ACIM Chapter 8. VI.The Treasure of God, P 8-10. There is no question but one you should ever ask of yourself;-“Do I want to know my Father’s Will for me?”
VI. The Treasure of God, P 8
8 There is no question but one you should ever ask of yourself;-“Do I want to know my Father’s Will for me?” He will not hide it. He has revealed it to me because I asked it of Him, and learned of what He had already given. Our function is to work together, because apart from each other we cannot function at all. The whole power of God’s Son lies in all of us, but not in any of us alone. God would not have us be alone because He does not will to be alone. That is why He created His Son, and gave him the power to create with Him. Our creations are as holy as we are, and we are the Sons of God Himself, as holy as He is. Through our creations we extend our love, and thus increase the joy of the Holy Trinity. You do not understand this, because you who are God’s Own treasure do not regard yourself as valuable. Given this belief, you cannot understand anything.
The following is something that happened to me some years ago.
This is not my experience now, but I kept it here because others go through this kind of thing, and this might be helpful to them. I think this must have been around 2012.
Oh my, this is such a different vision of me than I had this morning. I had a very strong ego backlash last night, and I felt anything other than God’s own treasure. This morning, I had an ego hangover, and that didn’t help. I didn’t waste my time trying to figure out why I felt like that. Any story I came up with would be an effect of a belief, not the cause of my reaction.
I know that I am waking up, and the ego part of the mind wants to stay in the dream. That’s all that is happening, but even so, it is hard to hold onto the truth. I wasn’t going to do this work with Spirit this morning because I didn’t think I could, but of course, that is the most important time to work with Spirit when I think I can’t.
An effect of ego resistance is often lethargy for me. and I felt like going back to bed and going to sleep, but I had to get to work, so I resisted. However, I felt very strongly to use a HemiSync meditation for sleep. It seemed crazy to me, but I felt like I just had to do this. What happened is that as I completely relaxed and let go of everything, I opened to Spirit. I began by just saying the name of God, knowing that when I do, the angels surround me.
In 30 minutes, I felt ready to get up.
It was a relief to see that my mind was clear, and I felt like my normal, happy self. It feels so comforting to know that I am not alone. When I need help, I receive it. All I have to do is be open to help. It is easier now for me to accept that I am not what I see in this world. This is an experience, not reality.
My reality is so different from this self that I am experiencing that I have to trust that what Jesus says is true. I don’t remember being holy. I don’t remember feeling like God’s holy Son. And I certainly don’t remember my creations. I don’t feel valuable. But I trust Jesus, and there must be some memory in me, buried deeply but still there. Otherwise, why would I even trust that these words come from Jesus?
And yet, I do, and because I do, and because I practice what is given me to practice, I witness this incredible change as I awaken. This Course must be true because I have become a different person through doing it. Something fundamental is shifting in me, and I am becoming aware of it. Maybe that is why the ego is pushing against it so hard. The part of the mind that thinks this world is a good idea must be seriously worried. It should be.
2024: This morning, I asked my Father for His Will for me. I am going to ask this question every morning. I am reminded of a Bible quote with a slight change that Regina added to. This is the day the Lord has made… for me. I will be glad and rejoice in it. I am ready to remember my value.
VI. The Treasure of God, P 9
9 I share with God the knowledge of the value He puts upon you. My devotion to you is of Him, being born of my knowledge of myself and Him. We cannot be separated. Whom God has joined cannot be separated, and God has joined all His Sons with Himself. Can you be separated from your life and your being? The journey to God is merely the reawakening of the knowledge of where you are always, and what you are forever. It is a journey without distance to a goal that has never changed. Truth can only be experienced. It cannot be described and it cannot be explained. I can make you aware of the conditions of truth, but the experience is of God. Together we can meet its conditions, but truth will dawn upon you of itself.
Jesus is helping me to clear away the cobwebs of forgetfulness and to release the wrong-minded thinking that has kept me from awakening. He is not teaching me what love and truth are. He is only helping me to meet the conditions that will allow truth to reveal itself to me. That is why we are on a journey with no distance. There is nowhere to go to reach the Kingdom; we are the Kingdom.
I cannot know truth because I have accepted the ego story of separation as my truth.
In my determination to believe I am something I am not, I block the truth of what I am. Truth will not force itself on me. I must welcome it, and I welcome it as I make a space for it in my mind. I make that space as I let go of the thoughts I made to take its place.
This is where Jesus helps me. He gave me A Course in Miracles to help me recognize the ego when I hear its voice and to help me realize that there is another Voice I could listen to instead. Through the words in this book, and especially the practice of what I am reading, I am learning that I want to hear only the Voice for God, and that this is possible.
I will know what I am as I let go of what I think I am. That’s the whole of it. This is not hard to do. I watch my thoughts. I allow my mind to be healed of the ones that are not true. All that is left is the glorious truth of my being. The only thing keeping me from that truth is my desire for something else, and together, Jesus and I are working to undo that misguided desire.
I love this sentence: The journey to God is merely the reawakening of the knowledge of where you are always, and what you are forever. It makes my heart sing to think of this!
VI. The Treasure of God, P 10
10 What God has willed for you is yours. He has given His Will to His treasure, whose treasure it is. Your heart lies where your treasure is, as His does. You who are beloved of God are wholly blessed. Learn this of me, and free the holy will of all those who are as blessed as you are.
God gave me His Will and so it is mine. I cannot lose it or be without it, not even temporarily. God’s Will is my will. I can pretend not to know this and pretend to have a different will, and it will seem very real to me because of the power of my mind. But even then, even while I am choosing to believe in a different will, God’s Will is my will. It is mine eternally because God’s gifts are eternal.
I have imprisoned my holy will, and I am now making a different choice. Here I am, God. I open my mind and my heart to You. I choose to turn from the illusion of separate wills and embrace the gift of Your Will. And I am so grateful to find it still there where you put it in my heart. It is my treasure. I desire to keep it in my awareness by giving it. Help me to do this. How would you have me bless my brothers and sisters?
I feel the desire to return home, drawing me toward You, Father.
It is irresistible. I feel so close, and yet, I also feel fear. It is the fear my desire will flag, and I will turn to my ego again. Even as I think this, I hear the answer in my mind: We are the Sons of God. There is no fear in us. Fear cannot be in me because I am God’s Holy Son, and there is no fear in Him. As I allow these thoughts to fill my mind, certainty returns.
Guide me today, Father, and help me remember myself as the Son You created. I am so ready to throw off the illusion of separation and accept Your Will as my will. I give You my total dedication, and I devote myself joyfully to this purpose. Please work in me and through me to awaken myself and my brothers. I am Yours.
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