Tag Archives: Ego

Free Will and Creation

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“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.” (T-2.II.2:6-7) “If you are afraid, … Continue reading →

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Sickness is a defense against the truth

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Jiffy Read

Lesson 136 is often particularly challenging to Course students. The ego, as it so often does, views this lesson from its very limited and personal perspective, and objects to the narrow interpretation it superimposes onto the lesson that it is to blame for … Continue reading →

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Cause and effect

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Jiffy Read

Early in my years as a Course student, I worked as a volunteer at a medium security prison for men. One day a participant of the program I was facilitating came to class looking visibly upset and angry. When I asked him … Continue reading →

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Dreamer, dreaming, dream

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Jiffy Read

The split mind, the part of the One Mind which has lost itself in the thought of separation, projects the world and loses itself in that projection, similarly to how we can daydream a scenario and lose ourselves within our mind into that daydream without … Continue reading →

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Ego is not real

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“The distractions of the ego may seem to interfere with your learning, but the ego has no power to distract you unless you give it the power to do so. The ego’s voice is an hallucination. You cannot expect it … Continue reading →

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The Detour into Fear

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Jiffy Read

To understand how “the detour into fear” came about, it’s necessary to let go of worldly concepts of personal individuality, which are constructs of the mind, and allow a deeper understanding to take root, one that bypasses the intellect and is … Continue reading →

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Evil thoughts

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“The might of God’s teachers lies in their gentleness, for they have understood their evil thoughts came neither from God’s Son nor his Creator. Thus did they join their thoughts with Him Who is their Source. And so their will, … Continue reading →

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Choose Again

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Jiffy Read

A common belief holds that God gives us free will to choose whether we do right or not, and that we’re subject to God’s punishment if we make the wrong choice and don’t repent. The Course states something radically different, that free will isn’t given to … Continue reading →

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Separation is not a mistake

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Jiffy Read

“The Garden of Eden, or the pre-separation condition, was a state of mind in which nothing was needed. When Adam listened to the “lies of the serpent,” all he heard was untruth. You do not have to continue to believe … Continue reading →

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Free Will

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Jiffy Read

The separate self feels as though it is free to think and do as it pleases. But all its thoughts and actions arise from the ego thoughts in which it believes, and ego thoughts are not original; they are the thoughts of conditioned thinking. … Continue reading →

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