[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.