A Course in Miracles Psychotherapy Pamphlet: Purpose Process & Practice

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A Course in MiraclesA Course in Miracles

Psychotherapy Pamphlet

Purpose ~ Process ~ Practice

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Table of Contents

Introduction............................................................................................................................3

1.0 ~ The Purpose of Psychotherapy....................................................................................4

2.I. ~ The Limits on Psychotherapy.......................................................................................6

2.2 ~ The Place of Reliion in Psychotherapy.......................................................................!

2.3 ~ The Role of the Psychotherapist.................................................................................11

2.4 ~ The Process of Illness.................................................................................................122." ~ The Process of #ealin...............................................................................................1"

2.6 ~ The $efinition of #ealin.............................................................................................1%

2.% ~ The Ideal Patient & Therapist Relationship..................................................................1'

3.1 ~ The Practice of Psychotherapy & The (election of Patients.......................................22

3.2 ~ Is Psychotherapy a Profession).................................................................................24

3.3 ~ The *uestion of Payment...........................................................................................2%

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IntroductionIntroduction

1. Psychotherapy is the only form of therapy there is. (ince only the mind can +e

sic,- only the mind can +e healed. nly the mind is in need of healin. This does not

appear to +e the case- for the manifestations of this /orld seem real indeed.

Psychotherapy is necessary so that an indiidual can +ein to uestion their reality.

(ometimes he is a+le to start to open his mind /ithout formal help- +ut een then it is

al/ays some chane in his perception of interpersonal relationships that ena+les him to do

so. (ometimes he needs a more structured- etended relationship /ith an official

therapist. ither /ay- the tas, is the same5 the patient must +e helped to chane his mind

a+out the reality of illusions.

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1.0 ~ The Purpose of Psychotherapy1.0 ~ The Purpose of Psychotherapy

1. ery simply- the purpose of psychotherapy is to remoe the +loc,s to truth. Its

aim is to aid the patient in a+andonin his fied delusional system- and to +ein to

reconsider the spurious cause and effect relationships on /hich it rests. 7o one in this

/orld escapes fear- +ut eeryone can reconsider its causes and learn to ealuate them

correctly. 8od has ien eeryone a Teacher 9hose /isdom and help far eceed

/hateer contri+utions an earthly therapist can proide. :et there are times and situations

in /hich an earthly patient;therapist relationship +ecomes the means throuh /hich #e

offers #is reater ifts to +oth.

2. 9hat +etter purpose could any relationship hae than to inite the #oly (pirit toenter into it and ie it #is /n reat ift of reould anythin +e holier) ?or

psychotherapy- correctly understood- teaches forieness and helps the patient to

reconi@e and accept it. =nd in his healin is the therapist forien /ith him.

3. eryone /ho needs help- reardless of the form of his distress- is attac,in

himself- and his peace of mind is sufferin in conseuence. These tendencies are often

descri+ed as self;destructie- and the patient often reards them in that /ay himself.

9hat he does not reali@e and needs to learn is that this self- /hich can attac, and +e

attac,ed as /ell- is a concept he made up. ?urther- he cherishes it- defends it- and is

sometimes een /illin to sacrifice his life on its +ehalf. ?or he reards it as himself.

This self he sees as +ein acted on- reactin to eternal forces as they demand- and

helpless midst the po/er of the /orld.

4. Psychotherapy- then- must restore to his a/areness the a+ility to ma,e his o/n

decisions. #e must +ecome /illin to reerse his thin,in- and to understand that /hat he

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and +ecomin increasinly /illin to see illusions as false and to accept the truth as true.

#is Teacher /ill ta,e him on from there- as far as he is ready to o. Psychotherapy can

only sae him time.

6. The #oly (pirit uses time as #e thin,s +est- and #e is neer /ron.

Psychotherapy under #is direction is one of the means #e uses to sae time- and toprepare additional teachers for #is /or,. There is no end to the help that #e +eins and

#e directs. By /hateer routes #e chooses- all psychotherapy leads to 8od in the end.

