How simply and how easily does time slip by for the teacher of God who has accepted His protection! 2 All that he did before in the name of safety no longer interests him. 3 For he is safe, and knows it to be so. 4 He has a Guide Who will not fail. 5 He need make no distinctions among the problems he perceives, for He to Whom he turns with all of them recognizes no order of …
A Course In Miracles Manual for Teacher - To the advanced teacher of God this question is meaningless. There is no program, for the lessons change each day. Yet the teacher of God is sure of but one thing; they do not change at random. Seeing this and understanding that it is true, he rests content.
There is no substitute for the Will of God. 2 In simple statement, it is to this fact that the teacher of God devotes his day. 3 Each substitute he may accept as real can but deceive him. 4 But he is safe from all deception if he so decides. 5 Perhaps he needs to remember, “God is with me. 6 I cannot be deceived.” 7 Perhaps he prefers other words, or only one, or none at all. 8 Yet each …
I just read the teachers manual version of ‘A Course in Miracles’ and have taken some notes based on ‘where I’m at in my spiritual journey’. There was a lot written that I do not fully comprehend right now, based on my current beliefs, but found these particular paragraphs insightful.
I can only interpret what I read based on where I am currently at, based on my own understanding and comprehension thus far, though when I read anything new like this, that I know has profound meaning to so many, I read the text as if all of it is true, and then take my notes, but my conscious & subconscious beliefs adjust the words to my current understanding of life, and as I progressed, it got very religious and my conscious mind struggled to continue to read the text as if all of it was true.
Perhaps our first question should be, “Who are the teachers that this is a manual for ?” If you want to see some sparks fly, bring this question up in a gathering of Course students. In my experience most students will immediately respond that we all are teachers and students.
We now have established that the Manual is a manual for those who have changed their direction away from the world’s curriculum by making a single deliberate choice in which they saw their interests as the same as someone else’s.
So, we have established that the Manual was written to instruct people in how to teach the Course.
There are seven sections in the Manual that depict the teacher of God as essentially a faith healer, or, I guess you could say, a forgiveness healer (in the Second Edition, these sections are numbered as 5,6,7,8,21,22,23).
As major as is the theme of God’s teacher as healing practitioner, the second form of being a teacher is perhaps even more central to the Manual. Let us now turn to this second form.
The Manual for Teachers, then, is a manual to instruct students of the Course who have become mature enough in the path that they are ready to extend its principles to others. This extension is a real personal demonstration rather than a mere verbal reporting.