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− | There is one life, and that I share with God. | + | There is one [[life]], and that I [[share]] with [[God]]. |
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− | There are not different kinds of life, for life is like the truth. It does not have | + | There are not different kinds of life, for life is like the [[truth]]. It does not have |
− | degrees. It is the one condition in which all that God created share. Like all | + | [[degrees]]. It is the one condition in which all that God created share. Like all |
− | His Thoughts, it has no opposite. There is no death because what God | + | [[His Thoughts]], it has no opposite. There is no death because what God |
− | created shares His life. There is no death because an opposite to God does | + | created shares His life. There is no [[death]] because an opposite to God does |
− | not exist. There is no death because the Father and the Son are One. | + | not exist. There is no death because [[the Father]] and [[the Son]] are One. |
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− | In this world, there appears to be a state that is life's opposite. You call it | + | In this world, there appears to be a state that is life's [[opposite]]. You call it |
− | death. Yet we have learned that the idea of death takes many forms. It is the | + | death. Yet we have [[learned]] that the idea of [[death]] takes many [[forms]]. It is the |
− | one idea which underlies all feelings that are not supremely happy. It is the | + | one idea which underlies all [[feelings]] that are not supremely happy. It is the |
− | alarm to which you give response of any kind that is not perfect joy. All | + | alarm to which you give response of any kind that is not [[perfect]] [[joy]]. All |
− | sorrow, loss, anxiety and suffering and pain, even a little sigh of weariness, | + | sorrow, loss, [[anxiety]] and suffering and [[pain]], even a little sigh of [[weariness]], |
| a slight discomfort or the merest frown, acknowledge death. And thus deny | | a slight discomfort or the merest frown, acknowledge death. And thus deny |
| you live. | | you live. |
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− | You think that death is of the body. Yet it is but an idea, irrelevant to what | + | You think that death is of the [[body]]. Yet it is but an [[idea]], irrelevant to what |
− | is seen as physical. A thought is in the mind. It can be then applied as mind | + | is seen as [[physical]]. A thought is in [[the mind]]. It can be then applied as mind |
| directs it. But its origin is where it must be changed, if change occurs. Ideas | | directs it. But its origin is where it must be changed, if change occurs. Ideas |
− | leave not their source. The emphasis this course has placed on that idea is | + | leave not their [[source]]. The emphasis this course has placed on that idea is |
− | due to its centrality in our attempts to change your mind about yourself. It is | + | due to its centrality in our attempts to [[change]] [[your mind]] about yourself. It is |
− | the reason you can heal. It is the cause of healing. It is why you cannot die. | + | the reason you can heal. It is the cause of [[healing]]. It is why you cannot die. |
| Its truth established you as one with God. | | Its truth established you as one with God. |
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− | Death is the thought that you are separate from your Creator. It is the belief | + | [[Death]] is the thought that you are [[separate]] from your [[Creator]]. It is the [[belief]] |
− | conditions change, emotions alternate because of causes you cannot control, | + | conditions [[change]], [[emotions]] alternate because of causes you cannot [[control]], |
| you did not make, and you can never change. It is the fixed belief ideas can | | you did not make, and you can never change. It is the fixed belief ideas can |
| leave their source, and take on qualities the source does not contain, | | leave their source, and take on qualities the source does not contain, |
| becoming different from their own origin, apart from it in kind as well as | | becoming different from their own origin, apart from it in kind as well as |
− | distance, time and form. | + | distance, [[time]] and [[form]]. |
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− | Death cannot come from life. Ideas remain united to their source. They can | + | [[Death]] cannot come from [[life]]. Ideas remain united to their source. They can |
− | extend all that their source contains. In that, they can go far beyond | + | [[extend]] all that their source contains. In that, they can go far beyond |
− | themselves. But they can not give birth to what was never given them. As | + | themselves. But they can not give [[birth]] to what was never given them. As |
| they are made, so will their making be. As they were born, so will they then | | they are made, so will their making be. As they were born, so will they then |
| give birth. And where they come from, there will they return. | | give birth. And where they come from, there will they return. |
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− | The mind can think it sleeps, but that is all. It cannot change what is its | + | [[The mind]] can think it [[sleeps]], but that is all. It cannot [[change]] what is its |
− | waking state. It cannot make a body, nor abide within a body. What is alien | + | [[waking]] state. It cannot make a body, nor abide within a body. What is [[alien]] |
| to the mind does not exist, because it has no source. For mind creates all | | to the mind does not exist, because it has no source. For mind creates all |
− | things that are, and cannot give them attributes it lacks, nor change its own | + | things that are, and cannot give them [[attributes]] it lacks, nor change its own |
− | eternal, mindful state. It cannot make the physical. What seems to die is but | + | [[eternal]], mindful state. It cannot make the physical. What seems to die is but |
− | the sign of mind asleep. | + | the [[sign]] of mind asleep. |
