Forma frente a contenido: Sexo y dinero

by Kenneth Wapnick

Podemos rastrear la preocupación casi universal por el sexo y el dinero hasta esa intención oculta del ego que consiste en mantenernos arraigados en el cuerpo y en el mundo para que no lleguemos al verdadero origen del dolor y el conflicto: la decisión de la mente de mantenerse separada de Dios, pero sin responsabilizarse de ello. En el marco de los principios del ego, y de su doctrina de intereses separados, tanto el sexo como el dinero son formas de comportarnos que expresan el contenido de nuestra mente.

Por tanto, este libro se centra en identificar el contenido que da lugar a la culpa, el conflicto y las obsesiones asociados con el sexo y el dinero. El perdón nos permite reorientar la atención de la complejidad del comportamiento a la simplicidad del propósito. De este modo, el sexo y el dinero, surgidos para expresar la culpabilidad del ego —uno o el otro—, pasan a reflejar el principio sanador del Espíritu Santo: lo hacemos juntos o no lo hacemos.

Nada es tan cegador como la percepción de la forma. Pues ver la forma significa que el entendimiento ha quedado velado.
(T-22.III.6.7-8)

121 pages, Paperback

First published November 8, 2012

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are just notes to myself from memory. Some of the ideas from A Course in Miracles that this book rests on and further explains include:

The ego creates and operates in the world of form.
Spirit is concerned only with content.

The ego creates the body as an expression of form; our minds can become preoccupied with the incessant and ultimately unmeetable needs of the body. The ego uses such preoccupations to make us "mindless." Money was invented as one way to meet "needs." But money is part of a zero-sum game. This is the ego's way. One or other gets. What one gets, the other does not.

Spirit says all together or none at all.

I understand this zero-sum game better in terms of money. Though I realize you can't have sex with everyone, I don't quite grasp what he's saying about the using aspect of sex. Does it make more sense to men? Or will I have a burst of insight about this at some point? I did understand the point about believing bodies create other bodies so they can blame it on someone else...

Anyway, basically the body is nothing. That was actually the point of the crucifixion: it was not a sacrifice but a demonstration that the body does not determine suffering or anything like that. Only the mind does. What you do with your body does not matter on a spirit level, but the content with which you do it, does matter. Be normal; be kind; act without guilt. Even though there is no biological law, still refrain anything you *believe* is harmful because your guilt will be harmful.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this is a useful book, there is really nothing new here as the author warned us in the introduction. There could have been more practical advice for a book that belongs to the series of "The Practice of A Course In Miracles".

Of particular interest is the mythology and psychology on how society make sex & money out to be a big deal when it really isn't. There is no hierarchy of illusions just as Course says.

[Rick Bechard · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book clearly explains how we get into trouble when we let our perception of form tell us what is true.

[Carole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but with a lot to think about...
To be re-read several times...