Who created the world? The answer to that question
is of paramount importance to understanding A
Course in Miracles. Yet, it seems at times that
trying to gain a clear picture of what the course
proposes is a lot like trying to herd cats. The
big question for me is this: What was going on in
Heaven when a"tiny, mad idea entered".

The Course tells in its own words and in its own
way just what occured at the separation. But it
talks about it entirely in terms of thoughts, in terms
of abstractions. Nothng wrong with that especially
for a Course that maintains that all is thought. So
instead of relating what we were 'doing' it talks
about what and how we were thinking and then
goes onto outline the ramifications of those
thoughts.

Four things occured at the moment of separation.

Herding Cats Part Deux

Thinking and Destiny was written by Harold
Waldwin Percival and published in 1946. He
previously edited a publication titled The
Word which contains many articles that sub-
sequently appeared in T&D where they were
expanded and elaborated upon. I came across
the book in l968 while stationed overseas in
the military.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:13:27 -0700 (PDT), Mike yahoo.com>
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On Mar 12, 4:40 pm, Deborah pumpetypump.com> wrote:

As a doer we are the imperfect part of an otherwise
perfect self. Percival created his definitions and
terms to be functional; therefore, the phrase The
Eternal Order of Progression is both functional
and descriptive. It is eternal, there is order and
along this eternal order we all progress by becoming
aware in ever increasing degrees of awareness.

Herding Cats Part IV

A bit more about the fall of man. T&D states
that the test to balance feeling and desire
involved separating the two from each other.
Desire was placed in a male body. Feeling
was placed in a female body. A successful
completion of the test would have been for
the two to recognize each other as intricate
and necessary parts of each other. Instead
those of us who fell, who failed the test, got
lost in the process and began to identify with
and as the body. Instead of recognizing the
spirit within we mistook the body for the
self and procreated. This was the act of
miscreation

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On Mar 13, 10:04 am, "Pieter" wrote:

While we're waiting for the stirring conclusion (you write
beautifully, Mike) here's a human interest story that seems related:

http://www.arsgeek.com/?p=3682

Mar 13, 6:59 am, Mike yahoo.com> wrote:

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