Wisdom at Your Fingertips
Happiness is a byproduct, it is an effect. It will naturally occur when the right conditions are in place. Just like a flag will wave when the wind is blowing. The waving is the byproduct of the wind, it is the effect that the wind has on the flag. So how do I make the
Thoughts on “What is Creation?” in the ACIM Workbook (Full text of “What is Creation?” in the workbook) Creation is love in expression. In creation the wholeness that is source shows itself to itself in varied appearance. Source is the cause and creation is the effect. All that source is, creation is and expresses, and
“I am forever an Effect of God.” You are the extension of source, the emissary of peace and joy and all other creative attributes that together make up source and creation. You are not outside of that, you are the presence of that – have always been and will forever be. Full text of ACIM
Review: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” 194) “I place the future in the Hands of God.” The future is already in God’s hands. This statement serves to remind you to release your hold on imagined favorable outcomes. The future that Source has in mind
“I am not a body. I am free.” From a physiological perspective the body renews itself completely in a cycle of seven years. You know this rationally. You readily and gladly accept that your identity is not one of the bodies you have used over the years. For if it were you would have changed
“I am the holy Son of God Himself.” Today’s lesson closes by referring to the above statement, saying: “Remember this, and all the world is free. Remember this, and earth and Heaven are one.” (W-pI.191.11:5,6) Is it that easy? Is salvation from distress and worry only that small a step away? Yes, it is. The
“Salvation of the world depends on me.” The images you see in the world are an effect: they reflect what you keep active inside. The world as you see it does not have any other claim to existence than your belief in it. Your belief in various notions projects those notions into images you see
The following statements are given for review: My mind holds only what I think with God. (127) “There is no love but God’s.” (128) “The world I see holds nothing that I want.” The essence of the mind, as part of Spirit, is love, light, freedom and abundance. The mind relays divine impulse through channels
“God’s peace and joy are mine.“ Creative qualities like peace and joy multiply as they are being extended. Imagine a singer singing a song in front of an audience. When the song is over and she has given of her talent, art and depth of feeling, none of these qualities have diminished. If anything, they
“I am spirit.“ Spirit is your true nature. The text speaks of a split identity. A split identity is the result of the state of mind that is in allegiance with form, be it the body, a circumstance, or the way things appear. All that form is, is an effect, a result. It functions as