08.10.2009, 13:49
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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.
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.
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"Vergiss diese Welt, vergiss diesen Kurs, und komm mit völlig leeren Händen zu deinem Gott."
"Vergiss diese Welt, vergiss diesen Kurs, und komm mit völlig leeren Händen zu deinem Gott."
