Manual for Teachers

Miracles Bear Witness to Truth: They are convincing because they arise from conviction. Without conviction they deteriorate into magic, which is mindless and there for destructive; or rather the uncreative use of mind. {Often magic is confused with the miracle, ACIM view of the term magic is not under its ordinary definition.}

Date: Wednesday evening May 17, 2017

Time: 7:00 pm

Location: On Common Ground at Agape Spiritual Center

610 St. Francis Street Rapid City, SD 57701

ACIM Theme: {Manual for Teachers} 17 How do God's teachers deal with magic thoughts? 1. This is a crucial question both for teacher and pupil. If this issue is mishandled, the teacher has hurt himself and has also attacked his pupil. This strengthens fear and makes the magic seem quite real to both of them. How to deal with magic thus becomes a major lesson for the teacher of God to master. His first responsibility in this is not to attack it. If a magic thought arouses anger in any form, God's teacher can be sure that he is strengthening his own belief in sin and has condemned himself. He can be sure as well that he has asked for depression, pain, fear, and disaster to come to him. Let him remember, then, it is not this that he would teach because it is not this that he would learn.

{Magical thinking is the belief that something outside of you can make you whole and at peace. For example the belief that if you just had perfect health or the right partner or more money or if everyone believed as you do etc... Then you would be at peace. The world and physical universe is a magical attempt to be on our own but not be responsible for the decision to be separate from perfect love and oneness. The magical web we have woven to keep our separate self and blame everyone else for the misery we experience...}

For more information contact:

Facilitator Duke Brunmeier

Cell: 605-877-5460

Email: rapidmiracle@aol.com

Facilitator Rev. Jackie Matthews

Cell: 605-381-0608

Email: aic@revjackiematthews.com

http://revjackiematthews.wix.com/acim