Psych. 2 – IV. 11. & V. 1 – 3. Jesus: “Salvation’s single doctrine is the goal of all real therapy. Relieve the mind of the insane burden of guilt it carries so wearily, and healing is accomplished!
The focus here is not upon the body, nor is the body ‘cured.’ The body is merely recognized for the illusion that it is! Seen rightly, the body’s purpose is finally understood; so too the purpose of sickness. And what need could there be for sickness when its secret is revealed?
Given this single shift away from guilt, all else will follow. There is no need for complicated behavioral change. There is no need for years of long analyses and wearying discussion and pursuits. The truth is simple, being one for all!
While truth is simple, it must still be taught to those who have already lost their way in endless mazes of complexity. This is the great illusion; and in its wake comes the inevitable belief that, to be safe, one must control ‘the unknown.’ This strange belief relies on certain steps which never reach to consciousness. First, it is ushered in by the belief that there are forces to be overcome to be alive at all. And next, it seems as if these forces can be held at bay only by an inflated sense of self, one that keeps in darkness the pain of separation that is truly felt, and seeks instead, to raise illusions to the light and call them ’true!’
As helpers, let us remember that the ones who come to us for help are bitterly afraid. What they believe will help can only harm. And what alone can help is what they still believe will harm! Progress becomes impossible until the patient is persuaded to reverse his twisted way of looking at the world; his twisted way of looking at himself.
The truth is simple! Yet it must be taught to those who think it will endanger them. It must be taught to those who will attack because they feel endangered, and to those who need the lesson of defenselessness above all else, to show them what is really strength!
If this world were ideal, there could perhaps be ideal therapy. And yet, in an ideal state, where would it be needed? We speak of ideal teaching in a world in which the perfect teacher could not long remain. Hence the ‘perfect psychotherapist’ is but a glimmer of a thought not yet conceived.
But still we speak of what can yet be done within the bounds of the attainable in helping ‘the insane.’ While our brothers are sick, they can and must be helped. No more than that is asked of psychotherapy; no less than all he has to give is worthy of the therapist. For God Himself holds out for him to see his brother as his savior from the world!”