Robert Adams

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Yes! And this is actually the beginning Lessons of ACIM....
example, "Nothing I see means anything"...(the thing we call a wastebasket ....the door knob...the TV...ha) :)
The first few days of Lessons are surprising powerful in creating the 'mind shift' - talk about forgetting!
Cleaning the slate!
(And it's channeled from Jesus so you know it's gotta be good, lol)



Sorry- A Course In Miracles

When I read that first lesson in ACIM, I thought it was ridiculous ... until ... I read the second lesson. That second lesson was thought provoking and got me hooked.

I then proceeded to do the entire workbook as intended --- one lesson a day for 365 days.

Great stuff.

I even attended an ACIM group in Brooklyn regularly. For those who haven't done the ACIM, it's worth at least a look.

[Miss Hepburn]

Hi and welcome Primrose!!!!

Originally Posted by Still_Waters

When I read that first lesson in ACIM, I thought it was ridiculous ... until ... I read the second lesson.
That second lesson was thought provoking and got me hooked.

Me, too!! That 'ego mind' thought it was so stupid!!
I had a friend say that the first few Lessons were the most powerful.

Between you and me, shhh, by day 28....I saw such a shift in my brain or mind...it was amazing.
I had to stop and say to myself, " This isn't me...this isn't how I think...
I should be really mad at this person...what the heck?"
I sat and could feeeel how the Holy Spirit was working inside me!
Just as the ACIM says....you don't really do 'the work'...do the Lessons - and the Holy Spirit does it in you!
Again, between us, shhh - ...
Do you know about "The Way of Mastery"!? Same 'Voice' of Jesus
but in '87. Wow....Here is a taste from Him:
In Lesson 6 of 35, page 81 of 400---

"Are you willing to allow yourself to see everything around you and within you
as the doorway to the Kingdom of Heaven, wanting only for you to
acknowledge its presence and to open it?
Are you willing to truly be right where you are --wholly, right where you are?"

[Still_Waters]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Hi and welcome Primrose!!!!Me, too!! That 'ego mind' thought it was so stupid!!
I had a friend say that the first few Lessons were the most powerful.

Between you and me, shhh, by day 28....I saw such a shift in my brain or mind...it was amazing.
I had to stop and say to myself, " This isn't me...this isn't how I think...
I should be really mad at this person...what the heck?"
I sat and could feeeel how the Holy Spirit was working inside me!
Just as the ACIM says....you don't really do 'the work'...do the Lessons - and the Holy Spirit does it in you!
Again, between us, shhh - ...
Do you know about "The Way of Mastery"!? Same 'Voice' of Jesus
but in '87. Wow....Here is a taste from Him:
In Lesson 6 of 35, page 81 of 400---

"Are you willing to allow yourself to see everything around you and within you
as the doorway to the Kingdom of Heaven, wanting only for you to
acknowledge its presence and to open it?
Are you willing to truly be right where you are --wholly, right where you are?"

The ACIM Workbook is quite brilliant from a psychological perspective. I loved it but never really read the textbook.

On the other hand, my mother loved the textbook and never did the workbook.

Clearly, the two ACIM books have appeal to different personality types.

(The Teacher's Manual is another animal. )

[Tara5]

Originally Posted by Primrose

I'm doing self enquiry as often as possible, as recommended by Robert and Ramana. To whom do the thoughts come? Who am I?
It seems to be effective because there is greater peace and happiness.

[Tara5]

“Let me remind you again. Do not try to change your thoughts, or to change your life style, or to work on your bad habits, or to try to remove fear, and the rest of it. Rather you lift your vision high, to the highest, by following the I-thought to its source. And one day you will discover something interesting. Your body will appear to melt, to dissolve. The world, the universe will appear to dissolve. Your God will appear to dissolve. Everything you stood up for, everything you have believed in, all of your thoughts, your feelings, your emotions, will dissolve. And you will find yourself as omnipresence, all-pervading consciousness. You will discover that you’ve always been the ultimate reality, ultimate oneness. You are the ‘I’ am. You are free.”

Robert Adams

[Miss Hepburn]

"If, right now, you're thinking about your body or you're the doer or
you've got problems or there's something wrong, that's not you."


Lol!

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

"If, right now, you're thinking about your body or you're the doer or
you've got problems or there's something wrong, that's not you."


Lol!

Well said,MissHepburn.

[Tara5]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

"If, right now, you're thinking about your body or you're the doer or
you've got problems or there's something wrong, that's not you."


Lol!

Then who are you?

[Tara5]

WHO AM I

When you have time and you're not concentrating on your work, ask yourself again....“Who works?
I do. Who am I?"
You do this all day long.
When you go home,
you're eating supper, you ask yourself
“Who eats supper?
I do?
Who am I?"
As you’re going to sleep, you ask yourself “Who’s going to sleep?
I am?
Who am I?"
As you practice this way, something very interesting is going to transpire. As the days pass, as the weeks pass, you will notice that you're asking the question less and less. You're saying “Who am I?" and now five minutes pass, ten minutes pass, and there are no thoughts.
In the effortless no-thought stage there is total happiness. You find you're just happy for no reason at all. You can be going through the worst calamity physically, but yet you have a happiness you've never felt before. And your work is being done more efficiently. You're no longer reacting to person, place or thing. You just feel good. How long does it take before you become awakened and liberated? This is determined by the effort you put into it.
If you inquire only in the morning, you've got a long way to go.
If you inquire all day long, you can never tell what's going to happen, but I can assure you that your life will change drastically.
It has to. You know why?
Because you have no time to think of your problems. You have no time to think of the world. When your mind is not thinking of your problems or the world, it becomes weaker and weaker, and your problems become less and less important. You become a blissful, beautiful person. You have to do it. I can lead you to the goldmine, but you have to do the digging. I can share these things with you, but unless you do it yourself, you will never know that your real state of mind is consciousness.
Your mind is really consciousness.
You are pure awareness, absolute reality. You are sat-chit-ananda.
You were never born, you can never die. You will live for ever, just as you are now, as the self. Prove this to yourself. Find out for yourself. Do not believe what I say. Do the practice and see what happens.

Robert Adams

[ajay00]

Originally Posted by Miss Hepburn

Is it better, Robert, to focus on one form?

Yes, For you become one-pointed.It causes your mind to become on-pointed.
And then your mind becomes your servant.
And finally the mind disappears.

Thanks for this, Miss Hepburn.

Very insightful.