Lesson 262: “What is the body?” “Let me perceive no differences today.” The Course teaches us to love everyone equally. That means we give everyone that same exquisite, magical love we feel when we are in a romantic relationship and we feel head over heals in love with the...
Archive for month: September, 2016
ACIM Lesson 261
Lesson 261: “What is the body?” “God is my refuge and security.” A refuge is a place of safety. The Course teaches us how to see God as our home. I think we all have outdated concepts of God that make God seem cruel and unkind to say the...
ACIM Lesson 260
Lesson 260: “What is sin?” “Let me remember God created me.” This lesson says, “Father, I did not make myself, although in my insanity I thought I did.” The problem is that we think our ego selves are stronger than God. We get word from the world that the...
ACIM Lesson 259
Lesson 259: “What is sin?” “Let me remember there is no sin.” This lesson says, “What else but sin could engender our attacks.” The Course teaches us that it is much more than the fact that God forgives us our sin. We don’t need to be pardoned because we...
ACIM Lesson 258
Lesson 258: “What is sin?” “Let me remember that my goal is God.” This section says, “A madman’s dreams are terrifying, and sin appears indeed to terrify. And yet what sin perceives is but a childish game.” The Course’s use of contrast really works to explain the typical contents...
ACIM Lesson 251
Lesson 251:” What is sin?” “I need of nothing but the truth.” The ego latches onto those silver platters, for dear life. The ego proclaims at a deafening intensity that it knows what makes us truly happy. The ego thinks that life’s finer things are what will give us...
ACIM Lesson 250
Lesson 250: “What is the world?” “Let me not see myself as limited.” The Course is teaching us to reframe our perspective. This is always about ourselves. The Course says that we are the only people out there anyway, and thus, we need to focus on our own healing...
ACIM Lesson 249
Lesson 249: “What is the world? “Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss.” This lessons says, “Forgiveness paints a picture of the world where suffering is over, loss becomes impossible, and anger makes no sense.” The Course’s concept of forgiveness is so healing for me. When we see something we...
ACIM Lesson 248
Lesson 248: “What is the world?” “Whatever suffers is not part of me.” Our purpose is to know who we are. God uses Jesus’s words and Helen’s scribing the Course so we can finally get the clear and precise message. God wants us to know that we are children of...
ACIM Lesson 247
Lesson 247: “What is the world?” “Without forgiveness, I will still be blind.” This lesson says, “Sin is the symbol of attack.” Attack is part of the ego’s foundation. The ego likes to translate attack into the idea of sin, and make it something we can’t escape. Sin...