 That's the course to give me another theology where I can go around and tell people you know This is the way it is and we're projecting this and we're doing this and telling people things I mean that once again we get back into that. That's like talking about You know where it can become like another religion. We don't need another religion We've got we've had enough religions, you know and Jesus says that that that the course doesn't aim That there can never be a universal theology There's never gonna be a time on this planet where everybody has like one religion and everyone goes. Yeah, do you believe that so why you know The ego is this fragmented thing where everybody has a perceived different self-concept and different beliefs and no and within the perception of the world You know that there won't be any universal theology, but there can and must be a universal experience And to me That's how I know I'm getting the forgiveness is the feelings of peace and the feelings of joy Really enjoying these connections and enjoying these these The waking up process in the ultimate sense takes place in the mind It's from looking at the false beliefs in the mind without fear of calmly looking at them and just being with false And that's those questions about a lot of times. Let's come in about being here and God's I'm good. I've had people come up to me in seminars that are elderly or something and they'll Only I have had this book When I was young, you know, or got it out of that, but it's still this a time concept They're very much tied up in the new year system And the age of the body or the passing of the body Has now has no effect on the mind And it's the mind You know the illusion of the body and nothing to do with that Then Then it's a body stop breathing. It still has nothing to do with that But if we have to work on stuff to become aware or parallel thing we have to use these experiences in order to gain awareness and we have to have another body Or does it continue when we make a transition? well, basically you at the one point says That only salvation can be said to cure and one either wakes or sleep And it says at one point he says many upon death rise and wake and at that point You know in that sense he's using death in a sense of the body. It could be any instance Just one instance Takes to wake up But but really what I hear you saying is is that you know What's the use Of this world, you know and the course is definitely saying though the world was made as a projection As a distracted device Keep your mind busy and preoccupied With things in the world with pain and pleasure and pursuits and on and on and on Even though it was made as a distracted device so does the mind wouldn't look at the belief This is meant to cover over the false belief because the attention remains focused out here That the holy spirit has a different purpose to the world That even though it was made for that purpose that was the ego's purpose now the holy spirit says here I've got a different purpose feeling We're going to use these bodies. We're going to use these whatever cars houses trees clothes everything we're going to use those in the waking up process and That's the whole idea of training the mind to start to bring a single purpose To everything that's probably the most difficult thing to grasp I've had people ask as we've even taught classes for weeks and weeks and nothing else Let me go over this again. There's a purpose that the holy spirit has to the world Could you tell me what that is again? I'm glad to know that I haven't seen one with more experienced students in the morning This is it after we've been at it for like weeks of going through the workbook and the reason it seems so vague That's purpose and that's so uh, attractive thing is that That's impossible to hold that purpose while The mind holds on to other purposes that the ego purposes that are given to the world To get things for its own sake and accumulate and all those things. We've all we've recognized that's hard in us It's just love maybe a little thrill about getting something or when I was a kid, you know Going to coney island that place To bring me happiness and salvation. I didn't use the word salvation, but I was awful happy From that place or particular rides or whatever We've all had that sense that there are other goals and purposes that are that are in our mind And they obscure our function they obscure that that abstract purpose That purpose is what brings the fusion that you talked about about but as long as It's kind of a as long as I'm going to hold tight to the corral Then gradually as I open the corral door that's purpose starts getting more and more clear in my awareness It just moves through me It's just literally of course this whole place here will tell you What to do and where to go and what to say wow You know, it's like that gives a sense of ease and effortlessness where I won't have to be struggling with each decision That I make that there'll be this presence that will start moving through me so That's that the course calls it one and ten calls it singleness of purpose It's called um goal There's a passage I think I mentioned last time the peace of God With my one goal the aim of all my living here to end my purpose and my function in my life That's common in something But it's like he's he's holding it in there. He's saying it's there It's the Holy Spirit in your mind and He's guiding you to let go of all these other um Goals that block your purpose in your mind And releasing what's in the corral there's attachment It's what makes room For that one and cancer that one purpose to be really what the mind is riveted on Because the mind will you know rivet on What is desire and if what's in the corral is what's desire that's what the mind The attention is giving to And if that's released Then the mind is freed up to rivet itself on that one purpose so it's kind of like To get to that one purpose is letting go of those attachment to the corral The ego would have to have a belief that to open up the corral is to make ourselves vulnerable Right because to the ego that that is very threatening That always struck me too and a lot of the readings I read you know where they always talk about risk honestly risk being invulnerable and everything and And You know one day it just says I was reading the court. It's it's down to me. Those two words risk honesty I mean true