August 1, 2021
Tom Fox
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Graphic Design and Marketing
Somerset, Kentucky
606-219-6982
tomwfox@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/ThomasXFox
A Course In Miracles Text T-1.VII.4.1
This is a course in mind training. All learning involves attention and study at some level. Some of the later parts of the course rest too heavily on these earlier sections not to require their careful study. You will also need them for preparation. Without this, you may become much too fearful of what is to come to make constructive use of it. However, as you study these earlier sections, you will begin to see some of the implications that will be amplified later on.
This is a course in mind training. All learning involves attention and study at some level. Some of the later parts of the course rest too heavily on these earlier sections not to require their careful study. You will also need them for preparation. Without this, you may become much too fearful of what is to come to make constructive use of it. However, as you study these earlier sections, you will begin to see some of the implications that will be amplified later on.
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Christ In Training
by Gerry Boylan
Introduction
The other day I had this fantasy. I entered a musty old book store. It had one of those glass and wooden doors with a little bell on top that jingled as I went in. There was an ancient-looking man sitting behind the counter, reading, of course. Along with piles of books, there was an assortment of other things on the shelves, sea shells, old tin toys, cigar boxes, all kinds of dusty relics.
I began to browse, and came to a section on spiritual themes. A little book caught my attention; I pulled it down. It was called Christ in Training. I felt a rush of excitement. I had always been looking for the “magic book” that would change my life. Of course I knew there was no such book, but . . .
In spite of my doubts, I said to myself, “This is a treasure. Maybe this is IT.”
The book began:
If you are reading this, which you obviously are, your schooling has already begun. You have started to realize you are Christ In Training. The next steps you take will lead you into a more conscious awareness of what being the Christ is all about.
Of course we have a very obvious role model in the person of Jesus who became the Christ. He came to the full realization of who He is, a Son of God. He let us know that becoming the Christ was not restricted to Him alone, but he suggested that “greater works than this shall you do.”
The man called Jesus, with whom most of us are familiar, is often referred to as Jesus Christ.
“Christ” is not His last name! Christ, or Christos, in Greek, means the Anointed One. There is the name, Jesus, and then there is the description, Christ, the Anointed One.
Jesus became the Christ. He became so deeply involved in God, the Source, and the Father that He became One with It. He became as He said, “One with the Father.” John 10:30 He entered into a realm of awareness we sometimes refer to as the “Christ Consciousness.” This Consciousness is the state of mind and being in which you completely recognize your Oneness with God. There is no separation. Since there is no separation for you, there is no separation for anyone.
Jesus not only taught that He is the Way to this awareness, but also dedicated His life to showing how we could also obtain that awareness. Jesus dedicated Himself to being a living example of the Christ Consciousness.
He dedicated himself to teach us how we also could be One with the Father.
I began to browse, and came to a section on spiritual themes. A little book caught my attention; I pulled it down. It was called Christ in Training. I felt a rush of excitement. I had always been looking for the “magic book” that would change my life. Of course I knew there was no such book, but . . .
In spite of my doubts, I said to myself, “This is a treasure. Maybe this is IT.”
The book began:
If you are reading this, which you obviously are, your schooling has already begun. You have started to realize you are Christ In Training. The next steps you take will lead you into a more conscious awareness of what being the Christ is all about.
Of course we have a very obvious role model in the person of Jesus who became the Christ. He came to the full realization of who He is, a Son of God. He let us know that becoming the Christ was not restricted to Him alone, but he suggested that “greater works than this shall you do.”
The man called Jesus, with whom most of us are familiar, is often referred to as Jesus Christ.
“Christ” is not His last name! Christ, or Christos, in Greek, means the Anointed One. There is the name, Jesus, and then there is the description, Christ, the Anointed One.
Jesus became the Christ. He became so deeply involved in God, the Source, and the Father that He became One with It. He became as He said, “One with the Father.” John 10:30 He entered into a realm of awareness we sometimes refer to as the “Christ Consciousness.” This Consciousness is the state of mind and being in which you completely recognize your Oneness with God. There is no separation. Since there is no separation for you, there is no separation for anyone.
Jesus not only taught that He is the Way to this awareness, but also dedicated His life to showing how we could also obtain that awareness. Jesus dedicated Himself to being a living example of the Christ Consciousness.
He dedicated himself to teach us how we also could be One with the Father.
H.G. Wells is credited with this statement about Jesus: “Either there was something insane about this man, or our hearts are still too small for his message.” That thought forms the short definition of Christ Training. Christ Training is meant to open and widen our hearts, to make them big enough to contain the truth of who we really are . . .
