Lesson 151: “All things are echoes of the Voice for God.” This lesson says, “It guides your senses carefully, to prove how weak you are; how helpless and afraid, how apprehensive of just punishment, how black with sin, how wretched in your guilt.” This sentence from the Course...
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ACIM Lesson 150
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Don't judge the body or God's Plan when we get sick, Give the inner body grievances space to be heard, Remember the body is part of the illusion, The mind is the only thing we have power over, We are all individually responsible for what happens as well, 0
Lesson 150: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “I will accept Atonement for myself.” “Only salvation can be said to cure.” This lesson (140) says, “Atonement heals with certainty, and cures all sickness.” The problems we have in being in the body come from the...
ACIM Lesson 149
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Allow our motivation to expand while we know all feel the results of our effort, Doing the Course can seem isolating, Everyone is connected through energy, Feeling our awakening will be shared by all, Other people are healed as well when we heal ourselves, 0
Lesson 149: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “When I am healed, I am not healed alone.” “Heaven is a decision I must make.” The Course teaches that there is a cosmic energy, there is a group experience evolving in consciousness. The Course gives us...
ACIM Lesson 148
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Our certainty is the only way to energetically protect ourselves, raising our defenses causes us to begin the attack cycle, Rest in our certainty for the strength of protection, Stay focused in feeling our certainty when we want to protect ourselves, When we think someone is apt to attack us and we feel fearful our energy becomes weak, 0
Lesson 148: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “If I defend myself I am attacked.” “Sickness is a defense against the truth.” The Course asks us to rest in our certainty for the strength of protection. One thing that is unavoidable is that we begin...
ACIM Lesson 147
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Forgiveness is a chore we run from, Forgiveness is God's version of love suitable for the world, We must remember everyone is healed and whole already, We must reset our thinking with forgiveness, 0
Lesson 147: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “I will not value what is valueless.” “Let me perceive forgiveness as it is.” We are asked to get to the new definition of what forgiveness is. The Course sends us back to the drawing board...
ACIM Lesson 146
Laurie Prez, , Uncategorized, Our attachment to the world causes us undue suffering, The ego has a field day creating attack thoughts, We get locked specifically and rigidly in seeing reality the ego's way, We recognize the ego by its trait of being consistently rigid, We tend to believe the world as the ego perceives it, 0
Lesson 146: Review: My mind holds only what I think with God.” “No one can fail who seeks to reach Him in truth.” “I loose the world from all I thought it was.” The Course teaches that one of the most fundamental problems we have is that we become...
ACIM Lesson 145
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, All we want to do is love the world when we are not suffering over it, Because we believe the world is real we agonize over it, Nothing is going on there that is not for our own best interests, Our seeing the world as unreal allows us to skate over the drama of it, Seeing the world as unreal allows us to change our perspective of the world, We coast over the world because God's energy is light, 0
Lesson 145: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “Beyond this world, there is a world I want.” “It is impossible to see two worlds.” The Course very clearly tells us that the world as the ego sees it is a place of destruction and despair....
ACIM Lesson 144
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Have the perspective of time with the gentle touch, Then time becomes a beautiful place because we are dedicating it to self-forgiveness, Time changes and therefore is not of God, We can use time for its intended purpose, We do not want to see time as real and having lasting bad effects on us but rather give time to God, 0
Lesson 144: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “There is no love but God’s.” “The world I see holds nothing that I want.” The Introduction here says, “There is no hurry now, for you are using time for its intended purpose.” The Course reminds us...
ACIM Lesson 143
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Clearing our minds is the first step to letting God in, Honor ourselves by coming with a quiet mind to God, Our empty minds are direct invitations to God's Love to fill us, Our mind full of the ego's clatter makes hearing God impossible, We clear enough of our ego's mantra of sin + sickness+ death, 0
Lesson 143: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “In quiet I receive God’s Word today.” “All that I give is given to myself.” We want to honor ourselves and come with a quiet mind to God. The quiet mind is what allows us to hear....
ACIM Lesson 142
Laurie Prez, , Laurie's Course In Miracles Workbook Reflections, Don't be attached to the ego's control, God has no ego and therefore has no need for our praise, Let our process of learning be God directed, We are invited to appreciate God for our benefit not His, 0
Lesson 142: Review: “My mind holds only what I think with God.” “I thank my Father for His gifts to me.” “Let me remember I am one with God.” We are invited to appreciate God. We are given the extraordinary gift of gratitude. The Course reminds us to...