13 Oct 08
Seven folks attended our first Course in Miracles gathering at the Unity Church just outside Boerne, and four were at our second meeting.

Our discussion leader took us back, all the way back to page x, to study “What It Says”. And, it always says a lot.

Some interesting quotes from the section “What It Says”, starting on page x:
• “Knowledge is truth …”
• “The world of perception … is based on interpretation, not on facts.”
• “What perception sees and hears appears to be real because it permits into awareness only what conforms to the wishes of the perceiver. This leads to a world of illusions …”
• “You cannot escape without help …”
• “Forgiveness is the Holy Spirit’s greatest learning aid …”
• “As we learn to recognize our perceptual errors, we also learn to look past them or “forgive”.”
• “The Self That God created needs nothing. It is forever complete, safe, loved and loving. It seeks to share rather than to get; to extend rather than project.”
• Speaking about special relationships – “The Holy Spirit transforms them into perfect lessons in forgiveness and in awakening from the dream. Each one is another chance to forgive oneself by forgiving the other.”