28.04.08
Miracle Principle #7
Posted in Questions and Answers at 11:21 am by miracles 
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Miracle Principal no.7 that says purification is necessary first.
What does he mean by purification?
Perhaps the first thing to remember is that the Course is a course in mind training. What you do or do not do behaviourally flows directly from whatever your intent or purpose is at the time.
Often, students in their early time with the Course, will immediately latch on to words and phrases that have a familiar, though invariably egoic, ring to them. There are no actions that are of themselves correct. Everything, with no exceptions, is of the mind, and thus stems from purpose.
The second thing to remember is that the Course is, in the main, descriptive, nor prescriptive. Yes it does give you clear direction in certain areas but on the whole it describes either the way the ego plays out, or the way the Son of God plays out.
The 50 miracle principles are just that, principles. They are not directions or commandments to interpret as “I need to do this” or “I need to act like this.” The simply provide statements of fact, descriptions of how Truth is revealed.
The purification Jesus is speaking of in this principle is that of the mind. In a sense it is a restatement of the introduction where he tells us that this is not a course about teaching the meaning of Love, but aims “…at removing the blocks to the awareness of love’s presence…”
In other words the purification of which he speaks is the work he asks us to do with him in allowing the blocks to our awareness of Love to rise and be let go of.
The purification is what naturally happens as you do your part. It is not some conscious cleaning out or imposed regimen of purification in the common sense of the word which may include set practises, changes to eating and other activities. It is not some forced detoxification programme.
It is a natural consequence of being a Course student. In a true sense, the Course is the purification process that is required to reach the goal he promises us.