Index to Questions

ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF QUESTION TOPICS

T O P I C
A Course in Miracles
abilities, meaning of		682 1161
acceptance of by non-temporal, non-spatial mind		848
addresses mind, not body		1229 1315
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 1252
and gratitude		556
and humor		1162
and law suits		870 1264
and music		1033
and natural disasters		80
and negative forces		557 703
and practicing witchcraft		1215
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 1279
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
different versions of ACIM		1386
facilitating/support groups		12 968 987
goal of		204 235 429 885 941 1289 1308 1312 1341
guidelines for study		1385
how can it exist if it is an illusion?		328 544 1212
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 1379
relationship between text and workbook		857 1341
relevance to agnostics		1347
special relationship with		81 241 483
telling church leaders about it		1218
telling my friends and family about it		552 889 1022 1043 1271 1368
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 are there different versions?		1386
why is it a required course?		482
why was Helen selected?		97

and other thought systems
Advaita Vedanta		85 933 1249 1370
Ascended Masters		977
Cayce, Edgar		1205
chakras		1329
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 1373
Judaism/Torah		1047
Jonathan Edward		91
Kabbalah		515 727
karma		514i 577 738 988 1160 1188
Krishnamurti		331
kundalini		927
martial arts		225
mediumship		1125
New Age		1123
non-dualism		1249
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
Tolle, Eckhart		48
Transcendental Meditation		830
traditional Christianity		161 193 243 273 373 439 546i 546ii 1201 1218
Urantia		413
"What the Bleep Do You Know?"		822
yoga		1186

Characteristics
academic context of		1150
culture-specific symbols		1347
intellectual level of		40 1170 1199 1341
lack of rituals		2
levels of teaching		743 1327 1370
logical		1349
meets us where we are		328 544 810 1095
mind		65
nondualistic nature of		6 85 105 923 1096iv 1118 1308
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 1208
irritation with		1 5 704
italicized and capitalized words		514ii
male gender-specific		5 323
use of Christian forms		1 1347
use of iambic pentameter		330

Passages and selections
Text
in.1:8	"The opposite of love is fear"	1276
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.4:3	"Ask me which miracles you should perform."	1357
1.III.9:1	"Miraclesdirected 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
1.VII.5	"confusion of fdear and awe"	1211 1348
2.II.3:3	"limits onability 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
1.VI	"The Illusion of Needs"	1340
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..."	617iii 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.IV.6:4	"As you teach so shall you learn."	1291
5.IV.8:3,4	"I have saved all your kindnesses"	1281
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 viciousnessillusion 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
11.V.1:3	remounce role as guardian of thought system	1311
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.IV.3:1	"more desirable to have been wrong..."	1301
13.VI.4	"Past, present and future"	535
15.I.3:3,4	"the ego wants you dead"	561
16.IV.9:6	"In any relationship...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.IV.3:1	"have made very real relationships"	1321
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 1254i
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.VII.8:2, 28.II.4:1	Being in someone else's dream	1235
27.VIII	"The 'Hero' of the Dream"	677
27.VIII.6:2	"tiny, mad idea"	100
28.III.2:5	"Uniting with a brother's mind prevents the cause of sickness"	1299
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 assaultcall that has never been made."	38
31.IV.9:1,2	"He has not left His Thoughts!"	1151
31.V.16:5-6	"The role of the accuser"	186
31.VIII.7:1	"wanders... the world, uncertain, lonelyconstant 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....	617
pI.15	"light episodes"	218 339 1227
pI.39	"My holiness is my salvation."	166
pI.41	"God goes...wherever I go."	854
pI.76	"I am under no laws but God's"	1203 1225
pI.122.10:4	"...the appointed ending of the dream."	685
pI.128	"The world I see holds nothing that I want."	217 918 1262
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.152.1:4	"No one dies without his own consent."	1239 1332
pI.154	minister of God	1317
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.328	"I choose the second place to gain the first."	1224
pII.249	"The world becomes a place of joy"	488
pll.345	"I offermiracles today."	670
pII.349.1:1	"we will forgive Your world"	1049

