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A Course in Miracles Workbook Lesson #301
“And God Himself shall wipe away all tears.”
We have come to expect tears from someone who has lost a loved one. If those tears are not apparent, we tend to think there is something wrong. We may speculate that the peaceful person is not reacting appropriately, and that their lack of expressing grief will come back on them in various ways. It might even be said that they didn't really care. Kahlil Gibran had a life-long relationship with a woman named Mary Haskell. When he died, she was peacefully smiling while greeting the grieving people at his funeral. No one understood how this could be. At one point, she quoted words he had written to her: "You listen to so much more than I can say. You hear consciousness. You go with me where the words I say cannot carry you." How could she have sadness when the love they shared had always been experienced through thought rather than physical expression? She understood what we are learning about the true reality of our Being. We are Spirit. We are connected. Nothing can change that.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“Take heart, dear sufferer, for this reality of being will surely appear sometime and in some way. There will be no more pain, and all tears will be wiped away. When you read this, remember Jesus' words, ‘The kingdom of God is within you.’ This spiritual consciousness is therefore a present possibility.”
Science & Health Page 573:28-2
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