SUMMARY OF EPHESIANS
The first sentence picks up on willingness, “I have come to teach you that which you have become willing to learn.”
This book speaks of the Law, and since there is only One Law, it is the Law of Love.
The Law of Love governs all things, whether we are conscious of it or not.
This is why we are continually encouraged to be conscious, aware and awake.
The Law of Love, which is expressed in creation is always active; we are always creating.
If we believe we are not worthy of love, then we will create experiences which express that. Chap. 2 (11-13):
1Therefore, remember that this law is who you are, so that this law works through you even as you believe you are who you are not. 2This law is your truth, completely inseparable from you. 3You must learn this law and love it in order to realize and accept the truth of who you are. (p. 340)
(19-22) 7-13:
7This is the agreement, which is also law: 8All that you are, you are through creation. 9All that you be, you be through creation also. 10In this way, thought is alive and serves as your creative force through your brothers, who serve you as you serve them. 11This is not a conscious agreement, so it can seem to bring unhappiness and conflict.12But all that is at the surface is illusion. 13In truth, you ask of your brother through your mind, and your brother answers you exactly as you have asked. P. 340-1
Much of this book is a reminder of the above.
There is also a solution if we do not like what we have created. Chap. 4 (29-32):
(v 29 – 32)1Make, therefore, your decision, and then be true to it. 2The mind is receiver, but you choose from the mind. 3Watch the thoughts carefully. 4Do not choose those which you would not deliver, knowing all that is delivered can be given back to you. 5Pick the thoughts you would deliver to the body, knowing that it is also you. 6Let go of all thoughts you would not keep, and they shall not be delivered. 7Deliver in love and you receive in love, for you deliver unto yourself. 8Know your happiness by realizing your truth and operating in it according to true desire. P. 343
Chap. 5 (3-7) 5-6:
5Choose now a different experience, and it is something different that will be given you. 6Choose now to know Love through your being of Love, and it is Love that shall answer you. P. 344
Directives towards solutions:
Chap. 5 (8-14) 8-10:
8Give off Light, that Light may come back to bless. 9Give off Light, because Light is the reflection of your truth. 10Give off Light, because Light is the expression of your joy and all that you would give or ask now is joy, because joy is all that is necessary. P. 344
Chap. 6 (1-4) 3-8:
3As you think, you experience. 4It is through your thinking that illusion is made. 5It is through awareness of thought that you see what I teach. 6It is through releasing thought that illusion is let go. 7This is the process of awakening. 8As you let Me, I take your hand and lead you through this process now.9Everything is according to your own willingness.
(pp. 345-346)
and (5-8) 1-4:
8)1Awakening comes from the Heart, so let the Heart lead in all things. 2The mind is the great receiver. 3But with the Heart, sort through that which is received. 4Let the Heart and mind together give to spirit, so that the deliverer receives, always, through the Heart. P. 346
And the key passage which sums all this up is:
Chap. 6 (v 10 – 18)1
I ask you to remember this: 2You are the free Son of God. 3Coercion can have no influence over you. 4You may decide what you want, ask for what you want, and you will receive in kind. 5Look, therefore, within your Heart. 6Know what you truly want before you ask. 7In this way, you only receive blessings upon your true desire, which is of God. (p. 346).
You might also wanT to check out p. 343 (29-32) 1:
Make, therefore, your decision, and then be true to it. 2The mind is receiver, but you choose from the mind.
It seems like a simple statement, fairly obvious, but some would consider it to be a pivotal piece of awareness.
ACIM makes a brief and one-time reference to what I calls “the Decider.”
Anonymous; Schucman, Helen; Thetford, William; Helen Shucman and William Thetford (2009-06-12). A Course In Miracles ((Original Edition)) (p. 539). Course in Miracles Society. Kindle Edition.
Remember the old image of the devil on one shoulder and the angel on the other? It was always a question of who is going to win, the good thought or the “bad” thought. All our focus is on the angel or the devil.
ACIM and NTI are focusing on the person, the decider between these two thoughts. Notice the difference. The DECIDER is not a passive victim to good or bad thoughts, he/she decides which one to embrace or hold onto.
That might net seem like much on the surface, but the DECIDER is a huge part of the picture.
