a course in miracle 1972 Edition

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1、CHAPTER1INTRODUCTIONTOMIRACLESThisisacourseinmiracles.Itisarequiredcourse.Onlythetimeyoutakeitisvoluntary.Freewilldoesnotmeanthatyoucanestablishthecurriculum.Itmeansonlythatyoumayelectwhatyouwanttotakeatagiventime.Thecoursedoesnotaimatteachingthemeaningoflove,forthatisbeyondwhatcanbetaught

2、.Itdoesaim,however,atremovingtheblockstotheawarenessoflove’sPresence,Whichisyournaturalinheritance.Theoppositeofloveisfear,butwhatisall-encompassingcanhavenoopposite.Thiscoursecanthereforebesummedupverysimplyinthisway:NothingrealcanbethreatenedNothingunrealexists.HereinliesthePeaceofGod.__

3、____________________PrinciplesofMiracles1.Thereisnoorderofdifficultyamongmiracles.Oneisnot“harder”or“bigger”thananother.Theyareallthesame.Allexpressionsoflovearemaximal.2.Miraclesassuchdonotmatter.TheonlythingthatmattersistheirSource,Whichisfarbeyondhumanevaluation.3.Miraclesoccurnaturally

4、asexpressionsoflove.Therealmiracleisthelovethatinspiresthem.Inthissense,everythingthatcomesfromloveisamiracle.4.Allmiraclesmeanlife,andGodistheGiveroflife.HisVoicewilldirectyouveryspecifically.Youwillbetoldallyouneedtoknow.5.Miraclesarehabitsandshouldbeinvoluntary.Theyshouldnotbeunderconsc

5、iouscontrol.Consciouslyselectedmiraclescanbemisguided.6.Miraclesarenatural.WhentheydoNOToccursomethinghasgonewrong.7.Miraclesareeveryone’sright,butpurificationisnecessaryfirst.8.Miraclesarehealingbecausetheysupplyalackinthattheyareperformedbythosewhotemporarilyhavemoreforthosewhotemporaril

6、yhaveless.9.Miraclesareakindofexchange.Likeallexpressionsoflove,whichareALWAYSmiraculousinthetruesense,theexchangereversesthephysicallaws.TheybringMORElovebothtothegiverANDthereceiver.10.TheuseofmiraclesasspectaclestoINDUCEbeliefiswrong;or,better,isamisunderstandingoftheirpurpose.Theyarere

7、allyusedFORandBYbelievers.11.Prayeristhemediumofmiracles.PrayeristhenaturalcommunicationofthecreatedwiththeCreator.Throughprayerloveisreceived,andthroughmiraclesloveisexpressed.12.Miraclesarethoughts.Thoughtscanrepresentlower-orderorhigher-orderreality.Thisist