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Love holds no grievances. Grievances are footholds and handholds for ego because they obscure entirely the truth of our creation by love as love. “To hold a grievance is to let the ego rule your mind and condemn the body to death” (W-pI.68.1:4). This is because grievances are tacit admissions that we believe are bodiesContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 68”

Love created me like itself. What we are in truth is beyond language because it is beyond division into separate parts. What we are in truth is beyond what can be perceived because it is beyond interpretation. Yet – because we believe in division, or separation, and in the interpretation – we need a meansContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 67”

My happiness and my function are one. Our happiness and our function will almost certainly appear different in form but in reality they are the same thing. They are not similar; they are not related through cause and effect. They are identical. Our function and our happiness are one. This sameness is why the HolyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 66”

My only function is the one God gave me. If we take nothing else from this lesson, we need to at least take the idea that salvation is a total commitment. This commitment has two parts: first, we recognize – we remember – that salvation is our only function (W-pI.65.1:5). Second we willingly let anyContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 65”

Let me not forget my function. Lesson 64 of A Course in Miracles owns a powerful simplicity. It is another way of articulating a familiar line from the Lord’s Prayer: “let me not wander into temptation” (W-pI.64.1:1). It’s a way of affirming that if we focus our attention exclusively on the Kingdom of Heaven, thenContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 64”

The light of the world brings peace to every mind through my forgiveness. Lesson 63 of A Course in Miracles emphasizes the way in which our real identity is intimately involved in the salvation of the world which is the realization of peace-of-mind for all our brothers and sisters. Buddhist teacher and poet Thich NhatContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 63”