (W.6.3.2-6) They are all the same because they are all unreal. While upsetting thoughts are talked about here, the same would apply to what we call pleasurable thoughts. They too are related to nothing outside of us and they too detract from our real thoughts that are in our right minds.
 
These lessons are now helping us to look at our thoughts and to recognize that they interfere with our peace because they are blocking the peace that is already in our minds. What is important about this lesson is to see that there is nothing outside of us. It is all illusion. This is not easy for us as we do experience things that seem to come from outside of us and we attribute our upsets to them. But more and more, we will understand that everything that upsets us starts with our own inward condition. What is upsetting to me is the meaning that I am giving to what is actually neutral. The good news is that we have the power within us to change our condition.

Today we are asked to specifically identify our feelings. "I am angry at ____because I see something that is not there." (W.6.1.4) We take a few minutes to search our minds for feelings of upset. Sometimes we get so used to the painful feelings that are there, literally all of the time, that we have no idea that they are always playing in the background of our minds. They cannot be healed if we don't look at them so this first step is necessary.
 
Don woke up this morning from a distressing dream and as he told me about it, I said it must be a relief that it is just a dream. He was distressed by something that was not there. Isn't it a relief to know that the disturbing things that we dream are not there? This is the kind of relief that we feel when we realize that in our waking dream we are also seeing something that is not there. It is not unlike something that has upset us as children when we think that there is something menacing in our bedroom and see that nothing is there when our parents turned on the lights. In the same way, we are seeing what is not there. Everything we see is a projection of a thought in the mind, and these projections are illusions because they are not there either.

It does not mean that an event hasn't occurred in the illusion. Yesterday and today, I was involved in a significant controversy related to some events that took place at my mother's seniors' residence. I was worried, angry, frustrated and distressed by something that I deemed very important. The event seemingly occured, but my interpretation of it being real and that I was at its mercy is what I am releasing by affirming that I was seeing something that in reality was not there. It is no different than a nighttime dream. I have given it my interpretation as being real and my reaction to that interpretation is what has upset me. Each of us may perceive it differently. While the event may have occurred on the level of form, it is my upset about it that I am invited to look at. I am responding to a thought that is in my mind.

This is not a course in behavior. It is a course in mind training. A Course in Miracles is addressing the mind, and is concerned only with the content of the mind. A perceived problem in the world may still need our attention while we seem to be here, but the real work is in our own minds. When we take the time to look at our minds and ask the Holy Spirit how to see this problem differently, sometimes the solution that we thought was applicable in form is no longer required.

"No one can escape from illusions unless he looks at them, for not looking is the way they are protected. There is no need to shrink from illusions, for they cannot be dangerous." (T.11.V.1.1-2)(ACIM OE T.10.VI.39)

"The 'dynamics'  of the ego will be our lesson for a while, for we must look first at this to see beyond it, since you have made it real. We will undo this error quietly together, and then look beyond it to truth.
" (T.11.V.1.5-6) (ACIM OE T.10.VI.39)
 
The Course is taking us to the realization that God created everything that exists, but he created only that which is real. In other words, it is only that which is eternal. Nothing that is in the world of form could be created by God because it is all temporary, including our bodies. At the beginning of the Course Jesus tells us, "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God." (T.IN.2.2-3)(ACIM OE T.IN.4-5) Can we accept that God did not create upsetting things? And if God did not create those things that upset us, then they can't be real and they don't exist. Jesus tells us that the world was not created by God, but it is a projection of the wrong mind. It is the mind that believes it has separated from God and is a body living in this world. We are just reliving that moment of terror when we seemed to separate from eternity and are now replaying that moment over and over in these upsetting incidents of fear and distress. Each upsetting incident is just a small part of this whole separation saga that we replay again and again.
 
Slowly, step by step, we are being led to a serenity that cannot be disturbed by the circumstances and events of the world. We are slowly undoing the normal human way we have learned to see things and opening up to a new possibility where we slowly learn to release the attachment we have to the world of form and to our thoughts about it. Our interpretations are being brought to question. Again, we don't even have to believe these lessons for them to have effect.

The important thing is to do the exercises as prescribed. Our current way of thinking all comes from our guilt of having stolen our identity from God, which is the cause of all of our pain and distress. This is a process of undoing our current way of seeing. We just need to trust that we have been brought to this path because we are ready to find a better way to live our lives and to ultimately wake up to the truth of who we are.

