How to Perform Miracles or Manifesting the Truth [Archive]

Ernie Nemeth

23rd February 2019, 17:51

How to Perform Miracles
Or: The Manifestation of Truth

There could be many ways to discuss the higher levels of reality, on which none of us agree, and none of us can know for certain. But the final test of a comprehensive philosophy is, ‘Does it work’?, ‘Does it answer all facets of observation?’

There is a system of thought that trains a person for miracle working and that is the system that declares in its title that it is ‘A Course In Miracles’.

To get it out of the way, yes I have performed miracles, and I am not the only one. To be clear not only this course teaches how. For the purpose of experiment, and experience, I suggest we give it a try.

What is a miracle?

A miracle is an experience that seems beyond the laws of this world. It is the seemingly impossible nature of miracles that is their essence. What a miracle really is, is a correction of perception.

The world we see is a perception, an interpretation of reality that in fact only at best approximates reality. From this perception we have built a fantasy world far removed from reality.

It is this state that the miracle corrects by introducing a period of true-sight (vision), where the laws of perception are abolished. Although the miracle is itself an illusion it can be said to be a perception of the real world.

The only true miracle worker is The Holy Spirit, Who was created by God as His communication link to His lost children, who can no longer hear His voice directly.

The Holy Spirit will establish a link between any Child of God who calls on him, with their creative powers that lay dormant on the other side of the veil.

The other thing to understand is that you need not be a saint, a martyr, a holy one, or even enlightened to perform miracles. You need only suspend your disbelief and your littleness and understand that miracles are your BIRTHRIGHT.This can happen in an instant, for an instant, or it may last the rest of your life, no matter. The moment you take on the mantle without fear or guilt, you are a miracle worker.

There are fifty principles of miracles. We need only remember three.

One: There is no order of difficulty of miracles.
Two: Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love.
Three: There is only one miracle, in truth.

If these three principles are understood, internalized, and integrated, miracles will result.

Miracles seem difficult and even impossible because of how far we have veered off course in terms of our understanding of our true nature - and the world’s.

Much talk of angels has been bantered about, but an angel itself is a miracle and any who interact with or encounter angels is encountering a miracle.

How to Perform the Miracle

Miracles come about by prioritizing correctly the components of our reality. As such, an excerpt from ACIM, might help clarify:

We have referred to the miracle as the means of correcting level confusion, for all mistakes must be corrected at the level they occur. Only the mind is capable of error. The body can act wrongly only when it is responding to misthought. The body cannot create, and the belief it can, a fundamental error, produces all physical symptoms (of illness). Physical illness represents a belief in magic...
Only the mind can create because spirit has already been created, and the body is a learning device of the mind. Learning devices are not lessons in themselves. (ACIM, pg. 23-24)

Anyone can manifest truth (perform miracles) if they understand the truth about themselves, for however short a period. It is about level awareness and which level can manifest truth.

For the purpose of this thread, it is important to understand the dynamics of our internal struggle - and which voice always speaks first, and loudest - unless you have trained yourself otherwise. The willful voice of the ego always speaks first, so for this exercise it is imperative to dismiss the first response in your mind because it will be wrong.

It is only after rejecting the ranting of the ego and its call for fear and guilt that one can access the right voice within. The right voice is very quite, peaceful, sure, strong, positive, and loving. It cannot be mistaken for anything else. This is the Holy Spirit.

Through Him all miracles are of equal value and difficulty, and perfectly natural because it is His function given Him by God.

Do not ask for a miracle, for if you do you have forgotten what you are. Call on the miracle and be very clear about your intent. Also, there is no need to invoke an incantation or perform some ritual or otherwise prepare yourself - just let it out with confidence.

Here is the hardest part, once performed have no expectation about the means, method, or result of the miracle - that is not your function. You just intend thusly, and let it go.

The miracle will find you if you need it. And HS will make sure that every miracle’s potential is maximized and used for the good of all the world.

Try it and see. You are the savoir you have been waiting for. Redeem the world and heal it of its ills.

Be the agent of change you want to see.

Then sit back and watch the results. They are your witnesses to your salvation.

Don’t forget to have fun with it. This is child’s play for The Children of God!

Blessed be The Sun of God.

Valerie Villars

23rd February 2019, 20:20

I like this Ernie. I have witnessed miracles in my own life, that I never thought possible. Real miracles. Thanks for a beautiful post.

First, I got rid of fear and secondly, I asked in all earnestness for something. And then it happened.

Justplain

23rd February 2019, 21:32

I was thinking earlier today that we should start a thought experiment of wishing and willing for peace and progress on Earth, that our lifestyles be nonpolluting, that everyone has everything that they need, that we live harmonious with Mother Nature, everyone is free, and love abounds everywhere. I am sure that the Holy Spirit would agree to promote that concept!

Bob

23rd February 2019, 21:38

Thank you Ernie ! That op most certainly was a

https://media.beliefnet.com/~/media/photos-with-attribution/inspiration/galleries/gods-miracles/godsmiraclescreditshutterstockcom.jpg?as=1&w=400

johnf

24th February 2019, 05:28

Ernie thanks. It's been a while since I saw this stuff.

John

Richard S.

24th February 2019, 10:05

Although I am having trouble with this, understanding it is by no means an easy thing, I have success with it regularly.

It is my desire that drives it, I know that now.

I call it manifestation, and slowly but surely I am getting better and better at it. Mind you, I can do it with only "SOME" things...

Billy

24th February 2019, 12:03

The Holy Spirit will establish a link between any Child of God who calls on him, with their creative powers that lay dormant on the other side of the veil.

It is only after rejecting the ranting of the ego and its call for fear and guilt that one can access the right voice within. The right voice is very quite, peaceful, sure, strong, positive, and loving. It cannot be mistaken for anything else. This is the Holy Spirit.

