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A Course in Miracles is a self-study course. In the beginning it tells us, "This is a course in miracles. It is a required course. Only the time you take it is voluntary. Free will does not mean
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As students, we seek to increase our knowledge of Jesus' words and to deepen our experience of His teachings.
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Namaste!
"Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. [Nor need he stay more than an instant.] For he has come with Heaven's Help within him ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time. The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger turned to an event which justifies his love. "
A COURSE IN MIRACLES CH 25 THE REMEDY, IV "The Fundamental Law of Perception" par 27, 28
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Daily Lesson
L e s s o n 269
My sight goes forth to look upon
Christ's face. <AUDIO>
Hear Today's Lesson~Voice & Music by Martin Weber-Caspers[maz]
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
I ask Your blessing on my sight today.
It is the means which You have chosen to
become the way to show me my mistakes,
and look beyond them. It is given me
to find a new perception through the Guide
You gave to me. And through His lessons to
<surpass> perception and return to truth.
I ask for the illusion which transcends
all those I made. Today I choose to see
a world forgiven, in which everyone
shows me the face of Christ, and teaches me
that what I look upon belongs to me;
that nothing is except Your holy Son.
Today our sight is blessed indeed. We share
one vision, as we look upon the face
of Him Whose Self is ours. We are one
because of Him Who is the Son of God;
of Him Who is our own Identity.
~ Original Handscript of ACIM November 18, 1970
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What is the Body?
<AUDIO> <VIDEO>
Voice & Music by Martin Weber-Caspers [maz]
IAMBIC PENTAMETER
The body is a fence the Son of God
imagines he has built to separate
parts of his Self from other parts. It is
within this fence he thinks he lives, to die
as it decays and crumbles. For within
this fence he thinks that he is safe from love.
Identifying with <its safety>, he
regards himself as <what his safety is>.
How else could he be certain he remains
within the body, keeping love outside?
The body will not stay. Yet this he sees
as double safety. For the Son of God's
impermanence is "proof" his fences work,
and do the task his mind [assigned] to them.
For if his oneness still remained untouched,
who could attack and who could be attacked?
Who could be victor? Who could be his prey?
Who could be victim? Who the murderer?
And if he did not die, what proof is there
that God's eternal Son [has] been destroyed?
The body is a dream. Like other dreams,
it sometimes seems to picture happiness,
but can quite suddenly revert to fear,
where every dream is born. For only love
creates in truth, and truth can never fear.
Made to be fearful, must the body serve
the purpose given it. But we can change
the purpose [which] the body will obey
by changing what we think that it is for.
The body is the means by which God's Son
returns to sanity. Though it was made
to fence him into hell without escape,
yet has the goal of Heaven been exchanged
for the pursuit of hell. The Son of God
extends his hand to reach his brother, and
to help him walk along the road with him.
Now is the body holy. Now it serves
to heal the mind that it was made to kill.
You will identify with what you think
will make you safe. Whatever it may be,
you will believe that it is one with you.
Your safety lies in truth and not in lies.
Love is your safety. Fear does not exist.
Identify with love, and you are safe.
Identify with love, and you are home.
Identify with love, and find your Self?
~ Original Handscript of ACIM
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ACIM Edmonton - Sarah's Reflections
Lesson 269
My sight goes forth to look upon Christ's face.
Sarah's Commentary:
The illusion which transcends all those I made, which this lesson talks about, is the illusion of forgiveness. I ask for the illusion which transcends all those I made. (1.4) It is an illusion because there is nothing to forgive but it is an illusion that ends all illusions. And with forgiveness, our sight is blessed so that we can see the Christ in our brother. And what I look upon belongs to me. For as I see the Christ in my brother and see his innocence and his holiness, I will know my own. That is now a very familiar concept to us and yet we need to remind ourselves of the power of that truth.
If we understood that "all that I give is given to myself" (Lesson 126) then forgiveness would be effortless. We would be choosing to see innocence in everyone. There would be nothing then to forgive. Lesson 126 reminds us of the truth of this. It is not about overlooking the terrible things that someone has done. There is no gain to us in this kind of "charity". In fact, if I think you have done something wrong and yet I am required to forgive it, it actually feels like a loss, not a gain. It is only a gain for me if I can see with vision. It is only about recognizing that when we see beyond the mistakes, when we truly see innocence, then we know it is in us. That is the gift-to discover the love within. And we can only do that by offering it to somebody "out there". How else would we know it is in us?