Manual for Teachers
1.4:3	"They merely save time."	985
2.3:6, 7, 8	"you are not free to choose curriculum"	1245
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 Jesusis 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 1223 1269
applying its principles without contact with others		78 342
attitude toward study		1348
becoming more aware of hatred		1025
being normal		634
being true to one's classroom		1275
best study methods		105 203 782 1163
bringing darkness to light		648 750 846 1311
bringing illusion to truth		884
causing aggression		1333
certification in, accreditation in		45
conflicts about God		990
coping skills		558 1279
daily life as Holy Spirit's curriculum		1177 1327
dealing with / asking for specifics		538 555 1104 1229 1257
dealing with bodily/worldly problems		349 397 455 462 951 1023 1065 1191 1371
dealing with confrontations		1092
dealing with needs		1340
dealing with prophecies of doom		798
dealing with unethical behavior		953 979 1306
"detour into battle"		999
do we need a special learning partner?		223
drifting apart from others		1133
effects of bad childhood on		861
effects of fear		1258 1375
feeling a synchronicity with text and lessons		259
feeling alienated / rejected		423 435
feeling peace is impossible		1256
fulfilling our function		1324
gradual awakening		1223
groups		12 105 276 493
guidelines for study		1385
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 1279
internal dialogue		431
isn't deliverance impossible?		779
lack of passion and meaning		1356
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 1204 1297 1327 1331 1342 1356
looking without judgment		400 1151
loss of sense of love		965
making idol of Course		1286
meditation while studying		833 1265
methods that help us hear the Holy Spirit or God		11 401 934
misapplication / misunderstanding		656 1270
motivation for change		891
no coercion		1002 1230 1274
not skipping steps		895 1340
not taking attack or praise personally		1272
only requirement is willingness		1034
perceiving everything as mind		1251 1299
practice causing anger		913
practice is causing fear and discomfort		95 352 384 533 812 843 943 963 986 1020 1094 1120 1141 1155 1250 1256 1260 1273 1336 1350 1359 1375
practicing without accepting its principles		177
preparation for later stages		1348
process precedes birth, outlives death		1074
process seems long		606 1331
quieting the mind		896
requires healthy ego		1279
resistance to practicing		92 1015 1028 1074
role of emotions		1384
role of gratitude		1353
role of humor		1162
role of suffering, sickness		1322
seeing everything differently		1204 1342
seeing lights		1227
serving on a jury		484 1306
setting aside temporarily		944
simplyifying practice		1319
struggle between ego and God consciousness		210
studying while belonging to mainstream religion		23 154 1091
trying too hard		784 1251
unifying our goals		855
voting		578
what do I do once I've finished reading it?		408
what to read, and when		627 1348
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		825 1200

Terms
belief & faith		414
biblical vs. A Course in Miracles		573
brother		1164
cause and effect		829 1381
creations		103 456 769 1128 1277
extension		275 667
"giant strides"		1061
Great Rays		75
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 1215
magnitude & littleness		1208
make & create		427
mind & thinking		422
minds are joined		1315
reflection of Love		418
self-concept vs. Self		1217
sin		1153 1180
sparrow and eagle		1078
specifics		941
Trinity		1159
universal experience		973
witness and witnessing		586 752

Workbook lessons
am I missing something?		503
becoming more aggressive since practicing		878
not getting results		1254
perfect practice of		820
repeated practice of		64 92 648 770 1062
returning to lessons that were skipped over		230
sickness as reaction to		1273
stuck on first lesson		732
when to begin		1348

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?		413 1075 1323
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 1222
inability to forgive due to		314
"is never justified"		551 569 881 1216 1238
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 1214 1328 1377
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		152 152 1069
meaning of		856 1263
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
and praise are the same		1272
attack thoughts		162 335
cause of		982 1109 1339
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
right-minded response to		1255
self-attack/sabotage		118 255 313 419

Authority Problem
what is it?		304 379 1351

Awakening. see also Atonement, Enlightenment
Anxiety the eve of?		449
do we lose individual memory?		456
inevitability of		138
interferences to		1320
fear of "nothingness"		152
reluctance to awaken		25 28 39 94 152 152 187 188 1069 1303
resurrection		645
we don't "disappear"		39
willingness to choose differently		880

Behavior
and the laws of God		1225
being normal		1309
destructive		84 239 1343
doing nothing		289 293 305 635
effect of perception		1379
hoarding things		1240
if someone physically attacks		225 239
right from wrong		637 1137
taking legal action because of		768
trying to be "good"		256 1358
while upset		44
while waiting for Atonement		138
white lies		60

Body. see also Sickness / Health Issues; Food Issues
disidentifying from		1005
giving up physical pleasure		345
hating it		608 1378
healing of the body		14 385 386
healthy body for transcending the ego		76
identification with		780
its reality		302 1192
meaning of "unacceptable" bodily impulses		290
need to sleep and dream		673
needs		1340
no thoughts about		594
our state prior to having a body		89
physical danger		183 225
problems in, as distraction/defense		925
puppet of mind		1005
real Self and the body		89
"reason" for accidents		416
reconciling bodily activity with the Course		426
reinforce the ego by caring for it		364 410
seeing bodies as neutral		49
seeing ourselves as bodies		16
split between body and mind		16 76 596 1046 1378
trying to understand body, mind, and soul		109
use of to look within		915 1016 1077
what am I?		174

Changelessness
are we changeless or not?		42

Children. see also Relationships: parenting
Indigo Children		1041
is having children "wrong?"		232 411 1171
using the Course in work with children		202 454

Choosing / Choice. see also Rules for Decisions
against pain		73 607
and scripts		266 935
asking Jesus first		208 1357 1358
choosing a happier life		56 86 132 172 1087
choosing a spiritual path		284
choosing the right mind		153 653 803 1070
for pain		634
monastic vs. "normal" lifestyle		282
of who or what we are		56 190 389
physical level vs. level of the mind		22
power of		676 781
reinforcing or undoing the separation		145
role of the right mind in choosing our lives		190
vs. destiny		37 190 224 266
we reflect what we choose		107

Christ
and Buddha		729
and form		826
choosing a Christ-like figure		261
Jesus or the Christ as author of the Course		110
voice of		668
where exactly is Christ?		89
wholeness of		847

