ACIM Workbook Lesson 95 – for Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Affirmation: “I am one Self, united with my Creator.”
Selected Passage:
“Do not forget today. We need your help; your little part in bringing happiness to all the world. And Heaven looks to you in confidence that you will try today. Share, then, its surety, for it is yours. Be vigilant. Do not forget today. Throughout the day do not forget your goal. Repeat today’s idea as frequently as possible, and understand each time you do so, someone hears the voice of hope, the stirring of the truth within his mind, the gentle rustling of the wings of peace. (WB168)”
Reflections:
1 – A Course of Love
This passage presages A Course of Love, in that we are seen to be in unity and relationship with our brothers and sisters. The passage suggests that there is a psychic component to our relationship as well as our unity. When we try to bring happiness to this world, somewhere, in some way, others are helped. The final sentence (above) says this. What a joy this really is! We do not have to stir from our chair to know that our thoughts have been read by someone who needed to hear the message of salvation that we bring.
2 – The Psychic
Elsewhere Jesus says that there are no unnatural powers. The psychic is real. If the only ways that the world recognizes as channels were true, it would be impossible to teach salvation. But we are not to take refuge in grandiosity about any powers that we develop (a Manual tenet). This would allow a foothold to come from the ego. And we are particularly susceptible to footholds that, from the ego, are subtle–especially once that we have withdrawn our major allegiance to the ego. These ways are not especially hard to determine, but may be particularly easy to overlook (a Manual tenet). This is one aspect of ego dynamics that we do not want to overlook. (We do want to overlook the mistakes of our brothers and sisters, so as not to make them real to ourselves and thus make them harder to overlook.)
3 – The Scraps of Fear
We are asked to be vigilant today. We must watch our minds for the scraps of fear that reside there, for then the ego has a foothold on our minds. We want the “gentle rustling of the wings of peace.” May we have this today.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
Help me to bring happiness to my little world today. I realize that to do so effectively, I need also to allow Your presence to bring happiness to me. May I experience Your felt presence today in all that I do and all that I say. Be with me, and help me to know that You are there.
Happiness is not a false goal. It is a most worthy goal that follows on the heels of granting forgiveness to my brothers and sisters, and forgiving myself as well. May I know both happiness and, as needed, forgiveness today.
Amen.