Through Him all miracles are of equal value and difficulty, and perfectly natural because it is His function given Him by God.

Hi Ernie.
I am curious to know why you think the Holy Spirit is a "HE" and not a SHE ?

I have experienced many unusual unexplained phenomenon in my life that have been labelled miracles.

Some examples:
In 1985 I watched a 30foot high grey concrete cross spinning on its own axis as it was changing colour from white to black.

I saw what at first I thought was a shooting star from up a mountain that changed direction at a 90 degree angle then headed towards me only to disappear in front of me. This turned out to be the presence of a female known as Mother Mary, she had the scent of a million roses, this scent encompassed my whole body that filled me with so much unconditional love that I cried with joy.

I witnessed the sun spinning in the sky that also appeared to head towards earth then return to its normal position.

There is more I could share, No alcohol or drugs were involved.

But all those so called miracles involved the presence of a very beautiful divine female.

I am a builder to trade so I do know that the concrete cross could not spin on its own axis.
I know a shooting star cannot change direction at a 90 degree angle.
I know the sun cannot spin and leave it's position and head towards earth.

Whether this was all an illusion, a hologram, some form of mind control, I did not care as the experiences were amazing and life changing for me. After those experiences I researched the "Holy Spirit" with the guidance of the Divine Feminine

The Holy Spirit is the Shekinah, She is the divine feminine presence of the creator on earth and throughout all creation. She is the glory of the creator, the spirit of the creator that moves outwards from source creating all that is seen and unseen.

I have seen her glory. I have felt her love. She has touched me with a kiss on my forehead. I could smell her presence like the scent of a million roses that filled my body and soul with so much love I thought in that moment, I must be in heaven.:flower::flower::flower:

http://www.crystalinks.com/shekinah.html

https://amytorres.love/shekinah-divine-feminine-holy-spirit/

The Holy Spirit is a She not a He. The Christian Churches have so much to answer for by attempting to removing the divine feminine from the consciousness their followers.

I don't often share my personal experiences but thought I would on this occasion. :bowing:

Ernie Nemeth

24th February 2019, 16:01

Thank you all for your replies and your attention. Know that I send you all, my love and appreciation.

Val, shedding fear is so fundamental to this work that it is not even considered the first true step to miracle working. We'll get to that.

Justplain, well, you just jump right in don't you? A word of caution. The intent must be far more specific for any miracle to get a purchase on a perceived problem of such magnitude. Maybe there is someone you can personally lift up and make their lives just a little better? Maybe take the bus to work? Or tell a stranger how much they are loved?

Ah shucks Bob, but ya the Holy Spirit is quite the inspiration. My motto is, above all else I am determined to see. Sometimes that scares me, in my weaker moments. For when I do see, what will become of me? Will I still like rock and roll, women, cannabis? Will I still smoke? Will I still while away my hours watching mindless stuff on TV? Who will I be and how will I act?

John. 'Whenever two or more are gathered in my name, I will be there'. I know you know the meaning of that phrase from an ACIM perspective. Nothing is impossible when we join and share!

Hey Lovespot. Mind me? Mind you. It is all the same mind. But we're getting to that. Stop re'MIND'ing yourself of your limits. As a Child of God you have none. Bless you.

Dear Billy. Maybe you haven't noticed, why should you, but I have refrained from using pronouns denoting sex for many years now. The course does not. If I were to eliminate the pronouns, it would be confusing when I quote from the book. I was quite certain that the use of them would elicit a comment. Sorry about that. I felt strange using them. Like when I'm ministering or when I teach yoga, I don't see a sexual being - I see only a Child of God. The miracles you speak of are quite striking. I would so like to have such an experience. But my miracles always involve helping someone in need. Arten and Purshaw do not materialize in my presence, or angels, or any other quirk of reality involving saints or poltergeists or ghosts. But when I heal another the rush of love overpowers me and makes it all worthwhile. I understand that for me an otherworldly presence would not be welcome as I insist on working through this stuff at my own pace, in my own time. The only presence I give attention to and allow in my mind is the Holy Spirit and no lesser being can enter my reality under any pretense. That is just my rule for ensuring I don't let the wrong thing in...

to be continued...

wondering

24th February 2019, 16:23

Dear Ernie, I love this thread, thank you for starting it and encouraging the other responses They are all a gift, as is your OP. Diane

Bubu

24th February 2019, 16:44

. But when I heal another the rush of love overpowers me and makes it all worthwhile. ..

The Op is kind of long and confusing to some of us none English. Let me put it from my own words and understanding.

To create miracle there should be an intense positive intent. As in an intense intent to help or heal or create anything that is good or for good.

Mike

24th February 2019, 17:35

Also see Bill's thread here: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?96226-How-to-manifest--and-the-mistakes-that-many-people-make-

Ernie Nemeth

24th February 2019, 19:47

Thanks so much, Diane. The miracle is the joining of minds perceived as separate. The effect of miracles is the emanation of love that results. We are love and we resonate powerfully in its presence.

Bubu. I so much respect your views that I will give it to you straight up, alright? 'Intense intent' is what I would address. Do you believe that your intent is in some way counter to God's? Do you believe that you must intend intently to counter or augment God's will? Instead, intend intently to do the will of God, which is your will. Does that make sense? If not, there is room for further contemplation, perhaps.

Mike, thanks for the link. It is a very good thread and one that deserves a bumpity-bump, no doubt.

Bubu

24th February 2019, 22:08

Thanks so much,

[B]Bubu. I so much respect your views that I will give it to you straight up, alright? 'Intense intent' is what I would address. Do you believe that your intent is in some way counter to God's? Do you believe that you must intend intently to counter or augment God's will? Instead, intend intently to do the will of God, which is your will. Does that make sense? If not, there is room for further contemplation, perhaps.

