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Study of the Text, Chapter 9, II. The Answer to Prayer, P 7. 1-5-15

II. The Answer to Prayer, P 7
7 I love you for the truth in you, as God does. Your deceptions may deceive you, but they cannot deceive me. Knowing what you are, I cannot doubt you. I hear only the Holy Spirit in you, Who speaks to me through you. If you would hear me, hear my brothers in whom God’s Voice speaks. The answer to all prayers lies in them. You will be answered as you hear the answer in everyone. Do not listen to anything else or you will not hear truly.

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Sometimes I do this; I hear only the truth no matter what my brother’s words seem to be saying. When this happens I feel only love and certainty for him. I also feel the same for me. So I know what Jesus is talking about here. When this happens for me it is not because I am using my ego will to make it happen. It happens because in that moment I am open to the truth. The desire comes directly from my heart, not from my mind.

This is hard to explain or put into words because it is not an ego thing and explanations and words are. But if I were to symbolize it with words it might work something like this.

My friend says, “I’m so confused right now that I don’t even know what to ask you.”
What I hear is, “I love God so much.”

What I say out loud is, “Let’s talk about it.”
My inner response is, “Me, too!”

I imagine that this is the way my innermost conversations with Jesus go, too. He says in this paragraph that he is not deceived by my ego mind. He knows the truth in me and doesn’t get confused by my confusion. I am so grateful for that. And I want to do this for my brothers all the time, not just sometimes. I want to hear only the truth when they speak. I know it is possible because I do it sometimes.

We all do it sometimes. I think about when my kids were young, and would get angry and lash out at me. I would tell my little boy that he couldn’t have something he thought he had to have, and he would yell that he hated me. I would look at that sweet little face all twisted up in frustration and anger and my heart would just melt.

The words were meaningless. I knew that as soon as he got distracted by his next great idea, he would not even remember being angry with me. My child said angry words, but I heard his heart. I heard only the truth. I bet a lot of mom’s have had the same experience. What if I could apply the same degree of loving clarity to everyone? Well, that is what I desire. I want to hear only the truth no matter what my brother says.

So how do I do that? How do I reach that kind of clarity? The only thing I need to do is to allow my own mind to be healed. When my child lashed out in anger he was only doing what a three year old does. He was actually behaving age appropriate. There was nothing wrong with him. If I had taken his words seriously, I would have been the one with the problem.

Getting upset because a three year old expressed his frustration would not be age appropriate behavior for a 35 year old. If I reacted to my child’s anger it would only be because I believed that I was an unworthy mom and my child was right to hate me. It would be my mind that needed to be healed.

It is always the same. If my boss gets frustrated and takes his anger out on me, and if I become afraid that I could lose my job, then I will likely respond according to my fear. So the solution would be to notice my response, realize that my mind is confused if I think the Son of God has anything to fear, and ask that my mind be healed.

Without ego thinking blocking the truth that is in both our minds, I become naturally open and loving. With the channels cleared of my wrong minded thinking, I wait for the words that are needed to come into my mind. I hear the call for love and I answer it with love. I have had both experiences. I have responded to fear with fear, and I have responded to the love behind the fear with love. Experience has shown me that both are possible, and it has taught me which I want.

Here is what comes to me when I think about this paragraph. No matter how a person is behaving or what they are saying, I will look at them and remember who stands before me. This is the Christ. If I hear anything other than love, I must be listening to the ego with the ego. That can only be because I forgot what I am. I allow the Holy Spirit to remind me that I stand as Christ before Christ. I open my heart to Love.

My willingness is all the Holy Spirit needs from me. He will do the rest.

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