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ACIM L162 "I am as God created me." ~ June 11 (iambic pentameter)
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Lee Flynn
2011-06-11 12:56:50 UTC
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ACIM Workbook Lesson 162 ~ June 11

http://courseinmiracles.com/workbook_lessons/part_1/lesson162.htm
http://www.acimradio.net/urwork/


" Lesson 162

"I am as God created me."

- This single thought, held firmly in the mind,
would save the world. From time to time we will
repeat it, as [you] reach another stage
in learning. It will mean far more to you
as you advance. These words are sacred, for
they are the words God gave in answer to
the world you made. By them it disappears,
and all things seen within its misty clouds
and vaporous illusions vanish as
these words are spoken. For they come from God.

- Here is the Word by which the Son became
His Father's happiness, His Love, and His
completion. Here creation is proclaimed,
and honored as it is. There is no dream
these words will not dispel; no thought of sin
and no illusion [that] the dream contains
that will not fade away before their might.
They are the trumpet of awakening
that sounds around the world. The dead awake
in answer to its call. And those who live
and hear this sound will never look on death.

- Holy indeed is he who makes these words
his own; arising with them in his mind,
recalling them throughout the day, at night
bringing them with him as he goes to sleep.
His dreams are happy and his rest secure,
his safety certain and his body healed,
because he sleeps and wakens with the truth
before him always. He will save the world
because he gives the world what he receives
each time he practices the words of truth.

- Today we practice simply. For the words
we use are mighty, and they need no thoughts
beyond themselves to change the mind of him
who uses them. So wholly is it changed
that it is now the treasury in which
God places all His gifts and all His Love
to be distributed to all the world,
increased in giving, kept complete because
its sharing is unlimited. And thus
you learn to think with God. Christ's vision has
restored your sight by salvaging your mind.

- We honor you today. Yours is the right
to perfect holiness you now accept.
With this acceptance is salvation brought
to everyone, for who could cherish sin
when holiness like this has blessed the world?
Who could despair when perfect joy is yours,
available to all as remedy
for grief and misery, [for] sense of loss,
and for complete escape from sin and guilt?

- And who would not be brother to you now;
you his redeemer and his saviour? Who
could fail to welcome you into his heart
with loving invitation, eager to
unite with one like him in holiness?
You are as God created you. These words
dispel the night, and darkness is no more.
The light is come today to bless the world,
for you have recognized the Son of God,
and in [your] recognition is the world's. "

~ Original Handscript of ACIM

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Kaydon
2011-06-11 13:27:01 UTC
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ACIM Workbook Lesson 162 ~ June 11
http://courseinmiracles.com/workbook_lessons/part_1/lesson162.htm
http://www.acimradio.net/urwork/
" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
I was actually discussing a similar concept with a friend of mine only
yesterday. "God created man in His own image." Ignoring all the other
points for now, that statement is the obvious culprit for many people
believing that God is a flesh and blood being, and He lives in the
clouds, or something. I interpret it as I posess God's values and
creative power and I can choose to exercise them or not.

On another vein, God was 'Elohim' in the Hebrew text. Elohim is such a
weird word. 'El' means 'Deity' - like Kal-El (Superman's name on
Krypton). 'Eloh' is Feminine Deity. And 'im' is the suffix for things
that are male. So 'Elohim' means 'Dual geandered Deity' :o The early
Christians couldn't handle this so 'Elohim' got translated as 'God' or
'Lord' and other masculine sounding names.

I like the thought that I am as God created me, because God is perfect
and never makes mistakes. Therefore I am perfectly imperfect:P

<3
xoxoxoxoo
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"To be or not to be, that is the question. Unless you're a photon."
Carrie
2011-06-11 16:10:00 UTC
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Post by Lee Flynn
ACIM Workbook Lesson 162 ~ June 11
http://courseinmiracles.com/workbook_lessons/part_1/lesson162.htm
http://www.acimradio.net/urwork/
" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
I was actually discussing a similar concept with a friend of mine only
yesterday. "God created man in His own image." Ignoring all the other
points for now, that statement is the obvious culprit for many people
believing that God is a flesh and blood being, and He lives in the
clouds, or something. I interpret it as I posess God's values and
creative power and I can choose to exercise them or not.
On another vein, God was 'Elohim' in the Hebrew text. Elohim is such a
weird word. 'El' means 'Deity' - like Kal-El (Superman's name on
Krypton). 'Eloh' is Feminine Deity. And 'im' is the suffix for things
that are male. So 'Elohim' means 'Dual geandered Deity' :o The early
Christians couldn't handle this so 'Elohim' got translated as 'God' or
'Lord' and other masculine sounding names.
I like the thought that I am as God created me, because God is perfect
and never makes mistakes. Therefore I am perfectly imperfect:P
<3
xoxoxoxoo
This is sort of what Christian Science is based on. Man is made in God's
image, and God is perfect, so the truth is, man cannot really be sick.
The course refers to anything that isn't God (Love) as illusion.
Not to totally disregard all we think is real (the world) but to know
that on some level, it's not all there is.
"In the world but not of it".
Post by Kaydon
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"To be or not to be, that is the question. Unless you're a photon."
Sidney Lambe
2011-06-11 15:50:24 UTC
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" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
No. We are as we create ourselves. God gave us the
gift of creativity at our own level.

Whenever you encounter anyone who wants you to worship some
supposed deity, then you are dealing with someone who actually
wants you to worship _them_ as a necessary intermediary with the
Divine: a guru a priest..

Or they want you to become a mindless sheeple like they are, and
let some document run your life.