Christmas
reconciling with the Course		347

Consciousness
and the mind		65
as part of the illusion		32
cause of		523
individual consciousness as illusion		127 725 1327
levels of		636
state-of-mind before consciousness		27 1051
what am I?		174

Creation / creations
and co-creation		151
and creativity		236
how can creation come from One Who was not created Himself?		321
how can creation exist if time is illusory?		228
of Sonship		1233
Our creations, meaning of		103 769 1128 1277
what are our real creations?		456

Crucifixion. see Jesus

Death. see also Grief, Near Death Experience, Reincarnation
attraction to		917
anger over death of pets		112
believer's vs. non-believer's experience of		1136
can killing be loving?		239
cheating death		153
communicating with the dead		91
do we awaken when we die?		187 565 1198
does the body die or is that an illusion?		260
does it bring peace?		175
helping people die		683
meaning of "Swear not to die"		87
"near death experience"		892
"No one dies without his own consent"		1239 1332
of loved one bringing up guilt and self hatred		168
praying for those who have passed on		96 1267
solves nothing		175
suicide		135 274 1316
what happens to ego after?		68 604
what happens to mind after?		68 494 809 1071 1072 1074 1198 1209
what happens to souls that haven't accepted the Atonement?		205 1313
why do some enlightened beings die violently?		262 1332

Defenses
identifying, redirecting		1117

Decision Maker, the
clarification on		663 713 715 814 1071 1086 1098 1166 1292 1354
experience reflects decision of		680 791
recognizing, identifying with		893 1040
resides in truth or illusion?		264
where does the Course talk about?		157

Decisions. see Choice, Rules for Decisions

Denial / Repression
can denial ever be positive?		280
defined		1153 1185
of feelings		15 46

Destiny, fate
can we change it?		37 132 190 224
can we skip parts?		37

Distractions
as a defense against Jesus		74
as an escape from our right mind		30
responsibilities as		255
vs. the peace of God		119

Dream/Dreams
being in someone else's dream		1235
can we change the dream?		37 485
cause of individual		807
do we have help in it?		437 1287
does the true Self know about?		797
fulfillment of secret wish		1035
is God the One who is dreaming?		185 360
is there one dreamer or many?		165 277
lucid dreaming		1146
purpose of		804
role of healed mind in		1018
waking and sleeping		41 160 961 1175
what are happy dreams?		299 1213 1322
what happens when we awaken?		185 960
who's in whose?		500 898
Ego
and employment		169
and mathematics		517
and multiple personality disorder		609
and Satan		1132
attack		380
attempts to "destroy" love		9 55
awareness of God's Love		777
can the ego learn?		1166 1376
can you forgive the ego?		1080 1295
choosing the ego		107 657
dissociative disorders		1360
do animals have egos?		117
do we "make an ego for everyone else?"		237
does our need for answers perpetuate the ego?		207
ego's power in dreams		160 278
gender of?		1066
ghosts as distractions		671
ideals		1358
identifying with		490
inner child		757
investment in		129 748 1182
learning to live without		815 871
listening to		438 1147 1202
looking at, with humility		51 164
looking at, with Jesus		164 178 271 309 378 786 1127 1259
looking at, without judgment		8 51 164 178 720 906
making a deal with		1120
mind as a battleground		1302
miracle impulses/ego-alien beliefs		929
more real than Jesus		520
my understanding of it		354 723
nature of		735 747 769 796 1295 1376
origin of		10 270
projection		858 1144
psychotherapy and ego blocks		102
reincarnation to preserve the ego		153
reinforce it by caring for the body		364
resourcefulness of		100
returning to the original error		201
saying "not no"		383
search for completion		13
taking things seriously to preserve		188
vacillating between suspiciousness and viciousness		118
watching it		650
what did the ego create?		316
what happens when we let go of the ego?		187

Empathy
true vs. false		114 130 1138

Enlightenment. see also Atonement, Awakening
attaining		1345
has any Course student or teacher attained?		101 326 664 890 1269

Extension
meaning of		275 667

Fate. see Destiny

Fear
after experiencing the presence of others		209
and distrust of your Teacher		71 1230
and doubt about validity of ACIM		620
asking for help with		242 355 579 1193
being without but not peaceful		825
confusion and		95
Krishnamurti's ideas about		331
of awakening		1303
of ego thoughts		992
of involvement in world		1302
of Jesus		146
of loss of individuality		995 1054 1217 1375
of peace		1174 1302
of taking responsibility for our thoughts		821
projection of		883
reconciling frightening situations with the teaching that it is never justified		267
using to motivate behavior		1029

Feeling(s). see also Anger, Fear, Sickness / Health Issues
as though always waiting		125
cause of negative feelings		811
confusion and fear		95 249
continual anxiety		144 155 851 1219
depression		128 143 1221
dissociating to minimize anxiety		79
failure in life		1001
grief		15
happiness, realization of		235 244
importance of in healing process		888 1063 1384
intensity of, during menopause		115
internal desires		215
is missing someone wrong?		69
loneliness		292
negativity		908
repression and denial of		15 46
unworthiness and self-loathing		99 916 1241

Food Issues. see also Addictions
meat-eating/vegetarianism		120 448 989
obesity		99
overeating		84
weight loss and Course principles		283 655 736 950

