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A Course in Miracles


I always experience a sense of greatness and smallness, whenever I read about Auschwitz survivors.

Greatness, cos they were all ordinary people -- anonimous human beings like most of us, who found some hidden powers which granted them life, while 6 million others like them, perished.
Therefore, since I'm also human, ordinary, and anonimous, by aplying the induction principle, I conclude that it's quite likely for me to have those very same fabulous powers hidden somewhere!...

Smallness, cos so far, I haven't the slightest idea where that somewhere must be!

But I eagerly want to uncover those magnificent powers, and that's why I persistently keep on reading these Auschwitz bios.
I'm investigating what they all have in common, cos the key to those super powers hiding place must come from there...

And so far, here's what I got:

Focus+Despair -- all of them had a strong, desperate will to live.

Faith+Despair -- they desperately erased any doubts about their survivance.

Hope+Love -- they always pictured a happily ever after: once the war would be over, they watched themselves rebuilding their lives, with the helping hand of their beloved ones

I believe the miracle of their survivance, was somehow born by the combination of these 3 items!
And the presence of Despair, makes all the difference -- I see it as a miracles catalyst, cos it's a reliable source of strenght!
But that Despair was generated by those hedious, horrifying conditions they were suffering!
Hence, I'm bound to believe we are depending on the terror element to become Super!...

Knowing these Auschwitz survivors, is like having a course in miracles!...
Thank you so much, Eva Schloss, you gave a five stars contribution to my miracles project, and I'm quite happy to return them to you :)
I certainly got further on the miracles businness, after knowing you ;)