First what is God is it some higher being or is the collection of beings? In our case its the human god the collective us which is of course more powerful than a single separate. And as you have said the connecting of which or one connecting to the whole results to miracle. Its like connecting a pipeline of one to the whole where a stream of blessings/ creation can flow. Everything we could possibly want is already there we just need to make a connection or maybe open the valve. I'd like to mention that fear severe this connection.
As to the intensity, its an spectrum that applies to everything ( small pipes big pipes). The more intense the bigger or more effective the miracle. I dont think there is an intent counter to Gods at all. It means God is imperfect as us because we are basically parts of God. A positive intent makes for a good experience and an expansion of experience while the negative makes for the opposite. We want the positive of course as it makes for the pleasant experience.This is how I see thing and I believe you have a different view of God.

Denise/Dizi

24th February 2019, 22:21

Thank you all for your replies and your attention. Know that I send you all, my love and appreciation.

Hi Ernie

NICE THREADS DUDE.. giggle.. (Seriously I love this thread)..

I think those that have caught small glimpses of what you're discussing here, or felt that overwhelming love from something that was seemingly bigger than themselves, would wish to figure out how we can collectively achieve this, and manifest a better world.

I choose not to define it as God, or as anything really, other than LOVE, because I think once someone experiences it, they can agree it is LOVE.. in whatever form it chooses to present itself in.... and labels only lead to arguments and more conflict and confusion. (It's a personal choice... )

I have had such experiences as well, and tapped into this phenomenon. I call it that, although I am fully aware that my actions, my feelings, my beliefs, and my intentions, played no small role in that happening. It required I give up fear, look for something bigger than I myself could achieve, and a desire to be a part of something larger than just myself, and affect life overall in a POSITIVE WAY.

As a result of my experiences, I hold myself to a higher level of accountability for all of my daily actions, whether as a result of those interactions or because I am now AWARE of them.. And as such, I do not consider it to have been a miracle, as much as I see it to be the result of something I was SEEKING and willing to work for..

I applaud you for the thread . Few can even approach the issue without it becoming a confrontational mess over language, definitions, and other things.. I truly hope this thread thrives, and I plan to eagerly follow it..

If I DID define it? I would have to call it the "I AM"...

(Shorter replies on such a serious thread, I am proud of myself here)

Hym

24th February 2019, 23:33

I have given many of Louise Hay's books, many of the small, blue "Heal Your Body", and the larger "You Can Heal Your Life", out as my thanks for the insights.

Her insights, based on the same writings are accurate about the cause of specific diseases and are even more on point with the affirmations that open us up to healing ourselves.

Bubu

25th February 2019, 00:09

[QUOTE= I do not consider it to have been a miracle, as much as I see it to be the result of something I was SEEKING and willing to work for..

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I agree with you on this. miracle it is, when you dont understand. When able to achieve it, then you understand and the miracle cease. In this context, miracle to some might not be to others. I remember the saint (statue) on the Catholics church with blood dripping as tears from the eyes. Of course to some people its a miracle because how could a wooden or concrete thing tears with blood. I know this things or how it is done. Thus its no miracle to me.

johnf

25th February 2019, 21:52

So in ACIM, is there anything like this?
I don't recall that much of the wording.:

All conceptions are misconceptions.
A falsehood when looked at in the context of the solid world being real that
could lead to overacting, and or underacting, errors, similar to crossing a street without looking both ways.
However this statement can be used to lead beyond the finite conceptual mind.

John

Ernie Nemeth

25th February 2019, 23:12

Hi again.

Thanks Diziblueyez, I hope it thrives too because it is so needed in this world. But I see we have to get a handle on miracles and the concept of God and where we fit into the whole scheme. The 'I Am' is an apt title for this project. I like it!

Hi Hym. I have read Louise Hays too. She's a miracle worker for sure. The healing of the body is pertinent work for the miracle worker because it in fact involves healing of the mind. A miracle worker can be called a Healer for that reason because all miracles heal the mind. The miracle does so by collapsing time and space, and abolishing the perceived laws of physics, for the duration. For the Child of God is subject to none of those in their natural state. Dwelling on that idea is very palliative and soothing.

Bubu. Your concepts are relative. Big and small have no bearing on the miracle, for the reason given above: the miracle does not follow the laws of physics, as they now stand...
Isn't it easier to believe that we do not know than to say that since we are imperfect, god must be too? And, Bubu, you are not imperfect, you are magnificent! Still exactly as God created you. You've just forgotten.
The miracle is a miracle until miracles are no longer needed, then there will just be the joy of creation! The miracle transports you through time, to a time far closer to your release than you can know. If I touch your heart, can you tell me how it's done?
(the above is figurative)

John. There are no concepts in heaven. There is only knowing...

johnf

25th February 2019, 23:41

So here are people exchanging words which are bound by concepts, yet somehow we can
have a mutual experience of heaven together through this medium?

I feel I got a clear yes as an answer when I wrote that.
And now I am seeing ideas around the time differences, and distance ,not barriers either.
Feel free to add any thing I am not seeing.

John

Ernie Nemeth

25th February 2019, 23:56

Your eyes are as good as mine, John.

Ernie Nemeth

26th February 2019, 00:09

Healing is not creating; it is reparation. The Holy Spirit promotes healing by looking beyond it to what the Children of God were before healing was needed, and will be when they have been healed. This alteration of the time sequence should be quite familiar, because it is very similar to the shift in the perception of time that the miracle introduces. The Holy Spirit is the motivation for miracle-mindedness; the decision to heal the separation by letting it go. Your will is still in you because God placed it in your mind, and although you can keep it asleep you cannot obliterate it. God Himself keeps your will alive by transmitting it from His Mind to yours as long as there is time (via HS). The miracle itself is a reflection of this union of Will between Father and Son. (ACIM pg. 75)

Words of Joy

26th February 2019, 08:16

My compliments Ernie. You've presented this beautifully. I'm not familiar with ACIM, though what I read in this thread is the reality I'm recognizing also. Manifestation of hearty intent through the Holy Spirit. A pledged allegiance and dedication for the bettering of all. Putting ego aside. Putting master slave perspectives aside.

