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The foregoing was written for the
original publisher of A Course in Miracles to explain in brief,
How it came, What it is, and What it says.
This edition is the original edit by Helen Schucman and Bill
Thetford and contains all original dictation except personal
remarks by Jesus to Helen and Bill and is the most complete
of all editions.
To assist with understanding the Course, we would like to
express our feeling that the Course is about bringing us to
a state of Happiness and Inner Peace, which is our natural
heritage as a Creation of God. In the Bible and the Course
they state that God created man in His Image. Since God is
Love, He created us to experience Love for each other at all
times.
However, when we decided to leave Heaven and take form we
chose to be able to forget temporarily from where we came.
It was like falling asleep and entering a dream, that can
be happy and peaceful, but can also be a nightmare of pain,
fear, jealousy, scarcity. So we adopted the rule of "me
first" and thus created the "ego",
to whom we became dependant, and further separated from God.
Having forgotten who we are, we turn to collecting physical
things, use blame, attack, flattery, money, shame, lies, appearance
and anything to make us seem to be better than our brother
and in control, or the reverse. These are the tricks of the
ego. And, we have become addicted to the ego.
Yet all we really need (as the Beatles sang) is Love, Love,
Love! And, Love is remembered through the Miracle, forgiving
ourselves for thinking our brother hurt us, letting go misperceptions,
and choosing inner peace again.
A Course in Miracles is not the only route back to God. But
it is one for finding inner peace and happiness, in a world
where many do not experience these feelings often. We invite
you to find a group that studies the Course each week, and
join them in your search for inner peace and the truth of
who you really are. The world can be a friendly place.
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