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You
have surely begun to realize that this is a very practical course,
which means exactly what it says. So does the Bible, if it is properly
understood. -A Course in Miracles
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What
Does The Course Say About The Bible?
You
have surely begun to realize that this is a very practical course,
which means exactly what it says. So does the Bible, if it is
properly understood.
What
you do not understand is that the two voices (ego
& Holy Spirit) speak for different interpretations
of the same thing simultaneously, or almost simultaneously, for
the ego always speaks first.
The
ego speaks in judgment and the Holy Spirit reverses its decision,
much as the Supreme Court has the power to reverse the lower courts'
decisions about the laws of this world.
The
ego's decisions are always wrong, because they are based on a
complete fallacy (about what you are) which they were made to
uphold.
Nothing
the ego perceives is interpreted correctly. Not
only does it cite Scripture for its purpose, but it even interprets
Scripture as a witness for itself.
The
Bible is a fearful thing to the ego because of its prejudiced judgment.
Perceiving it as fearful, it interprets it fearfully. Having made
you afraid, you do not appeal to the Higher Court, because you believe
its judgment would be against you.
We
need cite only a few examples to see how the ego's interpretations
have misled you.
A
favorite ego quotation is "As ye sow, so shall ye reap. "
Another
is "Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord."
Still
another is "I will visit the sins of the father unto the
third and fourth generation."
And
also, "The wicked shall perish."
There
are many others, but if you will let the Holy Spirit re-interpret
these in His own light, they will suffice.
"As
ye sow, so shall ye reap" Galatians
6:7
merely means that what you believe to be worth cultivating you
will cultivate in yourself. Your judgment of what is worthy
makes it worthy for you.
"Vengeance
is mine, sayeth the Lord" Romans
12:19; Proverbs
20:22 is
easily explained if you remember that ideas increase only by
being shared. This quotation therefore emphasizes the fact that
vengeance cannot be shared. Give it therefore to the Holy Spirit,
Who will undo it in you because it does not belong in your mind,
which is part of God.
"I
will visit the sins of the fathers unto the third and fourth
generation," Exodus
34:7 as
interpreted by the ego, is particularly vicious. It is used,
in fact, as an attempt to guarantee its survival beyond itself.
Actually, all the quotation means is that the Holy Spirit, in
later generations, retains the power to interpret correctly
what former generations have thought, and thus release their
thoughts from the ability to produce fear anywhere in the Sonship.
"The
wicked shall perish" Psalm
37:20 is
merely a statement of fact, if the word "perish" is properly
understood. Every loveless thought must be undone. Even the
word "undone" is fearful to the ego, which interprets "I am
undone" as "I am destroyed." The
ego will not be destroyed because it is part of your thought,
but because it is uncreative, and therefore unsharing, it will
be re-interpreted entirely, to release you from fear. The part
of your thought which you have given to the ego will merely
return to the Kingdom where your whole mind belongs.
The
ego is a form of arrest, but arrest is merely delay. It does not
involve the concept of punishment, although the ego welcomes that
interpretation. You can delay the completion of the Kingdom, but
you cannot introduce the concept of assault into it.
When
I said,"I
am come as a light into the world" John
12:46,
I surely came to share the light with you.
Remember
the symbolic reference we made before to the ego's dark glass, and
remember also that we said, "Do not look there" 1
Corinthians 13:12. It is still true that where you look
to find yourself is up to you.
The
Higher Court will not condemn you.
It
will merely dismiss the case against you. There
can be no case against a Child of God, and every witness to guilt
in God's creations is bearing false witness to God Himself.
Appeal
everything you believe gladly to God's own Higher Court because
it speaks for Him, and therefore speaks truly. It will dismiss the
case against you however carefully you have built it. The
case may be foolproof, but it is not God-proof. The
Voice for God will not hear it at all because He can only witness
truly.
His
verdict will always be "Thine
is the Kingdom" Matthew
6:13 because He was given you to remind you of what
you are.
God
So Loved The World
“And
God so loved the world
that He gave His only begotten Son
that whosoever believeth on Him shall not perish, but have eternal
life.” John
3:16
This
needs only one slight correction
to be entirely meaningful in this context. It should read:
He
gave it (the real world)
TO His only begotten Son.
God
does love the real
world...God
gave you the real world in
exchange for the one you made out of your split mind, and which
is the symbol of death. For if you could really separate yourselves
from the Mind of God you would die...You
were willing to accept even death to deny your Father. Yet He would
not have it so, and so it is not so.
NOTE:
It should especially be noted that God has only
one Son: If
all the Souls God created are His Sons, then every Soul must be
an integral part of the whole Sonship.
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2 Meaning of the Last Judgment;
Chap
4 The Escape from Fear; Chap
5 Time and Eternity; Chap 2 Correction for Lack of Love: Chap
11 Investment in Reality)

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DEEPAK CHOPRA ON THE THIRD JESUS
There
has been a marked tendency of the Bible’s followers...
to be entirely literal about fear and its effects, but not
about love and its results.
