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Thoughts on “What is the Real World?” in the ACIM Workbook (Full text of “What is the Real World” in the workbook) The real world reflects the qualities that emanate from Source. Source and Its qualities are highly abstract. Creation, the pure extension of Source, is highly symbolic; each and every extension symbolizes Source and
“Father, I will but to remember You.” The word “Father” stands for your origin, your heritage, for where you come from, the essence of your being. Father is a word that indicates Benevolence, Peace, Joy, and all the other spiritual values that you long for. Like yesterday, today’s lesson is about focus: I will to
The following statements are given for review: My mind holds only what I think with God. (139) “I will accept Atonement for myself.” (140) “Only salvation can be said to cure.” Atonement, salvation and cure, they all point towards the same thing: the Light within, the Light without; the Light that is the essence of
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
The following statements are given for review: My mind holds only what I think with God. (125) “In quiet I receive God’s Word today.” (126) “All that I give is given to myself.” Your mind is continually receiving Source’s impulse. The focus on ego thoughts diminishes your experience of that process. Only when you rise
“There is no will but God’s.“ Many people seem to have the notion that, with God’s will on the one hand and a person’s free will on the other hand, the idea is to somehow manage to harmonize the two. And off they go into a labyrinth of adjustments and of feelings of guilt, blame,
“I will there be light.“ This is not a statement of desire, this is a statement of fact. You are Light; Light is your true identity. What does Light do? It shines, it shares, it extends. And that is exactly what you are about: shining, sharing, extending. It is what you would naturally and exceedingly
“There is another way of looking at the world.” Today’s exercise has you look in and out in turn, illustrating the fact that the thoughts on the inside are mirrored by the images on the outside. The mirroring is usually not literal. Usually, it is the essence of a thought that is mirrored by a