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I choose the joy of God instead of pain. This lesson is an application of the principle that nothing real can be threatened and nothing unreal exists (T-in.2:2-3). The suggestion is that pain is simply a “wrong perspective,” and therefore that seen rightly, all suffering ends. To believe otherwise is to accept a God WhoContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 190”

The peace of God is shining in me now. A core premise of A Course in Miracles is that we are healed now. Salvation is already accomplished. It only seems to take time to learn what we are in truth, and accept what we are in truth. As this lesson pointedly asks – why waitContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 188”

I bless the world because I bless myself. One of the fundamental ideas in A Course in Miracles is that in order to have we must give – in fact, we only truly have that which we give away. Thus, when we extend love to the world in the form of cooperation, distributive justice andContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 187”

I call upon God’s Name and on my own. In A Course in Miracles the statement “God’s Name is holy but no holier than ours” (W-pI.183.1:1) conveys the idea that we, as God’s creations, share the same divine essence and holiness as God. This concept emphasizes the interconnectedness and unity between God and us, upendingContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 183”

I want the Peace of God. It sounds good, doesn’t it? It feels good saying it. But is it our truth? To say that we want the peace of God and mean it, is to remember instantly and forever that we are not separate from the Peace of God. But – and the previous lesson’sContinue reading “A Course in Miracles Lesson 185”