A Course in Miracles: Workbook for Students Lesson 135 Lesson 136 → If I defend myself I am attacked. Who would defend himself unless he thought he were attacked, that the attack were real, and that his own defense could save himself? And herein lies the folly of defense; it gives illusions full reality, and then attempts to handle them as real.
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A Course in Miracles is a complete self-study spiritual thought system that teaches that the way to universal love and peace–or remembering God–is by undoing guilt through forgiving others, healing our relationships and making them holy. - Foundation for Inner Peace
“Miracles enable you to heal the sick and raise the dead because you made sickness and death yourself, and can therefore abolish both. You are a miracle, capable of creating in the likeness of your Creator.
"There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another. They are all the same. All expressions of love are maximal." 55. "Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher spiritual level of experience."
"Miracles are thoughts. Thoughts can represent the lower or bodily level of experience, or the higher spiritual level of experience." 56. “All disease comes from a state of unforgiveness.” 57. "Miracles rearrange perception and place all levels in true perspective. This is healing because sickness comes from confusing the levels." 58.