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Study of Text, Chapter 11, VIII.The Problem and the Answer, P 10. 10-9-15

VIII. The Problem and the Answer, P 10

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“In the real world there is no sickness, for there is no separation and no division.” So sickness is caused by separation and division, and in the real world, the world we attain as we awaken, there is no thought of separation or division and so there is no sickness. Sickness takes many forms. For instance there are sick relationships, relationships that are special, that are dysfunctional, that are “giving to get” relationships.

There are sick finances, the idea that lack is real and that one is so guilty that one deserves lack and loss. If we believe in lack and loss, then it will take form in the world and sometimes that will look like financial poverty, and sometimes it will look like a poverty of love, or of health. All these are just different forms of the belief in separation, the belief we could be separate from and different from our Creator.

As we allow these false thoughts to be corrected, we wake up from these beliefs and we see the world differently. What used to look like attack now seems to be merely the effect of a confused mind, and behind that confusion is perfect innocence. This is an indication, I think, that the world is shifting from sickness to a healed world, a happy world, a real world. It all happens within the mind because that is where everything exists.

“As you become willing to accept this Help by asking for It, you will give It because you want It.” All help comes through the Holy Spirit in our mind, and to receive that Help we need only ask for It. We can and are encouraged to ask all the time in every circumstance. Because I pay attention and am vigilant for the thoughts of ego that show up in my mind, I see them all the time. It can feel discouraging unless I turn to the Holy Spirit for It’s Help.

Sometimes I need to stop for just a moment and sit in silence as I wait for the healing I desire. I’m not good at silence, my mind is still too unruly for that, but evidently it doesn’t take the Holy Spirit long to do Its job. I accept the Help, and my mind becomes healed of some aspect of wrong minded thinking, and I am free until I notice another thought that still has meaning for me. When I value anything I am attracted to it and my belief in it makes it real for me. That is why I need help to release it, and all I need to do is want the help, want the release, and then accept it when it is offered.

“Nothing will be beyond your healing power, because nothing will be denied your simple request. What problems will not disappear in the Presence of God’s Answer?” There are no exceptions to God’s healing through His Answer, so I make no exceptions in what I ask. All errors are to be healed, no compromise in this.
I understand that the problem is the thought and belief behind the problem, the belief that is the cause of the effect I experience in my life. So as I become aware of the problem through paying attention to my feelings, I follow that problem to the belief that sourced it. For instance, if I am angry at someone, I ask the Holy Spirit for clarity about this, and He shows me my judgment which helps me to see the belief.

Or I become aware of what it is that this feeling triggers in me. Maybe I feel neglected or unfairly treated. Then I know that the feeling that I wanted to experience is of being neglected or abandoned, or unfairly treated. Once I know what it is that I want, I see the belief that caused it, the belief in unfairness, neglect, abandonment, which is just the belief that I am separate from God and His Creation, and then I can ask for God’s Answer to undo this.

“Ask, then, to learn of the reality of your brother, because this is what you will perceive in him, and you will see your beauty reflected in his.” Always, always, we come to this. To be healed, I must desire healing for all. I am never healed alone. The healing of the mind reveals my beauty but it must be revealed in my brother or I will remain unaware of it in myself.

My anger or frustration, any emotion that indicates I have judged my brother, is an indication that my mind needs to be healed. I am fully cognizant that it is never about him no matter how much proof I come up with to justify my judgment. The same thing applies to seeing my brother sick or poor or heartbroken. If I believe these things are him, I will block my own freedom.

I am learning that “caring” about my brother’s condition is not love. It is hate. It is sickness on my part. It is a sign that my mind remains sick and needs God’s Answer to heal it. When my mind looks on a sick brother and sees only a confused mind, I know that I am getting better. I know that my mind is healing.

When I look past his confusion and see only the beauty and magnificence that is his true nature, I know my mind is healed. I have had moments of this and am speaking from experience. I have not yet been able to hold onto this or see clearly in every case, so I know that I am not done. But I am willing, and so I continue to practice. I continue to ask for His Answer and to accept It as I can.

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