In this episode of the ForgiveNest Podcast for A Course in Miracles, host Alison Anton contrasts the ACIM principle of sharing joy from the Source versus the ego's scarcity-based acts of giving to get. The episode concludes with a prayer from A Course in Miracles to help you connect with Jesus, and share the gifts of God together. ACIM quotes and prayers from this episode are included below. 

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Podcast Category: Spirituality and Religion

Episode Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to the ForgiveNest Podcast

00:25 A Vision of Giving and Receiving from Jesus

03:31 The Ego's Scarcity Principle from ACIM

04:18 Breaking Down the Ego's Thought System

11:02 Our True Source, Sharing and Being

16:52 Meditation Exercise and Conclusion

ACIM Quotes and Prayers:

Note: Alison Anton uses the Complete and Annotated Edition (CE) of A Course in Miracles. This edition is based on the original handwritten notes of Helen Schucman, scribe of A Course in Miracles. Publisher: Circle of Atonement, CircleofA.org.

Into the hands that give, the gift is given. Look on your brother, and see in him the gift of God you would receive. [ACIM CE T-19.IV.D.17:1-3]

“Giving to get” is an inescapable law of the ego, which always evaluates itself in relation to other egos, and is therefore continually preoccupied with the scarcity principle which gave rise to it. [ACIM CE T-4.IV.1:4-5]

There is no world apart from your ideas because ideas leave not their source, and you maintain the world within your mind in thought. [CE W-132.10:3]

God, Who encompasses all being, nevertheless created distinct beings who have everything individually, but who want to share it to increase their joy. Nothing that is real can be increased except by sharing it. That is why God Himself created you. [CE T-4.X.7:1-3]

Lesson 234 - Father, today I am your Son again. We thank You, Father, that we cannot lose the memory of You and of Your love. We recognize our safety, and give thanks for all the gifts You have bestowed on us, for all the loving help we have received, for Your eternal patience, and the Word that You have given us that we are saved. [CE W-234.1-2]

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