On day sixty one the first review section is over and for the last day of the year I’m the light of the world…
ACIM workbook mentions that this is the opposite of a statement of pride, of arrogance, or of self-deception. It is not the ego’s self-concept but the way you were created by God… [...]
Day sixty and the last day of the current set of reviews – today we concentrate on the love of God and forgiveness. Many mystics believe that God is love and love is God. Saint Paul said that love is the greatest of all characteristics. Unconditional love and compassion are the source of forgiveness. And [...]
In the Koran is written that God is closer to us than our carotid artery – in A Course in Miracles is written that if only you knew who walks by your side you would never have any fear.
On day fifty nine of ACIM workbook we review days forty one to forty four:
(41) God goes [...]
Day fifty eight is a review day about my holiness – now what is “my” holiness? Is it like my hands or my apparent mind (the ego – someone once said this EGO stands for edging God out) or is it like my real mind?
There’s a Buddhist meditation which starts with:
I have a body but [...]
Our illusions of fear, lack of love and turmoil imprison us and stop us from seeing the reality of peace, unconditional love and forgiveness…
Day fifty seven and another five days are reviewed – my comments in Italics:
(31) I am not the victim of the world I see.
[] The prison door is open. [...]
I’m glad I’m sixty two (sixty three in two weeks) and not twelve. If I were twelve in today’s crazy world I’d be drugged for being ADHD. Anyway, I can multitask and read five six books simultaneously without any worries.
One of the books I’m reading at this moment is a Kabbalah book called, “Seeing God.”
I [...]
Day fifty six and the ACIM reviews have at last reached God. These I love and can use all the time (my comments in Italics):
(26) My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability.
How can I know who I am when I see myself as under constant attack? [] perfect security [...]
This teaching story comes from Rumi from his Mathanavi (my very rough translation from memory – I wanted to keep the spirit of Rumi’s words not their literal order):
Moses and the Shepherd
One day the prophet Moses hears a shepherd pray to God. The shepherd says, “God, how I love you. I’ll bring you the cream [...]
Christmas day – day fifty five and another review day - from seeing thing anew to giving up attack thoughts – from ACIM worknook for today’s review (my comments in Italics):
(21) I am determined to see things differently.
[] I am determined to see the witnesses to the truth in [...]
From day fifty four of A Course in Miracles workbook (my comments in Italics):
(16) I have no neutral thoughts.
Neutral thoughts are impossible because all thoughts have power. [] thoughts cannot be without effects… My thoughts cannot be neither true nor false. They must be [...]