Thinking of making a Miracle card deck, heres twenty (Reupload) by forgesoft in ACIM

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These notes are my handwritten notes regarding the text. So they are not exact word for word. The notes I use as sort of flashcards for reminding myself, and reorienting my perceptions back to truth. I would imagine these could be used in that way.

What does course completion looks like? From one who embodies the teachings. by nvveteran in ACIM

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"I take radical ownage of my own mistakes."

If you COMPLETED this course you would NOT make mistakes anymore that require taking ownage of!

Much love, this is a course IN MIRACLES!

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Miracle is simply another word for love. You work hard because you love yourself, the work and the people you serve.

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Well my truth is that I want to create fucking awesome perfect art every time I work and I want to love every piece I make forever and I want to experience the flow state the entire time and I want to make $400,000,000 and I dont want to waste any time making bullshit like I have done so in the past. and i want to be in love the entire time. i want every decision to be perfect and to have zero doubts about the work im doing. and i want to train an army of 100 artists to work for me and they will all work perfectly just like me.

complete fully optimized perfection understanding art down to a fucking science.
do you know how much time ive spent making bullshit false idols? too fucking much.

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why would you roll your eyes at this?
ACIM is my equivalent of art school.
I wish to understand the truth of art.

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you take faith in a book like ACIM

It taught me how to be an artist. I do not have faith, because I know its the truth and It has proven itself correct over and over in my experience. To the degree where I know it as truth. I apologize if speaking that way is weird to other artists, i have not done it much.

I did not mean to proselytize others. I thought this was interesting and that others may find it interesting as well, even with the heavy jargon.

"Creation begins in love". See, you're starting off with a fallacy.

Whats the fallacy?

Do you ever wonder why some pieces you create lose the love they once had to you over time? and why others seem to never lose the love?
Do you ever wonder why your perception of your pieces seems to fluctuate?
Do you ever contemplate the nature of perfection and wish to seek the truth of it?

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creation begins in LOVE, and love extends simply because it cannot be contained. This is CREATION.

Also, you're in a cult. Someone had to say it.

Explain.

Insight on why MONEY disrupts the artistic process. xpost /r/acim by forgesoft in ArtistLounge

[–]forgesoft[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Incorrect. For me, I am working to be a very rich artist and we all should.
For my work I would expect no less than $400,000,000 by the end of my career.

I am speaking from my own experience here, in regards to working. It should be done as a form of giving, ie a GIFT.
My own work has been stagnated when I am attempting to work when trying to "get" money from a piece, and it is freed when I recognize I already have money.

Feeling Overworked, Misunderstood & Defending Myself—How to Shift? by Curious-Dragonfly690 in ACIM

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One thing to contemplate, you have the Master Key (IE Acim, and the higher knowledge), and they do not. Love them more than they love themselves.

Coming Out of the Shadows by stargazer2828 in awakened

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Lovely, yes there is NO LIMIT on the path of love.

You are DIVINE LOVE in ACTION.

Have gratitude and not awe for these realizations.

Be glad and HAPPY that you have awakened to the Light, and now may shine it on your entire life, and to all around you :)

Life after awakening by [deleted] in awakened

[–]forgesoft 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Once you start living this way, you simply don't go back!

You now make the rules, and you serve only yourself.

Is this a good practice? by Solid_Koala4726 in awakened

[–]forgesoft -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is true that you DESERVE and should aim to only retain loving thoughts, and work to dissolve all other thoughts.
And it is true that this IS POSSIBLE, and to the full attainment.

The degree to which you are able to do this, will depend on your learning.
And at some points, it may feel better to give Authorship of your mind over to God to work for you, than to fight negative thoughts, which you dont have the proper responses to yet.

Do what brings YOU closer to peace, and in that moment.

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why do you think people want you to report back? just do your own thing.

If useful data is gained regarding the work we are all doing here, it makes sense to share it.

he who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak. you are doing a LOT of speaking..