Thus, “hellfire” means “burning,”
but raising the dead becomes allegorical. Actually,
it is the... references to the outcomes of love which should
be taken literally because the Bible is about love, being
about God.
Chap 8 Healing as Corrected Perception
The
Garden of Eden, which is described as a literal garden in
the Bible, was not an actual garden at all. It was merely
a mental state of complete need-lack. Even in the literal
account..the pre-separation state was essentially one in
which man needed nothing. Chap
2 Illusion of Separation
When
you are afraid of anything, you are acknowledging its power
to hurt you. That is why the Bible speaks of “The
peace of God which passeth (human ego) understanding.”
This peace is totally incapable of being shaken by human
(ego) errors of any kind. It denies the ability of anything
which is not of God to affect you in any way. Chap
2
Reinterpretation of Defenses
When
the Bible says “Judge not that
ye be not judged” it merely means that if you judge
the reality of others at all, you will be unable to avoid
judging your own.
Chap 3 Judgment and the Authority Problem
For
I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy
of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God
shall add to
him the plagues that are written in this book...Revelation
22:18
I am
very grateful to the Apostles for their teaching, and fully
aware of the extent of their devotion to me. Nevertheless,
as you read the teachings of the Apostles, remember that
I told them myself that here was much they would understand
later, because they were not wholly ready to follow me at
the time.Chap
6 Message of the Crucifixion
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"The
world...will not be destroyed nor attacked nor even touched.
It will merely cease to seem to be...The
world will end in joy because it is a place of sorrow.
The world will end in peace because it is a place of war.
The world will end in laughter because it is a place of
tears. "-A
Course in Miracles
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The
Bible Is About Love
You
have surely begun to realize that this is a very practical course,
which means exactly what it says. So does the Bible, if it is
properly understood.
There
has been a marked tendency on the part of many of the Bible's
followers, and also its translators, to be entirely literal about
fear and its effects, but not about love and its results.
Thus,
"hellfire" means "burning," but raising the dead becomes allegorical.
Actually,
it is particularly the references to the outcomes of love which
should be taken literally, because the Bible is about love, being
about God.
The
Bible enjoins you to be perfect, to heal all errors, to take no
thought of the body as separate, and to accomplish all things
in my Name. This
is not my Name alone, for ours is a shared identification.
The
Name of God's Son is one, and you are enjoined to do the works
of love because we share this oneness.
Our
minds are whole because they are one.
Fear
of the Will of God is one of the strangest beliefs that the human
mind has ever made. This
could not possibly have occurred unless the mind were already profoundly
split, making it possible for the mind to be afraid of what it really
is.
It
is apparent that reality cannot threaten anything except illusions,
since reality can only uphold truth. The very fact that the
Will of God, which is what you are, is perceived as
fearful to you demonstrates that you are afraid of what
you are.
It
is not, then, the Will of God of which you are afraid, but
yours.
The
Second Coming
You
are mirrors of truth in which God Himself shines in perfect
Light. To the ego’s dark glass you need but say, “I
will not look there because I know these images are not true.”
1
Corinthians 13:12
Then
let the Holy One shine on you in peace, knowing that this,
and only this, must be. His
Mind shone on you in your creation and brought your mind into
being.
The first coming of Christ
is just another name for the creation, for Christ is the
Son of God.
The
second coming of Christ means nothing
more than the end of the ego’s rule over part of the
minds of men, and the healing of the mind.
I
was created like you in the first, and I have called you to
join with me in the second.
I
am in charge of the Second Coming, and my judgment, which
is used only for protection, cannot be wrong because it never
attacks. Yours is so distorted that you believe I was mistaken
in choosing you. I assure you this is a mistake of your egos.
Do not mistake it for humility.
Your
egos are trying to convince you that they are real and I am not,
because if I am real, I am no more real than you are.
That
knowledge, and I assure you that it is knowledge, means that
Christ must come into your minds and heal them. Although
I am not attacking your egos, I am working with your higher
mind whether you are asleep or awake, just as your ego does
with your lower mind.
I
am your vigilance in this, because you are too confused to recognize
your own hope.
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From
Alter Your Life written in 1931 by
Dr. Emmet Fox

Emmet
Fox was one of the outstanding spiritual teachers of his time. While
he lived he addressed some of the largest audiences ever gathered
to hear one man's thoughts on the spiritual meaning of life.
“No man
cometh unto the Father but by me” is among
the most misunderstood statements in the Bible. It does not mean
that I am in any way separate or different from you except in time.
I bridge the distance as an elder brother to man on the one hand,
and as a Son of God on the other...My devotion to my brothers has
placed me incharge of the Sonship..
Chap 1 Miracle Prin (#48)
I came to fulfill
the law by re-interpreting it. The law itself, if properly understood,
offers only protection to man. It is those who have not yet
“changed their minds”
who entered the “hellfire” concept into it.
Chap
1 Miracle Prin (#42)
We are still
equal as learners, even though we need not have equal experiences.
