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mstreet
开云体育Lesson 246, "To love my Father, is to love His
Son"
This is from Ken Wapnick's Workbook lesson commentaries
Volume VI. Tape (2)
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(W-246.1.&2)
"Let me not think that I can find the way to God,
if I have hatred in my heart.?
Let me not try to hurt God's Son, and think that I can
know his Father or my Self."
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Ken: To truly mean that I love God, and that I want to return to Him, how
could I then harbor grievances against someone else? Which means, that when I
harbor grievances against someone else, I am really saying that I don't love
God. And that is what you clearly have to see.
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If you are clear, that the only way that you could love God, is to see no
separation in His Son. Then that means when you see separation in the Son, in
terms of indulging your specialness at someone else's expense, or justifying
your anger, it automatically means I don't want to remember God. And that is
what honesty means. You must look at that thought and then understand "of
course I don't want to remember God." If I remember God I cease to exist.
Therefore the only I could continue to exist is to keep God away. And the way I
keep God away is to attack His Son. Ergo... I am always finding fault with
people.
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And in that prayer of that lesson, in the beginning, we read:
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"I will accept the way You choose for me to come
to You, my Father."
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Ken: This goes back to that lovely prayer that ends lesson 189, and this
theme comes up over and over again: "Father, I do not know the way to you
but you have called and I will follow."
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And so we don't go our way back to God. We choose His way. And what is His
way? His way is to forgive His Son. And His Son is everyone that I look upon or
think about past, present, or in the future. My way is to do all kinds of insane
things. I pray more. My life is full of devotions. I suffer. I sacrifice. I read
holy books. That is our way. It is not God's way. God's way is that we look upon
God's Son as one, without attack. (the end)
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Peace Martha |
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acimgirl
Hi Martha.... There were several of us interested in ACIM in B'ham so
we began meeting. At the end of 1984 my husband's job moved us to the Memphis area and that is where we are to this day. I hooked up with some folks at the local Unity Church and I have been meeting with groups all these years. I suppose I am the teacher but so are the others. We read and discuss the Course paragraph by paragraph. We eventually get through it and start over. I don't do the Workbook in groups though because it is impossible to have everyone on the same lesson at the same time. That is done on our own but we are free to talk about it if we want in the group. For some reason all the stuff written here is showing up on my home e-mail. It's ok but is that the way this is supposed to work? That is why I wasn't sure my last post was going to you personally or to the BB. Blessings, Suzanne |
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mstreet
开云体育Hi again Suzanne:
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Starting with your last sentence, I did notice that your last post had an
attachment, and seemed to go to BB, although I don't know what that is. :-) But
it seems fine now. It could be it had something to do with Yahoo. You
wrote:
? >>I suppose I am the teacher but so are the others.? We read
and discuss the Course paragraph by paragraph. We eventually get through it and
start over.? I don't do the Workbook in groups though because it is
impossible to have everyone on the same lesson at the same time. That is done on
our own but we are free to
talk about it if we want in the group.<< ?
This seems like a nice format. I recently attended a group that were
trying to follow that, but from what I understand from a friend of mine, who is
a regular there, so many new people were constantly joining in, that they found
it hard to keep to a schedule.?
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I tend to go into intense periods of studying on my own, and then go
into periods of when I need to digest it, although I am still trying to apply
what I have learned. But, ever since starting I have never doubted that this was
to be my pathway home.?
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It is nice to be able to have someone to share with though. Even if we
are not always on the same page.
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My husband of over 40 years is not the slightest bit interested in the
Course, although he has been very supportive of me, as he sees how much it means
to me. In fact, as I seem to grow in the Course, it seems as if he is growing
too. Not in understanding of the Course necessarily, (and probably he never
needed it ;-),) but in appreciation of one another.
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That is something that I am really getting from the Course lately, and
also from Ken's teachings, is, that basically none of us is different. Even
though we all share in having a wrong mind, yet we also share in the same right
mind of the Holy Spirit. And we also share in the same need to waken from the
dream of separate interests.
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I don't want to sound like a preacher here, because actually I realize
that the only one who needs to remember that, is myself.:-)
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Peace Martha :-)
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acimgirl
Hi Martha.... you wrote:
This seems like a nice format. I recently attended a group thatwere trying to follow that, but from what I understand from a friend of mine, who is a regular there, so many new people were constantly joining in, that they found it hard to keep to a schedule. Me: The trick there is to not have a schedule. The Holy Spirit is the REAL teacher and if he sends new folks I find it fun and I love telling them about ACIM. The Course tells me a good teacher doesn't mind repeating the lessons 'til the student gets it. Guess who the REAL student is :) You wrote:the Course, although he has been very supportive of me, as he sees how much it means to me. In fact, as I seem to grow in the Course, it seems as if he is growing too. Not in understanding of the Course necessarily, (and probably he never needed it ;-),) but in appreciation of one another. Me: Could we be married to the same man? That's exactly my experience only we've been married 27 years. Kenneth Wapnick is a superb teacher. The Holy Spirit made no mistake there. I have been drawn mostly to Hugh Prather because the complete set of the tapes he made when he was in Santa Fe teaching at the Dispensable Church sort of fell into my lap a few years ago. Truth is true.... Blessings, Suzanne |
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mstreet
开云体育?
Suzanne wrote:
>>Kenneth Wapnick is a superb teacher.? The Holy Spirit made no mistake there.? I have been drawn mostly to Hugh Prather because the complete set of the tapes he made when he was in Santa Fe teaching at the Dispensable Church sort of fell into my lap a few years ago.<< ?
Hi Suzanne:
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It is so strange that you mention about those tapes of Hugh Prather's.
Actually I used to get them every week. The whole time he had "The
Dispensible Church" and I just recently gave them to this group that I was
writing about. Of which they were most grateful.
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Actually I am indeed grateful for Hugh Prather for having it almost as
his theme... that, not to try to hear an inner voice, or hear inner guildance,
but simply still the mind as much as possible, whenever faced with a decision
and then "follow your peaceful preference." And this has indeed been a
practice of mine, which has simplified my life considerably.?
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You writing simply makes me think of that phrase: "It is a small
world after all." :-)
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Thanks again. ~ Martha :-)
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acimgirl
Hi Martha....? We certainly have been on the "pollen path" together
even though we didn't know it!? Hugh can still be heard? on www.wisdomradio.com.???
Last Summer they did repeats all Summer and he started up with his live
show again in the Fall.? He is very accessible through the e-mail
address on the site.? I must confess that I haven't checked it out
in a while though.
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