[acimlessons_list] Review IV, Lesson 143 - May 23

[Sue Roth]

Review IV, Lesson 143 - May 23

"My mind holds only what I think with God."

(125) "In quiet I receive God's Word today."

(126) "All that I give is given to myself."

PRACTICE INSTRUCTIONS

See Review IV practice instructions.

COMMENTARY

God's Thought creates. We were created when God thought of us; His Mind
extended outward, and what was in His Mind extended into and became our
mind. Speaking of the main theme thought, "My mind holds only what I think
with God," the review introduction says, "It is this thought by which the
Father gave creation to the Son, establishing the Son as co-creator with
Himself" (W-pI.rIV.In.2:4).

Our minds must therefore be like His, creating like His by extending our
thoughts outward. We are God's Thoughts, and His Thoughts have His nature:

As God's creative Thought proceeds from Him to you, so must your creative
thought proceed from you to your creations. Only in this way can all
creative power extend outward. God's accomplishments are not yours, but
yours are like His. He created the Sonship and you increase it. You have the
power to add to the Kingdom, though not to add to the Creator of the
Kingdom. You claim this power when you become vigilant only for God and His
Kingdom. By accepting this power as yours you have learned to remember what
you are. (T-7.I.2:3-9)

As we receive God's Word today, so we must give it. If we receive it we
<will> give it, because what we receive is a thought of sharing. We were
created by this sharing of thought, this extending of God's Self; sharing,
or giving ourselves, is our heritage, the essence of what we are. In the
first thought we review for today are the words "I receive"; in the second
thought are the words "I give."

Accepting or remembering what we are means realizing we are beings who
extend, who give, who share. Created by Love, we are lovers. This is why the
Course places such stress on accepting our <function> as saviors of the
world; in accepting this, we are accepting our Self as God created It. We
are merely taking our place in the creative process, choosing no longer to
block the flow of love from God to us, and through us to the world.

To create is to love. Love extends outward simply because it cannot be
contained. (T-7.I.3:3-4)

In quiet today I receive God's Word, which is the affirmation of His Love
for all His creations. I open myself to acknowledge that Love, receiving it
for myself. And then I step forth to give as I have received, knowing that
in giving to my sisters and my brothers, I am indeed giving that Love to
myself. My giving of it <is> my receiving of it. By my words, my thoughts,
my expressions, and my attitudes I communicate to all around me the Word I
have received: "You, too, are loved. You, too, are loving. You, too, are the
expression and channel of the Love of God."