“Rejoice that there is something in this world that you will not bargain with, something you hold sacrosanct. This is your Self. Yet this Self that you hold so dear that you will never let it go is precisely what you must be willing to freely give away. This is the only Self that holds the light of who you are in truth, the Self that is joined with the Christ in you. (A Course of Love, 7.7)”
Affirmation: “May I freely ‘give away’ my Self today.”
Reflections:
1 – Human / Divine
We are meant to be both giving and receiving human beings, human and divine in one in our Self. This Self is the Christ within. We need to be careful, lest our ego, still present, has a field day with this idea. We can easily slip into grandiosity, inflated notions of ourselves, and that would only strength the egoic notions that we have held for eons.
2 – Give the Self Away
There is something better for us. We can give ourselves away to others, constantly, because we are receiving constantly. This is the way that our union of the human and the divine in the Christ within is supposed to work. And in the giving and receiving with our brothers and sisters, we will know joy, for we will be accomplishing what God has ordained that we do.
3 – Christ/Self Is Not Blasphemy
This Self does take some understanding. We are not accustomed to thinking in these terms. We think that to say that Christ is within us, the Self is within us, is the height of blasphemy. Yet it is not. Jesus indicated while on earth that he had nothing that we did not also. Yet he had walked the whole pathway, and we are just beginning. Yes, our egos have been weakened, but not dispelled, and we would do well to depend mightily upon the power of God to do for us what we cannot accomplish for ourselves. Jesus will be with us also, in some ineffable way that we ourselves cannot understand, but which I take as a promise. Jesus said in A Course in Miracles that he would come with “one unequivocal call” and he recommended that, if it would help us, we imagine that he is holding our hand, saying that this will be no “idle fantasy.”
4 – The Self Is Inexhaustible
Let us take Jesus at his word as we seek to give to our brothers and sisters today. We can give and give, because the Self is inexhaustible. We do not have to worry that we will burn ourselves out, for this is no sacrifice being asked of us. This is pure love.
Prayer:
Dear Father/Mother,
May I give myself away today, certain that I am inexhaustible–as I give, I receive. And may I think it not blasphemy to know that the Self is the Christ within. May I see glimpses of this Self today.
Be with me all day long, as I try to walk the path that You would have me walk. Help me to own my power, and to cooperate with You in guidance. You do not mean for me to be a passive creature, pushed around as a puppet. We are partners in guidance, and I seek and am certain that You will see that I find.
Thank You for this glorious day. May all of us find You, but each in his/her own time.
Amen.
MIRACLES EACH DAY 