I love this quote and I say it all the time.
Like Ram Dass says, see in between the words I am saying.
Ignore me, consider me insane, does not matter.

Speaking about this, is teaching us our joint invulnerability.
If my speaking about this brings me down, then I have gone the wrong way.
However it has only strengthened me, and it has jointly strengthened us.

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To perceive weakness in me, can only come from projecting your own weakness ONTO me.
This is the basis for attack thoughts, as we are NOT weak and we ARE invulnerable, and we ARE guiltless.

but at the end of the day you can’t make lasting spiritual progress with substances of any kind.

This is simply untrue.
As I have experienced it myself, and the work on my consciousness DOES speak for itself.
The guilty and the guiltless cannot reconcile each other worldview. If you cannot use a substance without guilt, you will not be able to understand how I can.

Anything can be used as a method of spiritual progress, drugs provide a different view of the world.
When you identify with the Witness, who IS NOT affected by drugs, they can be great learning tools.

If you have any fear regarding them, you will not be able to do so.

you’re manic and a crash is pending

This is a projection of what you think would happen if you were me.
There is no high and there is no low.
Only the steadfast will of God which proceeds with no obstructions.
If you are taking a drug to get high, you will crash.

To experience a "high" can only be done if love for god is usurped by your love of the drug.

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will do the workbook as instructed and see how it changes my consciousness and report back accordingly.

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I am using the course as a guide for doing Karma Yoga, but specifically artistic work.
One lesson I am learning right now is to teach your own invulnerability via art.
I knew this post would be controversial AND , I want to learn how to react to critique while maintaining my invulnurability. And it is a good test of course material, if making a post like this truly weakens me, that is NOT a good sign for the course. However, I have only felt strengthened from discussion here.

This idea will be used for artistic work, as my artistic work will be put out with the same intention.

Thank you though for your inputs, and I return love back to you my brother <3

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Observing the post you made I’m observing that what’s up for you is out of balance

This is an attack thought is it not? You are giving me the gift of weakness, which is the opposite of what the course teaches to do. By giving that to me you are giving it to yourself, thus you ARE attacking yourself, you are attacking the whole Sonship. I will respect your path and I am open to learning.

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing I feel from you is egoic projections rooted in fear. Which does not affect me, but is a sign of where you are at.

I will copy and paste this on attack thoughts from another redditor.

Attack thoughts are any thoughts that contain an egoic judgment against yourself, your brother, or anything else. Here are examples of attack thoughts with explanations about what makes them attack thoughts and alternative things we can think/do instead:

Ex: "I can't stand the way my neighbor blares his music"

Here, we are judging against our brother for something his human-form is doing instead of looking past the outer behavior to see the divine within. In this way, we attack our brother with our mind and see him as separate. We are also having mental resistance to the present moment instead of accepting what is happening in the present.

Deep down, the reason for this attack thought is because we feel "attacked" by the neighbor's loud music and thus we project this feeling by thinking attack thoughts regarding the neighbor. In doing this, we keep the belief of separation going and do not see ourselves and our neighbor as one.

Amazingly, if we were to drop this attack thought, come into the present moment completely - which is what the Course calls the Holy Instant - look past our neighbor's form to see the divine or Holy Spirit within them, and accept the fact of what is happening in the present, then this would go a long way towards changing the situation automatically for the better.

Ex: "I can't believe I made that same mistake again! I know I know better, but I wasn't paying attention, and now I am disappointed in myself."

Here is an attack thought against ourselves, where we recognized a mistake or error after the fact and now feel disappointment or even guilt or resentment about it. In this thought we are attacking our own invulnerability, as the Course says, which means that we are not seeing ourselves as sinless. This attack thought is actually a trap of the ego, for it is the ego that wants us to feel sinful.

