Messages & Miracles~ACIM~Lesson 41

Seeking Justice and Love...

Blessed Day♡ as I work through the process.  The messages don't come either easily nor quickly to me today. My thoughts are present and alive; for this is where the creation is. Last evening before bed, I read through the message of today seeking insight, as I was unsure as to what to write about. The lesson today is a beautiful one.  God goes with me wherever I go.

But as I read out the analogy, what I was reading did not make sense to me. The message that I keep hearing is, 'Seek the light wherever you may go.  Seek clarity and truth.  Seek from the heart and through love.'  Perhaps not awe-inspiring, however, but simple. The message is clear and seeks to be embraced.

Today the message, for me, was also more personal. I am not alone. We are not alone. We are not alone now, nor are we ever. God is by our side and in our hearts; he is the spark that lights the soul, no matter how dim the light may seem at times, he is there. And in times of doubt, to go to this place within.

Many choose to think and then perceive, through their own personal experiences or those of greater tragedy or atrocity, that he is alone or alienated. Today's message seeks to make sense of this. It just didn't make sense to me. Until I watched a piece of the news.

'Let us see where we have been blinded.'  U.S. President Obama deliver his heartfelt and impassioned eulogy for the nine slain in South Carolina. It was a speech that sought to heal rather than blame, to love rather than hate, to come together in solidarity, through peace rather than fear, anger, or hate. To teach rather than follow. He reached out and for the first time, his dedicated and compassionate words spoke through the eyes of love in a manner that focused passionately on the lives of those murdered.

When we do not seek the solution, we cannot find the way. Of late, there has only been chaos in the wake of tragedy. President Obama's speech asked for more than this; he asked for not only justice to be served, but for our eyes to be opened.  When we only seek to hate, we will not find the love. We must move from that place and stand outside the norm; outside the fear, the anger, the rage, and the hate. My prayer is for this to be the beginning of a movement forward, beginning with self, then as a community, a nation, and may then this extend beyond.  'Let us see where we have been blinded.'

We were created with free will and to experience. Today's lesson brings us back to the light; trusting. Trusting and indebted that all experience is a necessary part, and our opportunity, to grow in accordance with that free will.  This brings a renewed awareness that these souls gave their lives in the name of healing, and to save the lives of many; to open our eyes to be freed from the hate. To carry this in our hearts as justice is served and as we move forward.

A Course in Miracles~ Lesson 41♡God goes with me wherever I go♡

Today's idea will eventually overcome completely the sense of loneliness and abandonment from our separation and our experiences appear to bring us to. Depression is an inevitable consequence of separation. Separation from self, from our experience, and from God. This separation leads to anxiety, worry, a deep sense of helplessness, misery, suffering and intense fear of loss.

Society has invented many cures for what they believe to be the ills of the world. The one thing they do not do is to question the reality of the problem. It has not been cured as we don't look to the creation of the problem.  The idea for today has the power to shed enlightenment on even the most tragic forms it may take.

Deep within us all, everything that is perfect and ready; always to radiate through and out into the world. This light has the capabilities to cure all sorrow and pain, fear and loss; because it heals the mind, the heart and the soul. This is the first step in our awareness of this.

You can never be deprived of your perfect holiness because its Source goes with you wherever you go. You can never suffer because the Source of all joy goes with you wherever you go. You can never be alone because the Source of all life goes with you wherever you go. Nothing can destroy your peace of mind because God goes with you wherever you go.

This may be incredibly difficult to understand or to believe, especially during this time. But yet the families of this recent tragedy do. I have experienced others that have also. To believe and to embrace that the truth is there; hidden deep within, under a heavy cloud of  angry or fearful thoughts, is a miracle in itself. Today is our first real attempt to get past this dark, obscure cloud; to go through it to the light beyond.

Today's practice period begins in the morning. Sit quietly for three to five minutes, with your eyes closed. Begin by repeating today's idea very slowly. Then, make no effort to think of anything. Try, instead, to get a sense of turning inward, past all the idle thoughts of your day, your life, and the news of the world. Try to enter very deeply into your own mind, keeping it clear of any thoughts that might divert your attention.

