Reader Comments on Ark of Peace Is Entered Two by Two
by Robert Pery. Read the article.
Dear Robert,
Thank you for that article. I have recently been reading the Text around chapters 16 to 19 and wondering about that particular aspect of the Holy Relationship.
However I am still a bit perplexed, because I wonder, given this interpretation, how we progress on our spiritual path if other people don't/won't join with us in our spiritual goals? Perhaps the answer lies in what you say at the beginning of the article and I quote:
for a relationship to be holy—as A Course in Miracles defines a holy relationship—two individuals must both join in a common goal. They don't need to both be Course students; the common goal need not be spiritual or even articulated; but both need to have joined in it.
I have always thought that a holy relationship consisted of two people joining in their spiritual goals. I will be interested to hear what other people think about this aspect of the issue.
Regards
Brenda
Hi Robert...
I most definitely agree with you. I would point out, however, that sometimes that holy relationship is not going to happen if one of the two people has not forgiven the other. In the years just before my mother's death, we had a holy relationship BUT it would never have happened if The Holy Spirit had not shown me a way to look at her and our relationship on earth in a manner that freed both of us from blame. It was because of forgiveness, undertaken at first only by one, that in her last days we were able to join together and love each other and talk and learn about God. This was so very important because my mother was afraid of dying, even in her 90s she was afraid; but as we talked about God and 'the other side' and His Love for us, this fear disappeared. When she died, she was here with us receiving hospice care at home. I called the nurse and she came over and verified that my mom had passed. Then she turned to me and said this, "My dear, I have done this work for several years and when people die of bone cancer they are in such pain that the body looks distorted and the face is a mask of agony. This is how they look when they are dead. But your mother, I have never seen such peace. She looks l ike she closed her eyes and, totally relaxed, just left. I'm telling you I have never seen this."
My mother's peaceful passing (not to mention her lack of pain despite having bone cancer) would not have happened without that forgiveness that formed the foundation on which our Holy Relationship was built.
Thanks,
Pam Reuben
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