Forgiving / Forgiveness
and dishonest business practices		953
and faith		529
and gossiping		711
and non-human forms		234
and not associating with person		788 907
and recurring lessons		508
and war		239
as the basis of the Course		50
behavior and		44 1008 1184 1188
by a murder "victim"		69
deceit		1374
do we practice with one relationship or many?		223 374 1168
ego, the		1080
evil / abuse demonic entities		174 501 675 1059 1361
expecting other person to change		875 1169
false forgiveness		771 776
forgiving Jesus		334 1335
giving over		104
guilt caused by lack of		59
hierarchy		443
how is it related to different forms of attack?		317
human relation techniques as a form of		222
if someone else won't forgive us		150
is it a process or one-time action?		258 528 745
is it possible?		631 1345
is the process of forgiveness the soul?		197
making amends		7 60
missing someone after forgiving them		69
nature of		59 272 403 760 1176 1284 1381 1382
obstructed by anger and hatred		314 368 472 1222
of attacks against a child		835
of attacks against loved ones		1167
of government corruption and policies		928
of horrific acts by others		28
of ourselves		7 200 998 1242
of parent who abandoned child		837
of someone deceased		69 168
of the past		332 361 487
of unintentional mistake		1195
of verbally abusive person		839
pain caused by lack of		142
patience		362
perceiving		638
practicing on a daily basis		206 480 595 612
pursuing prosecution, litigation		790 1131 1264
running out of time to learn		94
seeing things differently		658
shared vs. separate interests		937 1289
situations out of our control		621
thoughts disappear		883
total and complete		440 991
without feeling like a doormat		1222
who takes the last step?		1053
why are lilies the symbol for?		298
why no practical advice from Jesus?		50
without accepting the Course's theology		177
without contact with others		78 79

Form and Content

being messengers / ministers		1317
changing things on the level of form		873 1307 1351
death		1332
distinguishing between		777
divine purpose for illusion?		564
does each separate thing in form have a mind?		221
Form vs. Content: Sex & Money		139
fulfilling our function		1324
happy dream		1322
hearing the Holy Spirit's Voice		945
job as salesman		1352
living in illusory world		1297
music		1033
peace		1243
purpose of overeating		655
relationships		1149 1293 1325 1338
screaming coming from love?		452
sight / seeing		1236
teaching / learning		1291
things of the world at odds with ACIM teachings		522
unified purpose		401
various spiritualities		526 624
what does Course mean by?		665
worldly problems		132

Freud, Sigmund
causal antecedent of the Course?		848
his theories vs. the Course		32 1295

Gifts of God, The
"What you takewill obscure"		531

God
affirmations and		728
all desire is for God or a substitute		710
allowed miscreation, separation		151 1034
and creation of the physical earth		121 764 904 1052 1231 1278
and creation of Sonship		1233
as absolute		761
asking for His guidance		754
completed and His Son with Him		137
definition / description of		625 1252
direct access to		958 1101
dissolving into		152
experiencing His Love as sensual		181
experience of as brain state		959
feeling forsaken by Him		131 1028
feeling unworthy of His Love		1241
His awareness of our existence		157 161 819 952 990 994 1085 1118 1203
His involvement in our world		42 72 116 131 157
His "Name"		83
His "plan"		72 116 250
His Will		171 1081 1282
how can He Who was not created create beings that can create?		321
is anyone in absolute connection with?		101 1101
isn't it enough to say "God is?"		171
language used to describe		773
lonely without His Sons, meaning of		136 171
loving Him		612
of ACIM not same as of Bible		637 1201
one question we ask of Him, the		1056
punishing the unfaithful		161
resenting Him for being "more"		94
salvation		731
seeing God in everything		1262
setting limits on our ability to miscreate		921
sex-drive as desire to kill Him		170
Trinitarian		1159
want to believe He is helping		643
wanting to re-experience presence of		1223
wanting His peace		119
we are a thought in the Mind of		1309
what did He create?		316
why did He create Oneness?		198
why doesn't he know about Jesus?		550
why would He require the crucifixion?		220

Grace
what is it?		303

Gratitude
basic teachings about		1226 1353

Great Rays
nature of		75

Grief. see also Death
over death of loved ones		15 938 984 1325 1359
over loss of pets		112
repression and denial of		15
using the Course for help with		112

Grievances
holding onto		33 481

Guilt
about tragic world events		52
and anger		445 551
and being assertive		905 1362
and low self-esteem		582 1241
and menopause		115
and money		113 1039
and separation		17
as cause of overeating		84
as purposive		888
continuous guilt		144
desire to hold onto/investment in		155 159 358
in parent-child relationship		1298
in the workplace		107 1352
its relation to sickness and peace		182 1359
making amends		7 60
nature of		19 444
over ending of relationship		1280
over experiencing God's Love as sensual		181
over "hurting" someone		7 1107
over judgment		59
over miscarriages		1006
over setting wordly goals		1207
projection of, and self-concept		1334 1362
projection of, and worldly disasters		277 661
result of seeing separate interests		762
triggered by death of loved-one		168 1242
which came first: guilt or separation?		17

Happiness / Pleasure
according to the Course		1154
choosing a happier life		56 86 132 172 1213
pursuit of pleasure in an illusory world		231

