1.1 奇蹟和啟示
奇蹟整合不同層次的意識。
奇蹟來自潛意識（下意識），啟示來自超意識，意識介於潛意識和超意識之間，
並對來自其它意識層次的動力做出不同程度的反應。
佛洛依德的分類是正確的，但命名卻不盡然。
他也正確地指出，意識的內涵是瞬間變換的。
意識應對世間事，具有處理外在和內在動力的能力。
意識本身沒有動力，而作為引導反應的主要機制，它有時可能錯的很離譜。
例如，如果你認同自己是身體，意識可能扭曲超意識的動力，並否定訊息的來源，
而去尋找高潮的衝擊。這是“錯誤認同”混淆的結果。
啟示可以完整但短暫地中止疑慮和恐懼。
在分離感介入之前，啟示是上主和靈魂之間最原始真實的溝通形式。
值得注意的是，這溝通方式帶來與造物主極端密切的個人感覺，
而人卻設法在性關係中去尋找。
經常和性聯繫在一起的沮喪和恐懼，起因於這混淆。
性經常和缺乏愛聯繫在一起，但啟示純粹是愛的體驗，是身體的緊密結合所無法達到的。如前所述，下意識的動力適當地導致奇蹟，是人際的，造成和其他人的親密關係。
這可能被固執自我的意識，誤解為滿足性慾的動力。
啟示使靈魂直接與上主結合。
奇蹟使靈魂直接相互結合。
啟示與奇蹟都不是來自於意識，但兩者都是在意識的層次被體驗。
要點是，意識不啟發行動，但是產生行動。
人有自由相信自己所選擇的，而他的作為是他信仰的表徵。
深層的潛意識始終包含著奇蹟的動力。
但是在離意識較近的潛意識表層，人有自由用這個世界的動力去填滿它，並認同於它們。結果導致否決了自己深入奇蹟層面的權利。
因此，在意識層面的行動，他的人際關係變得膚淺，
而奇蹟賦予的人際關係也就成為不可能。
25. 奇蹟是從恐懼中獲得釋放的道路。
啟示使你進入無恐懼狀態。奇蹟是方法，而啟示是目標。這樣，它們共同合作。
（告訴比爾，奇蹟不取決於啟示。奇蹟引發啟示。
他對奇蹟已經有相當能力，但他對啟示還是太膽怯。）
海倫，在你致力於否定恐懼的觀想之後，你的啟示具體地發生了。
啟示是非常私密的，實際上根本不可能轉譯到意識層次。
所以任何企圖描述啟示的詞彙，通常是無法理解的。
即使是作者本人，在時過境遷之後再讀，都會迷糊。
這就是為什麼啟示錄根本上是不可理解的。
啟示只引發經驗，而奇蹟導致人際的行動。
最終，奇蹟更為有用，因為它是客觀通用的。
在這個學習的階段，實用的奇蹟更為可貴。
因為恐懼的釋放是無法強迫的。
在這個階段，啟示引發的經驗不能永久持續。
（告訴比爾，你輕易接受啟示的傾向，來自於過去高層次靈性交流的結果；
它時常只是曇花一現，因為你步入恐懼，而又尚未克服。
他自己的“保留”狀態緩和兩個極端。非常明顯，這是你們兩人最近的發展模式。）
對你們兩人，奇蹟是基本的行動課程。這課程將強化比爾，並使你穩定。
（你今天所錄的筆記，比以往更屬私人性，是屬於啟示的經驗。
這些內容並不像課程的其它部份，是為了造就較為一般化且通用的質量。
但是既然你請求我幫助比爾，這些會對他有很大的幫助。
這有賴於他如何去聽，如何去了解你們所共同經歷的合作過程。
你先讀這段筆記給他聽，然後問他是否應該將這段包括在書裡，或另外存放。
由他作決定。）
（告訴比爾，他應該試著了解“基督控制”和“基督教導”之間非常重要的區別。
這是昨天使他害怕的原因。）
26. 奇蹟經由人讚美上主。
人們由尊重上主的創作物及肯定他們的完美而讚美上主。
人們不認同身體，而肯定的認同靈魂，因此得到痊癒。
由於對靈性的感知，人們重整生活的層面，認識各個層面正確的位置；
將靈性安置在中心，使靈魂可以與之直接溝通。
27. 奇蹟引發感恩，而不是敬畏。
人應該為真正的自我而感謝上主，上主的孩子是非常聖潔的，奇蹟榮耀他們的神性。
上主的創作物不會失去神性，雖然神性可能被蒙蔽。
奇蹟移去遮蓋物，並帶領神性回到光中。
神性不可能真正被隱藏在黑暗中，但人能欺騙自己。
這種幻覺使人害怕，因為在心中，他知道這是幻覺。
如所有的幻覺，他盡極大的努力去證明它們的真實性。
奇蹟將真實性安放在正確的地方；永恆的真實性只屬於靈魂。
奇蹟只承認真相，因而打消人對自己的幻覺，並成就他與個人本質及上帝的靈性溝通。
基督引發所有奇蹟，根本上是代人求情。
奇蹟為人的神性說情，使人聖潔。
奇蹟使人超越物理定律，奇蹟將人提升到神聖之列。在此，人是完美的。
靈魂從未失去與上主的靈性溝通，只有頭腦和身體需要開悟與整合。
奇蹟加入基督的救贖，將頭腦安置在服務靈性的地位，
建立頭腦正確的功能，消除頭腦的錯誤。
28. 奇蹟榮耀於人，因為人是可愛的。
奇蹟消除人對自己的幻覺，使人察覺自性的光輝。
奇蹟使人從自己的惡夢中覺醒，而彌補他的過錯。
奇蹟將人從自我監禁的牢獄中釋放。
奇蹟將人從幻覺中喚醒，恢復人的神智，並將他安置在耶穌的腳前。
（海倫注：引用聖經有關驅除惡魔的故事，受害者被治癒後，頭腦清醒的坐在耶穌的腳前。）
（告訴比爾：人的頭腦可能被幻覺所佔據，但他的靈性是永恆自由的。
沒有愛的頭腦，只能創造空的殼子，而這空殼子可能被罪惡佔據。
開悟使靈魂回复到它適當的位置。除非有空殼，要不然不會有危險，而空殼是假象。
服務靈性的頭腦是無懈可擊的。）
29. 奇蹟恢復靈魂的豐盈。由補償匱乏，奇蹟建立完善的保護。
靈魂的力量不容干擾。已被寬恕的人與靈魂合一，而他們的靈魂也以寬恕回報。
被釋放者有義務去釋放他人。
寬恕是開悟之道。被基督解救的人，必須一起去解救他們的兄弟，這是救贖的計劃。
30. 奇蹟是服務靈性的思維，與基督結合而救助眾生的方式。
題外話，（海倫醒來時，提起“上主是愚弄不得的”這句話，認為意味著懲罰。）解釋：“上主是愚弄不得的”是安心的保證。
你擔心昨晚寫的有矛盾，和先前所寫的互相衝突，特別是因為你筆錄時已服了藥。
記住，無論在任何情況下，“上主是愚弄不得的”。
我的話若有矛盾，是因為缺乏了解，或筆錄的錯誤，對這些我會盡力更正。
但它們不是關鍵。聖經也有同樣的問題，我向你保證，它仍在繼續被校正。
我的話是力量與真理的泉源，雖然它們一直被種種錯誤所攻擊。