If a family of pioneers would settle in a country where predators are around, and the father of the family says:"We need to build a house for protection". What would one say as the adolescent child? "Sorry, dad, I'm busy carving my miniature sculptures"? Or "Of course dad! Please teach me how to use the axe, so we can build the house together and all be safe as soon as possible!"

scotslad

26th February 2019, 21:04

For me, I think there is a 4 step process to creation -

1. Attention:- Be aware of what is consuming your energy and focus in the moment and go to step 2.
2. Intention:- Decide & focus on what it is you want to manifest
3. Resistance:- Stop putting up barriers by reminding yourself of what you don't want. Be aware but don't dwell on them.
4. Timing:- Timing is everything. What You want has already been manifested, it's you that need to align your acceptance & thinking
in order to receive it

Some subscribe to the thinking that the universe is energy and thought is energy in motion.
Emotions are said to lower our vibration & prevent protons & electrons from fusing and creating the space/time (particle) events we want.
Some reckon that we go inside to contemplate and create the thoughts & desires we want to fuse and create the future reality we desire.
(Instead of getting angry, frustrated, fearful etc from outside people, situations and events and thus, lowering our vibration and distracting our attention and intention to create and manifest that what we want.)

GOD = Greatness on Demand. Or as Ester Hicks (I think it was) said "tune in, tap in & turn on"

We're all miracles - 200,000,000 to 1 against, but we all swam for gold :)

Ernie Nemeth

27th February 2019, 00:30

Hi Slobbe. Thanks for the compliment. As for the analogy...Now imagine the son insists that not only is there no threat but also willfully denies the existence of the house and his father. That is the situation we are in. In order to prepare for miracle work the initiate must understand that they were mistaken, that in fact there is a threat, that the house is already built, and his father resides within.

Hi Scotslad. That is a great 4 step procedure, my friend. Easy to remember and so easy to implement. What's missing is the framework of understanding that makes it work. It is the knowing that God loves you and created you whole and has empathy for the dilemma you think you find yourself in. However, God does not teach, God creates and extends. If God did teach God would have to admit an error had crept into eternity and stole it from Him. God would have to be insane in order to teach what God wills in creation. For this reason God created the Holy Spirit as the communication link between God and God's Children. For it was not a miscreation that put God's Children on this planet, it was mis-communication. That miscommunication was the ranting voice of the ego that drowned out God's silently sure voice. Of course none of this happened - but the children of God believe it did...and so it is.

The book says almost nothing about the real world. And yet every word speaks to the reality that we find ourselves in here, now. The book says that when the real world dawns on our mind, it will last merely an instant before God Himself will sweep us up and transport us over the bridge of perception and into heaven. For the last perception is the real world, what God interpreted out of our crazy ****, and when that awareness is ours perception ceases and there will be our God shining in our minds!

I do not know about any intermediary dynamics except to say that it is not our function and so it does not matter. The Holy Spirit is in charge of procedure and only the Great Spirit can orchestrate the exact perfect miracle, given the specific details. You may be right, I have no idea.

The Little Willingness

And this brings me to an idea I have been meaning to get to about the degree of willingness to perform a miracle. As the miracle worker you must understand that you are in just as much need of the miracle as the target of the miracle. This must be true because you chose the target. You, who merely cleared a bit of debris off your inner alter to allow the possibility of a miracle are in no position to exert but the tiniest effort in that direction. But the Holy Spirit will take that little willingness and add His Own perfect willingness to it, thereby completing the task He was set. And that is why the understanding of how the relationship between the components of reality functions, and what is cause and what is effect, is so important. Of yourself you can do nothing, but as a Child of God you can move mountains! All it takes is a little willingness - and a clear and peaceful mind.

Ernie Nemeth

27th February 2019, 02:08

In the Kingdom, where you are and what you are is perfectly certain. There is no doubt, because the first question was never asked. Having finally been fully answered, it has never been. Being alone lives in the Kingdom, where everything lives in God without question. The time spent on questioning in the dream has given way to creation and to its eternity. You are as certain as God because you are as true as He is, but what was once certain in your mind has become only the ability for certainty.

The introduction of abilities into being was the beginning of uncertainty, because abilities are potentials, not accomplishments. Your Abilities are useless in the presence of God's accomplishments, and also of yours. Accomplishments are results that have been achieved. When they are perfect, abilities are meaningless...

God does not teach. To teach is to imply a lack, which God knows is not there. God is not conflicted. Teaching aims at change, but God created only the changeless. The separation was not a loss of perfection, but a failure in communication. A harsh and strident form of communication arose as the ego's voice. It could not shatter the peace of God, but it could shatter yours. God did not blot it out, because to eradicate it would be to attack it. Being questioned, He did not question. He merely gave the Answer. His Answer is your Teacher (HS). (ACIM pg. 102-103)

Denise/Dizi

27th February 2019, 04:40

Hi again.

Thanks Diziblueyez, I hope it thrives too because it is so needed in this world. But I see we have to get a handle on miracles and the concept of God and where we fit into the whole scheme. The 'I Am' is an apt title for this project. I like it!

Thank you for liking that. I was on a singilar journey when I found this "I AM".. Meaning it affected me, and me alone. It also affected only that which I was willing to give the effort to.. Therefore, I had no other choice but to define it as such, in singular form.

