Miracles and Immortality: The journey out of hell and home to God
Overview Miracles and Immortality is a direct, uncompromising spiritual journey from suffering, conflict and death back to God, eternal life and the truth of what we are. Written by Paul West, a student and practitioner of the teachings of A Course in Miracles for over 25 years, this book offers a clear and independent presentation of deep spiritual ideas in simpler, more linear language. It is designed as an easier-to-understand bridge for beginner and intermediate readers who want to grasp the larger patterns behind forgiveness, miracles, the ego, the world, the body, sickness, death, resurrection, awakening and the return to God. At around 260,000 words, with over 60 unique diagrams, spanning 823 pages, this is a substantial spiritual work for serious readers who want more than a watered-down version of the truth. It is thorough, deep, honest and uncompromising, covering a wide range of topics. It carefully builds one idea upon another, helping the reader follow the whole journey from the condition of the world, through the nature of God and Heaven, into the undoing of fear, guilt, sickness and death, and the return to immortality through forgiveness, miracles, holy relationships and resurrection. The book is divided into three major parts: Part 1 — Life This section lays the foundation. It explores absolute truth, the nature of God, Heaven, oneness, the sons of God, eternal life, innocence, holiness, free will and the Kingdom of God. It presents the reality of an immortal life as God created it: changeless, perfect, whole, loving and eternal, and acts as the light of truth as we explore the nature of life in the world and how to rise above it. Part 2 — Death This section looks honestly at the world of separation: spacetime, ego, sin guilt and fear, suffering, special relationships, bodies, sickness, murder and death. It examines why the world does not work, why suffering seems so convincing, and why death cannot be the truth of what we are. Part 3 — Resurrection This section turns toward the way out. It becomes more practical, focusing on the Holy Spirit, forgiveness, Atonement, guidance, healing, miracles, holy relationships, identity, the forgiven world and awakening to reality. It offers tools, ideas and ways of seeing that help the mind move out of hell and back toward God. The diagrams throughout the book help clarify difficult metaphysical ideas visually, including absolute reality, the nature of God and creation, the separation, ego, projection and perception, relationships, the Holy Spirit, miracles, forgiveness and the forgiven world, healing, and reunion with God as we reclaim our immortality. This is not a light or casual book. It is a deep and sincere spiritual rescue manual for those who have experienced the world's suffering and death and felt: there must be a better way. Its central message is simple but profound: Death is not the truth. Hell is not your home. You are not a body. The world isn't reality. God created you immortal. And the way home to God is always open. Availability The book is available in paperback printed format, digital kindle ebook format, and also in downloadable audiobook format. The paperback and ebook are distributed through all Amazon websites. The audiobook is only available specifically from amazon.com or audible.com - it is not available in other country-specific versions of the sites at this time. The ebook can be viewed on an Amazon kindle device or with the desktop Kindle app which is available for Mac and Windows and possibly other devices also. For the audiobook, Amazon may be working to expand their production capabilities eventually. Currently you can create an account at amazon.com and order the audiobook from anywhere in the world (it's digital, so no shipping), and it will then show up in your account at audible.com - which can be logged into with your amazon.com account. You can find the book on the Amazon.com site here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7L2SKN6 You can look inside the book and read about 20% of the front of the book on the amazon page. You can also find it on any Amazon.com site by searching for the book title. You can find the audiobook also by a direct search at audible.com Pricing Currently the pricing (in US dollars) is $24.95 for the paperback, 7.95 for the ebook, and $11.95 for the audiobook. Each of the books has an overhead or printing fee which I have to pay out of my profit margin. For example the paperback costs about $11 to print. Amazon also takes a hefty cut from the remaining profit The pricing is set so that I receive about $5 from each sale. Contents Here is the table of contents from the book. Contents 3 Dedication 13 Introduction 15 Part 1 - Life 19 Chapter 1 - The way out of hell 21 What’s wrong with this picture? 21 A broken system 23 The world will never work 27 A cruel world 30 A disappointing world 33 Breakdown, or breakthrough 35 There must be a better way 36 Chapter 2 - Absolute truth 41 We don’t know anything 41 The real alternative 42 The lie of relativity 44 Absolute reality 45 The whole truth 48 What makes sense? 