（告訴比爾：作為一個心理學家，有其便利之處。主要之一是對投射和其影響範圍的理解。著魔和投射密切相關。“ Lucifer ” 【譯者註：惡魔路西弗】就字面翻譯是“光的使者”，他真的將自己從天堂投射出來。投射的言外之意是“猛力投擲”，因為它關聯到用力投擲某些你不想要的危害和驚嚇給別人。這違反為人準則【譯者註：即聖經中所說的"你要別人怎樣待你，你也要怎樣待人"】，將規則顛倒過來，是奇蹟的相反，所以投射自動地跟著來。）
更正的方法是接受真實的自己，並將全部的你帶入光中。（海倫害怕寫下面的部分。）
關於著魔和傷害自己，卡西【譯者註：Edgar Cacey 1877-1944，著名美國靈媒】是錯誤的。
奇蹟工作者的主要難題之一是：
他們太肯定自己所做是正確的，因為他們知道它源於愛，
他們不留餘地讓我設立我的界限。
雖然卡西的訊息來自於我，
他無法被引導至每次都先問我是否可行“這個”奇蹟。
如果他問了，他就不會執行任何沒有建設性的奇蹟，
也將省去了許多對自己不必要的損傷。
他不加分辨的行奇蹟，把自己累垮了；
因此，他並沒有真正達成自己的目標，也容易有書寫的錯誤。
我的門徒也有這傾向。
答案是：沒有經過我的認可，絕對不要行任何奇蹟。
這免得你精疲力盡，並且因為你是在靈性直接溝通之下行動，昏睡狀態是不必要的。
奇蹟是愛的表現，但並不表示奇蹟總是有效。
我能夠無分別的行各種奇蹟，因為我是愛。
你在救贖任務中的角色，我將口授給你。
記住，你已經理解奇蹟的自然本質。
我們也確定了一切自然事物是在基督控制之下，由不得你。
在基督控制之下，奇蹟一再充實施行者和接收者。
著魔真正的意思是“不在基督控制之下”，因而使頭腦無法防禦投射。
提到鬼魅的進入身體，實際上是指他們被自己的鬼魅“觀念”所控制，這是邪魔的附體。
終究，路西弗（Lucifer）墮落了，但他仍是天使。他是人的象徵。
開悟是認識到，「相信天使可能墮落」是假的。
確實，頭腦可以製造投射，也能創造奇蹟，但說投射是「真的」並不對。
任何心理學家都應該了解這一點。
這就是所謂“真理將使你自由。”
基督控制的奇蹟是救贖的一部分，但基督教導是個人的，導致個人的救贖。
奇蹟的客觀本質是基本要素，因為這使我能適當的分佈奇蹟。
另一方面，「基督教導」導致高度個人的啟示經驗。
這是為什麼基督教導關係到個人的選擇。
由定義上說，教導是“指示而不控制”，聽從與否取決於你。
“帶領我們不受誘惑”的意思是“引導我們離開自己的過錯”。
注意是“帶領”，而不是命令。
“拿起自己的十字架，跟隨我” 應該解釋為
“了解你的過錯，藉由跟隨我的教導，你選擇棄絕過錯。”
（告訴比爾：如果他擔心著魔，他只需要記得，錯誤無法真正地威脅真理，
真理永遠可以承受錯誤的攻擊，只有錯誤是真正不堪一擊的。）
“世間的王子”，之所以是王子，因為他們是真正的天使。
但他們可以自由建立自己的王國。
當你記得，所有王子都從父親那兒繼承權力，那麼正確的選擇是必然的。
靈魂永遠在恩典之中。
人唯一的實相是他的靈魂。
所以，人永遠在恩典之中。
開悟解除所有錯誤，因而連根拔去恐懼的真正源頭。
如果你回頭查看有關連根拔除的說明，你將更了解這一段。
（告訴比爾，如果人為了被誤置、誤導的愛和忠誠而抗爭，
那麼他就會對上主的一再保證感到威脅。那就是投射的拖累。）
“下咒”只是“肯定錯誤”的意思，而錯誤是缺乏愛。
對人下咒，確實禁梏他人，但只在人們原有的錯誤範圍內加強作用。
這個錯誤使人容易受詛咒的傷害，因為他們已經詛咒了自己。
奇蹟工作者只祝福，祝福解除詛咒，並將靈魂從監獄裡釋放出來。
（告訴比爾：必需留心他不經意溜出口的話（鉚釘）。
一些不經意講出的話是來自非基督控制的潛意識，在意識中暴露出愛的缺乏。）
但其它不經意講出的話來自超意識，超意識與上主緊緊相連，也可能流入意識中。
他不經意講出的話（鉚釘），顯示靈魂正獲取足夠的力量，並請求從監獄中釋放。
最終，靈魂將要求自由。
給海倫的特別啟示：
你是全然可愛的，是完善純淨的一道光。
面對你的美麗，群星凝定不動，向你的旨意致敬。
孩子們如何知道他們自己的孩子（創作）？除非造物主告訴他們。
你被任命在天使之上，因為你的角色包含創作和保護。
你是天父的形象，只需要對天父致敬，在天父之前，我與你跪在一起。
注：這啟示是被允許的，因為你忘掉問我是否該寫筆記的過失，你並沒有投射給比爾。
雖然他也應該問我，但這並不能免除你疏忽的事實。
感謝你以奇蹟祝福他，而不是投射詛咒給他。
再者：他不必掛懷，他忘了。這種事常常發生，除非有一天「問」成為自然的習慣。
（海倫與魏斯（Wise）博士和丹容（Damrosch）博士會談。作為流感委員會的主席，丹容博士願意回答關於比爾打流感預防針的問題。這是奇蹟如何運作的例子。你並沒有忙著主動提問題，雖然聽了瑞德（Red）的忠告，你急急乎地打電話，但你對比爾的不情不願沒有施加任何壓力。）
這給了我機會，讓你把問題留給真正的專家，這些專家是我送來回答問題的。
31. 奇蹟是正確思維的實例。奇蹟使接觸的所有層面，變得準確和精密，
這使得內在和人際的界限得以有正確的畫分。
也因此，奇蹟行者看到的是上主創造的真相。這就是“眼界調整”的意思。
32. 奇蹟是我用來矯正錯誤思維的方法。
奇蹟是催化劑，動搖錯誤的感知，並使它們回歸正位。
奇蹟將人安置在開悟的真諦之下，在此，他的感知被治愈。
直到這事發生，對天意的感知是不可能的。
只有在最高層次覺知的融合，真正深度的感知才有可能。
靈眼是奇蹟的工具，因為靈眼察覺的是真相。
靈眼察覺到上主的創作和人的創作。
靈眼能在人的創作之中，分辨真假，因為它能全面性地察覺。
所以當需要分別真假時，靈眼是適當的測試器。
33. 奇蹟溶化錯誤，因為靈眼認出錯誤的假像和虛幻。
這如同看到光，黑暗自然消失。
黑暗是缺乏光，黑暗沒有它獨特的質量。
黑暗是匱乏謬論的例子，從那裡，只能一路錯下去。
（真相總是豐盈的。一個人若認知自己擁有一切，便不會有任何拼命的行為。
