"Taken..in itself,..a man's/being..has many..different/sides...The most..characteristic feature..of a modem man..is the absence of*unity..in him..

and,..further,..the absence/in..him of..even traces of those properties..which..he most/likes to..ascribe..to himself,..that is, 'lucid-consciousness,'..'free-will,'..a 'permanent.ego..or I,'..and the 'ability..to do.'

It may..surprise you..if/I..say that/the chief feature..of/a..modem man's-being..which explains/everything-else..that/is lacking..in him..is sleep.

"A/modern man..lives..in sleep,
in sleep..he..is born..and..in sleep..he dies...

About sleep,..its significance..just think..of/one thing,..what knowledge..can..a sleeping-man have?

And..if you/think about it..and at the same time
remember..that sleep..is/the chief feature..of/our being,..it will..at once become/clear..to you that..if/a man..really wants knowledge,..he must first of all..think about..how to wake,..that is,..about how..to change..his very-being.

"Exteriorly man's being..has many different sides:..activity or passivity;..truthfulness..or a tendency to lie;..sincerity or insincerity;..courage,/cowardice; self-control,..profligacy; irritability,..egoism,/readiness for..self-sacrifice,..pride,vanity, conceit,..industry,..laziness,.morality,.depravity;...all these and much more/besides..make up the being..of man.

"But..all/this..is entirely/mechanical..*in man.
If he lies..*it means..that he cannot*help lying...If he
tells..the truth..it means that..he cannot help..telling the truth, and..so it is.with everything.

*Everything happens,..a man/can do nothing
either in himself..or outside himself.

"But of course..there are limits..and bounds...Generally speaking, the being..of a modem man..is of very/inferior quality..But it can be of/such bad quality..that no change is possible.

This must/always.be remembered...People whose being
can still..be changed..are very lucky...But there are people
who are definitely diseased, broken machines..with whom nothing..can be done...And such..beings..are in the majority...

If you think/of this..you will understand..why only few/can receive..any real knowledge...Their being..[their own..misscreations]..prevents it.

"Generally speaking,..the balance/between..knowledge..and being
is..even more important..than/a separate development..of either one or..the other...And..a separate development..of knowledge..or of being..is not desirable..*in..any way...

*Although..it is precisely this one-sided development..that often/seems..particularly attractive to people.

"If knowledge..outweighs being/
a man knows..but has/no power of will..to do...It thus..is useless knowledge...On the..other hand..if being outweighs/knowledge..a man has the power to do,..but does not know,..that is,..he can do something..but does/not know..*what to do.

The being..he has acquired..becomes aimless
and..his futile efforts..made to attain it..prove to be..equally/useless.

"In the history of humanity..there are known..many examples where entire civilizations..have perished because..knowledge outweighed their being..or their being..outweighed..the knowledge."

"What are..the results..of the development..of
the line..of knowledge..without being,..

or the development..of the line..of being without knowledge?"
"The development..of the line of knowledge without the line of being gives..a man who knows..a great deal..but can/do nothing,[change nothing]..

The missbelief..is very frightening to them,
but hardly troubles God..at all...He is,..however,
eager to undo it,..*not to punish His children,..but ONLY..because He knows that it's misscreations[the root of all evil]..makes
them unhappy.

Souls were given.their own true authorship,..and then men
preferred to/remain anonymous..when..*they chose to separate themselves..FROM their Author.*..The/word..“authority”..has been one of their..most fearful symbols..ever since.

Author-ity..has/been used..for..deliverance..of great cruelty, because,..by..being uncertain of/their..*true Authorship,..men
miss-believe/that their creation..was anonymous...

This has left them in a position..where it SOUNDS/meaningful..to consider the miss-probability..or even..mere possibility*..that they..*must have created themselves.

The dispute/over author-ship..has left such uncertainty..in
the minds of man..that some/people..have gone so far as...to doubt whether..they were..*ever created at all...Despite the/apparent contradiction..in this position,.it is in/one sense..more tenable than the view that/they created themselves.

At least,..it acknowledged..the fact..that
some..TRUE..verifiable..authorship..causation..is*necessary for existence...Only those..who give over..any/or all desire..to reject can KNOW..that their own rejection is/impossible.

You have not usurped..the power of God,..but you HAVE lost it...simply by misscreating a faulse cause..Fortunately,.when you lose something,..this does not mean..that the..true/something has gone...It merely/means..that YOU*do/not..know..where it..truth is.

thus..does not depend-on..*your ability..to
identify it,..or even to re-place it's Honoria...It is perfectly possible..to look on*..reality*without judgment,..and merely to KNOW it is..there.[here].[now]

By knowing this,..you are..not/doubting..its reality at all.
Peace..is a natural heritage..of the Soul...*Everyone is free to refuse..to accept his/inheritance,..but he is*NOT free..to establish what*..his inheritance IS.

