A Course In Miracles – San Jose Karl J Vidt, ACIM Student/Teacher

ACIM T-3.VII Creating Versus the Self-Inage

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The thought system we build our beliefs on is the foundation of our being.  Are we building on a solid foundation or a foundation based on illusion?  Are we building our thought system on solid rock or shifting sand?  This is something to think about.  Our minds are powerful.  We have given our mind the power to perceive our “reality.”  And we have given it our full belief, whether solid and strong, or shifting and weak.  Our thoughts are so powerful we can block the awareness of who we really are simply by believing something else.  It doesn’t matter that the something else is not real and has no substance.  Our belief in it blocks our awareness of who we really are that remains always within us.

 

Separation is a thought system we have given power to by believing it.  It is impossible to believe in two opposing thought systems at one time, so we give our power to whichever thought system we choose.  If we make separation and thus illusion the foundation of our being, we have believed in a thought system that has no substance.  If there is no foundation of substance to our thought system, there is nothing substantial for us to believe in when challenges appear in our lives.  When those challenges appear, we must be willing to dismantle the illusory foundation we have believed and allow Spirit to show us the solid rock that is the foundation of who we really are.

 

Our real foundation is the idea that we are as God created us, that we are whole.  Our foundation is the belief that we are whole, that we have all we need, that God has given us all that is real and sustains us and that we needn’t look for it outside of ourselves.  All the power of God and Creation is within us in Unity.  Building a thought system on the perceptions Spirit reveals to us as we allow provides the solid foundation that we already have.  We are already the Mind of God.  We have just chosen to perceive something other than who we really are.  We can just as easily choose to perceive differently, but guided by Spirit.  We have no idea how freeing this is, to let go and let Spirit guide us.  We are so accustomed to fighting our way instead of releasing our way.  Allow the reality of who you really are to flow to the surface from deep within.  You will feel how solid that foundation really is.

 

This section also discusses a different way of seeing the Garden of Eden myth and some other stories familiar to us.  Join the discussion and open you mind to what Spirit has to offer.

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