Hate
continuing hatred after asking for help		213
felt toward "better" or more loving people		9 55
hateful thoughts		162 1025
hating God for creating me		1099
hating those we help		159
inability to forgive due to		314
special hate and siblings		79

Healing
and medication		128 229 1359
being true to one's classroom		1275
body with the mind		14
dependent on another		674
did Jesus heal by seeing the Christ in others?		126
dreams of a healed mind		160
emotional pain		1001 1004 1221
faith healers, the Course's view		219
following the Course but not healing		142 149 155
nature of according to ACIM		681 840 972 988 1021 1037 1111 1120
obstructed by hatred and anger		1216
symbols of		669
using the Course to heal others		112

Health Issues. see Sickness / Health Issues

Heaven
afraid of		588 1141
is this world Heaven?		82
no one can enter Heaven by himself		205
why did we leave?		10 504

Helen Schucman. see Schucman, Helen

Hell
definition of

Helping Others
praying for others		96 1238
to reinforce specialness		159 647
via the Course		45 717 844 1037 1135 1154

Holy Instant
and our thoughts		62
has anyone experienced this during their year of studying the Course?		325
nature of		26 912

Holy Spirit
and correction of error		337 630
and work		169
as the memory of God		566
asking for help		390 532 696 864 1364
contrasted with ego		763
controls how long we remain in the body?		1136
difficulty relating to as a person		1112
difficulty in relating to "total abstraction"		199
distinguishing from ego		43 285 309 486 498 536 654 1140 1171 1266
does the creation of the Holy Spirit mean that God knows of our existence?		328 459 616 1210 1252 1263
following His guidance		772 945 1027 1124
hearing His "Voice"		11 43 77 457 570 581 688 1009 1257
how can we trust?		71
how to bring problems to		867
inviting into everything we do		84
part of truth or illusion?		264
is the Holy Spirit the soul?		197
It needs but two..		163
leaving your needs to		289 293
looking at ego / guilt with		76 271 491 603 642
never coerces		967
operating within the world		250 286 336 746 1087 1210 1255
relationship to God and one Son		1159 1252
same as witness / watcher?		513
second guessing		702
unpardonable sin against		243
use of our defenses		1117
Who is?		941 1190

Homosexuality. see Relationships: special; sexuality

Individuality. see also Relationships: special
fear of losing		832 1217
not from God		718
reluctance to give up		17

Intelligence
ego or divine		54
intellectual vs. "real" experience		80
is it a requirement for the Course?		40
nature of		54

Jesus
active in the world?		424 437
ambivalence towards him		146 1181
and gold-star pendant		122
and meat-eating		120
and other enlightenment figures		724
and solitary confinement		78
anger in the temple		29
as symbol		626 1252
as the voice of the Course		110 156 479 940 1096
asking for peace for another		147
asking him before choosing		208 1357
asking him for help		140 242 477 1193 1330
crucifixion		219 220 401 505 510 563 789 1116 1206 1244
did he believe in illusions?		473 576 1060
difficulty talking to him		140 199
expressing love for		742
fear of, causing problems relating to people		315
fear of him		146
forgiving him		334 492 1335
healing by seeing the Christ		126
his message is different from Mary's		161
historical, and ACIM		902 1234 1246
how can we tell if we are joining with?		309
how can we trust him?		71 184 1181 1230
how to develop a relationship with		934 1259
human form		709
immaculate conception		116
is he the soul?		197
Jesus or the Christ as author of the Course		110
looking through his eyes		93
looking within with him		93 474
need of for Atonement		1263
of the Course vs. of the Bible		473 972 1064 1116 1201
of the Course vs. of others		1010
our equality with him		996 1026
our relationship with him		93 241 271 1211 1247
preferring a different Christ figure (or Holy Spirit)		261 463 1127
reaching for his hand		319 1083
redeemer figure in different worlds		252
reincarnational history		1314
sense of humor		496
suffering and dying for our sins		154
The Lord's Prayer		193
using work as a defense against him		74
vs. ego on wholeness as a person		1126
was he conscious?		602
wasn't he the one teacher needed to save the world?		430 456 550 585 1172
will he provide for my needs?		184 1126
why didn't he come back to deliver Course?		97
why is he depicted with blonde hair, blue eyes?		265
why is his return to God not ours?		816 852 1103

Judgment. See also Last Judgment
feeling guilt about		59
looking at thoughts without		164 254 1057 1151ii
giving reality to		164
judging vs. noticing		254 646
less attractive to others when I give up judgment		1076
mechanical vs. emotional		212
of self		619
response to in others		1283
striving not to judge vs. observing		931 970
suspending or reinforcing		421

Killing
Killing		239

Knowledge
and the Christ Self and the body		89
and Eastern notion of enlightenment		739
defined		1157
unquestioning nature of		80

Krishnamurti
end of fear, the		331

Last Judgment
are we in the process of		841

Little Willingness
what does it constitute		129 1034

Love
expressed in world		723 1206
giving		712
loving oneself		1300
meaning of		1097
screaming coming from content of		452
small irritations as call for		58
special and "real"		108
where do I direct intense feelings of?		1036

Magic
drugs		476
explanation of		124 1215 1332
psychological intervention		1073
using medicine/pain killers		128 142 149 939

