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"Fear does not bring about positive change. It is a mistake to provoke fear in an attempt to help others." |
 Jerry Jampolsky, Teach Only Love, Part 1 There is really only one lesson to learn. But it can be stated many ways. One of the ways that I personally find meaningful comes from A Course in Miracles. Teach only love, for that is what you are. This statement indicates both our goal and the means to achieve it. It tells us that our essence is love. And it tells us how to recognize this in any difficulty, large or small: give only love, teach only peace; and never turn to attack in any form for your safety. This is the first and overall principle of attitudinal healing. I have lost sight of this truth many times in my life. Yet it is encouraging how the simple truth keeps reappearing. In the spring of 1975, many of the things that I was beginning to believe might be true became clearer. It was then that I was given A Course in Miracles. Prior to that time I had come to recognize certain "realities," but I had not put these tantalizing facts into a consistent whole. The following summary of what I had become aware of prior to my encounter with A Course in Miracles could be called my first glimmerings of the principles of attitudinal healing. When someone is occupied with helping another person, he experiences no fear. Fear does not bring about positive change. It is a mistake to provoke fear in an attempt to help others. We cannot successfully hide our fears from children. The true contents of our minds are open to all, especially children, and on one level all minds are in communication. We are not confined to our bodies, and we are not limited by physical reality. The mind, through its will to live, can affect the course of an illness. There is no irreversible difficulty. A preoccupation with the past disturbs our present attitudes. We can always learn from any situation we are currently involved in, no matter how undesirable it may first appear. Our inner goals determine our experience. We are not a victim of the world. Love does exist. next -> |
