Chapter 27 The Healing of the Dream

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM VIII. The “Hero” of the Dream

1. The body is the central figure in the dreaming of the world. There is no dream without it, nor does it exist without the dream in which it acts as if it were a person to be seen and be believed. It takes the central place in every dream, which tells the story ofContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM VIII. The “Hero” of the Dream”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 The Healing of the Dream VII The Dreamer of the Dream

1. Suffering is an emphasis upon all that the world has done to injure you. Here is the world’s demented version of salvation clearly shown. Like to a dream of punishment, in which the dreamer is unconscious of what brought on the attack against himself, he sees himself attacked unjustly and by something not himself.Continue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 The Healing of the Dream VII The Dreamer of the Dream”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM V. The Healing Example

1. The only way to heal is to be healed. The miracle extends without your help, but you are needed that it can begin. Accept the miracle of healing, and it will go forth because of what it is. It is its nature to extend itself the instant it is born. And it is bornContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM V. The Healing Example”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM IV. The Quiet Answer

1. In quietness are all things answered, and is every problem quietly resolved. In conflict there can be no answer and no resolution, for its purpose is to make no resolution possible, and to ensure no answer will be plain. A problem set in conflict has no answer, for it is seen in different ways.Continue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM IV. The Quiet Answer”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM III. Beyond Symbols

1. Power cannot oppose. For opposition would weaken it, and weakened power is a contradiction in ideas. Weak strength is meaningless, and power used to weaken is employed to limit. And therefore it must be limited and weak because that is its purpose. Power is unopposed, to be itself. No weakness can intrude on itContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM III. Beyond Symbols”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM II. The Fear of Healing 9-16

9. Who, then, fears healing? Only those to whom their brothers sacrifice, and pain are seen to represent their own serenity. Their helplessness and weakness represent the grounds on which they justify his pain. The constant sting of guilt he suffers serves to prove that he is slave, but they are free. The constant painContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM II. The Fear of Healing 9-16”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM II. The Fear of Healing 1-8

1. Is healing frightening? To many, yes. For accusation is a bar to love, and damaged bodies are accusers. They stand firmly in the way of trust and peace, proclaiming that the frail can have no trust and that the damaged have no grounds for peace. Who has been injured by his brother, and couldContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM II. The Fear of Healing 1-8”

ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM I. The Picture of Crucifixion

1. The wish to be unfairly treated is a compromise attempt that would combine attack and innocence. Who can combine the wholly incompatible and make a unity of what can never join? Walk you the gentle way, and you will fear no evil and no shadows in the night. But place no terror symbols onContinue reading “ACIM CHAPTER 27 THE HEALING OF THE DREAM I. The Picture of Crucifixion”