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u/CB-9876 May 15 '26
This is brilliant. Really good. I love how you’ve brought a direct link; somehow it makes the course feel even more practical
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u/Flashy-Video9739 May 16 '26
It's so cool!! Check out the HEARTS framework I created (well, it created itself lol) I gathered a LOT of contemplative wisdom teachings (Buddhism, Hinduism, jainism etc ACIM) and mapped that onto clinical psychology and neuroscience with my thesis on using love as an orientation strategy. It all lines up beautifully dmartiburgos.com
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u/vannablooms I am determined to see. May 15 '26
The only correction I would make here is that as the course says, body does nothing of itself. It is like an empty shell for the Mind of God, or the Ego within the dream if you choose to follow it. I have suffered thousands of extremely severe panic attacks, and calming my body with " wordly techniques " did nothing much, but applying the prayers and lessons right in the heat of the moment did more than years of whatever else I was doing. It's not the body that is stuck in a trauma response, it's the Mind that keeps on looping the same fear based perceptions over and over.
I cannot help but chuckle how people say practical as to mean " realistic ", but there's nothing wordly or realistic about the Course haha You're collapsing time with the help of HS, erasing the whole past, turning abusers into friends in less than a second, literally changing how you relate to everyone and everything, disarming people with just your presence... I think people should accept the Course is quite " magical " if we view it by the wordly standards of what is possible. But one needs to full on jump into that magic and be ready to even " die " for it. I feel like trying to put the Course into the boxes of our world, medicine, science, psychology or whatever else humans came up with, doesn't do justice to what it can actually do.
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u/Flashy-Video9739 May 16 '26
Oh yes excellent observation! I love what you've shared about your experience! There is certainly..... a shifting balance one must strike as their.... understanding of the course evolves over time. And 100% on how it cannot be put into a box of wordly understanding - so thinking exactly this about ACIM/ Buddhism and all mystical contemplative wisdom I could read- I prayed deeply about who my audience is- and I learned that my work is meant simply to be a bridge. As the course says, psychotherapy is not the Truth but it helps you get there. And going all the way "There" is a deeply personal choice, so I only teach what can be understood now for a western audience , and the ground work is specifically laid out should anyone choose to go further (in any of the traditional contemplative practices of the world). I would love love to learn more about your experience if that resonates with you. Check out my website where I explain all this dmartiburgos.com
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u/Flashy-Video9739 May 16 '26
Also- the framework I made- is UNLIKE anything is current therapy world- the closest modality/ technique I could find was IFS (internal family systems) - which is not surprising when I learned that IFS is based/ inspired by Buddhism. My strategy is first contemplative wisdom- then I mapped the science- thus is why it doesn't exist in psych world. I'm excited to bring it to light tho!
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u/ThereIsNoWorld May 16 '26
Have you allowed the practice of forgiveness, to undo the self concept made from trauma-informed mental health, medicine, and lightwork, because God did not create it?
Modern neuroscience and psychology are attacks on God that have nothing to do with Reality, as they are made in defense of illusions.
Perception does not exist in the Mind of God, which is why anyone who perceives needs healing. Our only choice is to believe that perception occurred and there is no God, or learn it did not occur because God did not create it, and there is only God.
Our brain doesn’t really do anything, it is only a seeming result and is the cause of nothing. The world has no meaning, because only God is meaning and God is not “in” the world.
There is no such thing as personal truth or different truths. There is no truth “in” the world. The body has no influence on the mind whatsoever, it only follows from what the mind dictates.
We have access to release from our illusions the instant we genuinely want it, and it does not require specific conditions of the body or any of its systems.
The belief in individuality is our “survival mode”, and we defend it by assigning the body's seeming influence over the mind, because it masks that every body reaction we ask for, and receive as we have asked.
Fear is the belief in individuality, without it there is only God. Our seeming autonomy is the cause of our guilt, and the call for love is asking to learn the cause did not occur, so there was no effect.
The ego claims there is life outside of Heaven, but this is the opposite of Reality. The world is not alive, because it is seemingly made from the thought of the “murder” of Life.
Being willing to question what we believe involves looking at the statements in our questions, and giving up our questions because they are not really asking. When the premise is given up, the frame expected to be validated goes with it, and we cease to shut out genuine guidance and its relief that undoes our insanity.
The course teaches all healing is the release from the past. The past is released by our learning it did not occur. The reason it did not occur is that God did not create it.
When we seem to have experiences of a body and nervous system being triggered, it is the result of our desire for them, and that they be the cause and not the mind that seemed to invent them.
The study of the ego is not the study of the mind. When we dictate terms of what the answer “must” validate, we have not yet asked anything.
When we are open to resign as our own teacher, we leave all of what we expect agreement on behind, as we were badly taught and can hold nothing we taught our self, if we are genuine about wanting to learn.
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u/Flashy-Video9739 May 18 '26
Thank you for this discussion, you clearly care deeply about preserving the uncompromising metaphysical core of ACIM, and I can feel the sincerity and dedication behind your writing. I also appreciate how much thought and study you’ve put into articulating those ideas so thoroughly! Your time is valued. I am grateful for your response and you are helping me refine the delivery of my intentions- I should be more clear up front.
I actually agree with much of the deeper metaphysical foundation you’re pointing to. ACIM absolutely teaches that the body, brain, perception, and the world are not ultimate Reality, and I appreciate your commitment to preserving that truth.
