A Course In Miracles
Using hemp as part of the prayer experience brings calm to one's animal nature so the spirit can fly.
A Course In Miracles is by Helen Schucman and William Thetford, who were Professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City.
In “A Course In Miracles" are references to “Heaven’s gate” which is also the Rastafarian word for religious hemp.
Bill of Rights “Amendment I: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Below is a first run of references to the gates of heaven, heavens’s gate etc. found in A Course In Miracles. This information is presented in chronological order as found in the book for discussion purposes as deeper research is being conducted into the use of hemp in prayer.
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A. TEXT, Chapter 25, THE JUSTICE OF GOD VIII. Justice Returned to Love – p. 536 7.44 And what escape has He for them except a door to hell that seems to look like Heaven's gate?
T-25.VIII.7. So do they think the loss of sin a curse. 2 And flee the Holy Spirit as if He were a messenger from hell, sent from above, in treachery and guile, to work God's vengeance on them in the guise of a deliverer and friend. 3 What could He be to them except a devil, dressed to deceive within an angel's cloak. 4 And what escape has He for them except a door to hell that seems to look like Heaven's gate?
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B. TEXT Chapter 26 THE TRANSITION – IV – Where Sin Has Left p. 548 1.44 And what is charity within the world gives way to simple justice past the gate that opens into Heaven.
IV. Where Sin Has Left
T-26.IV.1. Forgiveness is this world's equivalent of Heaven's justice. 2 It translates the world of sin into a simple world, where justice can be reflected from beyond the gate behind which total lack of limits lies. 3 Nothing in boundless love could need forgiveness. 4 And what is charity within the world gives way to simple justice past the gate that opens into Heaven. 5 No one forgives unless he has believed in sin, and still believes that he has much to be forgiven. 6 Forgiveness thus becomes the means by which he learns he has done nothing to forgive. 7 Forgiveness always rests upon the one who offers it, until he sees himself as needing it no more. 8 And thus is he returned to his real function of creating, which his forgiveness offers him again.
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C. TEXT THE TRANSITION IV. Where Sin Has Left p. 549 6.1This tiny spot of sin that stands between you and your brother still is holding back the happy opening of Heaven's gate.
T-26.IV.6. This tiny spot of sin that stands between you and your brother still is holding back the happy opening of Heaven's gate. 2 How little is the hindrance that withholds the wealth of Heaven from you. 3 And how great will be the joy in Heaven when you join the mighty chorus to the Love of God!
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D. TEXT Chapter 26 THE TRANSITION V. The Little Hindrance p. 550 2.4-54 Think not the way to Heaven's gate is difficult at all.
T-26.V.2. Nothing is ever lost but time, which in the end is meaningless. 2 For it is but a little hindrance to eternity, quite meaningless to the real Teacher of the world. 3 Yet since you do believe in it, why should you waste it going nowhere, when it can be used to reach a goal as high as learning can achieve? 4 Think not the way to Heaven's gate is difficult at all. 5 Nothing you undertake with certain purpose and high resolve and happy confidence, holding your brother's hand and keeping step to Heaven's song, is difficult to do. 6 But it is hard indeed to wander off, alone and miserable, down a road that leads to nothing and that has no purpose.
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E. TEXT Chapter 26 THE TRANSITION V. The Little Hindrance p. 552 14.33 You have gone on, and reached the world that lies at Heaven's gate.
T-26.V.14. Forgive the past and let it go, for it is gone. 2 You stand no longer on the ground that lies between the worlds. 3 You have gone on, and reached the world that lies at Heaven's gate. 4 There is no hindrance to the Will of God, nor any need that you repeat again a journey that was over long ago. 5 Look gently on your brother, and behold the world in which perception of your hate has been transformed into a world of love.
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F. WORKBOOK LESSON 134 10.44 Forgiveness stands between illusions and the truth; between the world you see and that which lies beyond; between the hell of guilt and Heaven's gate.
W-134.10. Thus will you see alternatives for choice in terms that render choosing meaningful, and keep your mind as free of guilt and pain as God Himself intended it to be, and as it is in truth. 2 It is but lies that would condemn. 3 In truth is innocence the only thing there is. 4 Forgiveness stands between illusions and the truth; between the world you see and that which lies beyond; between the hell of guilt and Heaven's gate.
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G. WORKBOOK LESSON 193 13.55 And then you hold the key that opens Heaven's gate, and brings the Love of God the Father down to earth at last, to raise it up to Heaven.
W-193.13. This is the lesson God would have you learn: There is a way to look on everything that lets it be to you another step to Him, and to salvation of the world. 2 To all that speaks of terror, answer thus:
3 I will forgive, and this will disappear.
4 To every apprehension, every care and every form of suffering, repeat these selfsame words. 5 And then you hold the key that opens Heaven's gate, and brings the Love of God the Father down to earth at last, to raise it up to Heaven. 6 God will take this final step Himself. 7 Do not deny the little steps He asks you take to Him.
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H. WORKBOOK LESSON 194 1.33 Your foot has reached the lawns that welcome you to Heaven's gate; the quiet place of peace, where you await with certainty the final step of God.
I place the future in the Hands of God.
W-194.1. Today's idea takes another step toward quick salvation, and a giant stride it is indeed! 2 So great the distance is that it encompasses, it sets you down just short of Heaven, with the goal in sight and obstacles behind. 3 Your foot has reached the lawns that welcome you to Heaven's gate; the quiet place of peace, where you await with certainty the final step of God. 4 How far are we progressing now from earth! 5 How close are we approaching to our goal! 6 How short the journey still to be pursued!
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I. WORKBOOK LESSON 2632. And while we still remain outside the gate of Heaven, let us look on all we see through holy vision and the eyes of Christ.
W-263.2. And while we still remain outside the gate of Heaven, let us look on all we see through holy vision and the eyes of Christ. 2 Let all appearances seem pure to us, that we may pass them by in innocence, and walk together to our Father's house as brothers and the holy Sons of God.
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J. WORKBOOK LESSON 342.1. 5 I stand before the gate of Heaven, wondering if I should enter in and be at home.
W-342.1.I thank You, Father, for Your plan to save me from the hell I made. 2 It is not real. 3 And You have given me the means to prove its unreality to me. 4 The key is in my hand, and I have reached the door beyond which lies the end of dreams. 5 I stand before the gate of Heaven, wondering if I should enter in and be at home. 6 Let me not wait again today. 7 Let me forgive all things, and let creation be as You would have it be and as it is. 8 Let me remember that I am Your Son, and opening the door at last, forget illusions in the blazing light of truth, as memory of You returns to me.
End A Course In Miracles references to the prayer tool hemp.
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