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How should a Course student view disasters like the recent tsunami? - Inge - 08.10.2009 Dies kommt vom Q&A Service der Foundation for A Course In Miracles: http://www.facimoutreach.org/ Q #661: Could you please comment on the recent tsunami in Southeast Asia? As a Course student, how should I view it? A: The short answer is, with the Holy Spirit. But let's explore what that means. A Course in Miracles teaches us that everything we go through is something we have scripted. If life is our dream and we are the dreamer, then it is our mind that has chosen what to dream about. Shared events like a tsunami are ones that collectively we have chosen to experience. In terms of why something happens, or where it comes from, we don't need to go any further than that. It isn't the dream figure, or individual self we're identified with that made the choice. So we don't need to feel personally responsible (in fact, doing so would only serve the ego's purpose of reinforcing our guilt). What we do need to do is use our reaction to an event such as this to help us awaken and return to the part of our mind that can make a different choice. Remember that the entire purpose of the Course is to remind us that we can change teachers and change thought systems. We can shift our focus from the voice of the ego (that tells us the world is real and we are its victim) to the Voice of the Holy Spirit (that tells us this is all made up and we are still at home in the safety of God's Love). Once you know that's true, you can say, as Jesus does in the Course "There is no order of difficulty in miracles. One is not 'harder' or 'bigger' than another." (T.1.I.1:1,2) Jesus can make a statement like that because he is coming from outside of time and space -- from outside the dream in which all the events of the world seem to be happening. So from his perspective, a tsunami, a war, or a holocaust is no more important or serious than a schoolyard fight, an unkind thought, or a stubbed toe. To him, they are all the same. Of course, for us (who think we're bodies) to pretend we share his perspective would be ludicrous. But what we can do is realize that, on the level of the mind, the process of dealing with any of these situations (in other words, getting to the point where we can experience the miracle -- the change from the ego's view to the Holy Spirit's) is the same. As Course students, in whatever situation we're confronted with, we need to ask Jesus or the Holy Spirit to help us honestly look at all the thoughts and feelings we're experiencing. That means observing our own reactions in the nonjudgmental light of compassion that recognizes our underlying guilt and fear. The world is truly a blank screen onto which we project everything we don't want to see in ourselves. So looking at our reactions to the events of our lives and the world is the only way to take back our projections and eventually see that they are simply covers obscuring God's Love in our mind. From that perspective, a dramatic event such as the recent tsunami offers us an excellent opportunity. Virtually anyone learning of an event that has claimed over 150,000 lives would have a strong reaction. Generally our reactions will be some sort of affirmation of the belief that we are victims. Perhaps (despite being Course students) we wonder if this catastrophic event is punishment from God. Maybe it scares us to be reminded that we live in an unpredictable world in which our body, or the bodies of loved ones could be struck down at any moment. We might feel guilty that others are suffering and dying while we remain physically unaffected. Or possibly we feel angered by the thought that more should have been done before or after the event to help its victims. But when we take the Holy Spirit's Hand and truly look, we'll see that, tragic as this event was on the level of form, ultimately what it's bringing up is simply a variation of what we feel about everything -- again, an affirmation that we are bodies being victimized by external sources. The Holy Spirit's Voice will teach us that the exact opposite is true; that external sources cannot hurt us because, regardless of what happens in our personal or collective worlds, nothing can take the peace of God away from us. Once we've really learned that lesson, our thoughts, words, and actions will automatically reflect the love it inspires. Then in any situation, we'll know how to respond lovingly to our brothers -- whether they look like victims or villains, and whether they're half a world away in an actual tsunami, or standing right in front of us. RE: How should a Course student view disasters like the recent tsunami? - Caroline - 08.10.2009 (08.10.2009, 13:49)Inge schrieb: Once we've really learned that lesson, our thoughts, words, and actions Oh my dear Inge! I love you for these words so much! THANK YOU THANK YOU! You are in my mind! And Inge you know that you have the same name as my best friend has! Don't forget this anymore, OK? And by the way, I have no idea why I write this here: BUT HE KNOWS IT EXACTLY! So what else! KISSES! Caroline |