“Only Jesus was known as the Son of God and as God. This is why Jesus came as your teacher and was used as the example life for this work. This is the point that this work has striven to get across. That man and God are one. Not only is man God. But God is man and woman and child. God is.” (ACOL, D:Day32.14)
What—or Who—is God? Until we have come to a new understanding of this puzzle, we will continue plugging along in our daily lives without attracting all the good that can be ours. I like to imagine that God is like a new husband who is eager to please his wife. When she thanks him for the little things, he delights in doing more, and then more, for her. God also seems to appreciate our gratitude in the little—and big—things. This is love in action. This is a fearless condition, for a lack of gratitude is a very, very fearful experience (though we may not recognize it as such in the beginning).
Jesus is our example life in A Course of Love. This doesn’t mean that there is literally no other way for men and women to approach God, for people differ, and there are religions that speak to those differences. For those of us brought up with the Bible, it is just easier to resonate with Jesus. We don’t have to get sappy sentimental about him; Jesus is a very rugged character, very mature, with one who takes himself lightly and expects us to do the same. Seriousness is very often of the ego, and A Course in Miracles and A Course of Love have both cautioned against identification with this false notion of the self.
Now, our true Self is available to us, because if we have been following ACOL, we know that the Christ-Self is the real deal. We are no longer a captive to the ego, and we need to be very sure that we don’t form a new ego as we proceed. This would be a step backward of major proportions, and so unnecessary. If we see all our brothers and sisters as our equals before God, we will not attempt to compete with them for anything. We will see the value of cooperation, and in that cooperation, we live and let live, on equal footing with all.
Our understanding of God must come through mystical channels, for our finite minds (and hearts) are not big enough to understand him with our intelligence. He is simply off the charts. So we rely on a mystical intuition of His Being to wrap us in love, protect us, and act in this world to make it a changed place.
Dear God,
I thank You for the fact that I don’t doubt Your existence any longer. Years ago I was an agnostic, but I put those ideas behind when mystical insight came into my life. This was a great blessing, and I was very fortunate to have this experience at a tender age. ThankYou.
I ask for Your Arms to enfold me with Your Presence. This benefit will carry me through all the years left to me in this world.
Amen.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 
Amen. Our kaleidoscope of self-perceptions can never reveal the truth of who we really are or how deeply we are loved.
AMEN! wonderful post indeed! Love you Lord Jesus! ❤❤❤
Thank you. This is so relevant for me just now. Having been a fundamental Christian, I had always imagined God as a distant figure in Heaven – the proverbial ancient man with a long, white beard. My ideas are now evolving and, though I have often felt the closeness of God, I am now beginning to understand that he is so much closer to me than I had previously thought.
Thank you especially for that last paragraph in which you say that we cannot define God with our finite minds and hearts. I can now begin to accept the mystical intuition that I have always felt, without needing to attach a definition.
I hope you don’t mind that I’ve re-blogged this post.
Thank you. Reblogging is a compliment.
Love, Celia
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