VII. The End of Illusions 1. It is impossible to let the past go without relinquishing the special relationship. For the special relationship is an attempt to reenact the past and change it. Imagined slights, remembered pain, past disappointments, perceived injustices and deprivations all enter into the special relationship, which becomes a way in whichContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
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A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
VI. The Bridge to the Real World 1. The search for the special relationship is the sign that you equate yourself with the ego and not with God. For the special relationship has value only to the ego. To the ego, unless a relationship has special value it has no meaning, for it perceives allContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
V. The Choice for Completion 9-17 9. The appeal of hell lies only in the terrible attraction of guilt, which the ego holds out to those who place their faith in littleness. The conviction of littleness lies in every special relationship, for only the deprived could value specialness. The demand for specialness, would make loveContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
V. The Choice for Completion 1-8 1. In looking at the special relationship, it is necessary first to realize that it involves a great amount of pain. Anxiety, despair, guilt and attack all enter into it, broken into by periods in which they seem gone. All these must be understood for what they are. WhateverContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
IV. The Illusion and the Reality of Love 8-13 8. Heaven waits silently, and your creations are holding out their hands to help you cross and welcome them. For it is they you seek. You seek but for your own completion, and it is they who render you complete. The special love relationship is butContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
IV. The Illusion and the Reality of Love 1. Be not afraid to look upon the special hate relationship, for freedom lies in looking at it. It would be impossible not to know the meaning of love, except for this. For the special love relationship, in which the meaning of love is hidden, is undertakenContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
III. The Reward of Teaching 1. We have already learned that everyone teaches and teaches all the time. You may have taught well, and yet you may not have learned how to accept the comfort of your teaching. If you will consider what you have taught, and how alien it is to what you thoughtContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions
II. The Power of Holiness 1. You may still think that holiness is impossible to understand, because you cannot see how it can be extended to include everyone. And you have been told that it must include everyone to be holy. Concern yourself not with the extension of holiness, for the nature of miracles youContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 16 The Forgiveness of Illusions”
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