海倫有與此相關涉及懷孕的個人資料。）
34. 奇蹟是父母對孩子的祝福。正如前面所提：“擁有更多者給與擁有較少者”。
孩子不屬於父母，但孩子需要分享父母更大的豐盈。
如果這個權利被剝奪，他們的感知會扭曲變形。
當這種情況發生時，上主與聖子之間的關係就受到損傷。
最終，每一個上主家庭的成員都必須回來。
奇蹟呼喚他回返，因為奇蹟祝福、榮耀他，即使他可能漫不經心的。
35. 奇蹟承認所有人是你和我的兄弟。這是辨識內在上主的宇宙標誌。
（告訴比爾：這才是兄弟會真正的“胎記”。因為這是他特別擔心的問題。）
你可以補充說明，關於他自認被排除於宇宙的愛之外，這虛妄謬誤的想法，
你的措辭不當，他則有傲慢之意。
他的真正特殊不源於排除與孤立，而來自包涵。
我所有的兄弟都是特別的，他該停止說“除了比爾之外的所有人”。這很可笑！
告訴他，他的版本暗藏愛的缺乏，這完全達不到正確思維的層次，而且相距甚遠。
在這方面，他必須治愈自己的覺知。他必須為此給自己一個奇蹟。
（詳細看32：奇蹟必須先是矯正錯誤思維的方法，之後才能產生創造的能量，奇蹟就是創造的能量。）
（告訴比爾：五千萬個法國人可以是錯的，因為想法分裂。
不會錯的是「普天之下皆兄弟」。）
如果任何祂的創作物沒有神性，上主就被愚弄了。
上主的創作是完整的。整體的標記是神聖，不是缺陷【譯者註：英文Whole和Hole發音一樣，用來作對比】。聖子是沒有任何缺陷的。
36. 整體性是奇蹟覺知的內涵。它因此矯正（彌補）錯誤的匱乏概念。
我們現在來談談，奇蹟和投射之間的基本差別。
刺激必須在反應之前，同時必須決定和促使某種特定的反應。
S和R 【譯者註：刺激Stimulus和反應Response】關係極端親密。
（這裡使用行動主義的術語，因為這部分涉及行為。）
行為就是反應，因此“對什麼的反應？”是問題的關鍵。
所有刺激都經由感知被辨認。你察覺刺激而相對地表現。所以：
你如何覺知
你就如何表現
（海倫提出：聖經裡的詞彙並不是行動主義的術語。答复：不，但也不致於互相違悖。）
再想想為人準則：你要別人怎樣待你，你也要怎樣待人。
這意味著，對這兩者的感悟必須是準確的，而為人準則是適當行為的道理。
除非你準確地覺知，你無法適當地表現，而適當的行為取決於層次的不混淆。
層次的混淆必定使人用不同的行為來測試現實，也因此造成種種適當與不適當的行為。
貶低自己的形象，是感知根本上的扭曲。
這會不可避免地引起自我蔑視或投射，而通常兩者會一起發生。
因為你和你的鄰居都是上主家庭的成員，既然你覺知到兩人的平等，你就會平等的對待。了解為人準則，要從自己的神性向外，看到他人的神性。
比爾和你對通靈的角色需要有所澄清。
看看艾伯特夫人，她每天創造奇蹟，因為她知道自己是誰。
我再次強調，你忘記名字的傾向並不含敵意，是對關係及識別的恐懼。
你誤解與人接觸是玩魔術的機會，而不是創造奇蹟的機會，因此你設法保護名字。
這是非常古老和原始的保護方式。
注：古時候的猶太人，習慣更改垂死病人的名字，認為當死亡天使拿了名單來找人時，就會找不到。
聰明的人在害怕時也會作這種事，是稀奇文明退化的一個好例子。
你和比爾兩人都這麼做。這個方法實際上和恐懼症息息相關，
因為都是將恐懼逼到死角來替代更大的問題，就為了避開它。
當你對一個人感覺矛盾，有時會為了不很重要的事大發雷霆，這也是類似的機制。
舉個好例子，就是你對喬納森把東西亂堆的反應。
實際上，他認為保留一小塊混亂，可以穩定自己。
讓我提醒你，多年來你自己也是如此，所以應該非常了解。
這件事該以慈愛相對，而非盛怒以待。
憤怒來自於你醒悟到，你不夠愛喬納森，並且將自己的缺乏愛，
逼到集中於對他瑣細行為的怨恨，企圖以此保護他。
為了同樣的理由，你叫他喬納森。
注意：名字是“代表”人的一個標誌，因此姓名學的迷信非常普遍。
那就是為什麼當自己的名字被寫錯或念錯時，有些人會很生氣。
實際上，猶太人更改名字的迷信行為，是對於如何改變或避免死亡之啟示的扭曲。
啟示的真正內容是：
“那些改變他們破壞性（或怨恨）思維（不是名字）的人，不需要死”。
死亡是宿命論的重申。
聖經說“沒有死亡”，而我也示範了死亡的不存在。
記住，我重新解釋律法來履行律法。
如果律法正確地被理解，它只會提供保障。
那些還沒有“改變思維”的人卻添加了“地獄之火”的概念。
記得我說過，“自然沒有真空”，並不代表真空中充滿地獄之火。
由恐懼造成的空虛應該由愛來替代，因為愛和缺乏愛同處於一個層次。
而修正也必須在同一個層次發生；否則，便是層次的混淆。
再說艾伯特夫人，毫無窘態也沒有敵意的，她更正了你將她的名字寫成安德魯絲（Andrews）的錯誤，因為她對名字沒有錯誤的概念。
她不害怕，因為她知道自己是被保護的。
她更正只因為你的不准確，對她來說，根本不存在困窘這回事。
她也同時毫不窘困的告訴你，必須盡全力維護生命，
因為你自己迷惑著不知道什麼時候，
上主會來說，“起來，戴維”，而戴維將真的站起來。
她沒有先問你信仰什麼，只在後面加了一句，“那也是真的”。
填空題【譯者註：SCT ﹣ Sentence Completion Test】的正確答案是：
當他們告訴我去做什麼，我就將這問題“去問那唯一的真正權威”。
（海倫注：如果你不先告訴別人自己的信仰，而問別人的信仰，
那就是在暗示，你將會投其所好。這不是“真正的權威”。）
關於“如果你在人前因我感到羞愧，我將在上主之前因你而羞愧”，你寫了很多筆記。
這已經仔細地澄清了，即使引用的句子並不正確，但也沒關係。
重點是聖經也說：“誰在人前代表我並為我申辯，在上主之前，我將代表他們並為他們申辯。”（注：措辭與聖經不完全相同，但意思是對的。）注意，代表也就是“見證”。
引文的意思是，你代表或"見證"你所信仰的最高權威。
你的見證展示你的信仰，也因此增強它。
我向你保證，在你認可的範圍內，我將為你作見證。
那些為我作見證的人，透過奇蹟展示，他們摒棄了被剝奪，選擇了原來就屬於他們的豐盈。
