"Have..a Good_Day"[:JESUS*]

A..Foreshadowing..of the..Entire/Course
from..Early..in..Its Dictation..[yet..why..deleted]

by..Robert/Perry

Recently,..I have found...myself captivated..by a passage..very early in..the Course's dictation...It is not found..in the published..Course (or even..in what's..now termed...the Original Edition).

It is only..in Helen's/notebooks..and also..in the Urtext,?
http://miraclevision.com/acim/urtext/acim-urtext-2003-upe-ready-edition.pdf
the..typescript...that Bill/typed up..from Helen's..dictation.

The..passage..is this:

Have..a good_day...Since..only eternity..is real,
why/not..use..the illusion..of time..constructively?

..You might remember..that underneath..[underpinning..your/.reality]..
are.the Everlasting Arms...[alms]..of..The Illuminate/Brotherhood,motto..

“Protect..all things..you value..*by the act..of giving them away...”..restoring..them..by setting them..free.

[we came..with nothing..we get reborn..with..it-all
[in-spired..by..Jesus Christ..original-words}

These..comments have..restored context;
there is..no related-material..surrounding them.
They stand alone.. and as you can see,...are quite brief.

Yet they grow on you.
The more I think..about them,..the more..I see in them.

context..(When..you say...“If you..want me to..I will”
please add..“and if you..DON’T want me to..I won’t.”..

This is the RIGHT use of..inhibition...[past-recall..as a way to moderate..this present moment..There..*has to be..SOME self-awareness...[conscious-control]..over learning..

which after all..is about self improvement..
for self reasoning..via self motivated..freewill..action..intentionally..consciously..choosing to be producing..good fruits

for channelizing purposes...
Remember retro-active..inhibition..which should be easy enough..for you...Sometimes..the new learning is.the more important, and has to inhibit..the old...hurtful..into present-healing

It’s a..form of correction.)..just as the old..recalled..best inhibits the future[o present negative averment/enactment]

this means..you specifically..[or rather]..
your past..lived/live perceptions..life experiences..
are vital..contextually..for voiding/avoiding..this present/errant..
and potentially hurtful..[fear inducing/moment]

..is..[or will-be]..being inhibited..[from..the injurious-illusory..mis-projection..of the negativity..into realization materially..presently...by living loving grace-filled prayer

Prayer..is the medium..[substance/means].of miracles.
Prayer is the natural communication..of the Created..with the Creator.

Through prayer,..love is received,
and through miracles..love is expressed.

12. Miracles are thought-creations...projected..into..present awareness..all obsessive[fixated]..Thought can create lower-order or higher-order..realities...

This is the basic distinction between intellectualization and thinking.

One creates...the physical, and..the other
recognizes..the spiritual,..and what..we believe in..that we create

Further,..ALL_CREATIONS..are.significant..in a..PERSONAL/historical sense.

They are..the very..first reference...to the idea..of OUR-reality
versus..illusion,..the notion..that..THE-reality..can be..affected..BY IMAGINED-FEARS.

only..the..SPIRIT/eternity is real..and
space..MATTER/time..is an illusion.

(The lines.."Nothing real..can be..threatened.
Nothing..unreal exists"..were..actually..dictated later...for clarity)

How..different would..our day..be..if
we could..establish..and maintain..that..consistent-awareness!..

Imagine..being able..to pass..through_situations..
*fully-aware..that what..you see..is not..really..able..to hurt/you....
that the..illusory/fear-forms..in/front..of mind..perception's.. of you..are just..emotive-baggage[shadows],..

that..you are..literally..walking/through..a dream..
of..your own..miss-perceived..[OTHERS-conceptions].?

You..might think..you..would/stop..caring altogether..about this shadow-play...and..the way..that..*you walked..upon..*its stage.

Yet..that is-not..what this..sentence says...
It seems..to/be..saying,.."While..you are..*in the dream,..why not.*take ACTIVE-part.*in it..constructively?"

What..an interesting/question!

Try..asking yourself..that question..and see.how your mind reacts. Ask..yourself,.."Since/only..eternity..is real,..why_not?..use..the illusion_of..time/constructively?"