50 Making nonsense 51 Chapter 3 - The mind of God 55 Basic logic 55 Changeless reality 58 Cause and effect 60 Holographic reality 62 Omnipresence 65 Chapter 4 - God logic 69 The God Paradox 69 Giving and receiving are one 73 The golden rule 78 Both/And 82 Including everything 85 Not both 86 Either/Or 87 Chapter 5 - Oneness 91 Denying the golden rule 91 An exclusive world 92 The Son of God 94 Duality 97 Non-duality 100 Oneness 103 All your eggs in one basket 104 Chapter 6 - Life in Heaven 111 The lineage of God 111 Miraculousness 112 Eternal life 117 Knowledge and light 121 The Christ 123 Holiness and innocence 124 The Holy Trinity 126 Beauty, perfection, meaning 129 Ideas leave not their source 131 Judgement 134 Free will 137 Part 2 - Death 143 Chapter 7 - The separation 145 The misuse of will 145 Mis-creation 150 An opposite to God 152 The belief in separation 155 The bad news 158 The authority problem 160 Death wish 164 Chapter 8 - Truth and lies 169 True is false, false is true 169 Broken navigation 171 Tolerating suffering 174 Specialness 176 The split mind 178 Constant craving 181 Murderousness 183 The laws of chaos 186 Chapter 9 - Insanity 191 Consciousness and perception 191 Persona and shadow 197 Victim consciousness 199 Complaining 205 Grievances 207 Triggers 209 Attack and defence 212 Attack thoughts 214 Being right 216 Self-interest 219 Sin, guilt and fear 222 Shadows and darkness 228 Evil 230 Chapter 10 - The ego self 233 Identity crisis 233 The denial of self 235 Separation from others 237 Seek and do not find 240 The search for love 242 Love me, for me 243 Validation 247 Who am I? 248 Identification with form 250 Self-conscious 252 The war with yourself 254 False perception 255 Ego wants you dead 258 Chapter 11 - Spacetime 261 In the beginning 261 An opposite to God 262 The possibility of attack 265 The anti-hologram 267 Space 271 Time 274 Relative unreality 276 A meaningless illusion 278 The void 280 An impossible world 284 The world of sin 286 A world of problems 287 The detour into fear 290 The dream of death 292 Chapter 12 - The world 295 Let there be life 295 No life outside Heaven 297 The denial of life 300 The appearance of form 302 Ecosystems of murder 305 Littleness of value 307 The gender agenda 310 Growing pains 313 Seasonal lies 314 Upside down, inside out, back to front 316 Disappointment and death 319 Chapter 13 - The body 325 Every body is different 325 Separation devices 326 Worthless bodies 328 The body is a limit 330 The body is nothing 333 The world of sin 334 Born to die 335 Body identity 337 Miscommunication 339 The ego’s home 341 Me me me 342 Sensing 344 Blinded by form 347 The hero 349 Pleasure is pain 351 Fear of death 355 Chapter 14 - Special relationships 359 Real relationship 359 Unreal relationship 360 Worlds collide 362 An impossible choice 365 Exclusively special 367 Finding gold 371 The chosen one 372 Attachment 376 You owe me 380 Self-interest 384 I’m better than you 385 Taking it personally 386 Codependency 388 False empathy 390 The unhealed healer 392 Selflessness 394 Sex 395 Parents and children 401 Chapter 15 - Murder 409 Murderousness 409 Forms of murder 411 Victims and victimisers 417 Blame 419 Punishment 424 War 426 Tyranny 431 Destruction 433 Chapter 16 - Sickness 437 Imperfection 437 The denial of health 439 Sickness as a defence 441 Choosing sickness 442 Hurting yourself 446 Body identification 448 Forms of guilt 452 External seeking 455 Arrested extension 457 The benefit of sickness 459 Fear of awakening 465 The broken body 468 Chapter 17 - Death 473 The dream of death 473 The denial of life 477 The game of death 481 Choosing to die 486 Loss and grief 490 Death is not the end 493 Part 3 - Resurrection 497 Chapter 18 - A new hope 499 The way out 499 A real alternative 501 God is the answer 504 Make room for God 507 God’s Helper 508 Real spirituality 512 A little willingness 514 Total surrender 518 Ego rebounds 521 A new premise 523 Retracing our steps 526 Repurposing 528 The meaning of life 530 Finding a choice 533 Questioning temptation 535 The spiritual eye 537 One problem, one solution 538 Not a victim 541 The secret of salvation 543 Forgiveness 544 Recognition 546 The denial of denial 548 No laws but God’s 552 The golden rule 554 The Christ Self 556 Living in the present 557 The forgiven world 560 Chapter 19 - The Holy Spirit 567 God’s answer 567 The function of healing 571 Holy perception 574 The happy dream 576 Heaven’s help 578 True prayer 580 Guidance 584 The power of God 588 Angels 592 Chapter 20 - Atonement 595 The Atonement Principle 595 The Atonement Plan 598 Trials and lessons 601 The secret of salvation 607 Who is the cause? 614 Teachers of God 622 Chapter 21 - Forgiveness 627 Ask for help 627 False forgiveness 629 True forgiveness 631 Unforgiving sight 635 The world is a mirror 638 Illusions disappear 644 Suspending judgement 646 Take it back 649 Visual forgiveness 654 Golden rule forgiveness 658 Perfect honesty 660 Forgiving evil 663 A blessing or a curse 670 Forgiving yourself 675 Chapter 22 - Identity 681 The loss of self 681 Body identification 683 Spirit identification 689 Identifying with form 691 Losing identity 693 Possession 695 Who is suffering? 697 Christ 701 Chapter 23 - Holy relationships 705 Special love 705 Unconditional love 709 Holy relationship 713 Relating by the golden rule 718 Loving yourself 722 Holy attributes 726 The relationship plan 733 Repurposing sex 736 A holy society 739 Chapter 24 - Miracles 743 The miraculous mind 743 The unmiraculous mind 747 Breaking the ego’s laws 752 No order of difficulty 756 Mind healing 758 Holographic miracles 761 Being of service 766 Miracles are relationship 771 Mind over matter 774 The final miracle 777 Chapter 25 - Awakening 781 Always dreaming 781 Unpopular truth 785 Level confusion 790 The forgiven world 797 Resurrection 802 The last judgement 806 The real world 810 There is no world 813 Immortality 818