WHY AM I HERE? |
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Teaching is done in many ways, above all by example.
It is the function of God's teachers to bring true learning to the world.
Properly speaking it is unlearning that they bring, for that is "true learning" in the world.
[The world] is governed by a power that is in [God's teachers] but not of them.
T-5.IV.5:1; M-4.X.3:6-7; M-4.I.1:5
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| TEACHER OF GOD |
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| To teach is to demonstrate. |
M-intr.2:1 |
| As you teach so shall you learn. |
T-5.IV.6:4 |
| To have peace, Teach peace to learn it. |
T-6.V.B.hd |
| Teach only love, for that is what you are. |
T-6.I.13:2 |
| Everyone teaches, and teaches all the time. |
T-6.in.2:2 |
| Teaching but reinforces what you believe about yourself. |
M-int.3:7 |
| They are not perfect, or they would not be here. |
M-int.5:5 |
| A teacher of God is anyone who chooses to be one. |
M-1.1:1 |
They come from all over the world.
They come from all religions and from no religion.
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M-1.2:1-2 |
| No teacher of God can fail to find the Help he needs. |
M-3.5:8 |
Teacher and pupil, therapist and patient, are all insane or they would not be here.
Together they can find a pathway out, for no one will find sanity alone.
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P-2II.5:6,7 |
| A therapist does not heal; he lets healing be. |
T-9.V.8:1 |
| The Holy Spirit is the only Therapist. |
T-9.V.8:4 |
Everything I think or say or do teaches all the universe.
I am alone in nothing.
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W-54.4(19):3,2 |
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S TEACHERS? |
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| TRUST |
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| All other traits of God's teachers rest on trust. God's teachers trust in Him. |
M-4.II.1:1;V.1:9 |
| HONEST |
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Honesty does not apply only to what you say.
The term actually means consistency.
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M-4.II.1:4,5 |
TOLERANCE |
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God's teachers do not judge.
Judgment destroys honesty and shatters trust.
No teacher of God can judge and hope to learn.
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M-4.III.1:1,10,11 |
GENTLENESS |
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Harm is impossible for God's teachers.
They can neither harm nor be harmed.
God's teachers are wholly gentle.
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M-4.IV.1:1,2;2:1 |
| JOY |
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| Joy is the inevitable result of gentleness. |
M-4.V.1:1 |
DEFENSELESSNESS |
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It is not danger that comes when defenses are laid down.
It is safety. It is peace. It is joy. And it is God.
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M-4.VI.1:11-15 |
| GENEROSITY |
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| Generosity rests ultimately on trust, for without trust no one can be generous. |
M-4.VII.1:3 |
| PATIENCE |
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| Patience is natural to those who trust. |
M-4.VIII.1:9 |
| FAITHFULNESS |
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| Trust in the Word of God to set all things right; not some, but all. |
M-4.IX.1:4 |
| OPEN-MINDEDNESS |
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Open-mindedness comes with lack of judgment.
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M-4.X.1:2 |
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| [A Teacher of God] cannot claim that title until he has gone through the workbook, |
M-16.3:7 |