Holy

• The special relationship in the course of Miracles refers to a romantic involvement, but it can also be any type of relationship where the other person's behavior matters to you more than it should.
• The Holy Relationship in the course of Miracles is a state of oneness with God, where our very being is love itself.
• The beginning of our stay on Earth led to the separation from God due to what we were taught by other people.
• The second level of teaching in relationships is when you come together for a relatively extended period of time, and the relationship ends.
• The Holy Spirit runs relationships, and according to the course, all relationships are assignments.
• Intimate Relationships teach us how to be intimate, but learning how to be intimate in non-intimate relationships is crucial for understanding how to be intimate in Intimate Relationships.
• The hole created inside of us due to the separation from God led to a sense of existential despair, which the Mind began to compensate for by the idea of a special relationship.
• The first level of teaching in relationships is a casual encounter, where you have to choose whether to be cold and dismissive or warm and friendly.
• The third level of teaching in relationships is when both parties have given maximal opportunities for growth for a lifetime.
• Commitment is not of the body, it's of the mind, and we tend to make special relationships so important because we've projected our guilt onto another person.
• God loves all of us as one, and the only way to be happy and peaceful is to think as God thinks.
• God created us as one being, and there is only one begotten son.
• Separation can never bring peace, and seeing another person as special is a sign of separation.
• A lot of what we call love is actually hate because it's based on bargaining and control.
• Every thought is either a thought of Love or a thought of fear, and when we're coming from an attack on another person, it's an attack thought.
• A holy relationship is one where people came together for God's purposes, which are the healing of the planet.
• The birth of the idea of the special relationship was a psychological phenomena, as it was a compensation for the existential despair created by the separation from God.
• The special relationship is not true, as your completion does not have to do with another person, but with the love of God.
• The Course in Miracles says that your salvation comes from you, not from other people.
• Guilt can be a double-edged sword, making you feel guilty for having inappropriate involvement with someone else, and then projecting all your guilt onto them.
• Idolatry is when you think money or sex would complete you rather than God.
• When we surrender something in the Holy Spirit, we surrender our thoughts about it.
• In a Holy Relationship, you ask God to enter your thoughts about things, transforming your special relationship into a Holy Relationship.
• According to the Course in Miracles, God doesn't see anybody as special or love one person more than another.
• In a Holy Relationship, all experiences are surrendered to God to be used for his purposes.
• Special relationships can be a symbol of your guilt, as they become the answer to the fact that you feel guilty.
• Neediness and dependency can lead to a false sense of dependence on the other person, making it harder to see yourself in relation to them.
• The guilt signifies for you your separation from God, as it feels to you like you have killed God.
• Real intimacy is not of the body, and sometimes sex can bring people closer together or further apart.
• The body can be a perfect support for mental intimacy, but if the focus is on the body, intimacy will not be enhanced.
• The Course says the ego's idea of fun is based on high anxiety and pain.
• Beyond the body, there is the spirit of God within us all, and relationships should be sought on a deeper level than the body.
• The ego says if you surrender your relationships, you will not have any fun.
• The ego first separated itself from God when we first seemed to have separate thinking from God, and God answered with the Holy Spirit who is within us.
• In relationships, it's important to focus on the inner peace rather than on someone's guilt.
• The ego's response to the Holy Spirit was the idea of the separation, which is the belief in the body as a separate entity.
• In a holy relationship, the focus is on the picture, not the frame.
• Romantic relationships are not about one person sacrificing for the other, but about everyone pulling their resources and winning.
• In relationships, life really begins when sex is taken into consideration.
• The ego mind, which is not in touch with God, offers to handle the guilt by projecting it onto someone else.