With infinite energy and intelligence all things are possible is a matter of fact.
Einstein's theory of relativity teaches us that matter is energy, and energy is matter.
Thus, as a log can be burned into light, so can light be turned into a log.
"Child of light... the light is in you."
"With God all things are possible."
- Jesus Christ, Matt 19:26, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
The above indicates the answer is light. Which is what we've been hearing in the
thread above.
"Miracles are seen in light."
"It is important to remember that miracles and vision necessarily go together. You
will see [Miracles] in the light; you will not see them in the dark.
To you, then, light is crucial."
[Also consider Love, for "With God all things are possible," - Jesus, and "God is
love." - St. John the Divine, 1 John 4:8b, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV (he also said "God is Light and in him is no darkness at all."]
Yet the below passages from the Bible indicate belief by itself could suffice. So
do you think it is just light, (if love), as A Course in Miracles above is saying?
Or is it also possible to use belief, apparently by itself, as the below passages say?:
"So Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God. For assuredly, I say to
you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and
does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done,
he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."
- Jesus Christ, Mark 11:22-24, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
"Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be
impossible for you."
- Jesus Christ, Matt 17:20, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
"Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will
do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father."
- Jesus Christ, John 14:12, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
"all things *are* possible to him who believes.”
- Jesus Christ, Mark 9:23, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
It seems to say here, it's belief, in A Course in Miracles:
"Few appreciate the real power of the mind, and no one remains fully aware of it
all the time. However, if you hope to spare yourself from fear there are some things you must realize, and realize fully. The mind is very powerful, and never
loses its creative force. It never sleeps. Every instant it is creating. It is
hard to recognize that thought and belief combine into a power surge that can literally move mountains."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 2, Section 7
Christianity commands you to work Miracles:
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you
have received, freely give."
- Jesus Christ, Matt 10:8, Holy Bible, New Testament, NKJV
Another possibility is forgiveness:
"Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real."
So, Light, Love, Belief, Forgiveness, or a combination of all four? For it to be
forgiveness per se, that would have to be because there was no quantifiable material world, which is kind of what the Course says, but not sure about this point except that as a prerequisite to Miracles, upset minds probably cannot work
miracles, and there are some who connect materialism with guilt/qualification. In
other words there are some who connect quantification with qualification; while I
ponder if it's all qualification, yet the materialism of the world says it's not,
yet A Course in Miracles says 'there is no world,' and if miracles exist, there is
no world is clear.
So while it is probable that forgiveness is a prerequisite, and perhaps you just
have to search your mind for unforgiveness; the rest below further considers the
possibility that it is forgiveness itself that works the miracles while the quotes
above definitely suggest merely light, love or belief:
"Salvation and forgiveness are the same. They both imply that something has gone
wrong; something to be saved from, forgiven for; something amiss that needs corrective change; something apart or different from the Will of God. Thus do both terms imply a thing impossible but yet which has occurred, resulting in a state of conflict seen between what is and what could never be."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 99
"You who belong to the First Cause, created by him like unto himself and part of
him, are more than merely guiltless. The state of guiltlessness is only the condition in which what is not there has been removed from the disordered mind that thought it was. This state, and only this, must you attain... for until you
do, you will still think that you are separate from God.
When you have let all that obscured the truth in your most holy mind be undone for
you, and therefore stand in grace before your Father, he will give himself to you
as he has always done. Giving himself is all he knows, and so it is all knowledge. For what he knows not, cannot be, and therefore cannot be given."
Would you know of One Who gives forever, and Who knows of nothing except giving?"
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 4 (5pdf)
"Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation. Correct perception
of your brother is necessary, because minds have chosen to see themselves as separate. Spirit knows God completely. That is its miraculous power. The fact
that each one has this power completely is a condition entirely alien to the world's thinking. The world believes that if anyone has everything, there is nothing left. But God's miracles are as total as His Thoughts because they are His Thoughts.
(Compare to: "The Kingdom cannot be found alone, and you who are the Kingdom cannot find yourself alone." - Chapter 8, Section 3; Is "alone" merely the notion
there is someone out there, but they're not around? tangent)
As long as perception lasts prayer has a place. Since perception rests on lack,
those who perceive have not totally accepted the Atonement and given themselves over to truth. Perception is based on a separated state, so that anyone who perceives at all needs healing. Communion, not prayer, is the natural state of those who know. God and His miracle are inseparable. How beautiful indeed are the Thoughts of God who live in His light! Your worth is beyond perception because it is beyond doubt. Do not perceive yourself in different lights. Know
yourself in the One Light where the miracle that is you is perfectly clear."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 3, Section 5
"Prayer is a way of asking for something. It is the medium of miracles. But the
only meaningful prayer is for forgiveness, because those who have been forgiven have everything. Once forgiveness has been accepted, prayer in the usual sense becomes utterly meaningless. The prayer for forgiveness is nothing more than a request that you may be able to recognize what you already have.
In electing perception instead of knowledge, you placed yourself in a position where you could resemble your Father only by perceiving miraculously. You have lost the knowledge that you yourself are a miracle of God. Creation is your Source and your only real function."
