ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF QUESTION TOPICS

Note: This index was last updated 8/15/07
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Topic Question No(s)
A Course in Miracles
abilities,meaning of 682, 1161
` acceptance of by non-temporal,non-spatial mind 848
and abortion 741
and advancing oneself in the world 942
and children 202, 294, 600, 802
and competition 195, 333
and environmental issues 740, 1082
and evil 219, 693
and God,Jesus,Holy Spirit 442
and gratitude 556
and humor 1162
and law suits 870
and music 1033
and natural disasters 80
and negative forces 557, 703
and predictions,prophecies of devastation 1013
and psychedelics 432, 1106
and quantum physics 749, 792, 860
and revelation 601
and solipsism 900
application to emotionally unavailable adult,underdeveloped ego 868, 895
as a journey 679
as one of many paths home 954, 985
correction of basic Christian teachings 539, 707
could it come again in the future in a more sophisticated form? 252
description 356
facilitating/support groups 12, 968, 987
goal of 204, 235, 429, 885, 941
how can it exist if it is an illusion? 328, 544
how do we know it comes from Jesus? 110, 156, 922, 932
is it true? 694, 1048
its relevance if Atonement is inevitable 138, 744
offers real alternative 1150
practical application 387, 484, 593, 615, 1094
relationship between text and workbook 857
special relationship with 81, 241, 483
telling my friends about it 552, 889, 1022, 1043
to whom does it appeal? 836
what difference does it make if we accept? 98
why didn't Jesus deliver it personally? 97
what it asks of us 534
why is it a required course? 482
why was Helen selected? 97
and other thought systems
Advaita Vedanta 85, 933
Ascended Masters 977
Christian Science 372, 512i, 512ii, 1075
Dale Carnegie 222
differences 687
Eastern religions 808
Essene Gospels 120
Freud 32
Gandhi,Martin Luther King,And Cesar Chavez 106
gnosticism 993
god/goddess (Shiva/Shakti) 240
Goldsmith,Joel 783
Judaism/Torah 1047
Jonathan Edward 91a-b
Kabbalah 515, 727
karma 514i, 577, 738, 988, 1160ii, 1188
Krishnamurti 331
kundalini 927
martial arts 225
mediumship 1125
New Age 1123
Nonviolence 106
other paths 6, 48, 57, 85, 90, 106, 120, 161, 909, 977, 1058
"The Power of Now" 48
The Pathwork 291
programming for positive results 824
Reiki 1121, 1194
Science of Mind 1152
thousands of other forms 214, 985
Transcendental Meditation 830
traditional Christianity 161, 193, 243, 273, 373, 439, 546i, 546ii
Urantia 413i
“What the Bleep Do You Know?” 822
yoga 1186
characteristics
academic context of 1150
intellectual level of 40, 1170
lack of rituals 2
levels of teaching 743
meets us where we are 328, 544, 810, 1095
mind 65
nondualistic nature of 6, 85, 105, 923, 1096iv, 1118
numbering 441
sees all people as worthy of love 936
significance of certain numbers 1145
symphonic nature of 1145
uniqueness of 6
workbook paragraphs in regular and italic type 527
language of
ambiguities and contradictions 217, 1068
irritation with 1 5, 704
italicized and capitalized words 514ii
male gender-specific 5, 323
use of Christian forms 1
use of iambic pentameter 330
passages and selections
Text
1.I.7:1 "…purification is necessary first." 13
1.I.32:3 "…sphere of celestial order…." 1110
1.I.37:4 "…Divine Order…" 1110
1.II.6:2 "…shift from horizontal to vertical perception." 914
1.III.8:3 "Miracles you are not asked to perform…" 966
1.III.9:1 "Miracles…directed toward those who can use them…." 997
1.V.6:4 "… reverse of the Golden Rule...." 369
1.VI.3:3 "…correction must be introduced vertically…" 375
1.VII.1 "…confusion of miracle impulses with physical impulses…." 344
2.II.3:3 "…limits on…ability to miscreate." 921, 1130
2.III.5:11 "God is lonely without His Sons." 136
2.IV.2:10 "…mind cannot create beyond itself." 248
2.V.2:2 "…medications are forms of 'spells'"… 939
2.VI.4:3 "…help in the conditions that have brought the fear about." 242
2.VI.4:9 "Before you choose to do anything,ask me…" 208, 242
2.VI.9:14 "…produces form on some level." 662
2.VII.5:14 “For God so loved the world...” 583
3.I.1:2 “...crucifixion did not establish Atonement...resurrection did. 597
4.I.1:4 “”A good teacher must believe...” 317iii, 591
4.II.9:5 “The more ‘religiously’ ego-oriented may believe that the soul existed before…” 318
4.IV.10:8 "…I am no more real than you are." 1026
4.VI.6:3 "…I do not choose God's channels wrongly." 192
4.VII.5:1 “God Who encompasses all being…” 327, 395
5.VII.6:7-11 "I must have decided wrongly…" 201
6.V.A.5:13 "To have,give all to all." 189, 1183
7.VII.8:1-3 "Attack could never promote attack…" 158
9.V.6:3 “Can you find light by analyzing darkness…” 325
