From the third article inside the series for the “miracle” and the “mind,” we will bring kindness and unkindness in to the discussion about specialness. Within a Course in Miracles (ACIM), kindness is owned by humility and learning and unkindness has been arrogance and specialness. The miracle-minded obviously choose humility, learning and kindness which means they are going to eventually learn to forgive all specialness that is what maintains the separation from God. Belief in separation applies to if you are the One Son perceiving Himself separate and other fragments. All unkindness is a result of the anxiety in the mind once we repress our fear and guilt instead of forgiving our specialness desires. We blame and project it onto other people who can be extremely part of us the truth is.
There’s two books by Kenneth Wapnick on, “The Healing Power of Kindness.” Volume 1 is on, “Releasing Judgment” and Volume 2 on, “Forgiving Our Limitations.” In my opinion, these ought to be required reading and continuing study if you’re a life threatening Course student. The following passage says everything:
If you set aside the brilliant metaphysics of an Course in Miracles as well as sophisticated psychological insights, the Course could possibly be pared into one simple rule: Be kind. If you aren’t kind, then not just are you not practicing the program, there is no way you can also begin to realize it. Regardless how brilliant knowing about it of the company’s metaphysics could be, discover being kind toward another person, you are not doing what this Course is asking (The Healing Power of Kindness, Vol.1: Releasing Judgment by Kenneth Wapnick, p. 10, underline mine).
Not surprisingly admonition, we insist on being unkind:
This lack of ability to truly practice A Course in Miracles’ kind principles of forgiveness that they study, and even just teach, has perhaps been probably the most serious failing among its students. This book’s sequel, “Few Decide to Listen,” discusses how students often conceal their thought system of specialness under the guise of spiritual counseling or friendship. The absence of simple kindness is, unfortunately, unmistakable to everyone except the program student making the spiritual pronouncements (What it’s all about Of your Course in Miracles: Each is Called, p. 306).
The non-dualistic specification of kindness cannot be understood here inside connection with dualism as long as specialness is continuously chosen since the ego arises from an unkind thought against God and Heaven. Our unwillingness to acknowledge this about the ego, along with what everything thought method is capable of doing, is something that hinders our progress with the Course. We have to be inclined to think about the ego together with the Holy Spirit – the real Teacher – and take that darkness to Him for forgiveness. Nothing may be hidden and that is straight from the Course.
Kindness To Others Is Kindness To Self
In their books on kindness, Mr. Wapnick also discusses the cause of your person’s unkind behavior is the same fear (and repressed guilt) that’s in our very own mind and that’s what unites us. We have precisely the same right-mind and also the same ability to select from them. Determining to be kind won’t make us different or better; rather this means we are happy to practice the “kind principles” in the Course to ensure that we could learn to understand everything it is teaching. It’s just a question of priority.
He procedes claim that in learning the best way to be kind towards others, were practicing being kind toward ourselves because, “you plus your brother are one. They’re a part of you. You’re not different.” Which i mentioned above straight away to the center with the ego’s thought system wherein the thought of difference is the place the ego began – God and His Son were separate as well as – and undoes it. Even the slightest hint of specialness may be the ego. What he could be saying becomes clear if you actually study and employ the sort forgiveness with the Course!
A critical student with the Course wants to know very well what this means. These students would rather be described as a happy learner using the only true teacher – the Holy Spirit – as opposed to a spiritually special teacher of the ego in all forms. These are thrilled to study on Him how you can be free from the burdens associated with denying the facts:
Forgiveness’ kindness is obscure at first, because salvation just isn’t understood, nor truly sought for (S-2.I.1). And here you’ll set down the duty of denying truth. This can be the burden that is terrible, instead of the reality (T-21-VI.7).
Self versus “self” -or- Identity versus “identity”
Inside the Course, there’s a difference between the “Self” which can be our true Identity as Christ along with the “self” identity with all the ego. This can be a heavily weighed to know because the first accepts the function God gave us through being God-created; but the latter is self-created and completely determined by the ego as well as purpose of vengeance and maintaining separation. Everyone already believes these are the ego. We wouldn’t be here otherwise. To think about the possibly of the being correct and in need of correction restores hope to your head as it points to just how out.
Each time a spiritually special Course teacher (a form of unhealed healer) teaches specialness in the ego, they may be being unkind towards others thereby themselves even though they are highly unlikely to view it this way. They are also not going to consentrate it can be kind for someone to have boundaries with these as their fear and guilt (and anxiety) are so great. However, honestly looking at the world, we see it is stuffed with the fragmented Sonship who is anxiety-ridden from identifying with the ego self. Unkindness is rampant on the globe as well as in the program community. As Wapnick states though, on the internet educate yourself on the Course until we choose to be kind.
Our behaviors will be the illustration showing which mind we have chosen (God or even the ego). The ego is really a vengeful and tyrannical thought system of unkindnesses whereas freedom from this is tied straight away to kindness:
Without anxiety your brain is wholly kind (T-6.III.3).
Freedom can not be learned by tyranny of any kind (T-8.IV.7).
Additionally it is unkind to change this course and spiritual specialness does that through competition with God and so everyone. One small change effectually changes the whole lot from the Course, an utter thought system. If you think maybe you understand that, you don’t. Knowing you need to do, you may be kind to suit your needs see the inherent value kindness plays in learning and comprehending the Course. As Wapnick states, “It’s a question of priority.”
When Kindness Calls
In conclusion, let’s turnaround for the how to Mr. Wapnick and the book, “The Message Of the Course In Miracles: Few Opt to Listen,” also to Chapters 4 and 6 on spiritual specialness. I’ll highlight some important passages beginning with an extremely telling quote. First, however, allow me to also add until this two-book set (including, “Few Choose To Listen”) should also be required ongoing study for serious Course students:
“Love is frightening since it is all-encompassing and inside it there is no room for specialness or individual uniqueness.”
He procedes point out any time we are inclined to call care about what we think is some deficiency, or lack, were seeking to make such limitation real and into a thing that divides the Sonship. The rock of salvation is there is no-one to lose so another gains, i.e., there is nothing to take from another, not their success. However, we don’t understand this until we have spent the mandatory time committed to learning the words actually are correct along with their true meaning. What our systems seem doing lets us know which internal teacher we’ve chosen – the ego or even the Holy Spirit. The ego is limitations, judgment, specialness and separation – the the complete the Sonship together.
When we’re not kind, we are really not Course students or teachers of God (this course as our path). When kindness calls, it ought to be chosen as kindness leads to miracle-mindedness. Unkindness is with the ego.
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