Manual For Teachers Part 18 Sickness
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| A Course in Miracles Manual For Teachers HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? (Continued) 2. The Shift in Perception
Healing must occur in exact proportion to which the valuelessness of sickness is recognized. One need but say,
But to say this, one must first recognize certain facts. First, it is obvious that decisions are of the mind, not of the body.
The resistance to recognizing this is enormous, because the existence of the world as we perceive it depends on the body being the decision-maker.
Actually, such terms merely state or describe the problem. They do not answer it.
The acceptance of sickness as a decision of the mind, for a purpose for which it would use the body, is the basis of healing. And this is so for healing in all forms.
Who is the physician?
Special agents seem to be ministering to him, yet they but give form to his own choice.
And it is this they do, and nothing else. They are not actually needed at all. The patient could merely rise up without their aid and say, "I have no use for this." There is no form of sickness that would not be cured at once. |
The strain of constant judgment is virtually intolerable. It is a curious thing that any ability which is so debilitating should be so deeply cherished. Chap 3 Judgment & Authority Problem But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. Mathew 9:6 When
he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of
the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with
the clay. John
9:6 Let yourself be healed, that you may be forgiving, offering salvation to your brother and yourself. Chap 27 Fear of Healing
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What is the single requisite for this shift in perception? It is simply this:
What does this recognition "cost?" It costs the whole world you see, for the world will never again appear to rule the mind. For with this recognition is responsibility placed where it belongs, not with the world, but on him who looks on the world, and sees it as it is not.
Herein is the release from guilt and sickness both, for they are one.
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We said before that illness is a form of magic. It might be better to say that it is a form of magical solution. The ego believes that by punishing itself it will mitigate the punishment of God. Yet even in this it is arrogant. It attributes to God a punishing intent, and then takes over this intent as its own prerogative. It tries to usurp all the functions of God as it perceives... Chap 5 Two Decisions The secret of salvation is but this: That you are doing this unto yourself. No matter what the form of the attack, this still is true. Whoever takes the role of enemy and of attacker, still is this the truth...This single lesson learned will set you free from suffering, whatever form it takes. Chap 27 "Hero" of the Dream |
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With this idea is pain forever gone. But with this idea goes also all confusion about creation. Does not this follow of necessity? Place cause and effect in their true sequence in one respect, and the learning will generalize and transform the world. The transfer value of one true idea has no end nor limit.
Having no purpose they are gone. And with them also go all the effects they seemed to cause. Cause and effect but replicate creation. Seen in their proper perspective, without distortion and without fear, they re-establish Heaven.
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Atonement brings a re-evaluation of everything you cherish. For it is the means by which the Holy Spirit can separate the false and the true, which you have accepted into your minds without distinction. Chap 13 Shadow of Guilt |
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