A weekend group experience on the essential teachings, principles and practice of A Course in Miracles, in a joyfully focused healing sanctuary for awakening the awareness of the living Christ in you.
Saturday & Sunday, August 30th & 31st – 10:00am to 5:30pm daily.
The special self is integral to the false condition of separation, and from this idea of specialness with which each one identifies arises a world of differences, justifying our need to hold ourselves apart. This specialness is venerated and enjoyed because it is not seen as responsible for the dark and ancient enmity between one human and another, all the cruelty, conflict and condemnation. Each one forms a special self-identity as part and parcel of the dream of separation and it becomes the means to retain a distance and a gap, all differences, prejudices and arrogance. All but serve to keep us from recognising the innate and fundamental condition of reality in which we are one complete and equal part of an undivided Self. And so we maintain and reinforce our specialness, our perceived differences that serve to keep us from joining with others. We may recoil in disgust, arm to kill, or conversely become hopelessly attracted to the specialness we see in them.
The specialness of the special self concept we made, stands between reality and our awareness of the truth. And nothing could be more unacceptable to it than the perfect sameness of all humanity as one creation in which all are given everything equally by a loving and just Creator. The Holy Spirit sees each one as equally lovable, equally whole and equally perfect. Equal and the same in holiness with all the attributes God gave to His Creation the same in each and everyone. Nothing could be more of a threat to the special self, at one with the illusion of a world, both parts of one illusion that there is a gap between what is a continuous, contiguous, indivisible, whole and eternal.
“The special ones are all asleep, surrounded by a world of loveliness they do not see. Freedom and peace and joy stand there, beside the bier on which they sleep, and call them to come forth and waken from their dream of death.Yet they hear nothing.They are lost in dreams of specialness… and they hate the call that would awaken them. “ACIM T.24.III.7
True forgiveness transforms the concept of the self that specialness condemns to differences, comparisons, competition and separation, to loneliness, pain and suffering. Forgiveness removes all beliefs, definitions, attributes and identities that would impose inequality between the Sons of God, which mark them as unequal to all the rest. Miracles humble the arrogant and lift up the poor in spirit with recognition of their worthiness. Miracles make minds instantly one to join in an instant of joyful recognition of our common spiritual reality. Beyond the littleness of the special self cherished by the ego lies the grandeur of God and our eternal unity as One Self He created us to be.
Holy Spirit offers a different purpose for the specialness we made of ourselves. In service to a function we did not make, the holy function of healing and forgiveness, our identity is released for truth to be revealed in the light of reality. Our joy lies not in differences and all the terrible aspects of war amongst unequals, but in realising the Self we are lies in everyone and everything. And so what we made for the purpose of separation and death now has become the means for reparation, for resurrection and awakening to the eternal.
Please use the contact form to get in touch about your interest in participating, or if you have any questions.
“To value specialness is to esteem an alien will to which illusions of yourself are dearer than the truth.” ACIM T.24.II.2
“You would oppose this course because it teaches you you and your brother are alike.“ ACIM T.24.I.8
with Simon Christopher
This is an invitation to join us in the illuminate, spiritual mind-training of A Course in Miracles, and the passionate certainty of your awakening to the reality of eternal life!
Come and discover the power and simplicity of the miracle of true forgiveness. And we will celebrate together, the healing of the mind to a whole new identity in the celestial order of perfection and love.
“Christ has come to search the world for what belongs to Him. His vision sees no strangers, but beholds His Own and joyously unites with them.” W.160
“Salvation is no more than a reminder this world is not your home. Its laws are not imposed on you, its values are not yours.And nothing that you think you see in it is really there at all.This is seen and understood as each one takes his part in its undoing, as he did in making it.He has the means for either, as he always did.The specialness he chose to hurt himself did God appoint to be the means for his salvation, from the very instant that the choice was made.His special sin was made his special grace.His special hate became his special love.” ACIM Text.25.VI.6
August 30 @ 10:00 am – August 31 @ 5:30 pm BST
A weekend group experience on the essential teachings, principles and practice of A Course in Miracles, in a joyfully focused healing sanctuary for awakening the awareness of the living Christ in you.
