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The Body as Means or End

by Rev. Myron Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

“It has been particularly difficult to overcome the ego’s belief in the body as an end, because it is synonymous with the belief in attack as an end. The ego has a profound investment in sickness. If you are sick, how can you object to the ego’s firm belief that you are not invulnerable? This is an appealing argument from the ego’s point of view, because it obscures the obvious attack that underlies the sickness. If you recognized this and also decided against attack, you could not give this false witness to the ego’s stand.” (T-8.VIII.3:1-5)

I have decided that sickness is a defense against God in every case. No matter what kind of sickness I am experiencing, what pain or discomfort, I know that it is the symbol of an attack thought in my mind.

I still hear the ego suggest reasons for the sickness. For instance, if I have a headache, the ego mind checks the barometric pressure. It thinks about what I have eaten that might have triggered the headache. It suggests that the headache is the result of stress from dealing with a difficult person.

I have learned to ignore this chatter as entirely irrelevant. The headache is a projection of an attack thought. That is the cause every time. I have an attack thought, and I want it away from me. So, I project it outward and use it to prove I am blameless because someone or something else is to blame. A pain pill might bring me temporary relief simply because the pain pill is a magical solution I decided on, but no magical solution will heal me.

I am healed as I give up attack thoughts. Attack thoughts are interesting, too. I attack someone I know because he caused me a problem. I might say something to him, or I might just attack in my own thoughts, but it is the same either way. I see the attack, and I recognize that I am never upset for the reason I think. I ask the Holy Spirit for clarity, and eventually, I am led to the belief that I am separate from God. That is the actual attack thought, the one that sources all other attack thoughts.

There is a solution for this: forgiveness. I forgive the attack thoughts and, eventually, forgive the idea of attack. In the Psychotherapy section of the Course, it says this:

“Sickness takes many forms, and so does unforgiveness. The forms of one but reproduce the forms of the other, for they are the same illusion. So closely is one translated into the other, that a careful study of the form a sickness takes will point quite clearly to the form of unforgiveness that it represents. Yet seeing this will not effect a cure. That is achieved by only one recognition; that only forgiveness heals an unforgiveness, and only an unforgiveness can possibly give rise to sickness of any kind.” (P-2.VI.5:1-5)

I had to smile when I read that a careful study of the form a sickness takes will point quite clearly to the form of unforgiveness that it represents. I have to take off my hat to Louise Hay. She has an entire book dedicated to this idea that I was never entirely sure about. I have a nerve problem that has appeared in two separate parts of my body. Now, I am thinking about something I have said many times in the past. When I was bothered by someone, I would say that person gets on my nerves. Hmmm. I wonder if I still do that, or even think it.

Here is how it is working for me. I started out watching my mind for attack thoughts, and as I found one, I would use a forgiveness process to undo it and accept the Atonement in that situation. And now I have a very specific thought to watch for as I say, think, or even feel like someone or something is getting on my nerves. Slowly, as more and more are undone in my mind, I begin to see the end game. I see that the real problem is the belief I am separate from God, and that idea begins to unravel. As it does so, my reality is being revealed to me. I am starting to remember what I am, and attack in any form is losing its appeal as it loses its purpose.

Rev. Myron Jones, OMC, is a Pathways of Light Spiritual Counselor living in Westlake, LA. Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  Website: forgivenessisthewayhome.org https://www.youtube.com/@RevMyron

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The Sacrifice of Fear

by Rev. Joyce Peebles, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

In the present story of Joyce, my husband wounded me with words, and I felt unjustly treated. My ego analyzed why he would say such hurtful things. This was not his normal behavior. It did not make me feel better to rationalize that he was coming from his own old wounds. It still amounted to him taking out his bad day on me. My heart closed down. I barely spoke to him the rest of the day. I was suffering.

At the same time, almost immediately after his attack began I heard the Holy Spirit’s Voice tell me to say nothing. It felt very hard. I wanted to defend myself. Although physical violence did not occur, I hurt from the verbal blows I received.

Throughout the rest of the day I heard the Holy Spirit’s Voice tell me to let it go. The best I could do was be silent. The next morning, I read, “Here is the only “sacrifice” You ask of Your beloved Son; You ask him to give up all suffering, all sense of loss and sadness, all anxiety and doubt, and freely let Your Love come streaming in to his awareness, healing him of pain, and giving him Your Own eternal joy.” (W-323.1:1)

I asked the Holy Spirit’s help again. The question came who was experiencing the suffering, loss and sadness? I had to say only the ego could suffer and it doesn’t exist. I wish I could say I felt better immediately, but I did not. I was reluctant to let go of the pain. I had to straight out ask myself if I wanted to identify with the ego as my reality.

Lesson 323 then says, “Such is the “sacrifice” You ask of me, and one I gladly make; the only “cost” of restoration of Your memory to me, for the salvation of the world.” (W-323.1:2)

Did I want to shut down my source of guidance and help? I honestly could not think of anything more fearful than that. I knew from the very beginning I could not continue to hold a grievance if I wanted to wake up. I asked myself who wanted to wake up? The real me, the one who was observing the scenario, wanted out of this nightmare.

