ACIM Workbook Lesson 166 – for Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Affirmation: “I am entrusted with the gifts of God.”
“Your ancient fear has come upon you now, and justice has caught up with you at last. Christ’s hand has touched your shoulder, and you feel that you are not alone. You even think the miserable self you thought was you may not be your Identity. Perhaps God’s Word is truer than your own. Perhaps His gifts to you are real. Perhaps He has not wholly been outwitted by your plan to keep His Son in deep oblivion, and go the way you chose without your Self. (WB316)”
Reflections:
Our ancient fear is the fear that we have done away with God as a factor in our lives. This is not true now and has never been true. It will also not be true in the future. The separation is an illusion, although very real to us in our illusory state of maya. But we feel Christ’s hand upon our shoulder, and we are healed of this insane way of thinking. We are not the miserable self that we once thought, but the glorious Self which we aspire to be. That Self has never left us, however much we had thought ourselves lost. We remember who we are, and we are safe, joyous, and complete in God’s eyes.
The plan of our ego was to keep the Self in deep oblivion, not knowing all the joy that can truly be ours. Let us rid ourselves of this egoistic monster today. May we come home to God.
Christ has gifts that he wants us to have. May we accept them today. His gifts include the blessing of safety, free of grievances; the love of ourselves, along with our brothers an sisters; and the free nature of joy that knows no bounds.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
I would be rid of the cold fear that has been known to come upon me in the middle of the night. I will reach inward, to You, and know that all is well–even when I feel that I am being cowardly in my fear. I know that there is no more need for fear, that that was all a bad dream. I would walk into the sunshine with You.
I feel the touch of Christ as a mystery that calms my emotions and gives me peace. I ask for that peace at all times, for fear has no place in the real world. I would live in the real world on a constant basis, and I know that this is the forerunner of Awakening. Thank You for giving me this understanding. Be with me as I try to live as You would have me live.
Amen.
