 All right, and now we have our amazing line up here. Look at this And we are going to start taking questions and answers So I think we'll just kick it off if you feel calm Please stand up and please speak as loudly as possible so everyone can hear you and if you are directing it towards a particular Person please say that if not you might get eight answers. So we'll just see how this goes Who would like to start? Catholic grammar school every time I ask the question about Stuff none would say when they didn't know the answer take it on Well, I'm here now and I realize that a lot of the stuff they simply didn't know When I came to the course, I found that little section that talked about ego questions And that was for me the button pusher taken on faith So I would like Some input about how you react to that Some of them have Jesus calls some of these questions ego questions and what your feelings are about that I'll take Just say to the back of the book the clarification of terms which actually was in the first front of it But it got stuck in the back some time, but I found it It says the ego has many questions that this course has no answers for You know How did the separation occur to whom did the separation occur and basically he says, you know, there is no answer But there is an experience That will come that will end your doubting so it's almost like he's pointing at just do what I'm asking you to do and Follow the instructions in the workbook and practice and you have an experience and then the questions will disappear on on a practical level over the many years what I said is Any kind of question that that really is about the world or about the projection, you know Why did this happen to me and so on and so forth? Those are just really statements You could put underneath those questions I am an ego. They're just declarations of the ego declaring itself But there are questions when you do start to question your perception or you start to question your underlying assumptions and your beliefs they kind of help loosen the attachment and the Solidity of those beliefs so those can be helpful and that's why we have inquiry and that's why we have contemplation a lot of Very great traditions that help you start to loosen but in the end you want to have an experience that undoes all the questions anyway So Thank you so much Now we have to thank Ken for his editing job because I think the Urtex had a lot of soul a lot of soul in it and You miss so many connotations throughout many many traditions about the soul. Is it individualized? Does it mean Spirit and so on and so forth. So that's why I think basically Ken and Helen and Jesus did a real good job I think the published version comes back to he calls it the mind and then right mind wrong mind and so forth and You know in my heart, I just think of the soul is created by God So soul and spirit are synonymous to me And then I just work with what Jesus gave me about the split mind And then what do I need to do to forgive is to serve between the right mind and the wrong mind and accept the correction So I just want to thank again the elders and the great Job they did and for giving us such a great published Course it's so straightforward and simple that we can practice it And I wasn't confused at all by the course that I worked with it I studied it and I kept praying and asking but I think they did a real good job So that's that's what I've got to say It just seems like the idea of the soul could be one of many ways where we just go off of countless fragmentations and fracturings and But if we remember that we're all just this one spirit and that's It's kind of my son Yes, and the Certainly what David just said that spirit and soul basically means they are Synonymous and the introduction to the clarification of terms Jesus is actually saying I'm making that interest in philosophical speculation or precise terminology He's not interested to them. I'm only interested in the torment or correction of the perception find that on page 77 of the manual for teachers I should just one other thing. I want to say I completely forgot I just wanted to Added for most people throughout history. I think the idea of having a soul has been an individual thing It's like, you know, I have a soul and I die and there's this thing that goes on after me And this thing that goes on after me well, it looks suspiciously like the body I just left and That's still an idea of individuality and personal existence So it's definitely separation ego idea and I think the course what uses the word spirit It's talking about something that is not a partial Attribute something that is all of it something that is perfect one is with God So I think that's what that's what the distinction is with the core spirit would be all of it And that's why the the published version anyway But of the course only uses the word soul when it comes to direct biblical quotations That's the only time it uses the word and that's what the editing came in as David was saying But spirit would be not a partial attribute Of course as it would be all of it and that would be the difference I think the course would kind of think is of the soul as being that seemingly separated mind It's like you you seem to be separate And that's really mind and your mind never stops your body appears to stop and die But your mind keeps right on going it never stops and that is what some people would think of as Being that soul that individual soul, which is actually mind And eventually that mind will be returned to perfect one is it's kind of like we took it now You got to give it back How forgiveness can be played out One comes to mind I was in Barcelona and about a year ago and They wanted to pay me and they didn't want to send the bank wire so they gave me cash And I was I don't know why I did this, but I put it in my check baggage And I was told later that you shouldn't do that She'd keep it in a carry-on. I put it in my check baggage and got the LA and it was all gone It was all stolen It's like a 13,000 dollars just gone and For about five or ten seconds it was like And then okay, I remembered and I really think that There's a lot in the course that implod you what is a miracle, but just remembering You know you got to remember when the shit hits the fan you got to remember and And fortunately for me, I remembered pretty quick and when the course says be vigilant only for God in his kingdom Yes, that's a pretty tall order But that's what the course is asking for those to choose that And so I chose that and I realized it was just a dream and you know Everything it doesn't matter whether it's money possessions anything in the material world is temporary by definition Including the idea of being here and being in a body the whole thing is a train so I was able to forget it pretty quickly, but only because I remembered and I find that if you just remember the truth, that's half the battle right there if you can just remember So I think that's what the work of his for I want the training is for to get you into the habit of Thinking with the Holy Spirit so much that when the stuff hits the fan, you will remember I just wanted to share an insight with the course because you know the course is all about saving time with the miracles and You know how they tell us what we're growing up to you want to be proactive or reactive? I think the story where the upsets come in, you know, it's it's you know, it's reactive for That's where the egos is in charge. It speaks first and it's in charge But you know, I have to say with the course over the years that one of the sub sections Really jumped out to me was the setting the goal section. I felt like I went like 40,000 years ahead With the setting the goal section because I thought you know This seems really important because he's saying if you set the goal if you really set the goal out front Almost like going into a cave and having a torch if you hold the torch out in front You will perceive everything and everyone is Helping you achieve your goal whether you call them towards peace or joy or happiness or whatever So I think I had one of those huge aha moments with that subsection because I thought oh I see And what is it that prevents you from setting the goal? Some of you also remember rules for decision, you know the first the first two are the most important just like he said emphasize the first two commandments in the Bible Jesus did he really emphasized the first two are the most important and You know decide the kind of day you want to save yourself if I make no decisions by myself This is the day that will be given me and then the other ones he said it's harder to get back Once you've gone on so I think if you really want to save time You really need to set the goal out front You really need to be very strong and focused with that and that's been all these years that I've been on the road and many miracles Cars disappearing money disappearing people disappearing all kinds of things that go on You know, this is human life. You know, that's what you're gonna get. They come they go whatever Cats disappearing, you know, whatever, but if you set the goal out front That's so important because that's proactive. That's like saying Jesus, you're in charge and I'm gonna follow you and and I deserve a happy joyful life and Also, I found that there was only ego goals that get in the way, you know Whether it's expectations around job family relationships, whatever course of miracles or your course of miracles group If you have any ego goals, they're coming from the self-concept So I went through that text and I came back to the self versus self concept Sections and I really saw that all roles all concepts that I was identified with Was where the fear was coming up and I decided to let go I decided to follow what Jesus Buddha was saying emptied the mind of all these concepts and It comes down to even The course if you get frozen into minister of God or teacher of God concepts that you have you have Expectations that are around that teacher of God concept. You better believe they're gonna come up because there'll be goals Tied into those as well and you will not set the goal You will you will fall if that happens. So to me, that's what this is all about saving time And to me, that's what has been the greatest thing my heart leaped when I read that setting the goal section I said, I'll do it You know like it's very symphonic the whole course goes round and round But if there's something that leaps for you and something that you can really go with with all your heart That will make a huge difference in this whole seeming journey. So I just wanted to show that Let's give a big round of applause