Some really great zinger sentences that were in the original manuscript never made it into A Course in Miracles. Here is one of them:
“No, Helen, not pregnant or fat. Scarcity leads to overeating. Abundance eliminates these false drives. Those who perceive and acknowledge that they have everything have no need for driven behavior of any kind.” — A Course in Miracles
I perceive and acknowledge: I HAVE EVERYTHING! Thank you God.
This is SO topical for me. Last week I opened the Glossary of ACIM from FIP and came upon “Scarcity Principle!” Wow–it was so right on! How we eat, drink, take in all sorts of things–physically and emotionally–to fill us when we have it all! I remind myself now that “I am Abundance” and “I have everything!”. How perfect!
FIP is the Foundation for Inner Peace or Foundation for A course in Miracles (FACIM) is another way I’ve seen it. That’s the foundation Ken & Gloria Wapnick and others started for distribution of ACIM books and teachings. The “Scarcity Principle” was described in the “Glossary-Index for ACIM” one of their publications.
All My Needs are provided for by God!!! No Exceptions… I have it ALL! xoxoxo
I am not familiar with the “Scarcity Principle” or FIP. I get the idea from your post but could you explain more and what is FIP.
FIP is the Foundation for Inner Peace – the publisher of A Course in Miracles. This is from the first page of ACIM: Sin is defined as “lack of love” (Text, p. 11). Since love is all there is, sin in the sight of the Holy Spirit is a mistake to be corrected, rather than an evil to be punished. Our sense of inadequacy, weakness, and incompletion comes from the strong investment in the “scarcity principle” that governs the whole world of illusions. From that point of view, we seek in others what we feel is wanting in ourselves. We “love” another in order to get something ourselves. That, in fact, is what passes for love in the dream world. There can be no greater mistake than that, for love is incapable of asking for anything.