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Study of Text, C 14: II. The Happy Learner, P 3. 2-14-17

II. The Happy Learner, P 3

Journal

There should be an asterisk or something beside this paragraph, some special statement that says, “Pay attention now, you are about to learn the secret to life eternal.” A Course in Miracles turns the illusion we think of as life right on its head. It pulls the rug from under us. And yet, it does it so gently that it takes awhile to truly sink in.

What we are remembering as we do this work is that truth is true and what we are experiencing here is not that! The truth is true and our present experience of life is not true. It is not real and it is not actually happening. He then tells us that we cannot on our own distinguish the truth from the experience, but that the Holy Spirit can do that for us, and we can learn from Him. All He needs is our faith in Him.

Jesus also reassures us that this will be a happy event. He says that where we are being taken is into our true mind and it is very holy and that it is there we will find the simple truth. He also says that we will love it because we will understand it. The Holy Spirit speaks the truth to us consistently and constantly, and sometimes we let ourselves hear it. As we listen more often, the mind is healed of its insanity.

In lesson 45, Jesus says this.

“You think with the Mind of God. Therefore you share your thoughts with Him, as He shares His with you. They are the same thoughts, because they are thought by the same Mind.”

I read this and all I can think is to ask Jesus, “What am I?” I cannot be anything I ever identified with in the past, at least in the past experience of this life. And yet, he tells us over and over how very holy we are, how powerful, how beautiful. He tells us that we are in the Mind of God and that God is in our mind, that we think with the same Mind. How can I read this without crying? I can’t. How can I know this is true without His help? I can’t. But with His help I can learn it.

In the past and sometimes even now I tell Him that I am a body in pain, that I am sad, that I feel beleaguered by all around me and the circumstances of this life. I tell Him I am afraid and oh so very guilty. He, in turn, understands I believe this but simply knows it is not true. He answers each fear, each mistaken belief with the same steadfast reminder that the truth is true and only the truth is true, and what I believe is not true. He keeps turning my attention to my holiness, to my glorious reality.

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