To Be in Harmony with God

Specialness brings pain because of the relentless order of cause-and-effect. We are not in harmony with God’s will when we seek to support the ego’s desire to be better than our brother. And so we will constantly be undone, until we learn the truth that we are One. This concept does not mean that we ought not to find hard work distasteful. Nor does this concept establish a license for laziness. The Holy Spirit will send us on many busy outings, but it will be His Will, not our own misguided and shortsighted ambition, that will motivate us. Otherwise, our goals will run counter to the will of God, defeating and undoing salvation at every turn.

Our Separation from God

It is part of the theology of A Course in Miracles that our separation from God, our descent into dreams, came at the point when we asked for more than our brother had. God could not give more than everything to anyone, and He most certainly would not play favorites among His children. And so we willed ourselves asleep so that we might be “special,” have “more” in an illusory reality. But what we made in this reality has turned against us, being based not on love but on separation, even hate, one to another.

What else could happen in a world based on chaos?

–from Out of the Maze, an e-book by the author of this blog.