How Is Correction Made?
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.
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:
You but mistake interpretation for the truth. And you are wrong.
But a mistake is not a sin, nor has reality been taken from its throne by your
mistakes. God reigns forever, and His laws alone prevail upon you and upon the
world. His Love remains the only thing there is. Fear is illusion, for you are
like Him.
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? ACiM - Manual for Teachers - Section 18 - How Is
Correction Made?
Deep within you is everything that is perfect, ready to radiate
through you and out into the world. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 41
In order to see, you must recognize that light is within, not
without. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 44
Put all your faith in the Love of God within you; eternal,
changeless and forever unfailing. This is the answer to whatever confronts you
today. Through the Love of God within you, you can resolve all seeming
difficulties without effort and in sure confidence. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 50
My mind is part of
God's. I am
very holy. As I share the peace of the world with my brothers, I begin to
understand that this peace comes from deep within myself. The world I look upon
has taken on the light of my forgiveness, and shines forgiveness back at me. In
this light I begin to see what my illusions about myself kept hidden. I begin
to understand the holiness of all living things, including myself, and their
oneness with me. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 57
Your picture of the world can only mirror what is within. The
source of neither light nor darkness can be found without. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 73
You have been assured that the Kingdom of God is within you, and
can never be lost. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 77
When you have felt the strength in you, which makes all miracles
within your easy reach, you will not doubt. ACiM - Workbook Lesson 91
You are one within yourself, and one with Him. Yours is the
unity of all creation. Your perfect unity makes change in you impossible.
You are one Self, the holy Son of God, united with your brothers
in that Self; united with your Father in His Will. Feel this one Self in you,
and let It shine away all your illusions and your doubts. This is your Self,
the Son of God Himself, sinless as Its Creator, with His strength within you
and His Love forever yours. You are one Self, and it is given you to feel this
Self within you, and to cast all your illusions out of the one Mind that is
this Self, the holy truth in you.ACiM - Workbook Lesson 95
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