Quote of the Week: June June 12, 2011

A therapist does not heal; he lets healing be.  He can point to darkness but he cannot bring light of himself, for light is not of him.  Yet, being for him, it must also be for his patient.  The Holy Spirit is the only Therapist.   He makes healing clear in any situation in which He is the Guide.  You can only let him fulfill his function. He needs no help for this.  He will tell you exactly what to do to help anyone He sends to you for help, and will speak to him through you if you do not interfere.  Remember that you choose the guide for helping, and the wrong choice will not help.  But remember also that the right one will.  Trust Him, for help is His function, and He is of God.  As you awaken other minds to the Holy Spirit through Him, and not yourself, you will understand that you are not obeying the laws of this world.  But the laws you are obeying work.  '’The good is what works' is a sound though insufficient statement.  Only the good can work.  Nothing else works at all.

ACIM Text:9,V,8

This quote like so many others in the course reminds us that our only function is to provide the little willingness needed for the Holy Spirit to perform His function.  Though our part, our willingness, is little, it is critical to the fulfillment of our awakening; for without it, the Holy Spirit cannot perform His function.  But His support is there for us, even to help us complete our little function.  He provides the inspiration, insight and guidance to help motivate us to become more open to Him, more trusting and less fearful of Him.  And as we grow in the knowledge and understanding of His omnipotence, his omniscience, we naturally begin to resonate more with His knowledge and understanding.  Because He knows who He truly is, He cannot fail.   We, not knowing who we truly are, often question the value of our little part, or if we can even fulfill it.  But even while we ponder this, all that we are, all that we think, say and do is supported by Him; His support is our bedrock, and for that reason, we too cannot fail; it is inevitable that we will eventually come to Self-knowledge and recognize who we really are.  What facilitates this awakening in us is the humble acknowledgment that it is complete when we give our little willingness to Him who's function it is to awaken us, and reveal to us the light that we are.  To let the light of Self-knowledge radiate from within us, all we need do is 'let healing be', and let the Holy one complete His function to provide all the necessary means and guide us to our enlightenment.