A Course in Miracles by Schucman, Helen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Chapter 1. Introduction to Miracles

I. Principles of Miracles II. Distortions of Miracle Impulses

Chapter 2. The Illusion of Separation

I. Introduction II. The Reinterpretation of Defenses III. Healing as Release from Fear IV. Fear as Lack of Love V. The Correction for Lack of Love VI. The Meaning of the Last Judgment

Chapter 3. Retraining the Mind

I. Introduction II. Special Principles For Miracle Workers III. Atonement Without Sacrifice IV. Miracles as Accurate Perception V. Perception Versus Knowledge VI. Conflict and the Ego VII. The Loss of Certainty VIII. Judgment and the Authority Problem IX. Creating Versus the Self-Image

Chapter 4. The Root of All Evil

I. Introduction II. Right Teaching and Right Learning III. The Ego and False Autonomy IV Love Without Conflict V. The Escape From Fear VI. The Ego-Body Illusion VII. The Constant State VIII. Creation and Communication IX. True Rehabilitation

Chapter 5. Healing and Wholeness

I. Introduction II. Healing As Joining III. The Mind of the Atonement IV. The Voice For God V. The Guide to Salvation VI. Therapy and Teaching VII. The Two Decisions VIII. The Eternal Fixation

Chapter 6. Attack and Fear

I. Introduction II. The Message of the Crucifixion III. The Uses of Projection IV. The Relinquishment of Attack V. The Only Answer a. To Have, Give All to All b. To Have Peace, Teach Peace to Learn It c. Be Vigilant Only for God and His Kingdom

Chapter 7. The Consistency of the Kingdom

I. Introduction II. Bargaining Versus Healing III. The Laws of Mind IV. The Unified Curriculum V. The Recognition of Truth VI. Healing and the Changelessness of Mind VII. From Vigilance to Peace VIII. The Total Commitment IX. The Defense of Conflict X. The Extension of the Kingdom XI. The Confusion of Strength and Weakness XII. The State of Grace

Chapter 8. The Journey Back

I. Introduction II. The Direction of the Curriculum III. The Rationale For Choice IV. The Holy Encounter V. The Light of the World VI. The Power of Joint Decision VII. Communication and the Ego-Body Equation VIII. The Body As Means or End IX. Healing as Corrected Perception X. The Acceptance of Reality XI. The Answer to Prayer

Chapter 9. The Correction of Error

I. Introduction II. Sanity and Perception III. Atonement as a Lesson in Sharing IV. The Unhealed Healer V. The Awareness of the Holy Spirit VI. Salvation and God’s Will VII. Grandeur Versus Grandiosity VIII. The Inclusiveness of Creation IX. The Decision to Forget X. Magic Versus Miracles XI. The Denial of God

Chapter 10. God and the Ego

I. Introduction II. Projection Versus Extension III. The Willingness For Healing IV. From Darkness to Light V. The Inheritance of God’s Son VI. The Dynamics of the Ego VII. Experience and Perception VIII. The Problem and the Answer

Chapter 11. God’s Plan For Salvation

I. Introduction II. The Judgment of the Holy Spirit III. The Mechanism of Miracles IV. The Investment in Reality V. Seeking and Finding VI. The Sane Curriculum VII. The Vision of Christ VIII. The Guide For Miracles IX. Reality and Redemption X. Guiltlessness and Invulnerability

Chapter 12. The Problem of Guilt

I. Introduction II. Crucifixion By Guilt III. The Fear of Redemption IV. Healing and Time V. The Two Emotions VI. Finding the Present VII. Attainment of the Real World

Chapter 13. From Perception to Knowledge

I. Introduction II. The Role of Healing III. The Shadow of Guilt IV. Release and Restoration V. The Guarantee of Heaven VI. The Testimony of Miracles VII. The Happy Learner VIII. The Decision For Guiltlessness IX. The Way of Salvation

Chapter 14. Bringing Illusions to Truth

I. Introduction II. Guilt and Guiltlessness III. Out of the Darkness IV. Perception Without Deceit V. The Recognition of Holiness VI. The Shift to Miracles VII. The Test of Truth