But that is up to #im. 9e are all #is psychotherapists- for #e /ould hae us all +e healed

in #im.

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2.I ~ The Limits on Psychotherapy2.I ~ The Limits on Psychotherapy

1. :et the ideal outcome is rarely achieed. Therapy +eins /ith the reali@ation that

healin is of the mind- and in psychotherapy those hae come toether /ho already

+eliee this. It may +e they /ill not et much further- for no one learns +eyond his o/n

readiness. :et leels of readiness chane- and /hen therapist or patient has reached the

net one- there /ill +e a relationship held out to them that meets the chanin need.

Perhaps they /ill come toether aain and adance in the same relationship- ma,in it

holier. r perhaps each of them /ill enter into another commitment. Be assured of this5

each /ill proress. Retroression is temporary. The oerall direction is one of proress

to/ard the truth.2. Psychotherapy itself cannot +e creatie. This is one of the errors /hich the eo

fosters5 that it is capa+le of true chane- and therefore of true creatiity. 9hen /e spea, of

the sain illusion or the final dream- this is not /hat /e mean- +ut here is the eoCs

last defence. Resistance is its /ay of loo,in at thins5 its interpretation of proress and

ro/th. These interpretations /ill +e /ron of necessity- +ecause they are delusional. The

chanes the eo see,s to ma,e are not really chanes. They are +ut deeper shado/s- or

perhaps different cloud patterns. :et /hat is made of nothinness cannot +e called ne/ or

different. Illusions are illusions5 truth is truth.

3. Resistance as defined here can +e characteristic of a therapist as /ell as of a

patient. ither /ay- it sets a limit on psychotherapy +ecause it restricts its aims. 7or can

the #oly (pirit fiht aainst the intrusions of the eo on the therapeutic process. But #e

/ill /ait- and #is patience is infinite. #is oal is /holly undiided al/ays. 9hateer

resolutions patient and therapist reach in connection /ith their o/n dierent oals- they

cannot +ecome completely reconciled as one until they


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2.2 ~ The Place of Religion in Psychotherapy2.2 ~ The Place of Religion in Psychotherapy

1. To +e a teacher of 8od- it is not necessary to +e reliious or een to +eliee in

8od to any reconi@a+le etent. It is necessary- ho/eer- to teach forieness rather than

condemnation. en in this- complete consistency is not reuired- for one /ho had

achieed that point could teach salation completely- /ithin an instant and /ithout a /ord.

:et he /ho has learned all thins does not need a teacher- and the healed hae no need

for a therapist. Relationships are still the temple of the #oly (pirit- and they /ill +e made

perfect in time and restored to eternity.

2. ?ormal reliion has no place in psychotherapy- +ut it also has no real place in

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patient and therapist restores the place of 8od to ascendance- first throuh >hristCs ision

and then throuh the memory of 8od #imself. The process of psychotherapy is the return

to sanity. Teacher and pupil- therapist and patient- are all insane or they /ould not +e here.

Toether they can find a path/ay out- for no one /ill find sanity alone.

6. If healin is an initation to 8od to enter into #is Dindom- /hat difference does itma,e ho/ the initation is /ritten) $oes the paper matter- or the in,- or the pen) r is it

he /ho /rites that ies the initation) 8od comes to those /ho /ould restore #is /orld-

for they hae found the /ay to call to #im. If any t/o are hrist- for /hat is unseen throuh #is eyes is too

framented to +e meaninful.

%. =s true reliion heals- so must true psychotherapy +e reliious. But +oth haemany forms- +ecause no ood teacher uses one approach to eery pupil. n the contrary-

he listens patiently to each one- and lets him formulate his o/n curriculum5 not the

curriculumCs oal- +ut ho/ he can +est reach the aim it sets for him. Perhaps the teacher

does not thin, of 8od as part of teachin. Perhaps the psychotherapist does not

understand that healin comes from 8od. They can succeed /here many /ho +eliee

they hae found 8od /ill fail.

