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| − | #There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another. They are all the same. All expressions of love are maximal. | + | #There is no order of [[difficulty]] in [[miracles]]. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another. They are all the same. All [[expressions]] of [[love]] are maximal. |
| − | #Miracles as such do not matter. The only thing that matters is their Source, which is far beyond evaluation. | + | #Miracles as such do not matter. The only thing that matters is [[First Source|their Source]], which is far beyond [[evaluation]]. |
| − | #Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle. | + | #Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that [[inspires]] them. In this sense [[everything]] that comes from love is a miracle. |
| − | #All miracles mean life, and God is the Giver of life. His Voice will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you need to know. | + | #All miracles mean [[life]], and [[God]] is the Giver of life. [[Ta|His Voice]] will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you need to know. |
| − | #Miracles are habits, and should be involuntary. They should not be under conscious control. Consciously selected miracles can be misguided. | + | #Miracles are [[habits]], and should be involuntary. They should not be under [[conscious]] control. Consciously selected miracles can be misguided. |
| − | #Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong. | + | #Miracles are [[natural]]. When they do not occur something has gone wrong. |
| − | #Miracles are everyone's right, but purification is necessary first. | + | #Miracles are everyone's right, but [[purification]] is [[necessary]] first. |
| − | #Miracles are healing because they supply a lack; they are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less. | + | #Miracles are [[healing]] because they supply a lack; they are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less. |
| − | #Miracles are a kind of exchange. Like all expressions of love, which are always miraculous in the true sense, the exchange reverses the physical laws. They bring more love both to the giver and the receiver. | + | #Miracles are a kind of [[exchange]]. Like all expressions of [[love]], which are always miraculous in the true sense, the exchange [[reverses]] the physical laws. They bring more love both to the giver and the receiver. |
| − | #The use of miracles as spectacles to induce belief is a misunderstanding of their purpose. | + | #The use of miracles as [[spectacles]] to induce [[belief]] is a misunderstanding of their [[purpose]]. |
| − | #Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator. Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed. | + | #[[Prayer]] is the [[medium]] of miracles. It is a means of [[communication]] of the created with the Creator. Through prayer love is [[received]], and through miracles love is [[expressed]]. |
| − | #Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher or spiritual level of experience. One makes the physical, and the other creates the spiritual. | + | #Miracles are [[thoughts]]. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of [[experience]], or the higher or [[spiritual]] level of experience. One makes the physical, and the other creates the spiritual. |
| − | #Miracles are both beginnings and endings, and so they alter the temporal order. They are always affirmations of rebirth, which seem to go back but really go forward. They undo the past in the present, and thus release the future. | + | #Miracles are both beginnings and endings, and so they alter the [[temporal]] order. They are always affirmations of [[rebirth]], which seem to go back but really go forward. They undo the [[past]] in the [[present]], and thus release the [[future]]. |
| − | #Miracles bear witness to truth. They are convincing because they arise from conviction. Without conviction they deteriorate into magic, which is mindless and therefore destructive; or rather, the uncreative use of mind. | + | #Miracles bear witness to [[truth]]. They are convincing because they arise from [[conviction]]. Without conviction they deteriorate into [[magic]], which is mindless and therefore destructive; or rather, the uncreative use of [[mind]]. |
| − | #Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a teaching device and a means to an end. Time will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating learning. | + | #Each day should be [[devoted]] to miracles. The [[purpose]] of [[time]] is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a [[teaching]] device and a means to an end. Time will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating [[learning]]. |
| − | #Miracles are teaching devices for demonstrating it is as blessed to give as to receive. They simultaneously increase the strength of the giver and supply strength to the receiver. | + | #Miracles are teaching devices for [[demonstrating]] it is as [[blessed]] to give as to [[receive]]. They [[simultaneously]] increase the strength of the giver and supply strength to the receiver. |
