A Course in Miracles Workbook Daily Lesson 360, Year 2022

ACIM Daily Lesson 360 Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

Lesson 360

Peace be to me, the holy Son of God. Peace to my brother, who is one with me. Let all the world be blessed with peace through us.

1. Father, it is Your peace that I would give, receiving it of You. ²I am Your Son, forever just as You created me, for the Great Rays remain forever still and undisturbed within me. ³I would reach to them in silence and in certainty, for nowhere else can certainty be found. ⁴Peace be to me, and peace to all the world. ⁵In holiness were we created, and in holiness do we remain. ⁶Your Son is like to You in perfect sinlessness. ⁷And with this thought we gladly say “Amen.”

I feel so much love when I read this lesson, I hardly know what to say. When I imagine the Great Rays remaining forever undisturbed within me, I am filled with gratitude. It is Christmas morning as I write this. There is a lot yet to be done right now. I have presents to wrap and much to do to prepare for our family Christmas exchange this morning. But right now is God’s time.

I am not worried about what to do next because I feel like I am enveloped in peace and gratitude. In a little while, I will do what needs doing, but at the same time, I will remain unaffected by all the needs of the world. All that matters is the love and peace that I feel as I do these things.

⁴Peace be to me, and peace to all the world. ⁵In holiness were we created, and in holiness do we remain.

Those Great Rays are what Jesus is calling our unaffected Self.

I do feel myself reaching to them, and I know that this is the only path to certainty and to peace, not just for me but for everyone. I woke up in the night with worried thoughts about two people, and I knew that was just the ego-mind clinging to a story, but because I was half asleep, it took longer than usual to shake it off. And maybe because of that, I had a disturbing dream. I let that go, too.

This morning I am so filled with peace and happiness. My daughter sent a family text asking what everyone was up to today. I texted back that I’m mostly just being happy. I guess my family would think me a little strange, but they have probably been thinking that for a while now. ~smile~ I just have trouble containing all the joy.

I’ve been reflecting on how different holidays are for me now. In the past, I was always conflicted. I spent too much time and way too much money trying to guarantee a perfect Christmas in which everyone was happy. I was excited, but there was an underlying anxiety that something would go wrong. And while I loved that we were all getting together, I also dreaded everyone’s parting. Actually, it was just typical of seeking happiness through the ego. It is never like that now, and I am so grateful.

Regina’s Tips

What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is recognizing yourself as the unaffected Self. Therefore, “what you thought your brother did to you has not occurred.”

What is Salvation? Salvation is healing by “failing to support the world of dreams … it lets illusions go. By not supporting them, it merely lets them quietly go down to dust.”

What is the World? It is a “false perception” where “mechanisms of illusion … go to find what has been given them to seek.” Yet, “all perception can be given a new purpose.”

What is Sin? Sin is ignorance or outward focus. “Sin is the home of all illusions, which but stand for things imagined issuing from thoughts that are untrue.”

What is the Body? “The body is a fence” that seems to separate us from everything else. It makes duality seem real and makes it seem as if we experience duality directly. However, its purpose can be changed.

What is Christ? Christ is consciousness. It is the process of creation and the unaffected witness of creation. It is what we are, our higher Self. (Note: There is a more ultimate reality beyond Christ, compared to which Christ is an illusion.)

What is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is a Judeo-Christian term for spiritual intuition, which issues forth from our Self as consciousness. Its sole purpose is to help us awaken to consciousness. Once this goal is accomplished, its purpose is done. (God takes the last step to awaken us beyond consciousness.)

And These

What is the Real World? The real world is the world as it is seen from the perspective of consciousness. It is a world blessed by forgiven eyes, seen through true perception. The real world is still a dream, but it is a dream that reflects Truth. It prepares us for the next and final awakening.

What is the Second Coming? It is the first awakening, awakening to our Self as consciousness. From this awakening, we see with true perception and experience the real world.

What is the Last Judgment? It is the second and final awakening, awakening beyond consciousness into Nirvana. With this step, consciousness itself is seen to be untrue.

What is Creation? “Creation” is a term A Course in Miracles uses for eternal reality. It is known after the death of our sense of self as mind-consciousness. Creation is our true Self beyond any sense of self. It is our actual existence.

What is the Ego? It is the sense of self. The lower ego is the self-centered self, sometimes called the lower self. Usually when people use the term “ego,” they are referring to the lower self. However, the higher Self or “I am presence” is also part of the ego sense of self. The lower self is separation consciousness, and the higher Self is unity consciousness. Both the lower and higher selves are transcended when the final awakening occurs.

