"Sometimes a teacher of God may have a brief experience
of direct union with God. In this world, it is almost impossible that this
endure. It can, perhaps, be won after much devotion and dedication and then be
maintained for most of the time on earth. But this is so rare that it cannot be
considered a realistic goal. If it happens, so be it. If it does not happen, so
be it as well. All worldly states must be illusory. If God were reached
directly in sustained awareness, the body would not be long maintained. Those
who have laid the body down merely to extend their helpfulness to those
remaining behind are few indeed. And they need helpers who are still in bondage
and still asleep, so that by their awakening can God's Voice be
heard."
ACIM OE.Mn.26, paragraph 3
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