Yes, I feel like the Course is bringing us to this experience
that, that in order to have peace of mind we have to
raise up the ego belief system in the mind and and... and release it. Be free of the filters.
So you might say that the human condition, like Abraham Maslow had his Hierarchy of Needs,
and sexuality would be right down in the,
those lower basic needs of human beings.
And you might say that the very belief in need is, is egoic. In Heaven there are no needs.
In Oneness or perfection there are no needs.
So, so in terms of sexuality; it's basically;
part of the perception of being a human being.
You know, hunger and thirst, sexuality.
There's, there's things that psychologists like Maslow would say those are basic needs.
And then as those needs are fulfilled fairly regularly,
then the mind can kind of raise up a bit and advance into higher order needs.
And he would call that Self-Actualization.
Um you might find on the way up a deeper intimacy, a need for deeper intimacy and then
ultimately then remember who you are, uh as a Spirit.
That would be at the top of the pyramid.
So none of those things can be ignored.
So when we teach the Course,
we're really teaching about the process of forgiveness and the teachings of forgiveness.
How is this applied in your mind. Giving great instructions and details.
But in terms of sexual expression um, you might say that um,
sexual expression is, is a... are distorted miracle impulses.
Um when Jesus first was dictating A Course in Miracles to Helen Schucman;
um, he actually didn't use the word "sexual impulses" at the beginning.
He basic-he... basically said "physical impulses" are distorted miracle impulses.
So that is a broad, much broader category than sexuality and sexual impulses.
We could say hunger, thirst, the desire to be warm or, or cool,
or maintain a moderate temperature of the body,
all the things that we would say are part of the human condition,
are part of this distorted miracle impulse.
Where basically, every moment of every day you're being called back to God.
You are being called into the miracle.
You're being called to forgive. But that miracle impulse almost like if it was like a beam of light
coming in our little skid here with a little beam of light was coming into the darkened world.
And that beam of light comes through the ego filter which is one of lack and need.
Then it comes out of the surface of human consciousness as cravings and needs.
So even when we're hungry, that's God calling.
When we have sexual desire, that's God calling.
When we're getting tired and fatigued that's God calling. (gently laughs)
You know, when we want stimulation or music or massage,
uhh, when we're thirsty, that's God calling.
You know, the miracle impulse,
it would be like a beam of light coming, calling us home,
calling us to return back to Heaven.
And when it comes through the filter of the ego, it just comes out on the surface as:
I need this, I need that, I want this, I want that.
So I've already mentioned like uh
the 23rd Psalm in the Bible, written by David, "The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want."
As long as the mind believes in the ego, of course there's wanting,
because the ego is the belief system in lack.
That's where the wanting comes from, there's no wanting in Heaven.
But, you have to work with the Holy Spirit and Jesus on really clearing that belief system in lack,
so that you can experience those miracle Impulses directly, not through the filter.
And what would that be if you experienced it directly?
Well, that's, there's all kinds of prompts and guidances,
of what to say, what to do, how to be truly helpful.
That's like the prayer at the beginning of the Course, I'm here only to be truly helpful,
that's why we're called through A Course in Miracles to be miracle workers.