From time to time, you may repeat the idea if you find it helpful. But most of all, try to sink down and inward, away from the world. The goal is to reach past all these things; to leave appearances and approach reality.

It is quite possible to reach God at this time, even on your first try. It may be very easy, as it is the most natural thing in the world to do.  The way will be opened, if you believe that it is possible. This exercise can bring very startling results even the first time it is attempted. Eventually you will learn, that it is always successful. We learn more about this as we go into more detail in future lesson. Just know, at this time, that instant success is possible.

Then throughout the day use today's idea often, repeating it very slowly, preferably (and when possible) with eyes closed. Think of what you are saying and what the words mean. Concentrate on the holiness that they imply about you and on the complete protection that surrounds you.

Have a Blessed Day♡seeking through the eyes of God & a Miracle♡ LoriLynn

Messages & Miracles~ACIM~ Lesson 40

A Day of Remembering♡ A Day of Reckoning♡ I am filled with excitement as I begin today. A different kind of excitement. An excitement that is whole and calm, uplifting and genuine.

My whole journey brings me around to this. I close my eyes and I relax my thoughts, and I am calm. How does this happen, I am wondering.  As I grew up, my relationship with God pushed further and further away from me. It wasn't until I began the journey of discovery, of who I am, that the answer became clear. Does everyone know this or was I just left out? Was I so blind? Was this the intended path?  How can you find something that you had no idea that was lost. What I do know most is that this was the peace (ha!) of me that has been missing.

The Box.

The box represents that wall around us. It blocks our wholeness. It prevents our hearts from singing. It prevents our ears from hearing. But what I understand now is that the box does not shut us off from the rest of the world, as so often is depicted, it shuts us off from our relationship with God. This is the one relationship that makes us whole. It is the relationship that connects us to our soul and it is one of goodness and joy. And love♡ That's what the teachings are about.

I am thinking that this may not make sense. I am trying to remember as I type. I allow my thoughts to flow through my fingers (as I always do... today the messages are fast and excited). Where did I fall off the path? Was I ever on the path? A new awareness. A-ha...gosh darn it, I think that I just understood. A wave of resurrection has just passed through me.

We teach a false sense of God, a fearful God. Yes, certainly, they do throw in the word Love every now and then, but this word seems to be associated with a sense of fear. Forgiveness is a word that is used most often. I understand now that there is a link between all of this they forget to teach; Love, pure and simple. They forget to teach about our true connection with God, one that is based on Love. This connection is whole, it is forgiving, and it is based on experiencing love. 

I am going to stand up on this one. I have to. To shout this out to the world. We are truly teaching the wrong lessons to our children. True, I am saying this based on my experiences; but I do believe it to be true for the masses. When we look out into the word we can see it.  I attended a Catholic school for a period of time. I went to church on Sundays and took part in Catechism. I went to Bible camp and joined Young Life, a Christian based group. All of these experiences should have brought me closer to and taught me the importance of my relationship with God. But rather they took me further away. 

The missing component from all of these entities was Love. But how can that be. 

Only a couple of experiences stand out for me during my Catholic School days, with my first communion at the top of this list. I can still envision myself kneeling at the altar with my white dress and veil; I thought this to be the most wonderful experience. That moment was one that did bring me closer to God. I was in awe of the experience. I still am. I also remember Miss Williams, my favorite teacher. What stands out in my mind is that she was not a nun, yet she is the one whom I would say most personified love, compassion, and a gentleness. I wanted to be like her.  On the flip side, up close and personal, throughout my experiences, were fear and judgment, sometimes anger. I look back and now wonder, how can we teach about God without portraying love?  

Looking back now at all of my 'religious' opportunities before me as a child, I believed (or rather  assumed), to better understand and nurture my relationship with God.  I remember just wanting to connect; to sing, to pray, and to love. But this was all against a backdrop of judgement, fear, doubt and other complexities. This is the pull. And this is where the lessons have brought me back to. That place where true love exists. True love that allows. Love without fear or judgment. Love that only learns and experiences. Love that is joyful, accepting, and nurturing. I am most grateful to be back at this place. I am grateful to remember. To remember that I am a Blessed Child of God.

A Course in Miracles~Lesson 40~ I am blessed as a Child of God.

