102,815
edits
Changes
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to searchACIM Manual for Teachers - Section 26 (view source)
Revision as of 21:38, 8 November 2014
, 21:38, 8 November 2014Created page with 'Image:lighterstill.jpgright|frame <center>'''Can God Be Reached Directly?'''</center> God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance ...'
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Acim_small.jpg|right|frame]]
<center>'''Can God Be Reached Directly?'''</center>
God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance between Him
and His Son. His awareness is in everyone's memory, and His Word is
written on everyone's heart. Yet this awareness and this memory can arise
across the threshold of recognition only where all barriers to truth have been
removed. In how many is this the case? Here, then, is the role of God's
teachers. They, too, have not attained the necessary understanding as yet,
but they have joined with others. This is what sets them apart from the
world. And it is this that enables others to leave the world with them. Alone
they are nothing. But in their joining is the power of God.
There are those who have reached God directly, retaining no trace of
worldly limits and remembering their own Identity perfectly. These might
be called the Teachers of teachers because, although they are no longer
visible, their image can yet be called upon. And they will appear when and
where it is helpful for them to do so. To those to whom such appearances
would be frightening, they give their ideas. No one can call on them in vain.
Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware. All needs are known to
them, and all mistakes are recognized and overlooked by them. The time
will come when this is understood. And meanwhile, they give all their gifts
to the teachers of God who look to them for help, asking all things in their
name and in no other.
Sometimes a teacher of God may have a brief experience of direct union
with God. In this world, it is almost impossible that this endure. It can,
perhaps, be won after much devotion and dedication, and then be
maintained for much of the time on earth. But this is so rare that it cannot be
considered a realistic goal. If it happens, so be it. If it does not happen, so be
it as well. All worldly states must be illusory. If God were reached directly
in sustained awareness, the body would not be long maintained. Those who
have laid the body down merely to extend their helpfulness to those
remaining behind are few indeed. And they need helpers who are still in
bondage and still asleep, so that by their awakening can God's Voice be
heard.
Do not despair, then, because of limitations. It is your function to escape
from them, but not to be without them. If you would be heard by those who
suffer, you must speak their language. If you would be a savior, you must
understand what needs to be escaped. Salvation is not theoretical. Behold
the problem, ask for the answer, and then accept it when it comes. Nor will
its coming be long delayed. All the help you can accept will be provided,
and not one need you have will not be met. Let us not, then, be too
concerned with goals for which you are not ready. God takes you where you
are and welcomes you. What more could you desire, when this is all you
need?
[[Category:Manual for Teachers]]
[[Category: Experience]]
[[Category: Fusion]]
[[Category: Teachers]]
<center>'''Can God Be Reached Directly?'''</center>
God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance between Him
and His Son. His awareness is in everyone's memory, and His Word is
written on everyone's heart. Yet this awareness and this memory can arise
across the threshold of recognition only where all barriers to truth have been
removed. In how many is this the case? Here, then, is the role of God's
teachers. They, too, have not attained the necessary understanding as yet,
but they have joined with others. This is what sets them apart from the
world. And it is this that enables others to leave the world with them. Alone
they are nothing. But in their joining is the power of God.
There are those who have reached God directly, retaining no trace of
worldly limits and remembering their own Identity perfectly. These might
be called the Teachers of teachers because, although they are no longer
visible, their image can yet be called upon. And they will appear when and
where it is helpful for them to do so. To those to whom such appearances
would be frightening, they give their ideas. No one can call on them in vain.
Nor is there anyone of whom they are unaware. All needs are known to
them, and all mistakes are recognized and overlooked by them. The time
will come when this is understood. And meanwhile, they give all their gifts
to the teachers of God who look to them for help, asking all things in their
name and in no other.
Sometimes a teacher of God may have a brief experience of direct union
with God. In this world, it is almost impossible that this endure. It can,
perhaps, be won after much devotion and dedication, and then be
maintained for much of the time on earth. But this is so rare that it cannot be
considered a realistic goal. If it happens, so be it. If it does not happen, so be
it as well. All worldly states must be illusory. If God were reached directly
in sustained awareness, the body would not be long maintained. Those who
have laid the body down merely to extend their helpfulness to those
remaining behind are few indeed. And they need helpers who are still in
bondage and still asleep, so that by their awakening can God's Voice be
heard.
Do not despair, then, because of limitations. It is your function to escape
from them, but not to be without them. If you would be heard by those who
suffer, you must speak their language. If you would be a savior, you must
understand what needs to be escaped. Salvation is not theoretical. Behold
the problem, ask for the answer, and then accept it when it comes. Nor will
its coming be long delayed. All the help you can accept will be provided,
and not one need you have will not be met. Let us not, then, be too
concerned with goals for which you are not ready. God takes you where you
are and welcomes you. What more could you desire, when this is all you
need?
[[Category:Manual for Teachers]]
[[Category: Experience]]
[[Category: Fusion]]
[[Category: Teachers]]
