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Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 19, paragraph 1 III. The Function of the Teacher of God 1 If the patient must change his mind in order to be healed, what does the teacher of God do? 2Can he change the patient’s mind for him? 3Certainly not. 4For those already willing to change their mindsContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . III: The Function of the Teacher of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19 paragraph 1”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 18, paragraph 4 II. The Shift in Perception 4 With this idea is pain forever gone. 2But with this idea goes also all confusion about creation. 3Does not this follow of necessity? 4Place cause and effect in their true sequence in one respect, and the learning will generalize and transform theContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . II: The Shift in Perception . . . . . . page 18 paragraph 4”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 18, paragraph 3 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? II: The Shift in Perception 3 What is the single requisite for this shift in perception? ²It is simply this; the recognition that sickness is of the mind, and has nothing to do with the body. ³What does this recognition “cost”?Continue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . II: The Shift in Perception . . . . . . page 18 paragraph 3”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 18, paragraph 2 II. The Shift in Perception 2 The acceptance of sickness as a decision of the mind, for a purpose for which it would use the body, is the basis of healing. 2And this is so for healing in all forms. 3A patient decides that this isContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . II: The Shift in Perception . . . . . . page 18 paragraph 2”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 17, paragraph 1 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? II: The Shift in Perception 1 Healing must occur in exact proportion to which the valuelessness of sickness is recognized. ²One need but say, “There is no gain at all to me in this” and he is healed. ³But to sayContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . II: The Shift in Perception . . . . . . page 17 paragraph 1”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 17, paragraph 2 I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness 2 And what, in this insane conviction, does healing stand for? 2It symbolizes the defeat of God’s Son and the triumph of his Father over him. 3It represents the ultimate defiance in a direct form which the Son of GodContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17 paragraph 2”

Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? page 17, paragraph 1 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? 1 Healing involves an understanding of what the illusion of sickness is for. 2Healing is impossible without this. I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness, P 1 1 Healing is accomplished the instant the sufferer no longer sees any value in pain. 2Who wouldContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 5 HOW IS HEALING ACCOMPLISHED? . . I. The Perceived Purpose of Sickness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17 paragraph 1”

Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? page 16, paragraph 3 X. Open-Mindedness  3 You may have noticed that the list of attributes of God’s teachers does not include things that are the Son of God’s inheritance. 2Terms like love, sinlessness, perfection, knowledge and eternal truth do not appear in this context. 3TheyContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X: Open-Mindedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16 paragraph 3”

Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? page 16, paragraph 2 X. Open-Mindedness 2 How do the open-minded forgive? 3They have let go all things that would prevent forgiveness. 4They have in truth abandoned the world, and let it be restored to them in newness and in joy so glorious they could never haveContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X: Open-Mindedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16 paragraph 2”

Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? page 16, paragraph 1 X. Open-Mindedness 1 The centrality of open-mindedness, perhaps the last of the attributes the teacher of God acquires, is easily understood when its relation to forgiveness is recognized. 2Open-mindedness comes with lack of judgment. 3As judgment shuts the mind against God’s Teacher, soContinue reading “Manual for Teachers: Section 4 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD’S TEACHERS? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X: Open-Mindedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 16 paragraph 1”