--- In Disappearance_of_the_Universe@..., "Stephen"
<cracker.jack@n...> wrote:
From: mstreet
To: Disappearance_of_the_Universe@...
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Disappearance_of_the_Universe] Re: Actually, Gene's
being nice so far...
>>Very good post, Carrie. And for everyone who's reading this,
Carrie is a
Blue Book student - just like you guys.<<
Hi Stephen:
I think you better check this out with Carrie. She was claiming
last week, that Helen got the Blue wrong. And of course, implying
that she knew better.
~ Martha
I know what Carrie said about the Blue Book, Martha, but to my
knowledge she's not an Urtext or JCIM student.
Personally, I think she probably found that thing about 'doing a
foolish thing' to be wrong in ACIM because it was in her last
horoscope - but that's another story. And for God's sake don't ask
her what shape the Earth is.
(Only kidding, Carrie!)
~
Stephen
I didn't realize the "asking a foolish thing" topic would be such a
big deal, but it came in handy for Martha here.
When I first got the book I wrote to Ken Wapnick (not knowing
anyone else to ask) and one question was about that "brother
insisting you do a foolish thing" passage.
Ken wrote back saying something like it didn't really mean you have
to DO IT, but to think about why you object to doing it, if you don't
want to. I suppose in the event of an ego war between two people. One
asking you to do something you felt was foolish, and you strongly
resisting doing it.
He also pointed out the page where "Jesus apparently corrected it".
I thought it seemed out of place there, and guessed that maybe
Helen, after reading the first part (she had written down)
thought "oh no, people will be killing someone because a brother
strongly insisteed they do it" and stuck in that "correction"
about "I have told you if a brother insists you do a foolish thing to
do it, but don't do it if it would harm someone".
This didn't even seem to fit in the chapter it was in the middle of.
Oh I do have the blue book (1st and 2nd version) and have since 1990.
I also have the Urtext and HLC versions.
And a lot of tapes, like Marianne Williamson, Ken Wapnicks (from
long ago, listening to him for very long, I would feel hopeless and
depressed (LOL) and many others.
For the past few years I haven't been paying much attention to the
actual words. I think I've been in more a "jump in and try and live
it and see what I get reflected back" mode.
Around the time I found the internet.
It has been VERY educational and I've said many times I'm grateful
for all the lessons.
Some people probably think I'm being sarcastic, but it's not
intended that way.
Other than that, I'm a Sagittarius.
I like to think that explains a lot.
~ Carrie
