VII. The Needless Sacrifice, P 7 7 In such insane relationships, the attraction of what you do not want seems to be much stronger than the attraction of what you do want. For each one thinks Read more…
7. SHOULD HEALING BE REPEATED? P 4 4 One of the most difficult temptations to recognize is that to doubt a healing because of the appearance of continuing symptoms is a mistake in the form of Read more…
A Gentle Response to Attack I can remember being harsh with my husband when I was married. I would feel attacked by him and I would defend myself. It felt like strength when I defended Read more…
V. Joy 1 Joy is the inevitable result of gentleness. Gentleness means that fear is now impossible, and what could come to interfere with joy? The open hands of gentleness are always filled. The gentle have Read more…
Lesson 170 There is no cruelty in God and none in me. No one attacks without intent to hurt. This can have no exception. When you think that you attack in self-defense, you mean that Read more…
VII. Sharing Perception with the Holy Spirit, P 5 5 Light cannot enter darkness when a mind believes in darkness, and will not let it go. Truth does not struggle against ignorance, and love does not Read more…
Lesson 135 If I defend myself I am attacked. Who would defend himself unless he thought he were attacked, that the attack were real, and that his own defense could save himself? And herein lies Read more…
VI. The Light of Communication, P 2 2 The quiet light in which the Holy Spirit dwells within you is merely perfect openness, in which nothing is hidden and therefore nothing is fearful. Attack will always Read more…
C 14: V. The Circle of Atonement, P 5 5 We are all joined in the Atonement here, and nothing else can unite us in this world. So will the world of separation slip away, and Read more…
III. The Decision for Guiltlessness, P 5 5 The miracle teaches you that you have chosen guiltlessness, freedom and joy. It is not a cause, but an effect. It is the natural result of choosing Read more…