October 14, 2014
First of all, we need to remember that all healing is of the mind. The healing of our mind is the return to the awareness of who we really are. Healing is a return to the awareness that we are whole, that we are complete, that we are limitless, that we are Love and that we are One. And we return to this awareness about ourselves through our acceptance of the same about each other. We are taught that we are not healed alone. From the workbook:
“When I am healed, I am not healed alone,
And I would share my healing with the world,
That sickness may be banished from the mind
Of God’s One Child, who is my only Self.”
Healing comes from Spirit. Our guidance in changing our thought system comes from Spirit. For our perception to change correctly, we must allow Spirit to guide our perception correction. Only through Spirit’s guidance will we see another’s true being and realize we are one with that one.
The unhealed healer is the one who tries to heal from an egoic thought system – a belief that we are separate. This is like trying to join those who do not believe they can be joined. Joining is resisted at every step of the way. Even though we are created as One and are joined in reality, our belief in separateness and our resistance to joining will block our awareness of the truth about us and thus the healing of our mind. Perhaps a minister or priest has tried to bring us healing by telling us we are condemned as they are, too. Perhaps a therapist has tried to help us by reinforcing the idea that we are all attacked. How does this help the healing of our minds? All it really does is reinforce the misperception of who we really are and strengthen the blocks in our own mind and another’s mind to the healing of the mind we are seeking – the awareness of who we really are.
The Miracle Workers’ Prayer in chapter 2 of the Text begins with the words: “I am here only to be truly helpful.” How can we possibly be of any help if we are not thinking correctly? If we do not know ourselves truly or understand our healing, how can we possibly help another achieve what we have failed to achieve ourselves? The Course asks us to choose the correct Guide, Spirit. We have chosen our egoic thought system to be our guide for so long, we don’t even realize it is guiding our minds. And we haven’t a clue that it is misguiding us. Even though we are not experiencing peace of mind, we believe that our egoic thought system is guiding us there through separation.
Are we ready to realize we need a change? It’s time to change our guide. Spirit knows us intimately for Spirit is within us and is a part of who we really are, placed there by our Creator. Take a moment and step back from the chaos. Allow the light of Spirit to well up within you and shine our light on the darkness that appears to engulf us. We are the light of the world and darkness cannot exist in the presence of the light we are when we acknowledge it. With that light comes the awareness that we are whole, complete, limitless and that we are One. We are the expression of Love. Our function in this world is to be aware of and extend that Love to all we encounter. We are healed in this awareness as are all healed as we are. As the Miracle Workers’ Prayer concludes, “I will be healed as I let the One teach me to heal.” There is no reason to continue as the unhealed healer. Choose the correct guide already within you, Spirit, and be the healed healer.
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