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| "Heather in St. Louis' photo by Aaron Springston |
ACIM Workbook Lesson #184
“The Name of God is my inheritance.”
Animal communication has always been fascinating to me. We can do away with the words we have designated as meaningful, all symbols we have created to separate us one from the other. Dogs, for instance, don't care if we're speaking Chinese or German, and when we realize this we're on our way to true communication. Animals respond to the images they pick up from thought. If you call your dog to you, but see him running away, then he's most likely going to run away. At some point, your sweet dog will become accustomed to the name you have given a particular action, and begin to respond to it, becoming a part of the scenario we have created for it and ourselves. But in their natural state, and ours, we all respond to the thoughts around us. I often tell my employees that every thought they think is going into the atmosphere of the gallery. 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 the One. 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 those ants to leave your house, in the way that J. Allen Boone does in "Kinship With All Life". Experiment with different ways of communication. What an adventure!!
Mary Baker Eddy quote:
“In the Scriptural allegory of the material creation, Adam or error, which represents the erroneous theory of life and intelligence in matter, had the naming of all that was material. These names indicated matter's properties, qualities, and forms. But a lie, the opposite of Truth, cannot name the qualities and effects of what is termed matter, and create the so-called laws of the flesh, nor can a lie hold the preponderance of power in any direction against God, Spirit and Truth.”
Science & Health Page 177:15-24