When I am angry, irritated, confused, disappointed with someone or simply don't like them; when I want them to change in some way so that I can be happy; when I look at what someone should do or should not be doing; when I think about what I need from anyone for me to be happy; when I judge anyone; when I think about things I don't want to experience with someone; then in all of the above situations I have an opportunity to look at these thoughts and turn them around and see the projection of my own anger, my irritation, my confusion, my disappointment, my expectations, my judgments, my jealousies. It only takes a change in my mind to have a successful relationship. It only takes one. I may never want to see that person again. I may be in the midst of a divorce but Love truly is an internal experience. I can choose to see the situation differently. I can choose the truth. I can allow my sight to go forth to look upon Christ's face today as this lesson says. The question is, "am I willing?" And yes, we all know that it does take a lot of willingness in these situations.
Our senses were made so that our internal picture of our inward condition can be projected out and seen to be outside of ourselves. Our hate needs a target. If I think that others are gossiping about me and judging what I am doing then I can be certain that the judgment has started in my own mind. Projecting it outward is a defense against looking within. We are so convinced by our senses that what we see in the world seems to be reality, and we see it as separate from our own minds. That is why we are asking today for blessing on our sight. It is the means to see our own mistakes. What are those mistakes? Again, they are the belief that what we see outside of our minds is the truth when in fact, what we see is our own internal condition projected outward and then disowned. These are the sickly forms discussed in the lesson yesterday. This is our blasphemous sight with all of our own judgments put on the sickly forms. Stripped away, we would only see the formless, divine nature of all beings. We would see beyond the body and the personality to the essence of being. It can't happen without our Guide but we must do our part in being willing to release the blocks to true perception. We must take responsibility for our part and be willing to release our judgments.
Am I willing to let go of the way I set up the situation? Am I willing to allow a shift in my perception? It is simply a choice....a decision. The Holy Spirit is there in our minds, and Help is available upon our sincere request. Notice how the ego resists. It yells loudly "I am entitled to my way of seeing this situation. I am justified in my anger!! And I am right! Yet if someone says something to me that is painful, I can only be hurt if I believe this about myself. Otherwise it would have no effect. So the world is the mirror of my mind. It shows me the state of my mind. How else would I ever know? How do I know that the person who has just left me is not meant to be with me any longer? Simple. That person is no longer there! So, again as this lesson says, "it is the means which You have chosen to become the way to show me my mistakes, and look beyond them". (1.2)
The miracle brings about a shift in perception to a place of peace, innocence, truth and love, if we are willing to go there. The miracle allows for a change in the way I perceive now. It is about forgiveness, which, although still an illusion, it is the "illusion which transcends all those I made" (1.4) It allows us to give up on the story we have been telling which sets up our world. Without it, who would we be? How would we feel? What would we see? Only innocence!!We would see the face of Christ (1.5) in everyone. And that is all there really is. What obscures it is the perceptions we have about the situation, the forms we see, the bodies that we think define who others are and therefore ourselves. When the veil is lifted that keeps our sight focused on the bodies, personalities and behaviors of others, then the full glory of Being is revealed to us in our brother and in ourselves and "we are one because of Him Who is the Son of God; of Him Who is our own Identity". (2.3)
So in practicing this lesson today, think of people in your life who you have difficulties or challenges with and as you see them with your usual sight, recognize that this is not the truth of who they are. Ask for help in releasing your judgments of them and to see beyond the veil beyond "the flesh and bone and recognize that Christ has come to you." (W.PI.161.12.3) Let the shining face of Christ be revealed to you and infuse you with peace and joy at the sight of holiness. This is who everyone is beyond the veil. This is the forgiven world. This is the truth about you. Allow forgiveness to show you the way to truth today. Take responsibility for your projections on others and let them be seen for what they are in the light of Truth. Remember that others are not apart from you and "able to behave in ways which have no bearing on on your thoughts, nor yours on theirs." (126.2.2) We are One Self.
