ACIM Daily Lesson 141 My mind holds only what I think with God.
Lesson 141
My mind holds only what I think with God.
(121) Forgiveness is the key to happiness.
(122) Forgiveness offers everything I want.
It’s all about forgiveness. Maybe I need to forgive my belief that someone is guilty or that I am guilty. Or maybe I need to forgive the idea that a situation not to my liking is my problem. Maybe I need to forgive the idea that I am not as God created me. Whatever my problem seems to be, sickness, anxiety, fear, heartbreak, lack or loss, the solution is always the same; I need to forgive it. My forgiveness clears the darkness in my mind. This allows me to see clearly Love’s Presence which was always there just behind my grievances. What else could I want?
Listen and Receive
One morning, I was experiencing anxiety. I’m not sure where it started. Something happened and I asked the ego what it meant. From there, the ego brought me more things to worry about and suddenly it felt overwhelming. I knew this was crazy and I knew that I was doing it to myself but I felt like I was tangled up in it. I asked Jesus for help to see another way to forgive this. And really, all that was needed was forgiveness.
I am sharing a Pathways of Light course with friends that is specifically to help us listen and receive guidance. Every day, I talk to Jesus about what is going on in my mind that day. I then write what comes to me trusting that Jesus finds a way to communicate with me even when my mind is a jumble of wrong-minded thinking. I started doing this years ago, but then I stopped taking the time to communicate in this way other than to interpret what I read in the Course. On this particular day, my mind was too confused to think my way out of this so I wrote instead. Here is our conversation.
Just Thoughts in the Mind
Me: Jesus, I got off track yesterday and it has spilled over into today. I opened my mind to ego thinking and it came flooding in. I need to shut the flood gates and come back to right-minded thinking. The truth is in my mind right under all the nonsense of the world and I know this. When this happens as it has now, I feel like I am drowning in fear. I can’t imagine living like this anymore and it scares me to think of it.
Jesus: There is nothing happening, honey. Just thoughts in your mind. These are thoughts you don’t even believe. They are not your real thoughts, the thoughts you think with God. Take my hand and we will look together at this ego attack and you will see that it is nothing. You are being attacked by shadows. Our light is so bright that the shadows disappear in its intensity. Go back into the silent stillness with me.
Nothing Was Happening
I did this and it only took a few minutes for my mind to clear.
Me: Whew! Thank you, Brother. I would like to put into words what happened but I don’t know how. One moment, I was drowning and the next, nothing was happening.
Jesus: That is because nothing was happening. Just thoughts in the mind and all along, the truth was right there. It had gone nowhere. In choosing to forgive, you brought the dark thoughts to the light and in the light, they disappeared. This is what will happen to the world. As it is forgiven, it will be brought to the light. There it will transform and then disappear. This morning, together we shined away some of the darkness. And remember that legions upon legions have sighed in relief along with you.
Me: Thank you.
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