Chapter 15. The Purpose of Time

I. Introduction II. Uses of Time III. Time and Eternity IV. Littleness Versus Magnitude V. Practicing the Holy Instant VI. The Holy Instant and Special Relationships VII. The Holy Instant and the Laws of God VIII. The Holy Instant and Communication IX. The Holy Instant and Real Relationships X. The Time of Christ XI. The End of Sacrifice

Chapter 16. The Forgiveness of Illusions

I. Introduction II. True Empathy III. The Magnitude of Holiness IV. The Reward of Teaching V. Illusion and Reality of Love VI. Specialness and Guilt VII. The Bridge to the Real World VIII. The End of Illusions

Chapter 17. Forgiveness and Healing

I. Introduction II. Fantasy and Distorted Perception III. The Forgiven World IV. Shadows of the Past V. Perception and the Two Worlds VI. The Healed Relationship VII. Practical Forgiveness VIII. The Need for Faith IX. The Conditions of Forgiveness

Chapter 18. The Dream and the Reality

I. Introduction II. Substitution as a Defense III. The Basis of the Dream IV. Light in the Dream V. The Little Willingness VI. The Happy Dream VII. Dreams and the Body VIII. I Need Do Nothing IX. The Purpose of the Body X. The Delusional Thought System XI. The Passing of the Dream

Chapter 19. Beyond the Body

I. Introduction II. Healing and the Mind III. Sin Versus Error IV. The Unreality of Sin V. Obstacles to Peace a. The First Obstacle: The Desire to Get Rid of It b. The Second Obstacle: The Belief the Body is Valuable for what it Offers c. The Third Obstacle: The Attraction of Death d. The Fourth Obstacle: The Fear of God

Chapter 20. The Promise of the Resurrection

I. Introduction II. Holy Week III. Thorns and Lilies IV. Sin as an Adjustment V. Entering the Ark VI. Heralds of Eternity VII. The Temple of the Holy Spirit VIII. The Consistency of Means and End IX. The Vision of Sinlessness

Chapter 21. The Inner Picture

I. Introduction II. The Imagined World III. The Responsibility For Sight IV. Faith, Belief, and Vision V. The Fear to Look Within VI. Reason and Perception VII. Reason and Correction VIII. Perception and Wishes IX. The Inner Shift

Chapter 22. Salvation and the Holy Relationship

I. Introduction II. The Message of the Holy Relationship III. Your Brother’s Sinlessness IV. Reason and the Holy Relationship V. The Branching of the Road VI. Weakness and Defensiveness VII. Freedom and the Holy Spirit

Chapter 23. The War Against Yourself

I. Introduction II. The Irreconcilable Beliefs III. The Laws of Chaos IV. Salvation Without Compromise V. The Fear of Life

Chapter 24. Specialness and Separation

I. Introduction II. Specialness as a Substitute For Love III. The Treachery of Specialness IV. The Forgiveness of Specialness V. Specialness and Salvation VI. The Resolution of the Dream VII. Salvation From Fear VIII. The Meeting Place

Chapter 25. The Remedy

I. Introduction II. The Appointed Task III. The Savior From the Dark IV. The Fundamental Law of Perception V. The Joining of Minds VI. The State of Sinlessness VII. The Special Function VIII. Commuting the Sentence IX. The Principle of Salvation X. The Justice of Heaven

Chapter 26. The Transition

I. Introduction II. The “Sacrifice” of Oneness III. The Forms of Error IV. The Borderland V. Where Sin Has Left VI. The Little Hindrance VII. The Appointed Friend VIII. Review of Principles IX. The Immediacy of Salvation X. For They Have Come XI. The Remaining Task

Chapter 27. The Body and the Dream

I. Introduction II. The Picture of the Crucifixion III. The Fear of Healing IV. The Symbol of the Impossible V. The Quiet Answer VI. The Healing Example VII. The Purpose of Pain VIII. The Illusion of Suffering IX. The “Hero” of the Dream

Chapter 28. The Undoing of Fear

I. Introduction II. The Present Memory III. Reversing Effect and Cause IV. The Agreement to Join V. The Greater Joining VI. The Alternate to Dreams of Fear VII. The Secret Vows VIII. The Beautiful Relationship

