 I just love it when people tell me their beliefs, because I've learned from the Course of Miracles that all beliefs are false, all of them, every one of them. Not, there's not a single belief that's true, and it's really enjoyable once you get that. So people tell me, people say, you wanna hear what I believe? I say, sure, and they tell me, I believe in pink pyramids, and I'm just fascinated. I just look at them like, oh my gosh, it's the Christ, and I'm hearing about pink pyramids today, and that's fine, I enjoy hearing about pink pyramids. Everyone has the truth inside of them, and no matter what people profess to believe, everyone who comes to this world has a belief system, and they organize their world based on their belief system. Everyone, there's no one that's come to this world has as a pure spirit and just stayed as a pure spirit. It's like, this is a world of belief, and I know there's a lot of different spiritualities that use the word consciousness, and it's kind of fun when you get to the Course of Miracles, because I've heard of different things like raising your consciousness, and let's have a higher consciousness, like in the sixties, you know, consciousness raising, and then we even talk about Christ consciousness, or Buddha consciousness, or consciousness of the one. Anyway, Jesus defines consciousness as the domain of the ego, so it's like, oh, okay. So all of consciousness is the domain of the ego, and the ego, by definition, is false. So consciousness is false, by definition. Even when we talk about unconscious versus being conscious, or becoming more fully conscious, in the end, if you become completely fully conscious, and you don't have an unconscious anymore, that's what the Course calls forgiveness. To be fully conscious is to be in a state of complete forgiveness, and it's still false, because in heaven there's nothing to forgive. You get all the whole way, you raise your consciousness, and you raise it, and raise it, and raise it to the very tippy top, and then the Spirit lasts with you, and you go, okay, that's false too. It's the only illusion, though, that leads you out of the rest. That's why forgiveness is our goal. It's an illusion too, but it takes you to the jumping off point, where you can leave the rest behind. Just remember that, the next time you're having a conversation with somebody, that no matter what they profess to believe, it's all false. And once you get into a state of mind where you can see that, oh, you can just have fun with everybody. I mean, I have so much fun, I'll be talking to somebody and they say, well, you know I'm an atheist. They say, oh, very interesting. And then we have a wonderful time, because it doesn't matter if you believe in God or not. That's a big one. A lot of times people will say, I was raised in Christianity, it was like there was a big deal between the believers and the unbelievers. Ooh, don't wanna be on that ooh, unbeliever side. Do you believe in God? Okay, you're one of those unbelievers. No, belief, even unbelief is still a belief. You can profess that you don't believe in a God. Maybe you believe in science or maybe you believe in a totem pole or something instead. But the mind that says it believes in God and the mind that says that it doesn't believe in God are actually the same mind. Because this is the domain of beliefs. And so there's a line in one of Jesus's little pamphlets. I think it's the psychotherapy pamphlet where Jesus comes out with this. This is so great to hear it from Jesus. Belief in God is unnecessary for God can be but known. Ooh, thank you for that high announcement. I'm not a good, a lot of Christians might be upset with that one, but not to mention Hindus, Muslims, throw the whole thing. Maybe some of the Buddhists would resonate with that. You can only know the creator. You believe in the creator, doesn't actually do you any good. You know, it's not like you get to some pearly gates and you go, I believed in you my whole life. Do I get in? It's like, well, have you accepted forgiveness and atonement? No, but I believed in you. No, no, you don't get through the gates by saying, Lord, Lord, I believed in you for how many years and minutes and seconds, you know. It doesn't, it doesn't, you'll get any brownie points for believing in God. So, a lot of people that I've met that I have so much these delightful encounters with, you know, they're not sure about God. They're, or they'll say, no, I'm kind of an agnostics. I believe in knowledge or no, I don't, I don't really believe in God and I don't believe in anything. That's always kind of a cute belief. I don't believe in anything. No, actually, everyone who comes to this realm does believe in something and they set the whole world up based on what they believe. Just the belief, just the perception of a world is a reflection of belief. So, if you wake up in the morning, again from our movie last night, it's a false awakening. You seem to go from one dream at night, maybe a REM sleep to a we call a daytime dream and your eyes open and you look around and you see a world, that's just a reflection of belief. So, if you're still perceiving a world, you're still believing. You have to believe something to perceive something. In heaven, there's no beliefs and there's no perception either. There are no trees in heaven and there's no birds and rocks and countries and clouds and all these things that seem to be so common on earth. There aren't none in heaven or nirvana. So, as long as you perceive, that means you believe. And as long as you believe, then purification is really what you're going for. It's a purified belief system where every trace of the past is taken away. And all you're left with is a blessing. In other words, the Holy Spirit just removes all traces of the past and just gets you a neutralized, a non-judgmental view of the world, which Jesus calls a happy dream.