| − | #Miracles transcend the body. They are sudden shifts into invisibility, away from the bodily level. That is why they heal. | + | #Miracles [[transcend]] the [[body]]. They are sudden shifts into [[invisibility]], away from the bodily level. That is why they heal. |
| − | #A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbour as yourself. You recognise your own and your neighbour's worth simultaneously. | + | #A miracle is a [[service]]. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your [[neighbour]] as yourself. You recognise your own and your neighbour's [[worth]] [[simultaneously]]. |
| − | #Miracles make minds one in God. They depend on co-operation, because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore reflect the laws of eternity, not of time. | + | #Miracles make [[minds]] [[one]] in [[God]]. They depend on [[co-operation]], because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore [[reflect]] the laws of [[eternity]], not of time. |
| − | #Miracles reawaken the awareness that the spirit, not the body, is the altar of truth. This is the recognition that leads to the healing power of the miracle. | + | #Miracles reawaken the [[awareness]] that the [[spirit]], not the body, is the [[altar]] of [[truth]]. This is the recognition that leads to the [[healing]] power of the miracle. |
| − | #Miracles are natural signs of forgiveness. Through miracles you accept God's forgiveness by extending it to others. | + | #Miracles are natural signs of [[forgiveness]]. Through miracles you [[accept]] God's forgiveness by extending it to others. |
| − | #Miracles are associated with fear only because of the belief that darkness can hide. You believe that what your physical eyes cannot see does not exist. This leads to a denial of spiritual sight. | + | #Miracles are associated with [[fear]] only because of the [[belief]] that [[darkness]] can hide. You believe that what your physical eyes cannot see does not exist. This leads to a [[denial]] of [[Vision|spiritual sight]]. |
| − | #Miracles rearrange perception and place all levels in true perspective. This is healing because sickness comes from confusing the levels. | + | #Miracles rearrange [[perception]] and place all levels in true [[perspective]]. This is healing because sickness comes from [[confusing]] the levels. |
| − | #Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. You are a miracle, capable of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real. | + | #Miracles enable you to [[heal]] the sick and raise the [[dead]] because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. You are a [[miracle]], capable of creating in the likeness of your [[Creator]]. Everything else is your own [[nightmare]], and does not exist. Only the creations of [[light]] are real. |
| − | #Miracles are part of an interlocking chain of forgiveness which, when completed, is the Atonement. Atonement works all the time and in all the dimensions of time. | + | #Miracles are part of an interlocking chain of [[forgiveness]] which, when completed, is the [[Atonement]]. Atonement works all the [[time]] and in all the [[dimensions]] of time. |
| − | #Miracles represent freedom from fear. 'Atoning' means 'undoing'. The undoing of fear is an essential part of the atonement value of miracles. | + | #Miracles represent [[freedom]] from [[fear]]. 'Atoning' means 'undoing'. The undoing of fear is an essential part of the atonement [[value]] of miracles. |
| − | #A miracle is a universal blessing from God through me to all my brothers. It is the privilege of the forgiven to forgive. | + | #A miracle is a universal [[blessing]] from God through me to all my brothers. It is the [[privilege]] of the forgiven to forgive. |
| − | #Miracles are a way of earning release from fear. Revelation induces a state in which fear has already been abolished. Miracles are thus a means and revelation is an end. | + | #Miracles are a way of [[earning]] release from fear. [[Revelation]] induces a state in which fear has already been abolished. Miracles are thus a means and revelation is an end. |
| − | #Miracles praise God through you. They praise Him by honouring His creations, affirming their perfection. They heal because they deny body-identification and affirm spirit-identification. | + | #Miracles [[praise]] God through you. They praise Him by honouring His creations, affirming their [[perfection]]. They heal because they deny [[body]]-identification and affirm [[spirit]]-identification. |
| − | #By recognising spirit, miracles adjust the levels of perception and show them in proper alignment. This places spirit at the centre, where it can communicate directly. | + | #By recognising spirit, miracles [[adjust]] the levels of [[perception]] and show them in proper [[alignment]]. This places spirit at the [[centre]], where it can communicate directly. |
