wk 4, 2/28... from Jehanne de Quillan's THE GOSPEL OF THE BELOVED COMPANION:

42:9  AND THEN THERE CAME THE FOURTH BOUGH, BLOSSOMING WITH THE FRUIT OF STRENGTH AND COURAGE.  AND I HEARD HIM TELL ME THAT TO EAT OF THIS FRUIT, YOU MUST HAVE FREED YOURSELF FROM THE WEAKNESS OF THE FLESH AND CONFRONTED AND CONQUERED THE ILLUSION OF YOUR FEARS.  AND THE MASTER OF THE WORLD STOOD BEFORE ME AND CLAIMED ME AS HIS OWN, BUT I DENIED HIM AND HE HAD NO PART OF ME.

-          Define strength.

-          How do human and spiritual strength differ?  [IS 30.15]

-          Define courage.

-          What does spiritual courage resemble?

-          What is the relationship between courage & belief?

-          Explain “weakness of the flesh?”

-          How is freedom from “weakness of the flesh” possible?      

-          What is the purpose of an illusion?

-          How is the illusion of fear conquered?  [MK 2.5]  

-          What is the job of the “master of the world?”  [ACIM T12, VI, 1.1]