OrEd-T-24.1-Intro-Specialness/Separation

1. I will not forget that the motivation for this course is the attainment and the keeping of the state of peace. Given this state, the mind is quiet, and the condition in which God is remembered is attained. It is not necessary to tell Him what to do. He will not fail. Where He can enter, He is there already. And can it be He cannot enter where He wills to be? Peace will be mine because it is His Will. Can you believe a shadow can hold back the Will that holds the universe secure? God does not wait upon illusions to let Him be Himself. No more His Son. They are. And no illusion that idly seems to drift between them has the power to defeat what is Their Will.

2. To learn this course requires willingness to question every value that I hold. Only one value kept hidden and obscure will jeopardize my learning. No belief is neutral. Every belief has the power to dictate each decision I make. For a decision is a conclusion based on everything that I believe. A decision is the outcome of belief, and follows belief as surely as suffering follows guilt and freedom follows sinlessness. There is no substitute for peace. What God creates has no alternative. The truth arises from what He knows. And my decisions come from my beliefs, as certainly as all creation rose in His mind because of what He knows.