A document that will be interpreted for you by a guru or priest,

The Truth is that the god they are referring to doesn't even
exist. It's just an expression of what they wish they were.

Getting people to believe that some things are Divine and
some aren't is the basic purpose of Christianity, and a great
ugliness. The Truth is that God or All That Is, is the gestalt
consciousness that creates, is, and is more than, everything that
exists.

Ergo, everything is Divine. Everything is Holy.

ACIM is just Fundamentalist Christianity in a New-Age disguise.
A clumsy one fashioned by radical Christians who have no idea of
what the New-Age movement is actually about.

"The Nature of Personal Reality" by Jane Roberts is a much better
book. It contains no Biblical references at all. Why would it?
The Truth existed long, long before the times of Moses and Jesus.

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Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.
Carrie
2011-06-11 16:11:23 UTC
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" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
No. We are as we create ourselves. God gave us the
gift of creativity at our own level.
But, on the level of Truth we are perfect and one with God.
You have no idea what ACIM really says or is about, or you are
interpreting it in your own warped way for whatever reason.
Not saying there's anything wrong with this, if you find peace of mind
and feel good about it.
Post by Sidney Lambe
Whenever you encounter anyone who wants you to worship some
supposed deity, then you are dealing with someone who actually
wants you to worship _them_ as a necessary intermediary with the
Divine: a guru a priest..
Or they want you to become a mindless sheeple like they are, and
let some document run your life.
A document that will be interpreted for you by a guru or priest,
The Truth is that the god they are referring to doesn't even
exist. It's just an expression of what they wish they were.
Getting people to believe that some things are Divine and
some aren't is the basic purpose of Christianity, and a great
ugliness. The Truth is that God or All That Is, is the gestalt
consciousness that creates, is, and is more than, everything that
exists.
Ergo, everything is Divine. Everything is Holy.
ACIM is just Fundamentalist Christianity in a New-Age disguise.
A clumsy one fashioned by radical Christians who have no idea of
what the New-Age movement is actually about.
"The Nature of Personal Reality" by Jane Roberts is a much better
book. It contains no Biblical references at all. Why would it?
The Truth existed long, long before the times of Moses and Jesus.
[delete]
--
Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.
Sidney Lambe
2011-06-11 17:55:58 UTC
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" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
No. We are as we create ourselves. God gave us the
gift of creativity at our own level.
But, on the level of Truth we are perfect and one with God.
No. On one level of reality that's True.

But this reality is as much Truth as God's.
Post by Carrie
You have no idea what ACIM really says or is about,
I've read the urtext three times. and lookes stuff up in it a
hundred times.

http://courseinmiracles.com/urtext/

I have a copy of it here in a single file.

This is the kind of garbage one gets from all religious fanatics.

"You don't believe what I believe therefore you are an idiot
who can't read plain English."

Bow she's going to say that the urtext was never meant to be
read by people.

It was supposedly channeled from Jesus, but needed to be
radically edited by human beings.

That's just idiocy.

If you want to see the ugly heart of ACIM, read the urtext. And
ignore these wannabee gurus and priests who will always insist
that you are an idiot if you don't let them interpret it for you.

[delete]

The Nature of Personal Reality by Jane Roberts. is the real
thing. ACIM isn't. It's just Fundamentalist Christianity in a
clumsy New-Age disguise.


Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.
Carrie
2011-06-11 23:39:44 UTC
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" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
No. We are as we create ourselves. God gave us the
gift of creativity at our own level.
But, on the level of Truth we are perfect and one with God.
No. On one level of reality that's True.
But this reality is as much Truth as God's.
Post by Carrie
You have no idea what ACIM really says or is about,
I've read the urtext three times. and lookes stuff up in it a
hundred times.
http://courseinmiracles.com/urtext/
I have a copy of it here in a single file.
I've posted before that the Urtext is the rough copy, one of the earlier
manuscripts.It was meant in a more personal way for Helen and Bill. It
wasn't the later edited and published version which was meant for anyone who
felt drawn to it.
You are making whatever you make from it, to prove whatever point, out of
context.
It's like taking the alphabet (as is) and saying "this makes no sense".
Read the version of the course that was meant to be read. And, open your
heart, come from Spirit, forgive and love.
Try it and see.
Sidney Lambe
2011-06-12 01:14:59 UTC
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" Lesson 162
"I am as God created me."
No. We are as we create ourselves. God gave us the gift of
creativity at our own level.
But, on the level of Truth we are perfect and one with
God.
No. On one level of reality that's True.
But this reality is as much Truth as God's.
Post by Carrie
You have no idea what ACIM really says or is about,
I've read the urtext three times. and lookes stuff up in it a
hundred times.
http://courseinmiracles.com/urtext/
I have a copy of it here in a single file.
I've posted before that the Urtext is the rough copy
ONce again: the urtext was supposedly channeled from Jesus.

Please tell us why Seth produced near-perfect copy the first
time, every time, including entire books that were basically
ready for publication immediately......and Jesus supposedly
produces something that has to be extensively edited and
ammended.

And Seth isn't even the supposed "Son of God".

You keep evading that question.

The answer is obvious: Jesus didn't write ACIM any more than he
wrote the Bible, from which ACIM is obviously derived.


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Sidney Lambe / Evergreen - usenet4444 (AT) gmail (DOT) com
Solitaire Wiccan Priest - Spellsinger Wicca
http://tinyurl.com/63zc9bh - http://tinyurl.com/7vs9zb
All will be well. All manner of things will be well.
Tom
2011-06-12 01:59:59 UTC
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