Category Archives: ACIM Studies

I. Principles of Miracles, P 24 24 Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. You are a miracle, capable of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own nightmare, and does not exist. Only theContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 24”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 23 23 Miracles rearrange perception and place all levels in true perspective. This is healing because sickness comes from confusing the levels. Journal Sickness comes from confusing the levels. I think that means we experience sickness because we are confused about what we are. Very simply, there are at leastContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 23”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 22 22 Miracles are associated with fear only because of the belief that darkness can hide. You believe that what your physical eyes cannot see does not exist. This leads to a denial of spiritual sight.   Journal It’s hard to believe that we would be afraid of miracles butContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 22”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 21 21 Miracles are natural signs of forgiveness. Through miracles, you accept God’s forgiveness by extending it to others.   Journal Later in the Text I am told that God does not forgive because God never condemns. So what is God’s forgiveness? It is the certainty that I have doneContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 21”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 20 20 Miracles reawaken the awareness that the spirit, not the body, is the altar of truth. This is the recognition that leads to the healing power of the miracle.   Journal Sometimes I get bad headaches and when that happens my first thought is, “What triggered this headache?” IContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 20”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 19 19 Miracles make minds one in God. They depend on cooperation, because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore reflect the laws of eternity, not of time. Journal Miracles occur on the level of mind, and so are outside time and space and bodies.Continue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 19”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 18 18 A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbor as yourself. You recognize your own and your neighbor’s worth simultaneously. Journal When I was deciding what I wanted to take in college I thoughtContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 18”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 17 17 Miracles transcend the body. They are sudden shifts into invisibility, away from the bodily level. That is why they heal. Journal Nothing happens within the illusion. Nothing is improved, nothing is made worse, nothing is done at all. This is just a script being played out. There isContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 17”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 16 16 Miracles are teaching devices for demonstrating that it is as blessed to give as to receive. They simultaneously increase the strength of the giver and supply strength to the receiver. Journal Miracles are teaching devices. I almost missed the importance of that first statement. Miracles are not aContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 16”

I. Principles of Miracles, P 15 15 Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a teaching device and a means to an end. Time will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating learning.   JournalContinue reading “C 1: I. Principles of Miracles, P 15”