June 27, 2026 - 9 am
ACIM Daily Lesson
https://acimi.com/a-course-in-miracles/text/chapter-6/the-lessons-of-the-holy-spirit
How can you wake children in a more kindly way than by a gentle Voice That will not frighten them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the light has come? You do not inform them that the nightmares that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in magic. You merely reassure them that they are safe now. Then you train them to recognize the difference between sleeping and waking, so they will understand they need not be afraid of dreams. And so when bad dreams come, they will themselves call on the light to dispel them.
A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy. Consider the fear and confusion a child would experience if he were told, “Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will escape from harm and be safe, and then you will not be afraid.” It is surely better to use only three words: “Do only that!” This simple statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily remembered.
The Holy Spirit never itemizes errors because He does not frighten children, and those who lack wisdom are children. Yet He always answers their call, and His dependability makes them more certain. Children do confuse fantasy and reality, and they are frightened because they do not recognize the difference. The Holy Spirit makes no distinction among dreams. He merely shines them away. His light is always the call to awaken, whatever you have been dreaming. Nothing lasting lies in dreams, and the Holy Spirit, shining with the Light from God Himself, speaks only for what lasts forever.
1. Are you speaking and acting from your own experience?
aka: Empathy is not about “fixing” someone else.
2. Is your practice contributing to well-being?
aka: Emathty is not about harming self or others (“Ahimsa”) ….
If harm occurs accidentally, empathy circles can be used for repair work and healing.
Resolution Circle:
https://empathymatters.org/now/how-to/?#resolution
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Related QUESTION: “When should NVC not be applied for a reason of impaired health?
ANSWER: ” I cannot think of a situation in which Self-compassion, Self-empathy, and Self-connection is not appropriate. ~Marshall Rosenberg
ACIM – Saturday – 9 AM ET
ACIM Daily Lesson
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https://acimi.com/a-course-in-miracles/text/chapter-6/the-lessons-of-the-holy-spirit
Chapter 6
The Lessons of Love
The Lessons of the Holy Spirit
Like any good teacher, the Holy Spirit knows more than you do now, but He teaches only to make you equal with Him. You had already taught yourself wrongly, having believed what was not true. You did not believe in your own perfection. Would God teach you that you had made a split mind, when He knows your mind only as whole? What God does know is that His communication channels are not open to Him, so that He cannot impart His joy and know that His children are wholly joyous. Giving His joy is an ongoing process, not in time but in eternity. God’s extending outward, though not His completeness, is blocked when the Sonship does not communicate with Him as one. So He thought, “My children sleep and must be awakened.”How can you wake children in a more kindly way than by a gentle Voice That will not frighten them, but will merely remind them that the night is over and the light has come? You do not inform them that the nightmares that frightened them so badly are not real, because children believe in magic. You merely reassure them that they are safe now. Then you train them to recognize the difference between sleeping and waking, so they will understand they need not be afraid of dreams. And so when bad dreams come, they will themselves call on the light to dispel them.
A wise teacher teaches through approach, not avoidance. He does not emphasize what you must avoid to escape from harm, but what you need to learn to have joy. Consider the fear and confusion a child would experience if he were told, “Do not do this because it will hurt you and make you unsafe; but if you do that instead, you will escape from harm and be safe, and then you will not be afraid.” It is surely better to use only three words: “Do only that!” This simple statement is perfectly clear, easily understood and very easily remembered.
The Holy Spirit never itemizes errors because He does not frighten children, and those who lack wisdom are children. Yet He always answers their call, and His dependability makes them more certain. Children do confuse fantasy and reality, and they are frightened because they do not recognize the difference. The Holy Spirit makes no distinction among dreams. He merely shines them away. His light is always the call to awaken, whatever you have been dreaming. Nothing lasting lies in dreams, and the Holy Spirit, shining with the Light from God Himself, speaks only for what lasts forever.
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How to: Empathy Circle
https://empathymatters.org/now/how-to/
The two main criteria are:
1. Are you speaking and acting from your own experience?aka: Empathy is not about “fixing” someone else.
2. Is your practice contributing to well-being?
aka: Emathty is not about harming self or others (“Ahimsa”) ….
If harm occurs accidentally, empathy circles can be used for repair work and healing.
Resolution Circle:
https://empathymatters.org/now/how-to/?#resolution
—-
Related QUESTION: “When should NVC not be applied for a reason of impaired health?
ANSWER: ” I cannot think of a situation in which Self-compassion, Self-empathy, and Self-connection is not appropriate. ~Marshall Rosenberg
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