The..sense I get..is..The/power..is_not..*in..*its hands;..
the power..is in..my hands...Therefore,..I am free..to use..time however*..I want.

Second,..if..I can/use..time how..I want,
then..why wouldn't..*I use it..constructively..to-do..better?..After all,..I'm here..for now;.I'm in..this/living..live time-moment..in-time.

Why/not..do something_positive..with it?

This contrast..between..the healing-unity/reality
and..the..hurtful/injurious/material..full..of illusion,..
so..of-course,..fearless emoted/motivated/love..[works]..would..become..the..philosophical/backbone..of..the-Course.

Before..this point,..the closest/references..we had
were..two mentions.of.."lower-order/reality,"..which..referred to.the physical level...

Yet..obviously,..even a..lower-order/reality..still
has_been..made real..[accorded/reality]...by..our delusional..fears alone.

whole/purpose..of coming..this far
is..to decide..WHICH BRANCH..YOU WILL*..TO.TAKE..FROM/HERE-ON.

The way..you came..no_longer-matters.
IT..CAN NO..LONGER SERVE.

No-one..who reaches this far..CAN make.the wrong decision.
But..he CAN..INITIATE/delay..And/there..is no par/of..the journey that..seems..more hopeless..and futile..than standing/where
the..road/branches,..*and not..deciding..which_way..to go.

It-is..only the..first/few steps..along/the
NARROW-right/way..that seem hard,..because..you HAVE
chosen,..but you still..think you/can go..back..and make..the other choice.

This..is not/so.. A choice made..with
the..power-of/Heaven..to uphold it..cannot BE..undone.
Your way..IS decided...There will-be..nothing you-will/NOT..be told, if..you acknowledge/this.

For..good..reason,..then,..these references
were/changed..by the editors..to..the "material-bodily/level."

Jesus..starts off..using..a typical,..throwaway comment
that.we make..to each-other..all..the time...

We offhandedly..tell people..to.."have..a good_day,"..
with only.the vaguest-idea..of what/w.. mean..to communicate..unto other..by that...word-choice.

We probably mean ..something like,.."Have..a day..you find enjoyable," or,.."Have..a day..with agreeable..rather than difficult/circumstances."

And we..probably have..no particular..thought
about how..they*..can have..[or..will/chose]..
to live-out..that..good GOD-day...

It's not,,just/a..pleasant-thing..to say...and
good=god..thus..good brings..good..of god..into..live-time/present recall..

plus..the many..other..good-days..comforts
gifted..of..the comforter..within..us-all.

but...You..aren't supposed..to think/about..it..too much...
[the/past-life..whether..for/good or ill..is part..of the past..thus..illusion..

when..we are..trying to.minimize,..illusion/...to..maximize..this present..living..moment..in/time..into..a loving-eternal/aware moment..

Jesus,..however,..has thought..through..
exactly what..he means..by."Have..a god day."..

He..ends-up filling-out..our rather vacant/conventional..saying
with..his own..rather profound..spiritual teaching.

As..a result,..the kind-of day..jesus is..calling.."good"..is *significantly-different..than..our usual..bland-conceptions...recalls.and false memories...

Further.. he has in..aware-mind..a specific way..
to have..that good day...[by loving/other as..the..*way
to..love*our..father]

[love creator..by constantly/CONSISTENTLY...trying..to love-other creations]

This..is so characteristic..of the Course,..to take..some familiar cultural/container,..like.."have a good day,"..and..fill it*.with totally..unfamiliar content,*..which..has both..spiritual-depth

anD..specific..injunctions..
for how/to..experience..that depth.
http://miraclevision.com/acim/urtext/acim-urtext-2003-upe-ready-edition.pdf
continues
http://www.circleofa.org/library/acim-commentary/text-commentary/have-a-good-daya-foreshadowing-of-the-entire-course-from-early-in-its-dictation/

since it is just a game,..why not use it constructively?

What does it mean..to use time.."constructively"?
I have a special fondness..for the word "constructive."

If we could all..just be constructive,..wouldn't the world
be a far better place?..Jesus,..too,.seemed a bit fond..of the word.

It..("constructive"...and.."constructively")..crops up..sixteen times in the Urtext,..even if only six..of those..made it into the final Course.