Manual for Teachers. see A Course in Miracles: passages and selections, Manual for Teachers

Martial Arts
Martial Arts		225

Mary, Apparition of
Mary, Apparition of		161

Meditation. See also A Course in Miracles / and other thought systems
achieving "right mindedness" in		67
as tool for focusing		1186
escaping the body		16
necessary for peace?		90
necessary to hear the true Voice?		394
physical sensations during		307
unusual experience		615

Menopause. see Sickness / Health Issues

Mind. See also Decision Maker
ability to grasp truth		886
achieving "right mindedness"		67
and drugs		1106
bringing peace to ours or another's		147
...cannot create beyond itself		248
do we all share the same mind?		165 521
does each separate form have its own mind?		221
does right mind operate in world?		1212
having a noisy mind		35
healed mind and health of body		983
how does changing our mind reflect in form?		132 1307
mind, body and soul / spirit		109 1032 1038 1105
mind/ brain		391 516 825iii 901 1156 1187
mind cannot attack, meaning of		162
nature/ experience of		65 1105
not in the body		849
observing and mindfulness		1098
one mind vs. individual split minds		946
outside time and space		666 924
power of		611
role of healed mind		1018
split between mind and body		76 1378
split mind		176 632 853 975 1296 1309 1309
subconscious / unconscious		1248
wandering mind		129
what do we do in right mind?		1189
why is the mind needed at all?		109

Miracle / Miracles
answering problems and making us "happy"		235
asking Jesus before permorning		1357
available to everyone		997
can we do them in this world?		407 548
can we negate them?		549
not about behavior		876
overcoming fear to experience		590
use of the term		559
what does "offer miracles to others" mean?		407
what is a miracle?		288 912 958 1206 1373

Money
changing our beliefs about		139 947
difficulties with employer about money		256
economic difficulties, cause of		756
guilt over not giving		1039
inability to make money		113 169 799
projecting our beliefs about		139 605
tithing		475

Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa		9

Name
...of Jesus Christis but a symbol		626
the power of naming		301

Nature
split between man and nature		76

Near Death Experience
purpose		428

Nonviolence
Nonviolence		106

Oneness
clarification of		327 1179
why did God create?		198
why did we leave?		148

Pain. see Sickness / Health Issues

Parenting. see Relationships: parenting

Peace
bringing to another		147
can choosing peace be a form of denial?		324
can you be at peace and still be sick?		182 1100
fear of		1174
form and content		1243
goal of Course		1312
how can we experience peace all the time?		255 684
is anyone always at peace?		101
never external situations which cause loss of		542 1089 1307
our true identity		980
perceptions as obstacles to peace		237 1176
possible while wanting to remain in the world?		767
stillness		90
under difficult circumstances		76 1288
vacillating between peace and guilt		216
without killing / war		1237

Pearl of Great Price, the
meaning of		55

Pleasure. see Happiness / Pleasure

Prayer
are we choreographing our own answers?		994
asking for specifics		215 390 538 555 1330
how should we pray?		96 193 215 388 592 628 926 1085
is prayer beneficial?		96 572
praying for healing of cancer		818
praying for others		1238
praying to oneself		554
The Decision for God		201
The Lord's Prayer		193
to dispel the ego		178
why pray if God doesnt know of our existence?		328

Problems
don't miracles fix problems?		235
recurring patterns of		313 1065
resolving in form		132 253

Process / Progress. see also Awakening; Forgiveness
am I making the error real?		436
diminishing interest in day-to-day experience		1177 1342
disidentifying from body		1005
drifting apart from others		1133
end result of		172
evaluating progress		35 47 142 845 903 1050 1115 1258 1288 1379 1380
experience of nothingness		708 1155
external changes helpful?		1304
how can the Course make general statements about progress?		259
occurring beneath conscious awareness		766
resistance		730 1182 1274 1303 1350
sabotaging our peace		255 957
slow progress in study		35 125 129 141 755 1108 1258 1320
struggle between ego and God consciousness		210 775
stuck in victimhood mode		956
surrender		614
symbols / forms change		785
understanding concepts but not feeling more peaceful		268 1256
vacillating between light and darkness		216 434
weight as an interference		736
why specific patterns?		1213
worldly obligations		253

Psychic Experiences
dj vu, coincidences, synchronicities / hunches, intuition		167 672
discussion of psychic powers		589 623 644 858 1014 1122
feeling the "presence" of others		209
goddess energy		240
stigmata		219

Psychotherapy / Counseling
and self-help materials		102
Course based		659 872 930 948
dissociative disorders		1360
does it clash with the Course?		32 310 1295
helpfulness		102 962
its failure to end anxiety		144
mediums		1125
obsessive compulsive disorder		974 1240
subconscious / unconscious		1248
use of therapeutic models		310

Purification
meaning of		13

Purpose. see Form and Content

Real world
and Jesus		571
and separate interests		17
experiencing		80 976 1367
fear of		28
how do we know if we have crossed into?		296
is it true?		446
loneliness in		28
no needs in		34
returning to this world after being in		97