The problem which/everyone..MUST decide..is the
fundamental question..of..*his own authorship...

All fear comes
ultimately,..via the miscreations wrought by our-self..and
sometimes by..way of very..devious half hearted routes,..which lead..us ever/further away..from the truth..thus even further..from our father..simply by the denial..of Authorship.

The offense..is never to God,..but only..to the denier himself.
He has thrown/away the..reason for his own peace,..and sees himself only..in pieces...and never as we all truly are..[vital pieces]..

This strange mis-perception..IS an
author-ity problem..It is also..the basis for
cast-ration anxiety,..since both..forms of error..are/fundamentally the same...

[to..cut/off..what only..the truth knows..
just to spite..the farce..[face-saving]

Neither you..nor B. can find peace..while this authority problem continues...But..the/truth is still..that there IS no problem about this...There is/no man/who..does not feel..that/he is imprisoned in some way.

If this..has been/the result..of his own free will,..he must
regard his will.*as if it..were NOT free,..or..the ill-begotten fruits..of obviously..circular/reasoning..of his own/position would be quite..apparent.

*Free will*..MUST lead to freedom.*
nothing less is fair..Judgment..always imprisons,..our very soul because..it separates/into segments..of reality..according to highly unstable..scales of desire.

*Wishes*..are not facts,..by/definition.*
To wish..is to imply that..our mind/simply willing..is not sufficient...However,..no one really/believes that..what is wished for
is as real..as what is willed...to..be

Instead of..“seek you..first the/Kingdom of Heaven”
say..“Will ye first..the Kingdom of Heaven,”..and you/have said “I
know..what I am,..and I will*to accept..my own inheritance.”

It is ESSENTIAL..that this whole..authority_problem
needs be....voluntarily dismissed at once..and for all time...before B’s course. Neither of you..understands..how important..this is for your..own self-sanity...

You are both.quite insane on..this point.
(This is not..a judgment...It is merely a fact.]

(No, Helen,..you SHOULD use the word..“fact”.
This is just..as much a fact..as God is...A fact

this self recognition..of self..is literally..the proper foundation..the..“making” for..a sure sound starting point.

You DO start..from this point,..and your thinking
is inverted..because of it.)..but..Every system..of thought MUST have a..sure starting point...It begins with..either a making..or a/creating,..a difference..which we have already covered.

Both.are acts of will,..except/that making involves doing,
and creating..involves active willing...Their resemblance lies
in..their power..*as FOUNDATIONS...Their difference..lies in what rests..*upon them.*

Both/are cornerstones..for systems of belief..by which men live.
It is a mistake..to believe that.a thought-system..*which is based on lies is weak.

*NOTHING.*made by a child of God..is without power.
It is absolutely*essential..that you/realize this,..*because otherwise..you will not understand...why you have so much trouble
with this course, and will be*..unable to escape from..the prisons you*have..(made)*created/for yourselves.

(The use.of creative/here w..as an error.
You should/have said/made..for/yourself.)

You have both made..the error of/the psychotherapist
we described..in some detail/before,..and it is particularly serious at/*this time.

*You..cannot resolve your authority problem
by depreciating..the power..*of your minds.

If This..can hurt you..if you misuse it,..because
you KNOW..you..formatted..it..its strength.

You..also know..that you*CANNOT weaken it
anymore than you..can weaken God.

The whole picture..is one..in which man/acts in a
way..he HIMSELF*.realizes*..is self destructive,..but which he does NOT WILL..to correct,..an/therefore..perceives the cause as beyond his control.

We have discussed..the fall..or Separation before,..but
its meaning must be clearly/understood,..*without symbols.

*The Separation..is NOT symbolic.*..It is an order..of reality,
for..a system of thought..that is PERFECTLY real..[in time]..,though not in Eternity...*All beliefs/are real..*to the believer.

The fruit..of only..ONE tree..
was..“forbidden”..to man/in his..symbolic garden...

*But God/could*not..have forbidden it,..or it
could*not..have*BEEN eaten...[God*knows..His children,
and..I assure you..he/would..NOT*have put them..in..a position..where their own/destruction..was possible!

The..“tree”..which was forbidden..was correctly/named..“tree of
knowledge.”..Yet God created..knowledge,..and gave it..freely to His Creations...