honesty. It seems that way at the beginning because To the ego honesty is a threat Total consistency total laying aside deceptions the ego says hey, I can't be I'll be out of business my whole My whole existence so to speak the egos is based on mirrors and schemes and games and total honesty is Is a consistency of thoughts and action and word and deeds that the ego is very afraid of so it really does seem that way at the beginning it seems like It's like there's real vulnerability and it seems like it's a risk If you've been used to repressing Then it still feels like it feels like one right because it does look and it's like It's like more of a An accepted growth And Was there a particular question or aspect of the relationship that you wanted to dress? Well, um Yeah, I I think I I'd like to see the dress relationship I'd like to understand more about what those relationships before and wider here You know just I I really didn't know anything about it and I'm just now reading about that of course I mean the same you guys Well, if we just go back to the metaphysics and kind of Look at why specialness was made or why special relationships were made I think I dressed in the first one, but I'll just address it again that in a sense Once the separation seemed to occur In an instant it was answered in an instant And now the answer was the Holy Spirit in our mind. So That's how quick that this world lasted as one instance, but it's like the ego Can wants to call forth wants to keep the mind invested in believing that that's the past Is still here doesn't want to be free of the present the ego Use of time is it says skip over the present You're guilty in the past And it's been that way for a long time It's not going to change You know it's that depressing kind of a thinking where it's like it's been bad in the past and it's going to be bad in the future And you don't have any power to change it out of the victim Whereas the Holy Spirit says Now is your point of power so to speak Right now you can get in touch with things the beliefs you can make decisions You can be open to another way of seeing and looking at right now and the Holy Spirit Uses the past to to bring the mind to the holy instance And the way this relates metaphysically is that we mentioned that the belief in separation occurred was answered in an instant And the egos so to speak the answer to the to the correction Or to the Holy Spirit was the special relationship And because this is a way of seeming to provide something Outside something on the screen That is so attractive That the mind won't want to go within to that light He wants wants to get caught up in something there and that's why the special relationship is is the I think you call it the most boasted weapon That the ego has because it's like the ace card That the pain I know in my life that I've experienced through the special relationships has been Carved quite deep and and it's hit deep things that I didn't even know were were there And and the dynamics beneath it is it's like Now that the mind Buys this belief in separation is it actually is afraid of the light Afraid of the Holy Spirit at this point in the dark in mind is Because it believes that it actually pulled off the separation It actually did just pulled off the impossible which is separated from its creator Which is really a horrifying thought and to believe in that is just a very horrifying That's this ontological guilt and fear that's very really really deep within the mind So we'll just call this this is the belief in separation So now a self concept a world and personhood And I'm now a person in the world all this all these ideas and beliefs are learned and built up on here to cover over that cornerstone Because the ego says if you go to that cornerstone and you lift that cornerstone Then God's gonna be there and and the ego says you really did it You separated from God and he will get you He will he will come after you for what you've done. You've actually Stolen from heaven or you pulled yourself away from the kingdom, you know, and he's angry So the ego keeps screeching don't ever ever ever go near that cornerstone We'll make a bunch of beliefs will build a world that you can become involved in and distracted in That you won't ever go back to that point And the special relationships those are the things that are part of the dream world that Um that are very attractive in other words, we there are of course talks about special hates relationships and special love relationships And the special hate relationships are the obvious ones It's not quite so insidious or difficult to see because it gets back to that projection that we've been talking about before You've got this guilt. He goes as unloaded You don't like this person Get get out of get them out of your life Get as far away as you can from them, you know But you know, it's okay to hate some people the ego councils and that's its way of dumping the guilt and getting rid of and blaming But the special love is the flip side Where is I I speak for a partner or I speak for persons whether they be children or spouses or parental relationships or best friends or whatever That will make me forget about all this unconscious stuff That I can say so distracted Informed I could say so distracted with them and I can make a bargain You know with them and that even if I can get them to meet my needs a lot of times they Will serve as a god You know Still the mind is deceiving it believes that it's lacking You know, it still believes in kick out of the kingdom and everything so it's like well He says go for what you can you know, each drink can be merry Of course, you're going to die and and get as many people and friends Can be these clothes sometimes only one or sometimes the focus of a group You know, it can be you can special relationships can come in lots of ways or it could even be the things You know where you know, I've fed up with all kinds of people I never want to go near men or women again. I've had enough of that pain I'm just going to go find myself a good mountain and build myself a log cabin and get myself some Quilts or knitting or something I like to do and heck with it. You know, we're animals Any kind of academic I'll become the smartest Whatever the best botanist in the world or whatever career. It doesn't so much matter what it is, but but that's why It's it's set up that way and that's where