I suppose we all see life in our own ways. We have our own thoughts, beliefs, actions, reactions.. I had to define for myself who I felt I was, what I wanted to see, what I was willing to do for it.. And in the end, I was really left with nothing more than a realization as to who I was, and who I wished to be, as everything else is truly out of my hands, and falls upon everyone else individually.

I ended up defining it as "I AM"..

I didn't know where else to place it, that didn't have any other connotations that could soil it.

Words of Joy

27th February 2019, 08:25

As for the analogy...Now imagine the son insists that not only is there no threat but also willfully denies the existence of the house and his father. That is the situation we are in. In order to prepare for miracle work the initiate must understand that they were mistaken, that in fact there is a threat, that the house is already built, and his father resides within.

Thanks Ernie, that could be an angle too, indeed. I intended the analogy as the axe being the Holy Spirit, father being God, family being people around you. Asking God to learn how to use the Holy Spirit, to work on creating a safe place for you and others and help fight off the predators. I was doing some more thinking on the analogy during lunch yesterday. I'd like to follow up on the analogy: Once the adolescent thinks about it deeply, he understands, that there really is no other way than to help for the safety of the family. As he's inexperienced and thinking about the amount of work it appears like a daunting task. Little did the adolescent know, though he quickly learned the axe is really sharp, and it doesn't take any strength, other than the love for the family, to wield it. Predators are being kept away easily, he even dares to lie in the sun when he needs a break and eventually because of his perseverance in working with the axe the house is built with hardly any sweat. The adolescent initially didn't know he was capable of such result with the help of the axe! Father was content to see his child's efforts and the result. Father arranged a feast, where the adolescent became a young adult and gave him protective gear, weapons, tools, responsibility over part of the father's land, and a room in the castle, that the father already knew was there.

"Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in, I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’"

"For whosoever will save his life (of carving beautiful miniatures) shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake (for family/others) shall find it."

petra

27th February 2019, 19:16

.. miracle it is, when you dont understand. When able to achieve it, then you understand and the miracle cease.

Sometimes the understanding itself could be considered a miracle.
There's things I never expected to even come close to understanding, which I am now starting to be able to understand, and to me, that's a miracle.

Ernie Nemeth

27th February 2019, 22:27

Hi Petra. I have followed some of your recent posts on other threads and know you are having a hard time at the moment. Both you and angel belong here. You because you are beginning to understand what a miracle is, and perhaps what it is not. Angel because she already knows the procedures, and is in need of having her faith fortified. This is no normal thread. But it is alright, I am holding a space for both of you in my mind.

Slobbe. Beautiful. You got me with the axe being the Holy Spirit. My friend, let me tell you, you do not do this for them, albeit it will of course be a laudable act, you do it for yourself. Everything you do you first do unto yourself, that is the lesson. You know why, right? Because you share the same mind! But we're getting to that.
It is this rule that the ego takes advantage of, using it to attack yourself when you think you are attacking another. Remember: even if attack is warranted, you always attack yourself first. So it stands to reason, then, that you also bless yourself first.

Dizibluezes, if I'm not mistaken, somewhere in there is another compliment, so thanks! Dear one, we are never none of us alone. And the effects of our cause is endless!
We are each at the center of our own universe. As is only right and proper, from the perspective of each individual. Here's a neat one, the center of the whole (the combined perspectives of all individuals) is the Holy Spirit, equidistant to each individual.
But of course all of that is just semantics.

In this world there are few comprehensive models of reality. We have science and its anti-sceptic viewpoint that completely misses the pertinent. We have some eastern philosophies that are esoteric to a fault and require lifetimes to master. We also have some modern existential methods that do not ascribe to a philosophy and yet work very well on a limited scope. And then we have the saints, sages, and advanced beings that tell us of reality from their perspective. Although they seem to be holy, their philosophies fall short of teaching a sensible and practical method for the masses to follow.

ACIM is practical, sensible, comprehensive, and easy to follow. Its curriculum is laser focused on miracle working and its lessons weave a story so new, so ancient, so compelling, it leaves you radiating love and compassion.

But you must have a little willingness to learn. That is all you need to add. The course takes care of the rest.

Ernie Nemeth

28th February 2019, 00:37

The curriculum of the Atonement is the opposite you have established for yourself, but so is its outcome. If the outcome of yours has made you unhappy, and if you want a different one, a change in curriculum is obviously necessary. The first change to be introduced is a change in direction. A meaningful curriculum cannot be inconsistent. If it is planned by two teachers, each believing in diametrically opposed ideas, it cannot be integrated. if it is carried out by these two teachers simultaneously, each one merely interferes with the other. This leads to fluctuation, but not to change. The volatile have no direction. They cannot choose one because they cannot relinquish the other, even if it does not exist. Their conflicted curriculum teaches them that all directions exist, and gives them no rationale for choice.

The total senselessness of such a curriculum must be fully recognized before a real change in direction becomes possible. You cannot learn simultaneously from two teachers who are in total disagreement about everything. Their joint curriculum presents an impossible learning task. They are teaching you entirely different things in entirely different ways, which might be possible except that both are teaching you about yourself. Your reality is unaffected by both, but if you listen to both, your mind will be split about what your reality is.

There is a rational choice. Only one Teacher knows what your reality is. If learning to remove obstacles to that knowledge is the purpose of the curriculum, you must learn it of Him. The ego does not know what it is trying to teach. It is trying to teach you what you are without knowing what you are. It is expert only in confusion. It does not understand anything else. As a teacher, then, the ego is totally confused and totally confusing. Even if you could disregard the Holy Spirit entirely, which is impossible, you could still learn nothing from the ego, because the ego knows nothing.

