The Hidden Belief in Specialness

Published: Oct. 16, 2020, 4:59 p.m.

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When it comes to the topic of specialness, the Course is challenging something in us that we have hoped to keep forever hidden and safely undisturbed. The goal to achieve \\u201cspecial favor\\u201d, the Course says, is what originally drove the separation and it\\u2019s what drives us now \\u2013 to disastrous effect. Accordingly, the reason we all hide our quest for specialness, even from ourselves, is the very reason we need to give it up: Specialness puts us at war with all our brothers. It therefore makes us fundamentally alone. In this episode, Robert and Emily have a very candid discussion on facing our addiction to being special - human race\\u2019s guilty secret\\u2014and how we can let go of this need in recognition of our equal holiness and worth.

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