Notes on the Text of A Course in - Stephen Wingate

(content) in the mind, not the behavior (form) of the
body in the world.
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The entire world is made as a defense against the
truth of who we really are. The world of separation is
made as an attack on the wholeness of God.
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Because we believe in two powers, us and God,
rather than go back into our mind and go to war with
God over our sin and guilt of separation, we project a
world and body in which we can hide. There is one
power in the universe. The one power cannot attack
itself, as it is not separate from itself.
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The term special relationships is a synonym for
unholy relationships.
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We are all lonely and alone because we believe we
separated ourselves from each other and our Creator.
We think we are together when our bodies are
together, but we are alone because we have separated
ourselves in our minds.
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The decision making part of the mind is the observer
that chooses to identify with the ego and see through
the ego's eyes, rather than the vision and reason of
the Holy Spirit. The Son of God as the decision
maker is the "you" to whom the Course is addressed.
"The eyes that are not yours" are the eyes of the ego
whose perception sends messages back to you which
cannot be understood because they are messages of
separation, not of the wholeness of God.
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The body and world were made to keep our secret
sin of separation hidden, and to project our sin, guilt
and fear out of ourselves and onto others in the
world. The purpose of the Course is to guide us back
to the decision making part of our mind where we
can break our identification with the ego and the
body, and choose again for the Holy Spirit and our
Identity with God as His Son.
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The miracle facilitates the shift in the Son's identity
from the ego to the Holy Spirit where the Son
remembers his Identity with the Father as Christ.
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It is important to be aware of the dynamics of the ego
by observing it; awareness facilitates freedom. When
we look at the ego through the eyes of the Holy
Spirit we see it as it truly is.
<strong>Notes</strong> on the Text of A Course in Miracles
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The “mouse” is the tiny mad idea that we separated
from God. The Holy Spirit teaches us that the
separation never happened, and He helps transform
our unholy relationships into the holy relationship.
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We all share the same illusory egoic thought system;
we all share the same Identity as the Son of God. We
share the same illusion, and we share the same truth.
There is no separation. And we all share the same
need to awaken from the ego's nightmare of
separation.
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As our special relationships are being transformed
into the holy relationship, we are like infants, and it
will take time for us to learn to let go of our unholy
relationships as they are reborn into the holy one.
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The decision maker is the infant who is already
Christ, but forgot, and is now remembering with the
help of the Holy Spirit through the holy instant.
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The holy relationship is the reflection of the oneness
of Christ and Heaven. Through forgiveness of our
brothers, our unholy relationships are transformed
into the holy relationship, and we remember the truth
of our identity and our brothers' identity as the one
Son of God. All brothers are included without
exception, or the Sonship remains divided.
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Forgiveness is for everyone with no exception. If you
leave even one person unforgiven (past, present or
future) you hold yourself in hell.
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To see even one sinner in the world, you are refusing
forgiveness for yourself and blocking the love of
God from your awareness. The Sonship is forgiven
and healed as one, or not at all.
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Healing is of the mind, not of the body or world.
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My part in the Atonement is to look past the
differences I see between us, and see our common
state of mind. I release you from the projection of my
own belief in sin and guilt which was predicated on
my belief that I had sinned against God by separating
from Him. My function in the Atonement and
forgiveness is to accept them for myself. The Holy
Spirit's function is to extend the Atonement and
forgiveness to the whole Sonship.