[acimlessons_list] Lesson 155 - June 4

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Lesson 155 - June 4

"I will step back and let Him lead the way."

PRACTICE SUMMARY

MORNING/EVENING QUIET TIME: 5 minutes--at least; 10--better; 15 even
better; 30 or more--best

Practice gladly with this thought: "I will step back and let Him lead
the way, for I would walk along the road to Him." Think of Him a while
and let Him tell you of His limitless Love and trust in you.

HOURLY REMEMBRANCE: as the hour strikes, for more than 1 minute (reduce
if circumstances do not permit)

Practice gladly with this thought: "I will step back and let Him lead
the way, for I would walk along the road to Him." Think of Him a while
and let Him tell you of His limitless Love and trust in you.

FREQUENT REMINDER: Repeat: "I will step back and let Him lead the way,
for I would walk along the road to Him."

RESPONSE TO TEMPTATION: Whenever you feel tempted, say: "I will step
back and let Him lead the way, for I would walk along the road to Him."

COMMENTARY

"There is a way of living in this world that is not here, although it
sems to be" (1:1). And to this way of living we all aspire. The
remarkable thing about the Course is that it offers what might be called
a middle way between renouncing the world and diving into it. Many,
perhaps the majority of, spiritual seekers make the mistake of thinking
that a spiritual life must somehow look different. Some dress
differently; some abjure the modern conveniences; some find spirituality
in vegetables; some fill their homes with incense; some live in poverty,
or apart from normal worldly concourse.

This lesson is one of the clearest statements in the Course that a good
Course student does not change appearance--except that perhaps he smiles
more frequently. There are spiritual paths that demand a changed
appearance--a shaved head, difference in dress--and this is not to put
down these other paths. But they are not the way of the Course. One of
the more difficult lessons for students of the Course, in my
observation, seems to be learning to be normal. A true student of the
Course is like anyone else, so much so that "those who have not yet
perceived the way will...believe that you are like them, as you were
before" (1:5).

Yet we are different. The difference is inward; we have stepped back,
taken our hands off the controls of our lives, and we are letting our
Inner Guide lead the way to God. Everyone, including ourselves, came to
this world by choice, "seeking for a place where they can be illusions,
and avoid their own reality" (2:2). But we have discovered that we
cannot escape our reality, and we have chosen to place diminishing
importance on the illusions, and to follow the truth. We have taken up
our function, and we recognize that we are here now, not for ourselves
alone, but to serve those around us as we serve ourselves (5:4). We walk
to God, and we lead the world to God with us (12:1; 13:1). We step back,
and let Him lead the way. 
 
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