Lesson 237
Now would I be as God created me.
Today I will accept the truth about myself. I will arise in glory, and allow the light in me to shine upon the world throughout the day. I bring the world the tidings of salvation which I hear as God my Father speaks to me. And I behold the world that Christ would have me see, aware it ends the bitter dream of death; aware it is my Father’s Call to me.
Christ is my eyes today, and He the ears that listen to the Voice for God today. Father, I come to You through Him Who is Your Son, and my true Self as well. Amen.
Journal
Again, we see that when Jesus says we awaken he does not mean we do this in death, but now, right here where we think we are. We awaken to a world that looks different to us because we perceive it differently. We see it with Christ vision. This means that we are seeing the world as our Self instead of our self. Our Self hears the Voice for God today if that is our choice.
I continue to welcome the Christ, to practice the idea of living as my Self. It is still not a habit, but each time I remember to contemplate the idea, to invite the Christ in me to come forward it becomes a little more of a habit. It doesn’t seem to be anything I can force through my ego will, but more of an opening and receptivity to this shift.
Regina’s Tips
Now would I be as God created me.
“Now” implies now, regardless of appearances and events. Even if I am being robbed and beaten, I will be as God created me. I will be the peace of God, because that is what I am. Through being peace, I “allow the light in me to shine upon the world throughout the day. I bring the world the tidings of salvation which I hear as God my Father speaks to me.”
Remaining as the peace that I am under all circumstances is the meaning of Jesus’ statement, “Turn the other cheek.”
Today, as you go through your day, there will be events in world news and circumstances that arise in your personal experience. As these things occur, remember to be the presence of peace. Even if you find yourself getting upset, remain the presence of peace throughout the upset by practicing rest-accept-trust or the Loving All Method.
Now would I be as God created me.
This is what the world needs from us. This is what we need from us. This is the practice of our truth, our dharma.
My Thoughts
I do this most of the time. I turn the other cheek. I remain peaceful in spite of what might be happening. But not all the time. Sometimes I react, but I generally return to center pretty quickly. Perhaps one day, I will never react from the ego mind. I can envision this so I know it is possible.
Past Entry
Today’s lesson says I will accept the truth about myself and allow the light in me to shine upon the world. The truth is some days I don’t feel like a light. Some days I have something on my mind that needs to be healed and it may take time to get to that place of acceptance, so I may not feel like the person Jesus is speaking to in the lesson. Some days I don’t feel like I am allowing the light in me to shine upon the world.
Ego mind wants to point this out as proof that I am not the one Jesus speaks of in this lesson, but Spirit reminds me that there is no past so each moment is all there is; there is only now. In this moment, this very moment I have the opportunity to release the past moment and choose again. And so each moment of each day is a blank slate upon which is written the script of my life as I experience it, and how I experience it is dependent on which teacher I choose to hear.
I am grateful that I have only two choices and one is not a choice at all. I am grateful that now is all the time there is and that I always have the opportunity to change my mind. I am grateful that each time I make the choice for God, I am more aware of my true Self. I am grateful to all my brothers and sisters who make that choice daily and so point the way for me. Gratitude lifts me up and I begin to feel like the light that I am.
It can feel difficult to be the light when things don’t go as we expect. One day, I was placed in a position that made it impossible to ignore the buried sense of shame and guilt that burdens all the separated ones. I let it play around me for that day and then the next morning I finally sat with the Holy Spirit and looked at it. What He helped me to see is that when I looked on my error I immediately projected it onto someone else. I made that person a symbol of my shame and then I couldn’t look at him without seeing guilt. This changed him, in my mind, from my brother to my enemy.
The mind began to scramble around trying to find some way to hide from this problem. I thought of everyone involved in the situation and chose to show my “charity” to one of them. I forgave him for doing this to me (forgiveness to destroy). All of this I did without looking at my part in it, without acknowledging my secret machinations. Projection is a tempting way to hide what I don’t want to see.
The way out is to look at the situation without judgment and the ego mind resists this. The ego always looks with judgment. Judgment is what created the problem and judgment was what told me I was guilty. Guilt leads to fear, and fear is what drove me to such lengths to protect myself. At first when I went to the Holy Spirit for help I just wanted to feel better, to be at peace.
But as I looked at the situation I realized that I don’t want to make an enemy of that brother. I don’t want anyone to be guilty. I want to forgive all my projections, the guilt I projected onto myself, and the guilt I projected onto others. I want to be at peace. I want to wake up. Sure, the ego mind tried to pull me back into the projection game, but I will not compromise. I know what I want, I know my purpose, my function.
Here is something that Cate Grieves wrote, and that is helping me to stay the course.
Be in a state of NO COMPROMISE.
I will see EVERYONE as Christ today
I will let Holy Spirit decide for me in EVERYTHING
I will love and be kind to everyone
I will not judge myself or anyone
I will offer every unkind thought to spirit to heal it
I will be uncompromising
I will never, never, give up this path of A Course in Miracles.
I will follow it no matter what happens or how I feel
Even if doubt enters my mind, I will keep going
I will NOT compromise.
Holy Spirit, I am the Love I was created. Nothing can change that. I will not listen to the voice of darkness this day. I will listen to You only. And if I temporarily forget what I am, I will forgive that lapse and will turn to you again. I will not compromise. Thank you.