Is there any possible reason for choosing a teacher such as this? (ACIM pg. 139)

rgray222

28th February 2019, 02:17

Ernie thanks for posting this thread. It is great to see threads that challenge how people think about life. I am sure those that call themselves atheist may struggle with the religious aspect of your post but there is something here for everyone (regardless of what they believe or don't believe).

This line jumped out at me as being particularly powerful. You are the savior you have been waiting for.

Ernie Nemeth

1st March 2019, 01:08

Hi Rgray. Thanks. It is hard work, no doubt. I do not like sticking my neck out like this at all. But due to a variety of synchronicities, timing is everything, I felt I had no choice. No matter. The miracle touches everyone. I was asked by a brother so here I am. I also feel I owe it to my teacher and HS for all the patience, guidance and 'tough love' they've given me over the years. There was no other way with me, I now happily realize.

And to teach is to learn, and I want to learn...

Child of God! You have not sinned, but you have been much mistaken. Yet this can be corrected, and God will help you, knowing you could not sin against God. You denied God because you loved God, knowing that if you recognized your love for God, you could not deny God. Your denial of God therefore means that you love God, and that you know God loves you too. Remember that what you deny you must have once known. And if you accept denial, you can accept its undoing.

Your Father has not denied you. (ACIM pg. 190, slightly modified, generic version for Billy:bigsmile:)

Denise/Dizi

1st March 2019, 02:48

Ernie, what is ACIM?

Denise/Dizi

1st March 2019, 04:13

Thank you very much Joe.. I appreciate the reply... I wasn't sure what it was but kept seeing Ernie refer to it.

Ernie Nemeth

1st March 2019, 23:38

If we are to believe the story, the scribe was a psychologist who one night while sleeping, after enduring months of very symbolic dreaming, heard a voice proclaim, "This is a course in miracles." That was how she was introduced to what would become a seven year project. She was not spiritual and was quite startled by the voice at first. But it wouldn't stop. So she began writing down what the voice said. Then the following day she would dictate that to one of her colleagues, again a chance encounter that for him would also become a seven year commitment. Her name was Helen Schucman, his William Thetford.

Together they wrote the 'big blue book', as I like to call it, and nicely described by Joe above, thanks Joe. They both insisted that neither of them were the author so the book remains anonymous.

The author, the voice, claimed to be Jesus Christ. So this can be considered his gospel.

Although what it really is, is a manual on how to perform the one miracle that matters - to remember who you are.

Along the way, however, there are always many opportunities for practicing and perfecting performing miracles!

It just takes :heart:

Ernie Nemeth

2nd March 2019, 16:37

Looking Within

Miracles demonstrate that learning has occurred under the right guidance, for learning is invisible and what has been learned can be recognized only by its results. Its generalization is demonstrated as you use it in more and more situations. You will recognize that you have learned there is no order of difficulty in miracles when you apply them to all situations. There is no situation to which miracles do not apply, and by applying them to all situations you will gain the real world. For in this holy perception you will be made whole, and the Atonement will radiate from your acceptance of it for yourself to everyone the Holy Spirit sends to you for your blessing. In every child of God His blessing lies, and in your blessing of the children of God is His blessing to you.

Everyone in the world must play his part in its redemption, in order to recognize that the world has been redeemed. You cannot see the invisible. Yet if you see its effects you know it must be there. By perceiving what it does, you recognize its being. And by what it does you learn what it is. You cannot see your strengths, but you gain confidence in their existence as they enable you to act. And the results of your actions you can see.

The Holy Spirit is invisible, but you can see the results of His Presence, and through them you will learn that He is there. What He enables you to do is clearly not of this world, for miracles violate every law of reality as this world judges it. Every law of time and space, of magnitude and mass is transcended, for what the Holy Spirit enables you to do is clearly beyond all of them. Perceiving His results, you will understand where He must be, and finally know what he is.

You cannot see the Holy Spirit, but you can see His manifestations. And unless you do, you will not realize He is there. Miracles are His witnesses, and you speak for His Presence. What you cannot see becomes real to you only through the witnesses that speak for it. For you can be aware of what you cannot see, and it can become compellingly real to you as its presence becomes manifest through you. Do the Holy Spirit’s work, for you share in His function. As your function in Heaven is creation, so your function on earth is healing. God shares His function with you in Heaven, and the Holy Spirit shares His with you on earth. As long as you believe you have other functions, so long will you need correction. For this belief is the destruction of peace, a goal in direct opposition to the Holy Spirit’s purpose.

You see what you expect, and you expect what you invite. Your perception is the result of your invitation, coming to you as you sent for it. Whose manifestation would you see? Of whose presence would you be convinced? For you will believe in what you manifest, and as you look out so will you see in. Two ways of looking at the world are in your mind, and your perception will reflect the guidance you have chosen. (ACIM pg. 229 - 230)

So ends the introductory course in performing miracles. We could sum it up in a few bullet points:

1) God created you.

2) You live in the mind of God

3) While you think you are somewhere other than heaven, you need correction.

4) Correction comes in the form of miracles.

5) All Children of God can perform miracles because all Children of God are in need of correction.

6) To perform miracles, you must tune in to the voice for God - The Holy Sprit.

7) Remember who you are, Child of God, and there is no miracle you cannot perform!

Remember, I, Ernie Nemeth, will always be there for you to help. Together there is nothing we cannot accomplish.

Go now with love in your heart, the Holy Spirit as your guide, and God as your strength, and perform miracles for the healing of the world...and so it is.

Eagle Eye

2nd March 2019, 17:58

Unfortunately in this duality, experiencing consciously the miracles doesn't go without the hardship and trials of many difficulties and problems in life. Once you see beyond the veil of "normal life", you can't go back and also mostly of cases it seem like a waste of time explaining to others, the majority wont believe it anyway. In the end, we all get divided in two big groups: The slow and hard path of climbing, or easy and fast to falling.