Based on..those references,
what does it..mean to Jesus..to be.."constructive."

In most cases,..it means to..give miracles...For instance, Jesus calls becoming..a miracle worker..a reinstatement of the mind's "purely/constructive powers"..(T-2.V.5:4).

He even..explicitly calls miracles.."constructive acts"..(T-2.VI.1:2)...A secondary meaning..is that.."constructive" is something..that moves you..forward..in your own learning...[via..awareness;revelation..121..direct from..our father]

For example,..Jesus speaks..of using his.."experiences constructively"..(T-6.I.11:3),..by which..he means applying..*the lesson..of his crucifixion..to your life..in a helpful[good/godly/loving,,constructive manner

[bearing good fruits]..not reinforcing
illusion/negativity/fear..[bad fruits]..rather..than..unhelpful way..of fear..we chose the miracle..of love of other]

.He..also says..that sorting out..the true/from the false
is.."a process of separation/reinforcement..in..the constructive sense"..(T-2.VIII.4:2).

The principle..of separation..is usually destructive,
but this..particular//[loving]..fearless..application..of it is actually constructive.

In other words,..to be constructive..is to do*..something..that advances others..in their journey home..(by giving them miracles..[love/grace/mercy)

or-else..this deliberated lack..advances
yourself..on your own journey..and its end-time/fruits..(by moving forward your learning).

The dictionary..meaning of.."constructive"
is "serving..to improve..or advance;...helpful."

Jesus..has modified..this meaning..to fit his system,
so that it..becomes.."serving to advance..us all..toward eternity."

This,..apparently,..is what we..should spend our days
doing—advancing others..and thus..ourselves..on the journey home.

As long as..we are..choosing..illusion..of/in..a world of unreality, why..not spend our time..helping ourselves..and others back to..the next..reality?

"You might remember..that
'underneath..are..the Everlasting Arms.'"

This/is..actually..a biblical reference.
It comes..from Deuteronomy 33:27:

"The eternal God..[eternal good]..is thy refuge,
and underneath..are the everlasting arms."

[fear-free/revelation/performed..good-miracles]

On..the surface,..this doesn't seem..particularly related
to the previous sentence,..but on closer inspection..it is intimately related.

Both sentences..describe a remedy
to..the crippling..mortal-change..and its..uncertainty of time.
While..we seem blown..and buffeted about..by the winds of time,..we can stand firm..on an unshakable foundation..*outside of time.

That unshakable..eternal..infinite/omnipresent..
presence present..pre-sent..foundation..becomes our refuge,
making us..immovably..of the heart revelation/elation

even,..in the midst of..illusory fears..
inherent..in/the mortal/morality..of the life-time's raging storm...between..the fear..of our passions..our enjoined greatness..

whether or not..the yielding goodly fruit..
in-to..not seeing the splinter..for the plank..
nor harvest..of splinters..[so..that the sleepers awake]

While we seem blown and buffeted about..by
the winds of time,..we can stand firm.on an unshakable foundation outside of time.

That unshakable foundation..[fear free-revelation]becomes our refuge, making us..immovable..even..in the midst of the time's raging storm.

In the previous sentence,..that foundation was eternity.
But..in the biblical allusion..of our current sentence,.."eternity" has morphed..into.."the eternal God."[him..ALL/good][via revelation]

Now,..our safety[mirac;le]..lies..in more..than
the something..vaguely..impersonal..like eternity;..it lies in the Love[miracle]..and protection of a Person.[via revelation..directly from good

[if its not good..its not of god..
[know thy..master..goods..good voice

it is,..appropriate..to say that..God is personal
God..may not have..the boundaries—the ego,..personality,
and body—form..we associate with..the personal godhead/in person-hood,..but He does have..the freewill..of Self,

[in all self]...awareness...in/all ..Mind..[miracle]..,..
in/all-Heart,//[revelation]..and by..conscious/CONSTRUCTIVE..Will
we also..associate..alone..[all-one]..[with person-hood..but one step..from..realized good-hood][son..of the sun]..

. I think..it is most accurate,/therefore,
to call Him..a Person,..with the capital."P"
signifying the lack/of..the usual boundaries and limits.