Love and blessings, Sarah
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A Course in Miracles
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Chapter Twenty Five
The Remedy
IV. The Fundamental law of Perception
23 To the extent to which you value guilt, to that extent will you perceive a world in which attack is justified. To the extent to which you recognize that guilt is meaningless, to that extent will you perceive attack cannot be justified. This is in strict accord with vision's fundamental law: you see what you believe is there, and you believe it there because you want it there. Perception has no other law than this. The rest but stems from this, to hold it up and offer it support. This is perception's form adapted to this world of God's more basic law that love creates itself and nothing but itself.
24 God's laws do not obtain directly to a world perception rules, for such a world could not have been created by the Mind to which perception has no meaning. Yet are His laws reflected everywhere. Not that the world where this reflection is, is real at all. Only because His Son believes it is, and from His Son's belief He could not let Himself be separate entirely. He could not enter His Son's insanity with him, but He could be sure His sanity went there with him so he could not be lost forever in the madness of his wish.
25 Perception rests on choosing; knowledge does not. Knowledge has but one law because it has but one Creator. But this world has two who made it, and they do not see it as the same. To each it has a different purpose, and to each it is a perfect means to serve the goal for which it is perceived. For specialness it is the perfect frame to set it off-the perfect battleground to wage its wars, the perfect shelter for the illusions which it would make real. Not one but it upholds in its perception; not one but can be fully justified.
26 There is another Maker of the world, the simultaneous Corrector of the mad belief that anything could be established and maintained without some link that kept it still within the laws of God; not as the law itself upholds the universe as God created it, but in some form adapted to the need the Son of God believes he has. Corrected error is the error's end. And thus has God protected still His Son, even in error. There is another purpose in the world that error made because it has another Maker Who can reconcile its goal with His Creator's purpose. In His perception of the world, nothing is seen but justifies forgiveness and the sight of perfect sinlessness. Nothing arises but is met with instant and complete forgiveness.
27 Nothing remains an instant to obscure the sinlessness that shines unchanged beyond the pitiful attempts of specialness to put it out of mind where it must be and light the body up instead of it. The lamps of Heaven are not for it to choose to see them where it will. If it elects to see them elsewhere from their home, as if they lit a place where they could never be, and you agree, then must the Maker of the world correct your error, lest you remain in darkness where the lamps are not. Everyone here has entered darkness, yet no one has entered it alone. [Nor need he stay more than an instant.] For he has come with Heaven's Help within him ready to lead him out of darkness into light at any time.
28 The time he chooses can be any time, for help is there, awaiting but his choice. And when he chooses to avail himself of what is given him, then will he see each situation that he thought before was means to justify his anger turned to an event which justifies his love. He will hear plainly that the calls to war he heard before are really calls to peace. He will perceive that where he gave attack is but another altar where he can with equal ease and far more happiness bestow forgiveness. And he will reinterpret all temptation as just another chance to bring him joy. How can a misperception be a sin? Let all your brother's errors be to you nothing except a chance for you to see the workings of the Helper given you to see the world He made, instead of yours.
29 What then is justified? What do you want? For these two questions are the same. And when you see them as the same, your choice is made. For it is seeing them as one that brings release from the belief there are two ways to see. This world has much to offer to your peace and many chances to extend your own forgiveness. Such its purpose is to those who want to see peace and forgiveness descend on them and offer them the light.
30 The Maker of the world of gentleness has perfect power to offset the world of violence and hate that seems to stand between you and His gentleness. It is not there in His forgiving eyes. And therefore it need not be there in yours. Sin is the fixed belief perception cannot change. What has been damned is damned and damned forever, being forever unforgivable. If then it is forgiven, sin's perception must have been wrong. And thus is change made possible. The Holy Spirit too sees what He sees as far beyond the chance of change. But on His vision sin cannot encroach, for sin has been corrected by His sight. And thus it must have been an error, not a sin. For what it claimed could never be has been. Sin is attacked by punishment and so preserved. But to forgive it is to change its state from error into truth.
31 The Son of God could never sin, but he can wish for what would hurt him. And he has the power to think he can be hurt. What could this be except a misperception of himself? Is this a sin or a mistake, forgivable or not? Does he need help or condemnation? Is it your purpose that he be saved or damned? Forgetting not that what he is to you will make this choice your future? For you make it now, the instant when all time becomes a means to reach a goal. Make then your choice. But recognize that in this choice the purpose of the world you see is chosen and will be justified.
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