Lee Flynn
2011-06-05 19:43:08 UTC
" Do not feel guilty about the fact that you are doubting this.
Just re-read them and their truth will come to you. I love you,
and I am not afraid or embarrassed or doubtful. MY strength
will support you, so don't worry and leave the rest to me. "
~ among the Author's first comments to his startled scribe ~
________________
Hi all,
This series of excerpts from the Urtext of ACIM
will feature those portions that specifically reference
the thoughts, reactions and relationships between and
among the three who produced ACIM: the Course's scribe,
her dedicated assistant, and the Author who dictated the
material.
Note:
"HS" refers to Helen Schucman, whose shorthand notes
document the rapid inner dictation that produced the
unedited manuscript (Urtext) of ACIM. The early portion of
her notes also capture her own thoughts and questions, as
well as the Voice's answers, in bracketed asides that reveal
a secondary layer of ongoing personal instruction
and encouragement for the scribes, even as the Voice
pressed on with dictation of the Course material.
"B." refers to Bill Thetford, who regularly typed out Helen's
shorthand notes as she read them aloud, and whose later
role included editing the resultant Urtext manuscript into
the edition of the Course originally prepared for publication.
The Urtext of ACIM was unavailable publicly for the first
25 years of the Course's publication, and though never
intended for public scrutiny, its recent discovery provides
this rich, embedded, 'second layer' of material that essentially
documents, in intimate detail, the entire scribal process.
~ Lee
Paragraphs that include '2nd layer' material will usually
include an asterisk before the paragraph number.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[ "HS" is Helen Schucman. "B." is Bill Thetford ]
"*1. It is crucial to say first that this is a required course.
Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean
that you establish the curriculum. It means only that you can
elect what to take when. It is just because you are not ready
to do what you should elect to do that time exists at all. (You
will see miracles thru your hands thru me. You should begin
each day with the prayer "Help me to perform whatever miracles
you want of me today.")
2. 1. The first thing to remember about miracles is that there
is no order of difficulty among them. One is not harder or
bigger than another. They are all the same.
3. 2. Miracles do not matter. They are quite unimportant.
4. 3. They occur naturally as an expression of love. The real
miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense,
everything that comes from love is a miracle.
5. a. This explains the first point related to the lack of
order. All expressions of love are maximal.
6. b. This is why the "thing in itself" does not matter. The
only thing that matters is the Source, and this is far beyond
human evaluation.
*7. (Q and A re first 3 points.) Q (HS) Would you require regard
this communication as a kind of miracle? A. There is nothing
special or surprising about this at all. The ONE thing that
happened was the Universal Miracle which was the experience of
intense love you have felt. (Don't get embarrassed by the idea
of love. Embarrassment is only a form of fear, and actually a
particularly dangerous form because it reflects egocentricity.
Do not feel guilty about the fact that you are doubting this.
Just re-read them and their truth will come to you. I love you,
and I am not afraid or embarrassed or doubtful. MY strength
will support you, so don't worry and leave the rest to me. But
when you see B., be sure you tell him how much he helped you
thru by giving you the right message, and don't bother with
worrying about how you received it. That doesn't matter either.
You were just afraid.)
*8. (HS fearful in taxi about a communication which related
Dave's healing and Jonathan's hernia. She thought it would be
safer to dissociate the two. Instructions were: refer to point 1
and re-read NOW.)
9. 4. All miracles mean Life, and God is the giver of the Life.
He will direct you VERY specifically. "
- ACIM Urtext
Just re-read them and their truth will come to you. I love you,
and I am not afraid or embarrassed or doubtful. MY strength
will support you, so don't worry and leave the rest to me. "
~ among the Author's first comments to his startled scribe ~
________________
Hi all,
This series of excerpts from the Urtext of ACIM
will feature those portions that specifically reference
the thoughts, reactions and relationships between and
among the three who produced ACIM: the Course's scribe,
her dedicated assistant, and the Author who dictated the
material.
Note:
"HS" refers to Helen Schucman, whose shorthand notes
document the rapid inner dictation that produced the
unedited manuscript (Urtext) of ACIM. The early portion of
her notes also capture her own thoughts and questions, as
well as the Voice's answers, in bracketed asides that reveal
a secondary layer of ongoing personal instruction
and encouragement for the scribes, even as the Voice
pressed on with dictation of the Course material.
"B." refers to Bill Thetford, who regularly typed out Helen's
shorthand notes as she read them aloud, and whose later
role included editing the resultant Urtext manuscript into
the edition of the Course originally prepared for publication.
The Urtext of ACIM was unavailable publicly for the first
25 years of the Course's publication, and though never
intended for public scrutiny, its recent discovery provides
this rich, embedded, 'second layer' of material that essentially
documents, in intimate detail, the entire scribal process.
~ Lee
Paragraphs that include '2nd layer' material will usually
include an asterisk before the paragraph number.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
[ "HS" is Helen Schucman. "B." is Bill Thetford ]
"*1. It is crucial to say first that this is a required course.
Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean
that you establish the curriculum. It means only that you can
elect what to take when. It is just because you are not ready
to do what you should elect to do that time exists at all. (You
will see miracles thru your hands thru me. You should begin
each day with the prayer "Help me to perform whatever miracles
you want of me today.")
2. 1. The first thing to remember about miracles is that there
is no order of difficulty among them. One is not harder or
bigger than another. They are all the same.
3. 2. Miracles do not matter. They are quite unimportant.
4. 3. They occur naturally as an expression of love. The real
miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense,
everything that comes from love is a miracle.
5. a. This explains the first point related to the lack of
order. All expressions of love are maximal.
6. b. This is why the "thing in itself" does not matter. The
only thing that matters is the Source, and this is far beyond
human evaluation.
*7. (Q and A re first 3 points.) Q (HS) Would you require regard
this communication as a kind of miracle? A. There is nothing
special or surprising about this at all. The ONE thing that
happened was the Universal Miracle which was the experience of
intense love you have felt. (Don't get embarrassed by the idea
of love. Embarrassment is only a form of fear, and actually a
particularly dangerous form because it reflects egocentricity.
Do not feel guilty about the fact that you are doubting this.
Just re-read them and their truth will come to you. I love you,
and I am not afraid or embarrassed or doubtful. MY strength
will support you, so don't worry and leave the rest to me. But
when you see B., be sure you tell him how much he helped you
thru by giving you the right message, and don't bother with
worrying about how you received it. That doesn't matter either.
You were just afraid.)
*8. (HS fearful in taxi about a communication which related
Dave's healing and Jonathan's hernia. She thought it would be
safer to dissociate the two. Instructions were: refer to point 1
and re-read NOW.)
9. 4. All miracles mean Life, and God is the giver of the Life.
He will direct you VERY specifically. "
- ACIM Urtext