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A Course In Miracles, discussion [1]
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Date: 2025-05-20
Next week I will be considering the ideas presented in Lessons 141 to 147.
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Sickness is isolation. For it seems to keep one self apart from all the rest, to suffer what the others do not feel. It gives the body final power to make the separation real, and keep the mind in solitary prison, split apart and held in pieces by a solid wall of sickened flesh, which it can not surmount.
It seems like the more I think about this, the more confused I get. Especially if I think about trying to explain it to someone else. I really make an effort not to practice pretend medicine. In other words, try to heal their illusions. I stay away from that all together.
I was in a fairly large discussion group. It was organized by a psychologist with a practice. He invited his terminal patients to come on Saturday for an early morning discussion group. I used to think how hard these chapters were for them. I haven’t come any closer to an understanding here.
In fact I think my understanding of ACIM gets a little thin here. I have always been good on the basics. My metabolism has always been easy to live with. I have always had enough food, water and air. It is seldom necessary to go on to anything else. When I do it usually is OK. However, Ibuprofen was withheld till I didn’t need it anymore. WTF was Midol anyway. I could have used heroin for that time. I was passing out from the pain. I could have been killed losing consciousness in the bathroom.
When does food, water and air become healing? Does it ever? Wouldn’t those needs be the same as shrinking a brain tumor? Wearing glasses, having money in the bank? I did meet some people who I am sure were Breatharians. Still that seems like dedicating too much time to solving the illusion.
I remember my lesson partner was always looking for a ‘healing’. I just let her talk but had nothing to add. I looked what Ken Wapnick said about it. Nothing in particular on line.
So I guess I just have decided when I hit this part is to donate to Doctors Without Borders and call it good.
PS this diary is my second try. I deleted the other one by accident when I published it by accident. I don’t like it as well as the perfect one that got deleted by accident. Don’t you hate it when that happens?
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