As a man thinketh, so does he perceive.

"Mental pain can just as easily drive a man sane as drive him crazy. Now isn't that a nice opening thought to start the day with? See, you thought you were a permanent victim of your own falsely operating mind. Unknown to yourself, you have given up to these alien forces, dark spirits. You have surrendered to them without knowing that you have. And your fear of them is what keeps them alive. They have no energy outside of what your mechanical reactions give them because they are mechanical, not conscious." Vernon Linwood Howard

Self-motivation: How "You can do it!" beats "I can do it!"

We need to realize that what needs to be changed begins with us, as individuals.

In short, we must stop trying to change the world we see, and begin the inner work of changing the way in which we see the world. A change needs to take place at the very core of our nature, one that affects the way in which we relate to life. Guy Finley [Read more]

Everyone who follows the world's curriculum, and everyone here does follow it until he changes his mind, teaches solely to convince himself that he is what he is not. Herein is the purpose of the world. What else, then, would its curriculum be? Into this hopeless and closed learning situation, which teaches nothing but despair and death, God sends His teachers. And as they teach His lessons of joy and hope, their learning finally becomes complete. A Course in Miracles - Manual for Teachers – Introduction

To give up all problems to one Answer is to reverse the thinking of the world entirely. And that alone is faithfulness. A Course in Miracles - Manual for Teachers - Section 4 - What Are the Characteristics of God's Teachers?

The world's training is directed toward achieving a goal in direct opposition to that of our curriculum. The world trains for reliance on one's judgment as the criterion for maturity and strength. Our curriculum trains for the relinquishment of judgment as the necessary condition of salvation. A Course in Miracles - Manual for Teachers - Section 9 - Are Changes Required in the Life Situation of God's Teachers?

Until forgiveness is complete, the world does have a purpose. It becomes the home in which forgiveness is born, and where it grows and becomes stronger and more all-embracing. A Course in Miracles - Manual for Teachers - Section 14 - How Will the World End?

Forgive the world, and you will understand that everything that God created cannot have an end, and nothing He did not create is real. In this one sentence is our course explained. In this one sentence is our practicing given its one direction. And in this one sentence is the Holy Spirit's whole curriculum specified exactly as it is. A Course in Miracles - Manual for Teachers - Section 20 - What Is the Peace of God?

The purpose of the workbook is to train your mind in a systematic way to a different perception of everyone and everything in the world. The exercises are planned to help you generalize the lessons, so that you will understand that each of them is equally applicable to everyone and everything you see. A Course in Miracles - Workbook Introduction

The world is meaningless in itself. A Course in Miracles - Workbook Lesson 12

If you could accept the world as meaningless and let the truth be written upon it for you, it would make you indescribably happy. A Course in Miracles - Workbook Lesson 12

The world you see has nothing to do with reality. It is of your own making, and it does not exist. A Course in Miracles - Workbook Lesson 14

Every thought you have makes up some segment of the world you see. It is with your thoughts, then, that we must work, if your perception of the world is to be changed. A Course in Miracles - Workbook Lesson 23

As a man thinketh, so does he perceive. Therefore, seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. Perception is a result and not a cause. And that is why order of difficulty in miracles is meaningless. Everything looked upon with vision is healed and holy. A Course in Miracles - Text Chapter Twenty-one - Reason and Perception - Section 1- Introduction