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How the message is delivered is, as far as I'm concerned, irrelevant. The UB stands or falls on its own merit. I am of the opinion that educated men and women should mature enough to weigh the teachings in their own minds and recognize that God gives them the right, nay, the responsibility, to...

How ghoulish!

Aimiel and bucksplasher sound terrified of anything that seems to pose a threat to their pre-established structures. Kinda like the people who flew airplanes into a couple of towers.

I think it is more than a little peculiar that people resist exploring new realms of thought. It's just not atheists who are like proverbial drunk looking for lost house keys under a lamppost because the light is better there than where he lost them. Do you think it might be a lack of...

Remember Pogo's famous line? :Patrol:

I don't see it as "dressing up the Bible" as much as putting it in a refiner's fire. :cool:

It's a big problem for me, too. So is the idea that an innocent man had to die for our sins. You should read all of what was said. :D

The revelators may be right about 'soul dis-integration' (a good description, by the way) and I like to think they are -- but I don't think it makes much difference to my way of thinking. What is, is. Even before I was ten, the universe seemed too vast for the only Son of God to bother with...

I think it is exceedingly rare that a mortal loses the ability to choose the Father's will. I also think that personality choices are almost entirely made on the unconscious level. The audio version I have begins with this: This seems to be true -- at least for me. The UB is like a fine...

The definition of evil as being the privation of the good is a very good one.

As the result of recent events in this thread, I am rereading Paper 112 more slowly and carefully than in the past. Wow! I'm amazed by how much information it imparts!

Final Word on ACIM Final Word on ACIM ACIM It fosters the belief that man’s inner life is separate from its physical environment; that individual mind is the cause of all we see and experience. This encourages readers to ignore facts and disregard reality and, apparently, is the cause of my...

Yup. There is no one methodology. Yes, but remember the second part of the question: Why the illusion of separation? Why all this? What is it about separation that makes God happy? See below. It's not about "enlightenment." It's about experience, and not just the experience of enlightenment...

Let's assume the soul is eternal (not to be confused with "immortal"). Before the beginning that never was, God was one. Being one, he became lonely, and so he became many. Being the effect of a perfect Primary Cause, eternal souls would themselves be perfect, unless you were willing to...

Yes, but not by effort on your part. Really? This is a meditation! Who's happiness? Tried that. And the Course is psychology wearing a metaphysical cloak, probably to lull the reader into thinking something new and profound is being said. Nothing can be further from the truth. By delineating...

And what if it is the decision of the host-self (the material self) to "uncreate" itself? To have nothing to do with Reality? To take the blue pill, as it were? Would God honor the request?

I thought I made myself clear: I'm sorry that you do not understand. I know. But who's in charge of the awakening? I'll tell you: The same Presence that tells a chick when it's time to come out of its shell. In this respect, The Impersonal Life is superior to ACIM: I also happen to agree with...

First, you should understand two things. First, to me, the UB is not the all and end all; second, the answers are my own as per your request. In the context of the UB, "reality" is a relative term; the REAL sustains the relatively unreal. ACIM is a relatively dualistic either/or -- either...

It helps to understand what the UB means by "soul." That was already covered and will do so again, but this time beginning with the basics using my own words. (Please bear with me. I know it's a crude representation of what the UB actually says) The "Seven Levels" or phases of Totality consist...

Why you would even suggest such a thing. Bye, Damian.