Changes

[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Acim_small.jpg|right|frame]]

[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Acim_small.jpg|right|frame]]

You can do anything I ask. I have asked you to perform [[miracles]], and have made it [[clear]] that miracles are [[natural]], corrective, [[healing]] and [[universal]]. There is nothing they cannot do, but they cannot be performed in the spirit of [[doubt]] or [[fear]]. When you are afraid of anything, you are acknowledging its [[power]] to hurt you. [[Remember]] that where your [[heart]] is, there is your treasure also. You [[believe]] in what you [[value]]. If you are afraid you will [[inevitably]] value wrongly, and by endowing all [[thoughts]] with equal power will inevitably destroy [[peace]]. That is why the [[Bible]] speaks of "the peace of God which passeth understanding.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_IV]  "This [[peace]] is totally incapable of being shaken by errors of any kind. It denies the [[ability]] of anything not of God to affect you. This is the proper use of [[denial]]. It is not used to hide anything, but to [[correct]] [[error]]. It brings all error into the [[light]], and since error and [[darkness]] are the same, it corrects error automatically.

You can do anything I ask. I have asked you to perform [[miracles]], and have made it [[clear]] that miracles are [[natural]], corrective, [[healing]] and [[universal]]. There is nothing they cannot do, but they cannot be performed in the spirit of [[doubt]] or [[fear]]. When you are afraid of anything, you are acknowledging its [[power]] to hurt you. [[Remember]] that where your [[heart]] is, there is your treasure also. You [[believe]] in what you [[value]]. If you are afraid you will [[inevitably]] value wrongly, and by endowing all [[thoughts]] with equal power will inevitably destroy [[peace]]. That is why the [[Bible]] speaks of "the peace of God which passeth understanding.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_IV]  "This [[peace]] is totally incapable of being shaken by errors of any kind. It denies the [[ability]] of anything not of God to affect you. This is the proper use of [[denial]]. It is not used to hide anything, but to [[correct]] [[error]]. It brings all error into the [[light]], and since error and [[darkness]] are the same, it corrects error automatically.

True [[denial]] is a powerful protective device. You can and should deny any [[belief]] that error can hurt you. This kind of denial is not a concealment but a [[correction]]. Your right mind depends on it. Denial of [[error]] is a strong defense of [[truth]], but denial of truth results in miscreation, the projections of the ego. In the [[service]] of the right mind the denial of error [[frees]] the [[mind]], and re-establishes the freedom of the will. When the will is really free it cannot miscreate, because it recognizes only [[truth]].

True [[denial]] is a powerful protective device. You can and should deny any [[belief]] that error can hurt you. This kind of denial is not a concealment but a [[correction]]. Your right mind depends on it. Denial of [[error]] is a strong defense of [[truth]], but denial of truth results in miscreation, the projections of the ego. In the [[service]] of the right mind the denial of error [[frees]] the [[mind]], and re-establishes the freedom of the will. When the will is really free it cannot miscreate, because it recognizes only [[truth]].

[[Evolution]] is a process in which you seem to [[proceed]] from one degree to the next. You correct your previous missteps by stepping forward. This [[process]] is actually incomprehensible in temporal terms, because you return as you go forward. The Atonement is the device by which you can free yourself from the [[past]] as you  go ahead. It undoes your past errors, thus making it unnecessary for you to keep retracing your [[steps]] without advancing to your return. In this sense the [[Atonement]] saves time, but like the [[miracle]] it serves, does not abolish it. As long as there is need for Atonement, there is need for time. But the Atonement as a completed plan has a unique [[relationship]] to [[time]]. Until the Atonement is complete, its various [[phases]] will proceed in time, but the whole Atonement stands at time's end. At that point the bridge of return has been built.

[[Evolution]] is a process in which you seem to [[proceed]] from one degree to the next. You correct your previous missteps by stepping forward. This [[process]] is actually incomprehensible in temporal terms, because you return as you go forward. The Atonement is the device by which you can free yourself from the [[past]] as you  go ahead. It undoes your past errors, thus making it unnecessary for you to keep retracing your [[steps]] without advancing to your return. In this sense the [[Atonement]] saves time, but like the [[miracle]] it serves, does not abolish it. As long as there is need for Atonement, there is need for time. But the Atonement as a completed plan has a unique [[relationship]] to [[time]]. Until the Atonement is complete, its various [[phases]] will proceed in time, but the whole Atonement stands at time's end. At that point the bridge of return has been built.

The [[Atonement]] is a total [[commitment]]. You may still think this is associated with loss, a mistake all the [[separated]] Sons of God make in one way or another. It is hard to believe a [[defense]] that cannot attack is the best defense. This is what is meant by "the meek shall inherit the earth. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] "They will [[literally]] take it over because of their [[strength]]. A two-way defense is inherently [[weak]] precisely because it has two edges, and can be turned against you very unexpectedly. This [[possibility]] cannot be [[controlled]] except by [[miracles]]. The miracle turns the defense of [[Atonement]] to your real [[protection]], and as you [[become]] more and more secure you [[assume]] your natural [[talent]] of protecting others, knowing yourself as both a brother and a Son.  

The [[Atonement]] is a total [[commitment]]. You may still think this is associated with loss, a mistake all the [[separated]] Sons of God make in one way or another. It is hard to believe a [[defense]] that cannot attack is the best defense. This is what is meant by "the meek shall inherit the earth. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] "They will [[literally]] take it over because of their [[strength]]. A two-way defense is inherently [[weak]] precisely because it has two edges, and can be turned against you very unexpectedly. This [[possibility]] cannot be [[controlled]] except by [[miracles]]. The miracle turns the defense of [[Atonement]] to your real [[protection]], and as you [[become]] more and more secure you [[assume]] your natural [[talent]] of protecting others, knowing yourself as both a brother and a Son.