The/symbolism..here is open/to..many interpretations,..but you may/be..SURE..that any/interpretation..which perceives*..either God..OR His creations..as if..they were capable..of/destroying their own Purpose*..is wrong.

Eating..of the tree of knowledge..is a symbolic expression/for incorporating..into the/self..the ability..for self-creation...This is..the ONLY/sense..in which God..and His souls are*NOT co-creators.

The belief..that they ARE..*is implicit..in
the..“self-concept,”..a concept now/made acceptable..by its own WEAKNESS,..and explained/by..a tendency..of the self..to create a self contained-IMAGE..of itself.

Its fear aspect..is usually..ascribed/to..the..“father figure,” a particularly/interesting idea,..in view of/the fact..that nobody means..the physical father..by the term.

It/refers to..an surreal-IMAGE of..a father
in relation to..an IMAGE..of the self.

Once again,..images are perceived,..NOT known.
Knowledge..cannot pre-deceive.. but/perception CAN.

Man can perceive..himself as self-creating,..but he..CANNOT do more
than BELIEVE it...He CANNOT make it true...I told you before that when*you finally/perceive correctly,..you can only/be GLAD YOU CAN’T.

But until then,..the belief that you/CAN..is the central foundation-stone..in your thought-system,..and all/your defenses are/used to attack..the very-ideas..which would bring it..to light.

You..and B...still believe..that
you are images..of your own creation...You are split..with
you/own Souls..on this point,..and there..is NO end-point..of true resolution,..because..you believe..the one thing..that..is literally INCONCEIVABLE.

That..is why..you CANNOT..create,..and
are afraid to..even..to make..or produce.

You,..Helen,..are CONSTANTLY arguing/about..
the author-ship*of..this course...This is
NOT humility;..it is a..REAL author-ity..problem.

You,..Bill,..really believe..that/..by teaching/you..are assuming a dominant..or father role,..and that/the..“father figure”..will kill you...This..is not..reality..nor..humility either.

Castration fears..are..a particularly..distorted..reflection
of the..real/'basic anxiety,..or..Separation fear...*The hype-notarized mind..can make..the belief..in Separation,..seem..VERY real..and VERY/fearful...And..this/belief..IS..the devil.created..by misscreation.

It is..thus..seemingly..powerful,active,destructive,..and/is
clearly..in opposition..to God,/because it..literally denies..*His Fatherhood...Never underestimate..the power..of this denial.

simply..Look/at..your lives..and..see..what.."this devil"..has made. But..KNOW that/even..this making..will/surely dissolve..in the light of truth,..*because..at/its..foundation..it/IS..a lie.

Your creation/by God..is/the..only/foundation..which
cannot/be shaken,..because the*light..is..*IN it.*Your starting point IS..based-in..truth,..and..so..you MUST return..to this..sure-Beginning.

Much/has been..perceived..since then,
but..see..nothing/else..has happened...That is why..*your Souls
are still..in peace,..*even though..your..reactive/minds..are in conflict.

You have/not..yet gone/back far ENOUGH..and
that/is..why you..become so fearful...

As/you approach..nearer/the beginning,..you feel..the fear of/the destruction..of your errant/injurious/hurtful..thought-systems/fallin..upon you,..*as if it..were the fear..of death.

There..IS no death,..but there IS..a belief*/or implied-relief..in death.[but something..never-real..cant really die.

The Bible..says that/the tree..that bears..
no fruit..will be cut off..and will wither away...Be
glad!

The light..WILL shine..from/the..true Foundation of Life,
and your*own..thought-systems/WILL stand corrected...They CANNOT stand otherwise...once..their illusion/becomes clear.

You..*who fear salvation..*are WILLING death...rather..than
admittance..of its..error....[Life..and death,..light..and darkness,
knowledge..and perception..are irreconcilable...opposites[both..cant be true..at the same time.]

To believe..that THEY..*can be..reconciled is
to empower/the miss-believe..that God..and man..can NOT.

Only..the Oneness/of..true-Knowledge..is conflict..less.
[nothing untrue..may-be..conflict free]

Your..rightful/Kingdom..is not/of..this world..because
it was..given you..from BEYOND..this world...[is eternal.not subjective].

Only..IN this world..is the idea*..of an
authors/authority problem..meaningful...The world is/not left
behind..simply/by..death..but..alone/by truth,..and truth CAN be known..by all..of/those..*for whom the..eternal/infinite-Kingdom was
created,..*and for whom..it awaits.

