[acimlessons_list] Lesson 107 - April 17

Sat Apr 16 11:19:23 EDT 2005

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Lesson 107 - April 17

"Truth will correct all errors in my mind."

PRACTICE SUMMARY

Purpose: to let Christ lead you to an experience of the truth, so that you
can join Him in His function of bringing truth to the world.

Longer: every hour on the hour, for 5 minutes (if you cannot do this, at
least do the alternate)
*	Start by asking your Self, the Christ, to go with you-which makes
sense for you can never be apart from Him. While asking, also pledge to Him
"to let His function [of saving the world] be fulfilled through you" (9:2).
That is the point of today's exercise, to let Him fill you with the truth,
so you can bring it to the world (this is very similar to yesterday's
exercise).
*	Then ask that the truth come into your mind. Ask with confidence,
with certainty of success. Count on truth to be there, for it belongs to
you. State your request this way: "Truth will correct all errors in my mind,
and I will rest in Him Who is my Self" (9:5).
*	"Then let Him lead you gently to the truth, which will envelop you
and give you peace so deep and tranquil that you will return to the familiar
world reluctantly" (9:6). This appears to be a meditation much like those in
69, 73, and 91 in which you rely upon a strength beyond your own to carry
you to your inner goal. 

Frequent reminders: do not forget today
Repeat the idea with confidence, realizing that you are speaking for
yourself (for your own desire for release), for the world (for its desire
for release), and for Christ, "Who would release the world" (11:2).

Encouragement to practice: Be aware that by letting truth into your mind you
will indeed benefit the world. During the practice period, the truth will go
out from your mind to other minds to correct their errors. And then after
the practice period, the truth will go with you as you are sent to those in
need to give them the gift of truth.

COMMENTARY

This is the promise that gives courage! Errors are only errors, not flaws.
"What are errors but illusions that remain unrecognized for what they are?"

An illusion that is not recognized as illusion causes us to react as if it
were real. If I see an illusory enemy and respond with attack, that does not
make me bad or stupid. The reaction was appropriate, given what I believed
to be the truth.

I can recall many evenings in the past where I was sitting at home feeling
lonely and world-weary. Something in me saw an illusion and believed it to
be true. I saw some loneliness or weariness, a need to be comforted, and so
I sought comfort in television and in staying up late. What I <did> was not
the mistake; the mistake was believing the illusion was real. When I look at
the illusion, it vanishes.

The holy instant is a state of mind without illusions, a moment of
unquestioned peace, "when you were certain you were loved and safe" (2:3).
It is a foretaste of "the state your mind will rest in when truth has come"
(3:1). It is my true state. I can find that true state any time I am willing
to look at my illusions and to let them go. So often, late at night, I used
to feel disconnected, unfulfilled, empty somehow, and I tried to fill that
emptiness with fantasy, television, reading, or food. The emptiness is
illusion. When I feel that emptiness let me remember it is not real; let me
affirm my fullness.

The state of mind that stays exactly as it always was, without shifting and
changing, still seems so far away from me. Jesus says, "It will be yours; it
already is yours. It is guaranteed." "It is impossible that anyone could
seek it truly, and would not succeed" (6:4). The seeming shifts and changes
I go through now are all part of the illusion; they are not real, they are
not truly happening. I am safe; I am steady; I am whole.

When the shifting and faltering seem to occur, let me remind myself they are
only a dream. They mean nothing, they change nothing. Let me not accord them
strength to disturb my peace. Let me not make the mistake of identifying
with that shift and change and thinking it is me that is shifting and
changing. I am fixed and unalterable.

The errors in my mind are those that tell me I could be apart from Jesus,
the Christ. He is my Brother. We are the same. He is my Self. How can I be
apart from my Self?

Let me take regular times today to return to this center, to recognize that
Jesus and I are One Self. Today I will bring any thought that tells me
different to him for correction. Any thought that tells me I am something
other than this calm, serene, fearless, wholly fulfilled Being. Let me watch
my mind for thoughts that say otherwise and bring them fearlessly to the
light of truth. Jesus, help me to break the connection, the identification
with any thought of weakness or emptiness or disconnectedness. Let me lean
on your strong arm and trust in you. Let the demons scream and rant and rave
around me; though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will
fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me
(Psalm 23). You are the Strong One in me, and You are my Self. 

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