Reading Through the Course, Text, Manual, and Supplements in One Year Manual Reading for October 4, 2014 - Day 277 4. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GODS TEACHERS? M-4.1. The surface traits of Gods teachers are not at all alike. 2 They do not look alike to the bodys eyes, they come from vastly different backgrounds, their experiences of the world vary greatly, and their superficial personalities are quite distinct. 3 Nor, at the beginning stages of their functioning as teachers of God, have they as yet acquired the deeper characteristics that will establish them as what they are. 4 God gives special gifts to His teachers, because they have a special role in His plan for Atonement. 5 Their specialness is, of course, only temporary; set in time as a means of leading out of time. 6 These special gifts, born in the holy relationship toward which the teaching-learning situation is geared, become characteristic of all teachers of God who have advanced in their own learning. 7 In this respect they are all alike. M-4.2. All differences among the Sons of God are temporary. 2 Nevertheless, in time it can be said that the advanced teachers of God have the following characteristics: I. Trust M-4.I.1. This is the foundation on which their ability to fulfill their function rests. 2 Perception is the result of learning. 3 In fact, perception is learning, because cause and effect are never separated. 4 The teachers of God have trust in the world, because they have learned it is not governed by the laws the world made up. 5 It is governed by a power that is in them but not of them. 6 It is this power that keeps all things safe. 7 It is through this power that the teachers of God look on a forgiven world. M-4.I.2. When this power has once been experienced, it is impossible to trust ones own petty strength again. 2 Who would attempt to fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when the mighty power of an eagle has been given him? 3 And who would place his faith in the shabby offerings of the ego when the gifts of God are laid before him? 4 What is it that induces them to make the shift?
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