Going Through The Workbook for Students of A Course In Miracles

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Lesson 238 is up



"And so, again today, we pause to think how much our Father [Creator, Source] loves us. And how dear His Son [Higher Self, True Identity], created by His Love, remains to Him Whose Love is made complete in him."

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Lesson 239 is up



"We thank You, Father [Creator, Source, Love], for the light that shines forever in us. And we honor it, because You share it with us. We are one, united in this light and one with You, at peace with all creation and ourselves."

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Lesson 240 is up



"Let us not be deceived today. We are the Sons of God [Expressions of the one infinite Creator]. There is no fear in us, for we are each a part of Love Itself."

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Lesson 241 is up



"This is the time of hope for countless millions. They will be united now, as you forgive them all. For I will be forgiven by you today."

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Lesson 242 is up



"And so we give today to You. We come with wholly open minds. We do not ask for anything that we may think we want. Give us what You would have received by us. You know all our desires and our wants. And You will give us everything we need in helping us to find the way to You."

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Lesson 243 is up



"Father [Creator], today I leave creation free to be itself. I honor all its parts, in which I am included. We are one because each part contains Your mem­ory, and truth must shine in all of us as one."

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Lesson 244 is up



"And there we are in truth. No storms can come into the hal­lowed haven of our home. In God we are secure. For what can come to threaten God {Creator] Himself, or make afraid what will forever be a part of Him?"

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Lesson 245 is up



"And so we go in peace. To all the world we give the message that we have received."

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Lesson 246 is up



"...what You will is what I will as well, and only that."

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Lesson 247 is up



"Brother, come and let me look on you. Your loveliness reflects my own. Your sinless­ness is mine. You stand forgiven, and I stand with you."

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Lesson 248 is up



"Whatever suffers is not part of me. What grieves is not myself. What is in pain is but illusion in my mind. What dies was never living in reality, and did but mock the truth about myself."

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Lesson 249 is up



"Father, we would return our minds to You. We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. Now would we rest again in You, as You created us."

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Lesson 250 is up



"He is Your Son [expression, individuation], my Father [Creator]. And today I would behold his gentleness instead of my illusions."

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Lesson 251 is up



"I sought for many things, and found despair. Now do I seek but one, for in that one is all I need, and only what I need."

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Lesson 252 is up



"How far beyond this world my Self must be, and yet how near to me and close to God!"

[ttwagneriii]

I was going through these posts (thank you, BTW) and the quotes at the bottom struck me in a variety of ways.  Some of them resonate very deeply with me and others create a sense of friction.  I read somewhere that friction creates polish, so I thought I would address that a little here.  

An example a friction creating quote was: "Father, we would return our minds to You. We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. Now would we rest again in You, as You created us."

For me, there is friction in that quote.  Friction between what is and the way we think things should be.  Infinite is infinite and we are it, whether we realize this or not.  Can we really betray the infinite?  The vise of bitterness seems like a hyperbolic statement on the misunderstanding we are born into because if the veil and the mixed population of 3-D repeaters.  Fear, violence and death are what we have chosen as shadow so that we can that the have something as a reference to polarize into the light.  The above quote tries to externalize and demonize these things these as though we have not chosen them as catalyst in our very own lives.  As though they are there to thwart our journey home rather than providing us something to work with.  For me, this used to create a sense of antagonism and thus, separation between me and the Creator.  Since I realize we are all One, choosing to energize that sense of antagonism and separation makes them something they are not and this kind of thinking is the actual impediment to my progress.

I used to have a hard time accepting that the lessons and circumstances in front of me are the ones I have decided that I really want or need, but the degree to which they are precise and intense in their personal nature argues against that position.  I have accepted that I chose to be here, that "All that assaults your(my) senses is catalyst," and it is up to me to process it efficiently.  Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.  So, I try and I screw it up and I try again to iron the wrinkles out of the gauze of materiality that covers my spirit and sometimes it works a little and sometimes it doesn't.  I have the feeling I have been afforded more patience than I often give myself.

Anyway, true for me.  

For now ;=)

[RitaJC]

I was going through these posts (thank you, BTW) and the quotes at the bottom struck me in a variety of ways.  Some of them resonate very deeply with me and others create a sense of friction.  I read somewhere that friction creates polish, so I thought I would address that a little here.  

An example a friction creating quote was: "Father, we would return our minds to You. We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death. Now would we rest again in You, as You created us."