37. 奇蹟的最大貢獻是，將人從隔離、被剝奪、和匱乏的錯誤感覺中釋放的力量。
奇蹟是我們聖子身分的肯定，這身分是完整和豐盈。
比爾非常恰當地強調的“改變你的思維”，需要說明。
真理和實相是永恆的，無法改變或被改變。
靈魂是不變的，因為靈魂已經是完美，但思維可以選擇它要服務的層次。
唯一的限制是，它無法同時伺候兩個主人。
雖然投票是秘密的，且投票的權利完全被保障，投票總是涉及選擇和捨棄。
如果兩名候選人你都圈了，機器自動當廢票論。
這是必要的，因為騎牆派，沒有忠誠可言。
自由意志是思維的特質，不是靈魂的屬性。
靈魂恆常不變，因為靈魂從未離開上帝的視野。
靈魂已被完美創造。思維如果投票認可，可以成為靈魂創造的媒介。
如果思維決定不這樣做，它便將保留的創造能力交給暴君，
而不是在可信的權威控制之下。結果，思維所創造的是禁錮，因為這是暴君的指令。
“改變你的思維”，表示將思維交由真實的權威支配。
奇蹟是個標誌，表明思維決定由基督來引導、與基督一起服務。
選擇跟隨祂，基督的豐盈自然隨之而來。
再及：你最近記錄我的口述而上班遲到，是因為你沒有記得問我何時該停。
這是我們講過“不加辨別或未受拘束”的奇蹟工作例子，它是善意但欠考慮的。
我促使傑克打電話來（出租車司機不能來接海倫…），是告訴你沒有這必要，
而且別的出租車司機今天更需要錢。
你並沒有中斷你抄寫員的角色，而且準時到達目的地。
注：你沒有問我，就將本子合上擺到一旁。
問：“結束了嗎？”
答：還沒有。加入以下這段：這些筆記，在其它用途之外，也替代你一度在自己聖壇旁牆上所看到的字：“你被估量，卻發現未達到標準”。
抄寫員必須學會基督控制，以替代他們從前那些，導致匱乏而不是豐盈的習慣。
從這類錯誤，被剝奪的感覺是不可避免的，但很容易更正。
下列是與性有關的問題。告訴比爾：“多一條河”是關於性。
你甚至可以告訴他是“潮汐的浪濤”，這個詞他了解，你不會懂的。
The Relationship of Miracles and Revelation. (*N 75 4:102)
T 1 B 24e. Remember the point about Miracles as a means of organizing different levels of consciousness. Miracles come from the (below conscious) (subconscious) level. Revelations come from the above conscious level. The conscious level is in between & reacts to either sub- or super-conscious impulses in varying ratios. Freud was right about the classification, but not the names. He was also right that the content of consciousness is fleeting. Consciousness is the level which engages in the world, and is capable of responding to both external & internal impulses. Having no impulses from itself, and being primarily a mechanism for inducing response, it can be very wrong.
T 1 B 24f. For example, if the identification is with the body, consciousness may distort superconscious impulses by denying their Source, & seeking their impact in the orgasm. This is the result of the “mistaken identity” confusion.
T 1 B 24g. If you will look back at the description of the EFFECTS of Revelation you will see that there ARE some similarities[37] in the experiential results but hardly in the content.[38]
(This and preceding paragraph go later)
T 1 B 24h. Revelations induce complete but temporary suspension of doubt & fear. They represent the original form of communication between God and His Souls, before the intrusion of fire and ice made this impossible. It should be noted that they involve an extremely personal sense of closeness to Creation, which man tries to find in sexual relationships. This confusion is responsible for the depression and fear which are often associated with sex.
