ACIM cont'd

(Chapt.6 - The Lessons of Love)
Teach only love, for that is what you are.
Any concept of punishment involves projection 0f blame, and reinforces the idea that blame is justified. The result is a lesson in blame, for all behaviour teaches the beliefs that motivate it.....what you teach is teaching you, and what you project or extend you believe.

A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy.

Everything is accomplished through life, and life is of the mind and in the mind.....If the mind can heal the body, but the body cannot heal the mind, then the mind must be stronger than the body. Every miracle demonstrates this.....there is no order of difficulty in miracles.

The ego uses the body for attack, for pleasure and for pride.

1. To have, give all to all. (.....You learn first that having rests on giving, and not on getting.)
2. To have peace, teach peace to learn it. (.....Next you learn that you learn what you teach, and that you want to learn peace.)
3. Be vigilant only for God and His Kingdom. (.....The third step is thus one of protection for your mind, allowing you to identify only with the center.....The third step, then, is a statement of what you want to believe, and entails a willingness to relinquish everything else.)

(Chapt. 7)
If different abilities are applied long enough to one goal, the abilities themselves become unified. This is because they are channelized in one direction, or in one way. Ultimately, then, they all contribute to one result, and by so doing, their similarity rather than their differences is emphasized.

The law of extension/sharing: .....you give what you value in order to keep it in your mind.

(Chapt. 8)
When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him you will see yourself. As you treat him you will treat yourself. As you think of him you will think of yourself.
Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.