| − | #Miracles should inspire gratitude, not awe. You should thank God for what you really are. The children of God are holy and the miracle honours their holiness, which can be hidden but never lost. | + | #Miracles should [[inspire]] [[gratitude]], not [[awe]]. You should thank God for what you really are. The [[children of God]] are [[holy]] and the miracle honours their holiness, which can be hidden but never lost. |
| − | #I inspire all miracles, which are really intercessions. They intercede for your holiness and make your perceptions holy. By placing you beyond the physical laws they raise you into the sphere of celestial order. In this order you are perfect. | + | #I [[inspire]] all miracles, which are really [[intercessions]]. They intercede for your holiness and make your [[perceptions]] holy. By placing you beyond the [[physical]] laws they raise you into the sphere of [[celestial]] order. In this order you are [[perfect]]. |
| − | #Miracles honour you because you are loveable. They dispel illusions about yourself and perceive the light in you. They thus atone for your errors by freeing you from your nightmares. By releasing your mind from the imprisonment of your illusions, they restore your sanity. | + | #Miracles honour you because you are loveable. They dispel [[illusions]] about yourself and perceive the [[light]] in you. They thus atone for your [[errors]] by freeing you from your [[nightmares]]. By releasing your mind from the [[imprisonment]] of your illusions, they restore your [[sanity]]. |
| − | #Miracles restore the mind to its fullness. By atoning for lack they establish perfect protection. The spirit's strength leaves no room for intrusions. | + | #Miracles restore the [[mind]] to its fullness. By atoning for lack they establish perfect [[protection]]. The spirit's [[strength]] leaves no room for intrusions. |
| − | #Miracles are expressions of love, but they may not always have observable effects. | + | #Miracles are [[expressions]] of [[love]], but they may not always have observable [[effects]]. |
| − | #Miracles are examples of right thinking, aligning your perceptions with truth as God created it. | + | #Miracles are examples of right [[thinking]], aligning your perceptions with [[truth]] as God created it. |
| − | #A miracle is a correction introduced into false thinking by me. It acts as a catalyst, breaking up erroneous perception and reorganising it properly. This places you under the Atonement principle, where perception is healed. Until this has occurred, knowledge of the Divine Order is impossible. | + | #A miracle is a [[correction]] introduced into [[false]] thinking by me. It acts as a [[catalyst]], breaking up erroneous perception and reorganising it properly. This places you under the [[Atonement]] principle, where perception is healed. Until this has occurred, [[knowledge]] of the Divine Order is impossible. |
| − | #The Holy Spirit is the mechanism of miracles. He recognises both God's creations and your illusions. He separates the true from the false by His ability to perceive totally rather than selectively. | + | #The [[Holy Spirit]] is the [[mechanism]] of miracles. He recognises both God's creations and your [[illusions]]. He [[separates]] the true from the false by His [[ability]] to perceive [[totally]] rather than selectively. |
| − | #The miracle dissolves error because the Holy Spirit identifies error as false or unreal. This is the same as saying that by perceiving light, darkness automatically disappears. | + | #The miracle [[dissolves]] [[error]] because the [[Holy Spirit]] identifies error as false or unreal. This is the same as saying that by perceiving [[light]], [[darkness]] automatically disappears. |
| − | #The miracle acknowledges everyone as your brother and mine. It is a way of perceiving the universal mark of God. | + | #The miracle acknowledges everyone as your brother and mine. It is a way of perceiving the [[universal]] mark of God. |
| − | #Wholeness is the perceptual content of miracles. They thus correct, or atone for, the faulty perception of lack. | + | #[[Wholeness]] is the perceptual [[content]] of miracles. They thus correct, or atone for, the faulty perception of lack. |
| − | #A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing you from your false sense of isolation, deprivation and lack. | + | #A major contribution of miracles is their [[strength]] in releasing you from your false sense of [[isolation]], deprivation and lack. |
| − | #Miracles arise from a miraculous state of mind, or a state of miracle-readiness. | + | #Miracles arise from a miraculous state of [[mind]], or a state of miracle-readiness. |
| − | #The miracle is an expression of an inner awareness of Christ and acceptance of His Atonement. | + | #The miracle is an [[expression]] of an inner awareness of [[Christ]] and [[acceptance]] of His Atonement. |
| − | #A miracle is never lost. It may touch many people you have not even met, and produce undreamed of changes in situations of which you are not even aware. | + | #A miracle is never lost. It may [[touch]] many people you have not even met, and produce undreamed of [[changes]] in situations of which you are not even aware. |
