ACIM Workbook Lesson 224 – for Friday, August 12, 2011
Affirmation: “God is my Father, and He loves His Son.”
“My Name, O Father, still is known to You. I have forgotten it, and do not know where I am going, who I am, or what it is I do. Remind me, Father, now, for I am weary of the world I see. Reveal what You would have me see instead. (WB403)”
Reflections:
The Text says that when we say, “I do not know who I am,” that we have reached the highest understanding of which we are capable. We are then open to the Holy Spirit to tell us who we are. We are no longer depending on ourselves. We have left behind images of ourselves, as described in the Text. We must go beyond all images (or personas), if we are to live peaceably in this world. The images are of the ego, and the ego does not mean us well (an ACIM tenet).
We often are weary of this world. But it is not up to us to abandon it. We will not find happiness here, but we can find happiness in the real world (which can be experienced here). The real world is a world of intangibles (love, hope, joy, consolations from God, etc.), and it is the distinct opposite of the world shown to us by the ego. Indeed, egoistic notions of the world always end as ashes in our mouth. We are constantly having our own ego undone by the happenings in this world. We have paid for our inconstant pleasures by having them turn against us all the time. If we reflect a bit, we will know that all pleasures of this world have been bought with tears; there is no joy that does not turn into its opposite (an ACIM tenet). But the real world is different, and here joy is constant. We may not stay in the real world consistently, but we will see glimpses of its peace and happiness. And these glimpses will be enough to sustain and keep us on the pathway of salvation.
We ask God, in this passage above, to reveal to us what He would have us see. We cannot read God’s Mind, but we can imagine what He would have us see. And A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love tell us the means toward Awakening and Christ-consciousness. It would behoove us to stay close to our means to true salvation.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
I would see what You would have me see. I would, in my mind and spirit, leave this world from time to time to see the world that You will for me. This real world is my goal. May my experience of the real world that You will show me come soon. I thank You for the glimpses that You have already given me.
Help me to love deeply and purely. May I leave fear behind. I know that the more love I can give and receive, the closer to You I will come. May Your Being make Itself known to me today.
Amen.
