"I choose the joy of God instead of pain.."Pain is a wrong perspective. When it is experienced in any form, it is a proof of self-deception....It is your thoughts alone that cause you pain. Nothing external to your mind can hurt or injure you in any way...

My holy brother, think of this awhile: The world you see does nothing. It has no effects at all. It merely represents your thoughts. And it will change entirely as you elect to change your mind, and choose the joy of God as what you really want. Your Self is radiant in this holy joy, unchanged, unchanging and unchangeable, forever and forever.

...Lay down your arms, and come without defence into the quiet place where Heaven's peace holds all things still at last. Lay down all thoughts of danger and of fear. Let no attack enter with you. Lay down the cruel sword of judgment that you hold against your throat, and put aside the withering assaults with which you seek to hide your holiness....

And so again we make the only choice that ever can be made; we choose between illusions and the truth, or pain and joy, or hell and Heaven. Let our gratitude unto our Teacher fill our hearts as we are free to choose our joy instead of pain, our holiness in place of sin, the peace of God instead of conflict, and the light of Heaven for the darkness of the world." (W190)

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Welcome to 365 Days of Love and Miracles with Arlene Geres. Each day, we will read and discuss a lesson from the workbook of A Course in Miracles. This programme has transformed my life, as it has for thousands of others all over the world. If you practice the principles, it will work for you as well.

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