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| "Maya Angelou" unknown artist |
ACIM Workbook Lesson #176 Central Theme: "God is but love and therefore so am I." Review of: #161 "Give me your blessing, holy Son of God." #162 "I am as God created me."
I recently posted a Maya Angelou quote to Facebook along with a beautiful portrait of her. Her words were in reference to being a child of God and the tough time she has seeing everyone else as the same. Almost immediately someone I don't know posted that we are not all children of God and gave biblical citations to prove this. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God" John 1:12-13. I didn't respond because I didn't post the quote to create controversy, but to help bring peace to many who are deeply hurt by the horrid murder of people at church in South Carolina. So I didn't say that the key part of this Bible quote is "...not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." Divine Mind, God, did not create material man, but the "real" man, which is spiritual. When I say things like this in social media, I always start a brouhaha, and that's not what I'm going for. Peace is given to all willing to receive. Namastè!
Mary Baker Eddy quote: “There is no life, truth, intelligence, nor substance in matter. All is infinite Mind and its infinite manifestation, for God is All-in-all. Spirit is immortal Truth; matter is mortal error. Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal. Spirit is God, and man is His image and likeness. Therefore man is not material; he is spiritual."
Science & Health Page 414:26-31