9.VIII.2:7-10 "…the ego vacillates between suspiciousness and viciousness…illusion of attack…" 118
9.VIII.3:1-2 "…no difference between miracle impulses and ego-alien beliefs…" 929
11.IV.2:3-4 "God's laws hold only for your protection…" 543
12.III The Investment in Reality 541
12.III.4:1 "…if your brothers ask you for something outrageous…." 465, 692, 695, 889
12.VII.3-8 "Looking Within" 678
13.VI.4 "Past,present and future…" 535
15.I.3:3,4 "the ego wants youdead…" 561
16.IV.9:6 "In any relationship in which you are wholly willing to accept completion…" 137
16.VI.8:1-5 "Fear not that you will be abruptly lifted up and hurled into reality." 392
16.VI.12:1 "Whenever your thoughts wander to a special relationship…" 377
17.III.1:2 "All the rest must be forgotten." 361
17.IV "The Two Pictures" 562
17.VII.4:1 “...have not been giving can be lacking....” 834
18.I.4:4 “That one error...truth to illusion...” 828
18.VI.4:3 "The mind cannot attack…" 162
18.VII "I Need Do Nothing" 90, 114
19.IV.C.i.11: 8-10 "Third Obstacle to Peace" prayer 237
19.IV.C.i "the incorruptible body" 545
19.IV.D.1:4 "…the Father of the universe and of the universe of universes…" 506
20.II.4:1-4 "I have need for lilies…" 420
20.IV "Entering the Ark" 223
21.in.1:7 "Seek not to change the world…." 1191
21.II.2:3-5 "I am responsible for what I see…" 172
21.II.11:1-2 “It is as needful that you recognize you made the world…” 322
22.III.9:2 "Unholy values will produce confusion,and in awareness" 249
23.I.1.1 "The memory of God comes to a quiet mind." 351
23.IV "Above the Battleground" 63
24.III.8:13 "…it was not His Will that you be crucified." 453, 690
25.VI.6:8 "His special hate became his special love." 981
26.VII.13:2 “...ideas leave not their source.” 610
26.VII.15:3 "God gave to all illusions…" 1096i
26.IX "For They Have Come" 1064
27.I.4:6 “Behold me,brother,at your hand I die.” 817
27.VIII "The 'Hero' of the Dream" 677
27.VIII.6:2 "…tiny,mad idea…" 100
29.VI.2:1 "Swear not to die,you holy Son of God!" 87
30.I.17:1 "It needs but two who would have happiness this day..." 163
31.II.8:5 "There will be no assault…call that has never been made." 38
31.IV.9:1,2 "He has not left His Thoughts!" 1151i
31.V.16:5-6 "The role of the accuser…" 186
31.VIII.7:1 "…wanders... the world,uncertain,lonely…constant fear." 686
Workbook
pI.1.3:5 "…do not attempt to apply it to everything you see…." 753
pI.4.VII.5:1 “God Who encompasses all being…” 327
p1.13.1:4 ...does not...will not...has no.... 617i
pI.15 "light episodes" 218, 339
pI.39 "My holiness is my salvation." 166
pI.41 “God goes...wherever I go.” 854
pI.122.10:4 “...the appointed ending of the dream.” 685
pI.128 "The world I see holds nothing that I want." 217, 918
pl.133.11:2 "…allowed the ego's goals to come between the real alternative." 698
pI.135 "If I defend myself I am attacked." 225
pI.135.11 “...listening to wisdom....” 877
pI.136.19:2 "make plans against uncertainties to come" 719
pI.140 "Only salvation can be said to cure." 229
pI.157.7:3 "…you will not return in the same form in which you now appear…" 339
pl.158.4:5 "…reviewing mentally what has gone by." 1142
pI.183 “I call upon God's Name....” 859
pI.184.8:1 “Think not you made the world…” 316
pI.193.4:1 "…all distress does not appear to be but unforgiveness." 142
pI.rVI.3:3-5 "I am not a body…" 142
pII.in.10:6; pI.71.9 God's Plan 72, 116
pII.1.1:1 "Forgiveness recognizes what you thought...has not occurred." 525
pII.1.4:3 "It merely looks,and waits,and judges not." 362, 499
pII.249 "The world becomes a place of joy…" 488
pll.345 "I offer…miracles today." 670
pII.349.1:1 "…we will forgive Your world…" `
Manual for Teachers
1.4:3 "They merely save time." 985
3 “What Are the Levels of Teaching” 778, 1084
3.1:6,7 "There are no accidents in salvation…" 250
9.1:3 "…no one is where he is by accident,and chance plays no part in God's plan." 250
11.1:9 "…the world…is but a fact." 1000
16.5:4,5 "It is better to sit up…. 1017
21 "…role of words in healing." 399, 574
21.1:9 "…words are but symbols of symbols." 911
21.3:1-6 "The prayer for things of this world…" 495
23.4:1 "…name of Jesus…is but a symbol…." 626
26.2:3 "And they will appear…" 451
Clarification of Terms
in.2:5 "… a universal experience…" 973
1.1.1 "…activating agent of spirit…" 1105
1.3:2 soul 318
Requests for passages about:
death 68
decision maker,the 157
forgiveness vs. giving over 104
God doesn't even know we are in this world 157
Golden Rule 467
world doesn't exist 194
study and practice of; see also Process / Progress
after experiencing oneness with God 1012
applying its principles without contact with others 78, 342