Chapter 29. The Awakening

I. Introduction II. The Closing of the Gap III. The Coming of the Guest IV. God’s Witnesses V. Dream Roles VI. The Changeless Dwelling Place VII. Forgiveness and Peace VIII. The Lingering Illusion IX. Christ and Anti-Christ X. The Forgiving Dream

Chapter 30. The New Beginning

I. Introduction II. Rules For Decision III. Freedom of Will IV. Beyond All Idols V. The Truth Behind Illusions VI. The Only Purpose VII. The Justification For Forgiveness VIII. The New Interpretation IX. Changeless Reality

Chapter 31. The Simplicity of Salvation

I. Introduction II. The Illusion of an Enemy III. The Self-Accused IV. The Real Alternative V. Self Concept Versus Self VI. Recognizing the Spirit VII. The Savior’s Vision VIII. Choose Once Again

Workbook For Students

Part I

Introduction 1. Nothing I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place] means anything. 2. I have given everything I see [on this street, from this window, in this place] all the meaning that it has for me. 3. I do not understand anything I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. 4. These thoughts do not mean anything. They are like the things I see in this room [on this street, from this window, in this place]. 5. I am never upset for the reason I think. 6. I am upset because I see something that is not there. 7. I see only the past. 8. My mind is preoccupied with past thoughts. 9. I see nothing as it is now. 10. My thoughts do not mean anything. 11. My meaningless thoughts are showing me a meaningless world. 12. I am upset because I see a meaningless world. 13. A meaningless world engenders fear. 14. God did not create a meaningless world. 15. My thoughts are images that I have made. 16. I have no neutral thoughts. 17. I see no neutral things. 18. I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my seeing. 19. I am not alone in experiencing the effects of my thoughts. 20. I am determined to see. 21. I am determined to see things differently. 22. What I see is a form of vengeance. 23. I can escape from the world I see by giving up attack thoughts. 24. I do not perceive my own best interests. 25. I do not know what anything is for. 26. My attack thoughts are attacking my invulnerability. 27. Above all else I want to see. 28. Above all else I want to see things differently. 29. God is in everything I see. 30. God is in everything I see because God is in my mind. 31. I am not the victim of the world I see. 32. I have invented the world I see. 33. There is another way of looking at the world. 34. I could see peace instead of this. 35. My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. 36. My holiness envelops everything I see. 37. My holiness blesses the world. 38. There is nothing my holiness cannot do. 39. My holiness is my salvation. 40. I am blessed as a Son of God. 41. God goes with me wherever I go. 42. God is my Strength. Vision is His Gift 43. God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him. 44. God is the light in which I see. 45. God is the Mind with which I think. 46. God is the Love in which I forgive. 47. God is the strength in which I trust. 48. There is nothing to fear. 49. God’s Voice speaks to me all through the day. 50. I am sustained by the Love of God. Review I

51. (1-5) 52. (6-10) 53. (11-15) 54. (16-20) 55. (21-25) 56. (26-30) 57. (31-35) 58. (36-40) 59. (41-45) 60. (46-50) 61. I am the light of the world. 62. Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world. 63. The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness. 64. Let me not forget my function. 65. My only function is the one God gave me. 66. My happiness and my function are one. 67. Love created me like Itself. 68. Love holds no grievances. 69. My grievances hide the light of the world in me. 70. My salvation comes from me. 71. Only God’s plan for salvation will work. 72. Holding grievances is an attack on God’s plan for salvation. 73. I will there be light. 74. There is no will but God’s. 75. The light has come. 76. I am under no laws but God’s. 77. I am entitled to miracles. 78. Let miracles replace all grievances. 79. Let me recognize the problem so it can be solved. 80. Let me recognize my problems have been solved.