!. 9hat must the teacher do to ensure learnin) 9hat must the therapist do to

+rin healin a+out) nly one thin5 the same reuirement salation as,s of eeryone.

ach one must share one oal /ith someone else- and in so doin- lose all sense of

separate interests. nly +y doin this is it possi+le to transcend the narro/ +oundaries the

eo /ould impose upon the self. nly +y doin this can teacher and pupil- therapist and

patient- you and I- accept =tonement and learn to ie it as it /as receied.

'. >ommunion is impossi+le alone. 7o one /ho stands apart can receie >hristCs

ision. It is held out to him- +ut he cannot hold out his hand to receie it. Let him +e still

and reconi@e his +rotherCs need is his o/n. =nd let him then meet his +rotherCs need as

his and see that they are met as one- for such they are. 9hat is reliion +ut an aid in

helpin him to see that this is so) =nd /hat is psychotherapy ecept a help in


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2. ~ The Role of the Psychotherapist2. ~ The Role of the Psychotherapist

1. The psychotherapist is a leader in the sense that he /al,s slihtly ahead of the

patient- and helps him to aoid a fe/ of the pitfalls alon the road +y seein them first.

Ideally- he is also a follo/er- for ne should /al, ahead of him to ie him liht to see.

9ithout this ne- +oth /ill merely stum+le +lindly on to no/here. It is- ho/eer- impossi+le

that this ne +e /holly a+sent if the oal is healin. #e may- ho/eer- not +e reconi@ed.

=nd so the little liht that can +e then accepted is all there is to liht the /ay to truth.

2. #ealin is limited +y the limitations of the psychotherapist- as it is limited +y those

of the patient. The aim of the process- therefore- is to transcend these limits. 7either can

do this alone- +ut /hen they hrist. But healin is a process- not a fact. The

therapist cannot proress /ithout the patient- and the patient cannot +e ready to receie

the >hrist or he could not +e sic,. In a sense- the eoless psychotherapist is an

a+straction that stands at the end of the process of healin- too adanced to +eliee in

sic,ness and too near to 8od to ,eep his feet on earth. ". 7o/ he can help throuh

those in need of help- for thus he carries out the plan esta+lished for salation. The

psychotherapist +ecomes his patient- /or,in throuh other patients to epress his

thouhts as he receies them from the Eind of >hrist.

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2.! ~ The Process of Illness2.! ~ The Process of Illness

1. =s all therapy is psychotherapy- so all illness is mental illness. It is a hane the decision- and ho/ can its shado/ +e

unchaned) Illness can +e +ut uiltCs shado/- rotesue and uly since it mimics

deformity. If a deformity is seen as real- /hat could its shado/ +e ecept deformed)

3. The descent into hell follo/s step +y step in an ineita+le course- once the

decision that uilt is real has +een made. (ic,ness and death and misery no/ stal, the

earth in unrelentin /aes- sometimes toether and sometimes in rim succession. :et all

these thins- ho/eer real they seem- are +ut illusions. 9ho could hae faith in them once

this is reali@ed) =nd /ho could not hae faith in them until he reali@es this) #ealin is

therapy or correction- and /e hae said already and /ill say aain- all therapy is

psychotherapy. To heal the sic, is +ut to +rin this reali@ation to them.

4. The /ord cure has come into disrepute amon the more respecta+le

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has not +een oercome until the meanin of loe is understood. =nd /ho can understand

this /ithout the 9ord of 8od- ien +y #im to the #oly (pirit as #is ift to you)

6. Illness of any ,ind may +e defined as the result of a ie/ of the self as /ea,-

ulnera+le- eil and endanered- and thus in need of constant defense. :et if such /ere

really the self- defense /ould +e impossi+le. Therefore- the defenses souht for must +emaical. They must oercome all limits perceied in the self- at the same time ma,in a

ne/ self;concept into /hich the old one cannot return. In a /ord- error is accepted as real

and dealt /ith +y illusions. Truth +ein +rouht to illusions- reality no/ +ecomes a threat

and is perceied as eil. Loe +ecomes feared +ecause reality is loe. Thus is the circle

closed aainst the inroads of salation.

