Mike, I love the that ET says…Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. And, Jesus says the YES, YES, YES, YES JOY ARISES WITHIN….we can DERIVE ultimate PLEASURE from something outside you….when you choose to project outward WHAT ARISES WITHIN…..joy, pleasure and love…DOING GODS WILL…healing their own, other Brothers and the worlds MIND….see with Vision the real world healed, whole and holy here and now…dont pretend to be what you are not..STOP THE DENIAL OF SELF and live now, fulfill your function doing Gods WILL as He CREATED us to do and be STILL AS HE CREATED US….. Laughing ACIM says pleasure is NOT just an external or solely about the body….UNLESS that is what one WANTS to choose to use their body for. ……This IS because NOT doing Gods will IS A DENIAL OF SELF…..denial of self, in any form on any level is an error…correction of error BRINGS release and Gods WILL is not to project from our minds ERRORS AND DENIAL OF SELF……. ergo……we have at our disposal in each and every single moment…the power to CREATE A HOLY INSTANT of PLEASURE PLEASURE PLEASURE PLEASURE….DOING……..whatever we WANT to do AS LONG AS IT IS PROJECTING FROM DOING GODS WILL….. All real PLEASURE comes from doing Gods will. This is because not doing it is a denial of self. Denial of error results in projection. Correction of error brings release. Introduction L e s s o n 20 I am determined to see. 2 This is our first attempt to introduce structure. Do not misconstrue it as an effort to exert force or pressure. You want salvation. You want to be happy. You want peace. You do not have them now because your mind is totally undisciplined, and you cannot distinguish between joy and sorrow, PLEASURE and pain, love and fear. You are now learning how to tell them apart. And great indeed will be your reward. Epilogue 1 This course is a beginning, not an end. Your Friend goes with you. You are not alone. No one who calls on Him can call in vain. Whatever troubles you, be certain that He has the answer and will gladly give it to you if you simply turn to Him and ask it of Him. He will not withhold all answers that you need for anything that seems to trouble you. He knows the way to solve all problems and resolve all doubts. His certainty is yours. You need but ask it of Him, and it will be given you. 2 You are as certain of arriving home as is the pathway of the sun laid down before it rises, after it has set, and in the half-lit hours in between. Indeed, your pathway is more certain still, for it can not be possible to change the course of those whom God has called to Him. Therefore, obey your will and follow Him Whom you accepted as your Voice, to speak of what you really want and really need. His is the Voice for God, and also yours. And thus He speaks of freedom and of truth. 3 No more specific lessons are assigned, for there is no more need of them. Henceforth, hear but the Voice for God and for your Self when you retire from the world, to seek Reality instead. He will direct your efforts, telling you exactly what to do, how to direct your mind, and when to come to Him in silence, asking for His sure direction and His certain Word. His is the Word that God has given you. His is the Word you chose to be your own. 4 And now I place you in His hands, to be His faithful followers, with Him as Guide through every difficulty and all pain that you may think is real. NOR WILL HE GIVE YOU PLEASURES THAT WILL PASS AWAY, for He gives only the eternal and the good. Let Him prepare you further. He has earned your trust by speaking daily to you of your Father and your brother and your Self. He will continue; now you walk with Him as certain as is He of where you go; as sure as He of how you should proceed, as confident as He is of the goal and of your safe arrival in the end. 5 The end is certain and the means as well. To this we say Amen. We will be told exactly what God wills for us each time there is a choice to make. And He will speak for God and for your Self, thus making sure that hell will claim you not and that each choice you make brings Heaven nearer to your reach. And so we walk with Him from this time on and turn to Him for guidance and for peace and right direction. Joy attends our way. For we go homeward to an open door which God has held unclosed to welcome us. 6 We trust our ways to Him and say Amen. In peace we will continue in His way and trust all things to Him. In confidence we wait His answers, as we ask His will in everything we do. He loves Gods Son as we would love him, and He teaches us how to behold him through His eyes and love him as He does. You do not walk alone. Gods angels hover close and all about. His Love surrounds you, and of this be sure: that I will never leave you comfortless. Jesus was a pretty wise dude eh? Now if the rest of us will just get out from under the rocks of DENIAL OF SELF…..and live our very best lives here and now DOING GODs WILL with pleasure , joy and love….thanks for the moment of inspiration. smiling and enjoying this moment of pleasure knowing that I am supposed to be able to CREATE all the moments of joy, pleasure and love I WANT no matter how insidious the egos thought system may MAKE up to distract me from truth and reality…..the created is happening more than the made up each day! Bro. J says you dont have to BELIEVE just practice the exercises exactly as specified and structured for you…you do not have free will to establish the curriculum…just follow my instructions. Work Introduction: 1 A theoretical foundation such as the text is necessary as a background to make these exercises meaningful. Yet it is the exercises which will make the goal possible. An untrained mind can accomplish nothing. It is the purpose of these exercises to train the mind to think along the lines which the course sets forth. 2 The exercises are very simple. They do not require more than a few minutes, and it does not matter where or when you do them. They need no preparation. They are numbered, running from 1 to 365. The training period is one year. Do not undertake more than one exercise a day. 3 The purpose of these exercises is to train the mind to a different perception of everything in the world. The workbook is divided into two sections, the first dealing with the undoing of what you see now and the second with the restoration of sight. It is recommended that each exercise be repeated several times a day, preferably in a different place each time and, if possible, in every situation in which you spend any long period of time. The purpose is to train the mind to generalize the lessons, so that you will understand that each of them is as applicable to one situation as it is to another. 4 Unless specified to the contrary, the exercise should be practiced with the eyes open, since the aim is to learn how to see. The only rule that should be followed throughout is to practice the exercises with great specificity. Each one applies to every situation in which you find yourself and to everything you see in it. Each days exercises are planned around one central idea, the exercises themselves consisting of applying that idea to as many specifics as possible. Be sure that you do not decide that there are some things you see to which the idea for the day is inapplicable. The aim of the exercises will always be to increase the application of the idea to everything. This will not require effort. Only be sure that you make no exceptions in applying the idea. 5 Some of the ideas you will find hard to believe, and others will seem quite startling. It does not matter. You are merely asked to apply them to what you see. You are not asked to judge them, nor even to believe them. You are asked only to use them. It is their use which will give them meaning to you, and show you they are true. Remember only this-you need not believe them, you need not accept them, and you need not welcome them. Some of them you may actively resist. None of this will matter nor decrease their efficacy. But allow yourself to make no exceptions in applying the ideas the exercises contain. Whatever your reactions to the ideas may be, use them. Nothing more than this is required.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 16:53:04 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015