September 23, 2009
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Our Natural Inheritance
The introduction to A Course In Miracles contains the following wonderful lines:
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. (ACIM:In:1:6-7)Logion 70 always makes me think of the above line. Removing the blocks to love's presence, will bring it out in our lives, and that will literally save us. But as long as we fail to do the forgiveness work that will remove the "blocks" and bring out the love, we are stuck in the mire of the ego thought system, and it will kill us, quite literally. Jesus, or the Holy Spirit is the only option that offers life, for all else - the whole ego thought system - is little else but death, and the ego literally wants to kill us. So this saying is short and sweet and to the point, and should sound almost familiar to anyone studying Jesus's teachings in the Course.
Comments (5)
Hmm, agreed.
Cute.
When you meet anyone,
remember it is a holy encounter.
As you treat them you will treat yourself.
As you think of them you will think of yourself.
Never forget this,
for in them you will find yourself or lose your Self. A course in Miracles.
Yes, this logion seems to stand quite on its own. Yet, without your elaborations pointing out the logia’s Course parallels and practical relevancy in our lives, some of the logia are still a bit cryptic for my understanding (perhaps they are meant to be!?). So, no matter how brief, the explanations are always helpful, and then the more I sit with the logia, the more they resonate, even if fleetingly. Thank you.
The course does not aim at teaching the meaning of love, for that is beyond what can be taught. It does aim, however, at removing the blocks to the awareness of love's presence, which is your natural inheritance. (ACIM:In:1:6-7) <-- POWERFUL TRUTH THIS ONE.