Communication

photo credit: Richard Quick

ACIM Workbook Lesson #204

Central theme: “I am not a body. I am free. For I am still as God created me.” Review: #184 “The Name of God is my inheritance.”

Animal communication has always been fascinating to me, as animals respond to the images they pick up from thought. If you call your dog, but see him running away, then he's most likely going to run away. At some point, your dog will become accustomed to the name you have given a particular action, responding to it and becoming a part of the scenario we have created. But in their natural state, and ours, we all respond to the thoughts around us. When I had an art gallery, I would often tell my employees that all of their thoughts were going into the atmosphere of the business. If you are smiling and friendly on the outside, but teaming with turmoil on the inside, there is an uncomfortable feeling surrounding you. True communication is clearly shown by a flock of birds, turning together in the sky as an expression of Mind. Try practicing with your dog while walking, thinking which way you want to turn before you tug on the leash. Expand that practice with the wildlife eating your flowerbeds, or tell ants to leave your house, in the way that J. Allen Boone does in "Kinship With All Life". Let's experiment with different forms of communication. What an adventure!!

Mary Baker Eddy quote:

“The eternal Truth destroys what mortals seem to have learned from error, and man's real existence as a child of God comes to light.” Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures Page 288:31–1