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         I had a whole other article written for this week. I was revisiting the idea that you need to face your stories of trauma to get past them. I used an example from a writer I’ve mentioned before and then went into what was going on with me at that time. I seemed to be facing memories from when Liz was seven. I had a whole story of the effect those experiences had on the former life. It all made sense, seemed to explain a great deal. It was emotional, sad, and I spent hours speaking with Hannah about it, I didn’t get much sleep… And twenty-four hours later, it all collapsed in the awareness that none of that happened, I only thought it did. This did not apply to just the story that had occupied my mind for a day. That whole life, that whole experience of existence, did not occur. I wrote before about how time collapses into now for me. The past is only an idea in my mind now. It has no reality, it cannot hold up, these bouts back into delusion notwith...

          There are two ways in which the term unconditional love is used. One refers to Love that did not arise from any condition , like a person or a relationship, because It is What is. It is God’s Love and It rises spontaneously in your experience. You cannot make It happen. This definition is what many spiritual teachers mean when they use the term unconditional love .          The other refers to a form of personal love that many think of as ideal, even spiritual. It arises from psychological wholeness. It is “ I will love you, no matter the conditions.” Therefore:   Unconditional love means “I will love you, even if we are no longer together.” It does not mean, “I will stay with you under any conditions.” Unconditional love means, “I will love you, even if you change.” It does not mean, “I will stay with you, even if you change.” Unconditional love means, “ I will love you, even if I change.” It does not mean, “...

             When I write or speak about everything occurring in time and consciousness being predetermined as the depiction of the Atonement, or the moment of the idea of not-God arising and being simultaneously undone, readers and clients present certain questions. I answer a few common ones here.   “If everything is predetermined, why should I do anything?”   You will find your person doing things (or refraining from doing them), because this is the Atonement being depicted through your person . Knowing it is predetermined does not change how your expression of consciousness experiences consciousness. You feel desire or not, you feel motivation or not, you feel moved to act or not, you feel moved to make changes or not, you have a particular mood at any given moment, you find choices and decisions are required and you make them. All thoughts, feelings, and actions are the Atonement moving through consciousness. What you can ta...

           “Liz, you use the word ‘perfect’ often. In the past it has had one definition that is generally understood, but as used with the course it has become flexible depending on the situation in which it is used. If Jesus had a grave, he would be turning over in it. For instance, Jesus appreciated Edgar Cayce’s work but was always quick to point out his errors. Good work but not perfect. Your use of the word seems to have a different purpose. As a believer in predestination as part of the course you seem to use the word to bolster an interpretation or opinion. In this definition perfect and not perfect are allowed at the same time. This is getting uncomfortably close to reincarnation, not in form but intent.  There is an interpretation of the Course as I understand it, that takes away the need for this juggling. In any case would you explain your use of “perfect” and your intent.” —Anonymous   I believe you refer to my use of the word “per...