Sunday, September 20, 2015 Lesson 263: “What is the body?” “My holy vision sees all things as pure.” Usually we equate pureness with the clergy or little children or God. And this is a fabulous practice, to have easy to reach conceptions of these that we can readily associate...
Archive for month: September, 2015
Lesson 262 Laurie’s Reflections
Saturday, September 19, 2015 Lesson 262: “What is the body?” “Let me perceive no differences today.” The Course teaches us to be watching our minds around separating ourselves from our brothers and sisters both in a practical way of exclusion and also in exclusion in our minds. Our ego...
Lesson 261 Laurie’s Reflections
Friday, September 18, 2015 Lesson 261: “What is the body?” “God is my refuge and security.” The Course says that what matters is our feeling within our minds and hearts. We are affected only in this way. We learn from our experience of living in the world in a...
Lesson 260 Laurie’s Reflections
Thursday, September 17, 2015 Lesson 260: “What is sin?” “Let me remember God created me.” One of the most striking things to me about the Course is the way that Jesus talks to us and teaches us- it is utterly gentle. I think religions are often with swords in...
Lesson 259 Laurie’s Reflections
Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Lesson 259: “What is sin?” “Let me remember there is no sin.” The Course teaches us that the fact that there is no sin is not just a verbal story or an intellectual idea. This is something for us to know and integrate within ourselves. ...
Lesson 238 Laurie’s Reflections
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 Lesson 258: “What is sin?” “Let me remember that my goal is God.” The Course asks to do our part. God is giving us the every bit of help along the way. God has guaranteed that we will return to Him because this is our...
Lesson 257 Laurie’s Reflections
Monday, September 14, 2015 Lesson 257: “What is sin?” “Let me remember what my purpose is.” The Course asks us to have a single minded determination. And then remember just one thing. This is the beauty of something so simple. No matter how much our egos succeed at complicating...
Lesson 256 Laurie’s Reflections
Sunday, September 13, 2015 Lesson 256: “What is sin?” “God is the only goal I have today.” What the Course gives us is a way to organize our thoughts. When we have various thoughts we tend to give some of them more space in our minds, or we keep...
Lesson 255 Laurie’s Reflections
Saturday, September 12, 2015 Lesson 255: “What is sin?” “This is the day I choose to spend in perfect peace.” This lesson says, “It does not seem to me that I can choose to have but peace today.” We learn in the Course that we have exactly what we...