Chapter 9, V. The Unhealed Healer P 7
7 Both forms of the ego’s approach, then, must arrive at an impasse; the characteristic “impossible situation” to which the ego always leads. It may help someone to point out where he is heading, but the point is lost unless he is also helped to change his direction. The unhealed healer cannot do this for him, since he cannot do it for himself. The only meaningful contribution the healer can make is to present an example of one whose direction has been changed for him, and who no longer believes in nightmares of any kind. The light in his mind will therefore answer the questioner, who must decide with God that there is light because he sees it. And by his acknowledgement the healer knows it is there. That is how perception ultimately is translated into knowledge. The miracle worker begins by perceiving light, and translates his perception into sureness by continually extending it and accepting its acknowledgement. Its effects assure him it is there.
Jesus makes it very simple and easy to understand. The healer heals by being healed. A true healer presents an example of one who does not believe in nightmares of any kind, and the light in his mind is perceived by the mind of the one who needs healing. Then he believes in the light because he sees it. The healer is further enlightened as his light is acknowledged and this translates his perception into sureness.
Here is how this feels to me in my own life. I am learning that nightmares are never true no matter how real they may appear to be in the world. Every time I believe in one, but remain open to healing, I discover that the dream is an illusion and I become more certain that all nightmares are just illusions.
When I teach or counsel I am doing so from the highest part of my self that I can access. That part of my mind can see the nightmare my student is having for what it is. I know the truth for the student and am not confused by her story. This certainty in my mind is a light that, on some level, can be perceived by the student. I translate it into words and we talk, but it is the certainty that heals.
I have had times when my mind would be all fogged in because I had been listening to ego. My personal self would be confused and unhappy. I would get a call from a student asking for help seeing a problem differently, and as I allowed the little self to step back and the Holy Spirit to move forward in my mind, I was perfectly clear and perfectly certain as my student and I spoke.
That never ceases to amaze me. It also has helped me to understand that the ego confusion is just a temporary condition and that the truth remains in my mind even when I am listening to the wrong voice. It is harder now for me to take the ego as seriously as before, because I have had proof that the truth is there all the time even when I am not noticing it. I have proof that my mind is part of God’s Mind all the time. As I shine that light for my student, I see it reflected back to me and this translates my perception into sureness.
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