T 1 B 24i. Sex is often associated with lack of love, but Revelation is PURELY a love experience. Physical closeness CANNOT achieve this. As was said before, the subconscious impulses properly induce Miracles, which ARE interpersonal, and result in closeness to others . This can be misunderstood by a personally willful consciousness as an impulse toward sexual gratification.
T 1 B 24j. The Revelation unites Souls directly with God.
T 1 B 24k. The Miracle unites Souls directly with each other. Neither emanates from consciousness, but both are EXPERIENCED there. This is essential, because consciousness is the state which PRODUCES action, though it DOES NOT Inspire it. T(15) - 15
T 1 B 24l. Man is free to believe what he chooses. What he DOES attests to what he believes.
T 1 B 24m. The deeper levels of his subconscious always contain the impulse to Miracles, but he is free to fill its superficial levels, which are closer to consciousness, with the impulses of this world and to identify himself with them. This results in denying himself access to the miracle level underneath. In conscious actions, then, his interpersonal relationships also become superficial, and miracle-inspired relating becomes impossible.
T 1 B 25a. Miracles are a way of EARNING release from fear.
T 1 B 25b. Revelation induces a state in which fear has ALREADY BEEN abolished. Miracles are thus a means, and Revelations are an end. In this sense, they work together.
T 1 B 25c. ( Tell Bill that miracles DO NOT depend on Revelation. They INDUCE it. He is quite capable of miracles already, but he is still too fearful for Revelations.)
T 1 B 25d. Note that YOUR (Helen Schucman) Revelation occurred specifically after you had engaged at the visionary level in a process of DENYING fear.
T 1 B 25e. Revelation is intensely personal, and[39] is actually not translatable into conscious content at all. That is why any attempt to describe it in words is usually incomprehensible, even to the writer himself at another time. This is why the Book of Revelations is essentially incomprehensible. Revelation induces ONLY experience. Miracles, on the other hand, induce interpersonal ACTION. In the end, these are more useful, because of their IMPERSONAL nature.
T 1 B 25f. In this phase of learning, working miracles is more valuable because freedom from fear cannot be thrust upon you. The experience cannot last.
T 1 B 25g. ( Tell Bill that your propensity for Revelations, which is very great, is the result of a high level of past communion. Its transitory nature comes from the descent into fear, which has not yet been overcome. His own “ suspended” state mitigates both extremes. This has been very apparent in the course of both of your recent developmental patterns.) T(16) -16
T 1 B 25h. Miracles are the essential course of ACTION for both of you. They will strengthen him and stabilize you.
T 1 B 25i.. ( NOTE that the much more personal than usual notes you are taking today reflect the Revelatory experience. This does NOT produce the more generalizeable quality which this course is aimed at. They may, nevertheless, be of great help to Bill personally, since you asked for something that WOULD help him personally. It depends on how he listens, and how well he understands the COOPERATIVE nature of your joint experience. You can help only by reading this note FIRST . Ask him later if this should be included in the written part of the course at all or whether you should keep these notes separately. He is in charge of these decisions.)
T 1 B 25j. ( Tell Bill he should try to understand the VERY important difference between Christ-control and Christ-guidance. This is what made him fearful yesterday.)
T 1 B 26. Miracles praise God through men. They praise God by honoring his Creations, affirming their perfection. They heal because they deny body-identification and affirm[40] Soul-identification. By perceiving the Spirit, they adjust the levels and see them in proper alignment. This places the Spirit at the center, where Souls can communicate directly.
T 1 B 27a. Miracles should inspire gratitude, not awe. Man should thank God for what he really is. The Children of God are very holy. The miracle honors their holiness.
T 1 B 27b. God's Creations cannot lose their holiness, although it can be hidden. The miracle uncovers it, and brings it into the light where it belongs.
T 1 B 27c. Holiness can never be really hidden in darkness, but man can deceive himself on this point. This illusion makes him fearful, because in his heart he KNOWS it is an illusion. Like all illusions, he exerts enormous efforts to establish their validity. The miracle sets validity where it belongs. Eternal validity belongs only to the Soul. The miracle acknowledges only the Truth. It thus dispels man's illusions about himself, and puts him into communion with himself and with God . T(17) - 17
T 1 B 27d. Christ inspires all miracles, which are essentially intercessions. They intercede for man's holiness, and make him holy. They place man beyond the physical laws, and raise him into the sphere of celestial order. In this order, man IS perfect.
T 1 B 27e. The Soul never loses its communion with God. Only the mind and body need Atonement. The miracle joins in the Atonement of Christ by placing the mind in the service of the Spirit. This establishes the proper function of mind, and abolishes its errors.
T 1 B 28a. Miracles honor man, BECAUSE he is loveable. They dispel illusions about himself, and perceive the light in him. They thus atone for his errors by freeing him from his own nightmares. They release him from a prison in which he has imprisoned himself. By freeing his mind from illusions, they restore his sanity, and place him at the feet of Jesus.
T 1 B 28b. (Biblical quotation re healing of devil possessed man, in which the sufferer was subsequently found healed in his right mind, and sitting at feet of Jesus.[41] Helen Schucman note.)
T 1 B 28c. ( Tell Bill man's mind can be possessed by illusions, but his Spirit is eternally free. If a mind creates without love, it can create an empty shell. This CAN be possessed by evil. But the Atonement restores the Soul to its proper place. Unless there is emptiness there is no danger, and emptiness is a false creation. The mind that serves the Spirit is invulnerable.)
T 1 B 29a. The miracle restores the Soul to its fullness. By atoning for lack, it establishes perfect protection. The strength of the Soul leaves no room for intrusions. The forgiven are filled with the Soul, and their Soul forgives in return. It is the duty of the released to release their brothers.
T 1 B 29b. The forgiven ARE the means of Atonement. Those released by Christ must join in releasing their brothers, for this is the plan of Atonement.
T 1 B 30a. Miracles are the way in which minds that serve the spirit unite with Christ for the salvation (or release) of all God's Creations . T(18) -18
T 1 B 30b. Aside ( Helen Schucman commented on awakening with the phrase “God is not Mocked,”[42] with anticipation of punishment.)