%. Illness is therefore a mista,e and needs correction. =nd as /e hae already

emphasi@ed- correction cannot +e achieed +y first esta+lishin the rihtness of themista,e and then oerloo,in it. If illness is real it cannot +e oerloo,ed in truth- for to

oerloo, reality is insanity. :et that is maicCs purpose5 to ma,e illusions true throuh false

perception. This cannot heal- for it opposes truth. Perhaps an illusion of health is

su+stituted for a little /hile- +ut not for lon. ?ear cannot lon +e hidden +y illusions- for it

is part of them. It /ill escape and ta,e another form- +ein the source of all illusions.

!. (ic,ness is insanity +ecause all sic,ness is mental illness- and in it there are no

derees. ne of the illusions +y /hich sic,ness is perceied as real is the +elief that

illness aries in intensity5 that the deree of threat differs accordin to the form it ta,es.

#erein lies the +asis of all errors- for all of them are +ut attempts to compromise +y seein


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teachin- if his lesson is to +e that sanity is safe. It cannot +e too stronly emphasi@ed that

the insane +eliee that sanity is threat. This is the corollary of the oriinal sin5 the +elief

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2." ~ The Process of #ealing2." ~ The Process of #ealing

1. 9hile truth is simple- it must still +e tauht to those /ho hae already lost their

/ay in endless ma@es of compleity. This is the reat illusion. In its /a,e comes the

ineita+le +elief that- to +e safe- one must control the un,no/n. This strane +elief relies

on certain steps /hich neer reach to consciousness. ?irst- it is ushered in +y the +elief

that there are forces to +e oercome to +e alie at all. =nd net- it seems as if these forces

can +e held at +ay only +y an inflated sense of self that holds in dar,ness /hat is truly felt-

and see,s to raise illusions to the liht.

2. Let us remem+er that the ones /ho come to us for help are +itterly afraid. 9hat

they +eliee /ill help can only harm5 /hat they +eliee /ill harm alone can help. Proress+ecomes impossi+le until the patient is persuaded to reerse his t/isted /ay of loo,in at

the /orld5 his t/isted /ay of loo,in at himself. The truth is simple. :et it must +e tauht to

those /ho thin, it /ill endaner them. It must +e tauht to those /ho /ill attac, +ecause

they feel endanered- and to those /ho need the lesson of defenselessness a+oe all

else- to sho/ them /hat is strenth.

3. If this /orld /ere ideal- there could perhaps +e ideal therapy. =nd yet it /ould +e

useless in an ideal state. 9e spea, of ideal teachin in a /orld in /hich the perfect

teacher could not lon remain5 the perfect psychotherapist is +ut a limmer of a thouht

not yet conceied. But still /e spea, of /hat can yet +e done in helpin the insane /ithin

the +ounds of the attaina+le. 9hile they are sic,- they can and must +e helped. 7o more

than that is as,ed of psychotherapy5 no less than all he has to ie is /orthy of the

therapist. ?or 8od #imself holds out his +rother as his saior from the /orld.

4. #ealin is holy. 7othin in the /orld is holier than helpin one /ho as,s for help.

=nd t/o come ery close to 8od in this attempt- ho/eer limited- ho/eer lac,in in

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sacred callin of 8odCs holy (on for help in his perceied distress can +e +ut ans/ered +y

his ?ather. :et #e needs a oice throuh /hich to spea, #is holy 9ord5 a hand to reach

#is (on and touch his heart. In such a process- /ho could not +e healed) This holy

interaction is the plan of 8od #imself- +y /hich #is (on is saed.

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2.$ ~ The %efinition of #ealing2.$ ~ The %efinition of #ealing

1. The process of psychotherapy- then- can +e defined simply as forieness- for no

healin can +e anythin else. The unforiin are sic,- +eliein they are unforien. The

hanin;on to uilt- its huin;close and shelterin- its loin protection and alert

defense-Gall this is +ut the rim refusal to forie. 8od may not enter here the sic,

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reproduce the forms of the other- for they are the same illusion. (o closely is one

translated into the other- that a careful study of the form a sic,ness ta,es /ill point uite

clearly to the form of unforieness that it represents. :et seein this /ill not effect a cure.