Ernie Nemeth

26th March 2023, 19:14

I needed a reminder. Perhaps others can find some value in a revisit too.

slow, hard, fast, easy, fall, climbing
these are all relative

Nothing more is needed than a little bit of willingness. Just an inkling, a possibility, that maybe our God wants to help, that our God cares. Is that really so hard to believe? A mere nod to that belief can unlock the greatest miracle, the only miracle - the truth about yourself.

As far as the two groups. There are no groups and no one is left unaffected. We stand at cause because we are created beings. Our effects are our creations. But we cannot create what cannot be, and what stands between us and our heritage - given us by God.

God did not create an insane world, but we think we live there. So is God crazy? Or is there something we don't understand, the understanding of which would make everything suddenly make sense.

God stands for Truth.
What do you stand for?

Get real.
Perform a miracle today!

Ravenlocke

27th March 2023, 14:20

Thank you Ernie for this thread.

Billy,

I just wanted to share that what you saw,

“ I witnessed the sun spinning in the sky that also appeared to head towards earth then return to its normal position. ”

Reminds me of what my mom shared with me when she was alive.

The above is how my mother described to me what she saw when she visited Marmora in Ontario. She went there more than once as a pilgrim with a group from her church. She saw the sun spinning and fall towards the ground, it was the sign that the Madonna, the Virgin Mary had come and she wasn’t the only one that saw this, most of the crowd saw it too. She also told me she witnessed the young woman that saw the Virgin Mary would fall down on the ground in a catatonic state.

:focus:

Ernie Nemeth

3rd April 2023, 03:57

Thank you, Ravenlocke. Beautiful story.

What is a miracle?

In general, a miracle, and there's really only one, is the moment when one recognizes the other for what they truly are.

A miracle always displaces time because it always involves the suspension of doubt and its consequence.

There is a recognition that occurs. The re-cognition, in this context, is like seeing oneself in the mirror for the first time. It stuns and overwhelms. The sight is a shock and a wonder, often resulting in elation or joy.
The feeling is usually one involving love. But it can be modified by reverence or a sense of divinity or being privy to an unexpected existential truth.

In essence the miracle is the righting of a wrong.
Not in the mundane personal sense but from the perspective of perception.

(Even in the mundane sense this is true. Every eye has a blind spot due to the arteries that lay on top of the retina. The brain fills in this blind spot with 'best guess' data. It is a perception: a belief in or an understanding of something due to previous experience. In fact, everything the eye 'sees' is an interpretation of the brain.)

The course says a miracle demonstrates that learning has occurred under the right guidance. That guidance is not an interpretation by the brain based on available data.
It is the sudden lifting of the veil. A moment of repose from thought. An instant of knowing without doubt.

It is in you to perform miracles precisely because it must be for you to see one!
To perform a miracle, then, one need only reverse the order of perception.

First, remember that a miracle is not a miracle. It is not a grandiose act. It is merely the righting of a wrong, a simple correction.

Next, silence the mind and seek true guidance. It will come.
You will know. In that very moment is the door open.
Nothing is denied you here, now.
Let the miracle happen.

Then let it go.
Whether the miracle manifests as you expect or not is irrelevant.
Time is never wasted by the One Whose guidance is sure. But it is always shortened.

One last thing.
Until confidence is gained by experience:
Performing miracles works best as a group activity.

Johnnycomelately

3rd April 2023, 07:29

One last thing.
Until confidence is gained by experience:
Performing miracles works best as a group activity.

Hi Ernie. Nice thread. I can feel your love as I read.

Am gratified to have read that you are a minister, so I know to be a bit more careful with my words.

The idea “performing miracles” sounds to me like willfulness. Like imposing your/our will, from the aspect of our being imperfect users of the power/mechanism “Will” — practice of will, in accordance with God’s will. “Helper Complex”, just sayin’.

Your idea “works best as a group activity” seems like a call for followers, though I can see the need for education. I have that in myself, tho I do not affirm it and have been trying to pare it down. From my anomalous (age) skateboarding to my fueled (beer and weed) words and antics and actual achievements (great pool shots) at the bar. It seems like a hazard, an opening to myself/oneself to be seen as great, to receive accolades, an invitation to spurious influence.

Cheers, and peace.

Ernie Nemeth

3rd April 2023, 15:00

Thank you Johnny.

When we hear the word miracle, most think of the impossible and the improbable.
That is the barrier I wish to take down.

Grandiose ideations are not part of it. I should say, I am over the Jesus complex. There was a time...

The miracle we are talking about is not the standard, 'part the Red Sea' type thing, although it can be since there is no order of magnitude of miracles.

No, what I am attempting is merely a reminder that our natural state is miraculous compared to the state we find ourselves in today.

My wife is studying to become a Catholic. If you knew her you would understand what a miracle that is. She will be baptized next month! I have been with her over twenty years. My exuberance has been softened since that time, and I have been through the dark night of the soul that lasted about seventeen years! Just when I thought there was no hope, just when I was about to give up on my god, the miracle I was promised finally happened. But the price and the amount we suffered cannot be measured. Death has a way of bringing faith to the fore...and my special relationship was honored and elevated.

We are each other's savior. That is a miracle, too. Who could have foretold such a thing and who could hold out faith for 17 years without any signs but for a tiny sure voice...that I had a hard time focusing on through the years. For me, the miracle had to overcome my, yes, willfulness and arrogance. That had to take years because I pride myself on my self-attained knowledge. I was a hard nut to crack.

We have had a priest come to our home every week now for months as he ministers to her and teaches her the course to become a Catholic. We and our house and cat have been blessed so many times recently that my miracle-mindedness turned on again. Thank God I was a good student and I remembered my training.

