The title of this article was taken from page 145 of the A Course in Miracles text. I wanted to share an extended quote with you here today. I’m also going to use it as the invocation at my Toastmasters meeting tomorrow morning. (Exact location is paragraph 6 starting with line 7).
Freedom cannot be learned by tyranny of any kind, and the perfect equality of all God’s Sons cannot be recognized through the dominion of one mind over another. God’s Sons are equal in will, all being the Will of their Father. This is the only lesson I came to teach.
This statement is flawless, it is clear that we are all equally children of God, equal in will. Only our language clouds the truth. You see, we have decided to use the word “He” as the pronoun for all people. Not all languages adhere to this custom. Some have one word that means all people or “humankind”.
So, if you are a woman reading the phrase above, realize that in God’s terms “He” = All people. Don’t let the language prevent you from receiving the message.
The first sentence of this quote assures you that sexism and racism are not Godly. “Freedom cannot be learned by tyranny of any kind.” That means you can’t have one group oppressing another group and have freedom. This applies to all human beings in all settings.
The next part of the sentence states: “the perfect equality of all God’s sons cannot be recognized through the dominion of one mind over another.” Said another way, as long as we are at war, we will never have peace. As long as we hate, we cannot experience love. As long as we are looking for problems, we will never find solutions.
