ACIM Lesson 321 Father, My freedom is in You alone.
⁷Your Voice directs me, and the way to You is opening and clear to me at last. ⁸Father, my freedom is in You alone. ⁹Father, it is my will that I return.
Father, my freedom is in You alone.
ACIM Lesson 321
Father, my freedom is in You alone.
1. I did not understand what made me free, nor what my freedom is, nor where to look to find it. ²Father, I have searched in vain until I heard Your Voice directing me. ³Now I would guide myself no more. ⁴For I have neither made nor understood the way to find my freedom. ⁵But I trust in You. ⁶You Who endowed me with my freedom as Your holy Son will not be lost to me. ⁷Your Voice directs me, and the way to You is opening and clear to me at last. ⁸Father, my freedom is in You alone. ⁹Father, it is my will that I return.
2. Today we answer for the world, which will be freed along with us. ²How glad are we to find our freedom through the certain way our Father has established. ³And how sure is all the world’s salvation, when we learn our freedom can be found in God alone.
We Are Given the Holy Spirit
There is so much I don’t remember, so much I don’t understand. Fortunately, reality doesn’t depend on my understanding. As well, I don’t need to understand reality in order to return to it. I have been given the Holy Spirit, the Light of Truth to guide me. People, particularly new students, often ask me how to hear the Holy Spirit and what it sounds like to me.
Receiving Thoughts From the Holy Spirit
I don’t hear an audible voice but I know someone who does. For me, it comes in more than one way. Especially in the beginning, it came as thoughts. For instance, I would read the lesson and ask for clarity. Then I would start writing whatever came into my mind. I go back over those early entries in my journals and I am amazed at some of those writings. They contained wisdom that was not mine at that time.
Sometimes I Would Get it Wrong
It wasn’t consistent at first. I would ask for words of advice and sometimes I would get it wrong. Eventually, I realized that the reason for this confusion was that I had a preferred answer in my mind. The Holy Spirit can’t give me something new if I think I already know. But those times were not wasted. Just trying to hear the Voice strengthened my ability to do so.
You could think of it as lifting weights to build muscle. When you first begin you will not be able to lift too much and when you try to add weight you might not do well. However, each time you try, you get stronger. This is the way it works with developing the ability to hear the Holy Spirit, too.
From Anxiety to Peace
Another way I hear Him is through feelings. An example would be if I was anxious about a situation and asked the Holy Spirit to heal my mind. I might receive true thoughts that led me to another way to see things. Sometimes though, I would just go from anxiety to peace. It would be like I was smothering in darkness and suddenly someone shone a bright light. The darkness was just gone. This is how it feels to be anxious and then, miraculously, to be at peace. Peace is the Holy Spirit’s answer to my request for healing.
Getting a Prompt or a Nudge
Sometimes I am answered with a prompt or a nudge. This might happen when I am confused about something, not knowing which way to turn, sometimes literally. An example of this happened when I was working. I was late for an appointment with a new customer because I was lost. So what I did was to ask the Holy Spirit for help and I just went the way that I was prompted to go. I got there quickly and easily.
One time, I was making my rounds seeing customers in a certain order. I did it this way so that my day would allow the most visits in the least amount of time. Suddenly I felt strongly that I should visit a certain customer. It was possible but was very much out of the way, however, I had learned to pay attention to these nudges. It turned out the customer really needed my help and I was Johnny-on-the-spot. I’ve had many such prompts, some asked for and some occurring simply because my mind is open to them.
Many Ways to Receive an Answer
I know people who receive visions and some who get their answers in colors that are meaningful to them. Lots of people, me included, will ask for an answer and receive it later through a book they read or a show they watch. The Holy Spirit wants to communicate with us and will do so in a way we can recognize. All we need to do is ask with an open mind and pay attention to the answer.
There Are Courses to Help Develop This Skill
If you are having trouble fully developing a relationship with the Holy Spirit maybe I could help. I facilitate a course through Pathways of Light called Accepting Holy Spirit’s Help which I think is very helpful. Click here to learn more about it. Pathways of light also has a self-study course that many people have found helpful. Listen and Receive and is very helpful in developing the skill of communicating with the Holy Spirit. Click here to learn more.
A Message From Spirit
I received this message from Holy Spirit a few years ago.
Notice your thoughts, pay attention to your feelings. Do not deny or repress. Listen for My Voice. Bring Me your confused thoughts. Give me your willingness. I am in your mind. I am closer than a thought. I am very much a part of you. The road you walk now is very straight and when you think of it, you know this is true. Do not look back and do not look forward. Be with Me here and now. These are the steps that bring you home. Because it is your desire to walk this straight and narrow path, all helpful experiences will be placed before you. Do not mistake them for errors or obstructions, do not try to step around them. Look at each one with Me and let Me show you how to use them for your Awakening.
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