Review II

81. (61-62) 82. (63-64) 83. (65-66) 84. (67-68) 85. (69-70) 86. (71-72) 87. (73-74) 88. (75-76) 89. (77-78) 90. (79-80) 91. Miracles are seen in light. 92. Miracles are seen in light, and light and strength are one. 93. Light and joy and peace abide in me. 94. I am as God created me. 95. I am one Self, united with my Creator. 96. Salvation comes from my one Self. 97. I am spirit. 98. I will accept my part in God’s plan for salvation. 99. Salvation is my only function here. 100. My part is essential to God’s plan for salvation. 101. God’s Will for me is perfect happiness. 102. I share God’s Will for happiness for me. 103. God, being Love, is also happiness. 104. I seek but what belongs to me in truth. 105. God’s peace and joy are mine. 106. Let me be still and listen to the truth. 107. Truth will correct all errors in my mind. 108. To give and to receive are one in truth. 109. I rest in God. 110. I am as God created me.

Review III

111. (91-92) 112. (93-94) 113. (95-96) 114. (97-98) 115. (99-100) 116. (101-102) 117. (103-104) 118. (105-106) 119. (107-108) 120. (109-110) 121. Forgiveness is the key to happiness. 122. Forgiveness offers everything I want. 123. I thank my Father for His gifts to me. 124. Let me remember I am one with God. 125. In quiet I receive God’s Word today. 126. All that I give is given to myself. 127. There is no love but God’s. 128. The world I see holds nothing that I want. 129. Beyond this world there is a world I want. 130. It is impossible to see two worlds. 131. No one can fail who seeks to reach the truth. 132. I loose the world from all I thought it was. 133. I will not value what is valueless. 134. Let me perceive forgiveness as it is. 135. If I defend myself I am attacked. 136. Sickness is a defense against the truth. 137. When I am healed I am not healed alone. 138. Heaven is the decision I must make. 139. I will accept Atonement for myself. 140. Only salvation can be said to cure.

Review IV

141. (121-122) 142. (123-124) 143. (125-126) 144. (127-128) 145. (129-130) 146. (131-132) 147. (133-134) 148. (135-136) 149. (137-138) 150. (139-140) 151. All things are echoes of the Voice for God. 152. The power of decision is my own. 153. In my defenselessness my safety lies. 154. I am among the ministers of God. 155. I will step back and let Him lead the way. 156. I walk with God in perfect holiness. 157. Into His Presence would I enter now. 158. Today I learn to give as I receive. 159. I give the miracles I have received. 160. I am at home. Fear is the stranger here. 161. Give me your blessing, holy Son of God. 162. I am as God created me. 163. There is no death. The Son of God is free. 164. Now are we one with Him Who is our Source. 165. Let not my mind deny the Thought of God. 166. I am entrusted with the gifts of God. 167. There is one life, and that I share with God. 168. Your grace is given me. I claim it now. 169. By grace I live. By grace I am released. 170. There is no cruelty in God and none in me.

Review V

171. (151-152) 172. (153-154) 173. (155-156) 174. (l57-158) 175. (159-160) 176. (16l-l62) 177. (163-164) 178. (165-166) 179. (167-168) 180. (169-170) Introduction to Lessons 181 - 200 181. I trust my brothers, who are one with me. 182. I will be still an instant and go home. 183. I call upon God’s Name and on my own. 184. The Name of God is my inheritance. 185. I want the peace of God. 186. Salvation of the world depends on me. 187. I bless the world because I bless myself. 188. The peace of God is shining in me now. 189. I feel the Love of God within me now. 190. I choose the joy of God instead of pain. 191. I am the holy Son of God Himself. 192. I have a function God would have me fill. 193. All things are lessons God would have me learn. 194. I place the future in the Hands of God. 195. Love is the way I walk in gratitude. 196. It can be but myself I crucify. 197. It can be but my gratitude I earn. 198. Only my condemnation injures me. 199. I am not a body. I am free. 200. There is no peace except the peace of God.

Review VI

201. (181) 202. (182) 203. (183) 204. (184) 205. (185) 206. (186) 207. (187) 208. (188) 209. (189) 210. (190) 211. (191) 212. (192) 213. (193) 214. (194) 215. (195) 216. (196) 217. (197) 218. (198) 219. (199) 220. (200)

Part II Introduction 1. What Is Forgiveness?

