Miracles News
July-September, 2013
Radical Empathy
A Course in Miracles teaches us that we can read and apply the Text and Workbook lesson exercises in complete silence and still make a HUGE impact on the world. However, we discover and learn about ourselves in relationship to each other. As we interact with each other, we become aware of the areas in our mind where we need healing and ask for assistance from Holy Spirit to show us the way home to His truth.
Hmmm… We learn in Relationship with each other. Sometimes it’s easy. Sometimes it’s not. I attended a Unity Church service some 20 years ago and I remember the Minister, Jack Boland, saying one Sunday… “You can go to all these workshops, read spiritual books, meditate and attend seminars… I‘ll tell you the secret… ”Get into a relationship. It’s the best seminar in town!” At first I thought it was funny… until I got married. We were married in December and I was in counseling by the following March. Being so uncomfortable and unhappy, I knew I had to do something. The first thing I learned was: We were both so unhealed emotionally that it was going to be a long and hard life unless things changed. I started my real journey then, believing I had to do my own individual healing before we could come together and heal as a couple and as a family.
I began to realize that my individual work was the key. The key to knowing who I am on all levels — physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally. Our emotions are life-lines to self-awareness and self-preservation that deeply connect us to ourselves and each other. The more connected we are to ourselves, the more available we can be to others. The more vulnerable we allow ourselves to be, the more powerful we become because we are bringing all of ourselves to the relationship. When I know who I AM (physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally) I AM in my truth. As my healing process unfolded, my mind and emotions were healed. My ability to communicate my feelings and needs in all of my relationships improved tenfold. I changed on the inside, which ultimately changed my life for the best possible outcome for all of us.
Radical Empathy means that we have to simultaneously acknowledge, understand, and manage our own thoughts (ego) and needs (emotions) as developing beings, as well as holding the space for Truth with deep compassion and understanding of another person’s individual journey.
There is no higher calling than to become fully you. There is no greater source of empowerment and peace than comfort with our own individuality. Communicating from that place is the greatest gift we can give each other and ourselves. The ripple effect of my healed mind is the love that I share with all people I encounter on a daily basis. For me, it is affirming through our individual work with the Course we truly understand that Self-love is the bridge to Universal love.
Rev. Kimberly Beck, O.M.C. is a Pathways of Light minister living in Huntington Woods, Michigan
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