What is a Miracle? Miracles are shifts in perception that move one from the lower self to the higher Self. Some people refer to these shifts as awakenings, although each shift is a subset of the total awakening experience. Awakening to consciousness (the higher Self) may be gradual or sudden and varies greatly among individuals.

And Finally

What am I? The answer to this question can be known as a direct experience when the sense of self disappears completely.

Past Entries

I feel peaceful this morning because everything is quiet, and I am not being rushed to complete any project. But below this peacefulness is the desire to move on to the rest of my morning ritual because even though I am not rushed to finish the day, I do have things to do. And this is the problem with peace within the illusion. It is never complete, and it is never invulnerable.

The peace of God is the peace I want. The peace of God is not affected by anything happening to me in my world. When I am identified with the body/mind, I am also attached to the stories that seem to be controlling my world. But I don’t need to remain identified with the body/mind and with the world. I do choose otherwise, as I see no value in clinging to the illusion.

I like the Great Rays symbolism in this lesson.

God is the Sun, and I am a sunbeam emanating from Him. I am a Great Ray, though when I identify with the body/mind, I cannot feel the truth of this, and sometimes have trouble even finding the spark of memory that brings me back to the truth. But that spark is always there and is completely impervious to my efforts to extinguish it with false thinking. No matter what I choose to believe, and no matter how much effort I use to obscure the truth, I remain a sunbeam to the Sun.

I willingly give the ego’s idea of peace to you, Holy Spirit, and I ask for the peace of God in its place. In the past, I felt a need to be the one who defined my day, and I did this by deciding on my ego as my guide. This gave me a false sense of control, and it established a false identity. I have chosen to look at what I made and decide if this is what I really want, and I see that it is not.

I have learned to recognize my miscreations and to ask for correction.

The more of that wrong-minded thinking that I am willing to release, the more peace I feel. I willingly and gladly offer today to You, Holy Spirit, and ask that You use this day for further correction. I still say, “Yes.” May the Christ rise in me on this day. May I awaken to my true identity. I give You my willingness.

2015

Here is something I have learned this year. It is not necessary for me to give up peace because of things that are happening, not even if I always have before. This became clear to me last night, though I have noticed it for a while now. It has been a truly busy month and a very hectic few days. My house has been full, and there has been a lot of excitement.

Yesterday afternoon all the presents had been unwrapped and all the food eaten or put away. Everyone left for home, and my house was empty and quiet. I like that. I settled into a peaceful evening, but as night drew near, I felt sad about being alone. There was regret about all the sweets I had eaten and how I had not had time to walk, a habit I have formed, and that seems to be good for this body.

This is not new, as I usually feel this way after a holiday, but this year I watched those thoughts and realized that I wasn’t interested. I noticed that I didn’t feel like crying when my kids left. I loved that they were here, but I loved that they were gone, too. When the old feelings of abandonment and loss came on, I didn’t want them. I asked the Holy Spirit to remove those thoughts from my mind, and He did.

It is a miracle.

And it feels like a miracle when this happens so suddenly and completely. I’m very grateful to have not given up my peace. More importantly, I am grateful for this demonstration that I am not my past and not my emotions, and I don’t have to give into ego thinking just because I have done so in the past.

This was true last night, meaning it can be true all the time. No story is bigger or worse than another. They are all just ideas, thoughts in the mind, and cannot control me unless this is my wish. Believe me, the ego does not give up a good cry easily. The ego is about loss and sadness, guilt and fear, and wants those dramas in the life it dreams of.

It tried to pull me back in with thoughts of future disaster since I wasn’t interested in the present story. There were thoughts about the dangers of driving in holiday traffic and what if my children never made it home. It tried all sorts of “what if” stories, but I had decided for peace, and those stories’ thoughts barely slowed down on the way through my mind. Peace really is a choice.

2018

Another lovely holiday coming to an end. This one was different, not so much expended energy, calmer and more peaceful. There was a bit that could have been upsetting, and it wasn’t. I put my attention on it and tested it to see if I truly was not upset or if I was kidding myself. But, no, there was no upset. I expressed my gratitude and went on with my plans for the evening. I know this results from consistent practice and a deep desire for awakening. It is also, I’m certain, the result of daily meditations devoted to knowing my Self.

Contemplation 2025

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