| − | #The Holy Spirit is the highest communication medium. Miracles do not involve this type of communication, because they are temporary communication devices. When you return to your original form of communication with God by direct revelation, the need for miracles is over. | + | #The [[Holy Spirit]] is the highest [[communication]] medium. Miracles do not involve this type of communication, because they are temporary communication devices. When you return to your original form of communication with [[God]] by direct [[revelation]], the need for miracles is over. |
| − | #The miracle is a learning device that lessens the need for time. It establishes an out-of-pattern time interval not under the usual laws of time. In this sense it is timeless. | + | #The miracle is a [[learning]] device that lessens the need for [[time]]. It establishes an out-of-pattern time [[interval]] not under the usual laws of time. In this sense it is timeless. |
| − | #The miracle is the only device at your immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation transcends it, having nothing to do with time at all. | + | #The miracle is the only device at your immediate disposal for controlling time. Only [[revelation]] [[transcends]] it, having nothing to do with time at all. |
| − | #The miracle makes no distinction among degrees of misperception. It is a device for perception correction, effective quite apart from either the degree or the direction of the error. This is its true indiscriminateness. | + | #The miracle makes no [[distinction]] among degrees of misperception. It is a device for perception correction, effective quite apart from either the degree or the direction of the [[error]]. This is its true indiscriminateness. |
| − | #The miracle compares what you have made with creation, accepting what is in accord with it as true, and rejecting what is out of accord as false. | + | #The miracle [[compares]] what you have made with [[creation]], [[accepting]] what is in accord with it as true, and [[rejecting]] what is out of accord as false. |
[[Category: Chapter 1 - The Meaning of Miracles]] | [[Category: Chapter 1 - The Meaning of Miracles]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:42, 9 November 2014
- There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another. They are all the same. All expressions of love are maximal.
- Miracles as such do not matter. The only thing that matters is their Source, which is far beyond evaluation.
- Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.
- All miracles mean life, and God is the Giver of life. His Voice will direct you very specifically. You will be told all you need to know.
- Miracles are habits, and should be involuntary. They should not be under conscious control. Consciously selected miracles can be misguided.
- Miracles are natural. When they do not occur something has gone wrong.
- Miracles are everyone's right, but purification is necessary first.
- Miracles are healing because they supply a lack; they are performed by those who temporarily have more for those who temporarily have less.
- Miracles are a kind of exchange. Like all expressions of love, which are always miraculous in the true sense, the exchange reverses the physical laws. They bring more love both to the giver and the receiver.
- The use of miracles as spectacles to induce belief is a misunderstanding of their purpose.
- Prayer is the medium of miracles. It is a means of communication of the created with the Creator. Through prayer love is received, and through miracles love is expressed.
- Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher or spiritual level of experience. One makes the physical, and the other creates the spiritual.
- Miracles are both beginnings and endings, and so they alter the temporal order. They are always affirmations of rebirth, which seem to go back but really go forward. They undo the past in the present, and thus release the future.
- Miracles bear witness to truth. They are convincing because they arise from conviction. Without conviction they deteriorate into magic, which is mindless and therefore destructive; or rather, the uncreative use of mind.
- Each day should be devoted to miracles. The purpose of time is to enable you to learn how to use time constructively. It is thus a teaching device and a means to an end. Time will cease when it is no longer useful in facilitating learning.
- Miracles are teaching devices for demonstrating it is as blessed to give as to receive. They simultaneously increase the strength of the giver and supply strength to the receiver.
- Miracles transcend the body. They are sudden shifts into invisibility, away from the bodily level. That is why they heal.
- A miracle is a service. It is the maximal service you can render to another. It is a way of loving your neighbour as yourself. You recognise your own and your neighbour's worth simultaneously.
- Miracles make minds one in God. They depend on co-operation, because the Sonship is the sum of all that God created. Miracles therefore reflect the laws of eternity, not of time.