I don't have to look for followers. They are there already. These words reach all those who need to hear it. The rest doesn't matter to me. I personally do not need followers. And I am not ministering any more. Those days are long gone. I don't need the encouragement or the accolades.

It might seem like willfullness to the uninitiated, but since there is no will but that of God's, it is not my will I seek to impose. I know this and keep it foremost in my mind. But since I am made in the image of my Creator, I can and do know God's will for me. If I see a wrong it is me that needs correction. The miracle first works on me, then spreads outward.

The course in miracles is not for everyone. It is a difficult path. But the performing of miracles is for everyone at any time they wish it. It is everyone's birthright.
The essence of the course, and the goal, can be summed up in one word:

NAMASTE!

Johnnycomelately

3rd April 2023, 21:47

Thank you, Ernie, for this explanation of your understanding. I know we both live in the same eternal light, same as everybody, and we use different words and symbolism to express it.

I celebrate your and your good lady’s path, and wish you much joy in this time of fulfilment!

Namaste.

Ernie Nemeth

14th April 2023, 17:16

I am not very miracle minded today. But I got a message in my inbox that brought me here, now.

I'd like to talk about an interesting concept in the course curriculum of The Course In Miracles.

Why does it say in the bible: "Where two or more are gathered in my name, there I will be."? (paraphrased)

Why must we commune to connect?

This will be difficult to explain. Because where two or more are gathered in the name of truth, they cannot continue to manifest falsity separately. Falsity is always projected by a single solitary entity.

How can the truth dawn on a mind that projects falsity and chooses to perceive instead of see?
It is accomplished by the bringer of truth, the messenger of God, The Holy Spirit (HS).
HS interposes itself between the individuals, creating a safe space both can sense.
In this space only the truth can enter.

What happens when a person looks upon another in the light of truth? They see the truth about that person.
But that person does not maintain this truth, being lost in illusion like everyone else.

It is HS that interprets what is manifest in the safe space between participants that has been created by gathering in the Makers name in the first place.

This 'safe space' represents a union of intent, a longing for truth. It is like the summation of all that is true of that particular moment, if the context is limited to those gathered together in good faith.

In this configuration HS acts as interpreter between the participants, so that meaning is transferred without confusion.
Sometimes this effect can be seen as a glowing, or halo between participants. This is a residual effect of perception. Since we are masters at perception we do not drop the facade even when faced with truth directly. Instead, we willfully impose a reason for or bridge to vision (true sight) that insulates a person's natural tendency and protects perception even as it is suspended for a time.

These gatherings can be used for many reasons and the miracles possible are endless.

Many versions of healing modalities employ this technique without the presence of mind to understand what is being accomplished. Ill health is a perception, since the child of God neither gets ill or ever dies.
By using the HS technique, the healing is already done, since there was no healing needed, only the correction of perception, which is HS' forte.

Let us pray.
Oh, Lord let us remember our glorious heritage we can only share but never hoard.
Without my brothers and sisters I am adrift, alone, and lost.
Please remind us that we are never alone, and that we are never left without succor.
Through the intercession of Jesus, The Christed One, who by his own choice chose YOU!, may we all receive Your deserved blessing.
Let the mind of man expand to include the possibility of the promise of the Miracle.
And let us turn this world around to your Grace and to your Love.

We remain your faithful servants, one and all.
Amen

Matthew

7th October 2023, 16:30

From another thread:

I caught fleas the other week.

...

Before checking the internet I got on my knees and prayed "Jesus my healer - rid me of these fleas or give me the knowledge to rid myself of these fleas". Then I got a vision of half a lemon, me washing myself with it, then going to bed.

After accepting my spooky vision I kind of wondered if I was going mad. Wouldn't this be sticky? But I had accepted the answer to my prayer, but now I wanted to know what conventional knowledge had to say about it. Not to challenge the vision, because I felt it was real. But when I did look this up I learnt that D-limonene in lemons kills fleas. D-limonene is found in citrus fruit's rind. Wash yourself in D-limonene then the fleas find you and kill themselves. Wow.

...

True story.

Not sure I'd want to manifest anything, it doesn't feel like a gracious way to ask for help. I suppose, and this is highly personal (in that it belongs to me, not that it is a secret; it may not apply to anyone else) I feel to 'manifest' I'd have to be very consciously and presently aware of his work. To be able to take it then belief feels essential. But prayer is a two-way thing. What if someone prayed that their grandchildren would get jabbed? PLEASE STING US WITH A SCORPION. I used to pray during my own desperate times only, and now I go broader including praying for Mara. But it's not a spell it's pure true holy love.

Matthew

7th October 2023, 16:35

Oh I'll add this in bcas there's not often a chance to post worship songs without jarring, but it's in context so I'll totally squeeze it in like a cheeky monkey.

iJCV_2H9xD0

Ernie Nemeth

7th October 2023, 17:27

God's will is your will.

Yet the first lesson in the Course of Miracles declares:
"Nothing I see means anything."

And the seventh states:
"I see only the past."

The tenth:
"My thoughts do not mean anything."

The Twenty-second explains:
"What I see is a form of vengeance."

But a different tack begins to set things straight. Lesson 29 says:
"God is in everything I see."

34:
"I could see peace instead of this."

and 35:
"My mind is part of God's. I am very holy."

45 makes it clear that:
"God is the Mind with which I think."

The first fifty lessons are aimed at correcting perception. After a review, lesson sixty-one states succinctly the truth of who we are:
"I am the light of the world."

Lesson 62 defines the function of the light of the world:
"Forgiveness is my function as the light of the world."

The rest of the lessons develop, nourish and deepen the direct connection to God that can be called upon at any and all times.

The Light of the World is the Miracle.
As the Light of the World you are the Miracle.
There is no need to 'perform' or 'act', only to 'be'.

Go forth and Shine Your Light!

God Bless.