This biblical/reference..is another foreshadowing..of the later Course...The Course..loves..to reference the Bible,..and in the process consistently turns the relevant biblical passage..into a statement..of the Course's own teaching.

That is exactly..what we see..here...Obviously, the author of Deuteronomy,..in writing..about the eternal God..and the Everlasting Arms,..was not thinking..that only eternity is real..and time is an illusion.

I find that..phrase
"underneath are..the Everlasting Arms".so evocative.
One of our most..emotionally resonant images..of safety is being held in..the arms of a loving and protective parent...Here,..that image has been immensely..elevated and expanded...The parent becomes God.

The fleeting embrace..becomes something permanent,..as implied by the word.."Everlasting."..The support of those,,reve4latary/miraculous..Arms..becomes our foundation,..as implied..by the word "underneath."

And this unshakable..foundation of love..and protection./.from fear..becomes our stable.."refuge"..in the midst/of the swirling river of time...What a beautiful idea.

Jesus referred..to.."the Everlasting Arms"
four times..in the early dictation..Now we know why.

Notice,..however,..that this is..more than just an idea.
It is..self realized..practice...When Jesus says,.."You might remember..that 'underneath are..the Everlasting Arms,'"..we have to see that..in the context of.."Have a good day.

We need to see it..as part of this larger instruction
for having..truthfully..a good god-day...What he really means,
then,..is to remind yourself..*of this thought..throughout the day, as a way..to have..that

oh..so..great/
go god..have a..goodly day.

This is..especially clear..in looking back
on this..with from the perspective of..the later Workbook.

There,.the notion of remembering..a certain quotation
throughout the day,..in order to have..a truly happy day, is absolutely central...We are often told to.."remember this [lesson] throughout the day"..(W-pI.78.10:1),

or to "remember..to PRACTICE..it..very often today"..(W-pI.63.3:1).

start..with a smile..We do this
in order..to have..a happy day,..as we can see..from the following passage:

<<..Let us be glad to begin and end this day by practicing today's idea, and to use it as frequently as possible throughout the day. It will help to make the day as happy for you as God wants you to be. (W-pI.62.4:1-2)>>

<<..he following quotation even looks a great deal like the sentence under examination. Both ask us to remember throughout the day that Divine strength constantly supports us:

We will remind ourselves..that He remains..beside us
al-through the day,..and never leaves..our weakness.unsupported by His strength...by his living/loving-will..(W-pI.153.19:4)

Thus,..what we have..in the admonition.to.."remember that 'underneath are the Everlasting Arms'"..is a kind of proto-Workbook practice.[actual_doing]

Just as the Workbook..asks us to repea.. a particular Course quote throughout the day..in order to have a happy day. so this sentence asks us..to remember a particular Bible/quote..*throughout the day in order..to have a good day.>>

<<..While in time,..it seems..that the ground..is constantly quaking beneath..our feet,.giving us..no safe place to stand...Yet inside ourselves,..we can stand on ETERNAL-holy-ground..that never shakes.

We..choose...to stand on..changeless//loving/grace-filled/ground,
far removed..from the fickle caprice..of..EITHER..space,,or time.

We..stand..on eternity.
have a good..[great godly..day..anyway.

http://www.circleofa.org/library/acim-commentary/text-commentary/have-a-good-daya-foreshadowing-of-the-entire-course-from-early-in-its-dictation/

March 11/1968..Special Message:
When..you come to..the place where..the branch/in the road..
is quite apparent,..you..cannot go ahead..You MUST..go one way[heart/love/grace]..or the other.[material/mind-illusory]

For now,..if you go..straight ahead,..the way
..you.were going..before..you came..to/the branch,[fork/intersession/section..crisis point]..YOU WILL GO..NOWHERE....

Here-in..is the ultimate/release..that everyone.
will..one/day find..in..his own way,..at.his own-time.

We do not..need this time...but..the..Time-illusion..has been
SAVED..for you,..because..you are..to-gather...by miracle..of revelation

This is..the special means..this
course..is using,..to save you..in..time.

You..are not making use/of..the course..if you insist
on using..means..that have served/others well,..yet..neglecting..
what was..specifically..made.,.for YOU...to..Save time..for me..by only..pre-sent..this one/preparation,..and practice..doing..NOTHING ELSE.