That is achieed +y only one reconition5 that only forieness heals an unforieness-

and only an unforieness can possi+ly ie rise to sic,ness of any ,ind.6. This reali@ation is the final oal of psychotherapy. #o/ is it reached) The

therapist sees in the patient all that he has not forien in himself- and is thus ien

another chance to loo, at it- open it to re;ealuation and forie it. 9hen this occurs- he

sees his sins as one into a past that is no loner here. Antil he does this- he must thin, of

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2.& ~ The Ideal Patient ' Therapist Relationship2.& ~ The Ideal Patient ' Therapist Relationship

1. 9ho- then- is the therapist- and /ho is the patient) In the end- eeryone is +oth.

#e /ho needs healin must heal. Physician- heal thyself. 9ho else is there to heal) =nd

/ho else is in need of healin) ach patient /ho comes to a therapist offers him a chance

to heal himself. #e is therefore his therapist. =nd eery therapist must learn to heal from

each patient /ho comes to him. #e thus +ecomes his patient. 8od does not ,no/ of

separation. 9hat #e ,no/s is only that #e has one (on. #is ,no/lede is reflected in the

ideal patient;therapist relationship. 8od comes to him /ho calls- and in #im he reconi@es

#imself.

2. Thin, carefully- teacher and therapist- for /hom you pray- and /ho is in need ofhealin. ?or therapy is prayer- and healin is its aim and its result. 9hat is prayer ecept

the hrist can enter) This is #is home- into /hich

psychotherapy inites #im. 9hat is symptom cure- /hen another is al/ays there to

choose) But once >hrist enters in- /hat choice is there ecept to hae #im stay) There is

no need for more than this- for it is eerythin. #ealin is here- and happiness and peace.

These are the symptoms of the ideal patient;therapist relationship- replacin those /ith

/hich the patient came to as, for help.

3. The process that ta,es place in this relationship is actually one in /hich the

therapist in his heart tells the patient that all his sins hae +een forien him- alon /ith his

o/n. 9hat could +e the difference +et/een healin and forieness) nly >hrist fories-

,no/in #is sinlessness. #is ision heals perception and sic,ness disappears. 7or /ill it

return aain- once its cause has +een remoed. This- ho/eer- needs the help of a ery

adanced therapist- capa+le of hrist.

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8uilt is ineita+le in those /ho use their


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can eer lead to peace.

O let your patient in, for he has come to you from God.

Is not his holiness enough to wake your memory of Him?

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.1 ~ The Practice of Psychotherapy ' The (election of Patients.1 ~ The Practice of Psychotherapy ' The (election of Patients

1. eryone /ho is sent to you is a patient of yours. This does not mean that you

select him- nor that you choose the ,ind of treatment that is suita+le. But it does mean that

no one comes to you +y mista,e. There are no errors in 8odCs plan. It /ould +e an error-

ho/eer- to assume that you ,no/ /hat to offer eeryone /ho comes. This is not up to

you to decide. There is a tendency to assume that you are +ein called on constantly to

ma,e sacrifices of yourself for those /ho come. This could hardly +e true. To demand

sacrifice of yourself is to demand a sacrifice of 8od- and #e ,no/s nothin of sacrifice.

9ho could as, of Perfection that #e +e imperfect)

2. 9ho- then- decides /hat each +rother needs) (urely not you- /ho do not yetreconi@e /ho he is /ho as,s. There is (omethin in him that /ill tell you- if you listen.

