In this video, “Dr. Bob” a.k.a. Robert Rosenthal, M.D. – author of “From Never-Mind to Ever-Mind“ talks about his latest book which released February 2020: “From Loving One to One Love: Transforming Relationships Through A Course In Miracles.” In this conversation with Bruce Rawles, Bob – drawing from and building upon ideas from his earlier books – covers some of the highlights of this 2nd book – the next in a 5-part series. This book explores relationships, certainly one of the most important emphases in ACIM with its practical classroom of applied forgiveness.
Here are some helpful quotes from chapters 6-10 of Bob’s new book:
“… ego takes an altogether different and characteristically insane approach to problem solving. It ignores the cause and deals only with effects.”
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“… if a problem is to be resolved, it must be tackled at its source. And so the first step in dealing with shame (or any other negative emotion) is to look for and identify its causes. We must be willing to push past the ego’s defenses in order to be totally honest, first with ourselves, then with others. We have to admit that our psychological defenses have not served us well when it comes to shame, and therefore, however counterintuitive it may seem, however anxious it makes us feel, we will go in the opposite direction. We must find the courage to bring to light what we hid out of shame.”
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“… our private thoughts have no reality. They’re like thought bubbles in the ego’s lonely cartoon world.”
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“The ego of course treasures private thoughts. They’re all it is capable of. It cannot share love. It can only pretend to love while going about its business, cloaking itself in layer upon layer of obfuscation and subterfuge. It can never reveal the one guilty, shameful secret that lies at the core of its existence—namely, the separation from God— because then its game would be up. You would remember God and awaken. As a result, the ego cannot be truthful about anything. Truth is its foe.”
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“We are all ego addicts, and the Holy Spirit can serve as the ideal therapist.”
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“When we bring our secrets to the Holy Spirit, we are not begging for absolution. There is no hierarchy of sins: none is greater or lesser, and all are forgivable, because there is no such thing as sin. In the Holy Spirit’s sight, all error is equal, and equally dispensed with. Where we felt shame, inferiority, failure, and sin, He sees only love and its wholeness. When we look at our relationships with the benefit of His perspective—which is the same thing as giving them to Him for healing—they transform.”
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“You signal your willingness to awaken by bringing forth what is within you. Without the preservative of secrecy, your shame—shrapnel from the war of separation— begins to migrate toward the surface. Its power over you weakens. From within the dream, you begin to stir. You discover you are not reviled, because you did nothing wrong. You did not abandon God, nor did God abandon you. There is nothing to fear. Your long nightmare cracks open. Light streams in and begins the transformation to what the Course calls the ‘happy dream.’ ”
Along with Tamara Morgan – daughter of Judy Whitson, the founder of the Foundation for Inner Peace (FIP) which publishes A Course In Miracles, Dr. Bob is co-president of FIP, as well as the author of From Plagues to Miracles (FPTM) – his prior book about ACIM –which explores the metaphysical metaphors and symbolism of the story of Exodus, available in both paperback and Kindle editions. The book page on his (new) Robert Rosenthal, M.D. website provides an overview of his books, novels, and screenplays. Listen to numerous interviews with Dr. Bob here as well on Charlotte Spicer’s BlogTalkRadio channel series.
This video was recorded on February 27, 2020.