One of the biggest secrets we try to keep is really a sense of autonomy and pride. The idea or feeling that you're important in some special way, that you're loved by way of a special person, that somebody is providing you special attention, these are a few of the ego's very subtle secrets. We are trying to hide our Divine Self and are playing each one of these different games, which seem to be very upsetting. It's pretty depressing and it certainly doesn't go anywhere, so we try to get scraps of special love, attention and recognition to prop ourselves up.

We work so very hard at becoming “better people”, at gaining greater intelligence and more skills. We desire to be liked more and be more popular. The whole self-help industry is dedicated to improving the self in order to turn into a better you. That is another trick we secretly play on ourselves, thinking we've to keep spinning our wheels wanting to become better. This self-improvement game is another secret we are able to to understand to let go of. It's very relaxing once you start to appreciate that you do not need certainly to become any benefit than you already are. You're created perfect. It's not through self-improvement that you find peace but through self-acceptance.a course in miracles

As I caused A Course in Miracles, I could note that there is a fear of divine love in my mind. I realized this is the ego's fear of losing itself. The ego is afraid to be exposed and being seen as a puff of nothingness. That is the fear of intimacy. We discuss this fear in relationships, which might be projected as fear of sexual intimacy, but it's really a fear of dropping our persona, our mask of individuality. It's the fear of getting swept away by way of a glorious love, a love so powerful that none people will even imagine something as glorious and powerful!

For me, those are the big secrets, because it doesn't start out with this particular great awareness. It always starts with feeling like you have done something wrong, whether you've masturbated, stolen something, mistreated somebody, or there is something in your thoughts that you have judged as so hideous that you don't even want to face it, you would like to forget about any of it and push it out of awareness.

Underneath all those memories and thoughts, may be the belief that individuals are separated. This is the “secret” we hide. It really is an impossible belief, but we believe that it is true; We've judged it as horrific and have pushed it out of awareness. All unconscious guilt arises from this belief in separation. And as you actually give yourself to the miracle, you feel all those hidden beliefs and secrets are increasingly being washed away and you finally face this hidden belief in separation!

A Course In Miracles is a guide which brings you tools to reverse all fearful thoughts and beliefs. Using these tools makes it possible to obtain the complete sense of freedom and peace you've always been yearning for.