Reincarnation
Course's position on		24 91 94 97 153 291 341 958 1158 1209 1314

Relationships
abusive		200 1361
and promises		1148
concern about reactions of others		1171
concern over adult child		894
conflicts in / conflicts with family		79 346 618 1169 1326
dependency issues		1339
ending up alone		71
exchanging one for another		37
fear of not being loved in return		793
form and content		1149
holy nature of		1168 1293 1338 1346
inability to sustain relationships		20 200
intimate relationship, is it wrong to want one?		312 1294
irritations and fights in		58
is meeting certain people part of God's plan?		250
levels of		978 1084 1321
making amends in		60 71 866
misapplication of Course in		1270
no needs in		1009 1346
problems with relating to people		314 315
reciprocity		398
recurring patterns in		71 359 660 1143 1220 1228
sabotaging with overeating		99
same sex		247
seeing others as sinless		1345
special love vs. real love		108 1134 1261
stealing innocence		651
unreturned friendship or love		66 180
use of "white lies" in		60 1143
what if partner doesn't practice the Course?		191 223 357 433 1149 1168
with authority figures		1298
with person who died		1267
with person who interprets Course differently		1285
who is the "specific brother" whose healing is tied to our own?		227 1164
why do we choose our parents?		56

parenting
caring for challenged or sick child		806 1041 1305
custody battles		823
parenting in alignment with the Course		179 1089
parenting without attack		179
rejection by daughter		1326
special-needs child		1266

special
and healing		523 795
and honesty		159
are all relationships special?		191 1268 1383
as cause of illness		61
bargain		370 468
based around the body		184
based on dependency		1268
conflict inevitable		640 1143 1200
desire for marriage and family		737 1280
fall away		617
fear of / reluctance to letting go of		25 28 39 152 331 366 1139 1141 1270
form vs. content / purpose		899 987 1307 1315 1338 1383
hating everyone		910
jealousy		464
keeping or letting go		701 948 1232 1270
learning partner		874 1113
marriage, is it a special or sacred relationship?		329
preferring to live alone		1261
projection in		61 468 605
recurring patterns of conflict		1019 1220
sacrifice		1346
search for completion in		137
self-love		1300
separation and divorce		367 1338
shared interests		553
soul mates		320 1160
special hate with siblings		79
turning it over to the Holy Spirit		471 641 1315
using my role at work to reinforce		159
wanting it more than God		519
when to end		639
with a place		348
with our children		191
with the Course, Jesus		81 241 396 580 1247 1286
with therapist		726
with things - hoarding		1240

sexuality
as the desire to kill God		170
celibacy		989
desire for sex as "holy"		170
fidelity		417 622 920
overwhelming sex impulse		697
same sex relationships		247 705

Religion
choosing a monastic lifestyle		282 284
following the Course and other paths		23 284
missing religious rituals		2
religious paths		214 547

Repression. see Denial / Repression

Resistance. see A Course in Miracles: study and practice of; see also Process / Progress

Responsibility
are we responsible for how others treat us?		233
for our lives and our choices		56 172 1254
for upsetting events		281

Rules for Decision
form versus content		879 1165
It needs but two...		163
practical application		376
regretting past decisions		47
starting the day with		92 184
what are they?		22

Salvation
can even war be a means of salvation?		237
failure to attain		155
immediacy of salvation		155
It is imperative for your salvation you see them differently		166
meaning of		862 1007
only salvation can...cure		229
willing is salvation		18

Schucman, Helen
and the Voice of the Course		156 691
asking about Jesus' life on earth		1055
celestial speed-up		251
conflict with Jesus		1044
eyelash symbolism		132 184
healed or unhealed mind?		1024
"I do not choose God's channels wrongly."		192
illness affecting her behavior		1079
Jesus and the star pendant		122
meaning of her death		850
practice of lessons		64
publication of the Course		787
shopping		30 74
specific guidance from Jesus		1330
why was she the scribe?		97

Scripts
choosing, changing		266 935 1288
how does choosing the Holy Spirit's undo the ego?		409
"nothing is by accident"		1096
prophecies and		497 623
scripts		489 1014 1109 1305 1318 1355

Self / self
and solipsism		900
fear of loss of		1217
is self cause or effect?		1086
poor self-image		315
self-assertion		1351
self-attack		118 313
self-concept coming from guilt		1334
Self-Concept vs. Self: "role of the accuser"		186
self-esteem		751 1241
self-hatred		99 608 865 1099
what am I?		174 1327
what role does the self play in choosing a teacher?		226

Separation
a small desire to be separate		155
accepting responsibility for		1197
acted out in our lives		722
and Big Bang		1060
as unremembered and unconscious		201
being alive in a world of		724 1088
can we get in touch with the original thought of separation?		263
choice for		404
could it happen again?		10 511 1102
dissociative disorders		1360
filling the void		470
how could God allow?		1034
how could it have happened?		10 27 88 100 148 171 350 568 624 863 1042 1051 1090 1129 1282 1310 1363
if we never really separated, why do we need the atonement?		98
is Lucifer a symbol of?		273 1132
new splitoffs?		919
reinforcing or undoing		145 1129
remembered not to laugh		100
self-hatred and		724
which came first, guilt or separation?		17