This was just another test in the classroom of “life.” I knew if I flunked the test, I would have to take it over again in some other form. In fact, I’ve already taken a similar test many times before. As the observer I was very clear about what I wanted to do. Let it go.

Next Lesson 323 says, “And as we pay the debt we owe to truth, — a debt that merely is the letting go of self-deceptions and of images we worshipped falsely — truth returns to us in wholeness and in joy. We are deceived no longer.” (W-323.2:1-2)

I felt the urge to write and as I wrote I realized I felt much better. My heart was lighter. Although I had not cried before; I cried now for I heard the applause of heaven, realizing I had passed the test.

We are never alone in any test. If we give the ego a chance to analyze or expand on the story, our mind becomes confused, and emotions run rampant.

I am grateful for that voice that says, forgiveness is still and quietly does nothing. This is so I can remember what is really going on. I am taking a test and “I” am the observer, not the character in the story. I was safe all the time, it was impossible that I could have suffered. It all came down to who am I?

Rev. Joyce Peebles, OMC, is a Pathways of Light minister. Email:
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Miracles News, May-Aug., 2025

 

Rise Above
to See
the Love.

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There Really Is Nothing to Fear

by Rev. Myron Jones, Ordained Ministerial Counselor

As I am writing this, I am doing Lesson 48: “There is nothing to fear.” I love this Lesson. It is so clear. There are no caveats. It is simple, straight-forward and uncompromising.

I seldom read news other than the headlines of local news, since I might need to know what is going on in my town. But every once in a while, I hear about something or read the national headlines.

This morning, I decided to do that in conjunction with the Lesson. Each article would trigger a response in me and each time that response was fear, it was an opportunity to remember that there is nothing to fear.

How could it be that some of the things happening in the world today could not be fearful? Well, let’s start with the fact that there is no world. It is an illusion we chose to experience, but it cannot hurt us. It is like dreaming of a scary moment and awakening to discover nothing happened except a dream. Whew! That was good news. And today’s lesson is good news in the same way.

What is there to fear except harm to a body? Well, more good news because there are no bodies. I do not have a body. I am not in a body. This body I identify as me is just another illusion. It is an avatar of sorts, a way to have this experience safely.

Even when the body story is done and the body appears to die, nothing happened because it was never alive. “It does not die; it was merely never born.” (T-5.IV.2:3)

Every morning this year, I am writing my contemplation of the daily Lesson. I have done this before, but this year, I wanted to share my present experience with the lessons. The following is my contemplation of Lesson 48:

You may not actually believe this Lesson. Probably you hope it is true. I know when I began the Lessons, I was conflicted about Lesson 48. Sure, I wanted it to be true, but I also felt cheated. There was nothing for me to do. I was big into doing back then. I thought that I was in charge of my awakening and I could make it happen if I did enough things right. Yes, there are things for us to do. Ideas to take in, beliefs to let go. But that is not what wakes us up.

This work helps to loosen the hold we have on our ego persona. It helps us realize that we are not trapped in hell, that there is a way out. It is like a farmer tilling the soil, removing rocks and other obstacles to growing a healthy crop. He then fertilizes the soil and finally plants the seeds. But then, it is left to the sun and rain to do the rest.

This is what I do with these Lessons. I am preparing my mind for the change that is occurring. I am removing obstacles (my wrong minded thoughts.) And I am planting the seeds. The seed this morning is the truth that there is nothing to fear. I have moved past doubt in what Jesus tells me. While the Myron character still feels surges of fear at times, I know there is nothing to fear. There is no world and nothing is happening.

What could there be to fear? I am among the Sons of God. I have no body that could get sick and die. I am not trapped in a world gone mad from separation thoughts. I am Spirit and only Spirit. I am aware of an impossible experience because I want it. When I am done with the experience, it will seem in the story that Myron dies, but all that is happening is that I have removed my awareness from the idea of Myron.

Sometimes I think of this life as a game I am playing. There are many levels to this game. At the beginning level, the goal is to set up the situations that will help me attain the higher levels. Some of those were things that seemed to make me a victim and unfairly treated because letting those beliefs go are goals at the higher level. At the next level, I am also gaining tools that will help me achieve the final goal.

One of the obstacles was my first divorce which got me kicked out of the Catholic church. And the tool I eventually gained as I forgave was A Course in Miracles. It was the map and instructions for winning the game. It also showed me the prize for winning. I would discover that it was only a game. I exist apart from the game. I am not really the avatar in the game, but the player of the game.

Since I now knew that the fear I often felt was not real and I am always safe, I discovered that there was a way to win the game. It is called awakening in the dream, playing for fun without fear of losing, and helping others win the game. Everything looks the same and my avatar is still sometimes caught up in the game, but within, I know that fundamentally everything is fine.

Things may still look scary in the game, but it is just a game. Nothing is happening and I can relax, knowing there is nothing to fear.

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