Today's lesson takes us back to that place of remembering.  Practice periods are not required today, only an allowance of remembering. Keep remembering throughout the day, bring your thoughts back to this place. I am Blessed as a Child of God. 

You may wish, at times, to stop, relax, say the words, and allow yourself to feel the message; allow yourself to fully remember.

You may wish, also to add different attributes, that you may associate with being a Child of God, applying them to yourself. such as:

I am blessed as a Child of God. I am happy, peaceful, loving and contented.

I am blessed as a Child of God. I am calm, quiet, assured and confident.

We are learning to experience. First with self; for this is the only place to begin. It's difficult to teach what we do not fully recognize, know, or understand. We are only teaching words then. The word of God should be recognizable and unified; Love. Today brings us back to remembering, to the recognizable. Embrace the message. Embrace the Love♡ Lori-Lynn

Messages & Miracles, ACIM, Lesson 39

For this is where the Light will Lead Us♡ Many years back I had a session with a medium who channeled Dr. Peebles (To Dance with Angels). He said to me, 'it's to understand the perceived Illusion of the Separation.' In this moment, some 20 years later that I can say that I understand the illusion. This course has brought me here. To this place of understanding. For this is where the Light Shall Lead Us♡

Today's lesson is the final lesson as we move forward with some pretty amazing awareness. 

The other day I mentioned that I had found that particular lesson to be personally difficult. We had reached a level that was moving me forward to a place that brought forth many of my fears from my childhood. Somehow I knew that I had to fully understand and embrace those lessons to move forward in my Journey.

I can look back, now, and see that during my late teens all the way into my years as a young adult, I struggled to separate in order to belong. Acceptance. In my courses I teach that we all have a 'root' word, a root cause of our fear. Mine is acceptance. I see that each time I moved closer to God or my Holiness, the more fearful I became.  The message became clear; if I associate with God, then I was expected to act in a certain manner. I was expected to be something that I was not. And I wanted to belong, to be accepted; to have friends. To be loved.

The greatest love is that of God.

How to separate and belong at the same time. How to have fun, cross lines and discover; and still have a relationship with God, became the challenge. I had some pretty crazy experiences throughout those years, many of which I am not proud of.  I struggled with the expectation; how I was supposed to act, think, and feel. For if I was holy, than I was perfect. All the while knowing that I am not.  I knew my mistakes, each and every one of them.

But there is often no allowance for mistakes, especially in the church. Or so I began to think, believe and finally fear. I struggled between acceptance and my relationship with God.

The separation became more difficult as I began to believe that it was only through perfection that I could be holy. That each mistake (sin) that I made took me further and further away from my  relationship with God, until I reached a place where I truly believed that I was so riddled with sin and mistakes that I could not possibly be loved by God, that I was too far gone that I could not be saved, and that I was doomed to not reach Heaven.

I always knew that I could not be perfect and to be honest, despite what others may believe, I was never trying to be. I know that I am not without sin. Let's just put that out there for the world to see. I have made mistakes, a boat-load of them truthfully, and I continue to make them. I have made some  bad choices, really bad ones. I have hurt others, consciously and unconsciously.  But I have also learned to forgive. I learned this long ago. What I understand now is that the person that I needed to forgive most, was myself. I am here not because of all the mistakes I have made, but rather for the lessons that I have learned. I can now fully forgive myself.  I can then move forward, both learning and making mistakes, both that are consistent with my journey and my awareness. As I grow, so too will I make new choices.


What I have learned most in this phase of 10, what God is really telling us is that these mistakes are necessary for our growth and we have to experience them for ourselves. and that it's Okay. To live in a state of mindful awareness; with compassion; being caring, loving, gentle, and kind. And to forgive; self, as well as others. The Loving Allowance of all to Be; to experience, to learn, to grow, to move forward; each in our own place and time.

Today's lesson is 'My Holiness is my salvation.' Key here is MY, my lessons, my growth, my awareness, my mistakes. We have been taught to judge and to condemn. Not by the word of God, but rather by the word of others. It's a false interpretation that brings about so much fear.

Today is about letting go of this; releasing the attachments and narrowing the separation. In spite of all the mistakes, I am still holy. 