For me, there is friction in that quote.  Friction between what is and the way we think things should be.  Infinite is infinite and we are it, whether we realize this or not.  Can we really betray the infinite?  The vise of bitterness seems like a hyperbolic statement on the misunderstanding we are born into because if the veil and the mixed population of 3-D repeaters.  Fear, violence and death are what we have chosen as shadow so that we can that the have something as a reference to polarize into the light.  The above quote tries to externalize and demonize these things these as though we have not chosen them as catalyst in our very own lives.  As though they are there to thwart our journey home rather than providing us something to work with.  For me, this used to create a sense of antagonism and thus, separation between me and the Creator.  Since I realize we are all One, choosing to energize that sense of antagonism and separation makes them something they are not and this kind of thinking is the actual impediment to my progress.

I used to have a hard time accepting that the lessons and circumstances in front of me are the ones I have decided that I really want or need, but the degree to which they are precise and intense in their personal nature argues against that position.  I have accepted that I chose to be here, that "All that assaults your(my) senses is catalyst," and it is up to me to process it efficiently.  Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.  So, I try and I screw it up and I try again to iron the wrinkles out of the gauze of materiality that covers my spirit and sometimes it works a little and sometimes it doesn't.  I have the feeling I have been afforded more patience than I often give myself.

Anyway, true for me.  

For now ;=)

Thank you so much for your comment.

I understand that prayer differently, especially, in the context of the whole Lesson 249 and even more - in the context of the whole ACIM.

But that's just me, another expression of the one infinite Creator

[ttwagneriii]

I have dabbled in ACIM, and right now for me, its a bit of a struggle to stay focused on it. Not that parts do not resonate with me, I have just found myself trying to plow through some of it just to get through.

I think its awesome that you are sticking to it in such a dedicated fashion. I have no doubt that I could be taking that snippet out of context, because I really have no solid context for ACIM other than I have the book and it is mostly unread. I was not criticizing the content as much as I was using it as a springboard to examine how certain quotes get processed in my distorted mind.

The way things go, in 7 years, I'll probably be looking for a Calvin and Hobbes book in my bookshelf, come across ACIM, and be completely in sync with what it has to offer. I'll be saying "What? I don't remember reading THAT!" every 2 pages.

[RitaJC]

I have dabbled in ACIM, and right now for me, its a bit of a struggle to stay focused on it.  Not that parts do not resonate with me, I have just found myself trying to plow through some of it just to get through.

I think its awesome that you are sticking to it in such a dedicated fashion.  I have no doubt that I could be taking that snippet out of context, because I really have no solid context for ACIM other than I have the book and it is mostly unread.  I was not criticizing the content as much as I was using it as a springboard to examine how certain quotes get processed in my distorted mind.    

The way things go, in 7 years, I'll probably be looking for a Calvin and Hobbes book in my bookshelf, come across ACIM, and be completely in sync with what it has to offer.  I'll be saying "What? I don't remember reading THAT!" every 2 pages.

Yeah, we can trust that whatever doesn't resonate with us at any give moment is not our Truth yet but might become at some later point, right?

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Lesson 253 is up



"What happens is what I desire [many times unconsciously]. What does not occur is what I do not want to happen. This must I accept."

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Lesson 254 is up



"I have no prayer but this: I come to You to ask You for the truth. And truth is but Your Will, which I would share with You today."

[ttwagneriii]

Alrighty, then, with your dedication in mind, I have taken my first real step into ACIM: I have started with Lesson 1, but I have to say, it means nothing.

HAAAAAAAA!

[RitaJC]

Alrighty, then, with your dedication in mind, I have taken my first real step into ACIM:  I have started with Lesson 1, but I have to say, it means nothing.

HAAAAAAAA!

RIGHT?

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Lesson 255 is up



"And so, my Father[Creator], would I pass this day with You. Your Son [Expression] has not forgotten You. The peace You gave him still is in his mind, and it is there I choose to spend today."

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Lesson 256 is up



"The way to God [Creator, Source] is through forgiveness here. There is no other way."

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Lesson 257 is up



"If I forget my goal I can be but confused, unsure of what I am, and thus conflicted in my actions. No one can serve contradict­ing goals and serve them well. Nor can he function without deep distress and great depression."

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Lesson 258 is up



"Our goal is but to follow in the way that leads to You. We have no goal but this. What could we want but to remember You? What could we seek but our Identity?"

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"Father, I would not be insane today. I would not be afraid of love, nor seek for refuge in its opposite. For love can have no opposite. You are the Source of everything there is. And everything that is remains with You, and You with it."

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Lesson 260 is up



"Now is our Source remembered, and Therein we find our true Identity at last. Holy indeed are we, because our Source can know no sin."

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Lesson 261 is up



"Let me not seek for idols. I would come, my Father, home to You today. I choose to be as You created me, and find the Son whom You created as my Self."