=nd that is the ans/er5 listen. $o not demand- do not decide- do not sacrifice. Listen. 9hat

you hear is true. 9ould 8od send #is (on to you and not +e sure you reconi@e his

needs) Thin, /hat 8od is tellin you5 #e needs your oice to spea, for #im. >ould

anythin +e holier) r a reater ift to you) 9ould you rather choose /ho /ould +e od-

or hear the oice of #im 9ho is 8od in you)

3. :our patients need not +e physically present for you to sere them in the 7ame of

8od. This may +e hard to remem+er- +ut 8od /ill not hae #is ifts to you limited to the

fe/ you actually see. :ou can see others as /ell- for seein is not limited to the +odyCs

eyes. (ome do not need your physical presence. They need you as much- and perhaps

een more- at the instant they are sent. :ou /ill reconi@e them in /hateer /ay can +e

most helpful to +oth of you. It does not matter ho/ they come. They /ill +e sent in

/hateer form is most helpful5 a name- a thouht- a picture- an idea- or perhaps


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his understandin. :et /ould he not re


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.2 ~ Is Psychotherapy a Profession).2 ~ Is Psychotherapy a Profession)

1. (trictly spea,in the ans/er is no. #o/ could a separate profession +e one in

/hich eeryone is enaed) =nd ho/ could any limits +e laid on an interaction in /hich

eeryone is +oth patient and therapist in eery relationship in /hich he enters) :et

practically spea,in- it can still +e said that there are those /ho deote themseles

primarily to healin of one sort or another as their chief function. =nd it is to them that a

lare num+er of others turn for help. That- in effect- is the practice of therapy. These are

therefore officially helpers. They are deoted to certain ,inds of needs in their

professional actiities- althouh they may +e far more a+le teachers outside of them.

These people need no special rules- of course- +ut they may +e called upon to use specialapplications of the eneral principles of healin.

2. ?irst- the professional therapist is in an ecellent position to demonstrate that

there is no order of difficulty in healin. ?or this- ho/eer- he needs special trainin-

+ecause the curriculum +y /hich he +ecame a therapist pro+a+ly tauht him little or

nothin a+out the real principles of healin. In fact- it pro+a+ly tauht him ho/ to ma,e

healin impossi+le. Eost of the /orldCs teachin follo/s a curriculum in


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lad- for all your sins hae +een forien you. This is the only messae that any t/o

should eer ie each other.

". (omethin ood must come from eery meetin of patient and therapist. =nd that

ood is saed for +oth- aainst the day /hen they can reconi@e that only that /as real in

their relationship. =t that moment the ood is returned to them- +lessed +y the #oly (piritas a ift from their >reator as a sin of #is Loe. ?or the therapeutic relationship must

+ecome li,e the relationship of the ?ather and the (on. There is no other- for there is

nothin else. The therapists of this /orld do not epect this outcome- and many of their

patients /ould not +e a+le to accept help from them if they did. :et no therapist really sets

the oal for the relationships of /hich he is a part. #is understandin +eins /ith

reconi@in this- and then oes on from there.

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seen ahead. Eost professional therapists are still at the ery start of the +einnin stae of

the first


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. ~ The *uestion of Payment. ~ The *uestion of Payment

1. 7o one can pay for therapy- for healin is of 8od and #e as,s for nothin. It is-

ho/eer- part of #is plan that eerythin in this /orld +e used +y the #oly (pirit to help in

carryin out the plan. en an adanced therapist has some earthly needs /hile he is

here. (hould he need money it /ill +e ien him- not in payment- +ut to help him +etter

sere the plan. Eoney is not eil. It is nothin. But no one here can lie /ith no illusions-

for he must yet strie to hae the last illusion +e accepted +y eeryone eery/here. #e

has a mihty part in this one purpose- for /hich he came. #e stays here +ut for this. =nd

/hile he stays he /ill +e ien /hat he needs to stay.

2. nly an unhealed healer /ould try to heal for money- and he /ill not succeed tothe etent to /hich he alues it. 7or /ill he find his healin in the process. There /ill +e

those of /hom the #oly (pirit as,s some payment for #is purpose. There /ill +e those

from /hom #e does not as,. It should not +e the therapist /ho ma,es these decisions.

There is a difference +et/een payment and cost. To ie money /here 8odCs plan allots it

has no cost. To /ithhold it from /here it rihtfully +elons has enormous cost. The

therapist /ho /ould do this loses the name of healer- for he could neer understand /hat

healin is. #e cannot ie it- and so he does not hae it.

