Lesson 169
By grace I live. By grace I am released.
Grace…Is. It is by grace we are healed. It is by grace we know what lies beyond the small mind; that there is a place of being that is more Real than anything we know. It is this knowing that speaks to our Hearts and brings our collective consciousness to the place we find ourselves today.
Our journey thus far has been that of re-learning. We have retrained the mind, cleared our vision, and emptied our vessel, so as to be the spaciousness we were created to be, to allow the Love of God to flow through. As we approach our conversation in grace, we graduate beyond just re-learning to then experiencing. We now abide in a new level of experiencing God in a place beyond any words or instructions. A place of Isness.
“…For grace foreshadows Heaven…” (ACIM Lesson 169 12:3).
Our hearts are ready. We have been given many glimpses of Heaven. We have been given the gift of the grace of knowing beyond our worldly knowledge. Grace leads us to the readiness of abiding in a new state, our Christ-like, natural by nature, state. This Course and our walk together have prepared us for the full transformation. It is not a leap we can take all at once, but one that with time, we have become to fully integrate into our being.
“It has become aware that there are things it does not know, and thus is ready to accept a state completely different from experience with which it is familiarly at home” (ACIM Lesson 169 3:6).
It is tough when we have been given a glimpse to then turn around and abide in this mad world. Yet as the Course states, “Grace is not the goal this course aspires to attain” (ACIM Lesson 169 3:3). Grace lets know we are close and what is possible. We must turn those moments of grace into moments of being the living grace. The goal of the Course is the salvation of All. Thus, as we have experiences of our Divinity, we return to humanity to let those moments shine through our being. This is how we call others Home.
“What is the face of Christ but his who went a moment into timelessness, and brought a clear reflection of the unity he felt an instant back to bless the world? How could you finally attain to it forever, while a part of you remains outside, unknowing, un-awakened, and in need of you as witness to the truth?” (ACIM Lesson 169 13:3-4).
The call is to abide in heaven all the time. Not just in instances of grace but when you are asked to extend your breath to others as savior. Your Heart knows this. Release and let your entire being radiate with this Truth. A quote I have mentioned before from a dear friend, “We are each a unique revelation of God,” in our uniqueness, we have a specific moment written on our soul and it is that moment when we transform fully into the Oneness that is our Reality. It is a crystal clear moment when grace falls away and we are released into Nothingness, Allness, and Oneness.
“When revelation of your oneness comes, it will be known and fully understood” (ACIM Lesson 169 10:2).
It is by grace that we know we are forgiven, that we never left Home, and that we have nothing but love to give. Grace releases us from what we thought we were or had to be. Grace releases us into the heaven that abides within us and around us. Our hearts are ready, shall we not step inside and claim and live our moment of revelation. In grace…Namaste.