ACIM Chapter 2. V. A. Special Principles of Miracle Workers P 17

ACIM Chapter 2. V. A. Special Principles of Miracle Workers P 17. The injunction “Be of one mind” is the statement for revelation-readiness.

A. Special Principles of Miracle Workers P 17

17 (7) The injunction “Be of one mind” is the statement for revelation-readiness. My request “Do this in remembrance of me” is the appeal for cooperation from miracle workers. The two statements are not in the same order of reality. Only the latter involves an awareness of time, since to remember is to recall the past in the present. Time is under my direction, but timelessness belongs to God. In time we exist for and with each other. In timelessness we coexist with God.

When I read this before, I was drawn to the sentence that says time is under Jesus’ direction. I had been at war with time all my life, it seems. Every day I woke up looking at the clock to see if I had enough time to do my meditation and journaling. All day I looked at the clock to see if I would be late to see a customer. At night, I kept an eye on the clock to see if I could do a few more things and still get to sleep in time to wake up early enough to start all over and have time to do everything. Do you see the anxiety that runs beneath all this clock-watching?

Learning About Time

As I have learned that time is not real and that Jesus can adjust time for me, I called on him for this at times when I absolutely had to. But I had reserved those times for emergencies. And even then, I listened to and believed the ego voice telling me that I should not have wasted my time and then called on Jesus to fix things for me. I mean, it just can’t be right that I fiddled around on Facebook too long, and now I’m racing against the clock to get my writing done and get it posted. Do you see the guilt and unworthiness running beneath this? And the belief in lack as if there are just so many miracles, and I am guilty if I waste them?

Jesus invited me to look at this differently. He showed me that time is malleable in his hands. He showed me that what I do today, at this time, affects the past and future. And he showed me that forgiveness reaches across, around, and through time and space. He brought me to the remembrance that time and space are not real. We made them up.

My Race Against Time

Finally, he wanted me to look at my race against time. He showed me that time is indeed nothing, just a concept useful in organizing my illusion. It has no power over me, and if I put my trust in Jesus, he can easily manipulate it for me. Looking at my reaction to this idea was enlightening. I saw that there are many beliefs in my mind that are in error that I could bring to Spirit for healing.

When I thought that time ruled me, I felt very small and vulnerable, a victim of the world I saw. How could that be true? I made the world I see. How could I be a victim of it? I am a Son of God. How can I be ruled by a concept that I made up? How could the Son of God be a victim of anything? My reluctance to ask Jesus for help and the guilt I feel for needing his help was just ego separation thoughts. They were made to keep me in this belief in limitation.

There Is Plenty of Help

I saw that Jesus was always ready and willing to adjust time for me, but I must be ready and willing to accept his help. I must be willing to let go of the idea that time is real and that I am ruled by it. And I must be willing to let go of the belief that I was unworthy and must constantly do things to establish my worth. I saw that my wrong-minded thinking was blocking Jesus from helping me.

Holy Spirit, I see that while I have more clarity about this and don’t use time against myself as much as I used to, it still happens at times. In accepting these thoughts of limitation without questioning them, I convinced myself that I was a victim of time. And that my guilt made me unworthy of anything else. I did this to myself, but now I see I am wrong. Please heal my mind. I am ready to see differently.

Please help me to know that my worth was established by God, and so unworthiness is not possible. And please help me to know that I don’t have to “do” anything to deserve help. Please heal my mind of the belief that I ask for too much and that I should do, some of this at least, on my own before I ask for help. Help me to release all limits I place on Jesus’ help. Holy Spirit, please help me to remember who I am. Please help me to know that I am deeply and forever loved.

Readiness

This time when I read this paragraph, I saw more because I am ready for more. I am intrigued by the first two sentences. The injunction “Be of one mind” is the statement for revelation-readiness. My request, “Do this in remembrance of me,” is the appeal for cooperation from miracle workers. Jesus points out that revelation-readiness and miracle-readiness refer to two different levels. Miracles are in time, and time belongs to Jesus. Revelation is outside of time, and it belongs to God.

I stay as miracle-ready as possible so that Jesus can work through me to perform miracles. This means that I clear my mind of thought errors so that I can be in a state of love. This keeps me open to guidance and always ready to be a healer. I do this to the best of my ability. Revelation, though! I have no idea how to be revelation-ready. But I know I want to be. I trust that all will be revealed in perfect timing.

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