Annotated Syllabus
by Tom Baker
Date: July 11, 2010 through August 1, 2010
If you have looked at my website, you will have noticed that I have not posted anything since May 16th. I have been taking a bit of a vacation from self expression and will resume in the near future. I am trying to write sincerely from my heart and not because I have writing to do. In terms of the Course, I am trying to write entirely without a sense of sacrifice. What follows is an annotated syllabus for four weeks in an attempt to get more deeply into the Course and its teachings. — Tom
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Assignment: Text, Chapter 8, II. The Difference between Imprisonment and Freedom
Key phrase: "The Holy Spirit's teaching takes only one direction and has only one goal. His direction is freedom and His goal is God. (paragraph 6)
Study questions: What does it mean to choose between two teachers? How is fear related to choice? What are some of the "lessons" of the ego? What are some of the lessons of the Holy Spirit?
Pertinent Lessons: Lesson 100, My part is essential to God's plan for salvation.
Lesson 101, God's will for me is perfect happiness.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Assignment: Text, Chapter 8, III. The Holy Encounter
Key phrase: "When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter." (paragraph 4)
Study questions: What is the goal of the Holy Spirit's curriculum? What is the goal of the ego's curriculum? How do we find ourselves? How do we find the Kingdom? What is the self the ego seeks to find?
Pertinent Lessons: Lesson 134, Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Assignment: Text, Chapter 8, IV. The Gift of Freedom
Key phrase(s): "The world must therefore despise and reject me, because the world is the belief that love is impossible." (paragraph 3) & "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." (paragraph 6)
Study questions: What is the consequence of denying the laws of God? What does it mean to overcome the world? How is healing accomplished? What is the relationship between love and freedom?
Pertinent Lessons: Lesson 137, When I am healed I am not healed alone.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Assignment: Text, Chapter 8, V. The Undivided Will of the Sonship
Key phrase:"Would you know the Will of God for you? Ask it of me who know it for you and you will find it." (paragraph 5)
Study questions: What is the meaning of Jesus' message as articulated in this section? If this section were to be the center piece for WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN, what would Christianity look like?
Pertinent Lessons: Review IV: My mind holds only what I think with God.
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