Part 2
If it's all scripted, and the script is already written, why bother to do anything then? This excerpt from Your Immortal Reality answers that question.
Gary: Okay, I have a question. Every now and then I read about one of
these Nazis who escaped to South America, and there will be a report
that the guy died and he was like in his 80s or 90s or something. Now
I’ve been told for the last 25 years
that my thinking determines my health. So how come these jerks get to
live to be a hundred? I mean, what kind of thoughts must THEY have been
having most of their lives?
Arten: Get a grip, Gary. Your
thoughts determine your EXPERIENCE of life, not WHAT happens n your
life. What happens on the level of form – how long you live, how rich
or poor you are, whether or not you’re faced with the challenge of heart
disease, stroke, cancer, or what have you – was all determined before
you ever appeared to be born. The instant you chose the ego on that
metaphysical level, everything else was a done deal. That’s why life
here isn’t fair. And don’t ask why you should even bother! I just said
you DO determine your EXPERIENCE with your thoughts, and your
experience is what’s important.
The only real power you have
here is the power to choose between the ego and the Holy Spirit. In the
process, if you happen to change dimensions of time through the Holy
Spirit’s collapsing of time and thus have a different scenario play
itself out within the fixed script, then you should consider that to be a
fringe benefit. That’s not what the Course is about, though.
As for the collapsing of time, remember that only the Holy Spirit knows
what’s best for everyone. Put Him in charge of time and space. Put
the one in charge who knows everything. If you’re sick and your
symptoms change through choosing forgiveness, then consider THAT to be a
fringe benefit, also. The real goal is Heaven, but the short-term goal
is peace, and the end of all pain and suffering. It’s absolutely
within your means to learn to end all pain and suffering, despite
anything that appears to be happening in the world and regardless of
what your symptoms appear to be. That’s the Holy Spirit’s answer to the
ego’s script of guilt, pain, suffering, and death.
Gary: So
that Nazi would have lied to be 90, anyway, but the quality of his life
and how he experiences those 90 years is determined by his thoughts,
and that also goes for his spiritual progress and how many more
lifetimes he has to come back for.
Arten: Exactly. Excellent.
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Monday, September 1, 2014
Why Bother? Part 1
If it's all scripted, and the script is already written, why bother to do anything then? This excerpt from The Disappearance of the Universe answers that question.
Pursah: You may think you have free will here and that you can determine what's going to happen to you, but the truth is it's all happened already. You're just playing the tape, watching and listening - thinking it's all real and a result of your own volition or chance on this level, rather than a set-up from another level.
Gary: Why should I bother to do anything, then?
Pursah: Two reasons. First of all, even though it's a closed system, there are different scenarios open to you in each lifetime. Making a different choice that doesn't involve the Holy Spirit within the dream won't undo your unconscious guilt and get you out of the system, but it can result in a temporarily different experience.
It's like a multiple choice script, where if you make a different decision, then a different scenario will play itself out. If you make one decision, you get the girl and have a good time - but if you make another decision, you blow it and end up with depression. It's even possible to live the same lifetime over again, with a different set of earthly results. Once again, none of that will get you where you really want to be. It will just keep you stuck here, attempting to achieve temporary happiness.
The other, far more important reason why you should be engaged in your decision-making is to return to your right mind and choose the Holy Spirit instead of the ego, which WILL get you where you really want to be. Forgiveness has its fringe benefits in the dream, some of which are not always obvious to you, For instance, let's say a man murders his wife, or a woman murders her husband. One of them is dead, and the other spends the rest of their life in prison or gets executed. But what if they had learned to forgive, and there was no killing? Would that change things on this level?
Gary: It would change everything, and people probably wouldn't even be aware of it.
Pursah: Yes. That's an extreme example, but ere are thousands of scenarios where even on the level of form, forgiveness has results -
and you often don’t realize how much better off you are than you would have been if you didn’t forgive. That’s why you want to develop a trust for the Holy Spirit. He really does know what’s best for you. So don’t think it’s not important for you to take charge of your own mind from this level. Indeed, it’s what the Course is training you to do. Control of your mind even gives you the power to stop pain in your body.
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Pursah: You may think you have free will here and that you can determine what's going to happen to you, but the truth is it's all happened already. You're just playing the tape, watching and listening - thinking it's all real and a result of your own volition or chance on this level, rather than a set-up from another level.
Gary: Why should I bother to do anything, then?
Pursah: Two reasons. First of all, even though it's a closed system, there are different scenarios open to you in each lifetime. Making a different choice that doesn't involve the Holy Spirit within the dream won't undo your unconscious guilt and get you out of the system, but it can result in a temporarily different experience.
It's like a multiple choice script, where if you make a different decision, then a different scenario will play itself out. If you make one decision, you get the girl and have a good time - but if you make another decision, you blow it and end up with depression. It's even possible to live the same lifetime over again, with a different set of earthly results. Once again, none of that will get you where you really want to be. It will just keep you stuck here, attempting to achieve temporary happiness.
The other, far more important reason why you should be engaged in your decision-making is to return to your right mind and choose the Holy Spirit instead of the ego, which WILL get you where you really want to be. Forgiveness has its fringe benefits in the dream, some of which are not always obvious to you, For instance, let's say a man murders his wife, or a woman murders her husband. One of them is dead, and the other spends the rest of their life in prison or gets executed. But what if they had learned to forgive, and there was no killing? Would that change things on this level?
Gary: It would change everything, and people probably wouldn't even be aware of it.
Pursah: Yes. That's an extreme example, but ere are thousands of scenarios where even on the level of form, forgiveness has results -
and you often don’t realize how much better off you are than you would have been if you didn’t forgive. That’s why you want to develop a trust for the Holy Spirit. He really does know what’s best for you. So don’t think it’s not important for you to take charge of your own mind from this level. Indeed, it’s what the Course is training you to do. Control of your mind even gives you the power to stop pain in your body.
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