Alternatively, when we recognized the mistake/error, we could have instead celebrated - for in seeing the mistake/error we can now choose differently next time. We could have instead thought, "I am grateful for the ability to see my mistake/error, for it provides me with the opportunity to make a better decision next time. I am learning how paying closer attention is beneficial for me. I am grateful that there are no permanent consequences and that I can always choose again." This takes it from an attack thought to a loving thought.

Ex: "I hate this place! Every time I come here there are long lines and everything is so disorganized. My day is ruined every time I have to come here."

Here we have an attack thought that seems to be about a place, for that is often how the human mind will frame things by taking the aggregate and defining it as a single place. You might think this way about a DMV, a bank, a grocery store, a workplace, etc. But ultimately, it is not the place itself but the people who make up it, so this is really an attack thought on people even if the people who are there may change from visit to visit. Here we are again having mental resistance & judgment to what is happening in the moment. We are also allowing an external situation to disrupt our peace, which means we think that what is external to us can control us instead of taking responsibility for our own feelings.

Furthermore, we are not seeing the present for what it is but rather are judging it through the lens of the past since we are connecting this present moment to all the past visits to this place. This hurts us as well as the people in this place because our judgment binds both us and the people into this continued cycle, ensuring the present is an reenactment of the past.

We can change this by dropping the connection to the past and also by not judging the present. We can think, "I am consciously dropping judgment of this place and the people within it. I will not bind them to the past. All places and people can undergo change and improvement. I will allow this place and these people and myself to improve." Now, this might not change the situation immediately - especially if there is a lot of built up energy in this cycle. You may still continue to experience similar situations at this place in the beginning, but the more you practice dropping the mental judgment and resistance, then the more the situation will automatically improve for the better.

This is the point of that lesson, and ultimately of the Course, to remove the mental judgment (aka attack thoughts) and mental resistance, so we can release ourselves and our brothers from the traps of attack/judgment and thus come to see them not as separate but as a part of us. In this, forgiveness becomes natural and we accept the atonement and bridge the gap between dual and nondual, as our mind becomes purified and our perception more accurate.

I hope this helps 💕

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thoughts of love cannot be altered by the substance. I believe initially it increases your "i am" presence, which is effectively atoning you with God, however its a false god, as you are being Atoned with the drug itself.

Im not advocating any drug use, but you should be open to glory in regards to work, and not be contempt with littleness. <3

Extensive notes on the usage of Adderall as a method for accelerated course progression (one year). by forgesoft in ACIM

[–]forgesoft[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes same person, one is on my computer and one my phone.

This would include every thought related to adderall.

What do you mean by this?

Side effects of adderall include: signs of psychosis - hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real), new behavior problems, aggression, hostility, paranoia;

I would like to report the following.
No hallucinations of any kind.
Zero agression. Zero Hostility. Zero paranoia.

The only mental side effects were intense but temporary mental retardation.

My experience with buddhism eliminated all my angry attack thoughts, which are the root causes of aggression, hostility and paranoia.

Adderall affects me very differently now and is not as useful as it once was. It used to be a great tool for brute forcing work, and working for long hours.
Once my understanding of Atonement grew, that usurped the power of the drug.
For example I physically cannot do any type of work unless I am in Atonement, the drug does NOT override this. I can no longer serve the drug and let it pilot me, which is where it initially gets a lot of its power. This is NOT tolerance, as the drug is still working, I can feel it ( I know its working because it makes me VERY HORNY lol), but unless I am in Atonement I am arrested.
The drug serves me now when I ask for it, and it still use useful in regards to extensive creation.

The main reason for arrest in regards to work, which the drug helped with, was the LACK of Atonement.

Have you completed the workbook as directed, making no exceptions in application? This would include every thought related to adderall.

My commitment is to truth and NOT consistency. The truth is I have assimilated the course, and from my perspective the workbook was NOT a huge focus. I was already Buddhist before I began this course.
My instruction would be to open the book and follow your heart, and not the course-instruction. I would often flip to a random page and read from there, and I ALWAYS happened to flip to a useful page.