The ego cannot hear the Holy Spirit, but it does believe that part of the mind that made it is against it. It interprets this as a justification for attacking its maker. It believes that the best defense is attack, and wants you to believe it. Unless you do believe it you will not side with it, and the ego feels badly in need of allies, though not of brothers. Perceiving something alien to itself in your mind, the ego turns to the body as its ally, because the body is not part of you. This makes the body the ego’s friend. It is an alliance frankly based on separation. If you side with this alliance you will be afraid, because you are siding with an alliance of fear. T-6.IV.4:1-8
A Course in Miracles . Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition.
Many of the passages in A Course In Miracles are dense. They need some unpacking to be understood. The above passage is difficult to understand unless the reader understands the metaphysical model on which the Course ideas are based.
One of the most basic ideas in ACIM is the split between the non dual Oneness of God and the ego which has separated itself from this non dual Oneness. The ego doesn’t even want to recognize and acknowledge the non dual Oneness from which it came because it senses this recognition and acknowledgement as a threat to its existence, which it is. Therefore the ego encourages a belief in the body as its temple but the body is mortal while the non dual Oneness is eternal. So if a person decides to align themself with the body, they will live in fear of its diminishment and loss.
In Unitarian Universalism some of us covenant together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. This inherent worth and dignity does not come from the body but from the Divine spark within.
Today it is suggested that we take some time to reflect on what we really are, the body or our spirit which we share with all of creation.
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