Obey - Words used in A Course in Miracles

 It is natural for the ego to try to protect itself once you have made it, but it is not natural for you to want to obey its laws unless you believe them.   T-4.I.5:5.

The outstanding characteristic of the laws of mind as they operate in this world is that by obeying them, and I assure you that you must obey them, you can arrive at diametrically opposed results. This is because the laws have been adapted to the circumstances of this world, in which diametrically opposed outcomes seem possible because you can respond to two conflicting voices.   T-7.II.2:8,9.

Reality observes the laws of God, and not the rules you set. It is His laws that guarantee your safety. All illusions that you believe about yourself obey no laws. ... Their dancing never brought you joy. But neither were they things to frighten you, nor make you safe if they obeyed your rules.   T-30.IV.4:1-3,7,8.

Perception cannot obey two masters, each asking for messages of different things in different languages. What fear would feed upon, love overlooks. What fear demands, love cannot even see. The fierce attraction that guilt holds for fear is wholly absent from love's gentle perception. What love would look upon is meaningless to fear, and quite invisible.   T-19.IV.A.11:3-7.

When I see the world as a place of freedom, I realize that it reflects the laws of God instead of the rules I made up for it to obey. I will understand that peace, not war, abides in it. And I will perceive that peace also abides in the hearts of all who share this place with me. W.57.4 (34) [Lesson: “I could see peace instead of this.”]

Release from guilt is the ego's whole undoing. Make no one fearful, for his guilt is yours, and by obeying the ego's harsh commandments you bring its condemnation on yourself, and you will not escape the punishment it offers those who obey it.   T-13.IX.2:1,2.