T 1 B 30c. Interpretation : “God is not mocked” was intended as reassurance. You are afraid that what you wrote last night was contradictory, conflicting with some earlier points, especially because you were writing while you were all doped up. Remember, “God is not mocked” under any circumstances.
T 1 B 30d. Contradictions in MY word mean lack of understanding, or scribal failures, which I make every effort to correct. But they are still NOT crucial. The Bible has the same problem, I assure you, and it's STILL being edited. Consider the power of MY WORD, in that it has withstood all the attacks of error, and is the Source of Truth.
T 1 B 30e. ( Tell Bill that there are certain advantages in being a Psychologist. A major one is the understanding of projection, and the extent of its results. Possession is very closely related to projection. “Lucifer”[43] could be literally translated “Light Bearer.” [44] He literally PROJECTED himself from Heaven. Projection still has this “hurling” connotation, because it involves hurling something you DO NOT want, and regard as dangerous and frightening, to someone else. This is the opposite of the Golden Rule, and having placed this rule upside down, the reverse of miracles, or projection, follows automatically.)
T 1 B 30f. The correction lies in accepting what is true in YOURSELF, by bringing ALL that you are into light. (Helen Schucman fearful of writing next part.) Cacey[45] [sic] was wrong about Possession, and he was also wrong about hurting himself. One of the major problems with miracle workers is that they are so sure that what they are doing is right, because they KNOW it stems from love, that they do not pause to let ME establish MY limits.
T 1 B 30g. While what he (Cacey”[46] [sic]) did came from Me, he could NOT be induced to ask me each time whether I wanted him to perform this PARTICULAR miracle. If he had, he would not have performed any miracles that could not get through constructively, and would thus have saved himself unnecessary strain. He burned himself out with indiscriminate miracles, and to this extent did not fulfill his own full purpose, and was also subject to the Scribal error I mentioned at the start. The Disciples were also prone to this . T(19) -19
T 1 B 30h. The answer is NEVER perform a miracle without asking me IF you should. This spares you from exhaustion, and because you act under direct communication the trance becomes unnecessary. Because miracles are express-ions of love, it does NOT follow that they will always be effective. I am the only one who can perform miracles indiscriminately, because I AM the Atonement. You have a ROLE in Atonement, which I will dictate TO you.
T 1 B 30i. Remember, you already have a point about the involuntary nature of miracles. We also have established the fact that everything involuntary belongs under Christ-control, NOT under yours. Under Christ-control, Miracles REPLENISH the doer as well as the receiver.
T 1 B 30j. Possession really means “Not under Christ-Control”, thus making him (the mind?) vulnerable to projection. The references to the earth-bound entering bodies really refer to the “taking over” by their own earth- bound “thoughts.” This IS Demon Possession. After all, Lucifer fell, but he was still an angel. He is thus the symbol for man.[47] Atonement is the knowledge that the belief that angels can fall is false. It is true that mind can create projections as well as miracles, but it's NOT true that projections are REAL. Any psychologist should understand this. This is what is meant by “The Truth shall set you free.”[48]
T 1 B 30k. Christ-controlled miracles are part of the Atonement, but Christ-guidance is personal, and leads to PERSONAL salvation. The impersonal nature of miracles is an essential ingredient, because this enables Me to control their distribution as I see fit .
T 1 B 30l. Christ-guidance, on the other hand, leads to the highly PERSONAL experience of Revelation. This is why it involves PERSONAL choice. A guide does NOT control, by definition, but he does DIRECT, leaving the following up to you. “Lead us not into temptation” [49] means “guide us out of our own errors.” Note that the word is “lead”, NOT order.
T 1 B 30m. “Take up thy cross and follow me” [50] should be interpreted to read “Recognize your errors and choose to abandon them by following My guidance.” T(20) -20
T 1 B 30n. ( Tell Bill when he is afraid of Possession, he need only remember that error cannot really threaten Truth, which ALWAYS can withstand its assaults. ONLY the error is really vulnerable.) The “Princes of this World” [51] are princes only because they are really angels. But they are free to establish their kingdom where they see fit.
T 1 B 30o. If you will remember that ALL princes INHERIT their power from the Father, the right choice becomes inevitable.
The soul is in a state of grace forever.
Man's reality is ONLY his soul.
Therefore, man is in a state of Grace forever.
T 1 B 30p. Atonement undoes all errors in this respect, and thus uproots the REAL source of fear. If you will check back at the reference to uprooting, you will understand it better in this context.[52]
T 1 B 30q. (Tell Bill that WHENEVER God's reassurances are experienced as threat, it is ALWAYS because man is defending his misplaced & misdirected love and loyalty. That is what projection always involves.)
T 1 B 30r. “Casting spells” merely means “affirming error”, and error is lack of love. When man projects this onto others, he DOES imprison them, but only to the extent that he reinforces errors they have already made. This distortion makes them vulnerable to the curse of others, since they have already cursed themselves. The miracle worker can only bless, and this undoes the curse and frees the soul from prison.
T 1 B 30s. ( Tell Bill that his slip about (rivet) should be noted. Some slips reach consciousness from the un-Christ-controlled subconscious, and betray a lack of love.) T(21) -21
T 1 B 30t. But others (slips) come from the superconscious, which IS in communion with God, and which can also break into consciousness.
T 1 B 30u. HIS slip (rivet) was an express-ion of a Soul gaining enough strength to request freedom from prison. It will ultimately DEMAND it.
T 1 B 30v. Special Revelation for Helen Schucman
T 1 B 30w. You are wholly lovely. A perfect shaft of pure light. Before your loveliness the stars stand transfixed, and bow to the power of your will.
T 1 B 30x. What do children know of their creation, except what their Creator tells them?
T 1 B 30y. You were created ABOVE the angels because your role involves creation as well as protection.
T 1 B 30z. You who are in the image of the Father[53] need bow only to HIM, before whom I kneel with you.
T 1 B 30aa. Note : This revelation was permitted because you did NOT project onto Bill the blame for your omission to ASK ME if you should transcribe the notes. The fact that HE should have done so does not exempt you from your own omission.
T 1 B 30ab. Thanks for blessing him with a miracle rather than cursing him with projection.