“I..need..do..nothing”..is a statement.of
allegiance,..a truly..undivided..christian-loyalty.
Believe..it..for just.one instant,..and .you...will accomplish
more/than..is..given/to..any..even..if by..a century..of contemplation,.or..of struggle..against..material/honors/powers/bodily-temptation's.

To DO..anything..involves..the body.. And..if you..recognize
you NEED..do nothing,..you HAVE.withdrawn..the body’s-value's..from your mind...there..is..a quick..and..open-door..through which/you slip/past..centuries..of collective-effort,..and.ESCAPE..from time's..bounds..in-to..et-earn-ity.

This..is/the..way in.which..perceived/error/sin...loses/ALL righteousness/attraction..RIGHT-NOW...For..here/is..time denied,..and past...and..future/envisioning..[works]..is brought..to harvest..fully..and completely..the divisional/revisionism..is..gone.

he..who..need/do..nothing..has/no..need..for time...To/do..nothing
is-to..rest/trust/believe,..and..make/safe-..place..within/you where..the frenetic-activity..of..the..em-bodied/mind..ceases its..fears..and/ends..it;s/fears..due-to..demanding..refocus..of attention.

In-to..this/place..the/Holy-Spirit..comes,..and.there abides.
He..will remain...the/peace..when_you-forget,..and..the body’s activities..return..to occupy..your/conscious-mind...But..there/will always_be..this place..free..of/fear..[of rest],..to which..you/can_return.

And..you..will be..more aware..of the/quiet-center
of..the..all-pervading..restlessness..[storm],..than..all/its..raging activity.

This..quiet-center,..IN/WHICH..YOU..need..only..DO-NOTHING,
will remain..with/you,..giving/you rest..in..the/midst of..every_busy being/doing..on which..you..are sent.

For,..FROM this..center,..will-you/be,..directed
how-to use..the body..sinlessly...Itis..this c..enter,..
from/which..the-body..is ABSENT,..that..will keep-it/so,..in..your awareness.of it.

and.long/periods..of meditation..aimed..at DETACHMENT
from..the body..necessary...of..All...such attempts..will.ultimately succeed,..because/of ..heir...purpose...the fulfilling..o/ personal revelation..into..miracle.

But,..the means..are tedious/and..
very..time consuming..for.all of them..
LOOK/TO..THE FUTURE..for release..from..a state..
of present..stasis..of..feelings..of..unworthiness..fear..and inadequacy.

Your..new/way..will-be..different...NOT
in purpose,..but..in..ways/means.

A_HOLY.RELATIONSHIP..IS .A MEANS..OF SAVING_TIME.

One instant..spent..TOGETHER
restores..the universe..to/BOTH of you.
You ARE..prepared...Now..you need..but..remember..YOU NEED DO/NOTHING.

It..would be..FAR more/profitable..now..to..merel.
concentrate .on this,..than/to..consider..what..you SHOULD do.

When.peace comes..at/last..to..those/who wrestle..with temptation, and..fight..against/giving in/to sin;..when..the light-of/reason.comes..at..last..into..the/mind..from..the heart

given/to..contemplation,..or/when..the goal..is
finally..achieved/achievable..by anyone,..it ALWAYS..comes..with..just..ONE happy
realization, —

“. .need do..nothing.”
Here/is..the ultimate..release..that
everyone..will one/day find..in his..own way,..at..his own/time.
[you..will..know..when]

We do/not..need this time...Time/has been
SAVED..for-you,..because/you are..getting..it-all..together.

This is..the special/means..this..course/is using,..to save-you/time.
You..are not...making use..of..the course..if you.insist on.using means/that..have-may..have..served/others..before..you..well,..enough..then
but..was..their way..then..[in/different-times]

where..the good..in neglecting..what..gods..own miracle..
was made..for..by..revelation..to YOU...

Save time..for me..by only
this one..preparation,..and practice doing..NOTHING ELSE...

listen..with..your conscious..awareness..of place/time/timming
via person..via the heart..filtered..by..the loving/living..kind-mind..you..allways..were..or/willed..to be.