IV. The Obstacles of Peace D. The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God 8-21 i. The Lifting of the Veil 8. Forget not that you came this far together, you and your brother. And it was surely not the ego that led you here. No obstacle to peace can be surmounted through its help. ItContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
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A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
IV. The Obstacles of Peace D. The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God 1-7 1. What would you see without the fear of death? What would you feel and think if death held no attraction for you? Very simply, you would remember your Father. The Creator of life, the Source of everything that lives, theContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
IV. The Obstacles of Peace C. The Third Obstacle: The Attraction of Death 1. To you and your brother, in whose special relationship the Holy Spirit entered, it is given to release and be released from the dedication to death. For it was offered you, and you accepted. Yet you must learn still more aboutContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
Section IV. The Obstacles of Peace IVB. The Second Obstacle – The Belief the Body Is Valuable for What It Offers i. The Attraction of Pain 9-17 9. Your little part is but to give the Holy Spirit the whole idea of sacrifice. And to accept the peace He gives instead, without the limits thatContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
Section IV. The Obstacles of Peace IVB. The Second Obstacle – The Belief the Body Is Valuable for What It Offers 1-8 1. We said that peace must first surmount the obstacle of your desire to get rid of it. Where the attraction of guilt holds sway, peace is not wanted. The second obstacle thatContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
VI. A: The First Obstacle: The Desire To Get Rid Of It i. The Attraction of Guilt 10. The attraction of guilt produces fear of love, for love would never look on guilt at all. It is the nature of love to look upon only the truth, for there it sees itself, with which itContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
IV. The Obstacles to Peace 1. As peace extends from deep inside yourself to embrace all the Sonship and give it rest, it will encounter many obstacles. Some of them you will try to impose. Others will seem to arise from elsewhere, from your brothers, and from various aspects of the world outside. Yet peaceContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
III. The Unreality of Sin 1. The attraction of guilt is found in sin, not error. Sin will be repeated because of this attraction. Fear can become so acute that the sin is denied the acting out. But while the guilt remains attractive the mind will suffer and not let go of the idea ofContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
II. Sin Versus Error 1. It is essential that error be not confused with sin, and it is this distinction that makes salvation possible. For error can be corrected, and the wrong made right. But sin, were it possible, would be irreversible. The belief in sin is necessarily based on the firm conviction that minds,Continue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace
I. Healing and Faith 9-16 10. Faith is the opposite of fear, as much a part of love as fear is of attack. Faith is the acknowledgement of union. It is the gracious acknowledgment of everyone as a Son of your most loving Father, loved by Him like you, and therefore loved by you asContinue reading “A COURSE IN MIRACLES Chapter 19 The Attainment of Peace”
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