On Wed, 07 May 2008 02:00:58 GMT, Gene
chewbacca.org> wrote:
>>> You still seem to be saying it isn't the lack of love which
>is
>>> the problem, but choosing to see it. I think lack of love
>can
>>> only be cured by love, not by choosing to see it
>differently.
>>
>> The love is always and already there. Our choice of seeing
>the lack
>> instead of the truth is the problem IMHO but we are so close
>to saying
>> the same thing It makes no difference to me.
>
>Perhaps, but you need a place in your system, I think, for the
>expression of love and the means to express it. "Through
>prayer, love is received, and through miracles love is
>expressed."
>
>Having been restored to your original state, you naturally
>become part of the Atonement yourself. You now share my
>inability to tolerate the lack of love in yourself and in
>everyone else, and MUST join the great crusade to correct it.
>The slogan for this crusade is "Listen, Learn, and Do." This
>means listen to my voice, learn to undo the error, and DO
>something to correct it. The first two are not enough. The real
>members of my party are active workers. The power to work
>miracles belongs to you. I will create the right opportunities
>for you to do them. But you must be ready and willing to do
>them, since you are already able to.
This paragraph, read in the light of all the rest of the course, is
purely about what we must refuse to tolerate in ourselves, including
our own perception of others as "unloving".
I do not see how it can be used to refute what George is saying.
Deborah (BC)