3. The therapists of this /orld are indeed useless to the /orldCs salation. They

ma,e demands- and so they cannot ie. Patients can pay only for the echane of

illusions. This- indeed- must demand payment- and the cost is reat. = +ouht

relationship cannot offer the only ift /here+y all healin is accomplished. ?orieness-

the #oly (piritCs only dream- must hae no cost. ?or if it does- it merely crucifies 8odCs (on

aain. >an this +e ho/ he is forien) >an this +e ho/ the dream of sin /ill end)

4. The riht to lie is somethin no one need fiht for. It is promised him- and

uaranteed +y 8od. Therefore it is a riht the therapist and patient share ali,e. If their

relationship is to +e holy- /hateer one needs is ien +y the other5 /hateer one lac,s

the other supplies. #erein is the relationship made holy- for herein +oth are healed. The

therapist repays the patient in ratitude- as does the patient repay him. There is no cost to

either. But than,s are due to +oth- for the release from lon imprisonment and dou+t. 9ho

/ould not +e rateful for such a ift) :et /ho could possi+ly imaine that it could +e

+ouht)

". It has /ell +een said that to him /ho hath shall +e ien. Because he has- he can

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ie. =nd +ecause he ies- he shall +e ien. This is the la/ of 8od- and not of the /orld.

(o it is /ith 8odCs healers. They ie +ecause they hae heard #is 9ord and understood

it. =ll that they need /ill thus +e ien them. But they /ill lose this understandin unless

they remem+er that all they hae comes only from 8od. If they +eliee they need anythin

from a +rother- they /ill reconi@e him as a +rother no loner. =nd if they do this- a lihtoes out een in #eaen. 9here 8odCs (on turns aainst himself- he can loo, only upon

dar,ness. #e has himself denied the liht- and cannot see.

6. ne rule should al/ays +e o+sered& 7o one should +e turned a/ay +ecause he

cannot pay. 7o one is sent +y accident to anyone. Relationships are al/ays purposeful.

9hateer their purpose may hae +een +efore the #oly (pirit entered them- they are

al/ays #is potential temple5 the restin place of >hrist and home of 8od #imself.

9hoeer comes has +een sent. Perhaps he /as sent to ie his +rother the money heneeded. Both /ill +e +lessed there+y. Perhaps he /as sent to teach the therapist ho/

much he needs forieness- and ho/ alueless is money in comparison. =ain /ill +oth +e

+lessed. nly in terms of cost could one hae more. In sharin- eeryone must ain a

+lessin /ithout cost.

%. This ie/ of payment may /ell seem impractical- and in the eyes of the /orld it

/ould +e so. :et not one /orldly thouht is really practical. #o/ much is ained +y striin

for illusions) #o/ much is lost +y thro/in 8od a/ay) =nd is it possi+le to do so) (urely it

is impractical to strie for nothin- and to attempt to do /hat is impossi+le. Then stop a

/hile- lon enouh to thin, of this& :ou hae perhaps +een see,in for salation /ithout

reconi@in /here to loo,. 9hoeer as,s your help can sho/ you /here. 9hat reater ift

than this could you +e ien) 9hat reater ift is there that you /ould ie)

!. Physician- healer- therapist- teacher- heal thyself. Eany /ill come to you carryin

the ift of healin- if you so elect. The #oly (pirit neer refuses an initation to enter and

a+ide /ith you. #e /ill ie you endless opportunities to open the door to your salation-

for such is #is function. #e /ill also tell you eactly /hat your function is in eery

circumstance and at all times. 9hoeer #e sends you /ill reach you- holdin out his hand

to his ?riend. Let the >hrist in you +id him /elcome- for that same >hrist is in him as /ell.

$eny him entrance- and you hae denied the >hrist in you. Remem+er the sorro/ful story

of the /orld- and the lad tidins of salation. Remem+er the plan of 8od for the

restoration of

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