This phase of lessons is so important, to understand, and more so, to embrace, as we enter into the next 10 phrases. For me, this is the final step in releasing judgment of my mistakes and to find acceptance with God. It's between me and God, it always has been.

A Course in Miracles~ Lesson 39~ My holiness is my rite and my salvation.

The idea used for the exercise today is very simple, very clear, and unambiguous.  We are brought to the very obvious, which has been overlooked in the clouds of complexity in which we have been taught to think.

Our holiness is the answer to every question that was ever asked, is being asked now, or will be asked in the future. Your holiness means the end of guilt, the end of fear, and therefore, the end of hell, as we have been brought to believe. How could you, to whom your holiness belongs, be excluded from it? The answer is simple; God does not know UN-holiness.

A full five minutes are urged for four longer practice periods today. Frequent practice sessions are also encouraged throughout the day. 

Begin the practice periods as usual, by repeating today's idea to yourself. Then, with closed eyes, search out your unloving thoughts in whatever form they appear; uneasiness, depression, anger, fear, worry, attack, insecurity and so on. Whatever form they take, they are unloving and therefore fearful.
And so it is from them that you need to be 'saved'.

Specific situations, events or personalities you associate with unloving thoughts of any kind are suitable subjects for today's exercises. It is your blessing of them that will give you a renewed vision.


Slowly, without conscious selection and without undue emphasis on any one in particular, search your mind for every thought that stands between you and your salvation. Apply the idea for today to each of them in this way:

My unloving thoughts about ______ are keeping me in fear. My holiness is my rite and my salvation.

Feel free to introduce variety into the exercise periods in whatever form appeals to you. In doing so, keep in your awareness that the idea should be stated so that its meaning is the fact that our holiness is a rite and our salvation.

May love and peace be with you throughout today♡ You are, I am, We all are, Loved. Blessed Be♡ Lori-Lynn

Messages & Miracles~ ACIM~ Lesson 38

I read today's lesson prior to beginning my thoughts for this post. Interesting, as my card pick for today is Faith.

Seek the Faith within♡Delve down, deep within and feel the pleasures of each of your senses. There is a satisfaction in this, today, a fulfillment of the material, emotional, & spiritual; bringing forward success, bounty, and good health.  Then Count your Blessings♡ Give Gratitude. And Enjoy; enjoy how great life is~ You have worked hard to get here~ and how much greater life is going to be.  Know this; stand tall in Faith, Love, & Peace♡

There is much going on a my work (as a social support worker), of late. I have really had to dig deep every single day. When your choices have a direct effect on a client, often the darkest times require an immense amount of faith.  I have had to give a sincere & non-judgmental thought process towards  each step as I chose to take it. The challenge is to always be focused on intent. The toughest part, has not been in the decision making itself, nor the execution, followed by the letting go, but rather more so, it have been in sitting secure & confident in Faith.

Today's card pick along with our lesson, acknowledged that I just need to trust. That, when any decision is based in love & knowledge, there is nothing to fear....And with this, the sun peaked its rays upon my through my bedroom window. I know that it will always rise. 

A Course in Miracles~ Lesson 38 ~ There is nothing my holiness cannot do. Or There is nothing my holiness cannot do because the power of God lies in it.

This weeks lessons are tough. Not in doing them, but, as some may say, 'A hard pill to swallow.' Today's lesson may be no exception, but there is a greatness that comes in the awareness. In this lesson, we learn that our holiness reverses all the laws of the world.  But, if you see in terms of perception and ego, it may be less difficult to embrace and allow. Our ego perceives, all too often, through the eyes and ears of fear. Today's lesson is to shed light on our motivational thought process.

Today's lesson is beyond every restriction of time, space, distance, or limits of any kind. Your holiness is totally unlimited in its power because it establishes you as a Child of God, and one with the Mind of his Creator. Through your holiness the power of God is made manifest. Through your holiness the power of God is made available. And there is nothing the power of God cannot do. Your holiness, then, can remove all pain, end all sorrow, and solve all problems.

Today's lesson draws us back to the Spiritual person that we truly are...No matter what.  And it can do so in connection with yourself and with anyone else. It is equal in its power to help anyone
because it is equal in its power to save anyone. If everything that God has created is holy, so too are you holy. And... there is nothing your holiness cannot do.


