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Study of Manual for Teachers 6-2-12

6-2-12
26. CAN GOD BE REACHED DIRECTLY?
1 God indeed can be reached directly, for there is no distance between Him and His Son. His awareness is in everyone’s memory, and His Word is written on everyone’s heart. Yet this awareness and this memory can arise across the threshold of recognition only where all barriers to truth have been removed. In how many is this the case? Here, then, is the role of God’s teachers. They, too, have not attained the necessary understanding as yet, but they have joined with others. This is what sets them apart from the world. And it is this that enables others to leave the world with them. Alone they are nothing. But in their joining is the power of God.

I have many concepts about what God is and how I relate to Him and yet I know that none of them are true and so I don’t dwell on them. I am satisfied to know that I cannot be apart from God and it brings me courage and to think this. It makes my heart glad to think that He is in my memory and cannot be erased, and that His Word is written on my heart, even though I don’t know what that means. I am surprised to discover that I no longer care that I don’t understand anything and am content to work where I am until I am someplace else.

How do I come to remember God? This is my work. I have placed many barriers in my mind to block that memory, but now have tired of the game and long to return Home, so must remove the blocks to the awareness of God’s Love. Now when I encounter anything in my mind that is unlike God, I become willing for it to be gone. I become willing to live without it and the Holy Spirit takes it from me.

And so the wall starts coming down, slowly at first, one bit at a time, then more quickly as I begin to realize that there are not many different blocks. I see that each block is a different shape, but while they look different, they are all the same. This understanding helps move the process along, but alas, I am still easily distracted and sometimes forget the blocks are harmless illusions of separation. When I take them seriously, I believe they must be treated seriously and deserve my attention. I give them power to make feelings of guilt and fear and temporarily become uncertain of my desire to reach God.

All of this seems to take time and seems to be sometimes very hard. I feel optimistic though because I feel the Love that is God more often. I feel it moving in me, and tears of joy spring to my eyes. Even though I still get lost in my stories for awhile, I also have these moments of clarity.

Jesus says the reason I am waking up, the reason I am removing those barriers, is that I have joined with others for this purpose. And you, my readers, are the others I have joined with. Together, we will take down the wall of concepts, beliefs, judgments, and guilt that hides the truth from our mind. It was our desire for a separation experience that caused it to go up, and it is our desire for truth that brings it down. Alone we are nothing, but in our joining is the power of God.

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