With Simon Christopher in Ealing, West London.
Saturday & Sunday, August 30th & 31st – 10:00am to 5:30pm daily.
The special self is integral to the false condition of separation, and from this idea of specialness with which each one identifies arises a world of differences, justifying our need to hold ourselves apart. This specialness is venerated and enjoyed because it is not seen as responsible for the dark and ancient enmity between one human and another, all the cruelty, conflict and condemnation. Each one forms a special self-identity as part and parcel of the dream of separation and it becomes the means to retain a distance and a gap, all differences, prejudices and arrogance. All but serve to keep us from recognising the innate and fundamental condition of reality in which we are one complete and equal part of an undivided Self. And so we maintain and reinforce our specialness, our perceived differences that serve to keep us from joining with others. We may recoil in disgust, arm to kill, or conversely become hopelessly attracted to the specialness we see in them.
The specialness of the special self concept we made, stands between reality and our awareness of the truth. And nothing could be more unacceptable to it than the perfect sameness of all humanity as one creation in which all are given everything equally by a loving and just Creator. The Holy Spirit sees each one as equally lovable, equally whole and equally perfect. Equal and the same in holiness with all the attributes God gave to His Creation the same in each and everyone. Nothing could be more of a threat to the special self, at one with the illusion of a world, both parts of one illusion that there is a gap between what is a continuous, contiguous, indivisible, whole and eternal.
“The special ones are all asleep, surrounded by a world of loveliness they do not see. Freedom and peace and joy stand there, beside the bier on which they sleep, and call them to come forth and waken from their dream of death. Yet they hear nothing. They are lost in dreams of specialness… and they hate the call that would awaken them. “ ACIM T.24.III.7
True forgiveness transforms the concept of the self that specialness condemns to differences, comparisons, competition and separation, to loneliness, pain and suffering. Forgiveness removes all beliefs, definitions, attributes and identities that would impose inequality between the Sons of God, which mark them as unequal to all the rest. Miracles humble the arrogant and lift up the poor in spirit with recognition of their worthiness. Miracles make minds instantly one to join in an instant of joyful recognition of our common spiritual reality. Beyond the littleness of the special self cherished by the ego lies the grandeur of God and our eternal unity as One Self He created us to be.
Holy Spirit offers a different purpose for the specialness we made of ourselves. In service to a function we did not make, the holy function of healing and forgiveness, our identity is released for truth to be revealed in the light of reality. Our joy lies not in differences and all the terrible aspects of war amongst unequals, but in realising the Self we are lies in everyone and everything. And so what we made for the purpose of separation and death now has become the means for reparation, for resurrection and awakening to the eternal.
Please use the contact form to get in touch about your interest in participating, or if you have any questions.
“To value specialness is to esteem an alien will to which illusions of yourself are dearer than the truth.”
ACIM T.24.II.2
“You would oppose this course because it teaches you you and your brother are alike.“
ACIM T.24.I.8
with Simon Christopher
This is an invitation to join us in the illuminate, spiritual mind-training of A Course in Miracles, and the passionate certainty of your awakening to the reality of eternal life!
Come and discover the power and simplicity of the miracle of true forgiveness. And we will celebrate together, the healing of the mind to a whole new identity in the celestial order of perfection and love.
“Christ has come to search the world for what belongs to Him. His vision sees no strangers, but beholds His Own and joyously unites with them.” W.160
“Salvation is no more than a reminder this world is not your home. Its laws are not imposed on you, its values are not yours. And nothing that you think you see in it is really there at all. This is seen and understood as each one takes his part in its undoing, as he did in making it. He has the means for either, as he always did. The specialness he chose to hurt himself did God appoint to be the means for his salvation, from the very instant that the choice was made. His special sin was made his special grace. His special hate became his special love.” ACIM Text.25.VI.6
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