--- In Disappearance_of_the_Universe@..., "Petr Cisar"
<pc@g...> wrote:
Hi all I must admit that this topic made me to think and to get no
clear answer.
Petr,
I understand the thoughts and questions. We all are at times in the
same mindset at any given moment. The fact that you see this world
as not real and that God has not gone mad and condemned us to hell is
a sign you have moved way beyond dualism. I have my times of
struggle and understanding yet there are also those times of
enlightenment and vision. It is a process, which for me, is not
always an easy one. Remember there are many lifetimes of undoing. I
have noted several quotes from the Course that really help me in
times when hopelessness, confusion, and frustration creep in. I
might add I have them more times, than I would like. I also know
the key is forgiveness and remembering who we really are. The
introduction to chapter 24 was a revelation. I spent many nights
reading it repeatedly.
Chapter 21, VIII 5
Do I desire a world I rule instead of one the rules me?
Do I desire a world where I am powerful instead of helpless?
Do I desire a world in which I have no enemies and cannot sin?
And do I want to see what I denied BECAUSE it is the truth?
Forget not that the choice of sin or truth, helplessness or power, is
the choice of whether to attack or heal.
Chapter 24, Introduction
Forget not that the motivation of this course is the attainment and
the keeping of the state of peace. Given this state the mind is
quiet, and the condition in which God is remembered is attained. It
is not necessary to tell Him what to do. He will not fail. Where He
can enter, there He is already. And can it be He cannot enter where
He wills to be? Peace will be yours because it is His WILL. Can you
believe a shadow can hold back the Will that holds the universe
secure? God does not wait upon illusions to let Him be Himself. No
more His Son. They are. And what illusions that idly seems to drift
between Them has the power to defeat what is Their Will?
To learn this course requires willingness to question every value
that you hold. Not one can be kept hidden and obscure but it will
jeopardize your learning. No belief is neutral. Every one has the
power to dictate each decision you make. For a decision is a
conclusion based on everything that you believe. It is the outcome
of belief, and follows it as surely as does suffering follow guilt
and freedom sinlessness. There is no substitute for peace. What God
creates has no alternative. The truth arises from what He knows.
And your decisions come from your beliefs as certainly as all
creation rose in His mind because of what He knows.
Lesson 126
"All that I give is given to myself.
The Help I need to learn that this is true
Is with me now. And I will trust in Him."
