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| − | Like any good teacher, the Holy Spirit knows more than you do now, but He teaches only to make you equal with Him. You had already taught yourself wrongly, having believed what was not true. You did not believe in your own perfection. Would God teach you that you had made a split mind, when He knows your mind only as whole? What God does know is that His communication channels are not open to Him, so that He cannot impart His joy and know that His children are wholly joyous. Giving His joy is an ongoing process, not in time but in eternity. God's extending outward, though not His completeness, is blocked when the Sonship does not communicate with Him as one. So He thought, "My children sleep and must be awakened." | + | Like any [[good]] [[teacher]], the [[Holy Spirit]] knows more than you do now, but He teaches only to make you [[equal]] with Him. You had already taught yourself wrongly, having [[believed]] what was not true. You did not believe in your own [[perfection]]. Would God teach you that you had made a split [[mind]], when He knows your mind only as whole? What God does know is that His [[communication]] [[channels]] are not open to Him, so that He cannot impart His [[joy]] and know that [[His children]] are wholly joyous. Giving His joy is an ongoing [[process]], not in [[time]] but in [[eternity]]. God's extending outward, though not His completeness, is blocked when [[the Sonship]] does not communicate with Him as one. So He thought, "My children sleep and must be awakened." |
| − | How can you wake children in a more kindly way than by a gentle Voice that will not frighten them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the light has come? You do not inform them that the nightmares that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in magic. You merely reassure them that they are safe '' | + | How can you [[wake]] children in a more kindly way than by a [[gentle]] [[Voice]] that will not [[frighten]] them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the [[light]] has come? You do not inform them that the [[nightmares]] that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in [[magic]]. You merely reassure them that they are safe ''[[now]]''. Then you train them to [[recognize]] the [[difference]] between [[sleeping]] and waking, so they will understand they need not be afraid of [[dreams]]. And so when bad dreams come, they will themselves call on the light to dispel them. |
| − | A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy. Consider the fear and confusion a child would experience if he were told, "Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will escape from harm and be safe, and then you will not be afraid. "It is surely better to use only three words: "Do only that!" This simple statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily remembered. | + | A [[wise]] teacher teaches through approach, not [[avoidance]]. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to [[escape]] from [[harm]], but what you need to learn to have [[joy]]. Consider the [[fear]] and [[confusion]] a child would [[experience]] if he were told, "Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will [[escape]] from harm and be safe, and then you will not be [[afraid]]. "It is surely better to use only three words: "Do only that!" This [[simple]] statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily [[remembered]]. |
| − | The Holy Spirit never itemizes errors because He does not frighten children, and those who lack wisdom | + | The [[Holy Spirit]] never itemizes [[errors]] because He does not [[frighten]] children, and those who lack [[wisdom]] ''are'' children. Yet He always answers their call, and His dependability makes them more [[certain]]. Children ''do'' [[confuse]] [[fantasy]] and [[reality]], and they are frightened because they do not recognize the [[difference]]. The Holy Spirit makes no distinction among dreams. He merely shines them away. His [[light]] is always [[the Call]] to awaken, whatever you have been dreaming. Nothing lasting lies in dreams, and the Holy Spirit, shining with the light from God Himself, speaks only for what lasts forever. |
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Latest revision as of 14:02, 28 February 2015
Like any good teacher, the Holy Spirit knows more than you do now, but He teaches only to make you equal with Him. You had already taught yourself wrongly, having believed what was not true. You did not believe in your own perfection. Would God teach you that you had made a split mind, when He knows your mind only as whole? What God does know is that His communication channels are not open to Him, so that He cannot impart His joy and know that His children are wholly joyous. Giving His joy is an ongoing process, not in time but in eternity. God's extending outward, though not His completeness, is blocked when the Sonship does not communicate with Him as one. So He thought, "My children sleep and must be awakened."
How can you wake children in a more kindly way than by a gentle Voice that will not frighten them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the light has come? You do not inform them that the nightmares that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in magic. You merely reassure them that they are safe now. Then you train them to recognize the difference between sleeping and waking, so they will understand they need not be afraid of dreams. And so when bad dreams come, they will themselves call on the light to dispel them.
A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy. Consider the fear and confusion a child would experience if he were told, "Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will escape from harm and be safe, and then you will not be afraid. "It is surely better to use only three words: "Do only that!" This simple statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily remembered.
The Holy Spirit never itemizes errors because He does not frighten children, and those who lack wisdom are children. Yet He always answers their call, and His dependability makes them more certain. Children do confuse fantasy and reality, and they are frightened because they do not recognize the difference. The Holy Spirit makes no distinction among dreams. He merely shines them away. His light is always the Call to awaken, whatever you have been dreaming. Nothing lasting lies in dreams, and the Holy Spirit, shining with the light from God Himself, speaks only for what lasts forever.