In today's exercises, apply the power of your holiness to all problems, difficulties or suffering in any form that you happen to think of, in yourself or in someone else. We will make no distinctions because there are no distinctions.  Do not think in terms of big or small; more necessary or less worrisome. 

In the four longer practice periods, each preferably to last a full five minutes, repeat the idea for today, close your eyes, and then search your mind for any sense of loss or unhappiness of any kind as you see it. Identify the situation specifically, and if there is so, also the name of the person concerned.

Use this form in applying the idea for today:

In the situation involving ___ in which I see myself, there is nothing that my holiness cannot do.

From time to time you may want to vary this procedure, and add some relevant thoughts of your own. You might like, for example, to include thoughts such as:

There is nothing my holiness cannot do because the power of God lies in it.

The purpose of today's exercises is to begin to instill in you a sense that you have dominion over all things because of what you are. ♡A Loving Child of God♡

Blessed Be & have a Beautiful Day, LoriLynn

Messages & Miracles~ACIM~ Lesson 37

Hey You! Can you hear me? I'm talkin' to you! Ha! This photo always clears away what ails me.  Sometimes it seems like the world is so full of grief and despair that it may just be easier to climb back into bed and pull the covers over my head. So I find what brings me back to happy.

I know that it is for me to make sense of it all.  I can't just ignore it, not see it, or pretend that it doesn't exist.  It does become increasingly more difficult when I am so saddened over by such events that call out in desperation. This morning I questioned myself, 'Have the issues become too large? Do I believe that love will heal all? Do I see love as the answer? Do I think that love can change experiences in a radical moment?

I do.  Me and my rose-coloured glasses always have.  I can't say I know how, but I can say that I do believe so. We've never given it a chance. I am not sure if we ever will; or at least we won't until we begin to face, see, and then change our priorities. In a BIG Universal way. My place of Utopia. Alas, but really, it is not perfection that I am seeking. It is a state of  constant growth, learning, discovering, & experiencing.

Today, this had led my heart to Charleston. What is remembered, lives on in the hearts of their families & the many lives they have touched♡ These are names of the fallen in Charleston:

Cynthia Hurd, 54; Susie Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Clementa Pinckney, 41; Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; Tywanza Sanders, 26; DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Myra Thompson, 59 and Daniel Simmons, 74.

These souls and others, have died for us.  Blessed be. I often think this thought when a senseless massacre happens. They have died for us. Because it seems that too many have forgotten that we need to learn. That's what is happening time and time again, the lessons are not acknowledged or learned. We fight about the lesson, so we never move towards the solution. We are brought back to it again.

And let it begin with me. So with this, I bring it into real time, to what is happening today in my world; my choices, my awareness, my teachings. To do so, from a place of unconditional love, compassion & understanding. To ask now and always, 'What would Love do?' To then, as I move throughout the day and as I do so, to not to get caught up in the drama that we can face every day.  The little things that are not important. There are so many.  I continually remind myself of who I am, what I want, and where I want to go. And to choose, in every moment, to stay true to me. True to all that is ever changing. True to my Spirit. That's all that I can do. That's all any of us can do. And that is BIG.

Some may argue that this is not easy.  People pose this to me often in my readings. I concur, it is not always easy.  That's because we see what we have to give up who we really aren't (but have learned to find comfort in this, as it is what we know), to find who we truly are (and face ridicule and unease... so we see & fear). We take what others do and project personally, when it really is not. The only experience that is personal, is the one that we give to ourselves. Once we discover truly who we are and accept this, the ridicule and the unease don't matter. We stop living our lives for others and begin to live life for ourselves, in our own light. This is the opportunity.

See through the eyes of love, honesty, and blessings♡ through the eyes of God♡ the God within♡ and see the world with a whole new awareness. And then bless the world with your light. 

I am adding an interject at this point, after writing this.  For me, this is the first instance in doing this, in writing this out, that has caused me a certain stress. Deep breath. I do know why and it is for me to overcome. I thought that I had, but apparently not completely. With that, I continue on....

A Course in Miracles~ Lesson 37~ My holiness blesses the world.

