TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The text is taken from the JCIM edition <now referred to as the original edition>of A Course In Miracles.  The Course is a Miracle in itself, and I have so much appreciation for Helen Schucman's ability to hear and express His Voice with such supreme beauty.
 
I have not changed the Course text at all, except as it is interspersed with Jesus' current Guidance on it.
 
The Course text is in bold face and slightly larger font.  The Guidance is in normal type, slightly smaller.
 
In His Guidance here, He has asked Me to capitalize the pronouns You and We as an acknowledgement of the Divinity of All of Us, an acknowledgement of Equality, an expression of His Love and respect for You.   When You see the word 'You'  capitalized in the Guidance, know that He is not just speaking to You, He is honoring You.  

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(1972 manuscript as given to Hugh Lynn Cayce
by Helen Schucman and William Thetford)

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION TO MIRACLES
I. Principles of Miracles

[continued]

23. Miracles rearrange perception, and place the levels of perception in true perspective. This heals at ALL levels, because sickness comes from confusing the levels.

 It is most confusing to think that sickness, sin, death, lack, pain discord, and so on, are real.  We might say that it is absolute confusion to think that unreality is Real.  It is so confusing because it is senseless, even to some ruled by the ego, to think that God, Who is Love itself, could give anything less than Love Itself.

 

Yet God has never felt betrayed for Perfect Love sees only Its Own Presence.

May 31, 2006

Your commitment is not yet total, and that is why you still have more to learn than to teach.What is total commitment?  At first My answer may seem odd, but hear Me out.  There has - in this world - been one benefit alone to all the wars been fought, countless wounded lost to death, and that is this: that every confirmed atheist - or church-going non-believer - when confronted with the fear that causes one to wet themselves - the unbeliever reaches out to he knows not What.

 
Yet at that moment certain is he that Something unseen is there and quite capable of help.  And miracles have happened for this unbelieving one as surely as for those who already walk with God.
 

When your equilibrium stabilizes, you will be able to teach as much as you learn, which will give you the proper balance.

 

Since this is learned within the doing, while You learn, I must be your point of stability.  Take My hand, and do not let it go.  As We stay Joined, You will be able to walk above the most tumultuous waters - first on land and then at sea.

 

Meanwhile, remember that no effort is wasted, for unless you remember this, you cannot avail yourselves of MY efforts, which ARE limitless.

Ah, yes.  This fact seems so wonderful to a world where everything is wasted effort unless its motive is a Gift of Love.  While many of You have labored long and unselfishly to bless another - and the fruits are very long in coming - take heart and join your works with Mine, which as I said are limitless and ever-fruitful as Reality.  This is the stuff out of which come unexpected healings and transformations - sudden shifts of perception where they were certainly not expected.

When your work seems more than You can bear - no end in sight - yoke yourself with Me and remember that I said: "-My yoke is easy and My burden Light."5  I meant that quite literally.  It is Light that I carry to You - as You - and Light It Is that You will bear along with Me.

 

June 1, 2006 (about 4:30 a.m.)

 

Only eternity is real. Why not use the illusion of time constructively?  I asked You to get up and listen at this early hour because M needs someone holding watch for her, stating the Presence of Life, right where she is, right now.  This is a constructive use of time, and your willingness to arise through the pain you are suffering is, indeed, a Creation of Love.  And here is perhaps a good place to speak of these Creations of Love, which are all that is real or permanent about what You call the human experience. 

 
Creations are usually thought of as being things.  They are not, although they are very tangible and very visible to those who have the feelings to care and the eyes to see.  Creations are ... yes, You're laughing.

 

(Note: I'd found a pause in what I was hearing because I thought it was going to be hard to comprehend what He was going to say; You know, some deep Truth, far beyond the human ken.  There's a cd I made last evening before church with the song Living Love on it, that I was barely hearing until I paused the Flow of His Ideas by thinking I couldn't hear.  As He said: "Creations are ..." ... the words "Living Love" were sung, completing the introduction of the idea!)

Creations are Living Love.  Let that sit for a minute. ...  ...  Okay.  This is not hard to comprehend.  Would the Essence of Life be a difficult thing?  No.  It is simple and natural.

Every kindness - every thoughtfulness expressed - is Living Love: the True Substance of All Things, All Ideas of God - whether seen as people, things, actions, feelings, ideas, supply - All is Living Love.  Your willingness to rise is not just the nice gesture of a friend, but the absolute stuff of Life Itself.  It is a Gift of Life Extension- no that is not the right word.  Life is Eternal; it ... is forever Extended by God.  However, the use gives the idea that Life could be truncated.  No.  We will use ... Life Energy.  And this is what Quantum Touch is about.

Just as when the water in the pump basket drops low, it needs an infusion from the hose to allow it to run properly again, usually blowing the air out of the system, just so is the Gift of Living Love.

This is not so hard to understand, is it?  And yes, Christian Science treatments might be called maximal infusions or Gifts because of their clear - as well as devoted - intention to heal. 

These infusions are as capable of restoring Supply to Its Natural Function - as they are of restoration of the body- of the Experience of Body.

I've said many times in a different venue that You all are embodied forever.  Your Body, then, must be Ever-Perfect, and so it is only a question of restoring your experience of It - of Its Ever-Perfection.

~*~ 

*Sun~Rose is the scribe of the recently published book, "YOU ARE LOVED AND SAFE: Prep Notes for Experiencing God's Love."

She is also author of, "A Radiant Life: Raw Food and the Presence of Love".

 

 BOTH now available on amazon.com