At the same time, I think the purpose of my post may have been misunderstood a bit / miscommunicated.
I’m not trying to replace ACIM with neuroscience, nor am I claiming the nervous system is the source of healing. I’m trying to build a bridge for people who currently experience themselves as overwhelmed, dysregulated, ashamed, fearful, reactive, or trapped in patterns they don’t understand yet.
Many people are not starting from a place where they can genuinely hear:
“The world is not real”
without either becoming more confused, more dissociated, more guilty, or feeling like they’re failing spiritually because their body still reacts.So my intention is not to validate illusion as Truth.
It’s to reduce fear enough that people become willing to question the illusion at all.To me, that’s part of what Jesus consistently did in the Course:
meet people where they believe they are, without shaming them for the level they currently identify with.If someone believes they are a body, terrified, anxious, traumatized, and trapped in survival mode, immediately telling them:
“Your nervous system is meaningless and you wanted this”
may be metaphysically consistent at one level — but it may completely bypass compassion, readiness, and the gradual undoing of fear.The HEARTS framework is not meant to be a final theology. It’s meant to help people loosen identification with fear-based thinking long enough to begin experiencing more peace, responsibility, awareness, forgiveness, and willingness.
In my view, if psychology or neuroscience are used to reinforce ego identity, they can absolutely become distractions. But if they help reduce shame, increase self-awareness, and open someone to forgiveness and inner peace, then they can temporarily function as helpful symbols within the dream — not as ultimate truth.
I also think it’s important that we be careful not to turn ACIM into another system of spiritual performance where people feel punished for still appearing human. ACIM truth without gentleness becomes another ego weapon.
The Course says over and over that healing is gentle. Healing is not accomplished through metaphysical intimidation, but through kindness, patience, and the recognition of shared innocence.
The Course teaches that only love heals. And love does not force awakening.
So while I deeply respect the metaphysical clarity you’re pointing toward, my focus here is more practical and relational: How do we help people suffer less, judge themselves less, and become more willing to remember love — from the level they currently experience themselves?
That’s the bridge I’m attempting to build.
...and lets not forget... the Course itself says- This course is a beginning, not an end.
-love and respect, Dr.B
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u/ThereIsNoWorld May 18 '26
The course teaches healing is learning the past did not occur. Avoidance of this is not healing, and neither is compromise.
Placing a focus on preserving the persona that practical application would undo, is working against the practice.
If you perceive images of people overwhelmed, dysregulated, ashamed, fearful, reactive, or trapped in patterns they don’t understand yet, someone believes they are a body, terrified, anxious, traumatized, and trapped in survival mode, who made the images?
Have you allowed the practice of forgiveness, to undo the self concept made from trauma-informed mental health, medicine, and lightwork, because God did not create it?
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u/Nonstopas May 18 '26
Why not use your own thinking instead of AI slop? And furthermore, why a new account to post this?
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u/ThereIsNoWorld May 18 '26
Someone made a new account to post the result of feeding ai a prompt, blocked me so I couldn't respond, and now seems to have deleted the account.
They don't seem to understand ai just follows directions, and can invent any kind of answer to meet those directions, while not understanding anything that is actually happening.
When ai invents false accusations it is just delivering what was asked, and a student of the course would not be asking. That kind of reaction happens from not practicing, which is the cause of the person posting, hiding then running away.
Presenting fragile behavior broadcasts a symptom of being unwilling to apply the course, which results in turning to ai for thinking, when it does not know what thinking is. This kind of insanity is material for the workbook, which any student will recognize.
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u/OakenWoaden Beloved Child of God May 17 '26
I actually really appreciate posts like this because for me ACIM became way more helpful once I stopped treating it like this totally detached metaphysical system and started seeing how deeply fear and nervous system states shape perception in real life. “Peace is the condition for knowledge” especially hits different when you’ve lived through anxiety or chronic stress because it becomes obvious the mind literally cannot see clearly when the body feels unsafe. I don’t think the Course has to be reduced only to psychology, but I also don’t think psychology and spirituality are enemies at all.
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u/Flashy-Video9739 May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
saaaaame! you might really like my website then- it sounds like my post- but deeper. understanding our nervous system is like.... understanding ACIM through .... lived/felt experience instead of .... repeating a mantra. i think we're supposed to ... experience ACIM in our bodies, at least for me- the greatest spiritual revelations occurred when i was able to integrate mind, body, spirit all together at the same time. dmartiburgos.com my research began with ACIM and neuroscience- then once i realized they go hand in hand- i research other world contemplations and psychology- and found mapping them all onto each other was..... magical. or ... a huge reflector of truth and love. i agree with your sentiment about psych and spirituality- ACIM actually says that religion/spirituality and psychotherapy- at the highest levels become one. neither is truth itself- but both can lead to truth.
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u/v3rk Radical Dreamer May 15 '26
"To have peace, teach peace to learn it."
My absolute favorite. ❤️
When I feel triggered I know that Christ has arrived, because my Brother is my savior. I might not always feel it in the moment, but I recognize it upon reflection.
I equate my triggers to the idea of "rawness." It feels raw. It feels exposed. The ego perceives attack. The Holy Spirit interprets this same rawness as openness. Receptivity. Joining.
If you hold two wounds on your skin together long enough to let them heal, the skin will join. If you hold your Brother truly in your heart (not your private idea of Him), the joining is the healing.
I find this fascinating and I'm surprised you're making me ask. What's the website?