Sex. see Relationships: special; sexuality

Sickness / Health Issues. see also Addictions
aches and pains revealing unconscious beliefs		142 1045 1344
Alzheimer's		469
anger induced physiologically by illness		133
as projection of guilt		1187
attraction to suffering		827
babies and sickness		117 1196
can you be sick if you have no guilt?		182 1111
child's chronic suffering		1305
continuing pain after asking for help		149 689 1067 1344
contracting illnesses we're not aware of		211
deciding against pain		73 502 607
depression, medication, healing		128 229 257
disabling panic attacks		155 1336
guilt as cause of		1218
guilt over creating own illness		1045 1344
healed mind and pain		149
healing		126
helping child with Tourettes		1041
how does the Course deal with severe woundedness?		174
illness as attack on self		61 117
insomnia		238
isn't killing germs another form of attack?		300
level confusion		1185
martyr complex		716
menopause		115
mind-body connection		1187
pain not real		782 1138
pain of failure in life		1001
role of the Holy Spirit		393 1100
schizophrenia and mental illness		759
specific illnesses revealing specific issues		123
thinking "rightly" about disease		537 1299
value psychological health		460

Signs
are they valid?		382

Sin
"hate the sin, but not the sinner"		800
"secret sins"		1153
unpardonable sin		243
what is it?		31 389 1180

Sonship, the
are animals part of?		91 134 461 1214 1328
how can nonhuman forms practice forgiveness?		234
individuality in		765 1179

Soul. see Spirit / Soul

Special Relationships. see Relationships: special

Specialness
special vs. different		1093

Spirit / Soul
and physical danger		183
body, mind, and soul		109 699 1032 1038
if we destroyed earth, we'd be alive in		251
living in a world of hate		174
"Oneness joined as One"		1309
what is the soul?		197 1119

Suicide. see Death

Teacher of God
advanced		1290
qualifications of		805

Terrorism
war against		4 1237

Text. see A Course in Miracles: passages and selections, Text

Thought, thinking
analyze or surrender		652
and the holy instant		162
do loving thoughts have meaning?		297
how to deal with wishful thinking		215
how are they perceived?		629
laws of chaos		1178
Level One, Level Two		1031
nature of		173 1178
positive vs. negative		62
preceding emotion		133
reading thoughts of others		1009
trying to take things less seriously		188
can be hurt only by our thoughts		842

Time. see also A Course in Miracles and other thought systems, karma; Reincarnation; Scripts
and separation		1141
cause and effect between lifetimes		1011
celestial speedup		251
dj vu and synchronicity		167
if it is illusory, how is creation possible?		215
is there a redeemer figure in every dimension of time?		252
linear within world		914
no gap between thoughts and effects		1366
saving time		37 958
scripts		1318

Tithing. see Money

Tolle, Eckhart
Tolle, Eckhart		48

Twelve-step programs. see also Addictions
Twelve-step programs		57 60

Vegetarianism. see Food Issues

Victims/Victimizers
Victims/Victimizers		7 196 365 371 381 415 509 517 575 1008 1352
when others see themselves as victims		295

Vision
choosing vision		107

War
being with Jesus during		4
can it be a means of salvation?		237
can killing ever be loving?		239 1237
does a healed mind see war?		37
feeling guilt/depression over		143
seeing peace instead of war		37

Weight Issues. see Food Issues; Sickness / Health Issues

Will. see also Little Willingness
and form		132
purpose of		18
what is God's Will?		478 1081
what is it?		18

Work
and busyness as defense against Jesus		74
choosing a line of work		282 284 524 887
competition at		195
difficulties with boss over compensation		256
discerning between the ego and Holy Spirit		169 700
inability to get enough work		113 169 700
looking at anger and guilt in workplace		107 1092
our work in this world and the Course		3 706
planning for the future		758
using work for specialness		140

Workbook. see A Course in Miracles: passages and selections, Workbook

World, the
all forms illusory		1003
and heaven		82
as a classroom		969 971 1020 1088 1192 1262 1331 1337 1356 1369 1371
as a projection		86 1191 1253
as attack on God		48
as miscreation		151
as neutral		48
as unreal		194 1337
beauty in the world		70 121 1052
being active in worldly affairs		53 530 869 1064
Big Bang		1060
compassion		425
Course could make it better		81
did God create it or did we?		121 904 1231 1278
do we all have a part to play in the world?		311 353
doesn't Jesus intervene in this world?		235
doing nothing vs. activities and plans in		289 293 305
forgiveness of		1030 1264 1320
functioning in a world of deceit		897 1374
guilt/depression about worldly events		52 143
holy places in?		1243
how does a healed mind live in it?		39
how is the world an illusion?		111
if it's "over" already, are we powerless?		224
if the world is an illusion, does the Course exist?		328 544
"illusory, yet a "fact."		1000
is everyone in the world unreal?		185
is God aware of it?		72 161 616 1278
is hell a biblical symbol for?		273
looking at world problems without judgment		8 455 807 807 928
Lord's Prayer implies the world is real		193
made as an attack on God and as classroom		1173
not part of God		1031
product of divine mind?		151 1287
social order, evaluating		794
using it to shift back to mind		831 964 1331
where does the Course say God does not know we exist in this world?		157
working on ourselves to change it		53
worldly activities and Course principles		283 447 560 567 1207