I would feel the same way you do, but have you thought about maybe
doing what she so strongly wants you to do?
Because she wants it so badly?
There's a place in ACIM where it says if a brother asks you to do a
foolish thing (you feel is foolish) and strongly insists on it, to do
it. Because it means so much to him.
And doesn't really matter all that much, in Truth.
This is later "corrected" (if Jesus really corrected it, and Helen
didn't- realizing the implications of what she had previously
written) and changed to "as long as it doesn't hurt him or anyone
else".
Seems like any other corrections were made where the orginal words
were, and this changed.
I think if we are aligned with Spirit, and in "Right Mind" nobody
would be attracted to us who would strongly insist we do something to
hurt someone else (like murder them).
And if they did, it might be more a projection of what is in our
own mind and not so much someone else strongly insisting on it.
I can just imagine the court case that would result from this!
Using ACIM to show that I did it because my brother strongly insisted
I do. (LOL)
But, if it would make your mother happy and feel better, and not be
all that big a deal, maybe you could just get the kids babpised?
My daughter was faced with this with her first child, her inlaws
wanted him babtised. They finally went ahead and did it, peace
resulted and the baby is now a 15 year old teenager (over 6'tall) and
it doesn't seem to have harmed him any.
Not trying to tell you what to do, but just writing it for the
sake of possible discussion.
~ Carrie
--- In Disappearance_of_the_Universe@..., "jane4r1"
<melbywells@e...> wrote:
Please bear with me as I tell this story. My mother is 70 years
old.
She is angry with me for not going to Church and for not baptizing
my
2 sons. She believes that "young people today" ("young" for me is
41)
have not had any "real troubles" and are "arrogant in not believing
in God" and "not asking God to help" them. She really thinks that
my
2 sons will go to hell because they have not been baptized. She
doesn't understand that I (along with many other ACIM students)
believe that our relationship with God is individual and personal
and
doesn't require us to attend church or follow the rules of the
established church. I could say that she is too "old" to understand
ACIM, but that would be judging her harshly. She has her path and I
have mine. I love her and forgive her every day.
I guess I am saying that I don't think age has anything to do with
one's spirituality.
Love,
Elizabeth
--- In Disappearance_of_the_Universe@..., BBFBBN@a...
wrote:
Hello melbywells@e...,
In reference to your comment:
¨¨ Maybe the older we are the easier it is to *practice*
¨¨ forgiveness.
I just think that the older we are the more practice we had at
trying to make
this a better world, we try so hard to carve out our
little "niche"
and still
feel empty and realize that it is not working and then we ask for
help.
I was introduced to the Course in 1988. I was in my mid 30's
having gone
through another failed relationship ... due to my attraction to
men
who were
addicts.
And it answered a lot of questions for me .. it made sense .. but
I
still had
to go through stuff ... I still had to try to make this world a
better place
for me ... I wanted equality for Black people, try to find that
good black
man ... I had causes ... but no matter what I did nothing seemed
to work. When
my son got sick I knew I needed help and I found Joe Jessup and
Course Talk.
Even then I knew I had another classroom to go through and when
my
son passed
away ... I just shut down ... however, it was my core belief in
the
Course ..
that this world is not real, that escape through suicide or
whatever was not
the answer. There is no place to escape in a dream ... all I
could do was
wake up .. and I was and still am too fearful to do that.
I am now 48 now and after reading Gary's Book and recently
attending the
workshops conducted by Ken ... it is almost like I am seeing the
Course with new
eyes.
This world DOES NOT WORK.
I understand that now.
Now I am ready to intensify my study and attention in sticking
with
the Right
Teacher and stop thinking that I have the answers.
And I believe that for most folks, that comes with age and time.
Peace
