I friend Karl always writes a great synposis.
Here he is looking at Text Chaper 19, sect. 1--
Healing and Faith.
Just in case you thought this is complicated...
"Truth and illusion are simply incompatible. Just as
freedom and limitation are incompatible. It is
impossible for them to exist together because Truth is
the absence of illusion and illusion is the absence of
Truth. When we try to see both, the mind becomes
split, trying to rationalize two incompatible ideas
that cannot coexist. It's no wonder we often feel so
conflicted or feel pulled in so many directions. So
we go through life trying to go in all these
directions all at once. The idea that we can see both
Truth and illusion is the source of our idea of
separation. As long as we continue to try to see
both, we will keep ourselves limited. Truth, then, is
the absence of separation. It is the presence of
Oneness or unity. This is true freedom. This is the
Source of love, peace, and joy. If we let go of the
ideas that keep us separated and distracted form
Truth, we will find our true wholeness, the awareness
of who we really are. Instead of feeling bound by all
the directions our life seems to take us, we can let
go of all the illusions that keep us so distracted and
let Truth come to the surface. The Holy Spirit is
just waiting to take us by the hand and lead us if we
will only let ourselves be led. This is freedom. We
have the ability to choose freedom and let the Truth
set us free. So make that choice for freedom today.
Why wait any longer?
Learning and practicing the principles and lessons of
the Course will help us shift our perception so we can
let go of the ideas and thoughts that keep us from the
awareness of our true selves. Join us as we learn to
be the people and community we know we really are."
--Karl Vidt
Here he is looking at Text Chaper 19, sect. 1--
Healing and Faith.
Just in case you thought this is complicated...
"Truth and illusion are simply incompatible. Just as
freedom and limitation are incompatible. It is
impossible for them to exist together because Truth is
the absence of illusion and illusion is the absence of
Truth. When we try to see both, the mind becomes
split, trying to rationalize two incompatible ideas
that cannot coexist. It's no wonder we often feel so
conflicted or feel pulled in so many directions. So
we go through life trying to go in all these
directions all at once. The idea that we can see both
Truth and illusion is the source of our idea of
separation. As long as we continue to try to see
both, we will keep ourselves limited. Truth, then, is
the absence of separation. It is the presence of
Oneness or unity. This is true freedom. This is the
Source of love, peace, and joy. If we let go of the
ideas that keep us separated and distracted form
Truth, we will find our true wholeness, the awareness
of who we really are. Instead of feeling bound by all
the directions our life seems to take us, we can let
go of all the illusions that keep us so distracted and
let Truth come to the surface. The Holy Spirit is
just waiting to take us by the hand and lead us if we
will only let ourselves be led. This is freedom. We
have the ability to choose freedom and let the Truth
set us free. So make that choice for freedom today.
Why wait any longer?
Learning and practicing the principles and lessons of
the Course will help us shift our perception so we can
let go of the ideas and thoughts that keep us from the
awareness of our true selves. Join us as we learn to
be the people and community we know we really are."
--Karl Vidt
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Re: Freedom and Limits
Tue, October 23, 2007 - 10:47 AMThe next issue-- Incompatability of Truth and Illusion
Again from my friends an colleague Karl Vidt.
"Truth and illusion have no connection, and it is
impossible for them to be connected. Just as Oneness
and separation are incompatible. We spend so much
time and effort trying to bring illusion into Truth.
We try to mold it and force it and make it look like
what we think is truth. But since they are
incompatible, we cannot make illusion into truth. We
are so attached to our way of thinking that we try to
make truth fit our way of thinking instead of letting
our habitual way of thinking go and let thoughts of
Truth well up from our true Self. To do this requires
much less effort and will actually be successful. Any
truth we find from rehashing our separated thoughts
will be short lived and will eventually fall away. We
may try again and again to recreate the moment, but it
will never be the same. One thing we can do is bring
illusion TO Truth. We can place all our separated
thoughts and ideas, our illusions, before the Holy
Spirit and let Spirit sort it all out. Since all of
it is illusion, it is all neutral. Once we let go of
our attachment to all these illusional ideas, Spirit
can use them. They can all be given a new holy
purpose to perform miracles and make a difference in
the lives of our brothers and sisters and even
ourselves who are all really One. What then comes is
an awareness of peace, joy, and love which fills our
whole awareness and we realize that this is who we
really are. It is simple and it is effortless if we
will only let go of all we feel attached to and let it
surface from Oneness deep within."
