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On Tuesday evening while on the way to a weekly meditation, I decided to stop at St. Francis of Assisi Church. There I was able to sit and pray, enfolded within the silence of the magnificent structure.

After continuing on my walk, the memory arose of Dr. Hawkins speaking about the importance of a teacher maintaining their integrity to the level at which they were experiencing it; and along with the memory came the realization that because every person secretly believes that theirs is the highest level of understanding (or 'consciousness' in the case of the students of Dr. Hawkins), that they might discount those teachings which are at a level that they do not comprehend. This would seem to be particularly true for those at a lower LOC examining/observing those at a higher LOC. Whereas this would seem to be less of an obstacle for those of a higher LOC examining the teachings of a lower LOC.

Francis is well known for the canticle: Brother Sun and Sister Moon; which set the stage for lesson 201: I trust my brothers, who are one with me. It then ties into the teachings of Dr. Hawkins who exhorts us to: "Trust your brother, but lock your door." As devotees of Truth, we want to avoid the trap that those ACIM students who are ignorant of the Map of Consciousness might possibly fall into, as they are unaware of the danger of mixing levels.

We surely would love all of creation, as all creation has a spark of Divinity within. Yet while we may love brother viper, and sister tiger, we do not embrace them. We accept that to honor the life that we have been blessed with, may at times require that we set boundaries between ourselves and those of our fellow creatures-who simply being what they are, would have the tendency to do us harm.

H S was calling me so strongly to share this with my fellow ACIM'ers. Perhaps it has to do with the "wolves in sheeps clothing" that Dr. Hawkins warned about in the 7/07 lecture we had studied the week of the satsang?