[acimlessons_list] Review I, Lesson 59 - February 28

[Sue Carrier Roth]

Review I, Lesson 59 - February 28

"God goes with me wherever I go."

"God is my strength. Vision is His gift."

"God is my Source. I cannot see apart from Him."

"God is the light in which I see."

"God is the Mind with which I think."

PRACTICE SUMMARY:

Purpose: to review the lessons and therefore let them sink in a notch
deeper. Also, to see how they interrelated they are and how cohesive the
thought system is that they are leading you to.

Exercise: as often as possible (suggestion: every hour on the hour), for at
least 2 minutes

*	Alone in a quiet place, read one of the five lessons and the related
comments. Notice that the comments are written as if they are your own
thoughts about the idea. Try to imagine that they are. It will help if you
frequently insert your name. This will set you up for the next phase, in
which you generate similar thoughts of your own.

*	Close your eyes and think about the idea and the comments. Think
particularly about the central point of the commentary paragraph. Reflect on
it. Let related thoughts come (utilizing the training you've received in
that practice). If your mind wanders, repeat the idea and then get back to
your reflection. This is the same basic exercise as in Lesson 50, in which
you actively think about ideas in order to let them sink more deeply into
your mind.

Remarks: 

*	At the beginning and end of the day read all five lessons. 
*	Thereafter, cover one lesson per practice period, in no particular
order. 
*	Cover each lesson at least once.
*	Beyond that, concentrate on a particular lesson if it appeals to you
most.

COMMENTARY

The first emphasis of these five ideas is obviously on God; every thought
begins with that word. God is always with me. He is my strength, my Source,
my light and the Mind with which I think. As the Bible says, "He is not far
from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and exist" (Acts 17:27,28).
When I recognize that the environment in which I exist, the very energy that
forms my life, is God, peace comes to my mind. How could I ever be separate
from the Infinite? The Son of God "cannot separate himself from what is in
him" (T-13.XI.10:2), and what he is in.

The second emphasis I notice here is on my seeing. "Christ's vision is His
gift...Let me call upon this gift today" (2:4,5). "I can see only what God
wants me to see. I cannot see anything else" (3:2,3). "I cannot see in
darkness. God is the only light" (4:2,3). Any seeming vision apart from God
cannot be real. Vision is His gift; God's Will determines what can be seen;
and God is the Light by which we see it. Let me be glad to see what He
reveals to me; let me see as He wills that I see.

Throughout there is an emphasis on my unity with God. If I am one with God,
one with all creation, how can I see other than He does? To think I see
differently, therefore, is to deny what I am and to wish I were something
else, apart from God and separate, able to see something He does not. To
share His vision and His thoughts is to affirm my true Self, as He created
me.