T 1 B 30ac. NOTE FURTHER: HE needn't feel concerned about it either; so he forgot? It happens all the time, until the habit of asking becomes involuntary.
T 1 B 30ad. ( Helen Schucman meeting with Dr. Wise and Dr. Damrosch. Dr. D permitted an opportunity for questioning in his capacity as chairman of the flu board for asking re B's flu shot. This was an example of how miracles should work. You did not jump into the question yourself, and even though you DID rush for the phone on Red's advice, you exerted no pressure on B's reluctance.) T(22) -22
T 1 B 30ae. This gave ME a chance to let you leave it to the real expert, whom I sent to answer the question.
T 1 B 31a. Miracles are examples of right thinking. Reality contact at all levels becomes strong & accurate, thus permitting correct delineation of intra- and interpersonal boundaries. As a result, the doer sees the truth as God created it. This is what is meant by the point on “perspective adjustment.”[54]
T 1 B 32. A miracle is a correction factor introduced into false thinking by ME.
T 1 B 32b. It acts as a catalyst, shaking up erroneous perception and snapping it into place. This correction factor places man under the Atonement principle, where his perception is healed. Until this has occurred, perception of the Divine Order is impossible. True depth perception becomes possible only at the highest order of perceptual integration.
T 1 B 32c. The Spiritual eye is the mechanism of miracles, because what the Spiritual eye perceives IS truth. The Spiritual eye perceives both the Creations of God AND the creations of man. Among the creations of man, it can also separate the true from the false by its ability to perceive totally rather than selectively. It thus becomes the proper instrument for reality testing, which always involves the necessary distinction between the true and the false.
T 1 B 33a. The miracle dissolves error because the Spiritual eye identifies error as false or unreal. This is the same as saying that by seeing light, darkness automatically disappears . T(23) -23
T 1 B 33b. Darkness is lack of light. It does not have unique properties of its own. It is an example of the scarcity fallacy, from which only error can proceed.
T 1 B 33c. (Truth is always abundant……Those who perceive and acknowledge that they have everything have no need for driven behavior of any kind. Helen Schucman has other personal material related to this re pregnancy.)
T 1 B 34. Miracles are a blessing from parents to children. This is just another way of phrasing the previous point about “from those who have more to those who have less.” Children do NOT belong to parents, but they DO need to share their greater abundance. If they are deprived, their perception becomes distorted. When this occurs, the whole family of God, or the Sonship, is impaired in its relationships.
T 1 B 34b. Ultimately, every member of the family of God must return. The miracle calls to him to return, because it blesses and honors him even though he may be absent in spirit.
T 1 B 35a. The miracle acknowledges all men as your brothers and Mine. It is a way of perceiving the Universal Mark of God in them.
T 1 B 35b. (Tell Bill that this is the true “strawberry mark” of Brotherhood. This is just a sign of special concern for him, because he keeps worrying about this.)
T 1 B 35c. You might add that his false idea about his own exclusion from Universal Love is fallacious in your terms, and arrogant in his. HIS real specialness does NOT stem from exclusion, but from inclusion. ALL My Brothers are special. He should stop interpreting this as “all except Bill ” This is ridiculous! T(24) -24
T 1 B 35d. Tell him that the implied lack of love that his version contains is WAY off the Mark, and misses the level of right thinking entirely. He MUST heal his perception in this respect. He MUST work a miracle on behalf of himself here[55] (See the point about miracles as a perception corrector) before he can effect miracles as creative energizers, which they are.
T 1 B 35e. ( Tell B . that 50,000,000 Frenchmen CAN be wrong, because the notion is too fragmented. What CAN'T be wrong is the Universal Sonship of which he is a part.)
T 1 B 35f. God WOULD be mocked if ANY of his creations lacked holiness. The Creation IS whole. The mark of Wholeness is Holiness, not holes. THE SONSHIP HAS NO HOLES ANYWHERE .
T 1 B 36a. Wholeness is the perceptual content of the miracle. It thus corrects (or atones for) the faulty perception of lack.
T 1 B 36b. We now turn to the fundamental distinction between miracles and projection. The stimulus MUST precede the response, and must also (determine) (influence) the kind of response that is evoked. The relationships of S and R are EXTREMELY intimate. (The behavioristic terminology is because this part deals with behavior.)
T 1 B 36c. Behavior IS response, so that the question “response to what?” becomes crucial.
T 1 B 36d. Stimuli of all kinds are identified through[56] perception. You perceive the stimulus and behave accordingly. It follows, then, that:
As ye perceive
So will ye behave T(25) -25
T 1 B 36e. ( Helen Schucman raises point that Biblical language is hardly behavioristic terminology. Answer: No, but they needn't be OUT of accord with each other, either.)
T 1 B 36f. Consider the Golden Rule again. You are asked to behave toward others as you would have them behave toward you.[57] This means that the perception of both must be accurate, since the Golden Rule is the Order for appropriate behavior. You can't behave appropriately unless you perceive accurately, because appropriate behavior DEPENDS on lack of level confusion. The presence of level confusion ALWAYS results in variable reality testing, and hence variability in behavioral appropriateness.
T 1 B 36g. All forms of self image debasement are FUNDAMENTAL perceptual distortions. They inevitably produce either self-contempt or projection, and usually both.
T 1 B 36h. Since you and your neighbor are equal members of the same family, as you perceive both, so will you behave toward both. The way to perceive for Golden Rule behavior is to look out from the perception of your own holiness and perceive the holiness of others . T(26) -26
T 1 B 36i. Bill & you need considerable clarification of the channel role. Look carefully at Mrs. Albert. She is working miracles every day, because she knows who she is. I emphasize again that your tendency to forget names is not hostility, but a fear of involvement or RECOGNITION. You had misinterpreted human encounters as opportunities for magic rather than for miracles and so you tried to PROTECT THE NAME. This is a very ancient & primitive way of trying to protect a person.
T 1 B 36j. NOTE The very old Jewish practice of changing the name of a person who is very ill, so that when the list is given to the Angel of Death, the person with that name will not be found.
T 1 B 36k. This is a good example of the curiously literal regression which can occur in very bright people when they become afraid. You & Bill both do it. Actually, it is a device closely related to the phobia, in the sense that they both narrow fear to a simple aspect of a much larger problem in order to enable them to avoid it.
