[acimlessons_list] LESSON 303 - OCTOBER 30

[Sue Roth]

LESSON 303 - OCTOBER 30

"The holy Christ is born in me today."

PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONS 
	
See complete instructions in a separate document.
A short summary:

* Read the commentary paragraph slowly and personally.
	
* Pray the prayer, perhaps several times.
	
* Morning and evening: Repeat the idea and then spend time in Open Mind
Meditation.
	
* Hourly remembrance: Repeat the idea and then spend a quiet moment in
meditation.
	
* Frequent reminders: Repeat the idea often within each hour.
	
* Response to temptation: Repeat the idea whenever upset, to restore peace.
	
* Read the "What Is" section slowly and thoughtfully once during the day.
	
COMMENTARY
	
This is what it is all about: the birth of Christ in me. As I become still
this morning, Heaven's Son is being born in me. The evil self I made is
passing away, and Christ is being born. What I have believed I am is not the
truth; Christ is "what I really am in truth" (2:4). "He is my Self as You
created me" (2:6). Let me feel the wonder of it. Let me hear the rustle of
angelic wings, watching with joy as I become aware of what is happening in
me.
	
Why does it seem so hard for us to connect with the truth of all this? As
you try to sense the reality of this Christ Self as yourself, notice the
thoughts that arise in opposition to it. Thoughts of guilt and unworthiness.
Mocking thoughts. Thoughts of feeling foolish. Thoughts of futility. These
thoughts comprise the ego; they are thoughts that form the "evil self" (2:2)
you made for yourself. They mean nothing. Let them go, dancing in the wind,
and allow the awareness of your true grandeur as God's creation take their
place. This noble, wondrous Self you sometimes sense, and perhaps sense now;
this Self of endless love; this universal beneficence, gentleness, and
kindness-this is you.
	
"Safe in Your Arms let me receive Your Son" (2:8). As our minds turn to the
light in us and look for Christ, he is reborn in us (see W-pI.rV.In.7:3).
What we are doing in each and every moment that we allow the Holy Spirit to
overshadow our minds is bringing Christ into this world, giving birth to the
holy Son of God in our midst. We are like Mary, saying, "Be it done to me
according to your will."
	
WHAT IS THE SECOND COMING?
	
Part 3: W-pII.9.2:1-2
	
We are continuing point 4 in the list, "Willingness for total forgiveness."
	
The Second Coming of Christ is "all-inclusive" (2:1). All minds are healed
together. This is what "permits" or allows it to "embrace the world and hold
you safe within its gentle advent, which encompasses all living things with
you" (2:1). If someone or something were excluded from forgiveness, how
could there be perfect peace? Conflict would still exist. Because the Second
Coming "encompasses all living things," we are all, together, safe.
Forgiveness is total and universal, from all things to all things.
	
"There is no end to the release the Second Coming brings, as God's creation
must be limitless" (2:2). No end; it does not stop short of including
anything. All bondage, all sense of enslavement, all sense of limits is
gone. How else could it be, if God's creation must be without limitation?
This is the end we hold in our sight as we do our little part, forgiving
those brought to us in our daily relationships. The day will come when my
mind and yours will no longer hold a single grievance against anyone or
anything, and when no one or nothing holds any grievance against us. All
guilt will be gone; all anger will be gone. "God Himself shall wipe away all
tears" (Lesson 301). 

Where we once saw darkness, we will see only light (Lesson 302). What pure
and unadulterated joy that day will bring! Then will the Will of God for us,
our perfect happiness, be realized and known, and our hearts will overflow
with eternal thanksgiving and gratitude, as we join our voices once again in
the forgotten song of Love that fills the universe.