The Holy Spirit is glad when you can learn enough from mine and
be re-awakened by them.That is their only purpose, and that is the
only way in which I can be perceived as "the Way, the Truth
and the Light."
Chap 6 Message of the Crucifixion
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Time pauses as eternity
comes near...that everyone may hear this judgment of the Son
of God: Holy are you, eternal,
free and whole at peace forever in the Heart of God."
-A Course in Miracles
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The
Meaning of the Last Judgment
The Last Judgment is one of the greatest threat concepts in
man’s perception. This is only because he does not understand
it.
Judgment
is not an essential attribute of God. Man brought judgment into
being only because of the separation. After the separation, however,
there was a place for judgment as one of the many learning
devices which had to be built into the overall plan.
Just
as the separation occurred over many millions of years,
the Last Judgment will extend over a similarly long period,
and perhaps an even longer one. Its length depends, however,
on the effectiveness of the present speed-up.
We
have frequently noted that the miracle is a device for shortening
but not abolishing time. If a sufficient number of people
become truly miracle-minded quickly, the shortening process
can be almost immeasurable. It
is essential, however, that these individuals free themselves
from fear sooner than would ordinarily be the case,
because they must emerge from the conflict if they are to
bring peace to other minds.
The
Last Judgment is generally thought of as a procedure undertaken
by God.
Actually
it will be undertaken by man, with my help. It
is a Final Healing, rather than a meting out of punishment,
however much man may think that punishment is deserved.
Punishment
is a concept in total opposition to right-mindedness.
The
aim of the Last Judgment is to restore right-mindedness
to man.
The
Last Judgment might be called a process of right evaluation.
It simply means that finally all men will come to understand
what is worthy and what is not. After
this, their ability to choose can be directed reasonably. Until
this distinction is made, however, the vacillations between
free and imprisoned will cannot but continue.
The
True Meaning of the Apocalypse
The
first step toward freedom must entail a sorting
out of the false from the true. This is a process
of division only in the constructive sense, and reflects
the true
meaning of the Apocalypse.
Man
will ultimately look upon his own creations and will to preserve
only what is good, just as God Himself looked upon what He
had created and knew that it was good.
At this point, the will can begin to look with love on its own
creations, because of their great worthiness.
The
mind will inevitably disown its miscreations which, without
the mind’s belief, will no longer exist.
The
term “Last Judgment” is frightening not only
because it has been falsely projected onto God, but also
because of the association of “last” with death.
This is an outstanding example of upside-down perception.
Actually,
if the meaning of the Last Judgment is objectively examined,
it is quite apparent that it is really the doorway to
life.
No
one who lives in fear is really alive.
His
own last judgment cannot be directed toward himself, because
he is not his own creation. He can, however, apply it meaningfully
and at any time to everything he has created, and
retain in his memory only what is good.
This
is what his right-mindedness cannot but dictate. The
purpose of time is solely to “give him time” to achieve
this judgment. It is his own perfect judgment of his own creations.
When everything he retains is loveable, there is no reason for
fear to remain with him. This
is his part in the Atonement.
Do
you really believe you can make a voice that can drown out His?
Do
you really believe that you can devise a thought system which
can separate you from His?
Do
you really believe that you can plan for your safety and joy
better than He can?
You
need be neither careful or careless; "You need merely
cast your cares upon Him because He careth for you."
1Peter
5:7
You
are His care because He loves you. His Voice reminds you always
that all hope is yours because of His care. You cannot choose
to escape His care, because that is not His Will, but you can
choose to accept His care and use the infinite power of His care
for all those He created by it.
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The
Bible tells you to become as little children. Little children recognize
that they do not understand what they perceive, and so they ask
what it means.
Chap
10 Problem and the Answer
The
Bible says,“May the mind be in you that was also in Christ
Jesus,” and uses this as a blessing. It is the blessing of
miracle-
mindedness. It asks that you may think as I thought, joining with
me in Christ-thinking.
Chap
5 Healing as Joining
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The
Chosen Ones
I
cannot unite your will with God’s for you, but I can erase
all misperceptions from your mind if you will bring it under my
guidance.
Only
your misperceptions stand in your own way. Without
them your choice is certain.
Sane
perception induces sane choosing.
The
Atonement was an act based on true perception.
I
cannot choose for you, but I can help you make your own right choice.
“Many
are called but few are chosen” Matthew
22:13 should read, “All
are called but few choose to listen. Therefore,
they do not choose RIGHT.”
The
“chosen ones” are merely those who choose right sooner.
This
is the real meaning of the celestial speed-up. Strong
wills can do this NOW, and you will find rest for your
Souls. God
knows you only in peace, and this is your reality.
Restoration
of the Temple
Before
the separation the mind was invulnerable to fear, because fear
did not exist.
Both
the separation and the fear are miscreations of the mind, which
must be undone.
This
is what is meant by “the restoration of the temple.”
2Chronicles
24:27
It
does not mean the restoration of the building, but the opening
of the altar to receive the Atonement. This
heals the separation, and places within man the one defense against
all separation mind-errors which can make him perfectly invulnerable.
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