This idea contains the first glimmerings of your true function in the world, or why you are here. Your purpose is to see the world through your own holiness. Thus are you and the world blessed together.

We must see ourselves in this light, we are all made in the image of God. No one loses; nothing is taken away from anyone; everyone gains through this oly vision. It signifies the end of sacrifice because it offers everyone his full due. And he is entitled to everything because it is his birthright.

Those who see themselves as whole make no demands.

Our holiness is the salvation of the world. It lets you teach the world that it is one with you, not by preaching to it, not by telling it anything, but merely by your quiet recognition that in your holiness are all things blessed along with you. All the while recognizing that this is the rite of everyone.

Today's four longer exercise periods, each to involve three to five minutes of practice, begin with the repetition of the idea for today, followed by a minute or so of looking about you as you apply the idea to whatever you see:

My holiness blesses this chair
My holiness blesses that window
My holiness blesses this body.

Then close your eyes and apply the idea to any person who occurs to you, using his name and saying:

My holiness blesses you, [name].

You may continue the practice period with your eyes closed; you may open your eyes again and apply the idea for today to your outer world if you so desire; you may alternate between applying the idea to what you see around you and to those who are in your thoughts; or you may use any combination of these two phases of application that you prefer.

The practice period should conclude with a repetition of the idea with your eyes closed, and another, following immediately, with your eyes open. The shorter exercises consist of repeating the idea as often as you can. It is particularly helpful to apply it silently to anyone you meet, using his name as you do so. It is essential to use the idea if anyone seems to cause an adverse reaction in you. Offer him the blessing of your holiness immediately, that you may learn to keep it in your own awareness.

Let there be peace within, Lori-Lynn

Messages & Miracles~ ACIM~ Lesson 36

Sunshine & Rainbows

Bright beautiful day.. okay, for me it is raining, but still within, I feel alive again! I'm sure that this sounds corny, but it is how I feel, as I transform my being, my thoughts, my soul♡

Remembering who I am, brought me to a place of simplicity. As part of the process, I learned; and I discovered that it was easier to brush past any cobwebs that remained and to stand in the presence of myself and of the moment.

I had a discussion with my best friend, talking about 'mistakes.' I have always seen the word as meaning 'missed' 'takes' and we get to do-again (and again and again, if necessary, for the slower to learn some lessons!). Somehow though, it seems that our society has developed a sense of attachments to mistakes. So naturally, I decided to rephrase to a term that allows us the grace in which the mistake was intended.

'Opportunities to learn' is my new term. For me, this brings a new awareness and new opportunities; first to remind us of our intentions and second to remind others that we are all here to experience life to its fullest, and this includes making mistakes, which come from an inexperience. For me, this takes away the dread and the fear of making a mistake and opens us to 'BRING IT ON!'  To say of self and of others, 'Hey! She just created an opportunity to learn moment!'

Once we open ourselves up to the light within, to gain strength from our core, from the love within, we learn to grow, to not fear, and to experience more. 

Along with yesterdays challenge, I began to remind myself, 'if God is within my core, than he would not want, think, see, fear... this.'  'Or he would want, think, see, feel... that.' I begin to see with a renewed vision, a more gentle awareness, a kindness, that comes from peace and love. I don't have to remind myself, I need only remember. I need only to gain strength from my core. 

God is within everyone, everywhere, and in all things. We must return from that place of 'God Fearing' and enter back into the place of  'God Loving,' and with this, recognize the accountability within.  This also reminds me of the 'Breath of Life.' This is the breath that I take, that enters down into my core, to the light within, the God place.

A Course in Miracles~Lesson 36~ My holiness envelops everything I see.

Today's idea extends the idea of yesterday, from the perceiver to the perceived. You are holy because your mind is part of God's. And because you are holy, your sight must be holy as well. Today lesson reminds us of the holiness in Everything. God is within everyone, everywhere, and in all things.


Four three-to-five-minute practice periods are required for today.

Seek the Beauty from Within

First, close your eyes and repeat the idea for today several times, slowly. Then open your eyes and look slowly about you, applying the idea specifically to whatever you note in your casual survey. Say, for example:

My holiness envelops that rug.
My holiness envelops that wall.
My holiness envelops these fingers.
My holiness envelops that chair.
My holiness envelops that body.
My holiness envelops this pen.