221. Peace to my mind. Let all my thoughts be still. 222. God is with me. I live and move in Him. 223. God is my life. I have no life but His. 224. God is my Father, and He loves His Son. 225. God is my Father, and His Son loves Him. 226. My home awaits me. I will hasten there. 227. This is my holy instant of release. 228. God has condemned me not. No more do I. 229. Love, Which created me, is what I am. 230. Now will I seek and find the peace of God.

2. What Is Salvation?

231. Father, I will but to remember You. 232. Be in my mind, my Father, through the day. 233. I give my life to God to guide today. 234. Father, today I am Your Son again. 235. God in His mercy wills that I be saved. 236. I rule my mind, which I alone must rule. 237. Now would I be as God created me. 238. On my decision all salvation rests. 239. The glory of my Father is my own. 240. Fear is not justified

3. What Is the World?

241. This holy instant is salvation come. 242. This day is God’s. It is my gift to Him. 243. Today I will judge nothing that occurs. 244. I am in danger nowhere in the world. 245. Your peace is with me, Father. I am safe. 246. To love my Father is to love His Son. 247. Without forgiveness I will still be blind. 248. Whatever suffers is not part of me. 249. Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss. 250. Let me not see myself as limited.

4. What Is Sin?

251. I am in need of nothing but the truth. 252. The Son of God is my Identity. 253. My Self is ruler of the universe. 254. Let every voice but God’s be still in me. 255. This day I choose to spend in perfect peace. 256. God is the only goal I have today. 257. Let me remember what my purpose is. 258. Let me remember that my goal is God. 259. Let me remember that there is no sin. 260. Let me remember God created me.

5. What Is the Body?

261. God is my refuge and security. 262. Let me perceive no differences today. 263. My holy vision sees all things as pure. 264. I am surrounded by the Love of God. 265. Creation’s gentleness is all I see. 266. My holy Self abides in you, God’s Son. 267. My heart is beating in the peace of God. 268. Let all things be exactly as they are. 269. My sight goes forth to look upon Christ’s face. 270. I will not use the body’s eyes today.

6. What Is the Christ?

271. Christ’s is the vision I will use today. 272. How can illusions satisfy God’s Son? 273. The stillness of the peace of God is mine. 274. Today belongs to Love. Let me not fear. 275. God’s healing Voice protects all things today. 276. The Word of God is given me to speak. 277. Let me not bind Your Son with laws I made. 278. If I am bound, my Father is not free. 279. Creation’s freedom promises my own. 280. What limits can I lay upon God’s Son?

7. What Is the Holy Spirit?

281. I can be hurt by nothing but my thoughts. 282. I will not be afraid of love today. 283. My true Identity abides in You. 284. I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. 285. My holiness shines bright and clear today. 286. The hush of Heaven holds my heart today. 287. You are my goal, my Father. Only You. 288. Let me forget my brother’s past today. 289. The past is over. It can touch me not. 290. My present happiness is all I see.

8. What Is the Real World?

291. This is a day of stillness and of peace. 292. A happy outcome to all things is sure. 293. All fear is past and only love is here. 294. My body is a wholly neutral thing. 295. The Holy Spirit looks through me today. 296. The Holy Spirit speaks through me today. 297. Forgiveness is the only gift I give. 298. I love You, Father, and I love Your Son. 299. Eternal holiness abides in me. 300. Only an instant does this world endure.

9. What Is the Second Coming?

301. And God Himself shall wipe away all tears. 302. Where darkness was I look upon the light. 303. The holy Christ is born in me today. 304. Let not my world obscure the sight of Christ. 305. There is a peace that Christ bestows on us. 306. The gift of Christ is all I seek today. 307. Conflicting wishes cannot be my will. 308. This instant is the only time there is. 309. I will not fear to look within today. 310. In fearlessness and love I spend today.

10. What Is the Last Judgment?

311. I judge all things as I would have them be. 312. I see all things as I would have them be. 313. Now let a new perception come to me. 314. I seek a future different from the past. 315. All gifts my brothers give belong to me. 316. All gifts I give my brothers are my own. 317. I follow in the way appointed me. 318. In me salvation’s means and end are one. 319. I came for the salvation of the world. 320. My Father gives all power unto me.