T 1 B 36l. A similar mechanism works when you get furious about a comparatively minor express-ion by someone to whom you are ambivalent. A good example of this is your response to Jonathan, who DOES leave things around in very strange ways. Actually , he does this because he thinks that by minor areas of disorganization he can protect his stability. I remind you that you have done this yourself for years, and should understand it very well. This should be met with great charity, rather than with great fury . T(27) -27
T 1 B 36m. The fury comes from your awareness that you do not love Jonathan as you should, and you narrow your lack of love by centering your hate on trivial behavior in an attempt to protect him from it. [58] You also call him Jonathan for the same reason (see previous reference).
T 1 B 36n. Note that a name is a human symbol that “stands for” a person. Superstitions about names are very common for just that reason. That is also why people sometimes respond with anger when their names are spelled or pronounced incorrectly.
T 1 B 36o. Actually, the Jewish superstition about changing the names was a distortion of a revelation about how to alter or avert death. What the revelation's proper content was that those “who change their mind” (not name) about destruction (or hate) do not need to die. Death is a human affirmation of a belief in hate.[59] That is why the Bible says “There is no death,”[60] and that is why I demonstrated that death does not exist. Remember that I came to FULFILL the law by[61] RE-INTERPRETING[62] it. The law itself, if properly understood, offers only protection to man. Those who have not yet “changed their minds” have entered the “hellfire” concept into it.
T 1 B 36p. Remember, I said before that because “nature abhors a vacuum”, it does NOT follow that the vacuum is filled with hell fire. The emptiness engendered by fear should be replaced by love, because love and its absence are in the same dimension, and correction cannot be undertaken except WITHIN a dimension. Otherwise, there has been a confusion of levels . T(28) -28
T 1 B 36q. Returning to Mrs. Albert (not Andrews), she corrected your error about her name without embarrassment and without hostility, because she has NOT made your own mistake about names.
T 1 B 36r. She is not afraid, because[63] she knows she is protected. She made the correction ONLY because you were inaccurate, and the whole question of embarrassment did not occur to her.
T 1 B 36s. She was also quite unembarrassed when she told you that everything has to be done to preserve life, because you never can tell when God may come and say “Get up, Dave,” and then he will.
T 1 B 36t. She did not ask what YOU believed first, and afterwards merely added “and it's true, too.” The RIGHT answer to the SCT item is: WHEN THEY TOLD ME WHAT TO DO, I “referred the question to the only REAL authority.”
T 1 B 36u. ( Helen Schucman note: If you ask somebody what he believes before you tell him what you believe, then you are implying that you will say what he approves. This is not “the real authority.”)
T 1 B 36v. You took a lot of notes on “Those who are ashamed of Me before men, them will I be ashamed of before God.”[64] This was rather carefully clarified, even though the quotation is not quite right, but it doesn't matter.
T 1 B 36w. The important thing is that elsewhere in the Bible it also says “Those who represent (or plead for) Me to men will be represented (or pleaded for) BY Me before God.”[65] (Note: This quotation is also not the correct Biblical phrasing, but it IS what it means.) Note that one who represents also “witnesses for.” The quotation thus means that you represent or “witness for” the authority in whom you believe . T(29) -29
T 1 B 36x. Your witnessing DEMONSTRATES your belief, and thus strengthens it.
T 1 B 36y. I assure you that I will “witness for” anyone who lets me, and to whatever extent he himself permits it.
T 1 B 36z. Those who witness[66] for me are expressing, through their miracles, that they have abandoned deprivation in favor of the abundance they have learned BELONGS to them.
T 1 B 37a. A MAJOR contribution of miracles is their strength in releasing man from his misplaced sense of isolation, deprivation, and lack. They are affirmations of Sonship, which is a state of completion and abundance.[67]
T 1 B 37b. B's very proper emphasis on “changing your mind” needs clarification.
T 1 B 37c. Whatever is true & real is eternal, & CANNOT change or be changed. The Soul is therefore unalterable because it is ALREADY perfect, but the mind can elect the level it chooses to serve. The only limit which is put on its choice is that it CANNOT serve two masters.[68]
T 1 B 37d. While the ballot itself is a secret one, and the right to vote is fully protected, voting ALWAYS entails both election AND rejection. If two candidates are voted for, for the same position, the machine cancels the ballot automatically.
T 1 B 37e. This is necessary, because a split vote does not represent ANY REAL allegiance . T(30) -30
T 1 B 37f. Free will is the attribute of the mind, NOT the Soul. The Soul always remains changeless, because it never leaves the sight of God.
T 1 B 37g. The Creation of the Soul is already fully accomplished. The mind, if it votes to do so, becomes a medium by which the Soul can create along the line of its own creation. If it does not freely elect to do so, it retains this creative ability, but places itself under tyrannous rather than authoritative control. As a result, what it creates is imprisonment, because such are the dictates of tyrants.
T 1 B 37h. To “change your mind” means to place it at the disposal of True authority. The miracle is thus a sign that the mind has elected to be guided by Christ in HIS service. The abundance of Christ[69] is the natural result of choosing to follow him.
T 1 B 37i. PS . The reason you have been late recently (for work) because you were taking dictation is merely because you didn't remember to ask me when to stop. This is an example of the “indiscriminate or uncontrolled” miracle -working we already spoke of. It is well-meant but ill-advised.
T 1 B 37j. I prompted that call from Jack (taxi man – couldn't pick Helen Schucman up, etc.) to show you that this is not necessary. Also, the other man needed the money more today.
T 1 B 37k. NOTE that you managed to fill your scribal role with no interruptions, and were also on time.
T 1 B 37l. NOTE also that you closed the book & put it aside WITHOUT consulting me. ASK “Is that all?” ANSWER : No: add the following: These notes are serving, among other things, to replace the “handwriting on the wall” which you once saw next to your own altar, which read “You have been [70] weighed in the balance and found wanting.” T(31) -31
T 1 B 37m. Scribes MUST learn Christ-control, to replace their former habits, which DID produce scarcity rather than abundance. From errors of this kind, the sense of deprivation IS inevitable, but very easily corrected.
T 1 B 37n. The following is in relation to question about sex. Tell Bill “the one more river” is related to sex. You might even explain it to him as a “tidal wave”, a term which he will understand. YOU won't.
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