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<center>'''How Is Correction Made?'''</center>
Correction of a lasting nature,--and only this is true correction,--cannot be
made until the teacher of God has ceased to confuse interpretation with fact,
or illusion with truth. If he argues with his pupil about a magic thought,
attacks it, tries to establish its error or demonstrate its falsity, he is but
witnessing to its reality. Depression is then inevitable, for he has "proved,"
both to his pupil and himself, that it is their task to escape from what is real.
And this can only be impossible. Reality is changeless. Magic thoughts are
but illusions. Otherwise salvation would be only the same age-old
impossible dream in but another form. Yet the dream of salvation has new
content. It is not the form alone in which the difference lies.
God's teachers' major lesson is to learn how to react to magic thoughts
wholly without anger. Only in this way can they proclaim the truth about
themselves. Through them, the Holy Spirit can now speak of the reality of
the Son of God. Now He can remind the world of sinlessness, the one
unchanged, unchangeable condition of all that God created. Now He can
speak the Word of God to listening ears, and bring Christ's vision to eyes
that see. Now is He free to teach all minds the truth of what they are, so
they will gladly be returned to Him. And now is guilt forgiven, overlooked
completely in His sight and in God's Word.
Anger but screeches, "Guilt is real!" Reality is blotted out as this insane
belief is taken as replacement for God's Word. The body's eyes now "see";
its ears alone can "hear." Its little space and tiny breath become the measure
of reality. And truth becomes diminutive and meaningless. Correction has
one answer to all this, and to the world that rests on this:
<center>''You but mistake interpretation for the truth. And you are''</center>
<center>''wrong. But a mistake is not a sin, nor has reality been taken''</center>
<center>''from its throne by your mistakes. God reigns forever, and His''</center>
<center>''laws alone prevail upon you and upon the world. His Love''</center>
<center>''remains the only thing there is. Fear is illusion, for you are like Him.''</center>
In order to heal, it thus becomes essential for the teacher of God to let all his
own mistakes be corrected. If he senses even the faintest hint of irritation in
himself as he responds to anyone, let him instantly realize that he has made
an interpretation that is not true. Then let him turn within to his eternal
Guide, and let Him judge what the response should be. So is he healed, and
in his healing is his pupil healed with him. The sole responsibility of God's
teacher is to accept the Atonement for himself. Atonement means
correction, or the undoing of errors. When this has been accomplished, the
teacher of God becomes a miracle worker by definition. His sins have been
forgiven him, and he no longer condemns himself. How can he then
condemn anyone? And who is there whom his forgiveness can fail to heal?
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<center>'''How Is Correction Made?'''</center>
Correction of a lasting nature,--and only this is true correction,--cannot be
made until the teacher of God has ceased to confuse interpretation with fact,
or illusion with truth. If he argues with his pupil about a magic thought,
attacks it, tries to establish its error or demonstrate its falsity, he is but
witnessing to its reality. Depression is then inevitable, for he has "proved,"
both to his pupil and himself, that it is their task to escape from what is real.
And this can only be impossible. Reality is changeless. Magic thoughts are
but illusions. Otherwise salvation would be only the same age-old
impossible dream in but another form. Yet the dream of salvation has new
content. It is not the form alone in which the difference lies.
God's teachers' major lesson is to learn how to react to magic thoughts
wholly without anger. Only in this way can they proclaim the truth about
themselves. Through them, the Holy Spirit can now speak of the reality of
the Son of God. Now He can remind the world of sinlessness, the one
unchanged, unchangeable condition of all that God created. Now He can
speak the Word of God to listening ears, and bring Christ's vision to eyes
that see. Now is He free to teach all minds the truth of what they are, so
they will gladly be returned to Him. And now is guilt forgiven, overlooked
completely in His sight and in God's Word.
Anger but screeches, "Guilt is real!" Reality is blotted out as this insane
belief is taken as replacement for God's Word. The body's eyes now "see";
its ears alone can "hear." Its little space and tiny breath become the measure
of reality. And truth becomes diminutive and meaningless. Correction has
one answer to all this, and to the world that rests on this:
<center>''You but mistake interpretation for the truth. And you are''</center>
<center>''wrong. But a mistake is not a sin, nor has reality been taken''</center>
<center>''from its throne by your mistakes. God reigns forever, and His''</center>
<center>''laws alone prevail upon you and upon the world. His Love''</center>
<center>''remains the only thing there is. Fear is illusion, for you are like Him.''</center>
In order to heal, it thus becomes essential for the teacher of God to let all his
own mistakes be corrected. If he senses even the faintest hint of irritation in
himself as he responds to anyone, let him instantly realize that he has made
an interpretation that is not true. Then let him turn within to his eternal
Guide, and let Him judge what the response should be. So is he healed, and
in his healing is his pupil healed with him. The sole responsibility of God's
teacher is to accept the Atonement for himself. Atonement means
correction, or the undoing of errors. When this has been accomplished, the
teacher of God becomes a miracle worker by definition. His sins have been
forgiven him, and he no longer condemns himself. How can he then
condemn anyone? And who is there whom his forgiveness can fail to heal?
[[Category:Manual for Teachers]]