11. What Is Creation?

321. Father, my freedom is in You alone. 322. I can give up but what was never real. 323. I gladly make the “sacrifice” of fear. 324. I merely follow, for I would not lead. 325. All things I think I see reflect ideas. 326. I am forever an Effect of God. 327. I need but call and You will answer me. 328. I choose the second place to gain the first. 329. I have already chosen what You will. 330. I will not hurt myself again today.

12. What Is the Ego?

331. There is no conflict, for my will is Yours. 332. Fear binds the world. Forgiveness sets it free. 333. Forgiveness ends the dream of conflict here. 334. Today I claim the gifts forgiveness gives. 335. I choose to see my brother’s sinlessness. 336. Forgiveness lets me know that minds are joined. 337. My sinlessness protects me from all harm. 338. I am affected only by my thoughts. 339. I will receive whatever I request. 340. I can be free of suffering today.

13. What Is a Miracle?

341. I can attack but my own sinlessness, and it is only that which keeps me safe. 342. I let forgiveness rest upon all things, for thus forgiveness will be given me. 343. I am not asked to make a sacrifice to find the mercy and the peace of God. 344. Today I learn the law of love; that what I give my brother is my gift to me. 345. I offer only miracles today, for I would have them be returned to me. 346. Today the peace of God envelops me, and I forget all things except His Love. 347. Anger must come from judgment. Judgment is the weapon I would use against myself, to keep the miracle away from me. 348. I have no cause for anger or for fear, for You surround me. And in every need that I perceive, Your grace suffices me. 349. Today I let Christ’s vision look upon all things for me and judge them not, but give each one a miracle of love instead. 350. Miracles mirror God’s eternal Love. To offer them is to remember Him, and through His memory to save the world.

14. What am I?

351. My sinless brother is my guide to peace. My sinful brother is my guide to pain. And which I choose to see I will behold. 352. Judgment and love are opposites. From one come all the sorrows of the world. But from the other comes the peace of God Himself. 353. My eyes, my tongue, my hands, my feet today have but one purpose; to be given Christ to use to bless the world with miracles. 354. We stand together, Christ and I, in peace and certainty of purpose. And in Him is His Creator, as He is in me. 355. There is no end to all the peace and joy, and all the miracles that I will give, when I accept God’s Word. Why not today? 356. Sickness is but another name for sin. Healing is but another name for God. The miracle is thus a call to Him. 357. Truth answers every call we make to God, responding first with miracles, and then returning unto us to be itself. 358. No call to God can be unheard nor left unanswered. And of this I can be sure; His answer is the one I really want. 359. God’s answer is some form of peace. All pain is healed; all misery replaced with joy. All prison doors are opened. And all sin is understood as merely a mistake. 360. Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

Our Final Lessons

Lesson 361-365. This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You,certain that Your direction gives me peace

Epilogue

Manual For Teachers

Introduction 1. Who Are God’s Teachers? 2. Who Are Their Pupils? 3. What Are the Levels of Teaching? 4. What Are the Characteristics of God’s Teachers? 5. How Is Healing Accomplished? 6. Is Healing Certain? 7. Should Healing Be Repeated? 8. How Can Perception of Order of Difficulties Be Avoided? 9. Are Changes Required in the Life Situation of God’s Teachers? 10. How Is judgment Relinquished? 11. How Is Peace Possible in This World? 12. How Many Teachers of God Are Needed to Save the World? 13. What Is the Real Meaning of Sacrifice? 14. How Will the World End? 15. Is Each One to Be Judged in the End? 16. How Should the Teacher of God Spend His Day? 17. How Do God’s Teachers Deal with Magic Thoughts? 18. How Is Correction Made? 19. What Is Justice? 20. What Is the Peace of God? 21. What Is the Role of Words in Healing? 22. How Are Healing and Atonement Related? 23. Does Jesus Have a Special Place in Healing? 24. Is Reincarnation So? 25. Are “Psychic” Powers Desirable? 26. Can God Be Reached Directly? 27. What Is Death? 28. What Is the Resurrection? 29. As for the Rest…

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