A Course in Miracles Lesson #151
“All things are echoes of the Voice for God.”
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| "Aaron, Utah Sunset" photo by Heather Magnan |
I love the affirmative nature of our metaphysical studies! It is not necessary to deconstruct ourselves in order to figure out what is wrong so we can fix it. That is not even an element in the development of the spiritual sense we are exercising. In the acknowledgement that all true seeing, hearing, feeling, is spiritual -- or "ehoes of the Voice for God", as today's lesson expresses it -- all we need do is practice this truth and the error falls away. Recently, women have become angry with me during discussions concerning women's issues and what is to be expected at a certain stage in our life. If I walk up stairs on an 85-degree day and I become flushed and perspire, I think of it as a natural occurrence, not a symptom of a malady predominantly thought of as inevitable. When someone begins to tell me of their experiences of "hot flashes" and expect me to commiserate with them, I don't. And it's not because I'm not compassionate for their discomfort. I am, but I don't feel that simply feeling sorry and agreeing with someone is the ultimate kindness. Rather than feeding a false sense of punishment enforced by some material law, I attempt to break the illusion by expressing spiritual truth. Perhaps something such as, "Take possession of your body, govern its action. God has made you capable of this." (This is a paraphrase of a statement in Science & Health) When said in reference to so-called menopause symptoms, I usually get a disgruntled response at the very best! But I can't be silent any longer. I have reached a point in time where it's impossible to sit and watch. Now is the time to express and live Truth, recognizing all reality as the Voice of God. And anything which is not this reality will be left behind and forgotten.
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“Your mirrored reflection is your own image or likeness. If you lift a weight, your reflection does this also. If you speak, the lips of this likeness move in accord with yours. Now compare man before the mirror to his divine Principle, God. Call the mirror divine Science, and call man the reflection. Then note how true, according to Christian Science, is the reflection to its original. As the reflection of yourself appears in the mirror, so you, being spiritual, are the reflection of God. The substance, Life, intelligence, Truth, and Love, which constitute Deity, are reflected by [Its] creation; and when we subordinate the false testimony of the corporeal senses to the facts of Science, we shall see this true likeness and reflection everywhere.”
Science & Health Page 515:25-6
