Monthly Archives: May 2012

‘Only salvation can be said to cure.’ ‘Cure’ is a word that cannot be applied to any remedy that the world would accept as beneficial. What the world perceives as therapeutic is but what will make the body ‘better’. When … Continue reading →

‘I will accept Atonement for myself.’ Here is the end of choice. For here we come to a decision to accept ourselves as God created us. And what is choice except uncertainty of what we are? Uncertainty about what you … Continue reading →

‘Heaven is the decision I must make.’ In this world Heaven is a choice, because we believe there are alternatives to choose between. We think that all things have an opposite, and what we want we choose. If Heaven exists … Continue reading →

‘When I am healed I am not healed alone.’ Today’s idea remains the central thought on which salvation rests. For healing is the opposite of all the world’s ideas which dwell on sickness and on separate states. Sickness is a … Continue reading →

‘Sickness is a defence against the truth.’ No one can heal unless he understands what purpose sickness seems to serve. Sickness is not an accident. Like all defences, it is an insane device for self-deception. And like all the rest, … Continue reading →

‘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 defence would save himself? And herein lies the folly of defence; it gives illusions … Continue reading →

‘Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.’ Let us review the meaning of ‘forgive’ for it is apt to be distorted and to be perceived as something that entails an unfair sacrifice of righteous wrath, a gift unjustified and undeserved, … Continue reading →

‘I will not value what is valueless.’ Sometimes in teaching there is benefit, particularly after you have gone through what seems theoretical and far from what the student has already learned, to bring him back to practical concerns. This we … Continue reading →

‘I loose the world from all I thought I was.’ What keeps the world in chains but your beliefs? And what can save the world except yourself? Beliefs are powerful indeed. The thoughts you hold are mighty, and illusions are … Continue reading →

‘No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth.’ Failure is all about you while you seek for goals that cannot be achieved. You look for permanence in impermanence, for love where there is none, and for safety in … Continue reading →