fullyconscious,youcease to bein conflict. "Noonewhois
at one with himself can even conceiveof conflict,"states A
Course in Miracles. This refers not only to conflict with
otherpeoplebut more fundamentally to conflict withinyou,
whichceaseswhenthereis nolonger anyclashbetweenthe
demandsandexpectationsofyourmindandwhatis.
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However,as long as youare in the physical dimension and
linked to the collective human psyche, physical pain —
although rare —is still possible.This isnot tobe confused
with suffering, with mental-emotional pain. All suffering is
ego-createdandisduetoresistance.Also,aslongasyouare
in this dimension, you are still subject to its cyclical nature
and to the law of impermanence of all things, but you no
longerperceivethisas"bad"—itjustis.
Through allowing the "isness" of all things, a deeper
dimension underneath theplay of opposites reveals itself to
youasanabidingpresence,anunchangingdeepstillness,an
uncausedjoybeyondgoodandbad.ThisisthejoyofBeing,
thepeaceofGod.
Onthe level of form, there is birth and death, creation
and destruction, growth and dissolution, of seemingly
separateforms.Thisisreflectedeverywhere:inthelifecycle
ofastar oraplanet,aphysicalbody,a tree, aflower; inthe
riseandfallofnations,politicalsystems,civilizations;andin
the inevitable cycles of gain and loss in the life of an
individual.
There are cycles of success, when things come to you
and thrive, and cycles of failure, when they wither or
disintegrate and you have to let them go in order to make
roomfornewthingstoarise,orfortransformationtohappen.
Ifyouclingandresistatthatpoint,itmeansyouarerefusing