(Aside..to HS...You were/both..so like-wise..and de-voted..(two
words which..are literally/interchangeable..in the sense..that they truly bring/on..the ex-change/of one..and/other.)

in claiming..your scribal*functions
and working..so late...You HAD/committed a serious
error..against your brother,..and..to/one who..had asked for.your help...A/devoted priestess..does not/do this...The Bible says/you should go..WITH a brother twice/as far..as he asks...It certainly DOES*NOT..suggest that you..set him BACK..on his journey.

Devotion..to a brother..CANNOT set/you back either.
It can..ONLY lead to mutual/progress...The result/of genuine devotion is inspiration,..a word which,..properly understood/is the OPPOSITE of fatigue...To be fatigued..is to be DIS-spirited,..but to be inspired..is to...be*IN..the spirit...flow of revelation.

To be..egocentric IS..to be de-spirited.
But to/be..self-centered..in the RIGHT*sense..is to be in-spired,[or in..the Soul-zone]...

The truly in-spired..are en-lightened,..and cannot/abide..*in darkness.[as the smallest light/love/grace/mercy..dispels the fear of the darkness

Do not..attempt to..break..*God’s copy*right,
because..His Author-ship..alone*..CAN copy/right...

Your own right authorship...does not lie..
in re-making..*His IN-spired/copies,..but..in origonal-creating
just..LIKE Him*.

Embarrassment..is ALWAYS..*an expression of..ego-centricity,.an association..which has/been..made before...*(Made,*..NOT created. This/kind of association..*is ALWAYS man-made).

Both of you..have completed..the SCT stem:..
When..I/was called on ..to speak—with—“I became..embarrassed..and COULD/NOT SPEAK.” This should/be corrected..to..“Recognized/my Authorship.”

Tell B...that he cannot be embarrassed/by his own words
unless..he believes that..HE/is responsible for them...We
have already..corrected..“word”..to..“thought,..[now concept]
and he..IS free to/allocate..the authorship..*for his thoughts..as he elects.

He can speak..from his Soul..or from
his ego,..precisely as he chooses...If he speaks
from his Soul.. he has chosen to..“be still and/know..that I am God.”

These words..*are inspired,
*because..they come*from KNOWLEDGE.

If he speaks..from his ego,..he is DISCLAIMING/knowledge
instead of..AFFIRMING it,true..and/is thus dis-spiriting..[extemporizing]..himself.

The dis-spirited/have no choice..*BUT to be..narcissistic,
and to/be narcissistic..IS to/place your faith..in the unworthy...Your real worth..IS your divine authorship,..and your
Soul/is..its acknowledgement.*

I cannot guide..your egos EXCEPT.as you
associate them/with your Souls...Attacking misidentification errors is neither..MY function nor YOURS...Destroying/the devil is a meaningless/undertaking.

Cervantes wrote..an excellent symbolic account of
this procedure,..though..he did not understand..his own symbolism. The REAL point of/his writing was..that his.“hero” was a man who perceived himself as unworthy because/he .identified with/his ego and perceived its weakness.

He then..set about..to alter..his/perception,..NOT/by
correcting..his mis-identification,..but by..behaving egotistically.

Chesterton wrote..an excellent description of Cervantes..and his perception of his..“unheroic hero,”..a view of man..which the ego tolerates..all too frequently,.

but..*the Soul/NEVER countenances:

Do-not embark..on foolish/journeys
because..they are..indeed..in vain.

The ego..will them..because/the ego
IS both...lean..and..foolish...but.the Soul..CANNOT*embark on
them because..it is..forever.Unwilling/to depart..from its firm/sure..Foundation.

The..journey to..the/cross
should..be..the..LAST foolish/journey..for..every-mind.

Do-not dwell..upon it,..but dismiss it..as accomplished...
If/you..can accept..that..as YOUR OWN..*last foolish/journey,
you..are..thus..free..*also..to join..My Resurrection.

Human living..has indeed..been needlessly/wasted..in self-perpetuating/repetition..of.illusory compulsion...It re-enacts the Separation,..the abandonment..of power,..the foolish
journey..of the ego..in its.attempt..at reparation,..and finally the crucifixion..of the body,..or..illusionism..of death.

Repetition compulsions..can be endless,..unless they/are
given up..*by an act of will,/or,..more properly..as active miss-creation...

*Do not make..the pathetic human error..
of “clinging/to..the old rugged cross.”..The only message
of the crucifixion..is in respect..for man’s*..willed for..ability to OVERCOME*..the cross...*Unless..[until]..he does so,..he is..free to crucify him*self..as often/as he chooses.

*But this..was NOT*..the gospel I intended..to offer him.
We have..yet..another journey to undertake,..and I hope that,.*if both of you..will read...*these notes*carefully*,..they will help..to prepare you..to undertake it.