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− | The opposite of life can only be another form of life. As such, it can be | + | The opposite of life can only be another [[form]] of [[life]]. As such, it can be |
− | reconciled with what created it, because it is not opposite in truth. Its form | + | [[reconciled]] with what created it, because it is not opposite in [[truth]]. Its form |
− | may change; it may appear to be what it is not. Yet mind is mind, awake or | + | may [[change]]; it may appear to be what it is not. Yet mind is mind, [[awake]] or |
− | sleeping. It is not its opposite in anything created, nor in what it seems to | + | [[sleeping]]. It is not its opposite in anything created, nor in what it seems to |
| make when it believes it sleeps. | | make when it believes it sleeps. |
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− | God creates only mind awake. He does not sleep, and His creations cannot | + | God creates only mind awake. He does not sleep, and His [[creations]] cannot |
− | share what He gives not, nor make conditions which He does not share with | + | [[share]] what He gives not, nor make conditions which He does not share with |
− | them. The thought of death is not the opposite to thoughts of life. Forever | + | them. The thought of [[death]] is not the opposite to thoughts of [[life]]. Forever |
− | unopposed by opposites of any kind, the Thoughts of God remain forever | + | unopposed by opposites of any kind, the [[Thoughts of God]] remain forever |
| changeless, with the power to extend forever changelessly, but yet within | | changeless, with the power to extend forever changelessly, but yet within |
| themselves, for they are everywhere. | | themselves, for they are everywhere. |
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− | What seems to be the opposite of life is merely sleeping. When the mind | + | What seems to be the opposite of life is merely [[sleeping]]. When [[the mind]] |
− | elects to be what it is not, and to assume an alien power which it does not | + | elects to be what it is not, and to assume an alien [[power]] which it does not |
| have, a foreign state it cannot enter, or a false condition not within its | | have, a foreign state it cannot enter, or a false condition not within its |
− | Source, it merely seems to go to sleep a while. It dreams of time; an interval | + | [[Source]], it merely seems to go to sleep a while. It [[dreams]] of [[time]]; an [[interval]] |
| in which what seems to happen never has occurred, the changes wrought are | | in which what seems to happen never has occurred, the changes wrought are |
− | substanceless, and all events are nowhere. When the mind awakes, it but | + | substanceless, and all [[events]] are nowhere. When the mind [[awakes]], it but |
| continues as it always was. | | continues as it always was. |
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− | Let us today be children of the truth, and not deny our holy heritage. Our | + | Let us today be children of the [[truth]], and not deny our holy [[heritage]]. Our |
− | life is not as we imagine it. Who changes life because he shuts his eyes, or | + | life is not as we [[imagine]] it. Who changes life because he shuts his eyes, or |
− | makes himself what he is not because he sleeps, and sees in dreams an | + | makes himself what he is not because he sleeps, and sees in [[dreams]] an |
| opposite to what he is? We will not ask for death in any form today. Nor | | opposite to what he is? We will not ask for death in any form today. Nor |
| will we let imagined opposites to life abide even an instant where the | | will we let imagined opposites to life abide even an instant where the |
− | Thought of life eternal has been set by God Himself. | + | Thought of life [[eternal]] has been set by God Himself. |
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− | His holy home we strive to keep today as He established it, and wills it be | + | [[11:1|His holy home]] we strive to keep today as He established it, and wills it be |
− | forever and forever. He is Lord of what we think today. And in His | + | forever and forever. He is Lord of what we think today. And in [[His |
− | Thoughts, which have no opposite, we understand there is one life, and that | + | Thoughts]], which have no opposite, we [[understand]] there is one life, and that |
− | we share with Him, with all creation, with their thoughts as well, whom He | + | we [[share]] with Him, with all [[creation]], with their thoughts as well, whom He |
− | created in a unity of life that cannot separate in death and leave the Source | + | created in a [[unity]] of life that cannot separate in death and leave the [[Source]] |
| of life from where it came. | | of life from where it came. |
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− | We share one life because we have one Source, a Source from which | + | We share one life because we have [[First Source|one Source]], a Source from which |
− | perfection comes to us, remaining always in the holy minds which He | + | [[perfection]] comes to us, remaining always in the [[holy]] minds which He |
− | created perfect. As we were, so are we now and will forever be. A sleeping | + | created [[perfect]]. As we were, so are we now and will forever be. A sleeping |
− | mind must waken, as it sees its own perfection mirroring the Lord of life so | + | mind must [[waken]], as it sees its own perfection [[mirroring]] the Lord of life so |
− | perfectly it fades into what is reflected there. And now it is no more a mere | + | perfectly it fades into what is [[reflected]] there. And now it is no more a mere |
− | reflection. It becomes the thing reflected, and the light which makes | + | reflection. It becomes the thing reflected, and the [[light]] which makes |
− | reflection possible. No vision now is needed. For the wakened mind is one | + | reflection possible. No [[vision]] now is needed. For the wakened mind is one |
− | that knows its Source, its Self, its Holiness. | + | that knows its Source, its [[Self]], its Holiness. |
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| [[Category: Workbook I]] | | [[Category: Workbook I]] |