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From The ACIM Mentor Articles, Septem ber 11, 2007: http://acimmentor.blogspot.com/2007/09/when-other-believe-differently.html >>>>> Learn about the books The ACIM Mentor Articles, The Plain Language A Course in Miracles, and  4 Habits for Inner Peace  at www.acimmentor.com. If you have a question that you want answered in the ACIM Mentor Newsletter/Blog send it to Liz@acimmentor.com and indicate that you want it answered here.

From The ACIM Mentor Articles,  August, 2007: http://acimmentor.blogspot.com/2007/08/there-is-only-one-ego-to-forgive.html >>>>>> Learn about the books The ACIM Mentor Articles, The Plain Language A Course in Miracles, and 4 Habits for Inner Peace  at www.acimmentor.com. If you have a question that you want answered in the ACIM Mentor Newlsetter/Blog send it to Liz @acimmentor.com and indicate that you want it answered here.

I just came across this passage… 26. VI.1.  “Anything in this world that you believe is good and valuable and worth striving for can hurt you, and will do so”…I did some research in blogs and explanations and found that the emphasis is on the "striving."  What is your take and valuable insight on this passage? – KM I agree with the emphasis on the word “striving”. It is your belief in yourself as a personal self (ego) that hurts you. And striving for anything in the world is an expression of the belief that you have to make and maintain a personal identity to exist. Follow-up question: So stop trying to prove myself? The phrase that you quoted from A Course in Miracles is stating a fact, not suggesting a course of action. The need to prove yourself will fall away naturally as your identification with a personal self falls away. This is not something that you can force. You can’t pretend to not identify with a personal self when you do. That leads to repressing,...

From August 4, 2007, an explanation of "I need do nothing" in context: http://acimmentor.blogspot.com/2007/08/i-need-do-nothing-and-holy-instant.html >>>>> Learn about the books The ACIM Mentor Articles, The Plain Language A Course in Miracles  and  4 Habits for Inner Peace  at www.acimmentor.com. If you have a question that you want answered in the ACIM Mentor Newsletter/Blog send it to Liz@acimmentor.com and indicate that you want it answered here.