Thus, the steps involved in applying these teachings begin by: 1. Seeing the problems as we have made them up in the world. 2. Dealing with the problems in the normal way (i.e., paying taxes and bills). 3. Yet learning to recognize that the problems are made up as a smokescreen for the real problem. 4. The real problem is the choice in the mind to take the thought of separation seriously.

The purpose that the ego assigns to the world's problems is to keep us invested in the illusion so that we will not look within and see that the real problem is guilt. Since we believe that the world with its bills and taxes is real, we hold judgments that need to be acknowledged because they reveal our hidden beliefs in scarcity, victimization, and loss. Our feelings reflect the beliefs and values that we hold. They cannot be dispelled if we are unaware of them.

In the same way, belief in the body cannot be undone by denying it and then ignoring the specific conditions of life in a body. Not paying bills or taxes would certainly bring on an avalanche of other problems. The exacerbated situation would reinforce the ego's smokescreen, and would not facilitate healing. Only when the real problem, which is belief in separation, is recognized can we turn to the Holy Spirit in our minds to seek the real solution, which is the undoing of this belief in separation. It is undone through forgiveness, which is simply bringing our dark thoughts to the Holy Spirit. When forgiveness is complete, we will see that the world with all its "problems" is not real, and move beyond this illusion to the truth.
 
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Chapter One

Introduction to Miracles

I. Principles of Miracles continued

26. 30 Miracles represent freedom from fear. "Atoning" really means "undoing." The undoing of fear is an essential part of the Atonement value of miracles.

 

31 The purpose of the Atonement is to restore everything to you, or rather to restore it to your awareness. You were given everything when you were created, just as everyone was. When you have been restored to the recognition of your original state, you naturally become part of the Atonement yourself. As you share my inability to tolerate lack of love in yourself and others, you must join the Great Crusade to correct it. The slogan for the Crusade is "Listen, learn and do": Listen to my voice, learn to undo error, and do something to correct it.

 

32 The power to work miracles belongs to you. I will provide the opportunities to do them, but you must be ready and willing since you are already able. Doing them will bring conviction in the ability since conviction really comes through accomplishment. The ability is the potential; the achievement is its expression; and the Atonement is the purpose.

 

27. 33 A miracle is a universal blessing from God through me to all my brothers. It is the privilege of the forgiven to forgive.

 

34 The disciples were specifically told to be physicians of the Lord and to heal others. They were also told to heal themselves and were promised that I would never leave them or forsake them. Atonement is the natural profession of the Children of God because they have professed me. "Heaven and earth shall pass away" simply means that they will not continue to exist as separate states. My word, which is the resurrection and the light, shall not pass away because light is eternal. You are the work of God, and His work is wholly lovable and wholly loving. This is how a man must think of himself in his heart because this is what he is.

 

28. 35 Miracles are a means of organizing different levels of consciousness.

 

36 Miracles come from the below or subconscious level. Revelations come from the above or superconscious level. The conscious level is in between and reacts to either sub- or superconscious impulses in varying ratios.

Consciousness is the level which engages in the world and is capable of responding to both. Having no impulses from itself and being primarily a mechanism for inducing response, it can be very wrong.

 

37 Revelation induces complete but temporary suspension of doubt and fear. It represents the original form of communication between God and His Souls, involving an extremely personal sense of closeness to creation which man tries to find in physical relationships. Physical closeness cannot achieve this. The subconscious impulses properly induce miracles, which are genuinely interpersonal and result in real closeness to others. This can be misunderstood by a personally willful consciousness as impulses toward physical gratification.

 

38 Revelation unites Souls directly with God. Miracles unite minds directly with each other. Neither emanates from consciousness, but both are experienced there. This is essential since consciousness is the state which induces action, though it does not inspire it. Man is free to believe what he chooses, and what he does attests to what he believes. The deeper levels of the subconscious always contain the impulse to miracles, but man is free to fill its more superficial levels, which are closer to consciousness, with the impulses of this world and to identify himself with them. This results in denying himself access to the miracle level underneath. In his actions, then, his relationships also become superficial, and miracle-inspired relating becomes impossible.

 

29. 39 Miracles are a way of earning release from fear.

 

40 Revelation induces a state in which fear has already been abolished. Miracles are thus a means, and revelation is an end. [In this sense, they work together.] Miracles do not depend on revelation; they induce it. Revelation is intensely personal and cannot actually be translated into conscious content at all. That is why any attempt to describe it in words is usually incomprehensible. Revelation induces only experience. Miracles, on the other hand, induce [interpersonal] action. Miracles are more useful now because of their impersonal nature. In this phase of learning, working miracles is more important because freedom from fear cannot be thrust upon you.


                                                  

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