My holiness is my salvation. This lesson begins with a question: “If guilt is hell, what is its opposite?” (W-pI.39.1:1) And it further suggests that the answer is not complicated. Tara Singh used to say that when the course asks a question, it behooves us to slow down and answer it. Doing so reflects theContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 39”
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Reading A Course in Miracles : The Invitation to the Holy Spirit
I have been resisting this section for the better part of a week. I read it – encountered a lot of language about the Holy Spirit – and something in me just shut down. It wasn’t clear why. I re-read it several times – read earlier, less edited versions – and prayed on it asContinue reading “Reading A Course in Miracles : The Invitation to the Holy Spirit”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 38
There is nothing my holiness cannot do. Lesson 38 expands our understanding of what A Course in Miracles means when it uses the world “holiness.” It is the means by which we transcend our limited experience of self, body and world. Your holiness reverses all the laws of the world. It is beyond every restrictionContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 38”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 37
My holiness blesses the world. If the world is an illusion, then why are we here? What is the purpose of this illusion? A Course in Miracles suggests that the answer is: so that we can see the world as and through our holiness, which ends the separation. When we do this, we and theContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 37”
A Course in Miracles: Lesson 36
My holiness envelopes everything I see. Having reestablished the identity of the perceiver in the previous lesson, Lesson 36 shifts our focus back to what is perceived, with the caveat that how we see has shifted because of how we understand our identity. You are holy because your mind is part of God’s. And becauseContinue reading “A Course in Miracles: Lesson 36”
A Course in Miracles Lesson 35
My mind is part of God’s. I am very holy. Lesson 35 is a powerful lesson because it deepens the conceptual framework of healing through vision (rather than dying through seeing), and because it invites us to adopt this renewed framework for our daily ACIM practice going forward. Through projection and denial, ego makes aContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 35”