"Forgiveness is the only means whereby Christ's vision comes to me."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 247
"Forgive your brother, and you cannot separate yourself from him nor from his Father. You need no forgiveness, for the wholly pure have never sinned."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 25, Section 2 (3 pdf)
"God is the Love in which I forgive.
God does not forgive because He has never condemned. And there must be condemnation before forgiveness is necessary. Forgiveness is the great need of this world, but that is because it is a world of illusions. Those who forgive are
thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who withhold forgiveness are
binding themselves to them. As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only
yourself.
Yet although God does not forgive, His Love is nevertheless the basis of forgiveness. Fear condemns and love forgives. Forgiveness thus undoes what fear
has produced, returning the mind to the awareness of God. For this reason, forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions disappear."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, Lesson 46
"Forgiveness can truly be called salvation. It is the means by which illusions disappear." !!
yet,
"Fear condemns and love forgives."
"love forgives."
Like I said, perhaps you just have to search your mind for unforgiveness.
"Those who forgive are thus releasing themselves from illusions, while those who
withhold forgiveness are binding themselves to them."
"As you condemn only yourself, so do you forgive only yourself."
So maybe those who forgive, love themselves and others completely? And those who
love, forgive others completely? What word or concept is best to focus on?
The power of belief, the power of light, the power of forgiveness, the power of love, the power of the mind:
Regarding the power of love vs. the power the mind, the mind only *is* the power
of love, for there is nothing else besides love, but nothing. Nothing does not exist: A Course in Miracles confirms:
"You cannot really give anything but love to anyone or anything, nor can you really receive anything but love from them."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
"you *are* love. Love is your power, which... gives you everything."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 7, Section 6
So are the power of light, forgiveness, and love one, and are the power of belief
and the mind one? And I just proved it says love and the mind are one, so there
is one power?
I would think light, but it looks like the above really harps on forgiveness, belief, and love. The power of the mind I guess is one of those four though, or
all four as it is seeming.
So forgiveness and love can be seen to be one, and love and light can be seen to
be one, so these three can be seen to be one; but what's with belief?
Maybe this is what it was saying about belief: (I hope the rest isn't getting superfluous):
"Forgiveness is the home of miracles...
The miracle is taken first on faith, because to ask for it implies the mind has been made ready to conceive of what it cannot see and does not understand. Yet faith will bring its witnesses to show that what it rested on is really there. And
thus the miracle will justify your faith in it, and show it rested on a world more
real than what you saw before; a world redeemed from what you thought was there."
[Do you really think this is going to happen??]
"Miracles... show that what is born can never die, for what has life has immortality."
- A Course in Miracles, Workbook, "What Is a Miracle" For Lessons 341-350
and,
"The Holy Spirit is invisible, but you can see the results of his presence, and through them you will learn that he is there. What he enables you to do is clearly not of this world, for miracles violate every law of reality as this world
judges it. Every law of time and space, of magnitude and mass is transcended, for
what the Holy Spirit enables you to do is clearly beyond all of them. Perceiving
his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know what he is."
and,
"You cannot see the Holy Spirit, but you can see his manifestations. And unless
you do, you will not realize he is there. Miracles are his witnesses, and speak
for his presence. What you cannot see becomes real to you only through the witnesses that speak for it. For you can be aware of what you cannot see, and it
can become compellingly real to you as its Presence becomes manifest through you.
Do the Holy Spirit's work, for you share in his function. As your function in Heaven is creation, so your function on earth is healing. God shares his function
with you in Heaven, and the Holy Spirit shares his with you on earth. As long as
you believe you have other functions, so long will you need correction. For this
belief is the destruction of peace, a goal in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit's purpose."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
Faith may almost seem to make one say, "someone else will do it," to give up one's
own _agency_. If "faith," is, why wouldn't the "Holy Spirit" have been doing it
for us _all along_?
But,
"God works with us and through us, and not without us or against us."
- A Church Marquee
"See the mighty works that he will do through you, and you must be convinced you
did them through him. It is impossible to deny the Source of effects so powerful
they could not be of you. Leave room for him, and you will find yourself so filled with power that nothing will prevail against your peace."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 14, Section 11 (12pdf)
As discussed in the "Peace" post, as soon as you stop attacking yourself, and return your mind to peace, the love of God will naturally enter, because God is here already. To be filled with the Holy Spirit merely means to give up corruption.
"Perceiving his results, you will understand where he must be, and finally know what he is."
- A Course in Miracles, Chapter 12, Section 7
It must be remembered, it is not the Holy Spirit whom you turn to, but _Your_ Holy
Spirit, Your Holy _Self_: "My Holy Self shall heal all things" (My concept). Your
Holy Self is the One Self which runs through all things, and is greater than the
small concept of yourself. But it is the simple same self you know, the only you
you've ever known, not distracted by all the responsibilities and recreational pursuits of the world.
So become one with the light, and with God all things are possible. God is light,
so with light all things are possible.
Love
Forgiveness
Light
Belief/Faith/The Mind
Forgiveness is forgiveness. That is what it's for.
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