Chapter 4 na tayo! At dito, mas pag-uusapan pa natin yung illusions of the ego. Medyo challenging ‘to kasi ma-cha-challenge talaga yung belief systems natin.
Kukuwestyunin natin yung mga natutunan nating fear-based beliefs at i-a-unlearn natin sila.
Hindi naman kinakailangan at hindi rin natin ma-eexpect na agad-agad yung pagbabago. It will take time.
Pero ang ginagawa natin ay tinatanim natin yung mga “seeds,” yung new thought system to replace fear with love.
Darating yung panahon na ma-eexperience mo for yourself yung presence of love and peace regardless kung anong nangyayari sa mundo.
Mangyayari yun kung sisimulan na natin ngayon.
⁶To be fatigued is to be dis-spirited, but to be inspired is to be in the spirit. ⁷To be egocentric is to be dis-spirited, but to be Self-centered in the right sense is to be inspired or in spirit. (ACIM, T-4.in.1:6-7)
Spiritual fatigue yung tinutukoy dito, hindi physical. Ang totoo nga, kapag nakakaranas tayo ng physical fatigue, malamang ay spiritual in nature ang reason behind it.
Kasi nga ‘di ba, from previous topic, paglilinaw sa atin ng ACIM: sickness is not of the body.
Nakakaranas tayo ng fatigue pag “disconnected” tayo from spirit. Pag ang belief natin ay we are “some-body” separate from God.
Egocentric yung ganung false belief, kapag identified o connected tayo sa ating ego, sa ating self-image.
Self-centered naman yung kabaliktaran. Yung Self na yun ay si God within us. “God-centered”
Feeling inspired tayo pag God-centered, pag we are in the spirit of God. Inspired, meaning “in spirit”.
You can speak from the spirit or from the ego, as you choose. ²If you speak from spirit you have chosen to “Be still and know that I am God.” ³These words are inspired because they reflect knowledge. (ACIM, T-4.in.2:1-3)
May clue para malaman if we are speaking from the spirit or from the ego.
Tatanungin lang natin sarili natin: Am I speaking from love or fear?
Meron kang peace of mind pag speaking from love. You don’t have to prove or defend anything.
Sabi nga ni Jesus parang ganito: You don’t have to know what to say. You just have to know.
Kailangan lang malaman mo yung truth. And the truth will speak for itself. Ikaw lang yung magiging “the voice” of what you know.
The journey to the cross should be the last “useless journey.” ²Do not dwell upon it, but dismiss it as accomplished. ³If you can accept it as your own last useless journey, you are also free to join my resurrection. (ACIM, T-4.in.3:1-3)
Eto yung isang belief na kailangan nating i-examine – yung crucifixion.
Napako na’t lahat si Jesus, wag na nating ulit-ulitin. Useless na. Nagawa na ng crucifixion yung purpose niya, mission accomplished na.
Move on na tayo sa resurrection kasi nandun yung mas mahalagang lesson na tinuturo ni Jesus.
⁴Until you do so your life is indeed wasted. ⁵It merely re-enacts the separation, the loss of power, the futile attempts of the ego at reparation, and finally the crucifixion of the body, or death. (ACIM, T-4.in.3:4-5)
Crucifixion is of the body. Resurrection is of the spirit.
At yung lesson ay we are of the spirit. Eto yung tinuturo ni Jesus.
Yung crucifixion ay symbol of suffering. Pero ang pwede lang ma-crucify ay yung body. Nag-su-suffer tayo pag identified tayo sa body.
Only the body dies, but the spirit lives forever.
Sinampolan yun ni Jesus through his resurrection.
(Trivia: Ibang “body” na ni Jesus yung muling nabuhay. Kung gusto mo malaman paano niya nagawa yun, nasa Jesus: My Autobiography yung kwento niya)
⁸The only message of the crucifixion is that you can overcome the cross. (ACIM, T-4.in.3:8)
Ayun lang yung purpose ng crucifixion. Para ituro sa atin na kaya nating malagpasan yung suffering.
Hindi siya “to save us from our sins” kasi nga wala naman tayong kasalanan.
Save us from our sin, meaning alisin sa pag-iisip natin yung konsepto ng sin kasi walang ganun.
⁹Until then you are free to crucify yourself as often as you choose. ¹⁰This is not the gospel I intended to offer you. (ACIM, T-4.in.3:9-10)
Pero tayo mismo dapat ang mag-aalis nun. Yun ang ibig sabihin ng “itinatakwil,” aalisin na natin sa bokabularyo natin yung sin.
Kapag nag-su-suffer tayo, tayo ang gumagawa nun sa sarili natin. We crucify ourselves.
Pwedeng ibigay yung pako at martilyo (yung mga challenges sa buhay), pero nasa sa ‘tin na kung ipapako natin yung sarili natin.
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