Several times during these practice periods, close your eyes and repeat the idea to yourself. Then open your eyes, and continue as before. You may want to do a couple of  shorter exercise periods. With this, close your eyes and repeat the idea; look about you as you repeat it again; and conclude with one more repetition with your eyes closed. All applications should, of course, be made quite slowly, as effortlessly and unhurriedly as possible.

See the holiness within and around today. Love, Love, Love, with a sense of Peace. Lori-Lynn ♡

Messages & Miracles, ACIM, Lesson 35

Temperance♡what I have learned most♡

Most people that know me now, have no idea of the temper I once had. The greatest part of this journey for me has been the discovery of who I am and to accept myself right down to the core. And at that core is God.

♡That is the light which shines within each and every one of us.  The closer the connection,  the greater the awareness♡the more brightly our light shines♡

When it comes to my temper, it's important to share that the process, the lessons, the discoveries, have not brought me to a place where I 'control' it, but rather it has taken me to a place of understanding; with an acceptance of the truth with a renewed honesty.  My truth♡ I am more honest on several different levels.

Most importantly, I am honest with myself; who I am and what I stand for.

I am also more honest with others.  I take the time to search, from a place of love, rather than fear.

Finally, I am more honest about my relationship with God. This has been a huge part if my life. It may surprise some that I am humbly grateful for the many experiences that have brought me back to this place. All experiences are opportunities to learn.  I am still learning; I work on understanding more and more each day♡ This course is helping me on this part of my journey.

A Course Miracles~ Lesson 35~ My mind is part of God's. I am very holy.

Today's idea may not describe the way you see yourself now. It does describe for you what the vision is, that you will come to know.  It is often difficult for anyone who thinks he is in this world to believe this concept.

This is a major step in the journey♡

You will always believe that you are part of where you think you are. That is because you surround yourself with the environment you want. You want it to protect the image of yourself that you have made. The image is part of this environment. This is a great understanding of society.

What you see, while you believe you are in it, is seen through the eyes of the image. This is not true vision. Images cannot see. Ahhhhh♡

The idea for today presents a very different view of yourself. By establishing your Source, it establishes your Identity.

We will use a different kind of application for today's idea because the emphasis for today is on the perceiver, rather than on what he perceives.

For each of the three five-minute practice periods today, begin by repeating today's idea to yourself, and then close your eyes and search your mind for the various kinds of descriptive terms in which you see yourself. Include all the ego-based attributes which you ascribe to yourself, positive or negative, desirable or undesirable, grandiose or debased. All of them are equally unreal, because you do not look upon yourself through the eyes of holiness.

In the earlier part of the mind-searching period, you will probably emphasize what you consider to be the more negative aspects of your perception of yourself.

Toward the latter part of the exercise period, however, more self-inflating descriptive terms may well cross your mind.

Try to recognize that the direction of your fantasies about yourself does not matter. Illusions have no direction in reality. They are merely not true.

Examples:

I see myself as imposed on.
I see myself as depressed.
I see myself as failing.
I see myself as endangered.
I see myself as helpless.
I see myself as victorious.
I see myself as losing out.
I see myself as charitable.
I see myself as virtuous.

You should not think of these terms in an abstract way. They will occur to you as various situations, personalities and events in which you figure cross your mind.

Pick up any specific situation that occurs to you, identify the descriptive term or terms you feel are applicable to your reactions to that situation, and use them in applying today's idea. After you have named each one, add:

But my mind is part of God's. I am very holy.

During the longer exercise periods, there will probably be intervals in which nothing specific occurs to you. Do not strain to think up specific things to fill the interval, but merely relax and repeat today's idea slowly until something occurs to you.

Although nothing that does occur should be omitted from the exercises, nothing should be "dug out" with effort. Neither force nor discrimination should be used.

As often as possible during the day, pick up a specific attribute or attributes you are ascribing to yourself at the time and apply the idea for today to them, adding the idea in the form stated above to each of them. If nothing particular occurs to you, merely repeat the idea to yourself, with closed eyes.

Blessed Be today♡Lori-Lynn