becoming more aware of hatred 1025
being normal 634
best study methods 105, 203, 782ii, 1163
bringing darkness to light 648, 750, 846
bringing illusion to truth 884
certification in,accreditation in 45
conflicts about God 990
coping skills 558
daily life as Holy Spirit's curriculum 1177
dealing with / asking for specifics 538, 555, 1104
dealing with bodily/worldly problems 349, 397, 455, 462, 951, 1023, 1065, 1191
dealing with confrontations 1092
dealing with prophecies of doom 798
dealing with unethical behavior 953, 979
"detour into battle" 999
do we need a special learning partner? 223
drifting apart from others 1133
effects of bad childhood on 861
feeling a synchronicity with text and lessons 259
feeling alienated / rejected 423, 435
groups 12, 105, 276, 493
how long does it take for it to "come together?" 125, 343, 405, 412, 1050, 1108
how do I know my ego is developed enough to practice the Course? 1147
internal dialogue 431
isn't deliverance impossible? 779
learning "conditions" 242
letting go of the past 402, 406, 774
level confusion 1185
lifestyle changes 989
listening to tapes while asleep 160
living in the illusory world 363, 599, 1011, 1115
looking without judgment 400, 1151ii
loss of sense of love 965
meditation while studying 833
methods that help us hear the Holy Spirit or God 11, 401a, 934
misapplication / misunderstanding 656
motivation for change 891
no coercion 1002
not skipping steps 895
only requirement is willingness 1034
practice causing anger 913
practice is causing fear and discomfort 95, 352, 384, 533, 812, 843, 943, 963, 986, 1020, 1094, 1120, 1141, 1155
practicing without accepting its principles 177
process precedes birth,outlives death 1074
process seems long 606
quieting the mind 896
resistance to practicing 92, 1015, 1028
role of humor 1162
serving on a jury 484
setting aside temporarily 944
struggle between ego and God consciousness 210
studying while belonging to mainstream religion 23, 154, 1091
trying too hard 784
unifying our goals 855
voting 578
what do I do once I've finished reading it? 408
what to read,and when 627
when no longer in physical form 458, 1072
while following another path 1002
why practice if it is being done by our self? 226
without reinforcing specialness 825i
workbook lessons
am I missing something? 503
becoming more aggressive since practicing 878
perfect practice of 820
repeated practice of 64, 92, 648, 770, 1062
returning to lessons that were skipped over 230
stuck on first lesson 732
terms
belief & faith 414
biblical vs. A Course in Miracles 573
brother 1164
cause and effect 829
extension 275, 667
"giant strides" 1061
heart,mind,wisdom 955
holy instant & miracle 450
"ideas leave not their source" 1114
images and vision 540
knowledge 1157
last Judgment 841
littleness 1042
little willingness 129, 1034
magic 124
make & create 427
mind & thinking 422
reflection of Love 418
sin 1153, 1180
sparrow and eagle 1078
specifics 941
Trinity 1159
universal experience 973
witness and witnessing 586, 752
Addictions. see also Distractions,Twelve Step Programs
as a relief from guilt 7
dealing with in light of the Course 246
overeating 84, 338, 950
release from 466, 598
unwillingness to let go of 30
Angels
does ACIM support the theory of angels on earth? 413ii, 1075
part of the illusion or reality 36
Anger. see also Attack
bringing to awareness 913
generated by Tourettes,epilepsy,etc. 133
handling intense anger 63
inability to forgive due to 314
"is never justified" 551, 569, 881
over death of pets 112
over lack of progress 143
over miscarriages 1006
punching a pillow/punching bag 63
shown by Jesus in temple 29
small outbursts vs. "major" 58
Animals / Pets
death of 112, 949
how do they return to God? 269
part of the Sonship 134, 340, 1082
sickness in 117
Apocalypse. see Last Judgment
Art,beauty
as call for love/expression of love 21
as expression of divine mind 70, 151
as special relationship 21
channeling 21
in the state of "real world" 34
is it just ego distraction? 236
Atonement. see also Awakening,Enlightenment
acceptance by all or one 98, 205
body,mind and spirit 109
doing what you like while waiting for 138
fear of 152a, 152b, 1069
meaning of 856
is it the same as at-one-ment? 245
unworthiness of 721
Attack(s)
a call for love 507, 587
abuse 200
and blame 584
attack thoughts 162, 335
cause of 982, 1109
causing irrevocable pain in another 150
do we allow physical attack? 225, 239, 1124
dynamic 569
isn't it inevitable in physical healing? 300
living in world as attack on Son of God 1173
on symbols of love 9, 813
relationship between forms of attack and  forgiveness 317, 1167
self-attack/sabotage