A Course in Miracles: Lesson 256

Lesson 256 God is the only goal I have today. “And so, our Father, would we come to You in Your appointed way.  We have no goal except to hear Your Voice, and find the way Your sacred Word has pointed out to us” (ACIM Lesson 256 2:1-2). I was recently asked one of the […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 255

Lesson 255 This day I choose to spend in perfect peace. “And so, my Father, would I pass this day with You.  Your Son has not forgotten You.  The peace You gave him still is in his mind, and it is there I choose to spend today” (ACIM Lesson 255 2:1-3). Peace is a choice […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 254

Lesson 254 Let every voice but God’s be still in me. “Father, today I would but hear Your Voice.  In deepest silence I would come to You, to hear Your Voice and to receive Your Word.  I have no prayer but this:  I come to You to as You for the truth.  And truth is […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 253

Lesson 253 My Self is ruler of the universe.  “You are the Self Whom You created Son, creating like Yourself and one with You.  My Self, Which rules the universe, is but Your Will in perfect union with my own, which can but offer glad assent to Yours, that it may be extended to Itself” […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 252

Lesson 252 The Son of God is my Identity. “Father, You know my true Identity.  Reveal It now to me who am Your Son, that I may waken to the truth in You, and know that Heaven is restored to me” (ACIM Lesson 252 2:1-2). It is tough to put our magnificence into words.  It […]

A Course in Miracles: What is Sin?

4.  What is Sin? Sin is not a word used very often in our lessons.  We see the term, “sinlessness,” quite a bit but not the three-letter word, “sin,” as it is stated so boldly in our focus for the following passages.  As one is on a spiritual journey, I have found there are certain […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 251

Lesson 251 I am in need of nothing but the truth. “And for that peace, our Father, we give thanks.  What we denied ourselves You have restored, and only that is what we really want” (ACIM Lesson 251 2:1). Many who venture to participate in a meditation retreat often comment how the practice of meditation […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 250

Lesson 250 Let me not see myself as limited. “He is Your Son, my Father.  And today I would behold his gentleness instead of my illusions.  He is what I am, and as I see him so I see myself.  Today I would see truly, that this day I may at last identify with him” […]

A Course in Miracle: Lesson 249

Lesson 249 Forgiveness ends all suffering and loss. “Father, we would return our minds to You.  We have betrayed them, held them in a vise of bitterness, and frightened them with thoughts of violence and death.  Now would we rest again in You, as You created us” (ACIM Lesson 249 2:1-3). The only end to […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 248

Lesson 248 Whatever suffers is not part of me. “Father, my ancient love for You returns, and lets me love Your Son again as well.  Father, I am as You created me.  Now is Your Love remembered, and my own.  Now do I understand that they are one” (ACIM Lesson 248 2:1-4). Suffering is an […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 247

Lesson 247 Without forgiveness I will still be blind. “So would I look on everyone today.  My brothers are Your Sons.  Your Fatherhood created them, and gave them all to me as part of You, and my own Self as well.  Today I honor You through them, and thus I hope this day to recognize […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 246

Lesson 246 To love my Father is to love His Son.   “I will accept the way You choose for me to come to You, my Father.  For in that will I succeed, because it is Your Will.  And I would recognize that what You will is what I will as well, and only that. […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 244

Lesson 244 I am in danger nowhere in the world.   “Your Son is safe wherever he may be, for You are there with him.  He need but call upon Your Name, and he will recollect his safety and Your Love, fro they are one.  How can he fear or doubt or fail to know […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 245

Lesson 245 Your peace is with me, Father. I am safe. “Your peace surrounds me, Father. Where I go, Your peace goes there with me. It sheds its light on everyone I meet. I bring it to the desolate and lonely and afraid. I give Your peace to those who suffer pain, or grieve for […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 243

Lesson 243 Today I will judge nothing that occurs. “Father, today I leave creation free to be itself.  I honor all its parts, in which I am included.  We are one because each part contains Your memory, and truth must shine in all of us as one” (ACIM Lesson 243 2:1-3). A good mantra for […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 242

Lesson 242 This day is God’s.  It is my gift to Him.  “And so we give today to You.  We come with wholly opens minds.  We do not ask for anything that we may think we want.  Give us what You would have received by us.  You know all our desires and our wants.  And […]

A Course in Miracles: What is the World?

3.  What is the World?  Now, our focus changes in Part II towards examining the world we created.  Leading up to this point, we have delved more deeply into forgiveness, recognizing that it steers us into living our salvation, where nothing has ever harmed us and we have never harmed another.  Our next step is one […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 241

Lesson 241 This holy instant is salvation come. “We have forgiven one another now, and so we come at last to you again.  Father, Your Son, who never left, returns to Heaven and his home.  How glad are we to have our sanity restored to us, and to remember that we all are one” (ACIM […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 240

Lesson 240 Fear is not justified in any form.   “How foolish are our fears!  Would You allow Your Son to suffer?  Give us faith today to recognize Your Son, and set him free. Let us forgive him in Your Name, that we may understand his holiness, and feel the love for him which is […]

A Course in Miracles: Lesson 239

Lesson 239 The glory of my Father is my own.  “We thank You, Father for the light that shines forever in us.  And we honor it, because You share it with us.  WE are one, united in this light and one with You, at peace with all creation and ourselves” (ACIM Lesson 239 2:1-3). The […]