Question 8 from
The Most Commonly Asked Questions About 
A Course in Miracles

By Gloria and Kenneth Wapnick, Ph.D.

 

Chapter I  THE NATURE OF HEAVEN


8) What are the creations spoken of in A Course in Miracles?

Creations are the non-spatial, non-temporal, and non- physical extensions of Christ, Who creates as does His Source. As we have just seen, it is the nature of the Love of Heaven to extend itself, what the Course refers to as the process of creation. Since Christ is One with His Creator and like Him in all things, He too extends His Love in creation, as we explained in the previous question. It is these extensions of Christ's Love that A Course in Miracles terms creations. To restate this important point, our creations have no parallel with anything in the physical world, just as God's creation, Christ, has no parallel with anything in the physical world, including homo sapiens. Similarly, our function of creating in Heaven has nothing in common with activity the world usually considers to be "creative," such as artistic creativity, creating a baby, having a creative idea, etc.

As extensions of Christ, the creations can be understood as being part of the Second Person of the Course's Trinity, our "sons" as it were, as seen in these two passages from the text:

God wants only His Son because His Son is His only treasure. You want your creations as He wants His. Your creations are your gift to the Holy Trinity, created in gratitude for your creation. They do not leave you any more than you left your Creator, but they extend your creation as God extended Himself to you (T-8.VI.5:1-4).

Your creations belong in you, as you belong in God. You are part of God, as your sons are part of His Sons. To create is to love. Love extends outward simply because it cannot be contained. Being limitless it does not stop. It creates forever, but not in time. God's creations have always been, because He has always been. Your creations have always been, because you can create only as God creates. Eternity is yours, because He created you eternal (T-7.1.3).

In keeping with his use of metaphor, Jesus sometimes speaks of the creations of Christ in language reminiscent of cheerleaders encouraging the separated Sons to return home, as in this passage:
Heaven waits silently, and your creations are holding out their hands to help you cross and welcome them. For it is they you seek. You seek but for your own completion, and it is they who render you complete (T-16.IV.8:1-3).
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