- Miracles reawaken the awareness that the spirit, not the body, is the altar of truth. This is the recognition that leads to the healing power of the miracle.
- Miracles are natural signs of forgiveness. Through miracles you accept God's forgiveness by extending it to others.
- Miracles are associated with fear only because of the belief that darkness can hide. You believe that what your physical eyes cannot see does not exist. This leads to a denial of spiritual sight.
- Miracles rearrange perception and place all levels in true perspective. This is healing because sickness comes from confusing the levels.
- Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. You are a miracle, capable of creating in the likeness of your Creator. Everything else is your own nightmare, and does not exist. Only the creations of light are real.
- Miracles are part of an interlocking chain of forgiveness which, when completed, is the Atonement. Atonement works all the time and in all the dimensions of time.
- Miracles represent freedom from fear. 'Atoning' means 'undoing'. The undoing of fear is an essential part of the atonement value of miracles.
- A miracle is a universal blessing from God through me to all my brothers. It is the privilege of the forgiven to forgive.
- Miracles are a way of earning release from fear. Revelation induces a state in which fear has already been abolished. Miracles are thus a means and revelation is an end.
- Miracles praise God through you. They praise Him by honouring His creations, affirming their perfection. They heal because they deny body-identification and affirm spirit-identification.
- By recognising spirit, miracles adjust the levels of perception and show them in proper alignment. This places spirit at the centre, where it can communicate directly.
- Miracles should inspire gratitude, not awe. You should thank God for what you really are. The children of God are holy and the miracle honours their holiness, which can be hidden but never lost.
- I inspire all miracles, which are really intercessions. They intercede for your holiness and make your perceptions holy. By placing you beyond the physical laws they raise you into the sphere of celestial order. In this order you are perfect.
- Miracles honour you because you are loveable. They dispel illusions about yourself and perceive the light in you. They thus atone for your errors by freeing you from your nightmares. By releasing your mind from the imprisonment of your illusions, they restore your sanity.
- Miracles restore the mind to its fullness. By atoning for lack they establish perfect protection. The spirit's strength leaves no room for intrusions.
- Miracles are expressions of love, but they may not always have observable effects.
- Miracles are examples of right thinking, aligning your perceptions with truth as God created it.
- A miracle is a correction introduced into false thinking by me. It acts as a catalyst, breaking up erroneous perception and reorganising it properly. This places you under the Atonement principle, where perception is healed. Until this has occurred, knowledge of the Divine Order is impossible.
- The Holy Spirit is the mechanism of miracles. He recognises both God's creations and your illusions. He separates the true from the false by His ability to perceive totally rather than selectively.
- The miracle dissolves error because the Holy Spirit identifies error as false or unreal. This is the same as saying that by perceiving light, darkness automatically disappears.
- The miracle acknowledges everyone as your brother and mine. It is a way of perceiving the universal mark of God.
- Wholeness is the perceptual content of miracles. They thus correct, or atone for, the faulty perception of lack.
- A major contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing you from your false sense of isolation, deprivation and lack.
- Miracles arise from a miraculous state of mind, or a state of miracle-readiness.
- The miracle is an expression of an inner awareness of Christ and acceptance of His Atonement.
- A miracle is never lost. It may touch many people you have not even met, and produce undreamed of changes in situations of which you are not even aware.
- The Holy Spirit is the highest communication medium. Miracles do not involve this type of communication, because they are temporary communication devices. When you return to your original form of communication with God by direct revelation, the need for miracles is over.
- The miracle is a learning device that lessens the need for time. It establishes an out-of-pattern time interval not under the usual laws of time. In this sense it is timeless.
- The miracle is the only device at your immediate disposal for controlling time. Only revelation transcends it, having nothing to do with time at all.
- The miracle makes no distinction among degrees of misperception. It is a device for perception correction, effective quite apart from either the degree or the direction of the error. This is its true indiscriminateness.
- The miracle compares what you have made with creation, accepting what is in accord with it as true, and rejecting what is out of accord as false.
